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Book SynopsisA RADIO 4 ''BOOK OF THE WEEK''Sometimes it''s hard to be a woman and sometimes it''s time to be a hard woman . . . This is a book for all those times.Once upon a (very very) long time ago Jo Brand was what you might describe as ''a nice little girl''. Of course, that was before the values of cynicism, misogyny and the societal expectation that Jo would be thin, feminine and demure sent her off down Arsey Avenue. The plot thickened, when due to a complicated fusion of hormones, horrible family dynamics and a no-good boyfriend they hated, Jo ended up leaving home at 16. Now she''s considerably further along life''s inevitable bloody ''journey'' - and she''s fucked up enough times to feel confident she has no wisdom to offer anyone. But who cares? She''s going to do it anyway...Born Lippy is a gathering of all the things Jo Brand wishes she''d known, all the things she''s learnt, and all the things she hopes for the future. A century after Trade ReviewA hilarious must-have bible for anyone wanting to get gobby . . . I bloody loved this book. So smart, so funny. I wish I'd had it years ago * SARAH MILLICAN *I loved Born Lippy . . . The humour is vintage Brand * SUNDAY TIMES *Moving, funny and most of all useful. A collection of all the things Brand wishes she'd known, things she's learnt and the things she hopes for the future * SCOTSMAN *A must-read guide to life as a woman, including heckling as a life skill; how to like yourself; what happens when you turn into your mother, and other things Brand wishes she'd known earlier -- HELENA KENNEDY * MAIL ON SUNDAY *Funny, feisty and full of life... I loved this book -- PHILIP SCHOFIELD * THIS MORNING *If you want to get really useful advice about life's problems, go to someone who has messed things up, admitted it, then got back on track. Jo Brand is such a person...full of insights and hard-won wisdom * DAILY MAIL *Taking on all the major issues: Feminism, Social Media, Friendship, Parenting and perhaps most crucially -- why there isn't an anti-wrinkle cream for testicles, Born Lippy is funny, clever and very rude. Just like Jo * MORWENNA BANKS *Sassy...feisty and funny * SUNDAY EXPRESS *BORN LIPPY tackles serious subjects between the laughs * BBC Online *Jo Brand is a good writer, and this book is full of engaging, witty prose, just like her comedy...Informed and insightful * CULTURE CALLING *Jo Brand unrolls lessons from her own life in Born Lippy, salty advice on how great expectations may crumble yet prove useful in the long run * SUNDAY TIMES CULTURE, Radio pick of the day *If you want to get really useful advice about life's problems, go to someone who has messed things up, admitted it, then got back on track. Jo Brand is such a person * DAILY MAIL WEEKEND *Chock-full of pithy lines about how best to navigate these troubling times we live in * Irish Independent Review *

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Book SynopsisA NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 ‘The powerful story of a woman who was ahead of her time’ Mishal Husain, presenter at BBC News 'Terrific and necessary' Sonia Faleiro 'This book is brilliant and terrifying' Meena Kandasamy _________________________ A beautiful woman in winged eyeliner and a low-cut top lies on a bed urging her favourite cricketer to win the next match. In another post, she pouts at the camera from a hot tub. She posts a selfie with a cleric, wearing his cap at a jaunty angle. Her posts are viewed millions of times and the comments beneath them are full of hate. As her notoriety grows, the comments made about her on national talk shows are just as vitriolic. They call her Pakistan's Kim Kardashian, they say she'll do anything for attention. When she's murdered, they're transfixed by the footage of her body. Drawing on interviews and in-depth research, Sanam Maher pieces together Qandeel's life from the village where she grew up in the backwaters of rural Pakistan, to her stint in a women's shelter after escaping her marriage, to her incarnation as a social media sensation and the Muslim world's most unlikely feminist icon.Trade ReviewA breakthrough book, A Woman Like Her bracingly illuminates an increasingly global if yet under-covered phenomenon: the tragic collision between the forged selves of social media and the brute realities of ordinary life. It also describes, with rare intimacy, some profound cultural tumult in a society that is largely known for its political dramas -- Pankaj MishraThis fascinating portrait of Qandeel Baloch, Pakistan’s first big female internet sensation, is also a skillfully reported account of a country in which conservative mores conflict with the pace of social change, and in which women all too often pay the price * New York Times, Books of the Year 2020 *A terrific achievement. Sanam Maher’s sensitive, nuanced portrait restores humanity, in all its complexity, to her subject -- Olivia Sudjic, author of SympathyWritten without judgement, without pandering, without reducing its subject to a stereotype, this book is brilliant and terrifying -- Meena Kandasamy, author of the Women’s Prize shortlisted When I Hit YouA book about killing that tells us how we live now. Sanam Maher has her ear to the ground and a storyteller's voice that is intimate and yet soars to the skies. -- Mohammed HanifIn her excavation of the life of the defiant, glamorous Qandeel Baloch, Sanam Maher has put out the highest calibre of investigative journalism, written with tragedy, poetry and passion befitting of its subject -- Molly Crabapple, author of Drawing BloodOnly one of Pakistan's finest young writers could carry weighty themes like honour, fame, and violence with such deliberation and poise -- Fatima BhuttoQandeel was a marvellous blaze. She set our dark world on fire and made enough light to expose the hypocrisies of Pakistan's pious patriarchy. In Sanam Maher's terrific and necessary book, these flames burn brighter than ever -- Sonia Faleiro

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Book SynopsisThomas Sowell has an almost godlike status amongst conservative intellectuals. "It's a scandal that economist Sowell has not been awarded the Nobel Prize," wrote a reviewer in Forbes. A profile in the Wall Street Journal described him as "one of America's great sages." His writing on politics, economics, and social issues have prompted both contempt and praise. In Maverick, Jason Riley explores the life and ideas of Thomas Sowell, one of America's most important Black intellectuals.A bright student with a tumultuous home life, Sowell was admitted to one of New York's most competitive high schools but dropped out at age 16. He left home a year later and moved into a shelter in the Bronx for homeless boys where he kept a knife under his pillow for protection. Years later, the G.I. bill enabled him to enroll in night school at Howard University and after his freshman year, he transferred to Harvard. By 1968, Sowell received his doctorate in economics from the University of Chicago, his dissertation written under the guidance of future Nobel economists Milton Friedman and George Stigler. Maverick follows Sowell from the University of Chicago to his early critiques of the Civil Rights moment. In the 60s and 70s, Sowell accepted teaching positions at Howard, Cornell, UCLA, and elsewhere -- but the campus turmoil of the era clashed with Sowell's principles and he refused to bend. He turned his attention to writing.Over the past fifty tears, Sowell has written over thirty books and countless columns and media appearances. Riley offers an introduction to Sowell's ideas, from race and inequality to economics and education. Riley considers how Sowell's own history alongside the moments and movements that shaped his thinking to offer a nuanced portrait of one of America's leading conservative intellectuals. Maverick explores the extraordinary scope and depth of arguably the most influential and trenchant Black social critics alive in America today - one whose contributions have been underacknowledged because they do not align with progressive ideas about race.

