Cudzinci okolo nás.Na pracoviskách, v zmiešaných manželstvách, ako noví majitelia nehnuteľností v susedstve, ako turisti, šudenti, pacienti.To je fenomén dneška, fenomén s ktorým sa postupne učíme žiť. Ako však tento proces zvládať tak, aby sme neboli zaťažení predsudkami a stereotypným vnímaním iných ...
Monografie věnovaná ibero-africkým a indiánským kultům a slavnostem a doplněná rozsáhlou obrazovou dokumentací nabízí srovnání původních scénických tradic tří kontinentů, které se po objevu Nového světa setkaly v prostoru Jižní Ameriky, aby po jejich vzájemné synkrezi vznikly scénické projevy nové. Dominantní ...
In Vibrant Matter the political theorist Jane Bennett, renowned for her work on nature, ethics, and affect, shifts her focus from the human experience of things to things themselves. Bennett argues that political theory needs to do a better job of recognizing the active participation of nonhuman forces ...
Packed with infographics and flowcharts that explain complex concepts in a simple but exciting way, this book is the perfect pocket-sized introduction to politics and political thought. From the origins of democracy to Machiavelli''s cunning statecraft, Rousseau''s "social contract" to the American Declaration ...
''A beautifully written, eminently readable and uniquely important challenge to conventional wisdom'' J. D. Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy Never has our society felt more divided. In Political Tribes, Amy Chua diagnoses the cause of our current political discord: tribalism. In many parts of the world, ...
Meet the world''s most dangerous man. Or is he? Who is the real Vladimir Putin? What does he want? And what will he do next? Despite the millions of words written on Putin''s Russia, the West still fails to truly understand one of the world''s most powerful politicians, whose influence spans the globe ...
This second edition of Steven Roger Fischer’s fascinating book charts the history of communication from a time before human language was conceived of to the media explosion of the present day. Fischer begins by describing the modes of communication used by whales, birds, insects, and nonhuman primates, ...
For the past forty years, Noam Chomsky''s writings on politics and language have established him as a preeminent public intellectual and as one of the most original and wide-ranging political and social critics of our time. Among the seminal figures in linguistic theory over the past century, since the ...
It is becoming clear that the old frames of reference are not working, that the narratives used for decades to stave off progressive causes are being exposed as falsehoods. Six myths have taken hold, ones which are at odds with our lived experience and in urgent need of revision. Has freedom of speech ...
SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WATERSTONES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2019 SUNDAY TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR an ECONOMIST Politics and Current Affairs book of the year and a DAILY MAIL and TIMES book of the year ''You cannot understand power, wealth and poverty without ...
Currently in Bill Gates''s bookbag and FT Books of 2018 Increasingly, the demands of identity direct the world''s politics. Nation, religion, sect, race, ethnicity, gender: these categories have overtaken broader, inclusive ideas of who we are. We have built walls rather than bridges. The result: increasing ...
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER This is a book about two people making the most important decisions in the world. One is Barack Obama. The other is Ben Rhodes. The World As It Is tells the full story of what it means to work alongside a radical leader; of how idealism can confront reality and survive; ...
He needed to hear Africa speak for itself after a lifetime of hearing Africa spoken about by others. Electrifying essays on the history, complexity, diversity of a continent, from the father of modern African literature. Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic ...
Only four countries around the world do not currently define themselves as democracies. But many more do not fulfil the four basic requirements of democracy: free and fair elections, active participation of citizens in politics, protection of human rights, and the rule of law. Since 2015, far-right and ...
