Author: Slavoj Zizek
Publisher: Verso Books
ISBN: 1781683778
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 119
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Billions of dollars were hastily poured into the global banking system in a frantic attempt at financial stabilisation. So why has it not been possible to bring the same forces to bear in addressing world poverty and environmental crisis? In this take-no-prisoners analysis, Slavoj Zizek frames the moral failures of the modern world in terms of the epoch-making events of the first decade of this century. What he finds is the old one-two punch of history: the jab of tragedy, the right hook of farce. In the attacks of 9/11 and the global credit crunch, liberalism dies twice: as a political doctrine and as an economic theory. The election of Donald Trump only confirms the bankruptcy of a liberal order on its last legs. First as Tragedy, Then as Farce is a call for the left to reinvent itself in the light of our desperate historical situation. The time for liberal, moralistic blackmail is over.
Author: Leonie Frieda
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1474605583
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 434
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Francis I (1494-1547) was inconstant, amorous, hot-headed and flawed. Arguably he was also the most significant king that France ever had. A contemporary of Henry VIII of England, Francis saw himself as the first Renaissance king. A courageous and heroic warrior, he was also a keen aesthete, an accomplished diplomat and an energetic ruler who turned his country into a force to be reckoned with. Bestselling historian Leonie Frieda's comprehensive and sympathetic account explores the life of the most human of all Renaissance monarchs - and the most enigmatic.
Author: Cyril Hare
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 243
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"Tragedy at Law" is a story about an English judge traveling to different states trying to solve the mystery of his mysterious stalker, who sends him warning letters and poisoned gifts. The story is full of humor and legal trivia, which lets the reader dive into the atmosphere of real investigation.
Author: Boston Public Library
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Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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Quarterly accession lists; beginning with Apr. 1893, the bulletin is limited to "subject lists, special bibliographies, and reprints or facsimiles of original documents, prints and manuscripts in the Library," the accessions being recorded in a separate classified list, Jan.-Apr. 1893, a weekly bulletin Apr. 1893-Apr. 1894, as well as a classified list of later accessions in the last number published of the bulletin itself (Jan. 1896)
Author: Francis Russell
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 520
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Author: Francis Wheen
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393049237
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 470
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Looks at the life of the father of Communism focusing primarily on the human side of the man rather than his works.
Author: Frances Anne Kemble
Publisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781358147012
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: Pickering & Chatto, firm, booksellers, London
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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Author: Pickering & Chatto
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 312
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