Author: Publisher: Odile Jacob
ISBN: 2738179894
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
Author: Publisher: Odile Jacob
ISBN: 2738179894
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
Arguments
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 752
Book Description
Controlling Paris
Author: Jonathan M. HousePublisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1479835951
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
When not at war, armies are often used to control civil disorders, especially in eras of rapid social change and unrest. But in nineteenth century Europe, without the technological advances of modern armies and police forces, an army’s only advantages were discipline and organization—and in the face of popular opposition to the regime in power, both could rapidly deteriorate. Such was the case in France after the Napoleonic Wars, where a cumulative recent history of failure weakened an already fragile army’s ability to keep the peace. After the February 1848 overthrow of the last king of France, the new republican government proved remarkably resilient, retaining power while pursuing moderate social policies despite the concerted efforts of a variety of radical and socialist groups. These efforts took numerous forms, ranging from demonstrations to attempted coups to full-scale urban combat, and culminated in the crisis of the June Days. At stake was the future of French government and the social and economic policy of France at large. In Controlling Paris, Jonathan M. House offers us a study of revolution from the viewpoint of the government rather than the revolutionary. It is not focused on military tactics so much as on the broader issues involved in controlling civil disorders: relations between the government and its military leaders, causes and social issues of public disorder, political loyalty of troops in crisis, and excessive use of force to control civil disorders. Yet somehow, despite all these disadvantages, the French police and armed forces prevented regime change far more often than they failed to do so.
Icons of the Left
Author: Otto Karl WerckmeisterPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226893563
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
In this book the author offers a critique of Marxist culture in capitalist society. Focusing on some of the most celebrated instances of traditional "Western Marxism," the author shows how such "icons of the Left" have been progressively detached from their political roots in communist activism to the safe distance of utopian or revolutionary speculations.--Publisher's description.
After Beckett
Author: Anthony UhlmannPublisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9789042019720
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
This volume constitutes a collection of over 40 articles selected from contributions to the Sydney Symposium of January 2003 that - as a part of an International Sydney Festival - was one of the major events related to Samuel Beckett of the last decade. The three sections of the book reflect the most vibrant fields of research in Beckett studies today: Intertextuality and Theory, Philosophy and Theory and Textual Genesis, Contextual Genesis and Language. Scholars from all over the world participating in this collection testify to the durable and universal nature of interest in Beckett's work.
Storia della storiografia
Author: Publisher: Editoriale Jaca Book
ISBN: 9788816720299
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
L'évolution Politique Et la Révolution
Author: Gustave MolinariPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic history
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Arms and the Woman
Author: Helen M. CooperPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807868140
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
Although the themes of women's complicity in and resistance to war have been part of literature from early times, they have not been fully integrated into conventional conceptions of the war narrative. Combining feminist literary criticism with the emerging field of feminist war theory, this collection explores the role of gender as an organizing principle in the war system and reveals how literature perpetuates the ancient myth of "arms and the man." The volume shows how the gendered conception of war has both shaped literary texts and formed the literary canon. It identifies and interrogates the conventional war text, with its culturally determined split between warlike men and peaceful women, and it confirms that women's role in relation to war is much more complex and complicitous than such essentializing suggests. The contributors examine a wide range of familiar texts from fresh perspectives and bring new texts to light. Collectively, these essays range in time from the Trojan War to the nuclear age. The contributors are June Jordan, Lorraine Helms, Patricia Francis Cholakian, Jane E. Schultz, Margaret R. Higonnet, James Longenbach, Laura Stempel Mumford, Sharon O'Brien, Jane Marcus, Sara Friedrichsmeyer, Susan Schweik, Carol J. Adams, Esther Fuchs, Barbara Freeman, Gillian Brown, Helen M. Cooper, Adrienne Auslander Munich, and Susan Merrill Squier.
Nature's Workshop
Author: Robert L. HerbertPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300081367
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Renoir's works and writing on the decorative arts
Meditation on the Divine Legitimacy of Man
Author: Bogdan J. WnukPublisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1441576827
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Meditation is the result of departing from and returning to Christianity. It is about tasting again the “salt” of Jesus’ teachings and rejoicing in imitating him, in our eternal life, which, for us “christians”, begins down here, on earth, and will continue on in heaven... The Catholic Church, which I served, as an altar boy from the age of 6 to the age of 18, made me a legalistic “robot” with little or no free will. I was engulfed in guilt and despair that I will never amount to anything good spiritually. One day, I quit trying to become a “good” catholic and went on a journey of discovery of other more “attractive” religions... only to find along the way that Jesus is the way!
