Benjamin - Social & Cultural Studies 1

Today, an international new right has coalesced. Variously described as nativist, right-populist, alt-right, and neofascist, far-right movements in many countries have achieved electoral victories t……続きを見る

What we learn when an anthropologist and a historian talk about food. From the origins of agriculture to contemporary debates over culinary authenticity, Ways of Eating introduces readers to world f……続きを見る

Tensions géopolitiques, guerre commerciale, Nouvelles Routes de la soie, course à l'armement dans l'Indopacifique, bataille des semi conducteurs... La montée en puissance de la Chine inquiète, et sa……続きを見る

"The Nine Lives of Benjamin Franklin" reveals America's most fascinating founder through nine distinct personas that defined his remarkable journey: the runaway apprentice who became a master printe……続きを見る

"The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin" is a blueprint for the prototypical American, chronicling Benjamin Franklin's life as a printer, diplomat, statesman, patriot, scientist, inventor, and write……続きを見る

A practical and irreverent guide to Burning Man, its philosophy, why people do this to themselves, and how it matters to the world Over 30 years Burning Man has gone from two families on a San Franc……続きを見る

Walter Benjamin is one of the most fascinating and enigmatic intellectual figures of this century. Not only was he a thinker who made an enormous impact with his critical and philosophical writings,……続きを見る

In "The Altruist in Politics," Benjamin N. Cardozo explores the intricate interplay between ethics and governance, presenting a philosophical examination of altruism's role within the political sphe……続きを見る

In "Instead of a Book," Benjamin Ricketson Tucker presents a compelling exploration of individualism and anarchism as a philosophical framework. This seminal work encapsulates Tucker's unique litera……続きを見る

The COVID pandemic has shaken the material and social foundations of the world more than any event in recent history and has highlighted and exacerbated a longstanding crisis of care. While these ch……続きを見る

C'est sans doute le plus grand challenge que l'humanité ait jamais eu à relever : nous avons 30 ans pour remplacer le pétrole, le charbon et le gaz par des énergies renouvelables, éolien et photovol……続きを見る

This is the first mini-ebook in this series. It explores the various recent events that have happened and are still happening in the USA, and even the world, that have made individuals feel alone, i……続きを見る

The rhetoric of economics has long claimed scientific objectivity, however the late, great economist Joan Robinson argued that ‘the purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-mad……続きを見る

Is it appropriate to honour and admire people who have created great works of art, made important intellectual contributions, performed great sporting feats, or shaped the history of a nation if tho……続きを見る

Images have always stirred ambivalent reactions. Yet whether eliciting fascinated gazes or iconoclastic repulsion from their beholders, they have hardly ever been seen as true sources of knowledge. ……続きを見る

In 2013, a Dutch scientist unveiled the world’s first laboratory-created hamburger. Since then, the idea of producing meat, not from live animals but from carefully cultured tissues, has spread like……続きを見る

Everyone agrees that discrimination can be a grave moral wrong. Yet this consensus masks fundamental disagreements about what makes something an act of discrimination, as well as precisely why (and ……続きを見る

Ideas and the presidency flirt with each other, but can they really get along? President Clinton had a romance with big ideas. He intently cultivated intellectuals, seducing them with his characteri……続きを見る

La dette est devenue un outil de gouvernement de la démocratie. Si la crise sanitaire a ouvert une brèche dans les politiques qui lui sont liées, celle-ci risque vite de se refermer. Il est donc ind……続きを見る

Provides helpful background information for understanding today’s leftist politics and indigenous movements in Latin America: There is considerable interest among readers in the US regarding the co……続きを見る

Benjamin Isaac is one of the most distinguished historians of the ancient world, with a number of landmark monographs to his name. This volume collects most of his published articles and book chapte……続きを見る

In "Your Negro Neighbor," Benjamin Griffith Brawley presents a poignant exploration of the complexities of race relations in early 20th-century America. With a rich and engaging literary style that ……続きを見る

Intelligence agencies spend huge sums of money to collect and analyze vast quantities of national security data for their political leaders. How well is this intelligence analyzed, how often is it a……続きを見る

As entrenched bureaucracies, military organizations might reasonably be expected to be especially resistant to reform and favor only limited, incremental adjustments. Yet, since 1945, the U.S. Army ……続きを見る

The anthology 'Lectures on Housing' offers a compelling exploration into the diverse socio-economic and architectural dimensions of housing. In this collection, a profound range of literary and anal……続きを見る

This authoritative Bantam Classic edition presents readers with a wide-ranging selection of Benjamin Franklin’s most important writings, illuminating the complex and appealing character of this quin……続きを見る

The Small Wars of the United States, 1899–2009 is the complete bibliography of works on US military intervention and irregular warfare around the world, as well as efforts to quell insurgencies on b……続きを見る

Militant Minority tells the compelling story of British Columbia workers who sustained a left tradition during the bleakest days of the Cold War. Through their continuing activism on issues from the……続きを見る

Johannes Vermeer, one of the greatest Dutch painters and for some the single greatest painter of all, produced a remarkably small corpus of work. In Vermeer's Family Secrets, Benjamin Binstock revol……続きを見る

The Republic is Plato's most famous work and one of the seminal texts of Western philosophy and politics. The characters in this Socratic dialogue - including Socrates himself - discuss whether……続きを見る