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The Modern Debacle

Author : John O’Meara
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595891748
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (958 download)

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Download or read book The Modern Debacle written by John O’Meara and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-06-19 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The period covered in this book ranges from the early part of the 20th century right through to its end-roughly from the death of Chekhov to that of Ted Hughes. The question is raised whether the vision of the modern world that opened up to the authors of this period does not still apply in our own time. The book's main theme is the finality of modern nothingness. What remains that is superhumanly possible, despite all appearances that nothing more and nothing new is left to man to break through with? Civilization for these authors had become denuded of all of its vital forces, and it is as if when faced with the prospect of hopelessness, they would have to invoke the help of the one Power on Whom humankind can rely to see them through the worst. This is the Great Mother or Goddess Who is directly associated with the experience of Nature as this comes down to us from before the straitened confines of the 20th century. It is the experience modern man would deny at the risk of cutting himself off from the one life-giving source that he has. Front Cover Illustration: From Jerome Robbins' 1963 Broadway production of Mother Courage, with Anne Bancroft as Mother Courage and Zohra Lampert as Kattrin. Back Cover Photo by A.F.

The Modern Debacle and Our Hope in the Goddess

Author : John O'Meara
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595448518
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (954 download)

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Download or read book The Modern Debacle and Our Hope in the Goddess written by John O'Meara and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The period covered in this book ranges from the early part of the 20th century right through to its end-roughly from the death of Chekhov to that of Ted Hughes. The question is raised whether the vision of the modern world that opened up to the authors of this period does not still apply in our own time. The book's main theme is the finality of modern nothingness. What remains that is superhumanly possible, despite all appearances that nothing more and nothing new is left to man to break through with? Civilization for these authors had become denuded of all of its vital forces, and it is as if when faced with the prospect of hopelessness, they would have to invoke the help of the one Power on Whom humankind can rely to see them through the worst. This is the Great Mother or Goddess Who is directly associated with the experience of Nature as this comes down to us from before the straitened confines of the 20th century. It is the experience modern man would deny at the risk of cutting himself off from the one life-giving source that he has. Front Cover Illustration: From Jerome Robbins' 1963 Broadway production of Mother Courage, with Anne Bancroft as Mother Courage and Zohra Lampert as Kattrin. Back Cover Photo by A.F.

La Debacle

Author : Emile Zola
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198801890
Total Pages : 581 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book La Debacle written by Emile Zola and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 581 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La Debacle is the penultimate novel in Zola's great Rougon-Macquart cycle. A stirring account of profound friendship between two soldiers from opposite ends of the class divide during the Franco-Prussian War and the Commune of 1870-1.

Instruction for survival during modern disaster

Author : Irina Apraksina
Publisher : Litres
ISBN 13 : 5046330210
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (463 download)

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Download or read book Instruction for survival during modern disaster written by Irina Apraksina and published by Litres. This book was released on 2024-04-24 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an indispensable guide for those who strive to be prepared for the most extreme situations. From nuclear threats to global pandemics and climate change, this book offers a comprehensive overview of all possible disasters and provides readers with key survival skills and strategies. This is not just a book, it is a guide to action, a call for conscious preparation and solidarity in times of crisis. All illustrations belong to the author of the book

The Modern Presidency and Crisis Rhetoric

Author : Amos Kiewe
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Modern Presidency and Crisis Rhetoric written by Amos Kiewe and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1994 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines how presidents from Truman to Bush rhetorically approached and managed political, military, judicial, legislative, and economic crises during their presidencies. Editor Amos Kiewe assembles new essays by communications scholars who look at rhetoric initiated during national crises, and account for various rhetorical developments affected by crises, changes in presidential rhetoric, and rhetorical and situational crisis constraints. Their studies suggest similarities in rhetoric in different types of crises, and yield resources for postulating patterns of crisis rhetoric. Each chapter's author presents a crisis rhetoric case study, analyzing initial strategies and tactics, shifts in rhetorical tactics, adjustments of discourse to particular phases in the crises, and unique rhetorical approaches designed to accommodate unexpected turns of events. The contributors discuss how presidents use rhetorical inventions, flip-flops, face-saving posturing, and even silence to diffuse crises. Specific topics include Eisenhower's response to the constitutional crisis in Little Rock, Kennedy and the Berlin Wall crisis, Johnson and the Kennedy assassination, Nixon and Watergate, and Bush and the Persian Gulf Crisis. Recommended for political scientists and communication theorists.

How Mechanics Shaped the Modern World

Author : David H. Allen
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 303127749X
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (312 download)

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Download or read book How Mechanics Shaped the Modern World written by David H. Allen and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-09-28 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This updated and augmented second edition covers the history of mechanics in such a way as to explain how this all-important discipline shaped our world. Like the first edition, Dr. Allen presents the material in an engaging, accessible manner, with many historic insights and thorough explanations of attending concepts. The text retains its coverage of classical mechanics, essentially Newtonian mechanics, and adds chapters on three additional topics that go well beyond classical mechanics: relativity, quantum/nanomechanics, and biomechanics.

