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    The Hebrew God....

    The Hebrew God. Portrait of an Ancient Deity

    Engelstalige uitgave, gebonden in zwart linnen met goudopdruk op de rug, compleet met stofomslag, als nieuw

    Originally worshipped by the people of a small and politically insignificant eastern Mediterranean community, the Hebrew God rose to become the monotheistic deity of the entire Western tradition. In this absorbing book, well-known biblical scholar Bernhard Lang provides for the first time a full portrait of the ancient Hebrew God. Drawing on all available evidence, including ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian texts and art, Lang offers a comprehensive view of the Hebrew God that is both fascinating and surprising.

    Lang's portrait shows the Hebrew God in five images. He appears as lord of wisdom, lord of war, lord of the animals, lord of the individual, and lord of the harvest -- a God whose rule extends to all areas of life. Lang illuminates the completeness of this God's leadership with insights derived from modern religious, anthropological, and cultural studies, and he argues that Israel's monotheistic God, far from being simply opposed to other gods, actually echoes and incorporates much of the ancient polytheistic experience of the divine. The world-view of the ancient Semites did not differ from that of the Indo-European peoples as dramatically as others have assumed, Lang contends. Written in an accessible style, this appealing volume stores a wealth of information for general reader and religious historian alike.

    Bernhard Lang;

    € 12,50

    De kadans van de...

    De kadans van de getouwen - Heren en knechten in de Nederlandse textiel

    Hardback in goede staat. Geillustreerd.

    'De schouwen begonnen te roken en de cadans der getouwen begon hoorbaar bij elken fabrieksingang, in alle tuinen van de stad.' Zo beschrijft de Tilburger Uri Nooteboom zijn jeugdherinneringen aan het begin van deze eeuw, een tijd waarin het ritme van het dagelijks leven wordt bepaald door de broodheer, de textielindustrie. Wanneer de onverwoestbaar lijkende textielimperia ineenstorten, nadert dit tijdperk zijn einde. Honderden fabrieksgebouwen en -schoorstenen gaan tegen de vlakte en wat dan nog rest, vindt men hoofdzakelijk in archieven en musea. Want herinneringen vervagen. Dit zelfde lot treft eerder de lakenindustrie en de huisnijverheid der linnenwevers. De naderhand in Brabant en Twente geweven 'katoentjes maken plaats voor moderne weefsels en vervolgens verplaatst de textiel het toneel van haar werkzaamheden grotendeels naar vergelegen ontwikkelingsgebieden. De herinnering aan een wereld van heren en knechten sterft uit. Een wereld van horde menselijke verhoudingen waarin het loon van zware arbeid wordt afgeroomd door de textielbaronnen, die daarmee een wankele werkgelegenheid voor de massa en een stevige basis voor hun eigen bezitsvorming scheppen. In De kadans van de getouwen schetst de Twentse journalist Adriaan Buter een beeld van het leven rond laken en lijnwaad. De auteur gaat ver terug in de historie van de Nederlandse textielindustrie: hongeren in de Leidse lakennijverheid, sloven in het Gooi, kruikezeiken in Tilburg en het opvlammend verzet in Twente. Het is een boek over heren en hun knechten, die zich bewust werden geen slaven, maar mensen te zijn.

    Adriaan Buter;

    € 5,00

    De jongen

    De jongen

    Mooi exemplaar. Grote paperback als nieuw. Fraai geillustreerd.

    'Ik wil vrouwen het recht teruggeven te genieten van de vluchtige schoonheid van jongens.' - Germaine Greer

    In De jongen verzet Germaine Greer zich tegen de overheersende rol van de vrouwelijke schoonheid in de kunst en de media van de afgelopen periode. In de eeuwen daarvoor was het juist de man, en dan met name de opgroeiende jongen, die het schoonheidsideaal beheerste. Aan de hand van meer dan tweehonderd bekende en onbekende foto's, beelden en schilderijen illustreert ze de rollen die jongens spelen in de westerse beeldcultuur, zoals de spelende jongen, de dienende jongen, de vechtende jongen, de jongen als engel en als verleider.
    Germaine Greer doorbreekt met haar baanbrekende studie eindelijk het taboe op de seksuele aantrekkelijkheid van jonge jongens. Uit angst voor pedofilie kon dit voor de kunst essentiële onderwerp lange tijd niet diepgaand besproken worden. Tegelijk laat ze zien hoe vrouwelijke modellen in de kunst en de media vaak uitgesproken jongensachtige trekken hebben. Voor de niets verhullende en vaak erotisch geladen afbeeldingen van het naakte lichaam hebben in vroeger eeuwen dan ook jonge mannen model gestaan.
    Voor haar voorbeelden in deze originele benadering verwijst Greer niet alleen naar grote en kleine kunstwerken uit het verleden, zoals Cellini's Narcissus en Donatello's David, maar ook naar eigentijdse uitingen als Larry Clarks Oklahoma City en naar moderne iconen als John Travolta en Jim Morrison.

