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Soviet Ghosts: The Soviet Union Abandoned: A Communist Empire in Decay
ISBN: 9781908211163 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Only the most intrepid urban explorers cross the tattered ruins of the old iron curtain to endure the excessive bureaucracy, military paranoia and freezing winds of the East to hunt for the ghosts of an empire. Rebecca Litchfield is one who couldn t resist the haunting allure of the ruins of the Soviet Union. Time and again she risked radiation exposure, experienced arrest and interrogation, and was accused of espionage while collecting the stunning photography in Soviet Ghosts. Join her on an adventure through the ruins of soviet bloc, never before seen by western eyes. The emotional affect...
Only the most intrepid urban explorers cross the tattered ruins of the old iron curtain to endure the excessive bureaucracy, military paranoia and fre...
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172,40 zł |
Marx and the End of Orientalism
ISBN: 9781138792616 / Angielski / Twarda / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This title analyses a range of problems that arise in the study of North Africa and the Middle East, bridging the gap between studies of sociology, Islam and Marxism. Both sociology and the study of Islam draw on an orientalist tradition founded on an idealist epistemology, ethnocentric values and an evolutionary view of historical development. Bryan Turner challenges the basic assumptions of orientalism by considering such issues as the social structure of Islamic society, the impact of capitalism in the Middle East and the effect of Israel on territories, revolutions, social classes and...
This title analyses a range of problems that arise in the study of North Africa and the Middle East, bridging the gap between studies of sociology, Is...
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535,21 zł |
The Media of Testimony: Remembering the East German Stasi in the Berlin Republic
ISBN: 9781137364036 / Angielski / Twarda / 243 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Media of Testimony explores testimony relating to the Stasi in different cultural forms: autobiographical writing, memorial museums and documentary film. Combining theoretical models from diverse disciplines, it presents a new approach to the study of testimony, memory and mediation.
The Media of Testimony explores testimony relating to the Stasi in different cultural forms: autobiographical writing, memorial museums and documentar...
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194,97 zł |
Das Kapital
ISBN: 9781453886328 / Angielski / Miękka / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the most notorious works of modern times, as well as one of the most influential, "Capital" is an incisive critique of private property and the social relations it generates. Living in exile in England, where this work was largely written, Marx drew on a wide-ranging knowledge of its society to support his analysis and generate fresh insights. Arguing that capitalism would create an ever-increasing division in wealth and welfare, he predicted its abolition and replacement by a system with common ownership of the means of production. "Capital" rapidly acquired readership among the...
One of the most notorious works of modern times, as well as one of the most influential, "Capital" is an incisive critique of private property and the...
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45,09 zł |
The City of The Sun
ISBN: 9781926842547 / Angielski / Miękka / 46 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Thank you for checking out this book by Theophania Publishing. We appreciate your business and look forward to serving you soon. We have thousands of titles available, and we invite you to search for us by name, contact us via our website, or download our most recent catalogues. Born in Stignano (in the county of Stilo) in the province of Reggio di Calabria in southern Italy, Campanella was a child prodigy. Son of a poor and illiterate cobbler, he entered the Dominican Order before the age of fifteen, taking the name of fra' Tommaso in honour of Thomas Aquinas. He studied theology and...
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73,58 zł |
Revolutionary Cuba: A History
ISBN: 9780813049953 / Angielski / Twarda / 385 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A remarkable achievement. The most comprehensive, synthetic, and systematic appraisal of the Cuban Revolution to date. Jorge Duany, author of Blurred Borders
Passionate and balanced, Luis Martinez-Fernandez guides the reader expertly through the seemingly endless twists, turns, and detours of the Cuban Revolution. Gustavo Perez Firmat, author of Life on the Hyphen This is the first book in more than three decades to offer a complete and chronological history of revolutionary Cuba, including the years of rebellion that led to the revolution. Beginning with Batista s coup... A remarkable achievement. The most comprehensive, synthetic, and systematic appraisal of the Cuban Revolution to date. Jorge Duany, author of Blurr...
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277,87 zł |
The Origin of The Family, Private Property, and the State
ISBN: 9781475012453 / Angielski / Miękka / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Thank you for checking out this book by Theophania Publishing. We appreciate your business and look forward to serving you soon. We have thousands of titles available, and we invite you to search for us by name, contact us via our website, or download our most recent catalogues. "An eternal being created human society as it is to-day, and submission to 'superiors' and 'authority' is imposed on the 'lower' classes by divine will." This suggestion, coming from pulpit, platform and press, has hypnotized the minds of men and proves to be one of the strongest pillars of exploitation. Scientific...
