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Télécharger le livre : Left and Right
Norberto Bobbio
Left and Right
Following the collapse of communism and the decline of Marxism, some commentators have claimed that we have reached the 'end of history' and that the distinction between Left and Right can be forgotten. In this book - which was a tremendous success in Italy - Norberto...
Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2016-03-31
Collection : Themes for the 21st Century
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Télécharger le livre : War and Power in the Twenty-First Century
Paul Hirst
War and Power in the Twenty-First Century
Future developments in war, armed conflict and international relations are central to our collective fate in this century. This book looks forward by considering the forces that will drive changes in military organizations, sources of conflict, the power of states and...
Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2015-01-28
Collection : Themes for the 21st Century
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Télécharger le livre : Defiant Publics
Daniel Drache
Defiant Publics
Social activism and dissent have become global phenomena for our times. Ordinary people across the world are fighting back. This newly potent political force has defeated governments in India and Spain, and has brought down the EU draft constitution. Disaffected by the...
Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2013-08-23
Collection : Themes for the 21st Century
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Télécharger le livre : Politics and Fate
Andrew Gamble
Politics and Fate
Politics was once regarded as an activity which could give human societies control over their fate. However, there is now a deep pessimism about the ability of human beings to control anything very much, least of all through politics. This new fatalism about the human...
Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2013-07-10
Collection : Themes for the 21st Century
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Télécharger le livre : Community
Zygmunt Bauman
Community
'Community' is one of those words that feels good: it is good 'to have a community', 'to be in a community'. And 'community' feels good because of the meanings which the word conveys, all of them promising pleasures, and more often than not the kind of pleasures which...
Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2013-06-06
Collection : Themes for the 21st Century
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Télécharger le livre : Globalization
Zygmunt Bauman
Globalization
'Globalization' is a word that is currently much in use. This book is an attempt to show that there is far more to globalization than its surface manifestations. Unpacking the social roots and social consequences of globalizing processes, this book disperses some of the...
Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2013-05-28
Collection : Themes for the 21st Century
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Télécharger le livre : Islam Under Siege
Akbar S. Ahmed
Islam Under Siege
In this groundbreaking book, Akbar Ahmed, one of the world's leading authorities on Islam, who has worked in the Muslim world but lives in the West, explains what is going wrong in his society by referring to Islamic history and beliefs. Employing theological and...
Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2013-05-10
Collection : Themes for the 21st Century
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Télécharger le livre : Identity
Zygmunt Bauman
Identity
This topical new book by Zygmunt Bauman explores the notion of identity in the modern world. As we grapple with the insecurity and uncertainty of liquid modernity, Bauman argues that our socio-political, cultural, professional, religious and sexual identities are...
Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2013-05-08
Collection : Themes for the 21st Century
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Télécharger le livre : The Abuse of Evil
Richard J. Bernstein
The Abuse of Evil
Since 9/11 politicians, preachers, conservatives and the media are all speaking about evil. In the past the dicourse about evil in our religious, philosophic and literary traditions has provoked thinking, questioning and inquiry. But today the appeal to evil is being...
Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2013-05-08
Collection : Themes for the 21st Century
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Télécharger le livre : Europe
Zygmunt Bauman
Europe
More than ever before, our conflict-ridden, drifting planet needs the qualities that Europe, unique among the continents, has developed in more than two millennia of history: its self-criticism, its urge to self-transcendence, exploration and experiment, its conviction...
Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2013-05-08
Collection : Themes for the 21st Century
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Télécharger le livre : The Language Revolution
David Crystal
The Language Revolution
We are living through the consequences of a linguistic revolution. Dramatic linguistic change has left us at the beginning of a new era in the evolution of human language, with repercussions for many individual languages. In this book, David Crystal, one of the...
Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2013-05-08
Collection : Themes for the 21st Century
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Télécharger le livre : Identifying Citizens
David Lyon
Identifying Citizens
New ID card systems are proliferating around the world. These may use digitized fingerprints or photos, may be contactless, using a scanner, and above all, may rely on computerized registries of personal information. In this timely new contribution, David Lyon argues...
Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2013-05-03
Collection : Themes for the 21st Century
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Télécharger le livre : Politics and Morality
Susan Mendus
Politics and Morality
Public disenchantment with politics has become a key feature of the world in which we live. Politicians are increasingly viewed with suspicion and distrust, and electoral turnout in many modern democracies continues to fall. But are we right to display such contempt...
Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2013-04-25
Collection : Themes for the 21st Century
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Télécharger le livre : Law and Order
Robert Reiner
Law and Order
Law and order has become a key issue throughout the world. Crime stories saturate the mass media and politicians shrilly compete with each other in a race to be the toughest on crime. Prisons are crammed to bursting point, and police powers and resources extended...
Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2013-04-22
Collection : Themes for the 21st Century
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Télécharger le livre : Liberty and Security
Conor Gearty
Liberty and Security
All aspire to liberty and security in their lives but few people truly enjoy them. This book explains why this is so. In what Conor Gearty calls our 'neo-democratic' world, the proclamation of universal liberty and security is mocked by facts on the ground: the vast...
Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2013-04-03
Collection : Themes for the 21st Century
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Télécharger le livre : World Politics
James Mayall
World Politics
At the end of the Cold War, there was much talk of a new world order in which the sovereign state would be held to democratic account, fundamental rights would be respected, and conflict would be replaced by cooperation based on the rule of law.At the start of the new...
Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2013-03-01
Collection : Themes for the 21st Century
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