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Book SynopsisWestminster and Whitehall are secret worlds, hidden to most. But working as a lobby journalist, former Labour Party staffer Andy McSmith has had exclusive access to our top politicians for decades. Here, he shares his personal encounters with the great and the good of the British political landscape, revealing what they are really like behind the scenes. With witty and perceptive flair, he describes encounters such as flying to Tokyo with Margaret Thatcher, the last Prime Minister who would walk fearlessly into a room full of journalists, unprotected by special advisers; dining with Sir Edward Heath, a man who knew how to hold a grudge, in his home in Salisbury; observing Gordon Brown and Tony Blair as new MPs, sharing a cramped office in Parliament and collaborating like brothers; and working with Boris Johnson back when he had an ambition to be something more than just a journalist. Filled with vivid portraits of those at the heart of British politics over the past forty years, Strange People I Have Known is a memoir of a life well lived and an insider's account of the inner workings of government.

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Book SynopsisNadeine Asbali would be the first to say that a scarf on a woman's head doesn't define her, but in her case, that's a lie. Nadeine's life changed overnight. As a mixed-race teenager, she had unknowingly been passing as white her entire life: until she decided to wear the hijab. Then, in an instant, she went from being an unassuming white(ish) child to something sinister and threatening, perverse and foreign. Veiled Threat is a sharp and illuminating examination of what it is to be a visibly Muslim woman in modern Britain, a nation intent on forced assimilation and integration and one that views covered bodies as primitive and dangerous. From being bombarded by racist stereotypes to being subjected to structural inequalities on every level, Nadeine asks why Muslim women are forced to contend with the twin oppressions of state-sanctioned Islamophobia and the unrelenting misogyny that fuels our world, all whilst being told by white feminists that they need saving. Combining a passionate argument with personal experience, Veiled Threat is an indictment of a divided Britain that dominates and systematically others Muslim women at every opportunity.

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Book SynopsisA critical biography of René Descartes, whose first principle (“I think therefore I am.”) reshaped modern philosophy. Often called ‘the father of modern philosophy’, René Descartes’ contributions to philosophy, mathematics and natural science set the intellectual agenda for the seventeenth century. In this biography and assessment of his works, based on the most up-to-date research, Steven Nadler follows Descartes from his early years and education in France to the Dutch Republic, where he lived most of his adult life, to his final months as tutor to Queen Christina of Sweden.Nadler shows how Descartes’ ‘renewal’ of philosophy involved a transformation in both the way in which philosophy is done and the fundamental understanding of the cosmos, the natural world and human nature. His work was a springboard for many of the metaphysical and epistemological problems that continue to engage philosophers today. 'Steven Nadler’s outstanding biography achieves a fine balance of life, ideas and context, allowing Descartes’s philosophy to emerge from its eclectic seventeenth-century milieu in all its dazzling originality and strangeness. Lucid, compelling and unfailingly judicious, this is a marvelous new study of a magisterial modern thinker.' — Clare Carlisle Tresch, King’s College London

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Book SynopsisDoctor, militant, political essayist, ambassador, teacher, journalist, pan-Africanist: Frantz Fanon represented a new model of engaged intellectual who sought to decolonize mid-twentieth-century thought, society and culture and move beyond the ideology of race. Born Black in colonial Martinique, he fought for France during the Second World War but later renounced his native land and aspired to be Algerian during the Algerian War of Independence. Emphasizing Fanon’s gift for self-invention and performance, Frantz Fanon charts the key turning points in his short, extraordinary life and explores how his pioneering work in psychiatry influenced his revolutionary philosophy. It is essential reading for those who wish to know more about this unique, visionary figure.Table of ContentsAbbreviations Introduction: Fanon: Doctor, Writer, Revolutionary 1 More French than French: Boyhood on a Colonial Island 2 Fighting for the Republic: From Dissidence to Combat 3 Return to the Native Land: With and Against Césaire 4 The Voyage In: Love and Loathing in Lyon 5 Getting Under the Colonial Skin, Leaping Out of History 6 Socialtherapy: The Breakthrough of Saint-Alban 7 Blida: Where Medicine Meets War 8 Public Acts of Provocation: Fanon in Performance 9 My Name is Ibrahim: Exile in Tunis 10 Lifting the Veil/Preaching Revolution 11 Accra, Pan-Africanism and the Southern Front 12 Down to the Wire: The Damned Reborn 13 The Final Crossing 14 Fanon’s After-Lives References Select Bibliography Acknowledgements Photo Acknowledgements

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Book Synopsis A major contribution to the history of European anthropology, this book highlights the Porto School of Anthropology and analyses the work of its main mentor, Mendes Correia (1888-1960). It goes beyond a Portuguese focus to present a wider comparative analysis in which the colonial empire, knowledge of origins, ethnic identity and cultural practices all receive special attention. The analysis takes into account the fact that nationalism, as associated with an ethno-racial paradigm, decisively influenced discourse and scientific and political practices.Table of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Acronyms and Abbreviations List of Archives and Libraries Introduction Chapter 1. Biography of Mendes Correia (1888-1960) Chapter 2. The Institutionalization of Anthropology in Portugal: The Case of the Porto School of Anthropology Chapter 3. A Diversity of Topics Attached to the Study of Humanity Chapter 4. Practical Uses of Anthropology Chapter 5. Mendes Correia’s Political Legacy Conclusion. The Legacy of Mendes Correia and of the Porto School of Anthropology Appendix 1: Volumes of Miscellaneous from the Porto School of Anthropology Appendix 2: Foreign Authors in the Miscellaneous of the Porto School of Anthropology References Index

