Desolation And Enlightenment

Author : Ira Katznelson
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231552394

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Desolation and Enlightenment by Ira Katznelson Pdf

During and especially after World War II, a group of leading scholars who had been perilously close to the war’s devastation joined others fortunate enough to have been protected by distance in an effort to redefine and reinvigorate liberal ideals for a radically new age. Treating evil as an analytical category, they sought to discover the sources of twentieth-century horror and the potentialities of the modern state in the wake of desolation. In the process, they devised strikingly new ways to understand politics, sociology, and history that reverberate still. In this major intellectual history, Ira Katznelson examines the works of Hannah Arendt, Robert Dahl, Richard Hofstadter, Harold Lasswell, Charles Lindblom, Karl Polanyi, and David Truman, detailing their engagement with the larger project of reclaiming the West’s moral bearing. In light of their epoch’s calamities, these intellectuals insisted that the tradition of Enlightenment thought required a new realism, a good deal of renovation, and much recommitment. This array of historians, political philosophers, and social scientists understood that a simple reassertion of liberal modernism had been made radically insufficient by the enormities and moral catastrophes of war, totalitarianism, and the Holocaust. Confronting dashed hopes for reason and knowledge, they asked not just whether the Enlightenment should define modernity but also which Enlightenment we should wish to have.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:746308664

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Desolation and Enlightenment by Anonim Pdf

Author : Robert Kagan
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780525563570

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The Jungle Grows Back by Robert Kagan Pdf

A brilliant and visionary argument for America's role as an enforcer of peace and order throughout the world—and what is likely to happen if we withdraw and focus our attention inward. Recent years have brought deeply disturbing developments around the globe. American sentiment seems to be leaning increasingly toward withdrawal in the face of such disarray. In this powerful, urgent essay, Robert Kagan elucidates the reasons why American withdrawal would be the worst possible response, based as it is on a fundamental and dangerous misreading of the world. Like a jungle that keeps growing back after being cut down, the world has always been full of dangerous actors who, left unchecked, possess the desire and ability to make things worse. Kagan makes clear how the “realist” impulse to recognize our limitations and focus on our failures misunderstands the essential role America has played for decades in keeping the world's worst instability in check. A true realism, he argues, is based on the understanding that the historical norm has always been toward chaos—that the jungle will grow back, if we let it.

Author : Vladimir Tismaneanu
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9786155053047

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Promises of 1968 by Vladimir Tismaneanu Pdf

This book is a state of the art reassessment of the significance and consequences of the events associated with the year 1968 in Europe and in North America. Since 1998, there hasn't been any collective, comparative and interdisciplinary effort to discuss 1968 in the light of both contemporary headways of scholarship and new evidence on this historical period. A significant departure from earlier approaches lies in the fact that the manuscript is constructed in unitary fashion, as it goes beyond the East–West divide, trying to identify the common features of the sixties. The latter are analyzed as simultaneously global and local developments. The main problems addressed by the contributors of this volume are: the sixties as a generational clash; the redefinition of the political as a consequence of the ideological challenges posed to the status-quo by the sixty-eighters; the role of Utopia and the de-radicalization of intellectuals; the challenges to imperialism (Soviet/American); the cultural revolution of the sixties; the crisis of 'really existing socialism' and the failure of "socialism with a human face"; the gradual departure from the Yalta-system; the development of a culture of human rights and the project of a global civil society; the situation of 1968 within the general evolution of European history (esp. the relationship of 1968 with 1989). In contrast to existing books, it provides a fundamental and unique synthesis of approaches on 1968: first, it contains critical (vs. nostalgic) re-evaluations of the events from the part of significant sixty-eighters; second, it includes historical analyses based on new archival research; third, it gathers important theoretical re-assessments of the intellectual history of the 1968; and fourth, it bridges 1968 with its aftermath and its pre-history, thus avoiding an over-contextualization of the topics in question.

