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The Politics of Culture
The book analyzes how three political movements used the concept of culture in France between the late 1960s and the early 1980s: the women's liberation movement, “immigrant” movements, and a far-right movement around the group GRECE. What did culture mean to the movements and when and why did they use the concept? The book discusses intellectual labor beyond well-known thinkers in both the practice and the theory of political activists. It helps readers understand the high-brow debates around the culture wars and the cultural turn as part of a larger societal trend that surpasses the academic field. It offers historical explanations beyond academia because of its focus on primary source...
Raymond Aron and Liberal Thought in the Twentieth Century
The first historical account of Raymond Aron's role in the reconfiguration of liberal thought in the short twentieth century.
Empire of Democracy
'A dense narrative and a wealth of examples' Literary Review 'Reid-Henry narrates this story with elegance and gusto' Washington Post '[Reid-Henry] conveys an important message: Individual political action must become accountable to society's interests' Kirkus 'Reid-Henry's scholarship is impressive, gathering a wide range of historical anecdotes and referencing a diverse set of thinkers' Publishers Weekly The first panoramic history of the Western world from the 1970s to the present day: Empire of Democracy is the story for those asking how we got to where we are. In this epic narrative of the events that have shaped our own times, Simon Reid-Henry shows how liberal democracy, and Western h...
A Divided Republic
A bold interpretation of contemporary French political culture that uses current political debates to understand how the French engage with politics.
France
France is the most-visited country in the world. It attracts millions of tourists, most of whom come in search of beautiful architecture, good food, and fine art. But appearances can be deceptive. France is not only a place of culture and glamour; it also carries the bitter memories of violence, division and broken promises. In this arresting book, Emile Chabal, a leading specialist of contemporary France, tells the story of a paradoxical country. From the calamitous defeat by Hitler's armies in 1940 to the spectacular gilets jaunes protests, he explores the contradictions that have shaped French history over the last eighty years. The picture that emerges is one of a nation struggling to reconcile its core political values with the realities of a diverse society. Listen to the author talk about the book with Roxanne Panchasi on the New Books Network Podcast
Historicising the French Revolution
Three decades ago, François Furet famously announced that the French Revolution was over. Napoleon's armies ceased to march around Europe long ago, and Louis XVIII even returned to occupy the throne of his guillotined brother. And yet the Revolutionâ (TM)s memory continues to hold sway over imaginations and cultures around the world. This sway is felt particularly strongly by those who are interested in history: for the French Revolution not only altered the course of history radically, but became the fountainhead of historicism and the origin of the historical mentality. The sixteen essays collected in this volume investigate the Revolutionâ (TM)s intellectual and material legacies. From popular culture to education and politics, from France and Ireland to Poland and Turkey, from 1789 to the present day, leading historians expose, alongside graduate students, the myriad ways in which the Revolution changed humanityâ (TM)s possible futures, its history, and the idea of history. They attest to how the Revolution has had a continuing global significance, and is still shaping the world today.
The Age of Hobsbawm
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The Rough Guide to World Music: Africa & Middle East
The Rough Guide to World Music Vol.1, 3rd edition- Africa, Europe and the Middle Easthas full coverage of everything from Congolese soukous to Greek rembetika, and biographies of artists from Thomas Mapfumo to Cheb Khaled to the Afro Celt Sound System. Features include- More than 80 articles from expert contributors, focusing on the popular and roots music. Extensive discographies for each country, with biography-notes on nearly 2000 musicians and reviews of their best CDs. Photos and album cover illustrations gathered from contemporary and archive sources. The guide includes a directory of World Music labels and specialist stores around the world and on the Internet.
Biografisches Arbeiten. Annäherungen an Eric Hobsbawm
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2021 im Fachbereich Geschichte - Allgemeines, Note: 1,7, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg (Historisches Seminar), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Schätzt man Herausforderungen, so kann man sich beispielsweise mit der Biografie Eric Hobsbawms auseinandersetzen: 95 Lebensjahre, sieben Jahrzehnte wissenschaftlicher Tätigkeit, globaler Einfluss in Makro- und Mikrostrukturen und bekannt als einer der einflussreichsten Historiker des 20. Jahrhunderts, der als marxistischer Intellektueller nicht zuletzt direkt oder indirekt an der Erörterung zahlreicher Konflikte und Fragestellungen seiner Zeit beteiligt war. Zwei dieser Fragestellungen, die sich dem 2012 in London v...
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