Left-Wing Melancholia: Marxism, History, and Memory (Traverso Enzo)(Paperback)

Left-Wing Melancholia: Marxism, History, and Memory (Traverso Enzo)(Paperback)

The fall of the Berlin Wall marked the end of the Cold War but also the rise of a melancholic vision of history as a series of losses. For the political left, the cause lost was communism, and this trauma determined how leftists wrote the next chapter in their political struggle and how they have

CRITIQUE OF MODERN BARBARISM - Essays on fascism, anti-Semitism and the use of history (Traverso Enzo)(Paperback / softback)

In this collection of essays, Enzo Traverso examines the relationships between anti-Semitism, modernity and the Holocaust. The different parts of the book analyse multiple dimensions of the destruction of the European Jews, debates over historical memory and left-wing debates on the nature of

Marxism in the United States: Remapping the History of the American Left (Buhle Paul)(Paperback)

A crown jewel of New Left historiography, this overview of U.S. Marxism was hailed on its first publication for its nuanced storytelling, balance and incredible sweep. Brimming over with archival finds and buoyed by the recollections of witnesses and participants in the radical movements of decades

A Left for Itself: Left-Wing Hobbyists and Performative Radicalism (Swift David)(Paperback)

Labour and the left in the 1980s (Davis Jonathan)(Pevná vazba)

This volume of essays constitutes the first history of Labour and left-wing politics in the decade when Margaret Thatcher reshaped modern Britain. Leading scholars explore aspects of left-wing culture, activities and ideas at a time when social democracy was in crisis. There are articles about

Television History, the Peabody Archive, and Cultural Memory (Thompson Ethan)(Paperback)

Television History, the Peabody Archive, and Cultural Memory is the first edited volume devoted to the Peabody Awards Collection, a unique repository of radio and TV programs submitted yearly since 1941 for consideration for the prestigious Peabody Awards. The essays in this volume explore the

The End of Jewish Modernity (Traverso Enzo)(Paperback)

Jewish modernity flourished between the age of Enlightenment and World War II--and in fact was a major driver of intellectual, scientific, social, literary, and artistic progress in that period. But the age of Jewish modernity is over. That's the argument that historian Enzo Traverso mounts in this

Fools, Frauds and Firebrands: Thinkers of the New Left (Scruton Roger)(Paperback)

A devastating critique of modern left-wing thinking from a leading political philosopher. In Fools, Frauds and Firebrands, philosopher Roger Scruton, one of the leading critics of leftist orientations in modern Western civilization, examines the thinkers who have been most influential on the

Slavery in the Age of Memory: Engaging the Past (Araujo Ana Lucia)(Paperback)

Exploring notions of history, collective memory, cultural memory, public memory, official memory, and public history, Slavery in the Age of Memory: Engaging the Past explains how ordinary citizens, social groups, governments and institutions engage with the past of slavery and the Atlantic slave

Marxism and History (Perry Matt)(Paperback)

This textbook examines Marxism's enormous impact on the way historians approach their subject. Tackling current historiographical questions in an accessible way, the author offers a clear introduction to Marxist views of history, key Marxist historians and thinkers, and the relevance of Marxist

A People's History of Modern Europe (Pelz William A.)(Paperback)

The origin of capitalism and modern industrialism--and, not unrelated, the birthplace of Marxism--modern Europe provided the perfect conditions for a great number of political revolutions. From the monarchical terror of the Middle Ages to the mangled Europe of the twenty-first century, A People's

Present Pasts: Urban Palimpsests and the Politics of Memory (Huyssen Andreas)(Paperback)

This book analyzes the relation of public memory to history, forgetting, and selective memory in three late-twentieth-century cities that have confronted major social or political traumas-Berlin, Buenos Aires, and New

Fire and Blood: The European Civil War, 1914-1945 (Traverso Enzo)(Paperback)

Europe's second Thirty Years' War--an epoch of blood and ashes Fire and Blood looks at the European crisis of the two world wars as a single historical sequence: the age of the European Civil War (1914-1945). Its overture was played out in the trenches of the Great War; its coda on a ruined

Marxism and the Philosophy of Science - A Critical History (Sheehan Helena)(Paperback / softback)

A masterful survey of the history of Marxist philosophy of science Sheehan retraces the development of a Marxist philosophy of science through detailed and highly readable accounts of the debates that shaped it. Skilfully deploying a large cast of characters, Sheehan shows how Marx and Engel's

Knowing, Teaching, and Learning History: National and International Perspectives (Stearns Peter N.)(Paperback)

A rethinking of teaching methodology in history classrooms As issues of history and memory collide in our society and in the classroom, the time is ripe to rethink the place of history in our schools. Knowing, Teaching, and Learning History represents a unique effort by an international group of

Shadows of Trauma: Memory and the Politics of Postwar Identity (Assmann Aleida)(Paperback)

We have left the twentieth century, but this century of violence and extremes has not left us: Its shadow has become longer and blacker. Seventy years after the end of the Second World War, the memory of the Holocaust is less and less anchored in the lived experience of survivors and witnesses

Prince Of Tides (Conroy Pat)(Paperback / softback)

All Wingos share one heritage... shrimp fishing, poverty and the memory of a terrifying event - the source of Tom Wingo's self-hatred and his sister Savannah's despair. To save himself and Savannah, Tom confronts the past with the help of New York psychologist Susan Lowenstein. This work chronicles

The Memory Tree (Teckentrup Britta)(Paperback)

A beautiful and heartfelt picture book to help children celebrate the memories left behind when a loved one dies. Fox has lived a long and happy life in the forest, but now he is tired. He lies down in his favourite clearing, and falls asleep for ever. Before long, Fox's friends begin to gather in

Theory as History: Essays on Modes of Production and Exploitation (Banaji Jairus)(Paperback)

Forty years of research in historiography and marxism focused on the concept of 'modes of

Yiddish Civilisation: The Rise and Fall of a Forgotten Nation (Kriwaczek Paul)(Paperback)

This is a portrait of a civilization which flourished within living memory and left an indelible mark on history. Paul Kriwaczek describes the development, over the centuries, of Yiddish language, religion, occupations and social life, art, music and

Galaxy Love: Poems (Stern Gerald)(Paperback)

Galaxy Love spans countries and centuries, reflecting on memory, aging, history, and mortality. In wistful, generous, and lively love poems and elegies, National Book Award winner Gerald Stern captures the passage of time, the joys of a sensual life, and remembrances of the

Marx After Marx: History and Time in the Expansion of Capitalism (Harootunian Harry)(Paperback)

In Marx After Marx, Harry Harootunian questions the claims of Western Marxism and its presumption of the final completion of capitalism. If this shift in Marxism reflected the recognition that the expected revolutions were not forthcoming in the years before World War II, its Cold War afterlife

Enemy Within: The Rise and Fall of the British Communist Party (Beckett Francis)(Paperback)

A history of the British left and its Communist

Being German Canadian: History, Memory, Generations (Freund Alexander)(Paperback)

Being German Canadian explores how multi-generational families and groups have interacted and shaped each other's integration and adaptation in Canadian society, focusing on the experiences, histories, and memories of German immigrants and their descendants. As one of Canada's largest ethnic