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Abstract: Martin Heidegger writes that the mission of Being and Time is one where, “We must show that all previous questions and investigations which aim at Da-sein fail to see the real philosophical problem, regardless of their factual productivity.” This statement is, in effect, what Heidegger believes his philosophical work has to offer as a “restarting of philosophy.” Heidegger’s “fundamental ontology” represents what Thomas Kuhn might call a “paradigm shift” in the Western sciences. What Heidegger’s philosophy offers the political theorist is not a radical shift in facts, or arguments that serve as critical of the accumulation of facts of the world; instead Heidegger’s work presents an alternative means to connect these facts in a way that preserves responsibility, judgment, and care in a non-Christian philosophical method. Ultimately, Heidegger offers the potential for a revaluation of values that yields positive theoretical territory to explore politics in areas that are blocked or cut off by contemporary liberal-Christian understandings of politics. I argue here that Heidegger’s philosophical project specifically offers the opportunity to reorient the constellation of republican political theory in a manner that is friendly to both contemporary political science method and fundamental republican principles.

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Abstract: The paper defines the Piagetian notion of reflective abstraction as it has been applied in mathematics education research for over twenty years. The history of reflective abstraction in the field is briefly summarized and recent definitions of reflective abstraction are described with the intent to address the criticisms of reflective abstraction from the situated cognition community. Additionally, the utility of new approaches to reflective abstraction for curriculum development and classroom teaching is discussed. In particular, this paper intends to underscore recent original contributions in reflective abstraction, such as those represented in the 2005 American Educational Research Association (AERA) symposium, Abstraction in Mathematics Learning: Comparing Alternative Emerging Conceptions, and other recent work in the field.

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Abstract: This paper examines the use of sexual assault myths in English Canadian newspapers in 2002. Using content and critical discourse analysis, the coverage of sexual assault in six daily newspapers was examined over a one year period which determined th

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Abstract: In this paper I examine how and why seven childhood friends remain friends thirty years later. Through examining theories of remembering, silencing, visibility, forgetting, and belonging, I argue that, in this case, it is an unspoken pact of silence (including leaving differences unexamined and selective forgetting) that these women are able to be visible to one another in ways that actually allow for support of their difference.

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Abstract: Not since Rome has any nation had so much economic, military, and cultural power. Through the accumulation and development of economic and military power, combined with the allure of its cultural power, the U.S. has been able to hold the hegemonic position into the 21st century. Yet, today the U.S. is facing criticism for its go-it-alone foreign policy under the Bush administration. The invasion to Iraq and the conduct of the U.S. troops in Iraq are bringing worldwide scorn onto the abuse of its power. In spite of the attraction of American culture, which is being spread through the media and the movie of Hollywood, its ideals such as democracy and liberty behind which the U.S. stands and gains legitimacy are being undermined by the blatant disregard and the hypocrisy in the application of these ideals to Iraq.The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the U.S. will likely remain the world's sole most dominant country well into the 21 st century. This is to be accomplished by assessing how the Spanish Empire, the Dutch Empire, and the British Empire had dealt with a challenge to them and by investigating why these three Empires enjoyed an "Indian Summer" the term indicating that the hegemons were able to recuperate ephemerally their hegemony after a seeming decline. Usually, the Indian Summer occurred after a great battle. Imperial Spain, for example, was challenged to war by both Muslin and Protestant powers during the 1560s. The United Provinces also were mostly provoked by England in the 1650s and 1660s. The First British Empire was challenged by Spain and France in the 1750s; the Second British Empire was confronted by both France and Russia from the 1850s. These challenges blew up as military conflicts which took the hegemons by surprise. However, the hegemons immediately recovered their commitment. They faced the challenge head on, amplified their military efforts, and regained their preeminence. There were a resurgence of greatness and expansion, and a resurrection of national glory, pride and confidence. But rather, the hegemons enjoyed an Indian Summer: a spectacular but temporary afterglow of former hegemonic splendor. Through exploring the previous hegemons' experience, that is the Indian Summer, this paper will argue that even though the U.S. eventually might succeed in the war on Iraq, the U.S. role in world affairs will be more likely to be forever changed by the war. The U.S. has already shaken its prestige, and its dominance will rest on more uncertain bases. The continued maintenance of global pre-eminence will carry a higher price tag. Regardless of how well the U.S. will recover from the challenge, its resurgence will never truly recapture the golden age of hegemony.