Wilhelm Furtw ngler: Art and the Politics of the Unpolitical, Hardcover - Roger Allen

Wilhelm Furtw ngler (1886-1954) has entered the historical memory as a renowned interpreter of the canon of Austro-German musical masterworks. His ...

The Happenings that burst on to the late 1950s cultural scene were rapidly declared passe and even 'dead', but this book reveals how an internation...

An accessible guide to the principles and vision of Dag Hammarskj ld, a man John F. Kennedy called "the greatest statesman of our century." Dag Ham...

'The empires of the future would be the empires of the mind' declared Churchill in 1943, envisaging universal empires living in peaceful harmony. R...

Reducere. Description: Man's freedom--God's omnipotence: how can they be reconciled? That question is central to this penetrating study of political action a...

Classical Hollywood Cinema, Sexuality, and the Politics of the Face examines the representation of iconic female faces in classical Hollywood cinem...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Page duBoisNumber of pages: 312Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 162 x 239 x 30Cover type: Har...

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By examining the political development of racial classifications on the national censuses of the United States, Canada, and Great Britain, The Sche...

Jennifer Allen details a German utopian movement that arose against capitalist triumphalism at the end of the Cold War. Describing public art and h...

Augustus and the Destruction of History explores how Romans of the late Republic and early imperial period reconfigured their understanding of hist...

This study argues that the female voice occupied a key role in the early Stuart political imaginary as a means of signalling resistance to tyranny....

Explores new, yet less explored space of urban poverty - rehabilitation housing that houses the displaced poor and increasingly dots the peripherie...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Michael Rodriguez-MunizIllustration(s): 22 b/w illus.Number of pages: 312Publication date: 2021Dime...

American Identity and the Politics of Multiculturalism - Jack Citrin, David O. Sears

Reducere. In the 1970s, queer Americans demanded access not only to health and social services but also to mainstream Democratic and Republican Party politic...

Gradually since 2003, Turkey's autocratic leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sought to make Turkey a great power -- in the tradition of past Turkish l...

Publisher: University of California PressIllustration(s): 74 b-w illustrationsNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 183 x 263 x 17C...

Reducere. When celebrated mahjar writer Ameen Rihani returned to his native Lebanon from his long stay in New York, he set out on nine journeys through the L...

DescriptionA small dolphin on the ankle, a black line on the lower back, a flower on the hip, or a child's name on the shoulder blade--among the wo...

Reducere. In Jesus and the Politics of Mammon, Phelps uses contemporary critical theory, continental philosophy, and theology to develop a radical reading of...

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Decolonising International Law: Development, Economic Growth and the Politics of Universality - Sundhya Pahuja

This book explores different forms of mediated offence in the context of Trump's America, Brexit Britain, and the rise of far-right movements acros...

A radical re-assessment of the post-modern study of musicPublisher: Indiana University PressAuthor(s): James R. CurrieIllustration(s): 21 music exx...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Douglas MullikenIllustration(s): 29 bw illusNumber of pages: 264Collection: World CinemaPublication ...

An exciting new account of Irish high crosses

Reducere. In this thoughtful and highly readable book, No l Sturgeon illustrates the myriad and insidious ways in which American popular culture depicts soci...

Reducere. The Color of the Land brings the histories of Creek Indians, African Americans, and whites in Oklahoma together into one story that explores the wa...

The Politics of the Earth is an innovative and highly respected introduction to environmental politics through a discourse-centred approach. From s...

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The first comprehensive reader on punk and race, from The Clash to Bad Brains.Publisher: Verso BooksIllustration(s): 36 BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS...

The advent of the twentieth century famously brought about new personal and political freedoms, including radical changes in voting rights and expr...

Why did France, with its strong sense of national identity, want to give up the Franc for the Euro? This book, by a former British diplomat in Pari...

The book engages with our desire to seek change in a world of increasing inequality, exclusion and violence. Deploying practical, academic and auto...

The book critically questions the assumption that making science more open and public could solve various issues around scientific credibility, tru...