Author: Edmund H. FellowesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
The English Madrigal School
Author: Edmund H. FellowesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Hope & Scorn
Author: Michael J. BrownPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022672770X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Intellectuals “have been both rallying points and railed against in American politics, vessels of hope and targets of scorn,” writes Michael J. Brown as he invigorates a recurrent debate in American life: Are intellectual public figures essential voices of knowledge and wisdom, or out-of-touch elites? Hope and Scorn investigates the role of high-profile experts and thinkers in American life and their ever-fluctuating relationship with the political and public spheres. From Eisenhower’s era to Obama’s, the intellectual’s role in modern democracy has been up for debate. What makes an intellectual, and who can claim that privileged title? What are intellectuals’ obligations to society, and how, if at all, are their contributions compatible with democracy? For some, intellectuals were models of civic engagement. For others, the rise of the intellectual signaled the fall of the citizen. Carrying us through six key moments in this debate, Brown expertly untangles the shifting anxieties and aspirations for democracy in America in the second half of the twentieth century and beyond. Hope and Scorn begins with “egghead” politicians like Adlai Stevenson; profiles scholars like Richard Hofstadter and scholars-turned-politicians like H. Stuart Hughes; and ends with the rise of public intellectuals such as bell hooks and Cornel West. In clear and unburdened prose, Brown explicates issues of power, authority, political backlash, and more. Hope and Scorn is an essential guide to American concerns about intellectuals, their myriad shortcomings, and their formidable abilities.
A Grammar of Late Modern English, for the Use of Continental, Especially Dutch, Students: The parts of speech. Section I. A. Nouns, adjectives and articles. B. Pronouns and numerals. Section II. The verb and the particles
Author: Hendrik PoutsmaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language and languages
Languages : en
Pages : 904
Book Description
After the Revolution
Author: Eleanor HeartneyPublisher: Prestel Verlag
ISBN: 3641108217
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 531
Book Description
"Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?" asked the prominent art historian Linda Nochlin in a provocative 1971 essay. Today her insightful critique serves as a benchmark against which the progress of women artists may be measured. In this book, four prominent critics and curators describe the impact of women artists on contemporary art since the advent of the feminist movement.
March's Thesaurus Dictionary
Author: Francis Andrew MarchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1500
Book Description
Love Unspoken Scorn Bespoken - True Stories from a Dysfunctional Diasporic Family
Author: M.S. BasmeerPublisher: Writers Republic LLC
ISBN: 1646209087
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
A searing lens of a family as it attempts to cope with domestic life in the diaspora. From the backwater of Basmeer’s birth town as he copes with his adolescent inhibitions and through to his incompatible marriage, then to his eleven-year estrangement after he sires and rears five children who move to the diaspora with their mother, and with his blessings. In richly textured prose, Basmeer’s private moments are palpable as he reunites with his family only to find himself struggling to understand the shift in their personalities. His struggles are unending even in his 73rd year as he walks out of his home for the sixth time after years of miscommunication and abuse.
Jenny Holzer
Author: Jenny HolzerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, American
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
The Amazing Careers of Bob Hope
Author: Joe MorellaPublisher: W H Allen
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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