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82,65 zł |
Wilhelm Liebknecht and German Social Democracy: A Documentary History
ISBN: 9781608463947 / Angielski / Miękka / 488 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Wilhelm Liebknecht and German Social Democracy is the most comprehensive collection available in English of the speeches and writings of Wilhelm Liebknecht, founder and leading voice of the German Social Democratic Party in the nineteenth century.
This collection of Liebknecht's writings and speeches is representative sampling of his most renowned and influential work. Each piece is prefaced by concise and informative introduction situating the material in its context. Where possible, the selections are presented unedited, making this collection an important research tool for... Wilhelm Liebknecht and German Social Democracy is the most comprehensive collection available in English of the speeches and writings of Wilhel...
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214,62 zł |
Science at the Cross Roads (Routledge Revivals): Papers from the Second International Congress of the History of Science and Technology 1931
ISBN: 9780415825467 / Angielski / Miękka / 223 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The papers given by the Soviet delegation to the Second International Congress of the History of Science and Technology in London in 1931, headed by N.I. Bukharin, exerted a profound influence on Western historiography of science. Perhaps the most influential contribution was that of Hessen, who made a long and classical statement of Marxist historiography, taking Isaac Newton as his example.
The papers given by the Soviet delegation to the Second International Congress of the History of Science and Technology in London in 1931, headed by N...
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188,55 zł |
The Anarchist Imagination: Anarchism Encounters the Humanities and the Social Sciences
ISBN: 9781138782761 / Angielski / Miękka / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This a a broad ranging introduction to 21st century anarchism which includes a wide array of theoretical approaches as well as a variety of empirical and geographical perspectives. The book demonstrates how this vibrant and often controversial ideology has influenced the humanities and social sciences including anthropology, art, feminism, geography, international relations, philosophy, political science, postcolonialism and sociology. Drawing on a long historical narrative that encompasses the 'waves' of anarchist movements from the post-war wave of student, counter-cultural and workers'... This a a broad ranging introduction to 21st century anarchism which includes a wide array of theoretical approaches as well as a variety of empiric... |
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203,84 zł |
Marxism, Morality, and Social Justice
ISBN: 9780691608884 / Angielski / Miękka / 542 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The interpreter of Marx's writings faces the task of reconciling, on the one hand, Marx's frequent explicit condemnations and criticisms of morality and, on the other, the obvious way in which his world-view reflects substantive moral judgments. In this book R. G. Peffer tackles the challenges of finding in Marx's work an implicit moral theory, of answering claims that Marxism is incompatible with morality, and of developing the outlines of an adequate Marxist moral and social theory. Peffer analyzes the moral components of Marx's thought and considers all the major interpretations of his... The interpreter of Marx's writings faces the task of reconciling, on the one hand, Marx's frequent explicit condemnations and criticisms of moralit... |
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386,32 zł |
Historical Legacies of Communism in Russia and Eastern Europe
ISBN: 9781107054172 / Angielski / Twarda / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book takes stock of arguments about the historical legacies of communism that have become common within the study of Russia and East Europe more than two decades after communism's demise and elaborates an empirical approach to the study of historical legacies revolving around relationships and mechanisms rather than correlation and outward similarities. Eleven essays by a distinguished group of scholars assess whether post-communist developments in specific areas continue to be shaped by the experience of communism or, alternatively, by fundamental divergences produced before or after...
This book takes stock of arguments about the historical legacies of communism that have become common within the study of Russia and East Europe more ...
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428,12 zł |
The Civil War in France
ISBN: 9781614276043 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 2014 Reprint of 1934 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. "The Civil War in France" was a pamphlet written by Karl Marx as an official statement of the General Council of the International on the character and significance of the struggle of the Parisian Communards in the French Civil War of 1871. In 1891, on the 20th anniversary of the Paris Commune, Engels put together a new edition of the work. He wrote an introduction to this edition, emphasizing the historical significance of the experience of the Paris Commune, and its...
