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Reaktion Books Celebrity
Book SynopsisIn contemporary society, the cult of celebrity is inescapable. Anyone can be turned into a celebrity, and anything can be made into a celebrity event. Celebrity has become a part of everyday life, a common reference point. But how have people like Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Bill Clinton or Princess Diana impressed themselves so powerfully on the public mind? Do they have unique qualities, or have their images been constructed by the media? And what of the dark side of celebrity why is the hunger to be in the public eye so great that people are prepared to go to any lengths to achieve it, as numerous mass murderers and serial killers have done. Chris Rojek brings together celebrated figures from the arts, sports, politics and other public spheres, from O.J. Simpson and Marilyn Monroe to Hitler and David Bowie, and touches on many movements and fads, including punk, rock-and-roll and fashion. Rojek analyzes the difference between ascribed celebrity, which derives from bloodline, and achieved celebrity, which follows on from personal achievement - the difference between Princess Margaret and, say, Woody Allen. He also shows how there is no parallel in history to today's ubiquitous 'living' form of celebrity, powered by newspapers, PR departments, magazines and electronic mass media.Trade ReviewAccording to a brief but brilliant new book by the British sociologist Chris Rojek, democracy (or capitalism) simply cannot operate properly without celebrity ... Rojek's most original insight is that people have been wanting this ever since the 18th century. He brilliantly rereads Samuel Smiles's Self-Help as a manual on the virtues of the celebrity. The Independent Rojek ranges widely across celebrity culture ... His feel for the topic means that these necessarily bite-sized snippets of the famously famous reveal a shewdly evaluative aesthetic at work, and his critical sense is infallibly strong. The result is a delightful social history of fame - a mix of cultural studies and social theory - that works very well. The Australian illuminating ... New Statesman
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St Augustine's Press Confessions Of Original Sinner
Book SynopsisIn this eloquent and thought-provoking "autohistory," John Lukacs, distinguished historian and writer, describes the history of his own convictions and beliefs. The journey takes us from the Hungary of the 1930s and the ravaged Budapest of World War II to Lukacs’s discovery of the New World, his forays into the intellectual life of New York City, and finally his settling in Philadelphia. Along the way, Lukacs examines many of the major currents of our period, including fascism, communism, democracy, anti-Semitism, and the Christian realism from which springs the book’s title. What emerges is a mind that brings to bear on the conflicts of the twentieth century the erudition of the European heritage and the independence of the American. In prose as elegant as it is supple, Confessions of an Original Sinner is at once the vivid account of one man’s voyage and an important contribution to that small library that brings into sharp focus the major intellectual developments of our time. Trade Review"... beautifully written, full of trenchant observations, and - once you break through the solemn wrappings of the introduction - exceedingly funny.... His 'confessions' give the reader an experience rather akin to gazing at a brilliant stained-glass window only to discover a small hilarious cartoons worked out in the corners. Do not neglect the footnotes. They are as entertaining as the main text." - 'New York Times Book Review "He is an often witty and always fascinating - even entertaining writer." - 'Washington Post' "....a superb guidebook to a rich intellect." - 'Wall Street Journal'
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Zone Books The Enemy of All: Piracy and the Law of Nations
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MerwinAsia Shimada Kenji: Scholar, Thinker, Reader: Selected
Book SynopsisShimada Kenji (1917–2000) was one of the great scholars of Chinese history and culture of the twentieth century. This volume brings to English a number of his scholarly writings, introductions to his two principle books, an autobiographical interview given late in life, and a lengthy round- table discussion by former students and disciples.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Intellectuals in the Society of Spectacle
