The Crisis of the Modern World

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Reducere. The economic theories that dominated the field during the 20th century have failed us and empowered government to believe they can manipulate the b...

Argues that the slave narrative is a new world literary genre In Runaway Genres, Yogita Goyal tracks the emergence of slavery as the defining templ...

DescriptionAn Introduction to Modern Arab Culture exposes readers to fundamental characteristics of the Arab people, their culture, and their socie...

The Elusive Tipping Point: China-India Ties for a New Order is a timely foreign-policy-relevant book. This insightful book delves deep into the rea...

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DescriptionThe first cartographic reference book on one of today's most important religious movementsHistorical Atlas of Hasidism is the very first...

Focuses on comparative European politics. This title reflects key events and changes including the impact of the world financial and economic crisi...

Reducere. The God of the Machine presents an original theory of history and a bold defense of individualism as the source of moral and political progress. Wh...

DescriptionCredit is essential in the modern world and creates wealth, provided it is used wisely. The Global Credit Crisis during 2008/2009 has sh...

Following the impacts of the financial crisis and growing awareness around climate change, this accessible textbook aimed at 'Introduction to Manag...

This book highlights the problem of one dimensional, reductionistic life of the modern individual. An expression of crisis in our world, it discuss...

Reducere. Did the terrorist attacks on the United States in 2001, the massive power blackout of 2003, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and the Gulf oil spill of 20...

The economic crisis of 2008 led to an unprecedented focus on the world of high finance--and revealed it to be far more arcane and influential than ...

DescriptionChristopher Ben Simpson tells the story of modern Christian theology against the backdrop of the history of modernity itself. The book t...

Reducere. France achieved national unity much later than is commonly supposed. For a hundred years and more after the Revolution, millions of peasants lived ...

Reducere. DescriptionAn acclaimed historian examines postwar migration's fundamental role in shaping modern Europe Migration is perhaps the most pressing iss...

Reducere. Oswald Spengler (1880--1936) is best known for The Decline of the West, in which he propounded his pathbreaking philosophy of world history and pen...

Reducere. Get the full picture Understand the whole story Faith and Modern Thought is a jargon-busting and engaging introduction providing an imaginative and...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Steven ParissienThe Life of the Automobile is the first comprehensive world history of the car.The automobile has arguably ...

This work draws upon the full range of Wallerstein's social scientific scholarship, from his groundbreaking research on contemporary African politi...

When these essays first appeared in Artforum in 1976, their impact was immediate. They were discussed, annotated, cited, collected, and translated-...

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Karl Marx is the most historically foundational and systematic critic of capitalism to date, and the years since the 2008 financial crisis have wit...

A well-written and thought-provoking account of the current crisis of globalization. Not everyone will agree with Eyal's interpretation, but few wi...

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Argues that the slave narrative is a new world literary genre In Runaway Genres, Yogita Goyal tracks the emergence of slavery as the defining templ...

Paul Hazard's intellectual history offers an unforgettable account of the birth of the modern European mind in all its dynamic, inquiring, and unce...

Reducere. DescriptionCharles Peguy (1873-1914) was a French religious poet, philosophical essayist, publisher, social activist, Dreyfusard, and Catholic conv...

Reducere. Harry V. Jaffa (1918-2015), professor at Claremont McKenna College and Distinguished Fellow of the Claremont Institute, was one of the most influen...

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In The Politics of Operations Sandro Mezzadra and Brett Neilson investigate how capital reshapes its relation with politics through operations that...

Reducere. Representing Michigan for thirty-six years in the U.S. Senate, Carl Levin, the longest-serving senator in Michigan history, was known for his dogge...

A comprehensive manual for living a spiritual life, based on a verse-by-verse commentary on India's timeless scripture - from the author of its bes...

Reducere. There's a silent epidemic in western civilization, and it is right under our noses. Our jaws are getting smaller and our teeth crooked and crowded,...

Reducere. This book considers the problem of ecological degradation from the perspective of a Christian clergyman and hunter. Drawing on the tradition of Chr...

DescriptionMobility justice is one of the crucial political and ethical issues of our dayWe are in the midst of a global climate crisis and experie...

Narratives are the wealth of nations: they animate life, sustain culture and cultivate humanity. They regulate and empower us, bringing both joy an...

Reducere. Deftly weaving finance, politics, business, and the global human experience into one tight narrative, a tour-de-force account of 2020, the year tha...

Reducere. Plastic built the modern world. Where would we be without bike helmets, baggies, toothbrushes, and pacemakers? But a century into our love affair w...

Reducere. For two thousand years countless people around the world viewed reality through a Christian lens that endowed their lives with meaning, purpose, an...

Reducere. Few crises in modern history have so completely disrupted every aspect of daily life as has the COVID-19 pandemic. What began as a small medical ri...

DescriptionFr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P., explains why Thomism is the solution to the present crisis of Modernism in the Church. The problem...

Jean-Pierre Dupuy, prophet of what he calls "enlightened doomsaying, " has long warned that modern society is on a path to self-destruction. In thi...

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Contributor(s): Author: Devin E. NaarTouted as the "Jerusalem of the Balkans, " the Mediterranean port city of Salonica (Thessaloniki) was once hom...

Reducere. A comprehensive manual for living a spiritual life, based on a verse-by-verse commentary on India's timeless scripture - from the author of its bes...

Reducere. Modern parenting is in crisis. Parents put more time and effort into raising their children than ever before, but children's self-esteem, resilienc...

DescriptionFrom Julie Houts aka @JooleeLoren, "Instagram's favorite illustrator" (Vogue), a collection of darkly humorous illustrated essays that "...

Reducere. If you see Orwell and Kafka together walking down a street, you are in the world of Samrat Upadhyay's Mad Country. The editor of an investigative m...

Reducere. DescriptionHow silver influenced two hundred years of world history, and why it matters todayThis is the story of silver's transformation from soft...

Questions about the nature of money have gained a new urgency in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. Even as many people have less of it,...

Reducere. Daily life is filled with struggles and our global technology-driven world only complicates this further. Within the lines of these verses, readers...

Reducere. By documenting the entanglement of the ecological crisis with modern addictions, My Name is Chellis and I'm in Recovery from Western Civilization g...

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A comprehensive manual for living a spiritual life, based on a verse-by-verse commentary on India's timeless scripture - from the author of its bes...

Descendants of Holocaust survivors and perpetrators offer insights into the intergenerational impact of their legacy and the second generation's ro...

Reducere. How to confront the climate crisis without losing heart It's easy to feel overwhelmed in the face of global climate breakdown. So how might we deve...

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Reducere. A no-nonsense, easy-to-understand survival guide on how to prepare for, and survive, an urban disaster. We live in a very dangerous and unpredictab...

This fresh perspective on crucial questions of history identifies the root metaphors that cultures have used to construct meaning in their world. I...

Reducere. In June 1961, Nikita Khrushchev called Berlin "the most dangerous place on earth." He knew what he was talking about. Much has been written about t...

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'This remarkable book shines the brightest of lights into some of the darkest and most misunderstood corners of our shar...

Reducere. Jennifer Renee Blevins's debut memoir, Limited by Body Habitus: An American Fat Story, sheds light on her experiences living with the emotional and...

DescriptionNic Perugino always believed he was destined to become a real-life Santa Claus. The first time he donned a Santa suit and set out to del...