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| Author | : Vladimir Tismaneanu |
| Publisher | : Central European University Press |
| Total Pages | : 548 |
| Release | : 2019-06-12 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 963386304X |
This volume gathers authors who wrote important works in the fields of the history of ideologies, the comparative study of dictatorships, and intellectual history. The book is a state of the art reassessment and analysis of the ideological commitments of intellectuals and their relationships with dictatorships during the twentieth century. The contributions focus on turning points or moments of breakage as well as on the continuities. Though its focus is on an East–West comparison in Europe, there are texts also dealing with Latin America, China, and the Middle East giving the book a global outlook. The first part of the book deals with intellectuals' involvement with communist regimes or parties; the second looks at the persistence of utopianism in the trajectory of intellectuals who had been associated earlier in their lives with either communism or fascism; the third tackles intellectuals' role in national imaginations from either the left or the right; and, the fourth ties late twentieth century phenomena to current phenomena such as the persistence of anti-Semitism in the West, the slow erosion of the values upon which the EU is built, the quagmire in Iraq, and China's rise in the post-Cold War era. The collection provides a comprehensive big-picture of intellectual genealogies and dictatorial developments.
| Author | : Suyi Davies Okungbowa |
| Publisher | : Hachette UK |
| Total Pages | : 480 |
| Release | : 2021-05-11 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0356515818 |
'A vibrant tale of betrayal, intrigue and revolution' Anthony Ryan 'A thrilling, fantastical adventure that introduces a beguiling new world' S. A. Chakraborty In the city of Bassa, Danso is a clever scholar on the cusp of achieving greatness-only he doesn't want it. Instead, he prefers to chase forbidden stories about what lies outside the city walls. The Bassai elite claim there is nothing of interest. The city's immigrants are sworn to secrecy. But when Danso stumbles across a warrior wielding magic that shouldn't exist, he's put on a collision course with Bassa's darkest secrets. Drawn into the city's hidden history, he sets out on a journey beyond its borders. But the chaos left in the wake of his discovery threatens to destroy the empire. Award-winning author Suyi Davies Okungbowa begins a thrilling new epic fantasy series of violent conquest, buried histories and forbidden magic. Praise for Son of the Storm 'A contender for best new fantasy series of the year' SFX 'Everything I love to see in a fantasy story: masterful, fully-realised worldbuilding, morally complex characters, thoughtful and piercing interrogations of power . . . Damn good stuff!' Jenn Lyons 'An elaborately plotted tale of ancient magics and world-shattering politics. I, like many others, will be impatiently waiting for the next instalment!' Andrea Stewart 'An original and fully conceived new world of fantasy teeming with brilliant possibilities' P. Djèlí Clark 'An epic fantasy set apart by how deftly Okungbowa unfurls his intricate, richly imagined world' A. K. Larkwood 'Forgotten magic propels a richly drawn story of ambition, conspiracy and the elusiveness of belonging' Fonda Lee 'Bold characters, bloody action and brutal politics. I thoroughly enjoyed it!' James Islington
| Author | : George Friedman |
| Publisher | : Anchor |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 2020-02-25 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 0385540507 |
*One of Bloomberg's Best Books of the Year* The master geopolitical forecaster and New York Times bestselling author of The Next 100 Years focuses on the United States, predicting how the 2020s will bring dramatic upheaval and reshaping of American government, foreign policy, economics, and culture. In his riveting new book, noted forecaster and bestselling author George Friedman turns to the future of the United States. Examining the clear cycles through which the United States has developed, upheaved, matured, and solidified, Friedman breaks down the coming years and decades in thrilling detail. American history must be viewed in cycles—particularly, an eighty-year "institutional cycle" that has defined us (there are three such examples—the Revolutionary War/founding, the Civil War, and World War II), and a fifty-year "socio-economic cycle" that has seen the formation of the industrial classes, baby boomers, and the middle classes. These two major cycles are both converging on the late 2020s—a time in which many of these foundations will change. The United States will have to endure upheaval and possible conflict, but also, ultimately, increased strength, stability, and power in the world. Friedman's analysis is detailed and fascinating, and covers issues such as the size and scope of the federal government, the future of marriage and the social contract, shifts in corporate structures, and new cultural trends that will react to longer life expectancies. This new book is both provocative and entertaining.
