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The Immanent Utopia

From Marxism on the State to the State of Marxism

By: Axel van den Berg

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The Immanent Utopia

From Marxism on the State to the State of Marxism

By: Axel van den Berg

The spectacular growth in the 1970s and 1980s of the Marxist literature on politics and the state in capitalist society was hailed at the time as cumulative proof of Marxism's success in producing an effective theory of the political superstructure. More generally, it was seen as confirmation of the health and vigor of Marxist theory. Axel van den Berg questions both of these claims. Through comprehensive analysis of Marxist thought on bourgeois politics and the state, from that produced by Marx himself on, van den Berg radically challenges the viability of a distinctly Marxist theory of the state and of recent Marxist theorizing in general. In an exhaustive review of the literature, van den Berg shows that neo-Marxist theories are, for the most part, not empirically testable. To the extent that it is possible to draw any empirical implications from these theories at all, such implications are virtually indistinguishable from those of "bourgeois" theories. Van den Berg proceeds to lay bare the contradiction at the heart of Marxist theory in general: it presupposes the viability and desirability of some ideal socialist society yet its "anti-utopian" insistence that all criticisms of capitalism must rest on foundations immanent in capitalism itself prohibits any open discussion of such a utopia. Now available in paperback, this is a fundamental work for political and social theorists. "This work is brilliant in its polemical courage, its originality, and its detailed and revealing examination of texts. Van den Berg demonstrates that postwar Marxist political theory and sociology is not only vague and contradictory but that it actually makes critical concessions to the bourgeois thought' it claims to surpass. Appearing in the midst of afar-reaching reconsideration of the Marxism project in Europe, this volume crystallizes these issues for North American social science..."--Jeffrey Alexander, University of California, Los Angeles. "Van den Berg has made a major contribution to the long overdue relegation of Marxism to the museum of nineteenth-century ideological antiquities."--Dennis Wrong, Contemporary Sociology. Axel van den Berg is a Dutch-Canadian professor of sociology at McGill University in Montreal. His most recent work is The Social Sciences and Rationality.

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Routledge

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1351303708

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9781351303705

Combating Poverty

Quebec's Pursuit of a Distinctive Welfare State

By: Axel van den Berg,Charles Plante,Hicham Raïq,Christine Proulx,Samuel Faustmann

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Combating Poverty

Quebec's Pursuit of a Distinctive Welfare State

By: Axel van den Berg,Charles Plante,Hicham Raïq,Christine Proulx,Samuel Faustmann

Combating Poverty critically analyses the growing divergence between Quebec and other large Canadian provinces in terms of social and labour market policies and their outcomes over the past several decades. While Canada is routinely classified as a single, homogeneous 'liberal market' regime, social and labour market policy falls within provincial jurisdiction resulting in a considerable divergence in policy mixes and outcomes between provinces. This volume offers a detailed survey of social and labour market policies since the early 2000s in Canada's four largest provinces - Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, and Alberta - showing the full extent to which Canada's major provinces have chosen diverging policy paths. Quebec has succeeded in emulating European and even Nordic social democratic levels of poverty for some groups, while poverty rates and patterns in the other provinces remain close to the high levels characteristic of the North American liberal, market-oriented regime. Combating Poverty provides a unique and timely reflection on the political implications and sustainability of Canada's fragmented welfare state.

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University of Toronto Press

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1487501560

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9781487501563

Vermeer and the Delft School

By: Walter A. Liedtke,Michiel Plomp,Axel Rüger,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.),National Gallery (Great Britain)

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Vermeer and the Delft School

By: Walter A. Liedtke,Michiel Plomp,Axel Rüger,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.),National Gallery (Great Britain)

Walter Liedtke, curator of European paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, has assembled a splendid catalog of Vermeer and his artistic milieu. Seven lengthy, well-illustrated chapters (Liedtke wrote five, Dutch art historians Michiel Plomp and Marten Jan Bok wrote the others) describe life in the city of Delft; the painters Carel Fabritius, Leonart Bramer, and others who preceded Vermeer; the careers of Vermeer and De Hooch; the making of drawings and prints in 17th-century Delft; and the collecting of art in the same period. The catalog follows: each painting, print, and drawing accompanied by a lengthy catalog essay. Oversize: 12.25x9.75". c. Book News Inc.