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Book SynopsisThis is a memoiristic book and a dual portrait, built around intense friendships with two leading public intellectuals who achieved celebrity status—Susan Sontag on a global scale, George Steiner principally in Europe, though also for a time in the US. For audiences at Woody Allen movies Sontag was the prime embodiment of the term “intellectual,” whose famous 1965 essay “Notes on Camp” won her an enormous following. For viewers of French, German and British television over decades Steiner was the primary interview show talking head, igniting controversy on many fronts, while also commanding a loyal audience for thirty years as a book critic at The New Yorker. To know Sontag and Steiner, as this memoir suggests, was often to feel overmatched and yet also bemused and awe-struck. Both of them gave off an air of omniscience and self-confidence, as if they had taken to heart the words of the Nobel laureate Elias Canetti, who wrote, “I cannot become modest; too many things burn in me.”Maestros & Monsters is the work of a well-known public intellectual who was close to Sontag and Steiner over a half century, and who managed to bring them together on several occasions—the only times they ever met. Those encounters are among the most bizarre episodes in this narrative, which also features extended encounters with such literary figures as Arthur Koestler, Edward Said, Phillip Rieff, James Wood and others.Trade ReviewA delicious portrait of two difficult, brilliant intellectuals, and a spirited vindication of criticism as a noble calling.--Garth GreenwellThis superb book takes us back to the last moments of the golden age of American letters. --Cornel WestRobert Boyers has been in close contact with every seismic shift in literary, intellectual, artistic, and academic quarters.--Joyce Carol OatesA moving contribution to the history of our intellectual culture.--Darryl PinckneyA thrillingly generous book ... in the grand tradition of Samuel Johnson's "Lives of the Poets," Sainte-Beuve's biographical sketches, and Turgenev's "Literary Reminiscences."--Philip Lopate Table of ContentsIntroductionPart One: The Fascination of What's Difficult: Susan Sontag Chapter 1 Seriously Uncool? 21Chapter 2 Is This Rude? 34Chapter 3 Disappointments and Dismissals 44Chapter 4 Authority Figure. 58Chapter 5 Turn of the Cultural Wheel 70Chapter 6 The Therapeutic 80Chapter 7 To Teach or Not 90Chapter 8 Motherhood and Sexuality. 99Chapter 9 Rhapsode 106Part Two: Impossible to Tell: George SteinerChapter 1 A First Meeting. 113Chapter 2 I Had a Good Time 120Chapter 3 Under Attack 128Chapter 4 Master Teacher 139Chapter 5 An Evening with Arthur Koestler. 151Chapter 6 A Brave Beginning 162 Chapter 7 Creative Distortion. 170Chapter 8 I Wish You Hadn't Done That. 182Chapter 9. An Academy of One 195Part ThreeAfterword 203Notes 209Names Index 217About The Author 219Photographs 221

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Book SynopsisJames Mellaart was a pioneering archaeologist who made some of the greatest discoveries about Turkey’s prehistoric past, changing our understanding of the late stone age forever. His excavation of the huge Neolithic mound site of Çatalhöyük, now a World Heritage Site, brought revolutionary evidence of a complex prehistoric town, revealing previously undreamt of art and culture, and making him famous. However, there was far more to the man than his archaeology – his troubled childhood, fierce identity, love for Turkish culture, as well as the controversies by which he was dogged, meant that his life was filled with adventure and exoticism. This book delves into the life of James Mellaart and his wife Arlette, their family histories and historical Istanbul, the romantic backdrop to Mellaart’s ground-breaking work. His son Alan explores in detail how the lives of his parents and their respective families unfolded, set against the social whirl of a summer palace on the Bosphorus. Mellaart’s archaeological discoveries and the excitement of excavation are vividly explained in first-hand accounts by those who were there at the time. Historical reports, eyewitness accounts from those who knew him and assessments of the impact of both Mellaart’s work and character by leading academics show the undoubted importance of his contribution to the archaeology of Turkey and the wider Near East. Richly illustrated in colour throughout, here for the first time the reader encounters previously unseen archive materials, including Mellaart’s personal notebooks and accounts, giving new perspective on one of the greatest and most controversial characters in the history of archaeology.Table of ContentsPreface – Alan Mellaart, Emma L Baysal ; Prologue: The Skeleton Cleaning Club: Childhood Memories of Çatal Hüyük – Alan Mellaart ; The life of James Mellaart – Alan Mellaart ; Arlette Mellaart: A Journey to Archaeology – Alan Mellaart ; Bohemia on the Bosphorus – Arlette Mellaart ; Safvet Pasha – Sinan Kuneralp ; Kadri and Ulviye Cenani – Alan Mellaart ; James Mellaart: A Man Addicted to Archaeology – Mehmet Özdoğan ; Extracts From The Interval: A Life in Near Eastern Archaeology – Seton Lloyd ; Working with Jimmy and Arlette Mellaart from 1955 to 1958 – David Stronach ; James Mellaart and Hacılar – Maxime Brami ; ‘Jimmy Bey of Hacılar’ and some Memories of Fifty Years – Refik Duru ; Notes on the Çatal Hüyük Excavations – Ian Todd ; Letters from Çatalhöyük – Grace Huxtable ; Mellaart’s Notebooks: The Story of Çatalhöyük’s First Days – Emma L. Baysal ; Working With Arlette and James Mellaart at Kanlıca in 1964: Those were the Days – Peder Mortensen ; Jimmy and Arlette Mellaart at Çatal Hüyük – John Ingham ; James Mellaart and Çatalhöyük: An Evaluation – Ian Hodder ; One of archaeology’s great mysteries: Dorak – Seton Lloyd, Kenneth Pearson, Patricia Connor, David Stronach ; Gordon Square – Donald Easton ; Memories of Jimmy and Arlette – Ian Hodder ; Tribute to James Mellaart – John Carswell ; Tribute to James Mellaart – Trevor Watkins ; James Mellaart Bibliography

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Book SynopsisRoger Garaudy was for many years at the centre of the French Communist Party but was eventually expelled for his liberal views. In the Seventies, he strove to bring Marxism and Christianity together, to include all humanity in a project to set all people free. What emerges from Garaudy’s project is a very modern Marxism, with its emphasis on the individual, its ecological politics, and in its insistence on religion as central to human emancipation. Although Garaudy himself became frustrated by the failure of Marxism and converted to Islam, eventually resulting in his work being discredited in the West, it is certainly possible that Garaudy’s project represents a good, perhaps even the best, starting point for Marxism in today’s world.Trade Review“Occasionally, certain studies throw a vivid light on the gloomy bookshelves of the history of ideas. Such is Julian Roche’s book. The author shares with the French philosopher, once the leading intellectual of the French Communist Party, the singular ambition of synthesizing Christian faith and Marxism. Roger Garaudy’s project, after he was expelled by what he called a Stalinist party, was indeed to insert transcendence (the actual love of God rather than the mere philosophical concept) in the revolutionary anti-capitalist project of accomplishing social justice on earth. Roche’s disappointment lies in what he considers as the betrayal of his project by Garaudy himself as he converted to Islam—thus opening the door to a subsequent drift into radical anti-Zionism that associated him with Holocaust denial. He takes up Garaudy’s project where the French philosopher would have abandoned it, and makes a valuable intellectual contribution to a project that is close to his heart: uniting faith in Christ and the aspiration for justice on earth. A thought-provoking and stimulating book."— Dr. Didier J.-F. Gauvin, author of Un intellectuel communiste illégitime: Roger GaraudyTable of ContentsChapter One: Why Roger Garaudy Still Matters Chapter Two: Did Others Take Garaudy Seriously? Chapter Three: Garaudy’s Project Chapter Four: The Role of Subjectivity in the Project Chapter Five: The Role of Transcendence in the Project Chapter Six: Garaudy’s Conversion to Islam Chapter Seven: The Project Revised Conclusion Bibliography

