ilość książek w kategorii: 1419
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Adorno and the Political
ISBN: 9780415289139 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Theodor Adorno was one of the foremost radical thinkers of the Twentieth century. Critic of the Enlightenment, liberalism and modernity, he was the architect behind the famous Frankfurt School of Critical Theory and his work ranged over philosophy, social and cultural theory, art and music. In this lucid book, Espen Hammer critically considers and defends Adorno's most important contribution: his political thought and it contemporary relevance.
Espen Hammer examines the background to Adorno's thought in the work of Kierkegaard, Marx, Weber and Walter Benjamin and assesses Adorno's... Theodor Adorno was one of the foremost radical thinkers of the Twentieth century. Critic of the Enlightenment, liberalism and modernity, he was the ar...
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194,66 zł |
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All or Nothing: The Axis and the Holocaust 1941-43
ISBN: 9780415290692 / Angielski / Miękka / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy were united in a brutal friendship. Both had savage racial laws: both Hitler and Mussolini viciously denounced the Jewish menace. Yet each nation treated the Jews quite differently. Whilst Jews who fell into the arms of the German army were consigned, almost without exception, to concentration camps, not one Jew taken by the Italians suffered the same fate. Italian officers protected not just Italian Jews, but Jewish refugees of every nationality. Jonathan Steinberg uses this remarkable and poignant story to unravel the motives and forces underpinning both...
Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy were united in a brutal friendship. Both had savage racial laws: both Hitler and Mussolini viciously denounced the Jewi...
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194,66 zł |
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Racist Extremism in Central & Eastern Europe
ISBN: 9780415355933 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This handbook on racist extremism in Central and Eastern Europe is the result of a unique collaborative research project of experts from the ten new and future post-communist EU member states. All chapters are written to a common framework, making it easier to compare individual countries and include sections on:
Mudde's... This handbook on racist extremism in Central and Eastern Europe is the result of a unique collaborative research project of experts from the ten ne... |
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730,17 zł |
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White Rage: The Extreme Right and American Politics
ISBN: 9780415362320 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. White Rage examines the development of the modern American extreme right and American politics from the 1950s to the present day. It explores the full panoply of extreme right groups, from the remnants of the Ku Klux Klan to skinhead groups and from the militia groups to neo-nazis. In developing its argument the book:
White Rage examines the development of the modern American extreme right and American politics from the 1950s to the present day. It explo... |
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730,17 zł |
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White Rage: The Extreme Right and American Politics
ISBN: 9780415362337 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. White Rage examines the development of the modern American extreme right and American politics from the 1950s to the present day. It explores the full panoply of extreme right groups, from the remnants of the Ku Klux Klan to skinhead groups and from the militia groups to neo-nazis. In developing its argument the book:
White Rage examines the development of the modern American extreme right and American politics from the 1950s to the present day. It explores the f... |
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253,08 zł |
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After Socialism: Reconstructing Critical Social Thought
ISBN: 9780415395908 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Does socialism have a future in the world of the twenty-first century? If not, what is the future for progressive politics? This is a major contribution to contemporary social and political thought written by one of the world's leading critical historians. Gabriel Kolko ask the difficult questions about where the left can go in a post-Cold War world where neoliberal policies appear to have triumphed in both the West and the former Soviet bloc. In trying to answer this, he interrogates both the origins and development of socialist ideas and the contemporary dynamics of the globalized... Does socialism have a future in the world of the twenty-first century? If not, what is the future for progressive politics? This is a major cont... |
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778,85 zł |
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After Socialism: Reconstructing Critical Social Thought
ISBN: 9780415395915 / Angielski / Miękka / 10 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Does socialism have a future in the world of the twenty-first century? If not, what is the future for progressive politics? This is a major contribution to contemporary social and political thought written by one of the world's leading critical historians. Gabriel Kolko ask the difficult questions about where the left can go in a post-Cold War world where neoliberal policies appear to have triumphed in both the West and the former Soviet bloc. In trying to answer this, he interrogates both the origins and development of socialist ideas and the contemporary dynamics of the globalized... Does socialism have a future in the world of the twenty-first century? If not, what is the future for progressive politics? This is a major ... |
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233,60 zł |
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The American Radical
ISBN: 9780415908047 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The American Radical tells the story of American democracy from the late 18th century to the present, through the lives of the women and men who have fought to advance it. The original biographical portraits presented in this collection show how, in every period of history, Americans from various backgrounds have stood as activists, authors and artists to challenge the powerful.
The American Radical tells the story of American democracy from the late 18th century to the present, through the lives of the women and men who have ...
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228,74 zł |
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Michael Harrington: Speaking American
ISBN: 9780415911184 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this provocative biographical portrait, Robert A. Gorman examines the political and intellectual life of this engaging radical thinker while looking ahead to the ways in which the work and example he has left us can affect political life in the twenty-first century.
Michael Harrington's major attempt to Americanize socialism plays a big part in Gorman's analysis. He tells readers how it is possible to be both radical and patriotic and how an unjust system can be transformed without being destroyed. In this provocative biographical portrait, Robert A. Gorman examines the political and intellectual life of this engaging radical thinker while lookin...
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136,25 zł |
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Radical Democracy: Identity, Citizenship and the State
ISBN: 9780415912464 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Radical Democracy addresses the loss of faith in conventional party politics and argues for new ways of thinking about diversity, liberty and civic responsibility. The cultural and social theorists in Radical Democracy broaden the discussion beyond the conventional and conservative rhetoric by investigating the applicability of radical democracy in the United States. Issues debated include whether democracy is primarily a form of decision making or an instrument of popular empowerment; and whether democracy constitutes an abstract ideal or an achievable goal.