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642

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

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0870999737

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9780870999734

Handbook of Laboratory Animal Bacteriology, Second Edition

By: Axel Kornerup Hansen,Dennis Sandris Nielsen

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Handbook of Laboratory Animal Bacteriology, Second Edition

By: Axel Kornerup Hansen,Dennis Sandris Nielsen

The Handbook of Laboratory Animal Bacteriology, Second Edition provides comprehensive information on all bacterial phylae found in laboratory rodents and rabbits to assist managers, veterinary pathologists and laboratory animal veterinarians in the management of these organisms. The book starts by examining the general aspects of bacteriology and how to sample and identify bacteria in animals. It then describes the most relevant species within each phylum and discusses the impact they may have on research. Emphasizing those bacteria known to interfere with research protocols, the book offers methods for isolation and differentiation among related bacteria. It discusses where to purchase reagents for rodent bacteriology and outlines standards for safety in a bacteriological laboratory. Highlights of the second edition: Focuses on modern sequencing techniques based on molecular identification Reorganizes content according to modern systematics based on new identification methods Presents new chapters on mechanisms behind bacterial impact on animal models and on the systematic classification of bacteria Provides information on a range of bacteria interfering with animal models for human disease, not only for those bacteria which cause disease in laboratory animal colonies Includes new figures in color and with enhanced resolution The book is essential reading for those interested in the management of organisms known to interfere with the colony health of rabbits and rodents used in research protocols—including facility managers, clinical veterinarians, veterinary pathologists, and researchers.

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304

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CRC Press

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1482215446

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9781482215441

CRC Handbook of Organic Photochemistry and Photobiology, Third Edition - Two Volume Set

By: Axel Griesbeck,Michael Oelgemöller,Francesco Ghetti

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CRC Handbook of Organic Photochemistry and Photobiology, Third Edition - Two Volume Set

By: Axel Griesbeck,Michael Oelgemöller,Francesco Ghetti

The only combined organic photochemistry and photobiology handbookAs spectroscopic, synthetic and biological tools become more and more sophisticated, photochemistry and photobiology are merging-making interdisciplinary research essential. Following in the footsteps of its bestselling predecessors, the CRC Handbook of Organic Photochemistry and Pho

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1607

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CRC Press

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1466561254

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William Wyler

The Authorized Biography

By: Axel Madsen

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William Wyler

The Authorized Biography

By: Axel Madsen

The authorized biography of the celebrated film director William Wyler, a giant in his craft, who directed such classics as Ben-Hur, Funny Girl, and Roman Holiday.

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Open Road Media

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150400860X

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9781504008600

Stanwyck

A Biography

By: Axel Madsen

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Stanwyck

A Biography

By: Axel Madsen

A compelling portrait of one of Hollywood’s most invincible women, the late Barbara Stanwyck. A most unusual movie star, Stanwyck was an actress of considerable and neglected talent who elevated every role she had, a woman whose personal life matched the rocky road of her career. Whispered to be among Hollywood’s scandalous “sewing circle,” a group of internationally famous actresses who hid their potentially career-ending lesbianism and bisexuality, Stanwyck kept her liaisons a secret. Despite her steely resolve and her image as a take-control kind of woman, Stanwyck suffered from turbulent marriages and relationships, including her sensational marriage to, and divorce from, the abusive Robert Taylor. Madsen provides a fresh look at this fascinating, complex screen goddess, offering provocative and shocking details from one of Hollywood’s most interesting lives.

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Open Road Media

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1504008618

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9781504008617

Modeling Human Atrial Patho-Electrophysiology from Ion Channels to ECG - Substrates, Pharmacology, Vulnerability, and P-Waves

By: Loewe, Axel

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Modeling Human Atrial Patho-Electrophysiology from Ion Channels to ECG - Substrates, Pharmacology, Vulnerability, and P-Waves

By: Loewe, Axel

Half of the patients suffering from atrial fibrillation (AF) cannot be treated adequately, today. This book presents multi-scale computational methods to advance our understanding of patho-mechanisms, to improve the diagnosis of patients harboring an arrhythmogenic substrate, and to tailor therapy. The modeling pipeline ranges from ion channels on the subcellular level up to the ECG on the body surface. The tailored therapeutic approaches carry the potential to reduce the burden of AF.