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles Top 25 Academic Books for 2014""Gathering, distilling, and analyzing all the evidence and previous scholarship, Carlo Natali, one of the world's leading Aristotle scholars, provides a masterful synthesis that is accessible to students yet filled with evidence and original interpretations that specialists will find informative and provocative." * World Book Industry *"Natali assembles all of the relevant ancient sources for the life of Aristotle and offers judicious assessments of their reliability and significance. The result, when it comes to the life of Aristotle, is that Natali's work is now the standard biography. . . . This book both satisfies the highest standards of scholarship and is accessible to any intelligent readers. Every college and university library should have it." * Choice *"Having read this book, I now have a much better grasp of the issues involved in ancient biography as it applies to Aristotle and other Peripatetics, and of what we know and we do not know (and knowing what we do not know is a kind of knowledge."---Robert Mayhew, Institute for Research in Classical Philosophy and Science"Hutchinson retranslate[s] the ancient sources from scratch and in correspondence with Natali, develop[s] a new index of sources. This helps unveil the truth of historical sources and improves the new edition philologically."---Jason Wakefield, Avello Publishing Journal

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Book SynopsisA revisionist study of Benjamin Hoadly in the context of church, national and international politics in the eighteenth century.Trade ReviewWilliam Gibson's Benjamin Hoadly set a new standard for ecclesiastical biography on its first publication in 2004 and rescued its subject from caricature. This welcome second edition, taking account of the most recent scholarship, restates the convincing case for Hoadly's enduring influence and his centrality to theological debate for most of the eighteenth century. Nigel Aston, Honorary Fellow in History, University of Leicester, and Research Associate, University of YorkTable of ContentsForeword by James E. Bradley Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Hero and Villain 2. Early Life, 1676-1701 3. Political Apprenticeship in a London Pulpit, 1701-1710 4. Sacheverell, Adversity and Triumph, 1710-1717 5. The Years of the Bangorian Controversy, 1717-21 6. Hereford and Salisbury, 1721-1734 7. Hoadly at Winchester, 1734-1761 Conclusion Appendix: Hoadly in Poetry References Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAward-winning women scholars from nontraditional backgrounds have often negotiated an academic track that leads through figurative--and sometimes literal--minefields. Their life stories offer inspiration, but also describe heartrending struggles and daunting obstacles. Reshaping Women''s History presents autobiographical essays by eighteen accomplished scholar-activists who persevered through poverty or abuse, medical malpractice or family disownment, civil war or genocide. As they illuminate their own unique circumstances, the authors also address issues all-too-familiar to women in the academy: financial instability, the need for mentors, explaining gaps in resumes caused by outside events, and coping with gendered family demands, biases, and expectations. Eye-opening and candid, Reshaping Women''s History shows how adversity, and the triumph over it, enriches scholarship and spurs extraordinary efforts to affect social change. Contributors: Frances L. Buss, Nupur Chaudhuri, LisTrade Review"Depositing their papers, journals, and oral histories in archives, the recipients have provided for future generations examples of 'feminist and social justice activism.' . . . The collection significantly contributes to women's history and women's studies." --Journal of American History"One gasps at the life-threatening illnesses, the wrong turns, and the array of discrimination these authors face. At the next moment, the reader cheers them on, wanting to celebrate every success and intellectual discovery. The combined elements of horrific challenges, in some cases, and redemption in all of them make for a rich autobiographical experience that powerfully stirs the reader."--Bonnie G. Smith, author of The Gender of History: Men, Women, and Historical Practice

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Book SynopsisIt not only celebrates Cavendish as a true figure of the scientific age but contributes to a broader understanding of the contested nature of the scientific revolution.Trade ReviewA useful addition to the canon of critical work on the scientific revolution. Choice 2010 A welcome addition to early modern philosophy courses, in which women are often entirely absent or subordinated. Using Cavendish and Sarasohn's book will lead to very interesting discussions about the role of women in science and society in the early modern period. -- Benjamin Goldberg HOPOS: The Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science 2011Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Gender, Nature, and Natural Philosophy1. A Wonderful Natural Philosopher2. Cavendish's Early Atomism3. The Life of Matter4. The Imaginative Universe of Natures Pictures5. The Politics of Matter6. The Challenge of Immaterial Matter7. Cavendish against the Experimenters8. Material RegenerationsConclusion: Does Cavendish Matter?NotesEssay on SourcesIndex

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Book SynopsisWritten in code under constant threat of battle, Wittgenstein’s searing and illuminating diaries finally emerge in this first-ever English translationTrade Review"Translated into English for the first time, these diaries provide a glimpse into the innermost thoughts of a great philosopher." -- Anil Gomes - The Guardian"Perloff has done a great service in bringing this volume to fruition. Her inclusion of remarks from the recto pages is judicious and will engage the non-specialist reader… Her translation here has real presence: emotional ubiety." -- Ian Ground - The Times Literary Supplement"These notebooks do reveal that in a sense Wittgenstein’s philosophy was a response to his circumstances: but only by providing him with the vital means to escape from them into his own mind – an extraordinary achievement." -- Thomas Nagel - New Statesman"Merely by reminding us that, for all his saintliness, Wittgenstein was human, all too human, these beautiful Notebooks bring him that bit closer to us." -- Christopher Bray - The Tablet