| Author | : Jason Ānanda Josephson |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 402 |
| Release | : 2012-10-03 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0226412342 |
Throughout its long history, Japan had no concept of what we call “religion.” There was no corresponding Japanese word, nor anything close to its meaning. But when American warships appeared off the coast of Japan in 1853 and forced the Japanese government to sign treaties demanding, among other things, freedom of religion, the country had to contend with this Western idea. In this book, Jason Ananda Josephson reveals how Japanese officials invented religion in Japan and traces the sweeping intellectual, legal, and cultural changes that followed. More than a tale of oppression or hegemony, Josephson’s account demonstrates that the process of articulating religion offered the Japanese state a valuable opportunity. In addition to carving out space for belief in Christianity and certain forms of Buddhism, Japanese officials excluded Shinto from the category. Instead, they enshrined it as a national ideology while relegating the popular practices of indigenous shamans and female mediums to the category of “superstitions”—and thus beyond the sphere of tolerance. Josephson argues that the invention of religion in Japan was a politically charged, boundary-drawing exercise that not only extensively reclassified the inherited materials of Buddhism, Confucianism, and Shinto to lasting effect, but also reshaped, in subtle but significant ways, our own formulation of the concept of religion today. This ambitious and wide-ranging book contributes an important perspective to broader debates on the nature of religion, the secular, science, and superstition.
| Author | : Conrad Riker |
| Publisher | : Conrad Riker |
| Total Pages | : 179 |
| Release | : 101-01-01 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : |
Are you tired of being told what you should think and how you should behave as a man in today's society? Do you feel that something has been lost in the world's attempt to redefine masculinity? Are you seeking a path back to the true essence of what it means to be a man? "The New Masculine Renaissance" is a rallying cry for those who yearn for a restoration of masculine virtues in a world that often seems to have lost its way. It addresses the confusion and frustration many men feel in the face of prevailing ideologies and offers clear, practical guidance for developing a personal code of honor and strength in the face of these challenges. This book: 1. Explores the concept of individuation as introduced by Carl Jung, offering a means of understanding and navigating the complexities of the modern world. 2. Emphasizes the importance of embracing and balancing opposites in one's life, a key aspect of Jung's philosophy. 3. Provides an exploration of the development of personal character and moral code, focusing on masculine virtues. 4. Highlights the importance of understanding and navigating the subtleties of one's inner world. 5. Examines the effects of extreme ideologies on society and the individual. 6. Looks into the psychology behind groupthink and its influence on individual decision-making and societal progress. 7. Discusses the intellectual journey of becoming 'red-pilled' and embracing rationality and logic in one's outlook. 8. Envisions a future where the masculine virtues are respected and appreciated once again, leading to a potential 'renaissance' of masculine values. If you are ready to take control of your own narrative and join the new masculine renaissance, then this book is for you. It's time to rediscover what it truly means to be a man in an ideologically possessed world. Buy your copy today!
| Author | : James Griffiths |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 440 |
| Release | : 2021-10-21 |
| Genre | : Literary Collections |
| ISBN | : 1350257931 |
China's 'Great Firewall' has evolved into the most sophisticated system of online censorship in the world. As the Chinese internet grows and online businesses thrive, speech is controlled, dissent quashed, and attempts to organise outside the official Communist Party are quickly stamped out. Updated throughout and available in paperback for the first time, The Great Firewall of China draws on James Griffiths' unprecedented access to the Great Firewall and the politicians, tech leaders, dissidents and hackers whose lives revolve around it. New chapters cover the suppression of information about the first outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, disinformation campaigns in response to the exposure of the persecution of Uyghur communities in Xinjiang and the crackdown against the Umbrella movement in Hong Kong.