Book SynopsisThis book reveals the sense in which our postmodern societies are characterized by the obscene absence of the intellectual. The modern intellectual--who had once been associated with humanism and enlightenment—has in our day been replaced by media stars, talking heads, and technical experts. At issue is the ongoing crisis of democracy, under the aegis of the société du spectacle and its vast networks of politically-induced idiocy, industrially-produced biocide, and militarily-provoked genocide. Spectacle fills the resulting moral and intellectual vacuum with electronic technologies of control, punishment, and destruction. This postmodern tyranny reduces intelligence to mechanistic, positivist, and grammatological models of inquiry, while increasing the segmentation, fragmentation, and dissolution of human existence. The apotheosis of the spectacle explains the intellectual void that lies at the heart of our postmodern decadence; it also accounts for the need to recuperate the humanist values of enlightenment promoted by the modern intellectual tradition.Table of Contents1. Besieged Existence2. Humanism in an Age of Anti-humanism3. Intellectuals & Exiles4. Tyranny of Idiocy
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Springer International Publishing AG Robert Owen’s Experiment at New Lanark: From
Book SynopsisThis book provides an account of how, in the years 1800-1825, enlightened entrepreneur and budding reformer Robert Owen used his cotton mill village of New Lanark, Scotland, as a test-bed for a set of political intuitions which would later form the bedrock of early socialism in Britain. Drawing from previously unpublished archival sources, this study shows that New Lanark was not merely on the receiving end of Owen’s innovative brand of industrial paternalism, but also acted as a major source of inspiration for many aspects of his social system, including his desire to remodel society along communitarian lines. This book therefore reaffirms the centrality of New Lanark as the cradle of socialism in Britain, and provides a contextualised, social history of Owen’s ideas, tracing direct continuities between his early years as a paternalistic businessman, and his later career as a radical political leader. In doing so, it eschews the myth of New Lanark as a unidimensional ‘model’ village and addresses the ambiguities of Owen’s journey from paternalism to socialism.Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. Beginnings.- 3. The ‘preparatory phase’, 1800-1816.- 4. Towards the New Moral World, 1816-1825.- 5. Visions of New Lanark.- 6. Rethinking New Lanark: the Model and the Myth.- Index
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Springer Wie wäre es, ein Mensch zu sein?: Über das Humane für eine Welt von morgen
Book SynopsisDie globalen politischen, gesellschaftlichen und kulturellen Fragen und Probleme im 21. Jahrhundert bedeuten enorme Herausforderungen für die Humanität. Dieses Buch beleuchtet diese Herausforderungen aus drei Perspektiven: aus der Perspektive des einzelnen Individuums, aus der Sicht von Welt- und Lebensanschauungen (Humanismus, Pazifismus, Agnostizismus) sowie aus dem Blickwinkel von Wissenschaft, Kunst und Philosophie; und es untersucht deren jeweiliges Humanisierungs-Potential.Trade Review“... Ein Personenregister schließt den lesenswerten Band ab, der geeignet ist, sich (erneut oder erstmals) der europäischen Gedankenwelt des Humanen und der Humanität sachkundig zuzuwenden.” (Gerald Mackenthun, in: Deutsches Ärzteblatt, Heft 4, April 2021)Table of ContentsProlog.- Entwicklung von Humanität beim Einzelnen.- Humane Welt- und Lebensanschauungen.- Humanisierung durch Wissenschaft, Kunst und Philosophie.- Epilog.
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Leiden University Press In Praise of Ambiguity: Erasmus, Huizinga and the
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Stolpe Publishing The Return of Consciousness: A New Science on Old
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Stolpe Publishing Man and Technology: How Innovation Forms Our
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The Chinese University Press White Tiger: An Autobiography of Yang Xianyi
Book SynopsisIt all began with a dream. A young woman saw a white tiger leap into her lap. It was both auspicious and unlucky - her son, the fortune-teller said, would grow up with no brothers, and his father's health would be endangered by his birth. That son, however, would have a distinguished career, after going through many misfortunes and dangers.The dream was prophetic. The child was his mother's only male child and his father died of illness when the boy was only five. He grew up during the wartime and period of political turmoil in China, passing through many troubles, and he has had a very distinguished career. He is Yang Xianyi, renowned scholar, translator and interpreter of Chinese and Western literature.This delightful memoir of Yang Xianyi gives a candid and entertaining account of himself as a lighthearted and mischievous young man who immersed himself in the learning of European culture, ancient and modern, when he studied at Oxford in the 1930s. But it is also the illuminating self-portrait of a deeply patriotic intellectual living in a China under the throes of change, giving rare insight into the survival of a courageous, witty and principled individual during the harsh century of Chinese liberation.
