Clare Barker
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 196739 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Clare Barker |
| PRENOMES | Clare |
| SOBRENOME | Barker |
| ASSINATURA | BARKER C |
| AFILIAÇÕES | American University in Cairo |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4692-8851 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 20 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 20 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1998 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Fairly Angry
Many scholars think that anger is an unruly emotion – or worse. However, anger can contribute to political life and affirmative social change. I call politics consistent with this interpretation of anger a fairly angry politics. A fairly angry person raises a valid but incomplete point about the injustice of their circumstance, in an unpersuasive, incomplete, or flawed way. The fairly angry person should not be dismissed as resentful insofar as t…
The figures, profiles, border figures ( figures-limites ), and ‘pure schema’ of Foucault’s later lectures on cosmopolitanism
This article offers an affirmative reading of the Socratic and Cynical ‘figures’ in Foucault’s lecture series at the Collège de France, his last (if not final) word on the philosophical care of the self and cosmopolitanism. Foucault interprets ancient philosophy in a series of figures, all of whom are characterized by an affirmative care of self rather than by the hierarchical pastoral power relations he ascribes to Christian confessional politic…
On Legal and Legitimate Wars in the Transforming Public Sphere
This paper examines the discursive conditions that make war legal and legitimate. In the Post-World War II period, when countries do not declare war, the gap between legality and legitimacy has widened, and wars are often neither. While other studies of war-declaring typically focus on the relations between states, this paper focuses on relations between citizen and government. In the absence of discursive declarations of war, it is unclear wheth…
Foucault’s anarchaeology of Christianity
In his later lectures, Foucault analyzes confession as a key exercise of the Christian pastoral power. The pastoral power’s creation of a lifelong obligation to speak the truth of oneself is a ‘prelude’ to modern practices of government, and a key facet of modernity. There has been some confusion regarding the scope of Foucault’s study. Is it medieval Christian confessional practices or Christian obedience itself that is his theme? In this articl…
"The American action film and the Arendt-Pitkin 'tyranny of "the Social
Hanna Pitkin explains that Arendt's defense of collective political action tends to reify and mystify an opposing concept Arendt calls 'the Social'. Was Arendt actually right about the rise of 'the Social'? Does the deep-set global mass entertainment culture tend to sap action even when it purportedly celebrates it? And what can viewing publics and counter-publics tell us about the meaning and reception of 'the Social', especially in this massive…
Troubled Hedonism and Social Justice
J. S. Mill is typically thought of as a liberal utilitarian disciple of Jeremy Bentham, and in other readings as a modern Socratic or even a modern Epicurean. Mill and the Epicureans are alike in several respects: they theorize personal freedom and active character versus determinism and passivity, they oppose excessive love and praise friendship, and they are critical of traditional religiosity. In spite of these similarities, Mill and the Epicu…
Global genetic fictions
Involvinghistorians, literary and cultural critics, it was
Liberty in Peril
Dostoevsky and Education through Punishment
In an important 1984 paper, “The Moral Education Theory of Punishment,” Jean Hampton argues that the practice of inflicting painful criminal punishments is justified only if punishment is morally educative. Hampton's suggestion forms the point of departure for this article on Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment . I show that Dostoevsky agrees with Hampton that punishment should aim at moral reform; however, Dostoevsky presents no evidence that self…
How to tell the political truth
Intoxicated method, thinking in difference
This issue of Medical Humanities signals a turning point for an area of scholarship that is made up of several ‘contested and fragmented fields’ (p. 17)1 and has been criticised for lacking a central theory, method or politics. At first glance, there may seem to be little in common between recognisable ‘medical humanities’ scholarship—typically engaging with illness experiences, patient–clinician encounters and the history of medical institutions…
Demagoguery and Mental Independence in James Fenimore Cooper’s Political Writings
This essay examines James Fenimore Cooper’s two key nonfiction texts, Notions of the Americans (1828) and The American Democrat (1838), for their appraisal of the process of opinion formation in democracies. Cooper is concerned with the mental dependence and conformism that characterizes American democracy. In particular, he worries that public-spirited individuals will avoid participating in the public sphere for fear of defamation by irresponsi…
JS Mill on Nineteenth Century Marriage and the Common Law
This article seeks to clarify the meaning of marriage for Millian liberals by examining marriage in the context of the nineteenth century common law. JS Mill argues that the family can become a school for free institutions. He identifies a ‘‘morality of justice’’ that must replace chivalry or submission as the normal mode of gendered relations. By using pamphlets, speeches, and legal commentaries, it is possible to explain the meaning of Mill’s ‘…