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Book SynopsisPaulo Freire (1921-1997) is one of the most widely read and studied educational thinkers of our time. His seminal works, including Pedagogy of the Oppressed, sparked the global social and philosophical movement of critical pedagogy and his ideas about the close ties between education and social justice and politics are as relevant today as they ever were. In this book, Walter Omar Kohan interweaves philosophical, educational, and biographical elements of Freire's life which prompt us to reflect on what we thought we knew about Freire, and also on the relationship between education and politics more broadly. It offers a new and timely reading of Freire's work and life. The book is structured around five key themes that provide a new perspective on Freire's work: life, equality, love, errantry and childhood. It includes a contextualization of Freire's work within the past and current political terrain in Brazil, and encourages educators to put themselves and their educational worTrade ReviewKohan has succeeded in the task of presenting very original ideas about the often taken-for-granted Freirean repertoire ... [He] concludes his book with examples and practical suggestions for experimenting with his five Freirean philosophical principles that every educator with enough courage to re-invent their pedagogical model could implement. * International Review of Education *This is not another book about Freire, but a thoughtful thinking from and with Paulo’s intensely lived philosophy-as-education-as-life in which uncertainties -not certainty-, and the political-pedagogical imperatives of questioning and humanity reigned. Necessary reading, without a doubt, for these present times. * Catherine E. Walsh, Distinguished Professor in Latin American Cultural Studies, Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Ecuador *Offers a fresh an innovative analysis of key postulates in Freire's work, such as Love or Equality, central components of the emancipation logic in Freire's epistemology. Relating them to gnoseological educative principles, this book traces some of Freire's philosophical propaedeutical roots and underscores his relevance today. A tour de force, philosophically confronting how the shadow of dominant educational neoliberal regimes, such as testing and accountability or the logic of possessive individualism as the main aim of education, have failed to emancipate individuals and societies, while also undermining the foundations of the scientific humanism represented in Freire's oeuvre. * Carlos Alberto Torres, Distinguished Professor of Education, UNESCO Chair in Global Learning and Global Citizenship Education, and Director of the Paulo Freire Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA *I cannot think of a better book to assist the many educators and scholars seeking inspiration to create pedagogies of freedom. Kohan generously presents paths to move beyond simplistic readings of ineffective, yet, radical-sounding educational models, while beautifully providing a bold and much needed 're-invention' of Freire’s ideas. * Gustavo E. Fischman, Professor of Comparative and International Education, Arizona State University, USA *A major contribution to the voluminous literature on Freire, a magisterial chronicle of Kohan's profound and extensive encounter with life, work and ideas of the 'great educator from Pernumbuco.' It is a work that promises to resonate with readers for years to come. * David Kennedy, Professor of Educational Foundations, Montclair State University, USA *Paulo Freire: A Philosophical Biography is a necessary read. The writing approach is accessible, graced with passion, conviction, wisdom, and a humble intellect. -- James D. Kirylo * Journal of Critical Education Policy Studies *Original and imaginative in the way the discussion around Freire's own ideas are organised thematically ... [A] compelling and lucid book, a fitting monument to Freire on his birth centenary year. -- Peter Mayo * Journal of Critical Education Policy Studies *A sincere work, filled with love and admiration for the greatest educator of our time. -- Peter McLaren * Journal of Critical Education Policy Studies *Table of ContentsForeword, Antonia Darder Acknowledgments A Note on the English Translation, Jason Wozniak, Samuel D. Rocha and Walter Omar Kohan Introduction: Beginnings and Senses of a Reading 1. Life 2. Equality 3. Love 4. Errantry 5. Childhood Epilogue Appendix References

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Book SynopsisFriedrich Froebel, the father of kindergarten', is one of the most influential pedagogues of the 19th century. However, relatively little is known about his life, his successes and failures, and his personal relationships. Based on many untranslated and unknown letters, this new biography presents Froebel as a brilliant but also flawed man. Beginning with his childhood and the early death of his mother, as well as his difficult relationship with his father and stepmother, we see the early seeds of Froebel's interest in children and the training of early childhood practitioners. While Froebel lacked basic academic knowledge due to his poor early education, he was able to overcome these deficits and found an educational institute, and develop ground-breaking educational theories about play and pedagogy. He authored multiple books, including his most famous work The Education of Man. The focus of this book, though, is not on Froebel's educational theories but on his complicated relTrade ReviewAn important, well-written, and fascinating new edition to the story of Friedrich Froebel and the history of early childhood education. Much of this research was previously unavailable in English and is a treasure trove of materials for researchers and fans of Froebel alike. -- Scott Bultman, Director of the Froebel Foundation, USA170 years after his death this book is the first comprehensive account of the life of pioneering educator Friedrich Fröbel. Thoroughly researched and based on contemporary re-reading of period sources, this book is an invaluable resource for anybody interested in the history of education. -- Mathias Urban, Desmond Chair in Early Childhood Education, Dublin City University, IrelandTable of ContentsIntroduction Part I: The Young Froebel 1. An Unfortunate Childhood and Finding a Purpose in Life 2. Suddenly an Educator 3. Becoming an Educator of Humankind Part II: The Teaching Froebel 4. The General German Educational Institute in Keilhau 5. An Existential Crisis Part III: The Playing Froebel 6. The First Kindergarten and the Establishment of a New Idea 7. The Prohibition of Kindergarten 8. Froebel’s Final Years and the Spread of Kindergarten Conclusion: Froebel in the 21st Century References Index

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Book SynopsisThis is the story of how and why a talented writer came to take his own life. When Diana Athill met the man she calls Didi, an Egyptian in exile, she fell in love instantly and out of love just as fast. Didi moved into her flat, they shared housework and holidays, and a life of easy intimacy seemed to beckon. But Didi's sweetness and intelligence soon revealed a darker side - he was a gambler, a drinker and a womanizer, impossible to live with but impossible to ignore. With painful honesty, Athill explores the three years they spent together, a period that culminated in Didi's suicide - in her home - an event he described in the journals he left for her to read as 'the one authentic act of my life'.Trade ReviewOnly a few totally honest accounts of a human life exist. To see the truth of your own life you must have gotten beyong all illusions about yourself, and probably about the world, as well. Few of us do. Diana Athill is one of the few. * Washington Post *A book which gives a new dimension to honesty, a new comprehension to love * Vogue *Anyone who believes that human relationships are important cannot fail to be moved by this book * Daily Telegraph *An extraordinary memoir * Good Homes *

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Book Synopsis'For God's sake, bring me a large Scotch. What a bloody awful country!' HOME SECRETARY REGINALD MAUDLING, RETURNING FROM HIS FIRST VISIT TO NORTHERN IRELAND IN 1970 In the early years of the twentieth century, simmering discontent began to boil over on the island of Ireland as the nascent IRA took its guerrilla campaign against British rule to the streets. By 1921, Britain had beaten a retreat from all but a small portion of the country - and thus Northern Ireland was born. Kevin Meagher argues that partition has been an unmitigated disaster for Nationalists and Unionists alike. As the long and fraught history of British rule in Ireland staggered to a close, a better future was there for the taking but was lost amid political paralysis, while the resulting fifty years of devolution succeeded only in creating a brooding sectarian stalemate that exploded into the Troubles. In a stark but reasoned critique, Meagher traces the landmark events in Northern Ireland's century of existence, exploring the missed signals, the turning points, the principled decisions that at various stages should have been taken, as well as the raw realpolitik of how Northern Ireland has been governed over the past 100 years. Thoughtful and sometimes provocative, What a Bloody Awful Country reflects on how both Loyalists and Republicans might have played their cards differently and, ultimately, how the actions of successive British governments have amounted to a masterclass in failed statecraft.Trade Review"A gripping appraisal of Northern Ireland's turbulent first century. Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how we have got to where we are today." - Suzanne Breen, Belfast Telegraph

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Book SynopsisThe Best of Enemies is the political diaries of one of the most significant politicians of the late twentieth century. Covering the Thatcher/Major period - during which time Norman Fowler held prominent positions in the Cabinet and as party chairman - Fowler's diaries observe both Prime Ministers, and their Cabinet colleagues, at close quarters. Fowler brings his training as a journalist to bear on these diaries, which are full of insights and anecdotes and resonate powerfully with the situation the Conservative Party faces today, with industrial strife, waning authority and a Labour Party looking like a government in waiting. The entries raise other issues that are still unresolved. They range from the effect that the private sexual conduct of a minister should have on a career to whether an entirely 'hands-off' approach to industrial strategy is in the national interest. Norman Fowler's diaries provide a ringside seat to the struggles of their time. These are not the diaries of an ex-minister seeking to justify their own record; rather, they are the story of how two Prime Ministers rose and fell and caused their party to split apart, told by someone who was there at the time.