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KIT Scientific Publishing

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3731505282

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9783731505280

Art in the Making: Rembrandt

By: David Bomford,Jo Kirby,Ashok Roy,Axel Rüger,Raymond White

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Art in the Making: Rembrandt

By: David Bomford,Jo Kirby,Ashok Roy,Axel Rüger,Raymond White

Rembrandt (1606-1669) is generally regarded as the finest painter of the Dutch "Golden Age." This new edition of Art in the Making: Rembrandt (published on the 400th anniversary of the artist's birth) reexamines 21 paintings firmly attributed to Rembrandt and 6 now assigned to followers. It reassesses his technique, materials, and working methods in the light of significant scholarly developments over the last 20 years, addressing problems of attribution that were hardly touched on in the original, groundbreaking edition of 1988. Introductory essays by distinguished conservation, curatorial, and scientific specialists cover the artist's studio and working methods, the training of painters in 17th-century Holland, and Rembrandt's materials and technique. The essays are followed by handsomely illustrated catalogue entries on 27 paintings. A comprehensive bibliography provides a rich source of information about the practice of oil painting, not only for Rembrandt but for 17th-century Dutch painting in general.

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Yale University Press

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1857093569

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9781857093568

The Immanent Utopia

From Marxism on the State to the State of Marxism

By: Axel Van den Berg

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The Immanent Utopia

From Marxism on the State to the State of Marxism

By: Axel Van den Berg

The growth of Marxist literature on politics and the state in capitalist society has been widely hailed as proof of Marxism's success in producing an effective theory of the political superstructure. This text raises serious questions about this claim.

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Transaction Pub

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0765805170

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Accustomed to Her Face

Thirty-Five Character Actresses of Golden Age Hollywood

By: Axel Nissen

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Accustomed to Her Face

Thirty-Five Character Actresses of Golden Age Hollywood

By: Axel Nissen

Drawing on historical documents and newspaper reports, this book provides a fascinating portrait of a diverse group of character actresses who left their stamp on Hollywood from the early sound era through the 1960s. The lives of 35 actresses are explored in detail. Some are familiar: Margaret Hamilton starred in dozens of films before and after her signature role as the Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz; Una Merkel nearly died when her mother committed suicide in 1945. Others are nearly forgotten: Maude Eburne owed her career to a spectacular fall on the Broadway stage in 1914; Greta Meyer, who played the quintessential German maid, came to Hollywood after years in New York's Yiddish theater--though she wasn't Jewish.

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McFarland

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0786497327

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9780786497324

Managing Social Risks Through Transitional Labour Markets

Towards an Enriched European Employment Strategy

By: H. G. de Gier,Erik de Gier,Axel Van den Berg

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Managing Social Risks Through Transitional Labour Markets

Towards an Enriched European Employment Strategy

By: H. G. de Gier,Erik de Gier,Axel Van den Berg

This publication summarizes the most important policy implications of a European Union project carried out between 2002 and 2005. The study is intended to contribute to a debate about the future of full employment in the European Union. Erik de Gier is a sociologist and director of the Institute of Applied Social Sciences in Nijmegen (the Netherlands). Axel van den Berg is a sociologist at McGilll University in Montreal (Canada).

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Maklu

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9055892688

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9789055892686

Combating Poverty

Quebec's Pursuit of a Distinctive Welfare State

By: Axel van den Berg,Charles Plante,Hicham Raïq,Christine Proulx,Samuel Faustmann

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Combating Poverty

Quebec's Pursuit of a Distinctive Welfare State

By: Axel van den Berg,Charles Plante,Hicham Raïq,Christine Proulx,Samuel Faustmann

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The Immanent Utopia

The Immanent Utopia

Combating Poverty

Combating Poverty

Vermeer and the Delft School

Vermeer and the Delft School

Handbook of Laboratory Animal Bacteriology, Second Edition

Handbook of Laboratory Animal Bacteriology, Second Edition

CRC Handbook of Organic Photochemistry and Photobiology, Third Edition - Two Volume Set

CRC Handbook of Organic Photochemistry and Photobiology, Third Edition - Two Volume Set

William Wyler

William Wyler

Stanwyck

Stanwyck

Modeling Human Atrial Patho-Electrophysiology from Ion Channels to ECG - Substrates, Pharmacology, Vulnerability, and P-Waves

Modeling Human Atrial Patho-Electrophysiology from Ion Channels to ECG - Substrates, Pharmacology, Vulnerability, and P-Waves

Art in the Making: Rembrandt

Art in the Making: Rembrandt

The Immanent Utopia

The Immanent Utopia

Accustomed to Her Face

Accustomed to Her Face

Managing Social Risks Through Transitional Labour Markets

Managing Social Risks Through Transitional Labour Markets

Combating Poverty

Combating Poverty

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