English Public Theology

Author : Joan Lockwood ODonovan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0567712559
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (677 download)

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Download or read book English Public Theology written by Joan Lockwood ODonovan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-11-16 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study commends the public theology of the English Reformation as a fruitful though neglected resource for a critical analysis of the contradictions of freedom that riddle late-modern liberal democracies and a constructive response to them. Drawn from the key legal, liturgical, homiletic and confessional elements of the English Reformation, this foundational Anglican tradition provides a theological vantage point for understanding current moral and political impasses in the western legacy of natural rights. The extensive development of natural rights in pre-modern scholastic theory and practice and its continuity with theoretical development from the 17th century onward make the Reformers' criticisms of scholastic moral, political, and ecclesial thought germane to identifying the problematic features of the prevailing modern tradition and to furnishing a theological alternative to them. These features are: an individualistic and voluntarist conception of moral agency, a regulative and juridical orientation to human relationships, and an anthropocentric concentration on human rather than on divine right, judgement, and freedom. The humanity they portray is detached from its created ordering to Christological perfection and bound within a self-enclosed ethical and political self-understanding. This is effectively countered by the English reformers' presentation of the salvation of creation in Christ, faith working through love, the spiritual fellowship of the church, and the provisional character of political jurisdiction.

The New Cambridge Companion to William Faulkner

Author : John T. Matthews
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107050383
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The New Cambridge Companion to William Faulkner written by John T. Matthews and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-13 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new Companion offers a sample of innovative approaches to interpreting and appreciating William Faulkner in the twenty-first century.

Reading the "new" Literatures in a Postcolonial Era

Author : Susheila Nasta
Publisher : DS Brewer
ISBN 13 : 9780859916011
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Reading the "new" Literatures in a Postcolonial Era written by Susheila Nasta and published by DS Brewer. This book was released on 2000 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays on the contribution of African, Caribbean, Asian and diaspora writers to 'English' literature. The 'new' literatures have most commonly been seen as a staging post en route to the current 'post-colonial' era. Yet these literatures and the diverse cultural histories they represent are older than such recent interpretations of them. This collection of essays investigates ways in which we can return to 'reading' these 'new' literatures without falling back on current critical assumptions.

Shakespeare, the Goddess, and Modernity

Author : John O'Meara
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1469746271
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (697 download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare, the Goddess, and Modernity written by John O'Meara and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "O'Meara's work is the perfect supplement to [Ted] Hughes's "Shakespeare and the Goddess of Complete Being", shedding further illumination into those areas where Hughes's penetrating lens finally appears to dim. [This work] shines utterly clear light on the path of understanding we may re-win with regard to myth, forcing the reader to face the incredible starkness of the prospect we face—and the lack of options—ever closing in—and also giving the reader the necessary clues to follow, particularly Barfield, Shakespeare and Rudolf Steiner." —Richard Ramsbotham, author of Who Wrote Bacon? William Shakespeare, Francis Bacon and James I "Very interesting stuff. Particularly where you parallel the break through the tragic dead end to the transcendental-redemptive solution--that I follow from "Macbeth" through "Lear" to the last plays--with the Steinerian view of the same progress." —Ted Hughes on Othello's Sacrifice, Letter to John O'Meara, 21 November, 1996, in the Ted Hughes Archives, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia This volume brings together virtually all of the published shorter critical work of John O'Meara, gathered from over 30 years of production. What emerges is an extensive, uniquely challenging interpretation of the evolution of, for the most part, English literary history, from Shakespeare's time to our own. "excellent Shakespearean explorations...The idea of Lutheran depravity without Lutheran grace or Lutheran-Calvinist justification is very strong and original..." —Anthony Gash, author of The Substance of Shadows: Shakespeare's Dialogue with Plato "O'Meara sets out to demonstrate... the essential fact that "full encounter with human depravity" was[/is] a necessary step in the attaining of true [otherworldly] Imagination." —Eric Philips-Oxford, on The New School of the Imagination from the Sektion fur Schone Wissenschaften, the Goetheanum, Newsletter, Issue No. 3, Winter/Spring 2008-2009.

Humanity in Crisis

Author : David Hollenbach, SJ
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 1626167192
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Humanity in Crisis written by David Hollenbach, SJ and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The major humanitarian crises of recent years are well known: the Shoah, the killing fields of Cambodia, the Rwandan genocide, the massacre in Bosnia, and the tsunami in Southeast Asia, as well as the bloody conflicts in South Sudan, Syria, and Afghanistan. Millions have been killed and many millions more have been driven from their homes; the number of refugees and internally displaced persons has reached record levels. Could these crises have been prevented? Why do they continue to happen? This book seeks to understand how humanity itself is in crisis, and what we can do about it. Hollenbach draws on the values that have shaped major humanitarian initiatives over the past century and a half, such as the commitments of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Oxfam, Doctors Without Borders, as well as the values of diverse religious traditions, including Catholicism, to examine the scope of our responsibilities and practical solutions to these global crises. He also explores the economic and political causes of these tragedies, and uncovers key moral issues for both policy-makers and for practitioners working in humanitarian agencies and faith communities.

