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A vital, engaging, and hugely enjoyable guide to poetry, from ancient times to the present, by one of our greatest champions of literature
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Written by the preeminent democratic theorist of our time, this book explains the nature, value, and mechanics of democracy. In a new introduction to this Veritas edition, Ian Shapiro considers how Dahl would respond to the ongoing challenges democracy faces in the modern world. "Within the liberal democratic camp there is considerable controversy about exactly how to define democracy. Probably the most influential voice among contemporary political scientists in this debate has been that of Robert Dahl."-Marc Plattner, New York Times "An excellent introduction for novices, as well as a trusty handbook for experts and political science mavens."-Publishers Weekly
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Celebrating 250 years of male self-expression, investigating the portraiture and wardrobe of the fashionable British man
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What's Wrong with Economics? ; A Primer for the Perplexed
Robert Skidelsky
- Yale university press
- 5 Janvier 2021
- 9780300257496
A passionate and informed critique of mainstream economics from one of the leading economic thinkers of our time This insightful book looks at how mainstream economics' quest for scientific certainty has led to a narrowing of vision and a convergence on an orthodoxy that is unhealthy for the field, not to mention the societies which base policy decisions on the advice of flawed economic models. Noted economic thinker Robert Skidelsky explains the circumstances that have brought about this constriction and proposes an approach to economics which includes philosophy, history, sociology, and politics. Skidelsky's clearly written and compelling critique takes aim at the way that economics is taught in today's universities, where a focus on modelling leaves students ill-equipped to grapple with what is important and true about human life. He argues for a return to the ideal set out by John Maynard Keynes that the economist must be a "mathematician, historian, statesman, [and] philosopher" in equal measure.
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Nature Inside ; Plants and Flowers in the Modern Interior
Penny Sparke
- Yale university press
- 2 Février 2021
- 9780300244021
The story of how plants and flowers have shaped interior design for over 200 years
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Heinrich Heine ; Writing the Revolution
George Prochnik
- Yale university press
- 5 Janvier 2021
- 9780300236545
A rich, provocative, and lyrical study of one of Germany's most important, world-famous, and imaginative writers"A concise, fast-paced biography of the German poet, critic, and essayist. . . . A discerning portrait of the writer and his times."-Kirkus Reviews"Prochnik provides a jaunty narrative of Heine's schooldays in Bonn and Goettingen, journalistic career in Berlin, and twenty-five-year exile in Paris, detailing his literary feuds, scraps with censors, and unwavering belief in political liberty."-New Yorker Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) was a virtuoso German poet, satirist, and visionary humanist whose dynamic life story and strikingly original writing are ripe for rediscovery. In this vividly imagined exploration of Heine's life and work, George Prochnik contextualizes Heine's biography within the different revolutionary political, literary, and philosophical movements of his age. He also explores the insights Heine offers contemporary readers into issues of social justice, exile, and the role of art in nurturing a more equitable society. Heine wrote that in his youth he resembled "a large newspaper of which the upper half contained the present, each day with its news and debates, while in the lower half, in a succession of dreams, the poetic past was recorded fantastically like a series of feuilletons." This book explores the many dualities of Heine's nature, bringing to life a fully dimensional character while also casting into sharp relief the reasons his writing and personal story matter urgently today.
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Henry III ; The Rise to Power and Personal Rule, 1207-1258
David Carpenter
- Yale university press
- 2 Février 2021
- 9780300259193
The first in a ground-breaking two-volume history of Henry III's rule, from when he first assumed the crown to the moment his personal rule ended
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Rosa ; The Story of the Rose
Peter E. Kukielski, Charles Phillips
- Yale university press
- 2 Février 2021
- 9780300251111
A beautifully illustrated and unique history of the "queen of flowers" in art, medicine, cuisine, and more
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Slowdown ; The End of the Great Acceleration?and Why It's Good for the Planet, the Economy, and Our Lives
Danny Dorling
- Yale university press
- 5 Janvier 2021
- 9780300257960
A powerful and counterintuitive argument that we should welcome the current slowdown-of population growth, economies, and technological innovation
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Art and Faith ; A Theology of Making
Makoto Fujimura
- Yale university press
- 2 Février 2021
- 9780300254143
From a world-renowned painter, an exploration of creativity's quintessential-and often overlooked-role in the spiritual life
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The Last Shah ; America, Iran, and the Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty
Ray Takeyh
- Yale university press
- 2 Février 2021
- 9780300217797
The surprising story of Iran's transformation from America's ally in the Middle East into one of its staunchest adversaries Offering a new view of one of America's most important, infamously strained, and widely misunderstood relationships of the postwar era, this book tells the history of America and Iran from the time the last shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, was placed on the throne in 1941 to the 1979 revolution that brought the present Islamist government to power. This revolution was not, as many believe, the popular overthrow of a powerful and ruthless puppet of the United States; rather, it followed decades of corrosion of Iran's political establishment by an autocratic ruler who demanded fealty but lacked the personal strength to make hard decisions and, ultimately, lost the support of every sector of Iranian society. Esteemed Middle East scholar Ray Takeyh provides new interpretations of many key events-including the 1953 coup against Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadeq and the rise of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini-significantly revising our understanding of America and Iran's complex and difficult history.