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Ignotum Press The Map and the Manuscript: Journeys in the Mysteries of the Two Rennes
Book SynopsisIn his debut book, author Simon M. Miles offers an entirely new perspective on one of the most compelling mysteries of our time. He documents an investigation over more than twenty years into the "affair of Rennes", a tangle of puzzles that has fascinated readers and researchers alike for half a century. A minor riddle of local history centred on a tiny village in the south of France became a global phenomenon, yet its secrets have remained tightly sealed. Until now. Amongst a sequence of breakthrough original insights, "The Map and the Manuscript" reveals for the first time the traces of a remarkable artefact of the ancient world, a geometrical complex laid out with impressive accuracy and at large scale between certain peaks, churches and châteaux in the landscape of the Pyrenees mountains. This discovery leads to a far-reaching exploration across a rich expanse of topics, from sacred geography to French poetry, from alchemy to dreams, from the Temple of Delphi to the streets of Paris, from hidden designs in old books to secret codes in manuscripts. While no prior knowledge is required or assumed, for those familiar with the many questions surrounding the twin villages of Rennes-le-Château and Rennes-les-Bains, this book will come as a revelation. It includes complete solutions to core riddles at the heart of the affair, including the famous parchments and the mysterious book and map written by the local priest. It also reveals the true identity of the author of the enigmatic poem Le Serpent Rouge, and opens this obscure yet deeply significant work to understanding at last. Richly illustrated with over 140 full-colour images, "The Map and the Manuscript" decisively resolves several longstanding literary and esoteric problems in the affair of Rennes, and also makes a significant contribution to a wider reappraisal of the capabilities of landscape architects in the ancient world. A mystery is solved, while an even greater one is revealed.Table of ContentsPrologue: A Dream in Athens Introduction Part One:Identification Chapter One: On the Path Chapter Two: Le Serpent Rouge Chapter Three: First Inklings Chapter Four: Sightlines Chapter Five: Sacred Geography Chapter Six: Converging Circles Chapter Seven: The Number of the Famous Seal Part Two: Orientation Chapter Eight: The Zodiac of Rennes-les-Bains Chapter Nine: The Cromlech of Rennes-les-Bains Chapter Ten: Delphi, Apollo and the Python Chapter Eleven: Confirmation from the Team Part Three: Solution Chapter Twelve: Geographic Cryptography Chapter Thirteen: The Riddle of the Parchments Chapter Fourteen: The Arques Square Part Four: Transmission Chapter Fifteen: Grand Voyager of the Unknown Chapter Sixteen: Dreams, Alchemy and the Omphalos Chapter Seventeen: Imprint of a Seal Chapter Eighteen: A Walk in the Woods Chapter Nineteen: Reassembling the Scattered Stones Epilogue: Coda to a Dream Appendices Appendix I: The Parchment Text Decipherments Appendix II: List of Figures Appendix III: The Text of Le Serpent Rouge Appendix IV: Chronology of Key Texts Appendix V: Bibliography
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Oxford University Press All Possible Worlds
Book SynopsisUpdated and revised to include theoretical and other developments, bibliographical additions, new photographs and illustrations, and expanded name and subject indexes, the fourth edition of All Possible Worlds: A History of Geographical Ideas is the most complete and comprehensive book of its kind. The text also features a layout and readability that make the material easy to navigate and understand. The book investigates the ways in which the subject of geography has been recognized, perceived, and evaluated, from its early acknowledgment in ancient Greece to its disciplined form in today''s world of shared ideas and mass communication. Strong continuities knit the Classical Period to the Age of Exploration, then carry students on through Varenius to Humboldt and Ritter--revealing the emergence of the new geography of the Modern Period. The history of American geography--developed in seven of the twenty chapters--is strongly emphasized pursuant to the formal origins of geography in Trade Review"Since its first appearance in 1972, All Possible Worlds has become an indispensable reference text for courses in the history of geography. Offering a broad historical sweep of the scholarly record from classical, medieval, and modern times, it also affords succinct summary accounts of twentieth-century geography and geographers in North America and in a wide range of countries. This new edition, carefully revised and updated by Geoffrey Martin, with its ample illustrations and expanded index, promises a welcome maintenance of this highly laudable contribution to cross-cultural understanding in the practice of geography internationally."