Showing posts with label Political Science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Political Science. Show all posts

A Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy

DOWNLOADA Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy: 2 Volume Set (Blackwell Companions to Philosophy) by Robert E. Goodin, Philip Pettit, Thomas W. Pogge (Editors)Product DescriptionThis new edition of A Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy has been extended significantly to include 55 chapters across two volumes written by some of today's most distinguished scholars.New
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Nazi Cinema as Enchantment

DOWNLOADNazi Cinema as Enchantment: The Politics of Entertainment in the Third Reich (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture) by Mary-Elizabeth O'BrienReviewO'Brien carries the reader into the world of Babelsberg, the German Hollywood, where the reader sees Nazi filmmaking as a form of amusement that carries the Nazi message. CHOICE The readings are integrated within a larger,
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Underground Humour in Nazi Germany, 1933-1945

DOWNLOADUnderground Humour in Nazi Germany, 1933-1945 by Dr Hillenbrand Underground Humour in Nazi Germany: 1933-1945, F. K. M. Hillenbrand compiles a collection of jokes, stories and cartoons representing covert popular opposition which took humorous form. Even this was dangerous, as an ill-judged moment of wit could lead to the camps; but the Nazis themselves recognized the impossibility of
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The Political Unconscious

DOWNLOADThe Political Unconscious by Fredric JamesonIn this ground-breaking and influential study Fredric Jameson explores the complex place and function of literature within culture. At the time Jameson was actually writing the book, in the mid to late seventies, there was a major reaction against deconstruction and poststructuralism. As one of the most significant literary theorists, Jameson
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The Rise of Eurocentrism

DownloadThe Rise of Eurocentrism by Vassilis Lambropoulos In the controversy over political correctness, the canon, and the curriculum, the role of Western tradition in a post-modern world is often debated. To clarify what is at stake, Vassilis Lambropoulos traces the ideology of European culture from the Reformation, focusing on a key element of Western tradition: the act of interpretation as a
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The Social Roots of Basque Nationalism

DownloadThe Social Roots of Basque Nationalism (The Basque Series)by Alfonso Pérez-Agote The Basque people have preserved their ethnic identity and sense of themselves as a separate community despite centuries of repression, diaspora, and economic and social upheaval—one of the most remarkable achievements in the history of that phenomenon we call nationalism. In The Social Roots of Basque
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