The Making of a Counter Culture: Reflections on the Technocratic Society and Its Youthful Opposition (Roszak Theodore)(Paperback)

The Making of a Counter Culture: Reflections on the Technocratic Society and Its Youthful Opposition (Roszak Theodore)(Paperback)

When it was published twenty-five years ago, this book captured a huge audience of Vietnam War protesters, dropouts, and rebels-and their baffled elders. Theodore Roszak found common ground between 1960s student radicals and hippie dropouts in their mutual rejection of what he calls the

Industrial Society and Its Future (Kaczynski Theodore John)(Paperback)

In 1971 Dr. Theodore Kaczynski rejected modern society and moved to a primitive cabin in the woods of Montana. There, he began building bombs, which he sent to professors and executives to express his disdain for modern society, and to work on his magnum opus, Industrial Society and Its Future,

Voice of the Earth: An Exploration of Ecopsychology (Roszak Theodore)(Paperback)

What is the bond between the human psyche and the living planet that nurtured us, and all of life, into existence? What is the link between our own mental health and the health of the greater biosphere? In this bold, ambitious, philosophical essay (Publishers Weekly), historian and cultural critic

Anything Goes (Dalrymple Theodore)(Paperback)

Theodore Dalrymple's work focuses on the moral decay of modern culture and the pernicious effect of political correctness on society. Anything Goes is a collection of some of his finest work written between 2005 and 2009 for New English Review. A note on the cover from New English Review Press:

The Strenuous Life: Theodore Roosevelt and the Making of the American Athlete (Swanson Ryan)(Paperback)

- Theodore Roosevelt's Popularity in Marketplace: From massive biographies to tiny slices of his life, Teddy Roosevelt has proven time and again to be a figure who sells books, and 2020 will mark the opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library - Slice of Teddy Roosevelt's Biography as

Parish: An Anglican Theology of Place (Rumsey Andrew)(Paperback)

The Anglican parish is uniquely embedded in English culture and society, by virtue both of its antiquity and close allegiance with secular governance. Yet it remains an elusive and surprisingly overlooked theme, whose 'place', theologically, is far from certain. Whilst ecclesiastical history has

The Idea of Civilization and the Making of the Global Order (Linklater Andrew)(Paperback)

The idea of civilization recurs frequently in reflections on international politics. However, International Relations academic writings on civilization have failed to acknowledge the major 20th-century analysis that examined the processes through which Europeans came to regard themselves as

Polyarchy: Participation and Opposition (Dahl Robert A.)(Paperback)

'A tightly woven explanation of the conditions under which cultures that do not tolerate political opposition may be transformed into societies that do.'--Foreign Affairs ' Dahl's] analysis is lucid, perceptive, and thorough.'--Times Literary Supplement Amidst all the emotional uproar about

The Culture Industry: Selected Essays on Mass Culture (Adorno Theodor W.)(Paperback)

The creation of the Frankfurt School of critical theory in the 1920s saw the birth of some of the most exciting and challenging writings of the twentieth century. It is out of this background that the great critic Theodor Adorno emerged. His finest essays are collected here, offering the reader

Insult and the Making of the Gay Self (Eribon Didier)(Paperback)

A bestseller in France following its publication in 1999, Insult and the Making of the Gay Self is an extraordinary set of reflections on 'the gay question' by Didier Eribon, one of France's foremost public intellectuals. Known internationally as the author of a pathbreaking biography of Michel

Europeans - Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Culture (Figes Orlando)(Paperback / softback)

The Making of the President, 1960: The Landmark Political Series (White Theodore H.)(Paperback)

A Harper Perennial Political Classic, The Making of the President 1960 is the groundbreaking national bestseller and Pulitzer Prize-winning account of the 1960 presidential campaign and the election of John F. Kennedy.The Making of the President: 1960 revolutionized the way modern presidential

Our Culture, What's Left of It: The Mandarins and the Masses (Dalrymple Theodore)(Paperback)

This new collection of essays by the author of Life at the Bottom bears the unmistakable stamp of Theodore Dalrymple's bracingly clearsighted view of the human condition. It suggests comparison with the work of George Orwell. In these twenty-six pieces, Dr. Dalrymple ranges over literature and

Christianity and Culture (Eliot T. S.)(Paperback)

Two long essays: The Idea of a Christian Society on the direction of religious thought toward criticism of political and economic systems; and Notes towards the Definition of Culture on culture, its meaning, and the dangers threatening the legacy of the Western

The Arab Mind - Raphael Patai

The classic study of Arab culture and society is now more relevant than ever. Since its original publication in 1983, the revised edition of Raphael Patai's The Arab Mind has been recognized as one of the seminal works in the field of Middle Eastern studies. This penetrating analysis unlocks the

Corporate Leadership and Its Role in Shaping Organizational Culture and Performance (Bejaoui Azza)(Paperback)

Investigates the influence of corporate leadership on the organisational culture and performance of a company and ways in which this understanding can improve firm effectiveness, nurture entrepreneurial behaviour and practices, and establish innovative

Empire of Guns - The Violent Making of the Industrial Revolution (Satia Priya)(Paperback / softback)

Empire of Guns expertly brings to life a bustling industrial society with a human story at its heart to offer a radically new understanding of a critical historical moment and all that followed from

The Strenuous Life: Theodore Roosevelt and the Making of the American Athlete (Swanson Ryan)(Pevná vazba)

Featuring an amazing cast of historical figures, this is the story of how President Theodore Roosevelt led an American sports and fitness revolution. Give up exercise, Theodore Roosevelt was told by a doctor while attending Harvard, or you might die of a heart attack! This after being plagued by

Religion, Culture & Society: A Global Approach (Singleton Andrew)(Paperback)

'The reader is taken on a global exploration of the forms and diversities of religions and their social and cultural contexts... It is up to the minute in research and theory, and comfortably grounded in the traditions of the social explanation of things religious and spiritual.' - Gary Bouma AM,

Reflections on the Revolution in Europe - Christophe Caldwell

Western Europe became a multiethnic society in a fit of absence of mind. This book tackles uncomfortable questions about immigration and Islam head-on, and asks: Why can't we face the truth?

Egypt - Culture Smart!, Volume 47: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture (Zayan Jailan)(Paperback)

This revised and updated edition of Culture Smart! Egypt reveals a country in the throes of change. The largely secular revolution that started in Cairo's Tahrir Square in January 2011 became the flagship of the Arab Spring revolts. The uprising resulted in a political effervescence, with new

The First Freedoms and America's Culture of Innovation: The Constitutional Foundations of the Aspirational Society (Batra Narain D.)(Pevná vazba)

The First Freedoms and America's Culture of Innovation explores how the triangulation of the First Freedoms, open and competitive marketplace, and global brain-and-muscle-inflow into the United States generates spaces for Americans to become constant tinkerers, innovators, and entrepreneurs

Another Bangkok - Reflections on the City (Kerr Alex)(Paperback / softback)

The essential book for anyone visiting Bangkok - a wonderful mixture of history and culture - from the author of Lost Japan One of Asia's most extraordinary cities, Bangkok is also one of the most baffling. It is filled with remarkable people and glittering golden palaces and temples, but is also

The Tragedy of Property: Private Life, Ownership and the Russian State (Trudolyubov Maxim)(Paperback)

Russian novels, poetry and ballet put the country squarely in the European family of cultures and yet there is something different about this country, especially in terms of its political culture. What makes Russia different? Maxim Trudolyubov uses private property as a lens to highlight the most