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    Constant Battles

    Constant Battles

    Engels. Paperback, als nieuw met kleine beschadiging (vouwtje in de vorm van een ezelsoor)

    With armed conflict in the Persian Gulf now upon us, Harvard archaeologist Steven LeBlanc takes a long-term view of the nature and roots of war, presenting a controversial thesis: The notion of the "noble savage" living in peace with one another and in harmony with nature is a fantasy. In Constant Battles: The Myth of the Peaceful, Noble Savage, LeBlanc contends that warfare and violent conflict have existed throughout human history, and that humans have never lived in ecological balance with nature.

    The start of the second major U.S. military action in the Persian Gulf, combined with regular headlines about spiraling environmental destruction, would tempt anyone to conclude that humankind is fast approaching a catastrophic end. But as LeBlanc brilliantly argues, the archaeological record shows that the warfare and ecological destruction we find today fit into patterns of human behavior that have gone on for millions of years.

    Constant Battles surveys human history in terms of social organization-from hunter gatherers, to tribal agriculturalists, to more complex societies. LeBlanc takes the reader on his own digs around the world -- from New Guinea to the Southwestern U.S. to Turkey -- to show how he has come to discover warfare everywhere at every time. His own fieldwork combined with his archaeological, ethnographic, and historical research, presents a riveting account of how, throughout human history, people always have outgrown the carrying capacity of their environment, which has led to war.

    Ultimately, though, LeBlanc's point of view is reassuring and optimistic. As he explains the roots of warfare in human history, he also demonstrates that warfare today has far less impact than it did in the past. He also argues that, as awareness of these patterns and the advantages of modern technology increase, so does our ability to avoid war in the future.

    Auteur onbekend;

    € 11,50

    The Future of Capitalism

    The Future of Capitalism

    Engels, paperback, als nieuw

    *FEATURED IN BILL GATES'S 2019 SUMMER READING RECOMMENDATIONS*

    'This is a beautifully written and important book. Read it' Martin Wolf, Financial Times

    From world-renowned economist Paul Collier, a candid diagnosis of the failures of capitalism and a pragmatic and realistic vision for how we can repair it

    Deep new rifts are tearing apart the fabric of Britain and other Western societies: thriving cities versus the provinces, the highly skilled elite versus the less educated, wealthy versus developing countries. As these divides deepen, we have lost the sense of ethical obligation to others that was crucial to the rise of post-war social democracy. So far these rifts have been answered only by the revivalist ideologies of populism and socialism, leading to the seismic upheavals of Trump, Brexit and the return of the far right in Germany. We have heard many critiques of capitalism but no one has laid out a realistic way to fix it, until now.

    In a passionate and polemical book, celebrated economist Paul Collier outlines brilliantly original and ethical ways of healing these rifts - economic, social and cultural - with the cool head of pragmatism, rather than the fervour of ideological revivalism. He reveals how he has personally lived across these three divides, moving from working-class Sheffield to hyper-competitive Oxford, and working between Britain and Africa, and acknowledges some of the failings of his profession.

    Drawing on his own solutions as well as ideas from some of the world's most distinguished social scientists, he shows us how to save capitalism from itself - and free ourselves from the intellectual baggage of the 20th century.

    These times are in desperate need of Paul Collier's insights. The Future of Capitalism restores common sense to our views of morality, as it also describes their critical role in what makes families, organizations, and nations work. It is the most revolutionary work of social science since Keynes. Let's hope it will also be the most influential - George Akerlof, Nobel Laureate in Economics, 2001

    In this bold work of intellectual trespass, Paul Collier, a distinguished economist, ventures onto the terrain of ethics to explain what's gone wrong with capitalism, and how to fix it. To heal the divide between metropolitan elites and the left-behind, he argues, we need to rediscover an ethic of belonging, patriotism, and reciprocity. Offering inventive solutions to our current impasse, Collier shows how economics at its best is inseparable from moral and political philosophy' - Michael Sandel, author of What Money Can't Buy and Justice

    For thirty years, the centre left of politics has been searching for a narrative that makes sense of the market economy. This book provides it - John Kay, Fellow of St John's College, Oxford and the author of Obliquity and Other People's Money

    For well-to-do metropolitans, capitalism is the gift that goes on giving. For others, capitalism is not working. Paul Collier deploys passion, pragmatism and good economics in equal measure to chart an alternative to the divisions tearing apart so many western countries. -Mervyn King, former Governor of the Bank of England

    Paul Collier ;

    € 6,50

    Foretelling the End of...

    Foretelling the End of Capitalism

    Engels, Gebonden met omslag, als nieuw

    Intellectuals since the Industrial Revolution have been obsessed with whether, when, and why capitalism will collapse. This riveting account of two centuries of failed forecasts of doom reveals the key to capitalism’s durability.

