Closed Minds?. Politics and Ideology in American Universities, Paperback - A. Lee Fritschler

Contrary to popular belief, the problem with US higher education is not too much politics but too little. Far from being bastions of liberal bias, ...

Dramatic statements about the promise and peril of artificial intelligence for humanity abound, as an industry of experts claims that AI is poised ...

DescriptionHow are peoples' ideas about languages, ways of speaking and expressive styles shaped by their social positions and values? How is diffe...

DescriptionBefore the Arabs conquered northwest Africa in the seventh century, Ramzi Rouighi asserts, there were no Berbers. There were Moors (Maur...

DescriptionShinto, Nature and Ideology in Contemporary Japan is the first systematic study of Shinto's environmental turn. The book traces the deve...

This groundbreaking book challenges the dominant view of ideology held by both political scientists and political commentators. Rather than viewing...

Reducere. DescriptionWidely praised as a seminal contribution to the study of the Old Testament when it first appeared, Michael V. Fox's Character and Ideolo...

This book is an analysis of Indonesia's civil-military relations in the post-1998 reform era. It focuses on the political thinking of the Indonesia...

Publisher: Intellect BooksAuthor(s): Paul (University of Bristol, UK) GearyIllustration(s): 6 Halftones, black and whiteNumber of pages: 224Publica...

Features a study in the pathology of cultural criticism. By analyzing the thought and influence of three leading critics of modern Germany, It demo...

Reducere. The revival of the Olympic games in 1896 and the subsequent rise of modern athletics prompted a new, energetic movement away from more sedentary ha...

This critical ethnographic school-based case study offers insights onthe interaction between ideology and the identity development of individualEng...

Reducere. How have the fall of the USSR and the long dominance of Putin reshaped Russian politics and culture? Ilya Budraitskis, one of the country's most pr...

This collection of essays by leading American historians explains how and why the fight against unionism has long been central to the meaning of co...

DescriptionShortly after the giant bronze statue of Cecil John Rhodes came down at the University of Cape Town, student protestors called for the d...

Marshall examines the ideological structuring of current planning models and the interplay of political interests. He analyses attempts at planning...

Terry Eagleton's witty and acerbic attacks on contemporary culture and society are read and enjoyed by many, and his studies of literature are rega...

Ideology has never before been so much in evidence as a fact and so little understood as a concept as it is today. In this now classic work, origin...

An examination of the part played by violent non-state actors in Middle Eastern and North African current affairs. Individual chapters on the Islam...

American Difference: A Guide to American Politics in Comparative Perspective, Paperback

Reducere. American society is rapidly secularizing-a radical departure from its historically high level of religiosity-and politics is a big part of the reas...

The book illuminates the national imperatives and institutional level choices African IHEs must contend with in their efforts to carve their niche ...

Reducere. A leading expert challenges the prevailing gloomy outlook on higher education with solid evidence of its successes Crushing student debt, rapidly e...

Brainwashed is the explosive expose of the leftist agenda at work in today's colleges, revealed by firebrand Ben Shapiro, a recent UCLA gratudate, ...

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Publisher: North Atlantic Books, U.S.Number of pages: 304Publication date: 2014Dimensions: 229 x 153 x 18Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s):...

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DescriptionViolent non-state actors have become almost endemic to political movements in the Middle East and the Horn of Africa. This book examines...

The people, ideals and events that have shaped a nation - in comic book form

Reducere. War is often described as an extension of politics by violent means. With contributions from twenty-eight eminent historians, Volume 2 of The Cambr...

Ideology is one of the most controversial terms in the political vocabulary, exciting both revulsion and inspiration. This book examines the reason...