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Book Between the Queen and the Cabby

Download or read book Between the Queen and the Cabby written by John Cole and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2011-07-20 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Between the Queen and the Cabby, John Cole provides the first full translation of de Gouges's Rights of Woman and the first systematic commentary on its declaration, its attempt to envision a non-marital partnership agreement, and its support for persons of colour. Cole compares and contrasts de Gouges's two texts, explaining how the original text was both her model and her foil. By adding a proposed marriage contract to her pamphlet, she sought to turn the ideas of the French Revolution into a concrete way of life for women. Further examination of her work as a playwright suggests that she supported equality not only for women but for slaves as well. Cole highlights the historical context of de Gouges's writing, going beyond the inherent sexism and misogyny of the time in exploring why her work did not receive the reaction or achieve the influential status she had hoped for. Read in isolation in the gender-conscious twenty-first century, de Gouges's Rights of Woman may seem ordinary. However, none of her contemporaries, neither the Marquis de Condorcet nor Mary Wollstonecraft, published more widely on current affairs, so boldly attempted to extend democratic principles to women, or so clearly related the public and private spheres. Read in light of her eventual condemnation by the Revolutionary Tribunal, her words become tragically foresighted: "Woman has the right to mount the Scaffold; she must also have that of mounting the Rostrum."

Book Global Manifestos for the Twenty First Century

Download or read book Global Manifestos for the Twenty First Century written by Nicol A. Barria-Asenjo and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-11-22 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together over forty original short essays, some academic, others more creative in nature, this collection responds to the political, historical, social, and economic situation in which we find ourselves today. The editors argue that we are living in a repetition that must be stopped – if our goal is that the signifier "humanity" remains in the following centuries, the time has come to work in the present. The objective is not to deliver precise or quick answers, but to gather varied voices from different continents, bringing together different languages, ideas, practices, theories, thoughts, and desires. In the words of Yanis Varoufakis, "urging us to become agents of a future that ends unnecessary mass suffering and inspire humanity to realise its potential for authentic freedom." To leave the concept of a manifesto open, the contradictory aspects of the chapters are a subject of the manifesto itself. This is a manifesto of contradictions that reflects our reality as well as our struggles and our aspirations. This unique anthology will appeal to students and scholars across the humanities and social sciences interested in critical theory and social change.

Book Reimagining Society in 18th Century French Literature

Download or read book Reimagining Society in 18th Century French Literature written by Jonas Ross Kjærgård and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-06-19 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The French revolutionary shift from monarchical to popular sovereignty came clothed in a new political language, a significant part of which was a strange coupling of happiness and rights. In Old Regime ideology, Frenchmen were considered subjects who had no need of understanding why what was prescribed to them would be in the interest of their happiness. The 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen equipped the French with a list of inalienable rights and if society would respect those rights, the happiness of all would materialize. This volume explores the authors of fictional literature who contributed alongside pamphleteers, politicians, and philosophers to the establishment of this new political arena, filled with sometimes vague, yet insisting notions of happiness and rights. The shift from monarchical to popular sovereignty and the corollary transition from subjects to citizens culminated in the summer of 1789 but it was preceded by an immense piece of imaginative work.

Book The Rights of Woman

Download or read book The Rights of Woman written by Olympe de Gouges and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Recovery of Wonder

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kenneth Schmitz
  • Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
  • Release : 2005-04-28
  • ISBN : 0773572627
  • Pages : 146 pages

Download or read book Recovery of Wonder written by Kenneth Schmitz and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2005-04-28 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While acknowledging the significant gains modernity and post-modernity offer Western civilization in the areas of liberty and knowledge, Schmitz sees in their arguments a superficiality that does not bite to the bone. In The Recovery of Wonder he proposes we approach the world as a gift in order to regain the sense of wonder Shakespeare so eloquently recognized.