    Prophecies about the end of capitalism are as old as capitalism itself. None have come true. Yet, whether out of hope or fear, we keep looking for harbingers of doom. In Foretelling the End of Capitalism, Francesco Boldizzoni gets to the root of the human need to imagine a different and better world and offers a compelling solution to the puzzle of why capitalism has been able to survive so many shocks and setbacks.

    Capitalism entered the twenty-first century triumphant, its communist rival consigned to the past. But the Great Recession and worsening inequality have undermined faith in its stability and revived questions about its long-term prospects. Is capitalism on its way out? If so, what might replace it? And if it does endure, how will it cope with future social and environmental crises and the inevitable costs of creative destruction? Boldizzoni shows that these and other questions have stood at the heart of much analysis and speculation from the early socialists and Karl Marx to the Occupy Movement. Capitalism has survived predictions of its demise not, as many think, because of its economic efficiency or any intrinsic virtues of markets but because it is ingrained in the hierarchical and individualistic structure of modern Western societies.

    Foretelling the End of Capitalism takes us on a fascinating journey through two centuries of unfulfilled prophecies. An intellectual tour de force and a plea for political action, it will change our understanding of the economic system that determines the fabric of our lives.

    Francesco Boldizzoni ;

    € 16,50

    From the Ruins of Empire

    From the Ruins of Empire

    Engels. Paperback, als nieuw

    Pankaj Mishra's provocative account of how China, India and the Muslim World are remaking the world in their own image - shortlisted for the Orwell Prize 2013
    SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2013
    Viewed in the West as a time of self-confident progress, the Victorian period was experienced by Asians as a catastrophe. As the British gunned down the last heirs to the Mughal Empire or burned down the Summer Palace in Beijing, it was clear that for Asia to recover a new way of thinking was needed. Pankaj Mishra re-tells the history of the past two centuries, showing how a remarkable, disparate group of thinkers, journalists, radicals and charismatics emerged from the ruins of empire to create an unstoppable Asian renaissance, one whose ideas lie behind everything from the Chinese Communist Party to the Muslim Brotherhood, and have made our world what it is today.
    Reviews-
    'Arrestingly original ... this penetrating and disquieting book should be on the reading list of anybody who wants to understand where we are today' John Gray, Independent

    'A riveting account that makes new and illuminating connections ... deeply entertaining and deeply humane' Hisham Matar
    'Fascinating ... a rich and genuinely thought-provoking book' Noel Malcolm, Sunday Telegraph
    'Provocative, shaming and convincing' Michael Binyon, The Times

    'Lively ... engaging ... retains the power to shock' Mark Mazower, Financial Times

    'Subtle, erudite and entertaining' Economist, New Delhi
    About the author-
    Pankaj Mishra is the author of Butter Chicken in Ludiana, The Romantics, An End to Suffering and Temptations of the West. He writes principally for the Guardian, The New York Times, London Review of Books and New York Review of Books. He lives in London, Shimla and New York.

    Pankaj Mishra ;

    € 8,50

    Friedrich Nietzsche

    Friedrich Nietzsche

    Mooi exemplaar, paperback met zijflappen, geen naam voorin, nog nagenoeg witte en kaarsrechte rug, geillustreerd met fotokatern, nog nagenoeg als nieuw. Iets minder makkelijk te vinden deel uit de open domein reeks in een eerste druk in de Nederlandse vertaling. Essay over leven en werk van de Duitse filosoof (1844-1900)

    Dit boek geeft een diepgaande en persoonlijke blik op het leven en de filosofie van de invloedrijke denker Friedrich Nietzsche. Salome, die zelf een prominente schrijfster en intellectueel was, had een bijzondere relatie met Nietzsche, wat haar in staat stelt om unieke inzichten te delen over zijn gedachten en emoties. Het boek verkent niet alleen Nietzsche's filosofische ideeën, zoals de Übermensch, de wil tot macht en de eeuwige terugkeer, maar ook zijn worstelingen met eenzaamheid, ziekte en de zoektocht naar betekenis in een wereld die vaak als chaotisch en zinloos wordt ervaren. Salome's beschrijving van Nietzsche is zowel empathisch als kritisch, waardoor de lezer een genuanceerd beeld krijgt van de man achter de filosofie. Door middel van brieven, persoonlijke herinneringen en analyses van zijn werk, schetst Salome een portret van Nietzsche als een complex individu die worstelt met zijn eigen demonen, maar tegelijkertijd een diep verlangen heeft naar verbinding en begrip. Het boek biedt een waardevolle bijdrage aan de bestaande literatuur over Nietzsche en is een must-read voor iedereen die geïnteresseerd is in zijn leven en denken. Met haar poëtische schrijfstijl en scherpe observaties weet Salome de lezer te boeien en aan te zetten tot reflectie over de thema's die Nietzsche zozeer bezighielden. Dit werk is niet alleen een biografie, maar ook een filosofische verkenning die de lezer uitnodigt om na te denken over de grote vragen van het leven. Deze omschrijving is met behulp van AI gegenereerd.

    Lou Andreas-Salomé; Leon Hanssen (vertaling);

    € 29,50
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