Browsing by Author "Stevens, Simon"
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An Anti-homeless Public Space
Stevens, Simon (Other)In this post, Dr Simon Stevens exposes the strategies used by local authorities and managers of pseudo-public spaces in English cities, to disperse, deter and dehumanise homeless residents. Seen through the eyes of a ... -
The Concept of the Canon: Genealogy and its Contribution to Normative Arguments
Stevens, Simon (Conference)This work is very much in progress, with emerging ideas that I hope to develop into a full paper. Nevertheless, it is not without a position: the aim is to show how genealogy can be absorbed into normative theory, by ... -
Genealogy as an Approach to Political Theory
Stevens, Simon (Conference)The aim of this paper is to present an increasing need for genealogy as an approach within Political Theory, as a response to the growing impact discourse surrounding PhD funding. I begin by establishing this paper’s ... -
How to Be Good at Telling Others to Be Good: A Case for Epilogue Storytelling
Stevens, Simon (Conference)The first part of this article looks at the methods we use in ideal theory to achieve a principles-first approach – idealisations, thought experiments and reflective equilibrium - and the criticisms this brings from nonideal ... -
Life and Letting Die: A Story of the Homeless, Autonomy, and Anti-Social Behaviour
Stevens, Simon (Article)If I were to say that the architecture in our public spaces is ‘really speaking to us’, you would be forgiven for thinking this is a piece about the aesthetics of our cities. In some ways in fact, it is, but not in ... -
A Story of the Homeless and Anti-Social Behaviour
Stevens, Simon (Conference)If I were to say that the architecture in our public spaces is ‘really speaking to us’, you would be forgiven for thinking this is a piece about the aesthetics of our cities. In some ways in fact, it is, but not in any ... -
What is legitimate to study? In pursuit of the normative in normative theory
Stevens, Simon (Conference)When both academic critique and funding criteria essentially say to political theory, ‘what is the point?’, anxiety creeps into the heart of every normative theorist and agonising self-reflection ensues; the study of the ... -
What is Legitimate to Study? In Pursuit of the ‘normative’ in Normative theory
Stevens, Simon (Conference)When both academic critique and funding criteria essentially say to political theory, ‘what is the point?’, anxiety creeps into the heart of every normative theorist and agonising self-reflection ensues; the study of the ...