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Modern Culture and Critical Theory

Art, Politics, and the Legacy of the Frankfurt School

By: Russell A. Berman

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Modern Culture and Critical Theory

Art, Politics, and the Legacy of the Frankfurt School

By: Russell A. Berman

Are the arguments of the Frankfurt School still relevant? Modern Culture and Critical Theory investigates this question in the context of important issues in contemporary cultural politics: neoconservatism and new social movements, discontents with modernity and debates on postmodernism, the political hegemony of Ronald Reagan, and the cultural hegemony of structuralism and poststructuralism. Russell Berman thoughtfully explores the theories of Horkheimer, Adorno, Benjamin, Lyotard, and Foucault and their relevance to both historical and contemporary issues in literature, politics, and the arts.

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0299120848

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Cultural Studies of Modern Germany

History, Representation, and Nationhood

By: Russell A. Berman

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Cultural Studies of Modern Germany

History, Representation, and Nationhood

By: Russell A. Berman

A study probing the ambiguities of German nationhood. Berman takes a theoretical perspective of cultural studies, exploring such themes as: the constitution of nationhood; what holds a citizenry together; and history's role in providing a framework for current identities and institutions.

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Englightenment Or Empire

Colonial Discourse in German Culture

By: Russell A. Berman

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Englightenment Or Empire

Colonial Discourse in German Culture

By: Russell A. Berman

Enlightenment or Empire is a crucial contribution to our understanding of the culture of European colonialism. The book opens with a bold reconsideration of the relationship between the Enlightenment and colonialism, at the heart of which is an examination of two parallel texts-Captain James Cook's and Georg Foster's accounts of Cook's voyage of 1773. Berman then examines geography, religion, gender, and fiction in the writings of nineteenth-century travelers in Africa. He concludes with a discussion of the alternative anti-colonial traditions of Germany and France. Berman's book is a provocative contribution to current debates about the Enlightenment and its political legacy. In opposition to contemporary critics who argue that the Enlightenment is fully implicated in structures of domination, including colonialism, Berman argues for a more subtle, complex understanding of the political and cultural consequences of the Enlightenment. Russell A. Berman is a professor of German studies and comparative literature at Stanford University. He is the author of The Rise of the Modern German Novel: Crisis and Charisma; Modern Culture and Critical Theory: Art, Politics, and the Legacy of the Frankfurt School; and Cultural Studies of Modern Germany: History, Representation, and Nationhood.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803212844

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Fiction Sets You Free

Literature, Liberty, and Western Culture

By: Russell A. Berman

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Fiction Sets You Free

Literature, Liberty, and Western Culture

By: Russell A. Berman

In what can only be called a genuine intellectual adventure, Russell Berman raises fundamental questions long ignored by literary scholars; Why does literature command our attention at all? Why would society want to cultivate a sphere of activity devoted to the careful study of literary fiction? Written as a tonic to what he calls the debilitating cultural relativism of contemporary literary studies, Fiction Sets You Free advances the innovative argument that literature and capitalism, rather than representing merely commercialization, actually belie a long and positive association: literary autonomy is a central part of modern Western culture, thoroughly intertwined with political democracy and free market capitalism.

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University of Iowa Press

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1587297094

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Anti-Americanism in Europe

A Cultural Problem

By: Russell A. Berman

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Anti-Americanism in Europe

A Cultural Problem

By: Russell A. Berman

In his analysis of Europe's ambivalence toward jihadist terror and the spread of aggressive Islamism, with particular emphasis on the European responses—or lack thereof—to this violent anti-modernism, Russell A. Berman describes how some European countries opt for appeasement and apologetics, whereas others muster the strength to defend their way of life and stand up for freedom. He describes a complex continent of different nations and traditions to further our understanding of the range of reactions to Islamism.