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Book SynopsisVincenzo La Rosa (1941- 2014) Un archeologo tra Sicilia e Egeo collects the contributions of the Study Day Una lezione per il futuro. Vincenzo La Rosa (1941-2014) organised in 2015 by the University of Catania in collaboration with ISVNA, to re-examine the scientific figure of Vincenzo La Rosa, professor of Aegean Civilisations at the University of Catania, director of the excavations at Haghia Triada and Festòs in Crete, and the excavations at Milena in Sicily. Scholars and students demonstrate the contribution that Vincenzo La Rosa has made to our knowledge of the prehistory of Crete, Sicily and the Aegean, and to the application of a long-term perspective linking the ancient and modern worlds, emerges in his long career as a university lecturer, director of the Centre for the Study of Greek Archaeology at the C.N.R. in Catania, deputy director of the Italian Archaeological School in Athens (1993-1999) and director of the Centre of Cretan Archaeology (1998-2011).Table of ContentsUna lezione per il futuro – Lucia Arcifa, Pietro Militello ; L’uomo e lo studioso ; Vincenzo La Rosa. Per una biografia – Pietro Militello ; Passione e intelletto: il percorso umano di Vincenzo la Rosa – Carmelo Vigna ; Enzo La Rosa – Paolo Corpi ; Il professore Vincenzo La Rosa nel ricordo di una matricola dell’AA 1992-93 – Simona Venera Todaro ; Il contributo scientifico di Vincenzo La Rosa ; Vincenzo La Rosa: un profilo scientifico e gli studi egei – Filippo Carinci ; Vincenzo La Rosa e il problema della presenza egea in Sicilia – Lucia Vagnetti ; Vincenzo La Rosa e la preistoria della Sicilia – Orazio Palio, Francesco Privitera ; Vincenzo La Rosa e le ricerche di età storica – Dario Palermo ; L’inpegno di Vincenzo La Rosa per la tutela e la conoscenza di Noto Antica – Francesco Balsamo ; Storiografia ; Vincenzo la Rosa e la ricerca italiana in Egeo. Dalla “divertita curiosità” alla storia degli studi – Nicola Cucuzza ; Ogni preistoria è storia contemporanea. Dialogando con Enzo La Rosa – Rosario Mangiameli ; Bibliografia di Vincenzo la Rosa

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Book Synopsis***"One of the marvels of this furious book is how insolent and funny Lavin is; she refuses to soft-pedal the monstrous views she encounters." - The New York Times"Shocking, angry, funny and wise... Talia Lavin takes no prisoners." - Danny Wallace, bestselling author of Yes Man"Lavin writes like her hands are on fire, forcing us to take a hard look at our ugliest truths." - Pamela Collof, The New York Times Magazine & Pro Publica White supremacists, Incels, White nationalists, National Socialists, Proud Boys, Christian extremists... In order to showcase their behaviour in their natural habitat, Talia Lavin goes undercover online as a blonde Nazi babe, a forlorn incel and a violent Aryan femme fatale.Lavin is every fascist's worst nightmare. She is loud, Jewish and unapologetically anti-racist, with the investigative skills to expose online hatemongers. While searching the dark web, she discovers a whites-only dating site, a popular extremist YouTube channel run by a teenager, the everyday heroes of the anti-fascist movement and much more. Lavin then turns the lens of anti-Semitism, racism, and white supremacy back on itself in an attempt to dismantle the online hate movement from the inside.Shocking, humorous, and merciless in equal measure, Culture Warlords explores some of the vilest subcultures on the Web - and shows us how we can fight back.Perfect for fans of Louis Theroux, Jon Ronson and Michael Moore, Lavin's debut book is a seamless balance of hard-hitting research, humour and shocking stories. It is a fascinating exposé of the dark web and how it harbours the rage and views of far-right extremists today.

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Book SynopsisAnn Cook was an 18th-century cook and cookbook author. Her cookbook was printed in three editions and contained more than just receipts. For some reason, she had a real problem with Hannah Glasse’s cookbook, The Art of Cookery: Made Plain and Easy, which had been republished many times during the 18th century and would have been the first port of call for a puzzled cook or housekeeper. Cook’s book included vitriolic comments about a number of Glasse’s recipes.Historic cooks Clarissa F. Dillon and Deborah J. Peterson use their skills to investigate whether Cook’s remarks were valid. They prepared a number of recipes, both from Glasse and from Cook, and commented on the results. Although a number of people have written about these two women, their emphasis was on the comments, not on the validity of the criticisms. This approach makes this book unique.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Ann Cook’s First Edition of Professed Cookery Glossary

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Book SynopsisThis “one-of-a-kind” (Jeff Pearlman, New York Times bestselling author) cultural history of the beloved nineties sitcom that launched Will Smith to superstardom—The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air—is perfect for fans of Seinfeldia and Best Wishes, Warmest Regards.More than thirty years have passed since The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air premiered on NBC but unlike other family sitcoms of its era, it has remained culturally relevant and beloved by new generations of fans. With fresh eyes on the show in the wake of 2022’s launch of Bel-Air, a Fresh Prince reboot on NBC’s Peacock, The Fresh Prince Project brings us never-before-told stories based on exclusive interviews with the show’s cast, creators, writers, and crew. Eye-opening and passionate, The Fresh Prince Project “brings home the essence of why The Fresh Prince still matters to Black America—and, really, why it should matter to all of us” (Mike Wise, New York Times bestselling author).