Radical Democracy addresses the loss of faith in conventional party politics and argues for new ways of thinking about diversity, liberty and...
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876,20 zł |
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Radical Democracy: Identity, Citizenship and the State
ISBN: 9780415912471 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text addresses the loss of faith in conventional party politics, and argues for new ways of thinking about diversity, liberty, and civic responsibility. Long debated in political circles, radical democracy as discussed here becomes interdisciplinary. The cultural and social theorists in this book broaden the discussion beyond the conventional and conservative rhetoric by investigating the applicability of radical democracy in the United States. Issues debated include whether democracy is primarily a form of decision making or an instrument of popular empowerment; whether democracy...
This text addresses the loss of faith in conventional party politics, and argues for new ways of thinking about diversity, liberty, and civic responsi...
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233,60 zł |
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Black Heretics, Black Prophets: Radical Political Intellectuals
ISBN: 9780415943246 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a survey of the political thought of a selection of influential black thinkers in provocative exploration of the black radical tradition as it has evolved in the Caribbean, Africa and the United States. Each chapter focuses on key figures or social movement including the slave Cugoano, the American anti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett, C.L.R. James, W.E.B. DuBois, former leader of the anti-colonial movement in Tanzania Julius Nyerere, Walter Rodney, the political philosophy of Rastafari and the activist-musican Bob Marley. This book should be of interest to anyone interested in...
This is a survey of the political thought of a selection of influential black thinkers in provocative exploration of the black radical tradition as it...
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705,83 zł |
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Black Heretics, Black Prophets: Radical Political Intellectuals
ISBN: 9780415943253 / Angielski / Miękka / 275 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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257,94 zł |
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The Future of Democratic Equality: Rebuilding Social Solidarity in a Fragmented America
ISBN: 9780415944649 / Angielski / Twarda / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 2011 David Easton Award, presented for the best book by the Foundations of Political Theory section of APSA:
"The Future of Democratic Equality, by Joseph Schwartz, takes on three tasks, and accomplishes all brilliantly. Any one of these tasks well fulfilled would have been a laudable achievement. First, Schwartz argues for the centrality of the question of equality to democratic politics. Second, he critically analyzes and explains the shocking rise in inequality in the United States over the last three... 2011 David Easton Award, presented for the best book by the Foundations of Political Theory section of APSA:
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924,88 zł |
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The Future Of Democratic Equality: Rebuilding Social Solidarity in a Fragmented America
ISBN: 9780415944656 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Joseph Schwartz attempts to imagine a progressive global politics. What would it look like, and how could we get there?
Joseph Schwartz attempts to imagine a progressive global politics. What would it look like, and how could we get there?
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233,60 zł |
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Politics and Preservation: A Policy History of the Built Heritage 1882-1996
ISBN: 9780419224006 / Angielski / Miękka / 215 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text traces the policy history of urban conservation and its relationship to the town planning process and both are set in their political context. Part One deals with the origins of conservation and its cultural background; Part Two deals with the post-war legislation and the increasing scope of conservation; Part Three deals with churches and their separate control system; and Part Four brings the story up to the present time. Issues such as sustainable conservation and the latest government policy are addressed in the conclusion. This book should aid current practice and help to...
This text traces the policy history of urban conservation and its relationship to the town planning process and both are set in their political contex...
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438,05 zł |
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The Radical Right in Western Europe: A Comparative Analysis
ISBN: 9780472084418 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Winner of the American Political Science Association's 1996 Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award.
The rise of new political competitors on the radical right is a central feature of many contemporary European party systems. The first study of its kind based on a wide array of comparative survey data, The Radical Right in Western Europe: A Comparative Analysis provides a unifying framework to explain why rightist parties are electorally powerful in some countries but not in others. The book argues that changes in social structure and the economy do not by themselves adequately explain the... Winner of the American Political Science Association's 1996 Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award.
The rise of new political competitors on the radical r... |
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148,34 zł |
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Anarchism and Other Essays
ISBN: 9780486224848 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the 1890s and for years thereafter, America reverberated with the name of the -notorious Anarchist, - feminist, revolutionist, and agitator, Emma Goldberg. A Russian Jewish immigrant at the age of 17, she moved by her own efforts from seamstress in a clothing factory to internationally known radical lecturer, writer, editor, and friend of the oppressed. This book is a collection of her remarkably penetrating essays, far in advance of their time, originally published by the Mother Earth press which she founded. In the 1890s and for years thereafter, America reverberated with the name of the -notorious Anarchist, - feminist, revolutionist, and agitator, Emm... |
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61,30 zł |
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Essential Works
ISBN: 9780486253336 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Among the most influential political and social forces of the twentieth century, modern communism rests firmly on philosophical, political, and economic underpinnings developed by Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, later known as Lenin. In this volume, comprising the four works generally considered his most important publications, Lenin presents the goals and tactics of Communism with remarkable directness and forcefulness.
His first major work was The Development of Capitalism in Russia, written in prison after Lenin had been arrested for anti-government activities in 1895. Represented here... Among the most influential political and social forces of the twentieth century, modern communism rests firmly on philosophical, political, and econom...
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88,20 zł |
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Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution
ISBN: 9780486449135 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this cornerstone of modern liberal social theory, Peter Kropotkin states that the most effective human and animal communities are essentially cooperative, rather than competitive. Kropotkin based this classic on his observations of natural phenomena and history, forming a work of stunning and well-reasoned scholarship. Essential to the understanding of human evolution as well as social organization, it offers a powerful counterpoint to the tenets of Social Darwinism. It also cites persuasive evidence of human nature's innate compatibility with anarchist society.
"Kropotkin's basic... In this cornerstone of modern liberal social theory, Peter Kropotkin states that the most effective human and animal communities are essentially coope...
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76,67 zł |