--Anne Buttimer, President of the International Geographical Union, 2000-2004"What a pleasure! All Possible Worlds is back. Geoffrey Martin's work is a wonderful 'tour de force'-a clear panorama of the evolution of geography from Greece to the present with a fair view on its emerging trends both in the English-speaking world and elsewhere."--Paul Claval, University of Paris, Sorbonne"This book--a study in the history of geographical thought--sweeps majestically from the ancient Greeks to the present. It has been published in four languages other then English and has been the most comprehensive work on the subject since its inception in 1972 when I first used it as the text in my 'Nature of Geography' course. This is essential reading for all geographers."--Peter Nash, University of Waterloo, Canada"After thirty-odd years, All Possible Worlds remains without peer: a uniquely valuable treasure for anyone curious about the evolution of geographic thought and achievement throughout the world from ancient times to a troubled present. Perhaps what is most remarkable about this chronicle is the judicious manner with which the author deals with endlessly contentious philosophies and methodologies. We have here an essential item for the library of every serious geographer."--Wilbur Zelinsky, The Pennsylvanuia State UniversityTable of ContentsPREFACE; PART ONE: CLASSICAL; PART TWO: MODERN
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Oxford University Press Myths and Memories of the Nation
Book SynopsisNations and nationalism remain powerful phenomena in the contemporary world. Why do they continue to inspire such passion and attachments? Myths and Memories of the Nation explores the roots of nationalism by examining the myths, symbols and memories of the nation through a ''ethno-symbolic'' approach. The book reveals the continuing power of myth and memory to mobilise, define and shape people and their destinies. It examines the variety and durability of ethnic attachments and national identities, and assesses the contemporary revival of ethnic conflicts and nationalism. The book analyses the depth of ethnic attachments and the persistence of nations to this day.Trade Review'Why is it that so many people remain so deeply attached to their ethnic communities and nations at the close of the second millennium? Why do myths, memories, and symbols of the nation command such widespread loyalty and devotion?' These are the central questions answered eloquently and convincingly by Professor Smith in his latest work. * Nations and Nationalism *Myths and Memories of the Nation is a great collection of articles that concern nations and nationalism, and it raises many compelling questions while provoking thought and debate ... this is a book that can be especially valuable for those who will use it as an introduction to Smith's work, for those who are interested in a broad overview of issues concerning national identities, and for those who enjoy Smith's work but have been unable to trace it in the different journals where it appeared in the last decade. * The Global Review of Ethnopolitics *A complex yet lucid framework for understanding issues concerning nations and nationalism ... interesting insights and pithy articulations ... there are some gems to be found in every article. * The Global Review of Ethnopolitics *Anthony Smith is a great categorizer and analyst, with remarkable historical knowledge. * Ethnic and Racial Studies *Fine collection of essays ... a rich and thought-provoking work. * Political Studies *Table of ContentsPART I - ETHNO-HISTORY AND NATIONAL IDENTITY ; PART II - MYTHS AND MEMORIES OF MODERN NATIONS
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Clarendon Press Berkeleys World An Examination of the Three Dialogues
