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Memory, Politics and Religion : The Past Meets the Present in Europe
ISBN: 9783825880514 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Patriotism and Other Mistakes
ISBN: 9780300136340 / Angielski / Miękka / 460 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. George Kateb has been one of the most respected and influential political theorists of the last quarter century. His work stands apart from that of many of his contemporaries and resists easy summary. In these essays Kateb often admonishes himself, in Socratic fashion, to keep political argument as far as possible negative to be willing to assert what we are not, and what we will not do, and to build modestly from there some account of what we are and what we ought to do.
Drawing attention to the non-rational character of many motives that drive people to construct and maintain a... George Kateb has been one of the most respected and influential political theorists of the last quarter century. His work stands apart from that of ma...
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Christopher Hitchens and His Critics: Terror, Iraq, and the Left
ISBN: 9780814716861 / Angielski / Twarda / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Christopher Hitchens--political journalist, cultural critic, public intellectual and self-described contrarian--is one of the most controversial and prolific writers of his generation. His most recent book, God Is Not Great, was on the New York Times bestseller list in 2007 for months. Like his hero, George Orwell, Hitchens is a tireless opponent of all forms of cruelty, ideological dogma, religious superstition and intellectual obfuscation. Once a socialist, he now refers to himself as an unaffiliated radical. As a thinker, Hitchens is perhaps best viewed as... Christopher Hitchens--political journalist, cultural critic, public intellectual and self-described contrarian--is one of the most controversial an... |
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347,74 |
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A People Armed and Free: The Truth About the Second Amendment
ISBN: 9781410745453 / Angielski / Twarda / 354 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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132,75 |
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A People Armed and Free: The Truth About the Second Amendment
ISBN: 9781410745460 / Angielski / Miękka / 354 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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91,49 |
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The Best Aust Political Writing
ISBN: 9780522854213 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From leadership speculation to the war in Iraq, from the Northern Territory intervention to the release of David Hicks, this is a diverse and compelling collection that includes writing by Australia's leading commentators and opinion makers. Guaranteed to inform, entertain, and provoke, only the best political analysis of events that have shaped the past year are included.
From leadership speculation to the war in Iraq, from the Northern Territory intervention to the release of David Hicks, this is a diverse and compelli...
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93,01 |
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Power in the City: Clarence Stone and the Politics of Inequity
ISBN: 9780700615735 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A leading theorist in urban politics, Clarence Stone redefined the field with his prize-winning book Regime Politics and is now acknowledged as the father of "regime analysis." Over the course of four decades, he has examined political power and leadership, race and politics, and the politics of social reform in urban settings through writings that have critiqued, debated, and recast large questions about democracy and inequality. This book collects ten classic articles and essays by Stone to create a succinct reader in urban politics. It encompasses theoretical work on urban political...
A leading theorist in urban politics, Clarence Stone redefined the field with his prize-winning book Regime Politics and is now acknowledged as the fa...
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God Blessed America No More
ISBN: 9781434324450 / Angielski / Miękka / 186 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. God Bless America. Is this just a slogan, or did God really ordain that America would be blessed with the greatest material and spiritual blessings of any nation on earth? Amazingly, over 4000 years ago God implemented a plan that has resulted in prosperity and wealth that these United States of America enjoys above any other nation on our earth. Our founding fathers seemed to know this and proclaimed it on their knees. Sadly, God promised something else; "if you will not yet hearken to me, I will break the pride of your power" Lev. 26:18-19. That is what is happening to America today. With...
God Bless America. Is this just a slogan, or did God really ordain that America would be blessed with the greatest material and spiritual blessings of...
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Divided Power: The Presidency, Congress, and the Formation of American Foreign Policy
ISBN: 9781557288042 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Divided Power is a collection of eight original essays written for the Fulbright Institute of International Relations that focuses on timely yet unanswerable questions about the relationship between the executive and legislative branches in the formation of American foreign policy. In trying to answer questions about what the nationA[a--a[s foreign policy is, and who has the upper hand in making it, these essays examine the struggle between the constant of the division of powers mandated by the Constitution (ambiguous though it may be) and the ever-changing political realities and...
Divided Power is a collection of eight original essays written for the Fulbright Institute of International Relations that focuses on timely yet unans...
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The Middle Works of John Dewey, Volume 8, 1899 - 1924: Essays and Miscellany in the 1915 Period and German Philosophy and Politics and Schools of Tomo
ISBN: 9780809308828 / Angielski / Twarda / 584 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Volume 8 comprises all Dewey s published writings for the year 1915and only" "for 1915, a year of typically elevated productivity, which saw publication of fifteen articles and miscellaneous pieces and three books, two of which are reprinted here: "German Philosophy and Politics "and "Schools of Tomorrow."Professor Hook says that the publications in this volume reveal John Dewey at the height of his philosophical powers. Even though his greatest works were still to come"Democracy and Education," " Experience and Nature," " The Quest for Certainty," " "and "Logic: The Theory of Inquiry" the"...
