WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE A provocative essay collection that finds the Nobel laureate taking on the decline of intellectual life In the past, culture was a kind of vital consciousness that constantly rejuvenated and revivified everyday reality. Now it is largely a mechanism of distraction and entertainment. Notes on the Death of Culture is an examination and indictment of this transformation-penned by none other than Mario Vargas...

En este libro, Juan Iván Martínez presenta un amplio bagaje teórico de los temas sobre la política, lo político. El abordaje interseccional que utiliza le posibilita identificar diferentes marcadores sociales de las mujeres políticas que, al ser analizados a la luz de la teoría sustantiva de género, le permite llegar a conclusiones válidas y altamente sugerentes. Su recurso metodológico clave consiste en tomar y analizar el dato para interpretar...

Das Buch, bewusst in allgemeinverständlicher Sprache für alle interessierten Leserinnen und Leser geschrieben, zeichnet ein einmaliges, transdisziplinäres Gesamtbild von Resilienz als nationalem und internationalem Gesellschaftsfaktor unserer Zeit. Es zeigt, dass der Resilienzbegriff an gesellschaftspolitischer Bedeutung den älteren, bislang dominierenden Konzepten der Nachhaltigkeit und Entwicklung in nichts nachsteht, ja diese aktiv ergänzt,...

Con dos estaciones terminales de ferrocarril, el de Antioquia y el de Amagá, una bien dotada plaza de mercado cubierta, trilladoras de café, regimiento militar, iglesia, hoteles, pensiones, almacenes comerciales, pequeñas industrias, depósitos, clubes, cantinas, prostíbulos, restaurantes, cafés y terminales de tranvía, buses, camiones, autos y coches de tracción animal, Guayaquil era el centro de un hervidero de gente de todos los colores,...

Get the Summary of John Mordechai Gottman's Why Marriages Succeed or Fail in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Why Marriages Succeed or Fail" by John Gottman explores the intricate dynamics of marital relationships, focusing on the patterns of interaction that can either strengthen or undermine a marriage. Gottman's extensive research examines how couples communicate, including their verbal exchanges, facial expressions,...

Retour sur la grève des étudiants de l'École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal en 1968, par l'historien des mouvements sociaux Marc-André Cyr.

This cross-disciplinary, ethnographic, contextualized, and empirical volume explores the meaning and significance of urban space, and maps the spatial inscription of power on the mega-city of Cairo. Suspicious of collective life and averse to power-sharing, Egyptian governance structures weaken but do not stop the public's role in the remaking of their city. What happens to a city where neo-liberalism has scaled back public services and encouraged...

Why do we care so much about our homes? When did this societal phenomenon begin? Entire stores and cable channels are dedicated to the remodeling of one's home-proof that our homes are more than just walls, windows, and floors. Our homes exemplify who we are. They are an extension of us. We all want our homes to be our havens, our nests-our nerve centers for life. We look to our homes to represent our emotions, our passions, our travels, our families,...

Science has taken center stage during the COVID-19 crisis; scientists named and diagnosed the virus, traced its spread, and worked together to create a vaccine in record time. But while science made the headlines, the arts and humanities were critical in people's daily lives. As the world went into lockdown, literature, music, and media became crucial means of connection, and historians reminded us of the resonance of the past as many of us heard...

Criminal Careers follows the lives and criminal behaviours of 2,397 people in Poland who as juveniles committed a crime and received a form of punishment from the juvenile court between the late 1980s and the year 2000. Through combining quantitative and qualitative research, their criminal careers, the differences between men and women, risk factors, and reasons for nondesistance are analysed.

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