Veritas Paperbacks – serie
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On Democracy
Häftad, 2020
187 kr
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Written by the preeminent democratic theorist of our time, this book explains the nature, value, and mechanics of democracy. In a new introduction to this Veritas edition, Ian Shapiro considers how Dahl would respond to the ongoing challenges democracy faces in the modern world. “Within the liberal …
Seeing Like a State
How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
Häftad, 2020
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (2)
205 kr
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“One of the most profound and illuminating studies of this century to have been published in recent decades.”—John Gray, New York Times Book Review “A powerful, and in many [ways] insightful, explanation as to why grandiose programs of social reform, not to mention revolution, so often end in …
Madwoman in the Attic
The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination
Av Sandra M. Gilbert, Susan Gubar
Häftad, 2020
256 kr
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"A feminist classic."—Judith Shulevitz, New York Times Book Review“A pivotal book, one of those after which we will never think the same again.”—Carolyn G. Heilbrun, Washington Post Book WorldA pathbreaking book of literary criticism is now reissued with a new introduction by Lisa Appignanesi that …
Essay on Man
An Introduction to a Philosophy of Human Culture
Häftad, 2021
187 kr
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One of the twentieth century’s greatest philosophers presents the results of his lifetime study of man’s cultural achievementsAn Essay on Man is an original synthesis of contemporary knowledge, a unique interpretation of the intellectual crisis of our time, and a brilliant vindication of man’s …
Arms and Influence
Häftad, 2020
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
191 kr
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“This is a brilliant and hardheaded book. It will frighten those who prefer not to dwell on the unthinkable and infuriate those who have taken refuge in stereotypes and moral attitudinizing.”—Gordon A. Craig, New York Times Book Review “A grim but carefully reasoned and coldly analytical book. . . …
Lonely Crowd
A Study of the Changing American Character
Av David Riesman, Nathan Glazer m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
190 kr
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“The Lonely Crowd . . . remains not only the best-selling book by a professional sociologist in American history, but arguably one that has had the widest influence on the nation at large.”—Orlando Patterson, New York Times “As accessible as it is acute, The Lonely Crowd is indispensable reading …
Rise and Decline of Nations
Economic Growth, Stagflation, and Social Rigidities
Av Mancur Olson
Häftad, 2022
185 kr
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A compelling theory on the rationale for the changing fortunes of nations
Women and Gender in Islam
Historical Roots of a Modern Debate
Av Leila Ahmed
Häftad, 2021
187 kr
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A classic, pioneering account of the lives of women in Islamic history, republished for a new generationThis pioneering study of the social and political lives of Muslim women has shaped a whole generation of scholarship. In it, Leila Ahmed explores the historical roots of contemporary debates, …