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Hoover Press

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American Indian Holocaust and Survival

A Population History Since 1492

By: Russell Thornton

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American Indian Holocaust and Survival

A Population History Since 1492

By: Russell Thornton

Demographic overview of North American history describing in detail the holocaust that occurred to the Indians.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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080612220X

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Horsemen of the Apocalypse

The Men Who Are Destroying Life on Earth—And What It Means for Our Children

By: Dick Russell

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Horsemen of the Apocalypse

The Men Who Are Destroying Life on Earth—And What It Means for Our Children

By: Dick Russell

From the New York Times bestselling author Dick Russell, edited and introduced by New York Times bestselling author Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.! ”A must read for anyone concerned with climate and energy issues.” —Leonardo DiCaprio, Academy Award winning actor and environmental activist The science is overwhelming; the facts are in. The planet is heating up at an alarming rate and the results are everywhere to be seen. Yet, as time runs out, climate progress is blocked by the men who are profiting from the burning of the planet: energy moguls like the Koch brothers and Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson. Powerful politicians like Senators Mitch McConnell and Jim Inhofe, who receive massive contributions from the oil and coal industries. Most of these men are too intelligent to truly believe that climate change is not a growing crisis. And yet they have put their profits and careers ahead of the health and welfare of the world’s population—and even their own children and grandchildren. How do they explain themselves to their offspring, to the next generations that must deal with the environmental havoc that these men have wreaked? Horsemen of the Apocalypse takes a personal look at this global crisis, literally bringing it home.

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Freedom or Terror

Europe Faces Jihad

By: Russell A. Berman

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Freedom or Terror

Europe Faces Jihad

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Climate in Crisis

Who's Causing It, Who's Fighting It, and How We Can Reverse It Before It's Too Late

By: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,Dick Russell

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Climate in Crisis

Who's Causing It, Who's Fighting It, and How We Can Reverse It Before It's Too Late

By: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,Dick Russell

The science is overwhelming; the facts are in. The planet is heating up at an alarming rate and the results are everywhere to be seen. Yet, as time runs out, climate progress is blocked by the men who are profiting from the burning of the planet: Energy moguls like the Koch brothers and ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson. Powerful politicians like Senators Mitch McConnell and Jim Inhofe, who receive massive contributions from the oil and coal industries. Most of these men are too intelligent to truly believe that climate change is not a growing crisis. And yet they have put their profits and careers ahead of the health and welfare of the world’s population—and even their own children and grandchildren. How do they explain themselves to their offspring, to the next generations that must deal with the environmental havoc that these men have wreaked? With a new introduction from the authors, Climate in Crisis takes a very personal look at this global crisis, literally bringing it home.

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Simon and Schuster

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1510762043

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In Retreat

America's Withdrawal from the Middle East

By: Russell A. Berman

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In Retreat

America's Withdrawal from the Middle East

By: Russell A. Berman

Explaining how the U.S. withdrawal from the Middle East could have long-term consequences as other forces come forward to fill the gap, Russell A. Berman details how the retreat began and how the reduction of the U.S. commitment has, in turn, set off a wave of repercussions. He analyzes what motivates such a retreat, how much it is a choice of the Obama administration, and how much it is rooted in U.S. cultural leanings that could outlast the administration. In Retreat warns not only about changing evaluations about this specific corner of the globe but also about predispositions to retreat from politics altogether, from the burden of leadership, and from the advocacy for democracy.

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Modern Culture and Critical Theory

Art, Politics, and the Legacy of the Frankfurt School

By: Russell A. Berman

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Art, Politics, and the Legacy of the Frankfurt School

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Paul Von Hindenburg

By: Russell Berman

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Paul Von Hindenburg

By: Russell Berman

The story of the German military & political leader who became famous during World War I.

