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The Idea of Communism
Do not be afraid, join us, come back! You've had your anti-communist fun, and you are pardoned for it-time to get serious once again!-Slavoj Zizek Responding to Alain Badiou's 'communist hypothesis', the leading political philosophers of the Left convened in London in 2009 to take part in a landmark conference to discuss the perpetual, persistent notion that, in a truly emancipated society, all things should be owned in common. This volume brings together their discussions on the philosophical and political import of the communist idea, highlighting both its continuing significance and the need to reconfigure the concept within a world marked by havoc and crisis.
History Under Debate
Examine new trends in the writing of new history—and what they mean to information science! History has been devalued, causing a lack of career prospects for historians, a decrease in vocations to the history profession, and historical discontinuity between generations. History Under Debate: International Reflection on the Discipline is a recap of the crucial Second International Historia a Debate conference, held on July 17, 1999 in Santiago de Compostela. This book details the comparative critical perspectives on history, historians, their audiences, and the coming trends that will inevitably impact information science. The in-depth examination provides innovative approaches to historian...
Nineteenth-Century Nation Building and the Latin American Intellectual Tradition
This volume provides readings from the works of eighteen Latin American thinkers of the nineteenth century who were engaged in articulating and examining the problems that Spanish and Portuguese America faced in the one hundred years after securing independence. The selections represent all major regions of Latin America. Although these regions differ significantly with regard to indigenous background, geography, climate, and available resources, their people confronted the common problems that surround the intractable challenges of statecraft and nation building: issues of race, international relations, economics, education, and self-understanding. Burke and Humphrey provide fresh, accessible translations of key works, a majority of which appear for the first time in English; a General Introduction that sets the works in historical and intellectual context; detailed headnotes for each selection; a Guide to Themes; and bibliographic references.
The Actuality of Communism
One of the rising stars of contemporary critical theory, Bruno Bosteels discusses the new currents of thought generated by figures such as Alain Badiou, Jacques Rancire and Slavoj Zizek, who are spearheading the revival of interest in Communism. Bosteels examines this resurgence of Communist thought through the prism of "speculative leftism" - an incapacity to move beyond lofty abstractions and thoroughly rethink the categories of masses, classes and state. Debating those questions with writers including Roberto Esposito and Alberto Moreiras, Bosteels also provides a vital account of the work of the Bolivian Vice President and thinker lvaro Garca Linera.
The Resurgence of the Latin American Left
Latin America experienced an unprecedented wave of left-leaning governments between 1998 and 2010. This volume examines the causes of this leftward turn and the consequences it carries for the region in the twenty-first century. The Resurgence of the Latin American Left asks three central questions: Why have left-wing parties and candidates flourished in Latin America? How have these leftist parties governed, particularly in terms of social and economic policy? What effects has the rise of the Left had on democracy and development in the region? The book addresses these questions through two sections. The first looks at several major themes regarding the contemporary Latin American Left, inc...
Colegios Mayores. Residencias de Estudiantes "Fernando de los Ríos" y "Antonio Machado". Anuario 1998-1999 y 1999-2000
Anuario" de la Residencia de Estudiantes "Fernando de los Ríos", el quinto, en el que se plasman las labores y las expectativas de ese centro educativo a través de un conjunto de actividades, tales como cursos, conferencias, manifestaciones artísticas y culturales, reflexiones humanísticas, deportes y recuerdos que quedarán recogidos en estas páginas. Se han presentado los distintos ciclos que se han celebrado en los años que engloba 1998-1999 y 1999-2000: El futuro de la empresa en España y en el mundo, La idea de Europa, Medios de comunicación y sociedad española, a los que hay que añadir los cursos de humanidades, mientras que el resto de los capítulos se dedican a las aportaciones de los residentes. Este número, como novedad, recoge también algunos aspectos de la Residencia "Antonio Machado" del campus de Colmenarejo. Diseño de cubierta: Luis Miguel Nunes Serrario, Saray Oveja López y Avelina Becerra Brazo © Coedición de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid y el Boletín Oficial del Estado NIPO: 007-04-044-9. ISBN: 84-340-1481-5. Depósito Legal: M-17965/1996.
Female Well-Being
This global survey starts from the assumption that the significant transformations in women's lives deserve to be fully documented and interpreted. Janet Mancini Billson and Carlyn Fluehr-Lobban tackle the complexities of social change by using data from countries in every world region to illustrate the most critical challenges that women faced during the last century - challenges that are also likely to shape the 21st century. Global knowledge and feminism dovetailed in the 20th century, fed by international air travel, telecommunications, the internet, and a growing awareness that solving female oppression would improve the lot of all humankind. The authors therefore adopt a strong interna...
