The Western Ideology and Other Essays (Gamble Andrew)(Paperback)

The Western Ideology and Other Essays (Gamble Andrew)(Paperback)

'Capitalism may be teetering once again on the edge of a terminal crisis, but there are no gravediggers in sight. This time around not only are there no gravediggers there are no longer any rival economic systems either ...' In 'The Western Ideology' Andrew Gamble demonstrates the contradictions

After Brexit and Other Essays (Gamble Andrew)(Paperback)

'Being more like America again and less like Europe is the heart of the UK model of capitalism ... but] there are many respects in which Britain remains unlike America despite its strong appeal to the British political class ...' In 'After Brexit' Andrew Gamble sets out the economic models and

Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays (Althusser Louis)(Paperback)

No figure among the western Marxist theoreticians has loomed larger in the postwar period than Louis Althusser. A rebel against the Catholic tradition in which he was raised, Althusser studied philosophy and later joined both the faculty of the Ecole normal superieure and the French Communist Party

Essays on Individualism: Modern Ideology in Anthropological Perspective (Dumont Louis)(Paperback)

Louis Dumont's Essays on Individualism is an ambitious attempt to place the modern ideology of individualism in a broad anthropological perspective. The result of twenty years of scholarship and inquiry, the interrelated essays gathered here not only trace the genesis and growth of individualism as

The Struggle Against the State and Other Essays (Makhno Nestor)(Paperback)

A collection of essays and articles from the Ukranian revolutionary, Nestor Makhno, who fought against encroaching Bolshevik terror during the Russian Revolution. 'The Struggle Against the State and other Essays' sheds valuable insight onto the man and the movement that bore his

Social Choreography: Ideology as Performance in Dance and Everyday Movement (Hewitt Andrew)(Paperback)

Through the concept of 'social choreography' Andrew Hewitt demonstrates how choreography has served not only as metaphor for modernity but also as a structuring blueprint for thinking about and shaping modern social organization. Bringing dance history and critical theory together, he shows that

The Mathematics of the Ideal Villa and Other Essays (Rowe Colin)(Paperback)

This collection of an important architectural theorist's essays considers and compares designs by Palladio and Le Corbusier, discusses mannerism and modern architecture, architectural vocabulary in the 19th century, the architecture of Chicago, neoclassicism and modern architecture, and the

Selected Political Writings - The Great Moving Right Show and Other Essays(Paperback / softback)

The Fear of the Feminine: And Other Essays on Feminine Psychology (Neumann Erich)(Paperback)

These essays by the famous analytical psychologist and student of creativity Erich Neumann belong in the context of the depth psychology of culture and reveal a prescient concern about the one-sidedness of patriarchal Western civilization. Neumann recommended a 'cultural therapy' that he thought

Economic Reform and a Liberal Culture: And Other Essays on Social and Cultural Topics (Rubens Tom)(Paperback)

This second collection of essays for the Societas series by Tom Rubens continues the author's discussion of contemporary issues contained in 'Progressive Secular Society' (Imprint Academic 2008). The present book is divided into three main sections. The first deals with social, economic and

Politics: Why It Matters (Gamble Andrew)(Paperback)

People so often focus on the negative aspects of politics, like greed and corruption, but without politics we would be lost. It frames everything we do, and it has the power to bring about real and positive change. Politics, Andrew Gamble reminds us, defeated slavery and secured equal rights for

The Power Tactics of Jesus Christ and Other Essays: 2nd Edition (Hayley Jay)(Paperback)

Consider the Lobster and Other Essays (Wallace David Foster)(Paperback)

This celebrated collection of essays from the author of Infinite Jest is 'brilliantly entertaining...Consider the Lobster proves once more why Wallace should be regarded as this generation's best comic writer' (Cleveland Plain Dealer). Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a funny bone?

Regression and Other Stories (Gelman Andrew)(Paperback)

How Not to be a Doctor - And Other Essays (Launer John)(Paperback / softback)

The essays in How Not to Be a Doctor combine erudition with humour, candour, and the human touch. They show how, in medicine, you cannot separate personal experiences from professional ones, in short stories and reflections that will inform and entertain readers on both ends of the

The World's Last Night: And Other Essays (Lewis C. S.)(Paperback)

A repackaged edition of the revered author's anthology of satirical yet serious essays on evil.In these spirited essays, C. S. Lewis--the great British writer, scholar, lay theologian, broadcaster, Christian apologist, and bestselling author of Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Great

Dialectical Imaginaries: Materialist Approaches to U.S. Latino/A Literature in the Age of Neoliberalism (Gonzalez Marcial)(Paperback)

Brings together essays that analyse the effects of class conflict and capitalist ideology on contemporary works of US Latino/a literature. The editors argue that recent global events have compelled contemporary scholars to reexamine traditional interpretive models that centre on identity politics

Great Western Railway Stations (Jackson Allen)(Paperback)

Perhaps more has been written about the Great Western Railway than any other, and the company is regarded with the most affection. The combination of an unbroken history, engineering icons of the Victorian era, holiday destinations and a visual appeal in their design work went a long way in keeping

Straight Mind - And Other Essays (Wittig Monique)(Paperback / softback)

Speech Genres and Other Late Essays (Bakhtin M. M.)(Paperback)

Speech Genres and Other Late Essays presents six short works from Bakhtin's Esthetics of Creative Discourse, published in Moscow in 1979. This is the last of Bakhtin's extant manuscripts published in the Soviet Union. All but one of these essays (the one on the Bildungsroman) were written in

Anarchism and Other Essays (Goldman Emma)(Paperback)

In the 1890s and for years thereafter, America reverberated with the name of the 'notorious Anarchist,' feminist, revolutionist, and agitator, Emma Goldman. A Russian Jewish immigrant at the age of 17, she moved by her own efforts from seamstress in a clothing factory to internationally known

I Might Regret This - Essays, Drawings, Vulnerabilities and Other Stuff (Jacobson Abbi)(Paperback / softback)

A memoir in essays by Abbi Jacobson, the co-creator and co-star of hit comedy series Broad

This Is It: And Other Essays on Zen and Spiritual Experience (Watts Alan)(Paperback)

Six revolutionary essays from 'the perfect guide for a course correction in life, away from materialism and its empty promise' (Deepak Chopra), exploring the relationship between spiritual experience and ordinary life--and the need for them to coexist within each of us. With essays on 'cosmic

Discourse on Metaphysics and Other Essays (Leibniz Gottfried Wilhelm)(Paperback / softback)