Mass and elite politics in Mill's considerations on representative Government
This paper examines the formal filters of the public's political will defended by JS Mill as consistent with the best form of representative government. Holding that institutions must adjust to democratic society, and that democratic society must be improved to achieve wise rule, Mill rejects secret ballots and electoral pledges, and advocates a constitutional council and graduated enfranchisement. He also recommends but does not require the indi…
Animacies
Mel Chen’s Animacies is stimulating discussion across a wide range of academic disciplines, and rightly so. Winner of the Modern Language Association’s Alan Bray Memorial Book Prize, awarded for an
Participation
Participation in decision-making has the potential to contribute to greater happiness. To explore this connection, we examine three areas: the family, the workplace and politics. In each of these areas, happiness research suggests that greater participation should increase happiness, most directly via the channels of personal relationships and helping others. There is some empirical research suggesting that participation contributes to happiness.…
Disability Theory (review)
Disabling Postcolonialism
In putting together the ideas behind this special issue of the Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies we were mindful of a number of concerns. The first was our own desire, as scholars involved in both Disability Studies and Postcolonial Studies, to explore the intersections of our interests, and not to have to hold them at a distance from one another because of the arbitrary lines that divide disciplinary areas. Secondly, we were cons…
Self-starvation in the context of hunger
2008). Self‐starvation in the context of hunger: Health, normalcy and the “terror of the possible” in Tsitsi Dangarembga's Nervous Conditions. Journal of Postcolonial Writing: Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 115-125
Global Television
Part I: The Global Institution of Television:. 1. Modernity and Global Television. 2. What is Global Television?. Part II: Primetime Goes Global: Programmes and Audiences:. 3: Global Soaps and Global News. 4. Television and Global Audiences. 5. Television, Identity and Global Audiences. 6. The Global and the Local: Cultural Imperialism. 7. Conclusion: The Future of Global Television?. Index
How to tell the political truth
Foucault’s anarchaeology of Christianity
In his later lectures, Foucault analyzes confession as a key exercise of the Christian pastoral power. The pastoral power’s creation of a lifelong obligation to speak the truth of oneself is a ‘prelude’ to modern practices of government, and a key facet of modernity. There has been some confusion regarding the scope of Foucault’s study. Is it medieval Christian confessional practices or Christian obedience itself that is his theme? In this articl…
Troubled Hedonism and Social Justice
J. S. Mill is typically thought of as a liberal utilitarian disciple of Jeremy Bentham, and in other readings as a modern Socratic or even a modern Epicurean. Mill and the Epicureans are alike in several respects: they theorize personal freedom and active character versus determinism and passivity, they oppose excessive love and praise friendship, and they are critical of traditional religiosity. In spite of these similarities, Mill and the Epicu…
Animacies
Mel Chen’s Animacies is stimulating discussion across a wide range of academic disciplines, and rightly so. Winner of the Modern Language Association’s Alan Bray Memorial Book Prize, awarded for an
Self-starvation in the context of hunger
2008). Self‐starvation in the context of hunger: Health, normalcy and the “terror of the possible” in Tsitsi Dangarembga's Nervous Conditions. Journal of Postcolonial Writing: Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 115-125
Global Television
Part I: The Global Institution of Television:. 1. Modernity and Global Television. 2. What is Global Television?. Part II: Primetime Goes Global: Programmes and Audiences:. 3: Global Soaps and Global News. 4. Television and Global Audiences. 5. Television, Identity and Global Audiences. 6. The Global and the Local: Cultural Imperialism. 7. Conclusion: The Future of Global Television?. Index
Self-starvation in the context of hunger
2008). Self‐starvation in the context of hunger: Health, normalcy and the “terror of the possible” in Tsitsi Dangarembga's Nervous Conditions. Journal of Postcolonial Writing: Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 115-125
Disability Theory (review)
Disabling Postcolonialism
In putting together the ideas behind this special issue of the Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies we were mindful of a number of concerns. The first was our own desire, as scholars involved in both Disability Studies and Postcolonial Studies, to explore the intersections of our interests, and not to have to hold them at a distance from one another because of the arbitrary lines that divide disciplinary areas. Secondly, we were cons…
Participation
Participation in decision-making has the potential to contribute to greater happiness. To explore this connection, we examine three areas: the family, the workplace and politics. In each of these areas, happiness research suggests that greater participation should increase happiness, most directly via the channels of personal relationships and helping others. There is some empirical research suggesting that participation contributes to happiness.…
Animacies
Mel Chen’s Animacies is stimulating discussion across a wide range of academic disciplines, and rightly so. Winner of the Modern Language Association’s Alan Bray Memorial Book Prize, awarded for an
Intoxicated method, thinking in difference