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Book SynopsisThis humorous, heartwarming memoir follows a wife and mother's journey of self-discovery and acceptance as she comes out as a lesbian in her late 30s.Jill had a happy, healthy 20-year relationship with her college sweetheart, two wonderful kids, and rescue cat from the Humane Society. They lived in a nice suburban home with a white picket fence and owned a small bar that was rated one of the “Best Mom & Pop” businesses in Tampa Bay. From the outside, everything looked perfect.Perfectly Queer takes the reader on Jillian Abby's poignant and painfully funny rollercoaster of self-discovery as she identifies and eventually accepts herself as a lesbian just before her 40th birthday. Living her new truth means leaving behind a life that, by societal standards, is nearly perfect.This is a story for anyone who is hiding a piece of themselves and wants to know if it’s safe to be revealed. It’s for the parent who must choose between their own happiness and the stability of their family, wondering if prioritizing themselves is selfish. It’s for the person potentially facing a major life upheaval filled with unknowns in the future who is seeking reassurance that everything will work out just fine. It’s a story of hope and inspiration to those who are starting or are in the middle of their journey, and an affirmation to those who have been through it to stand proudly on the other side.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A bright, engaging, reliable introduction to Hume’s life and work."---Kieran Setiya, Los Angeles Review of Books"Baggini’s intertwining of philosophy with biography is masterly."---Jane O’Grady, Literary Review"Baggini knows his subject thoroughly, explains his work in clear prose and adds biographical detail which is as illuminating as it is interesting."---Alan Dent, The Penniless Press"I’ve thoroughly enjoyed Julian Baggini’s The Great Guide: What David Hume Can Teach Us about Being Human and Living Well."---Diane Coyle, The Enlightened Economist"Entertaining and informative. . . .an imaginative glimpse of Hume living his life and doing his work."---Janna Thompson, Inside Story"As we travel around with Hume, Baggini provides his readers with a steady commentary and description of his subject’s various friendships and controversies, along with brief sketches of Hume’s core ideas and contributions. All this is lively and engaging."---Paul Russell, Times Literary Supplement"In this book the author skilfully weaves together biography with intellectual history and philosophy to provide a highly readable account of Hume’s guide to life"---David Lorimer, Paradigm Explorer"The Great Guide is an excellent introduction to Hume. The biographical travelogue lends reality to Hume as a person. The discussions of Hume’s major views are clear and careful. Hopefully the book will increase interest in Hume both inside and outside the academy."---Daniel E. Flage, European Legacy"Baggini traces Hume’s movements while exploring the evolution of his ideas. Hume had a profound impact on the history of philosophy. . . .But Hume’s more technical ideas about cause and effect isn’t the big takeaway from Baggini’s book, at least not for people who believe philosophy really is about virtue. Hume’s often contrarian ideas, his commitment to question everything, serves as an inspiration for living well. . . .What more could you want from a philosopher?"---Steven Gambardella, Sophist

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Book SynopsisPULITZER PRIZE WINNER ? NATIONAL BESTSELLER ? A ?vivid and devastating? (The New York Times) portrait of an indomitable girl?from acclaimed journalist Andrea Elliott ?From its first indelible pages to its rich and startling conclusion, Invisible Child had me, by turns, stricken, inspired, outraged, illuminated, in tears, and hungering for reimmersion in its Dickensian depths.??Ayad Akhtar, author of Homeland ElegiesONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times ? ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Atlantic, The New York Times Book Review, Time, NPR, Library JournalIn Invisible Child, Pulitzer Prize winner Andrea Elliott follows eight dramatic years in the life of Dasani, a girl whose imagination is as soaring as the skyscrapers near her Brooklyn shelter. In this sweeping narrative, Elliott weaves the story of Dasani?s childhood with the history of her ancestors, tracing their passage from slavery to the Great Migration north. As Dasani comes of age, New York City?s homeless crisis has exploded, deepening the chasm between rich and poor. She must guide her siblings through a world riddled by hunger, violence, racism, drug addiction, and the threat of foster care. Out on the street, Dasani becomes a fierce fighter ?to protect those who I love.? When she finally escapes city life to enroll in a boarding school, she faces an impossible question: What if leaving poverty means abandoning your family, and yourself? A work of luminous and riveting prose, Elliott?s Invisible Child reads like a page-turning novel. It is an astonishing story about the power of resilience, the importance of family and the cost of inequality?told through the crucible of one remarkable girl. Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize ? Finalist for the Bernstein Award and the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award ? Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize

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Book SynopsisThough Michel Foucault is one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century, little is known about his early life. Even Foucault’s biographers have neglected this period, preferring instead to start the story when the future philosopher arrives in Paris. Becoming Foucault is a historical reconstruction of the world in which Foucault grew up: the small city of Poitiers, France, from the 1920s until the end of the Second World War. Beyond exploring previously unexamined aspects of Foucault’s childhood, including his wartime ordeals, it proposes an original interpretation of Foucault’s oeuvre. Michael Behrent argues that Foucault, in addition to being a theorist of power, knowledge, and selfhood, was also a philosopher of experience. He was a thinker intent on making sense of the events that he lived through. Behrent identifies four specific experiences in Foucault’s childhood that exercised a decisive influence on him and that, in various ways, he later made the subject of his philosophy: his family’s deep connections to the medical profession; his upbringing in a bourgeois household; the German Occupation during World War II; and his Catholic education. Behrent not only reconstructs the specific nature of these experiences but also shows how reference to them surfaces in Foucault’s later work. In this way, the book both sheds light on a formative period in the philosopher’s life and offers a unique interpretation of key aspects of his thought.Trade Review"In this innovative and thought-provoking intellectual history, Michael Behrent paints an intimate portrait of the young Foucault and his family, as well as a panorama of early twentieth-century Poitiers, the town in central France in which they made their lives. In doing so, he gives us a radically new perspective on one of the most important thinkers of modern times. Becoming Foucault should be on the bookshelf of every scholar interested in postwar French thought." * Edward G. Baring, Princeton University *"In what may very well be the definitive work on the topic, Michael Behrent’s innovative and insightful Becoming Foucault shows how understanding the thinker’s early milieu—born of a family of doctors, submitted to middle-class strictures, navigating wartime occupation, surviving local schooling—casts new light on his mature projects and positions. Neither traditional biography nor conventional intellectual history, Behrent’s book breaks new ground by demonstrating the mutual, irreducible relations between thought and experience. Well-written and accessible, based on remarkable archival research, and imaginatively argued, Becoming Foucault will interest anyone devoted to experiencing thought and thinking about experience." * Julian Bourg, Boston College *