2014 Reprint of 1934 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. "The Civil War in France" was ...
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29,04 zł |
Russians: The People Behind the Power
ISBN: 9781455573455 / Angielski / Miękka / 386 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In RUSSIANS, Feifer explains the seeming paradoxes of Russian life by unraveling the nature of its people: what is it in their history, their desires, and their conception of themselves that makes them baffling to the West? Using the insights of his years as a journalist in Russia, Feifer corrects pervasive misconceptions about the country
In RUSSIANS, Feifer explains the seeming paradoxes of Russian life by unraveling the nature of its people: what is it in their history, their desires,...
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107,85 zł |
Knowledge Workers in Contemporary China: Reform and Resistance in the Publishing Industry
ISBN: 9780739186640 / Angielski / Twarda / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Knowledge Workers in Contemporary China: Reform, and Resistance in the Publishing Industry concentrates on the trajectories of the labor process transformation of knowledge workers, mainly editors, in the Chinese publishing industry. The book focuses on their changing social, economic, and political roles; their dilemmas, challenges, and opportunities associated with current social reform; and China's integration into the global political economy. At its core, the book addresses three different yet interrelated processes of the political economy of communication: commodification,...
Knowledge Workers in Contemporary China: Reform, and Resistance in the Publishing Industry concentrates on the trajectories of the labor process trans...
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520,45 zł |
In Walt We Trust: How a Queer Socialist Poet Can Save America from Itself
ISBN: 9781583674758 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Life in the United States today is shot through with uncertainty: about our jobs, our mortgaged houses, our retirement accounts, our health, our marriages, and the future that awaits our children. For many, our lives, public and private, have come to feel like the discomfort and unease you experience the day or two before you get really sick. Our life is a scratchy throat. John Marsh offers an unlikely remedy for this widespread malaise: the poetry of Walt Whitman. Mired in personal and political depression, Marsh turned to Whitman--and it saved his life. In Walt We Trust: How a Queer...
Life in the United States today is shot through with uncertainty: about our jobs, our mortgaged houses, our retirement accounts, our health, our marri...
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128,38 zł |
Revolution & Counter-Revolution in Spain
ISBN: 9781900007436 / Angielski / Miękka / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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86,27 zł |
Deng Xiaoping: The Man Who Made Modern China
ISBN: 9781780768953 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the most important figures in global politics during the second half of the 20th century; Deng Xiaoping is generally considered the central figure behind China's economic liberalization programme that produced historically unprecedented growth rates and development beginning in the late 1970s. Lifting nearly a billion people out of poverty, Deng Xiaoping's 'Four Modernisations' called for reform in agriculture, industry, military, and science and technology. Today these reforms are considered to be the crucial turning point in modern Chinese history, enabling China to effectively...
One of the most important figures in global politics during the second half of the 20th century; Deng Xiaoping is generally considered the central fig...
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229,37 zł |
Revolutionary Marxism in Spain, 1930-1937
ISBN: 9789004221079 / Angielski / Twarda / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Revolutionary Marxism in Spain, 1930-1937 examines the impact of Trotsky's political thought upon those Spanish communists who dissented from the 'general line' laid down by Moscow. It explores the political ideas of leading POUM figures, Andreu Nin and Joaquin Maurin, and their complex relationship with Trotsky. The contention is that the POUM owed far more to Trotsky than many of the party's historians care to admit. Drawing heavily upon Spanish sources, the book seeks to present and explain the POUM's political ideas in order to understand why the party adopted the positions it did....
Revolutionary Marxism in Spain, 1930-1937 examines the impact of Trotsky's political thought upon those Spanish communists who dissented from t...
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636,43 zł |
Remaining Loyal: Social Democracy in Quebec and Saskatchewan
ISBN: 9780773544161 / Angielski / Twarda / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When social democratic politicians in the 1990s moderated their ideas and policies as part of a turn towards the "third way," they were assailed as traitors to the cause. Remaining Loyal demonstrates that while third way social democrats in Quebec and Saskatchewan supplemented certain social democratic ideas with more right-wing economic programs, their public policies remained true to the original spirit of social democracy. Drawing on a range of archival resources, David McGrane traces the evolution of social democracy in Quebec and Saskatchewan from their respective origins in social...
When social democratic politicians in the 1990s moderated their ideas and policies as part of a turn towards the "third way," they were assailed as tr...
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488,26 zł |