CONTENTS


INTRODUCTION: Politics and Ethics through Transitions
William Sweet and Daniel Ahern


PART I. ETHICS, RIGHTS, AND DEMOCRACY

Chapter I. Politics and Ethics: a word of introduction
Vazha Keshelava

Chapter II. Rights vs. Natural Law: At Stake is the Political
Stephen F. Schneck

Chapter III. Contemporary Culture and Appeals to Human Rights
William Sweet

Chapter IV. Democracy and the Metaphysics of Multiplicity
Niyazi Mehdi

Chapter V. From Politics to Transpolitics: the ‘end of politics’ and politics as a performance
Elizbar Elizbarashvili

Chapter VI. Hegel, Marx, and the Critique of Communist Reality
Michael Muskhelishvili


PART II: CHALLENGES: POLITICS AND RELIGION

Chapter VII. Individual Rights and Group Rights in the Post-Soviet World
Nodar Natadze

Chapter VIII. Freedom of Belief in Independent Azerbaijan: Problems of the Majority and the Problems of Minorities
Hikmet Hadjy-Zadeh

Chapter IX. The Problem of Corruption in Georgia
Tinatin Bochorishvili

Chapter X. Problems of Post-Soviet Development: Politics and Ethics
Ali Abasov

Chapter XI. Political Aspects of the Formation of the National Information System in Post-Communist Georgia
Henry Kuprashvili and Teimuraz Sharashenidze

Chapter XII. Signs of the Time: Ethical and Political Challenges to Georgia’s Future
Paata Chkheidze


PART III: DIRECTIONS

Chapter XIII. Ethics in the Context of Globalization
Edward S. Markarian

Chapter XIV. Ethics, Politics, and the Observations of an Engaged Citizen
Ina Ranson

Chapter XV. The Globalization Process and Peace and Security in Georgia
Omar Gogiashvili

Chapter XVI. Toleration, Christian Faith, and Phenomenological Logic
Mamuka Dolidze


Index

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