This issue of Medical Humanities signals a turning point for an area of scholarship that is made up of several ‘contested and fragmented fields’ (p. 17)1 and has been criticised for lacking a central theory, method or politics. At first glance, there may seem to be little in common between recognisable ‘medical humanities’ scholarship—typically engaging with illness experiences, patient–clinician encounters and the history of medical institutions…
Demagoguery and Mental Independence in James Fenimore Cooper’s Political Writings
This essay examines James Fenimore Cooper’s two key nonfiction texts, Notions of the Americans (1828) and The American Democrat (1838), for their appraisal of the process of opinion formation in democracies. Cooper is concerned with the mental dependence and conformism that characterizes American democracy. In particular, he worries that public-spirited individuals will avoid participating in the public sphere for fear of defamation by irresponsi…
JS Mill on Nineteenth Century Marriage and the Common Law
This article seeks to clarify the meaning of marriage for Millian liberals by examining marriage in the context of the nineteenth century common law. JS Mill argues that the family can become a school for free institutions. He identifies a ‘‘morality of justice’’ that must replace chivalry or submission as the normal mode of gendered relations. By using pamphlets, speeches, and legal commentaries, it is possible to explain the meaning of Mill’s ‘…
Mass and elite politics in Mill's considerations on representative Government
This paper examines the formal filters of the public's political will defended by JS Mill as consistent with the best form of representative government. Holding that institutions must adjust to democratic society, and that democratic society must be improved to achieve wise rule, Mill rejects secret ballots and electoral pledges, and advocates a constitutional council and graduated enfranchisement. He also recommends but does not require the indi…
Dostoevsky and Education through Punishment
In an important 1984 paper, “The Moral Education Theory of Punishment,” Jean Hampton argues that the practice of inflicting painful criminal punishments is justified only if punishment is morally educative. Hampton's suggestion forms the point of departure for this article on Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment . I show that Dostoevsky agrees with Hampton that punishment should aim at moral reform; however, Dostoevsky presents no evidence that self…
How to tell the political truth
Global genetic fictions
Involvinghistorians, literary and cultural critics, it was
Liberty in Peril
Troubled Hedonism and Social Justice
J. S. Mill is typically thought of as a liberal utilitarian disciple of Jeremy Bentham, and in other readings as a modern Socratic or even a modern Epicurean. Mill and the Epicureans are alike in several respects: they theorize personal freedom and active character versus determinism and passivity, they oppose excessive love and praise friendship, and they are critical of traditional religiosity. In spite of these similarities, Mill and the Epicu…
On Legal and Legitimate Wars in the Transforming Public Sphere
This paper examines the discursive conditions that make war legal and legitimate. In the Post-World War II period, when countries do not declare war, the gap between legality and legitimacy has widened, and wars are often neither. While other studies of war-declaring typically focus on the relations between states, this paper focuses on relations between citizen and government. In the absence of discursive declarations of war, it is unclear wheth…
Foucault’s anarchaeology of Christianity
In his later lectures, Foucault analyzes confession as a key exercise of the Christian pastoral power. The pastoral power’s creation of a lifelong obligation to speak the truth of oneself is a ‘prelude’ to modern practices of government, and a key facet of modernity. There has been some confusion regarding the scope of Foucault’s study. Is it medieval Christian confessional practices or Christian obedience itself that is his theme? In this articl…
"The American action film and the Arendt-Pitkin 'tyranny of "the Social
Hanna Pitkin explains that Arendt's defense of collective political action tends to reify and mystify an opposing concept Arendt calls 'the Social'. Was Arendt actually right about the rise of 'the Social'? Does the deep-set global mass entertainment culture tend to sap action even when it purportedly celebrates it? And what can viewing publics and counter-publics tell us about the meaning and reception of 'the Social', especially in this massive…
The figures, profiles, border figures ( figures-limites ), and ‘pure schema’ of Foucault’s later lectures on cosmopolitanism
This article offers an affirmative reading of the Socratic and Cynical ‘figures’ in Foucault’s lecture series at the Collège de France, his last (if not final) word on the philosophical care of the self and cosmopolitanism. Foucault interprets ancient philosophy in a series of figures, all of whom are characterized by an affirmative care of self rather than by the hierarchical pastoral power relations he ascribes to Christian confessional politic…
Fairly Angry
Many scholars think that anger is an unruly emotion – or worse. However, anger can contribute to political life and affirmative social change. I call politics consistent with this interpretation of anger a fairly angry politics. A fairly angry person raises a valid but incomplete point about the injustice of their circumstance, in an unpersuasive, incomplete, or flawed way. The fairly angry person should not be dismissed as resentful insofar as t…
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