Author : Shannon Brincat,Laura Lima,Joao Nunes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136505713

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Critical Theory in International Relations and Security Studies by Shannon Brincat,Laura Lima,Joao Nunes Pdf

This book provides an assessment of the legacy, challenges and future directions of Critical Theory in the fields of International Relations and Security Studies. This book provides ‘first-hand’ interviews with some of the pioneers of Critical Theory in the fields of International Relations Theory and Security Studies. The interviews are combined innovatively with reflective essays to create an engaging and accessible discussion of the legacy and challenges of critical thinking. A unique forum that combines first-person discussion and secondary commentary on a variety of theoretical positions, the book explores in detail the interaction between different theories and approaches, including postcolonialism, feminism, and poststructuralism. Scholars from a variety of theoretical backgrounds reflect on the strengths and problems of critical theory, recasting the theoretical discussion about critical theory in the study of world politics and examining the future of the discipline. Both an introduction and an advanced engagement with theoretical developments over the past three decades, Critical Theory in International Relations and Security Studies will be of interest to students and scholars of International Politics, Security Studies and Philosophy.

Author : Gareth Dale
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780231541480

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Karl Polanyi by Gareth Dale Pdf

Karl Polanyi (1886–1964) was one of the twentieth century's most original interpreters of the market economy. His penetrating analysis of globalization's disruptions and the Great Depression's underlying causes still serves as an effective counterargument to free market fundamentalism. This biography shows how the major personal and historical events of his life transformed him from a bourgeois radical into a Christian socialist but also informed his ambivalent stance on social democracy, communism, the New Deal, and the shifting intellectual scene of postwar America. The book begins with Polanyi's childhood in the Habsburg Empire and his involvement with the Great War and Hungary's postwar revolution. It connects Polanyi's idealistic radicalism to the political promise and intellectual ferment of Red Vienna and the horror of fascism. The narrative revisits Polanyi's oeuvre in English, German, and Hungarian, includes exhaustive research in five archives, and features interviews with Polanyi's daughter, students, and colleagues, clarifying the contradictory aspects of the thinker's work. These personal accounts also shed light on Polanyi's connections to scholars, Christians, atheists, journalists, hot and cold warriors, and socialists of all stripes. Karl Polanyi: A Life on the Left engages with Polanyi's biography as a reflection and condensation of extraordinary times. It highlights the historical ruptures, tensions, and upheavals that the thinker sought to capture and comprehend and, in telling his story, engages with the intellectual and political history of a turbulent epoch.

Author : G. John Ikenberry
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780300256093

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A World Safe for Democracy by G. John Ikenberry Pdf

A sweeping account of the rise and evolution of liberal internationalism in the modern era For two hundred years, the grand project of liberal internationalism has been to build a world order that is open, loosely rules-based, and oriented toward progressive ideas. Today this project is in crisis, threatened from the outside by illiberal challengers and from the inside by nationalist-populist movements. This timely book offers the first full account of liberal internationalism’s long journey from its nineteenth-century roots to today’s fractured political moment. Creating an international “space” for liberal democracy, preserving rights and protections within and between countries, and balancing conflicting values such as liberty and equality, openness and social solidarity, and sovereignty and interdependence—these are the guiding aims that have propelled liberal internationalism through the upheavals of the past two centuries. G. John Ikenberry argues that in a twenty-first century marked by rising economic and security interdependence, liberal internationalism—reformed and reimagined—remains the most viable project to protect liberal democracy.

Author : Richard H. King,Dan Stone
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857455444

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Hannah Arendt and the Uses of History by Richard H. King,Dan Stone Pdf

Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) first argued that there were continuities between the age of European imperialism and the age of fascism in Europe in The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951). She claimed that theories of race, notions of racial and cultural superiority, and the right of 'superior races' to expand territorially were themes that connected the white settler colonies, the other imperial possessions, and the fascist ideologies of post-Great War Europe. These claims have rarely been taken up by historians. Only in recent years has the work of scholars such as Jürgen Zimmerer and A. Dirk Moses begun to show in some detail that Arendt was correct. This collection does not seek merely to expound Arendt's opinions on these subjects; rather, it seeks to use her insights as the jumping-off point for further investigations – including ones critical of Arendt – into the ways in which race, imperialism, slavery and genocide are linked, and the ways in which these terms have affected the United States, Europe, and the colonised world.

Author : Robert Cole
Publisher : Interlink Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-30
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781623710590

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A Traveller's History of Germany by Robert Cole Pdf

Germany is the most heavily populated of all the countries within the European Union. A Traveller’s History of Germany offers a complete and authoritative history of a country from the earliest of time to the present. It presents the facts in a clear and literate format and also gives the reader expert analysis of the events.

