Publisher's Synopsis
"The Undergraduate Years (2011-2012)" is Volume I of Kyle R. Brady: The Collected Works, a collection of the author's academic works, divided into specific and tangible periods, meant for both the curious reader and posterity itself. Each individual piece serves as a short-but-detailed introduction to the subject under consideration, in a way that's aiming for both understanding and relevance. Moreover, each piece serves as a brief window to the author's worldview at the time and his evolving interests, creating an important record in understanding his academic and professional development.Volume I -- while not particularly revolutionary, groundbreaking, or deep -- contains top-notch academic work for a student who was, at the time, an A-level political science undergraduate trying to understand the world through the lenses of political theory, political philosophy, international relations, and realism. Subjects include Aristophanes, Thucydides, The Republic of Turkey, Sigmund Freud, Herbert Marcuse, Aristotle, Mencius, David Bohm, John Dewey, Jurgen Habermas, Michael Walzer, the City of San Jose, Thomas Hobbes, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Realism, and The Russian Federation.Chapters:1 - Public Opinion and the Politics of War: Aristophanes' Lysistrata and Thucydides' On Justice, Power, and Human Nature2 - Türkiye Cumhuriyeti: The Republic of Turkey, The European Union Member Who Never Was3 - Sigmund Freud: Suppressing the Violent Tendencies of Humanity through Governance4 - Herbert Marcuse: Moving Beyond the Triumvirate of Art, Language, and Politics5 - Governance and Public Duty: Balancing Pragmatism and Benevolence6 - Properly, Politically Educating the American Public: Examining Great Thinkers and Theorists - Bohm, Dewey, Habermas, and Walzer7 - The City of San Jose, the City Council, and the Public: A Demonstrated Power Differential8 - Thomas Hobbes and the Theory of Consent: Foreshadowing Modern Systems of Governance9 - Rousseau's Civil Religion: A Worthwhile Unifying Force10 - The Many Faces of Realism: An Examination of Pragmatic Ideology11- The Facade of Russian Democracy: Examining the Quality and Truth of Democracy in the Russian Federation