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Chelsea House

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0877545324

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Fiction Sets You Free

Literature, Liberty, and Western Culture

By: Russell A. Berman

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Literature, Liberty, and Western Culture

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Anti-Americanism in Europe

A Cultural Problem

By: Russell A. Berman

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A Cultural Problem

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In Retreat

America's Withdrawal from the Middle East

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America's Withdrawal from the Middle East

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Englightenment Or Empire

Colonial Discourse in German Culture

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Colonial Discourse in German Culture

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The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell

By: Bertrand Russell

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The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell

By: Bertrand Russell

A classic autobiography right up there with St Augustine and Rousseau New paperback backed by publicity and promotion - tied in with new edition of History of Western Philosophy and 'giveaway' of 'What I Believe' Ideal companion to Ray Monk's biography Introduction by the Right Hon Michael Foot *Publicity Title* - major coverage in national press expected!

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Routledge

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1317835042

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Mortals and Others

American Essays, 1931-1935

By: Bertrand Russell

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Mortals and Others

American Essays, 1931-1935

By: Bertrand Russell

A collection of essays and journalism covering a wide range of topics from balancing prosperity and public expenditure to the mental differences between boys and girls, revealing the humourous aspect of Russell's personality.

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Psychology Press

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0415125855

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Mortals and Others

Bertrand Russell's American Essays, 1931-1935

By: Bertrand Russell

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Mortals and Others

Bertrand Russell's American Essays, 1931-1935

By: Bertrand Russell

Presents a further selection of essays, ranging from the politically correct, to the perfectly obscure: from The Prospects of Democracy to Men Versus Insects.

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Psychology Press

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0415178665

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9780415178662

Autobiography

By: Bertrand Russell

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Autobiography

By: Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell remains one of the greatest philosophers and most complex and controversial figures of the twentieth century. Here, in this frank, humorous and decidedly charming autobiography, Russell offers readers the story of his life â€“ introducing the people, events and influences that shaped the man he was to become. Originally published in three volumes in the late 1960s, Autobiographyby Bertrand Russell is a revealing recollection of a truly extraordinary life written with the vivid freshness and clarity that has made Bertrand Russellâ€™s writings so distinctively his own.

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041547373X

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The Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell, Volume 26

Cold War Fears and Hopes, 1950–52

By: Bertrand Russell

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The Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell, Volume 26

Cold War Fears and Hopes, 1950–52

By: Bertrand Russell

The Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell, Volume 26 covers a period of transition in Russell's political life between his orthodox and sometimes pugnacious defence of the West in the early post-war, and the dissenting advocacy of nuclear disarmament and détente that started in earnest in the mid-1950s. While some of the assembled writings echo harsh prior criticism of Soviet expansionism and dictatorship, others register growing qualms about the recklessness of American foreign policy and the baneful effects on civil liberties of anti-communist hysteria inside the United States. Whether continuing to push for western rearmament, or highlighting in a more placatory vein the folly of the Cold War's divisions and rival fanaticisms, Russell's paramount objective was avoiding a war that threatened global catastrophe. Suspended between fear and hope, he expounded his evolving political concerns–and much else besides, including autobiographical reflections and typically common-sense guidance for living well–in a constant flow of newspaper and magazine articles, letters to editors, radio broadcasts and discussions and, of special note, a Nobel Prize acceptance speech. Russell also completed two lecture tours of the United States (the last of many), as well as a landmark such visit to Australia. All three of these journeys, and the textual record they left, are examined in depth using manuscript material and unpublished correspondence from the Bertrand Russell Archives at McMaster University, which is mined extensively throughout the volume.

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Routledge

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1000216837

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9781000216837

Human Society in Ethics and Politics

By: Bertrand Russell

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Human Society in Ethics and Politics

By: Bertrand Russell

In this book Russell gives a logical analysis of ethical concepts and principles. He goes on to relate his ethical conclusions to politics and religion. It is his only extended statement of his later views on ethics.