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Book SynopsisAcademic, writer, figure of melancholy, aesthete – Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908–2009) not only transformed his academic discipline, he also profoundly changed the way that we view ourselves and the world around us. In this award-winning biography, historian Emmanuelle Loyer recounts Lévi-Strauss’s childhood in an assimilated Jewish household, his promising student years as well as his first forays into political and intellectual movements. As a young professor, Lévi-Strauss left Paris in 1935 for São Paulo to teach sociology. His rugged expeditions into the Brazilian hinterland, where he discovered the Amerindian Other, made him into an anthropologist. The racial laws of the Vichy regime would force him to leave France yet again, this time for the USA in 1941, where he became Professor Claude L. Strauss – to avoid confusion with the jeans manufacturer.Lévi-Strauss’s return to France, after the war, ushered in the period during which he produced his greatest works: several decades of intense labour in which he reinvented anthropology, establishing it as a discipline that offered a new view on the world. In 1955, Tristes Tropiques offered indisputable proof of this the world over. During those years, Lévi-Strauss became something of a French national monument, as well as a celebrity intellectual of global renown. But he always claimed his perspective was a ‘view from afar’, enabling him to deliver incisive and subversive diagnoses of our waning modernity.Loyer’s outstanding biography tells the story of a true intellectual adventurer whose unforgettable voice invites us to rethink questions of the human and the meaning of progress. She portrays Lévi-Strauss less as a modern than as our own great and disquieted contemporary.Trade Review"Emmanuelle Loyer has produced a meticulously researched, intelligent and sensitive biography worthy of her subject, one of the greatest Francophone intellectuals of the twentieth century. Critical yet generous, her portrait of Claude Lévi-Strauss rings true and comes alive on the page."—Michael Harkin, University of Wyoming "The inspiration that continues to spring forth from the work of Lévi-Strauss is a mystery to many anthropologists. He has told us of the many influences on his work, and commentators have argued for yet others, but they don't really account for his extraordinary originality and independence. Emmanuelle Loyer's thorough account of his life and work may help us resolve this wonderful puzzle."—Maurice Bloch, London School of Economics "This is the first true biography of one of the greatest French intellectuals of the twentieth century, who lived to be 100 years old and who finished his life covered in glory and honours. Emmanuelle Loyer's book is a marvel of intelligence that holds the reader's attention from beginning to end."—Élisabeth Roudinesco, Le Monde "Loyer's biography offers an unprecedentedly rich sense of the man."—Financial Times "Loyer offers a vivid portrait of the anthropologist and his time. But she also invites us to imagine how Lévi-Strauss might endure as a thinker for our century, as much for his own."—Boston Review "deeply researched . . . engaging and engaged"—The New York Review of BooksTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword Adam Kuper Introduction. The Worlds of Claude Lévi-Strauss Part I Yesterday's Worlds (É-1935) Chapter 1 The Name of the Father Chapter 2 Revelations (1908-1924) Chapter 3 Revolutions (1924-1931): Politics vs. Philosophy Chapter 4 Redemption: Anthropology (1931-1935) Chapter 5 The Enigma of the World Part II New Worlds (1935-1947) Chapter 6 France in São Paulo Chapter 7 In the Heart of Brazil Chapter 8 Massimo Lévi with the Nambikwara Chapter 9 Crisis (1939-1941) Chapter 10 A Frenchman in New York City: Exile and Intellectual Invention (1941-1944) Chapter 11 Structuralism Ð the American Years Part III The Old World (1947-1971) Chapter 12 The Ghosts of Marcel Mauss Chapter 13 Manhood Chapter 14 The Confessions of Claude Lévi-Strauss Chapter 15 Structuralist Crystallization (1958-1962) Chapter 16 The Manufacture of Science Chapter 17 The Scholarly Life Chapter 18 The Politics of Discretion Part IV The World (1971-2009) Chapter 19 Immortal Chapter 20 Metamorphoses Chapter 21 Claude Lévi-Strauss, our Contemporary Notes Works by Lévi-Strauss Archives consulted Abbreviations of Works by Lévi-Strauss Illustration credits Index

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Book SynopsisBrings together some of the author's most personal philosophical and nonphilosophical essays. This title offers an account of his first trip to India, which includes unforgettable vignettes of encounters with strangers and reflections on poverty and begging. It reveals a personal side of one of the influential philosophers of our time.Trade Review"Finding Oneself in the Other works primarily as a memorial to Gerald Allan Cohen, the man, and not his ideas. Both deserve to be remembered. And so the second volume in this trilogy is worth reading, albeit for different reasons than the first."--Peter Stone, Marx and Philosophy Review of Books "The essays are a joy to read--they are fun, engaging and insightful--and they provide a fascinating perspective on Cohen's philosophical development, on the intellectual context in which he was active, and on the way in which he viewed and experienced the world. Accordingly, they will be of interest not just to those working in moral and political philosophy but to a much broader audience."--Ralf Bader, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews "Cohen renders the subject of linguistic morality accessible through a refreshing admixture of humor and diligent explication... Finding Oneself is at once edifying and sincere."--Ross Mittiga, Political Studies Review "Engaging, perceptive, and empathetic, these writings reveal a more personal side of one of the most influential philosophers of our time."--World Book Industry "Finding Oneself in the Other is ideal for philosophers and non-philosophers alike... [It] is a valuable asset."--Eugene Baron, Ethical PerspectivesTable of ContentsEditor's Preface vii Acknowledgments xiii Chapter 1 Isaiah's Marx, and Mine 1 Chapter 2 Prague Preamble to "Why Not Socialism?" 16 Chapter 3 A Black and White Issue 20 Chapter 4 Two Weeks in India 26 Chapter 5 Complete Bullshit 94 Chapter 6 Casting the First Stone: Who Can, and Who Can't, Condemn the Terrorists? 115 Chapter 7 Ways of Silencing Critics 134 Chapter 8 Rescuing Conservatism: A Defense of Existing Value (All Souls version) 143 Chapter 9 Valedictory Lecture: My Philosophical Development(and impressions of philosophers whom I met along the way) 175 Chapter 10 Notes on Regarding People as Equals 193 Chapter 11 One Kind of Spirituality: Come Back, Feuerbach, All Is Forgiven! 201 Works Cited 209 Index 213

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Sensible and useful. . . . [Vivanti] sets forth the greatness of Machiavelli, not as a figure of his time, the Renaissance, but as a founder of modernity."—Harvey C. Mansfield, Wall Street Journal"A fascinating, concise guide to Machiavelli's life and work."—Joanna Kavenna, The Spectator"[A] learned intellectual biography."—Michael Ignatieff, The Atlantic"Excellent, and accessible to anyone interested in finding out more about Machiavelli."—Jonathan Powell, Prospect"Informative and . . . level-headed."—Keith Miller, The Telegraph

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Book SynopsisMany people grapple with destructive thought processes or a "critical inner voice" that directs their behavior and, to varying degrees, limits their lives. Using deeply personal and very human stories based on his own clinical practice, noted psychologist Robert W. Firestone illustrates the struggles of his clients to give words to this "enemy within," and in the process overcome its damaging influence. These revealing and captivating stories offer glimpses into the uniquely human relationship that develops in the therapeutic encounter and demonstrate the powerful impact that the experience has on both client and therapist. Dr. Firestone is the originator of a therapeutic method called "Voice Therapy," by which clients learn to identify the language of the defense system and eventually separate their own point of view from its harmful effects. Each story provides an intimate look into one person's life, illuminates aspects of his or her "dark side," and highlights an important insight into the therapeutic process. This sensitively written book will evoke emotional responses in readers, and inspire them to take action to challenge the dictates of their own inner critic. Taken together, these stories underscore the distinctive merits and continuing relevance of the therapeutic process, especially in our distracted, technological world increasingly detached from feeling.

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Book SynopsisPunctuated by gunshots and hoof beats, this engaging collection presents six biographies of hardened lawmen in Old California. Illustrating the dangerous lives of these brave enforcers, this historical study documents how Sheriff Hiram Rapelje rose to the heights and fell to the depths of his profession, while Detective Emil Harris earned a statewide reputation. From William J. Howard''s role in tracking down the infamous bandit, Joaquin Murrieta, to those who were killed gun fighting in the line of duty, this vivid depiction sheds a fascinating light on a number of colourful personalities within a forgotten era.

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