Book SynopsisTom Stoneham offers a clear and detailed study of Berkeley''s metaphysics and epistemology, as presented in his classic work Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous, originally published in 1713 and still widely studied today. Stoneham writes for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and academics in philosophy who are not specialists in the early modern period, and shows that Berkeley is an important and systematic philosopher whose work is still of relevance to philosophers today. Discussion of secondary literature is kept to a minimum (there are no footnotes!) and the interpretation defended shows his arguments as having greater strength and his views as having more plausibility than is usually recognized. Part 1 is a general overview. In Part 2, Berkeley is shown to be a direct realist about perception of the physical world who denies that the objects of either perception or of scientific theory are material. In Part 3, Berkeley''s positive views on substance, causation, action, free will, universals, concepts, identity, and persistence are also considered. While Berkeley''s immaterialism is criticized, its weaknesses are shown to lie in the details rather than in the big picture, which is no more implausible or unattractive than the materialist alternative.Trade Review...a fine book, with a lot of very good commentary and interpretation, along with a great deal of excellent philosophy. There is much to be gained by the study of this book, by both the scholar interested in Berkeley and the non-specialist philosopher. * George S. Pappas, Mind Journal *... contains interesting and original discussions ... While Stoneham eschews scholarly disputes, and dispenses with footnotes, his book will certainly interest Berkeley scholars, while also providing much useful, if challenging, discussion for non-specialists seeking to engage with central issues in Berkeley's philosophy. * The Philosophical Quarterly *Berkeley's World is a careful, systematic discussion of the arguments and claims presented in the philosophical fiction of the Three Dialogues. * British Journal for the History of Philosophy *Stoneham has given the reader a thorough presentation and analysis of the Dialogues. Anyone would benefit from a careful reading of Berkeley's World, including Berkeley scholars and historians of philosophy. * British Journal for the History of Philosophy *There is much to praise in this finely written book, most important being Stoneham's attempt to correct the facile but persistent mistaken interpretation of immaterialism and the nature of ideas. * British Journal for the History of Philosophy *Table of Contents1. Historical Introduction ; 2. Berkeley's World ; Appendix: A Quick Reference Guide to the Three Dialogues ; 3. The Sensible ; Appendix: Perception and Acquaintance ; 4. The Problem of Matter ; Appendix: On The So-Called Master Argument ; 5. God: Causation and Dependence ; Appendix: Official vs. Real Arguments ; 6. Action, Other Minds and the Self ; Appendix: Did Berkeley Hold a Volitionary Theory of Action? ; 7. Properties and Predicates ; 8. Objects and Identity ; 9. Conclusion ; Bibliography ; Index
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OUP Oxford The Rise of Modern Philosophy
Book SynopsisSir Anthony Kenny''s engaging new history of Western philosophy now advances into the modern era. The Rise of Modern Philosophy is the fascinating story of the emergence, from the early sixteenth to the early nineteenth century, of great ideas and intellectual systems that shaped modern thought. Kenny introduces us to some of the world''s most original and influential thinkers, and shows us the way to an understanding of their famous works. The thinkers we meet include René Descartes, traditionally seen as the founder of modern philosophy; the great British philosophers Hobbes, Locke, and Hume; and the towering figure of Immanuel Kant, who perhaps more than any other made philosophy what it is today. In the first three chapters Kenny tells the story chronologically: his lively accessible narrative brings the philosophers to life and fills in the historical and intellectual background to their work. It is ideal as the first thing to read for someone new to the history of modern philosopTable of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. Sixteenth-Century Philosophy ; 2. Descartes to Berkeley ; 3. Hume to Hegel ; 4. Knowledge ; 5. Physics ; 6. Metaphysics ; 7. Mind and Soul ; 8. Ethics ; 9. Political Philosophy ; 10. God
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Clarendon Press The Seventh Sense Francis Hutchenson and EighteenthCentury British Aesthetics Francis Hutchenson and EighteenthCentury British Aesthetics ... and EighteenthCentury British Aesthetics