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1134523831

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The Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell Volume 29

Détente or Destruction, 1955-57

By: Bertrand Russell

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The Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell Volume 29

Détente or Destruction, 1955-57

By: Bertrand Russell

Détente or Destruction, 1955-57 continues publication of Routledge's multi-volume critical edition of Bertrand Russell's shorter writings. Between September 1955 and November 1957 Russell published some sixty-one articles, reviews, statements, contributions to books and letters to editors, over fifty of which are contained in this volume. The texts, several of them hitherto unpublished, reveal the deepening of Russell's commitment to the anti-nuclear struggle, upon which he embarked in the previous volume of Collected Papers (Man's Peril, 1954-55). Continuing with the theme of nuclear peril, this volume contains discussion of nuclear weapons, world peace, prospects for disarmament and British-Soviet friendship against the backdrop of the Cold War. One of the key papers in this volume is Russell's message to the inaugural conference of the Pugwash movement, which Russell was instrumental in launching and which became an influential, independent forum of East-West scientific cooperation and counsel on issues as an internationally agreed nuclear test-ban. In addition to the issues of war and peace, Russell, now in his eighties, continued to take an interest in a wide variety of themes. Russell not only addresses older controversies over nationalism and empire, religious belief and American civil liberties, he also confronts head-on the new and pressing matters of armed intervention in Hungary and Suez, and of the manufacture and testing of the British hydrogen bomb. This volume includes seven interviews ranging from East-West Relations after the Geneva conference to a Meeting with Russell.

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Routledge

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1134245254

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Contemplation and Action, 1902-14

By: Bertrand Russell

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Contemplation and Action, 1902-14

By: Bertrand Russell

With admirable clarity, Mrs Peters sums up what determines competence in spelling and the traditional and new approaches to its teaching.' -Times Literary Supplement

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Psychology Press

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0415104629

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9780415104623

Yours Faithfully, Bertrand Russell

A Lifelong Fight for Peace, Justice, and Truth in Letters to the Editor

By: Bertrand Russell,Ray Perkins (Jr.)

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Yours Faithfully, Bertrand Russell

A Lifelong Fight for Peace, Justice, and Truth in Letters to the Editor

By: Bertrand Russell,Ray Perkins (Jr.)

Yet Russell was more than a great intellect; he was also a political animal. From the beginning of his long professional life he emphasized the importance of practice as well as theory. He was twice imprisoned by the British government for his political utterances. With his razor-sharp irony and morally impassioned rhetoric, Russell took on the forces of injustice, ignorance, and cruelty; one of his chief weapons was the letter to the editor.".

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Open Court Publishing

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0812694503

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9780812694505

Justice in Wartime

By: Bertrand Russell

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Justice in Wartime

By: Bertrand Russell

PRESS NOTES "Mr. Russell approaches his subject not as a pacifist, not as a militarist, not as a pro-Ally or pro-German, but as a thinker, as a member of that hierarchy of pure intelligence which in time determines the issue of all matters of human passion and controversy.... one cannot resist the conviction that the final verdict will be as indicated in this great volume." -"Dr. Frank Crane." "This book is of genuine value to thoughtful readers." -"The Editor, Publisher and Journalist." "The author's views are marked by sanity and impartiality." -"The Milwaukee Sentinel." "By far the sanest, most practical and unprejudiced book which has been written about the war is that by the broad-minded, far-seeing Bertrand Russell.... too much cannot be said in praise of this book.... its value is inestimable.... Mr. Russell is one of those remarkable men who arise almost periodically to become a savior to their people, pointing out the way of salvation.... his mind is rare, clear and logical and his heart is full of sympathy and love." -"Detroit Times." "Mr. Russell is a strong writer, and Justice in War Time will make a strong appeal to many Americans.... he aims to present the facts accurately and with a sense of fair play." -"Detroit Saturday Night.

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Spokesman Press

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0851247059

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9780851247052

Russell on Religion

Selections from the Writings of Bertrand Russell

By: Bertrand Russell

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Russell on Religion

Selections from the Writings of Bertrand Russell

By: Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell's religious convictions were controversial, and one of his best selling titles is 'Why I am not a Christian'. This is a comprehensive and coherent survey of Russell on religion, with notes for students.

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London : Routledge

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0415180929

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9780415180924

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