Author : Christiaan Mostert
Publisher : ATF Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Hope
ISBN : 1920691200

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Hope by Christiaan Mostert Pdf

Our age is not one of great hope; war and terror continue unabated. Despair lies hidden just below the preoccupations of daily life, and is starkly visible at many points in today's world. Directly or indirectly, the contributors to this volume seek to challenge the culture of despair. These authors, theologians and leaders, write about hope: its ground, its shape in the Bible and its expression in Christian life and worship, mission and ministry. The book challenges the church as much as the culture. Do Christians know the ground of their hope? Is the church the bearer of hope? Does its worship sustain hope? The contributors include biblical scholars, historians, systematic and pastoral theologians.

Author : Emanuel Swedenborg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 952 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IOWA:31858042770697

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The Swedenborg Concordance by Emanuel Swedenborg Pdf

Author : Francis D. Cogliano
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781351894258

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The Atlantic Enlightenment by Francis D. Cogliano Pdf

Transatlantic studies, especially during the enlightenment period, is of increasing critical interest amongst scholars. But was there an Atlantic Enlightenment? This interdisciplinary collection harnesses the work of some of the most prominent figures in the fields of literature; intellectual, cultural, and social history; geography; and political science to examine the emergence of the Atlantic as one of the key conceptual paradigms of eighteenth century studies. In this spirit, the contributors offer new insights into the conditions that generated a major transatlantic genre of writing; addressing questions of race, political economy, and the transmission of Enlightenment ideas in literary, political, historical, and religious contexts. Whether examining John Witherspoon's evolution from Calvinist theologian to Revolutionary theorist, or Adam Smith's reception in the antebellum United States, the essays remind us that the transatlantic traffic in ideas moved from west to east, from east to west, and in patterns that both complicate and enrich what we thought we knew about the vectors of transmission in this pivotal period.

Author : Peng Hsiao-yen,Whitney Crothers Dilley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781317911029

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From Eileen Chang to Ang Lee by Peng Hsiao-yen,Whitney Crothers Dilley Pdf

In 2007, Ang Lee made an espionage thriller based on the short story "Lust, Caution" by Eileen Chang, China’s most famous female author of the twentieth century. The release of the film became a trigger for heated debates on issues of national identity and political loyalty, and brought unexpectedly harsh criticism from China, where Ang Lee was labelled a traitor in scathing internet critiques, whilst the film's leading actress Tang Wei was banned from appearing on screen for two years. This book analyses Ang Lee’s art of film adaptation through the lens of modern literary and film theory, as well as featuring detailed readings and analyses of different dialogues and scenes, directorial and authorial decisions and intentions, while at the same time confronting the intense political debates resulting from the film’s subject matter. The theories of Freud, Lacan, Deleuze, Bataille and others are used to identify and clarify issues raised by the film related to gender, sexuality, eroticism, power, manipulation, and betrayal; the themes of lust and caution are dealt with in conjunction with the controversial issues of contemporary political consciousness concerning patriotism, and the Sino-Japanese War complicated by divided historical experiences and cross-Taiwan Strait relationships. The contributors to this volume cover translation and adaptation, loyalty and betrayal, collaboration and manipulation, playing roles and performativity, whilst at the same time intertwining these with issues of national identity, political loyalty, collective memory, and gender. As such, the book will appeal to students and scholars of Chinese and Asian cinema and literature, as well as those interested in modern Chinese history and cultural studies.

Author : Wo ZiDuiTianXiao
Publisher : Funstory
Page : 998 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781649486868

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Soldier King of Life by Wo ZiDuiTianXiao Pdf

Mercenary King Chen Qingyang returned to the city to protect his comrade's sister. the goddess. In the bustling city, Chen Qingyang was like a fish in water, carefree and at ease. And to see how the previous generation's soldiers would use their iron fists and wits to build a business empire...

Author : Yi HuJiu
Publisher : Funstory
Page : 702 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781647592295

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Everlasting Conceited Supreme by Yi HuJiu Pdf

Jiang Feng, who was a generation of god-killers, could be in charge of all over the world, but he was conceived by his female beautiful confidant, which led him to death. Eight thousand years later, he returned with a long-lost ancient scripture. Relying on this ancient scripture, his training progressed rapidly, and he vowed that in this life, he must reach the peak.☆About the Author☆Yi Hujiu, a well-known online novelist. He has authored many works and has a wealth of creative experience. His novels are mainly based on fantasy subjects, and have attracted a large number of fans for his excellent imagination and beautiful vivid language.