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Goering's Man in Paris ; The Story of a Nazi Art Plunderer and His World
Jonathan Petropoulos
- Yale university press
- 5 Janvier 2021
- 9780300251920
A charged biography of a notorious Nazi art plunderer and his career in the postwar art world
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Migrants in the Profane ; Critical Theory and the Question of Secularization
Peter E. Gordon
- Yale university press
- 5 Janvier 2021
- 9780300250763
A beautifully written exploration of religion's role in a secular, modern politics, by an accomplished scholar of critical theory"Rich in historical background, illuminating in its comparative perspective, yet focused on the question of secularization and the normative resources of modernity-a joy to read."-Maeve Cooke, University College Dublin"Gordon writes with a controlled power, elegance, simplicity, and clarity that is a rare pleasure."-Max Pensky, Binghamton UniversityMigrants in the Profane takes its title from an intriguing remark by Theodor W. Adorno, in which he summarized the meaning of Walter Benjamin's image of a celebrated mechanical chess-playing Turk and its hidden religious animus: "Nothing of theological content will persist without being transformed; every content will have to put itself to the test of migrating in the realm of the secular, the profane." In this masterful book, Peter Gordon reflects on Adorno's statement and asks an urgent question: Can religion offer any normative resources for modern political life, or does the appeal to religious concepts stand in conflict with the idea of modern politics as a domain free from religion's influence? In answering this question, he explores the work of three of the Frankfurt School's most esteemed thinkers: Walter Benjamin, Max Horkheimer, and Theodor W. Adorno. His illuminating analysis offers a highly original account of the intertwined histories of religion and secular modernity.
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A rich and fascinating exploration of the Volga-the first to fully reveal its vital place in Russian history
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The Mathematics Lover's Companion ; Masterpieces for Everyone
Edward R. Scheinerman
- Yale university press
- 2 Février 2021
- 9780300255393
Twenty-three mathematical masterpieces for exploration and enlightenment
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The Prophet's Heir ; The Life of Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Hassan Abbas
- Yale university press
- 5 Février 2021
- 9780300229455
The life and legacy of one of Mohammad's closest confidants and Islam's patron saint: Ali ibn Abi Talib
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The Wondering Jew ; Israel and the Search for Jewish Identity
Micah Goodman
- Yale university press
- 5 Janvier 2021
- 9780300252248
A celebrated Israeli author explores the roots of the divide between religion and secularism in Israel today, and offers a path to bridging the divide"A thoughtful social, political, and philosophical examination of Judaism. . . . A cogent consideration of the place of religion in the modern world."-Kirkus Reviews Zionism began as a movement full of contradictions, between a pull to the past and a desire to forge a new future. Israel has become a place of fragmentation, between those who sanctify religious tradition and those who wish to escape its grasp. Now, a new middle ground is emerging between religious and secular Jews who want to engage with their heritage-without being restricted by it or losing it completely. In this incisive book, acclaimed author Micah Goodman explores Israeli Judaism and the conflict between religion and secularism, one of the major causes of political polarization throughout the world. Revisiting traditional religious sources and seminal works of secularism, he reveals that each contains an openness to learn from the other's messages. Goodman challenges both orthodoxies, proposing a new approach to bridge the divide between religion and secularism and pave a path toward healing a society torn asunder by extremism.
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Confessions of a Born-Again Pagan
Anthony T. Kronman
- Yale university press
- 3 Novembre 2020
- 9780300255348
In this passionate and searching book, Anthony Kronman offers a third way-beyond atheism and religion-to the God of the modern world "An astonishing, . . . epically ambitious book. . . . An intellectual adventure story based on the notion that ideas drive history, and that to dedicate yourself to them is to live a bigger, more intense life."-David Brooks, New York Times We live in an age of disenchantment. The number of self-professed "atheists" continues to grow. Yet many still feel an intense spiritual longing for a connection to what Aristotle called the "eternal and divine." For those who do, but demand a God that is compatible with their modern ideals, a new theology is required. This is what Anthony Kronman offers here, in a book that leads its readers away from the inscrutable Creator of the Abrahamic religions toward a God whose inexhaustible and everlasting presence is that of the world itself. Kronman defends an ancient conception of God, deepened and transformed by Christian belief-the born-again paganism on which modern science, art, and politics all vitally depend. Brilliantly surveying centuries of Western thought-from Plato to Augustine, Aquinas, and Kant, from Spinoza to Nietzsche, Darwin, and Freud-Kronman recovers and reclaims the God we need today.
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Building a new New World ; Amerikanizm in Russian Architecture
Jean-Louis Cohen
- Yale university press
- 13 Novembre 2020
- 9780300248159
An essential exploration of how Russian ideas about the United States shaped architecture and urban design from the czarist era to the fall of the U.S.S.R.
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Oblivion or Glory ; 1921 and the Making of Winston Churchill
David Stafford
- Yale university press
- 23 Février 2021
- 9780300259315
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This Is Not Normal ; The Politics of Everyday Expectations
Cass R. Sunstein
- Yale university press
- 23 Mars 2021
- 9780300253504
How our shifting sense of "what's normal" defines the character of democracy
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American Covenant ; National Parks, Their Promise, and Our Nation's Future
Michael A Soukup, Gary E Machlis
- Yale university press
- 23 Mars 2021
- 9780300140354
An intimate and candid account of our national parks and their strengths, vulnerabilities, and essential role in American life
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An accessible and contemporary introduction to the methods for determining cause and effect in the social sciences
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