Book SynopsisThe Seventh Sense is the definitive study of the aesthetic theory of the great eighteenth-century philosopher Francis Hutcheson, arguably the founder of the modern discipline of aesthetics, and one of the most important figures of the Scottish Enlightenment. This new edition brings Peter Kivy''s seminal work back into print, substantially expanded by the addition of seven essays, which deal primarily with Hutcheson''s relation to other thinkers, and his influence on eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century aesthetics.Part I of The Seventh Sense presents a detailed analysis of Hutcheson''s aesthetic theory. Part II traces the considerable influence of Hutcheson''s theory up to the early years of the nineteenth century. Part III is a new and substantial addition to the original work, collecting Peter Kivy''s essays on this topic since the first edition appeared, which deal primarily with Hutcheson, David Hume, and Thomas Reid. Philosophers of art, historians of philosophy, and historians working on eighteenth-century European art and culture will find this new edition an invaluable resource.Trade Review... [Peter Kivy's] book emerges as the leading authority study on Hutchenson and Eighteenth-Century British Aesthetics. * Philosophical Inquiry *Table of ContentsI. JUST BEFORE HUTCHESON ; VII. RATIONALIST AESTHETICS IN THE AGE OF HUTCHESON ; XIII. A LOGIC OF TASTE
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Oxford University Press, USA Humes Enlightenment Tract The Unity and Purpose of an Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
Book SynopsisHume''s Enlightenment Tract is the first full book-length study for forty years of David Hume''s Enquiry concerning Human Understanding. The Enquiry has, contrary to its author''s expressed wishes, long lived in the shadow of its predecessor, A Treatise of Human Nature. Stephen Buckle presents the Enquiry in a fresh light, and aims to raise it to its rightful position in Hume''s work and in the history of philosophy. He argues that the Enquiry is not, as so often assumed, a mere collection of watered-down extracts from the earlier work. It is, rather, a coherent work with a unified argument; and, when this argument is grasped as a whole, the Enquiry shows itself to be the best introduction to the lineaments of its author''s general philosophy. Buckle offers a careful guide through the argument and structure of the work. He shows how the central sections of the Enquiry offer a critique of the dogmatic empiricisms of the ancient world (Stoicism, Epicureanism, and Aristotelianism), and set in place an alternative conception of human powers based on the sceptical principles of habit and probability. These principles are then put to work, to rule out philosophy''s metaphysical ambitions and their consequences: religious systems and their attendant conception of human beings as semi-divine rational animals. Hume''s scepticism, experimentalism, and naturalism are thus shown to be different aspects of the one unified philosophy - a sceptical version of the Enlightenment vision.Trade ReviewReview from previous edition Hume's Enlightenment Tract is a masterpiece in the history of philosophy. Buckle is not only fully in command of the text he is studying, but of the context both ancient and modern. He also brings into his discussions some of the best scholarship of recent years in early modern philosophy. The book is written in a provocative and stimulating way and, whether one agrees or disagrees with its main contentions, one is sure to come away from reading it highly motivated to go back to Hume's own book and reconsider it in the light of Hume's widest philosophical concerns. * John P. Wright, Australasian Journal of Philosophy *Buckle's work is undoubtedly an important addition to the recent growth in scholarly writing on the Enquiry ... the only single-author work to offer both a critical overview of the Enquiry, a systematic general interpretation, and a section-by-section commentary on its contents... He succeeds in the important task of establishing the Enquiry as an independently significant philosophical work, central to the interpretation of Hume's thinking as a whole, and his book should help ensure that the work remains at the forefront of the new critical thinking about Hume's epistemology. * Paul Stanistreet, Journal of Scottish Philosophy *Table of Contents1. APPROACHING THE TEXT ; 2. THE ARGUMENT ; 3. CONCLUSION
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Oxford University Press The Oxford English Literary History Volume 10 19101940 The Modern Movement