    Germaine Greer;

    € 16,00

    A People's History of...

    A People's History of the United States 1492-Present

    Zeer dikke hardback in goede staat. Stofomslag lichte gebruikssporen. Engelstalig.

    Since its original landmark publication in 1980, A People's History of the United States has been chronicling American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official version of history taught in schools -- with its emphasis on great men in high places -- to focus on the street, the home, and the, workplace.

    Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of -- and in the words of -- America's women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, the working poor, and immigrant laborers. As historian Howard Zinn shows, many of our country's greatest battles -- the fights for a fair wage, an eight-hour workday, child-labor laws, health and safety standards, universal suffrage, women's rights, racial equality -- were carried out at the grassroots level, against bloody resistance. Covering Christopher Columbus's arrival through President Clinton's first term, A People's History of the United States, which was nominated for the American Book Award in 1981, features insightful analysis of the most important events in our history.

    Revised, updated, and featuring a new after, word by the author, this special twentieth anniversary edition continues Zinn's important contribution to a complete and balanced understanding of American history.

    Howard Zinn;

    € 20,00

    The Political Brain

    The Political Brain

    Linnen band. Dikke hardback in zeer goede staat. Met stofomslag. Engelstalig.

    The Political Brain is a groundbreaking investigation into the role of emotion in determining the political life of the nation. For two decades Drew Westen, professor of psychology and psychiatry at Emory University, has explored a theory of the mind that differs substantially from the more "dispassionate" notions held by most cognitive psychologists, political scientists, and economists—and Democratic campaign strategists. The idea of the mind as a cool calculator that makes decisions by weighing the evidence bears no relation to how the brain actually works. When political candidates assume voters dispassionately make decisions based on "the issues," they lose. That's why only one Democrat has been re-elected to the presidency since Franklin Roosevelt—and only one Republican has failed in that quest.

    In politics, when reason and emotion collide, emotion invariably wins. Elections are decided in the marketplace of emotions, a marketplace filled with values, images, analogies, moral sentiments, and moving oratory, in which logic plays only a supporting role. Westen shows, through a whistle-stop journey through the evolution of the passionate brain and a bravura tour through fifty years of American presidential and national elections, why campaigns succeed and fail. The evidence is overwhelming that three things determine how people vote, in this order: their feelings toward the parties and their principles, their feelings toward the candidates, and, if they haven't decided by then, their feelings toward the candidates' policy positions.

    Westen turns conventional political analyses on their head, suggesting that the question for Democratic politics isn't so much about moving to the right or the left but about moving the electorate. He shows how it can be done through examples of what candidates have said—or could have said—in debates, speeches, and ads. Westen's discoveries could utterly transform electoral arithmetic, showing how a different view of the mind and brain leads to a different way of talking with voters about issues that have tied the tongues of Democrats for much of forty years—such as abortion, guns, taxes, and race. You can't change the structure of the brain. But you can change the way you appeal to it. And here's how…

    Drew Westen;

    € 20,00

    Back from the Brink

    Back from the Brink

    Mooi exemplaar. Dikke hardback met stofomslag als nieuw. Engelstalig.

    In the late summer of 2007, shares of Northern Rock went into free-fall, causing a run on the bank - the first in over 150 years. Northern Rock proved to be only the first. Twelve months later, as the world was engulfed in the worst banking crisis for more than a century, one of its largest banks, RBS, came within hours of collapse. Back from the Brink tells the gripping story of Alistair Darling's one thousand days in Number 11 Downing Street. As Chancellor, he had to avert the collapse of RBS hours before the cash machines would have ceased to function; at the eleventh hour, he stopped Barclays from acquiring Lehman Brothers in order to protect UK taxpayers; he used anti-terror legislation to stop Icelandic banks from withdrawing funds from Britain. From crisis talks in Washington, to dramatic meetings with the titans of international banking, to dealing with the massive political and economic fallout in the UK, Darling places the reader in the rooms where the destinies of millions weighed heavily on the shoulders of a few. His book is also a candid account of life in the Downing Street pressure cooker and his relationship with Gordon Brown during the last years of New Labour. Back from the Brink is a vivid and immediate depiction of the British government's handling of an unprecedented global financial catastrophe. Alistair Darling's knowledge and understanding provide a unique perspective on the events that rocked international capitalism. It is also a vital historical document.

    Alistair Darling;

    € 18,50
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