“Fearing your own queer self”: Depictions of Diasporic Queer Experience in Grace Lau’s Poetry by Joanna Antoniak

“…Through the analysis of three poems (“The Levity,” “The Lies That Bind,” and “My Grief Is a Winter”), supported with references to the theoretical works on Asian North American writing and queer Asian migrant experience, the article discusses Lau’s depictions of queerness and her experiences as a Chinese immigrant in relation to the Canadian LGBTQ+ community, white queer liberalism, and internal politics of the Chinese diaspora. …”
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Na stráži samoděržaví. Vladimir Andrejevič Gringmut a Ruská monarchistická strana, 1905–1907 by Zbyněk Vydra

“…Anti-semitism, anti-liberalism, adoration of strong state power and criticism of Western influences in the Russian life was characteristical for Gringmut and its party. …”
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THE REALIST PARADIGM OF ENERGY DIPLOMACY IN THE RUSSIAN SCIENTIFIC TRADITION AND ITS PRACTICAL APPLICABILITY by R. О. Reinhardt, S. V. Pronichkin

“…However, most of the existing works do not specify the selected political theory paradigms, such as, for instance, realism, liberalism or constructivism. With no intention to conduct a comparative analysis of the aforementioned concepts, the authors of the article outline the key theoretical findings of political realism as the most suitable paradigm for explaining, analyzing and eventually forecasting the recent trends and phenomena given the current geopolitical and economical juncture. …”
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City, cholera, and COVID: A reading mediated by religiosity and science by Carlos E. Flores-Rodríguez, Luis Fajardo-Velázquez, Rosa María López-Nanco

“…On its way to liberalism and, above all, in relation to the difficulties that characterized this moment, the 19th century was fundamental in the configuration of the societies of Mexican cities and, in particular, of peripheral neighborhoods. …”
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The Phenomenon of «Islamic State» by A. V. Fedorchenko, A. V. Krylov

“…The crisis of "secular ideologies" (primarily Western liberalism and communism), greatly contributed to the success of "Islamic boom", including the creation of the ISIS. …”
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FORECASTING PRACTICES IN ACADEMIC IR: METHODOLOGICAL MAINSTREAM AND UNSOLVED PROBLEMS by I. V. Fomin, K. P. Kokarev, B. I. Ananyev, N. Yu. Silaev, A. A. Sushentsov, A. D. Chekov

“…As to the traditional paradigms, it is liberalism that is the most common with Marxism being completely neglected. …”
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The interplay of democracy and trade: A comparative study of China and the EU in Eurasian relations by Stekić Nenad, Nikolić Jovana

“…The paper concludes by discussing how the findings challenge the postulates of commercial liberalism as part of democratic peace theory in the Eurasian context. …”
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Bejlisova aféra. Antisemitismus a ruský politický život v letech 1911-1913 by Zbyněk Vydra

“…Russian radical right wanted to use it in their campaign against political liberalism. The old primitive ritual murder accusation, a traditional element of Christian anti-Semitism, became a pretext for this affair. …”
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A transnational double movement? Polanyian reflections on conflicts law constitutionalism by Steven Klein

“…Since the 2008 financial crisis, the social has returned—not just in Europe, but in all regions grappling with what comes after neo-liberalism. In this response, I turn to Christian Joerges’s seminal articulation of the conflict of laws as Europe’s constitutional form as a contribution to this current theoretical task. …”
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The Eye of the Censor: A Critical Genealogy of Censorship as Transparency (16th-18th Centuries) by Magali Bessone

“…Looking at the genealogy of censorship can thus help us understand why the dialectics surrounding visibility, reason and politics at the centre of contemporary liberalism cannot be reduced to Jürgen Habermas’ famous “transformation of the public sphere” process (1989 [1962]).…”
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ISLAM AND NEO-MODERNISM IN INDONESIA: REVISITING NURCHOLISH MADJID AND ABDURRAHMAN WAHID’S THOUGHT ON CIVIL SOCIETY by Dito Alif Pratama

“…Moreover, this paper also argues that both interpretations of Islam and civil society have been constructive for Indonesia in promoting democratic reforms, strengthening the importance of the Pancasila (the five pillars) foundation and state constitution, not religious sectarianism (theocracy), thus refuting the notion that Islam is incompatible with democracy and pluralism and assisting Indonesian society in the productive synthesis of Islamic ideas and modern concepts such as democracy, liberalism, and secularism.…”
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Intersectionalities of the Left and Right in Latin America and Europe. An exploration of contemporary political processes by Nicol A. Barria-Asenjo, Slavoj Žižek, Brian Willems, Ruben Balotol, Gonzalo Salas, Jesús Ayala-Colqui

“…The current rise of new right-wing groups with a particular combination of intransigent economic liberalism and conservative nationalist fascism, a kind of liberfascism, advocates for both a strict apology for the capitalist market and the exclusion of anything that challenges its model in the political and cultural spheres. …”
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THE CONCEPT OF SELF-DETERMINATION IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT by V. V. Khmil, O. M. Korkh

“…The philosophy of the Enlightenment has made a significant step toward further development of self-determination concept and its rationalization – separation of freedom and tyranny, new perception of necessary conditions for free self-determination of an individual as the ability to manage own passions and build own life on some rational principles, to refuse from excessive egoism, combining personal interests with the interests of others and public in generally these ideas were performed in the system of philosophical and legal liberalism, which emerged as a result of the synthesis of individualism and rationality concepts, and became an ideological basis for the modernization of Western civilization.…”
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THE PROBLEM OF WORLD ORDER IN WESTERN IR STUDIES by M. V. Soljanova

“…The author of this article seeks to research and analyze the various theoretical paradigms (neo-realism, neo-liberalism, institutionalism, neo-marxism, etc.) and concepts to form a coherent picture of the structure of the world system, its main features and to offer readers the vision of the concept of "world order". …”
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TO THE BASICS OF MODERN POLITICAL ANTHROPOLOGY: FREEDOM AND JUSTICE IN THE SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY OF T. HOBBES by L. A. Sytnichenko, D. V. Usov

“…On the basis of a consistent analysis of the anthropological component of Hobbes’s theory of social contract, an in-depth understanding of modern contractualism and contemporary discussions in the field of its existential and anthropological component is offered, as well as the thesis that political anthropology is the core of the philosophical anthropology because it makes possible the methodologically important understanding of the basic problems of human existence – the interaction of justice and freedom, self-interest and public good, as well as it quite clearly outlines the ways to overcome the dilemmas of liberalism and communitarianism, individualism and holism. …”
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Il luogo e il senso: creazione e significazione degli spazi nel mondo globale by Gambardella, Fabiana, Amodio, Paolo

“…The lucky inhabitants of the West easily traverse a seemingly borderless world, feeling themselves citizens of the world; neo-liberalism relies on the freedom of movement of goods and men reduced to commodities. …”
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The Chinese State, Incomplete Proletarianization and Structures of Inequality in Two Epochs by Wu Jieh-min, Mark Selden

“…To be sure, many other nations have experienced rising social inequality in this epoch of neo-liberalism, notably the United States and Japan, but Chinese inequality has assumed distinctive forms consonant with its class structure, population control arrangements, and differential welfare policies and citizen rights. …”
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The Role of Iranians in Istanbul in Publishing and Distributing Modernist and Constitutionalist Texts by Mohammad Hossein Sadeghi, Hassan Hazrati

“…However, given the context of the time, such "harmful" texts most likely opposed despotism and promoted liberalism or constitutional ideals.…”
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