Book SynopsisPresenting a survey of literature in England during the first half of the twentieth century, this work places modernist with non-modernist writings. It covers psychological novels, war poems, detective stories, satires, children's books, and other literary forms evolving in response to the new anxieties and exhilarations of twentieth-century life.Trade ReviewReview from previous edition Baldick argues persuasively that modernism, as exemplified by such authors as Eliot, Woolf, and Joyce, did not suddenly dominate British literature in the period 1910-40; realistic novels and traditional poetic and dramatic forms continued to flourish. The individual author bibliographies are a tremendous asset. Recommended for all academic libraries, especially at the undergraduate level. * Library Journal *Table of ContentsPART I: ELEMENTS; PART II: FORMS; PART III: OCCASIONS
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Oxford University Press Inc Capitalism Competition Conflict Crises
Book SynopsisNeoclassical economical theory uses aspects of perfect functioning of markets as part of its basic assumptions and introduces imperfections as analysis proceeds forward. Many types of heterodox economics insist on dealing with imperfect competition but project backwards to a previous perfect state. In Capitalism, Anwar Shaikh demonstrates that most of the central propositions of economic analysis can be derived without any reference to hyperrationality, optimization, perfect competition, perfect information, representative agents or so-called rational expectations. These include the laws of demand and supply, the determination of wage and profit rates, technological change, relative prices, interest rates, bond and equity prices, exchange rates, terms and balance of trade, growth, unemployment, inflation, and long booms culminating in recurrent general crises. In every case, Shaikh''s theory is applied to modern empirical patterns and contrasted with neoclassical, Keynesian, and Post Keynesian approaches to the same issues. The object of analysis is the economics of capitalism, and economic thought on the subject is addressed in that light. This is how the classical economists, as well as Keynes and Kalecki, approached the issue. Anyone interested in capitalism and economics in general can gain a wealth of knowledge from this ground-breaking text.Trade ReviewThis book is a remarkable achievement, and there is a great deal to be learned from it. * John E. King, The Economic and Labour Relations Review *Table of ContentsPART I. FOUNDATIONS OF THE ANALYSIS ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Turbulent Trends and Hidden Structures ; 3. Microfoundations and Macro Patterns ; 4. Production and Costs ; 5. Exchange, Money, and Price ; 6. Capital and Profit ; PART II. REAL COMPETITION ; 7. The Theory of Real Competition ; 8. Debates on Perfect and Imperfect Competition ; 9. Competition and Interindustrial Relative Prices ; 10. Competition, Finance, and Interest Rates ; 11. International Competition and the Theory of Exchange Rates ; PART III. TURBULENT MACRODYNAMICS ; 12. The Rise and Fall of Modern Macroeconomic ; 13. Classical Macrodynamics ; 14. The Theory of Wages and Unemployment ; 15. Modern Money and Inflation ; 16. Growth, Cycles, and Crises ; 17. Summary and Conclusions
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OUP USA The Forum and the Tower
Book SynopsisThe Forum and the Tower tackles a fascinating and perennial topic: the relationship between the academy and the world of politics. For all the talk about the remoteness of ivory tower ideas from ''the real world,'' it is the case that ideas do in fact have consequences. In recent US history, the careers of Henry Kissinger and Daniel Patrick Moynihan illustrate how ideas drive politics. Oftentimes the translations of ideas into action results in severe distortions of their original meaning, but the relationship between ideas and revolutionary political and social change is a constant. The accomplished Harvard law professor Mary Ann Glendon traces this crucial relationship from Greek times, taking readers through the Roman Empire, Renaissance Italy, the English revolution, the Federalist era in the US, the French Revolution, the Napoleonic wars, the Concert of Europe, the progressive era, and the New Deal/World War II era. Her aim is to utilize history to show how intellectuals and politTrade Reviewa wise exploration of the eternal tension between action and thought * The Wall Street Journal *Table of ContentsPreface ; Introduction
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