| Author | : Charlotte A. Lerg |
| Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
| Total Pages | : 302 |
| Release | : 2018-10-05 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1526119404 |
Is the Atlantic World in a state of crisis? At a time when many political observers perceive indeed a crisis in transatlantic relations, critical evaluation of past narratives and frameworks in Transatlantic Relations and Atlantic History alike become crucial. This volume provides an academic foundation to critically assess the Atlantic World and to rethink transatlantic relations in a transnational and global perspective. The TransAtlantic reconsidered brings together leading experts such as Harvard historians Charles S. Maier and Bernard Bailyn and former ERC scientific board member Nicholas Canny. All the scholars represented in this volume have helped to shape, re-shape, and challenge the narrative(s) of the Atlantic World and can thus (re-)evaluate its conceptual basis in view of historiographical developments and contemporary challenges.
| Author | : PEN/Faulkner Foundation, |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Total Pages | : 386 |
| Release | : 2008-12-08 |
| Genre | : Literary Collections |
| ISBN | : 1596918780 |
An anthology of never-before-published short essays by America's literary greats. Each October at the PEN Gala, well-known authors take the stage of the Folger Shakespeare Library's Theatre to ponder the meaning of such universal mysteries as "obsession," "illusion," "first love," and more. Each author is given only three minutes or less to speak. The results have been unpredictable--clever, confessional, inspiring, hilarious, profound, and all of them entertaining. These essays have been transcribed for the first time, and comprise this unique anthology. Among the authors are: Russell Banks, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Annie Dillard, Gail Godwin, Allan Gurganus, Jane Hamilton, Alice Hoffman, Susan Isaacs, Charles Johnson, William Kennedy, Chang-rae Lee, Larry McMurtry, Sue Miller, Joyce Carol Oates, George Plimpton, Francine Prose, Maurice Sendak, Anita Shreve, Jane Smiley, William Styron, Deborah Tannen, John Edgar Wideman.
| Author | : Jeffrey D. Hockett |
| Publisher | : University of Virginia Press |
| Total Pages | : 444 |
| Release | : 2013 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 0813933749 |
On the way to offering a new analysis of the basis of the Supreme Court's iconic decision in Brown v. Board of Education, Jeffrey Hockett critiques an array of theories that have arisen to explain it and Supreme Court decision making generally. Drawing upon justices' books, articles, correspondence, memoranda, and draft opinions, A Storm over This Court demonstrates that the puzzle of Brown's basis cannot be explained by any one theory. Borrowing insights from numerous approaches to analyzing Supreme Court decision making, this study reveals the inaccuracy of the popular perception that most of the justices merely acted upon a shared, liberal preference for an egalitarian society when they held that racial segregation in public education violates the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. A majority of the justices were motivated, instead, by institutional considerations, including a recognition of the need to present a united front in such a controversial case, a sense that the Court had a significant role to play in international affairs during the Cold War, and a belief that the Court had an important mission to counter racial injustice in American politics. A Storm over This Court demonstrates that the infusion of justices' personal policy preferences into the abstract language of the Constitution is not the only alternative to an originalist approach to constitutional interpretation. Ultimately, Hockett concludes that the justices' decisions in Brown resist any single, elegant explanation. To fully explain this watershed decision--and, by implication, others--it is necessary to employ a range of approaches dictated by the case in question.
| Author | : David Williams |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 239 |
| Release | : 2002-09-11 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1134863209 |
In this analysis of Japan's policy-making, David Williams places his argument within the debates about Japanese political economy in the United States and Britain, debates previously polarised between `market' and `ministry' views. He presents Japanese-style nationalist development as a serious challenge to Western values and theory.