The Crisis of the Modern World

Author : René Guénon
Publisher : Sophia Perennis
ISBN 13 : 9780900588501
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (885 download)

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Download or read book The Crisis of the Modern World written by René Guénon and published by Sophia Perennis. This book was released on 2001 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is no longer news that the Western world is in a crisis, a crisis that has spread far beyond its point of origin and become global in nature. In 1927, René Guénon responded to this crisis with the closest thing he ever wrote to a manifesto and 'call-to-action'. The Crisis of the Modern World was his most direct and complete application of traditional metaphysical principles-particularly that of the 'age of darkness' preceding the end of the present world-to social criticism, surpassed only by The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times, his magnum opus. In the present work Guénon ruthlessly exposes the 'Western deviation': its loss of tradition, its exaltation of action over knowledge, its rampant individualism and general social chaos. His response to these conditions was not 'activist', however, but purely intellectual, envisioning the coming together of Western intellectual leaders capable under favorable circumstances of returning the West to its traditional roots, most likely via the Catholic Church, or, under less favorable ones, of at least preserving the 'seeds' of Tradition for the time to come.

The New Formula For Cool

Author : Judith Kohlenberger
Publisher : transcript Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3839430925
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book The New Formula For Cool written by Judith Kohlenberger and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2015-08-31 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: »Our society has undergone a paradigm shift. In the information age, you and I are the alpha males,« Dr Leonard Hofstadter, experimental physicist and protagonist of the hit sitcom »The Big Bang Theory«, assures himself and his fellow scientists. The success of this and similar formats in American popular culture proves his point: Science has finally discovered the formula for cool. This interdisciplinary study examines how »cool«, a key aesthetic and affective category in the American imagination, informs contemporary representations of technoscience. Analyzing selected audiovisual productions, Judith Kohlenberger sheds light on current processes of interaction between science and popular culture, two pivotal sources for change in post-industrial America.

Guaranteed to Fail

Author : Viral V. Acharya
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400838096
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Guaranteed to Fail written by Viral V. Acharya and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-14 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why America's public-private mortgage giants threaten the world economy—and what to do about it The financial collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2008 led to one of the most sweeping government interventions in private financial markets in history. The bailout has already cost American taxpayers close to $150 billion, and substantially more will be needed. The U.S. economy--and by extension, the global financial system--has a lot riding on Fannie and Freddie. They cannot fail, yet that is precisely what these mortgage giants are guaranteed to do. How can we limit the damage to our economy, and avoid making the same mistakes in the future? Guaranteed to Fail explains how poorly designed government guarantees for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac led to the debacle of mortgage finance in the United States, weighs different reform proposals, and provides sensible, practical recommendations. Despite repeated calls for tougher action, Washington has expanded the scope of its guarantees to Fannie and Freddie, fueling more and more housing and mortgages all across the economy--and putting all of us at risk. This book unravels the dizzyingly immense, highly interconnected businesses of Fannie and Freddie. It proposes a unique model of reform that emphasizes public-private partnership, one that can serve as a blueprint for better organizing and managing government-sponsored enterprises like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In doing so, Guaranteed to Fail strikes a cautionary note about excessive government intervention in markets.

The Nature of Disaster in China

Author : Chris Courtney
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108417779
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book The Nature of Disaster in China written by Chris Courtney and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unearths the forgotten history of a catastrophic flood, examining its profound impact upon the environment and society of modern China.

Leave the World Behind

Author : Rumaan Alam
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062667653
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (626 download)

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Download or read book Leave the World Behind written by Rumaan Alam and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a Netflix film starring Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Myha'la, Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans and Kevin Bacon. Written for the Screen and Directed by Sam Esmail. Executive Producers Barack and Michelle Obama, Tonia Davis, Daniel M. Stillman, Nick Krishnamurthy, Rumaan Alam A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick! Finalist for the 2020 National Book Award in Fiction One of Barack Obama's Summer Reads A Best Book of the Year From: The Washington Post * Time * NPR * Elle * Esquire * Kirkus * Library Journal * The Chicago Public Library * The New York Public Library * BookPage * The Globe and Mail * EW.com * The LA Times * USA Today * InStyle * The New Yorker * AARP * Publisher's Lunch * LitHub * Book Marks * Electric Literature * Brooklyn Based * The Boston Globe A magnetic novel about two families, strangers to each other, who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrong. From the bestselling author of Rich and Pretty comes a suspenseful and provocative novel keenly attuned to the complexities of parenthood, race, and class. Leave the World Behind explores how our closest bonds are reshaped—and unexpected new ones are forged—in moments of crisis. Amanda and Clay head out to a remote corner of Long Island expecting a vacation: a quiet reprieve from life in New York City, quality time with their teenage son and daughter, and a taste of the good life in the luxurious home they’ve rented for the week. But a late-night knock on the door breaks the spell. Ruth and G. H. are an older couple—it’s their house, and they’ve arrived in a panic. They bring the news that a sudden blackout has swept the city. But in this rural area—with the TV and internet now down, and no cell phone service—it’s hard to know what to believe. Should Amanda and Clay trust this couple—and vice versa? What happened back in New York? Is the vacation home, isolated from civilization, a truly safe place for their families? And are they safe from one other?

The Bookman

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 838 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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