Barbarism and Its Discontents (Boletsi Maria)(Pevná vazba)

Barbarism and Its Discontents (Boletsi Maria)(Pevná vazba)

Barbarism and civilization form one of the oldest and most rigid oppositions in Western history. According to this dichotomy, barbarism functions as the negative standard through which 'civilization' fosters its self-definition and superiority by labeling others 'barbarians.' Since the 1990s, and

Civilization and Its Discontents (The Standard) (Freud Sigmund)(Pevná vazba)

Civilization and Its Discontents may be Sigmund Freud's best-known work. Originally published in 1930, it seeks to answer ultimate questions: What influences led to the creation of civilization? How did it come to be? What determines its course? In this seminal volume of twentieth-century thought,

The Cause: The American Revolution and Its Discontents, 1773-1783 (Ellis Joseph J.)(Pevná vazba)

Newcomers: Gentrification and Its Discontents (Schuerman Matthew L.)(Pevná vazba)

Gentrification is transforming cities, small and large, across the country. Though it's easy to bemoan the diminished social diversity and transformation of commercial strips that often signify a gentrifying neighborhood, determining who actually benefits and who suffers from this nebulous process

Civilization and Its Discontents (Freud Sigmund)(Pevná vazba)

Freud's epoch-making insights revolutionized our perception of who we are, forming the foundation for psychoanalysis. In Civilization and its Discontents he considers the incompatibility of civilization and individual happiness. Focusing on what he perceives to be one of society's greatest dangers;

Hawthorne, Gender, and Death: Christianity and Its Discontents (Weldon R.)(Pevná vazba)

This book draws on a range of critical approaches, including cultural anthropology, psychoanalytic theory, political justice theory, and feminist theory, to consider the ways that strategies of death denial and their compensatory consolations offer insight into the ethical, gender, and religious

Deaccessioning and Its Discontents: A Critical History (Gammon Martin)(Pevná vazba)

The first history of the deaccession of objects from museum collections that defends deaccession as an essential component of museum practice.Museums often stir controversy when they deaccession works--formally remove objects from permanent collections--with some critics accusing them of betraying

Revolution and Its Discontents: Political Thought and Reform in Iran (Sadeghi-Boroujerdi Eskandar)(Pevná vazba)

The death of the Islamic Republic's revolutionary patriarch, Ayatollah Khomeini, the bitter denouement of the Iran-Iraq War, and marginalisation of leading factions within the political elite, in tandem with the end of the Cold War, harboured immense intellectual and political repercussions for

Civilization and Its Discontents (Freud Sigmund)(Paperback)

Civilization and Its Discontents (Freud Sigmund)(Paperback)

Written in the decade before Freud's death, Civilization and Its Discontents may be his most famous and most brilliant work. It has been praised, dissected, lambasted, interpreted, and reinterpreted. Originally published in 1930, it seeks to answer several questions fundamental to human society and

Psychiatry and Its Discontents (Scull Andrew)(Paperback)

Written by one of the world's most distinguished historians of psychiatry, Psychiatry and Its Discontents provides a wide-ranging and critical perspective on the profession that dominates the treatment of mental illness. Andrew Scull traces the rise of the field, the midcentury hegemony of

Peek-A-Moo! (Cimarusti Marie Torres)(Pevná vazba)

Little ones love to play peek-a-boo With its bright, quirky animals and oversized flaps to lift, Peek-a-Moo is sure to be a read-aloud favorite. Readers play peek-a-boo with a different animal on each page, guessing what it is, then lifting the flap to find out. Each animal has a different sound

Euro - And its Threat to the Future of Europe (Stiglitz Joseph)(Paperback / softback)

The Nobel Prize-winning economist and bestselling author of Globalization and Its Discontents explains why saving Europe may mean abandoning the Euro. Can the Euro be saved? Should it be? Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz dismantles the prevailing consensus around what ails Europe -

Cautiously Hopeful: Metafeminist Practices in Canada (Carrire Marie)(Pevná vazba)

If feminism has always been characterized by its divisions, it is metafeminism that defines and embraces that disorder. As a carefully devised reading practice, metafeminism understands contemporary feminist literature and theory as both recalling and extending the tropes and politics of the past

Globalization and Its Discontents Revisited - Anti-Globalization in the Era of Trump (Stiglitz Joseph)(Paperback / softback)

Marie Curie and Her Daughters (Greenberg Imogen)(Pevná vazba)

How to Live Your Best Life (Hatzistefanis Maria)(Pevná vazba)

It's time to reset, adjust and take the power back. Having spent over 20 years building her hugely successful beauty empire, Maria Hatzistefanis managed to achieve all her childhood dreams and goals. She has attended exclusive parties, walked on glamorous red carpets and visited beautiful cities

Panther and Its Variants (Spielberger Walter J.)(Pevná vazba)

Boards, Platters, Plates: Recipes for Entertaining, Sharing, and Snacking (Zizka Maria)(Pevná vazba)

Any occasion needs a snack spread. Whether it's a gathering with a few friends for a casual dinner or hosting a crowd for the holidays, Boards, Platters, Plates will help readers create the perfect platter for every occasion with recipes that can be incorporated into any meal. The possibilities go

Pride and Prejudice (Austen Jane)(Pevná vazba)

With its wit, its social precision and, above all, its irresistible heroine, Pride and Prejudice has proved one of the most enduringly popular novels in the English

Wellingborough to Leicester - And its Routes to Northampton and Rugby (Mitchell Vic)(Pevná vazba)

It's Her Story: Marie Curie: A Graphic Novel (Kallen Kaara)(Pevná vazba)

A graphic novel for children age 7 to 10. Marie Curie was the brilliant, trailblazing scientist who discovered radium and coined the term radioactivity. She is the only woman ever awarded two Nobel Prizes--one in physics and one in chemistry. She helped develop the use of X-rays and radiation

And it's a Beautiful Day - A Fargo Companion (Tassell Nige)(Pevná vazba)

Panzer III and Its Variants (Spielberger Walter J.)(Pevná vazba)