Volume 8 comprises all Dewey s published writings for the year 1915and only" "for 1915, a year of typically elevated productivity, which saw publicati...
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What We Bury at Night: Disposable Humanity
ISBN: 9784902837674 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The fate of Micronesia is the fate of Sustainable Humanity. Micronesia is last domino in the quest to globalize the Earth into a singular monoculture. It is the region least affected by the increasingly global culture of conspicuous consumption and individualistic materialism. Micronesia is at a crossroads, as is the human race. If the last region on earth in which, among the majority of the population, communal living based on interconnectedness, extended families, shared resources, non-linear thinking, and a sustainable relationship with the natural environment is the norm is allowed to be...
The fate of Micronesia is the fate of Sustainable Humanity. Micronesia is last domino in the quest to globalize the Earth into a singular monoculture....
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Order and Security in Southeast Asia: Essays in Memory of Michael Leifer
ISBN: 9780415363655 / Angielski / Twarda / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Michael Leifer, who died in 2001, was one of the leading scholars of Southeast Asian international relations. He was hugely influential through his extensive writings and his contacts with people in government and business in the region. In this book, many of Leifer s students, colleagues and friends come together to explore the key themes of his work on Southeast Asia, including the notion of order, security, maritime law and foreign policy. The book concludes with an overall assessment of Leifer s background, worldview and impact on his field. A scholarly and personal... Michael Leifer, who died in 2001, was one of the leading scholars of Southeast Asian international relations. He was hugely influential through his... |
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710,17 |
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You Are Being Betrayed by the U.S. Government
ISBN: 9781434367310 / Angielski / Twarda / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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105,16 |
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You Are Being Betrayed by the U.S. Government
ISBN: 9781434367327 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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62,67 |
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Ponder This II
ISBN: 9781434344663 / Angielski / Twarda / 420 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ponder This II is the second "adult primer" concerning our nation. It will allow a quick glance at our vulnerabilities and our readiness, or the lack thereof, in case of national emergencies. Are we ready to defend our homes and country from internal and external forces? Are we ready to live through manmade and natural disasters? We had better be ready because there is a possibility that our nation will experience one or more of these problems in the future. Maybe soon, maybe in the distant future. We had better prepare to face many and varied enemies that lay in wait. There could be all...
Ponder This II is the second "adult primer" concerning our nation. It will allow a quick glance at our vulnerabilities and our readiness, or the lack ...
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Ponder This II
ISBN: 9781434344670 / Angielski / Miękka / 420 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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105,42 |
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Memo to the President: How We Can Restore America's Reputation and Leadership
ISBN: 9780061351815 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The next president will face the daunting task of repairing America's core relationships and tarnished credibility after the damage caused during the past eight years. In Memo to the President, former secretary of state Madeleine Albright offers provocative ideas about how to confront the myriad challenges awaiting our newly elected commander-in-chief. Secretary Albright's advice is candid and seasoned with humor and stories from her years in office, blending lessons from the past with forward-looking suggestions about how to make full use of presidential power without repeating... The next president will face the daunting task of repairing America's core relationships and tarnished credibility after the damage caused during t... |
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Spirit of Disobedience: Resisting the Charms of Fake Politics, Mindless Consumption, and the Culture of Total Work
ISBN: 9780981576909 / Angielski / Miękka / 183 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Trained relentlessly to work and consume, we make daily lifestyle decisions that promote corporate profits more than our own well-being. We also find ourselves working more, living in fragmented communities, and neglecting our most basic spiritual and political values. As Curtis White puts it, In order to live, you will be asked to do what is no good, what is absurd, trivial, demeaning, and soul killing. Although we belong to the world s most affluent society, somehow we never have the chance to ask: How shall we live?With his trademark humor and acerbic wit, White raises this impertinent...
Trained relentlessly to work and consume, we make daily lifestyle decisions that promote corporate profits more than our own well-being. We also find ...
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Come to Think of It: Commentaries from National Public Radio's Senior News Analyst
ISBN: 9780143114475 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Schorr, at CBS for decades and a 20-year mainstay of NPR, offers his observations on politics and American life from the years 1990 to the present. As a record of these perilous times and as a cogent primer on politics, this is an unparalleled record of political analysis.
Schorr, at CBS for decades and a 20-year mainstay of NPR, offers his observations on politics and American life from the years 1990 to the present. As...
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The Politics of Truth: Selected Writings of C. Wright Mills
ISBN: 9780195343045 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. C. Wright Mills was a radical public intellectual, a tough-talking, motorcycle-riding anarchist from Texas who taught sociology at Columbia University. Mills's three most influential books--The Power Elite, White Collar, and The Sociological Imagination--were originally published by OUP and are considered classics. The first collection of his writings to be published since 1963, The Politics of Truth contains 23 out-of-print and hard-to-find writings which show his growth from academic sociologist to an intellectual maestro in command of a mature style, a dissenter...
C. Wright Mills was a radical public intellectual, a tough-talking, motorcycle-riding anarchist from Texas who taught sociology at Columbia University...
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