Accumulation on a World Scale: A Critique of the Theory of Underdevelopment, Hardcover - Samir Amin

Reducere. Samir Amin has undertaken an ambitious task: nothing less than an analysis of the process of capital accumulation on a global level. Drawing on a w...

'It is my thesis that this general production of life, or subsistence production - mainly performed through the non-wage labour of women and other ...

Economist David Ricardo used arguments that anticipate ideas entertained in modern contributions to the theory of economic growth and development. ...

Reducere. Samir Amin's ambitious new book argues that the ongoing American project to dominate the world through military force has its roots in European lib...

DescriptionThe final writings of Samir Amin--a mix of personal experiences and theoretical analysis of global challenges and movementsIn this secon...

Offers a systematic reconstruction of the theoretical foundations and framework of critical social theory.

The Persistence of the Negative offers an original and compelling critique of contemporary Continental theory through a rehabilitation of the negat...

Publisher: University of Minnesota PressAuthor(s): Joshua DiCaglioIllustration(s): 18 black & white illustrationsNumber of pages: 352Publication da...

This book constitutes one of the most important contributions to recent Kant scholarship. In it, one of the preeminent interpreters of Kant, Henry ...

Kant famously argues that our experience of the empirical world is shaped by our cognitive faculties. But an important part of this story is yet to...

Reducere. Displaying an impressive command of complex materials, Seyla Benhabib reconstructs the history of theories from a systematic point of view and exam...

* This is a major new work of social theory by one of the leading sociologists in France today. Formerly a close collaborator of Pierre Bourdieu, L...

Reducere. Great revolutions make history. Conservative resistance and counter-revolutions only delay their progress. The French revolution invented modern po...

Reducere. Responding to the need to take a fresh look at world history, hitherto dominated by Eurocentric ideologues and historians in their attempt to justi...

DescriptionA material analysis of the sign which deepens Marx's critique of political economy for spectacular times. What if the problems of modern...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Craig (St Thomas Aquinas College, USA) MartinNumber of pages: 296Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 1...

Reducere. Collected in this 3-in-one omnibus edition are Kant's ground breaking critiques. The Critique of Pure Reason, The Critique of Practical Reason, and...

Reducere. A2012 Nautilus Silver Award Winner Pocket Neighborhoods: Creating Small Scale Community in a Large Scale World introduces an antidote to faceless, ...

Reducere. DescriptionDugin against Duginis the most detailed critique yet published of the theories of Russian political leader and philosopher Aleksandr Dug...

This book overturns the idea that psychiatric drugs work by correcting chemical imbalance and analyzes the professional, commercial and political v...

DescriptionDescription: Jacques Ellul--much less solemn in mood than usual--here cracks open political and sociological commonplaces, destructively...

A history of the cosmopolitan forces that made contemporary Iran

A literary YA debut novel about a girl's mental breakdown and the redemptive power of truth and healing. Drawn from the author's own experiences of...

Reducere. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is ...

The Poppy is a symbol of British militarism, not a badge of peace.

If 2019 was an "Adornian year" because of the 50th anniversary of the untimely death of Theodor W. Adorno in August 1969, also 2020 has been an "Ad...

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in his own words: the definitive collection of his opinions, speeches, and articles on the most essential and ...

Theorizing Globalization offers a reassessment of mainstream perspectives on globalization, providing essential insights into an enormously popular...

By the former editor of the London Times, a vivid, evocative, and deeply knowledgeable history of this unique world capital. London: a settlement f...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

This systematic overview of the main arguments made against human rights is the first of its kind. It proposes a strong democratic defence of human...

We need a smarter, funnier, and more strategic left.

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

In his scathing The Theory of the Leisure Class, Thorstein Veblen produced a landmark study of affluent American society that exposes, with brillia...

A third edition of this anthology of the most influential and comprehensive writing on the theory of fiction from the 19th century, through moderni...

DescriptionThe dozens of artists and craftspeople featured in this volume create miniature representations of real-world scenes--everything from ho...

Reducere. Written with clarity, tenacity, humor, and warmth, A Hundred Little Pieces on the End of the World attempts to find tolerable ethical positions in ...

The fiftieth anniversary edition of a landmark work in generative grammar that continues to be influential, with a new preface by the author.

Reducere. DescriptionThorstein Veblen was once described by Fortune magazine as "America's most brilliant and influential critic of modern business and the v...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Willem J. OuweneelForeword by: Joseph BootThe 'Two Kingdoms' controversy has become a matter of increasing scholarly debate...

Reducere. Marking the centenary of Walter Benjamin's immensely influential essay, "Toward the Critique of Violence, " this critical edition presents readers ...

Reducere. Eddie Redmayne ofera performața vieții sale in rolul celebrului om de știința Stephen Hawking. Odata un tanar sanatos, Hawking primește un diagnost...

Reducere. DescriptionThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.Th...

Reducere. The 'creation myths' of modern witchcraft and Paganism were decisively toppled at the turn of this century in Ronald Hutton's celebrated book, Triu...

Why do contemporary Muslim societies have problems of authoritarianism and socio-economic underdevelopment, despite their early history of intellec...

Description 50 years ago, World Bank President Robert McNamara promised to end poverty. Alleviation was to rely on economic growth, resulting in hi...

Displaying the distinctive combination of narration and philosophy for which he is well known, this new book by Peter Sloterdijk develops a radical...

Reducere. DescriptionA close look at one season in one key site that reveals the amazing science and magic of spring bird migration, and the perils of human ...

Reducere. Must a person accept Christianity on faith alone, or is there a reasoned defense for being a Christian? The authors of this book hold that Christia...

Publisher: Columbia University PressAuthor(s): Gil AnidjarNumber of pages: 464Collection: Religion, Culture, and Public LifePublication date: 2016D...