Book Rethinking the Political

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  • Author : Simonetta Falasca-Zamponi
  • Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
  • Release : 2011-12-19
  • ISBN : 0773586679
  • Pages : 312 pages

Download or read book Rethinking the Political written by Simonetta Falasca-Zamponi and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2011-12-19 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rethinking the Political demonstrates that the Collège de Sociologie's quest to create a new place for the sacred in modern collective life ostensibly entailed avoiding the theorization of both aesthetics and politics. While the Collège condemned manipulation by totalitarian regimes, its understanding of community also led to a rejection of democratic and communist forms of political organization, leaving the group open to accusations of flirting with fascism. Acknowledging these political ambiguities, the author goes beyond a narrow ideological reading to reveal the Collège's important contribution to our thinking about the relationships between community formation, politics, aesthetics, and the sacred in the modern world. She expands her historical account of the members' thought, including their relationship to Surrealism, beyond the group's dissolution, and shows how the work of Claude Lefort extends, but also resolves, many of the Collège's key theoretical insights. A fascinating study of some of the twentieth-century's most daring thinkers, Rethinking the Political offers crucial insights into the contradictions at play in modern notions of community that still resonate today.

Book The Return of Mackenzie  Faerie Brace Face 3

Download or read book The Return of Mackenzie Faerie Brace Face 3 written by Lotus Rose and published by Death Pout. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the final installment of the romantic sci fi/fantasy Faerie Brace-Face Trilogy, Cabby’s high school nemesis from the past has returned. Her name is Mackenzie and she’s determined to not only ruin Cabby’s life, but to steal Darren away from her as well! And so, Cabby and Darren find themselves returning to high school to replay certain key events between the two girls. And whoever ends up “winning” this time around will end up ruling over all of CabbyWorld. Of course, if Mackenzie wins, it will be renamed MackenzieWorld. But Cabby is not about to give up her power or her dear fiancé, Darren. Because she has plans to marry that sweet, dreamy boy and live happily ever after, as husband and wife, and King and Queen. And with no stupid Mackenzie! By the author of the Malice in Wonderland Saga.

Book Faerie Brace Face

    Book Details:
  • Author : Lotus Rose
  • Publisher : Death Pout
  • Release : 2010-10-20
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 191 pages

Download or read book Faerie Brace Face written by Lotus Rose and published by Death Pout. This book was released on 2010-10-20 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this romantic sci fi/fantasy tale, Darren is a human boy who's fallen in love with a fairy girl named Cabby. So when Cabby is forced to wear braces and flees their village as a result, Darren has no choice but to follow the girl he loves, because he never wants to be without her in his life.He finds himself sucked into surreal adventures he hadn't expected, but he endures it all for his beloved Cabby. This book is a treat for your inner child, a fantastical, unapologetically playful fairy story that is always utterly romantic. This book is the first in a trilogy, followed by Revenge of the Faebots, and The Return of Mackenzie. Keywords: dark fairies, faeries, braces

Book Sunday Cab Driving  its influence on the physical  intellectual  religious  and domestic condition of the employed     being the essay to which the first prize     was awarded by the London Cabmen s Lord s Day Rest Association

Download or read book Sunday Cab Driving its influence on the physical intellectual religious and domestic condition of the employed being the essay to which the first prize was awarded by the London Cabmen s Lord s Day Rest Association written by John COCKRAM (Cabman.) and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Believing in Narnia

Download or read book Believing in Narnia written by Natalie Gillespie and published by Tommy Nelson. This book was released on 2008-05-04 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows the Christian message within The Chronicles of Narnia® To coincide with the release of Prince Caspian, this book helps kids ages 7-11, understand the symbolism of the Christian faith written by C.S. Lewis in the Chronicles of Narnia series. Christian concepts are simply explained, along with excerpts from the Narnia books. Each section of the book explains the characters, events, places, and themes and gives insight in the spiritual parallels. Kids, parents, teachers and ministers will all find this to be a great tool for use in preparing to see the movie.

Book

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  • Author : Bruce Huntly
  • Publisher : iUniverse
  • Release : 2005-04-01
  • ISBN : 0595346030
  • Pages : 322 pages

Download or read book written by Bruce Huntly and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-04-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thriller that blends innovative technology, fiery action, and steamy romance with a mystery that spans more than thirty years. " The floor erupted and the office and its occupants disintegrated in the shockwave. Fully a third of the building near the loading dock burst apart, followed by the deafening thunder of a huge explosion, sending masonry and glass flying in all directions. The two guards at the guard house were sitting inside when the blast detonated. The ground shook and the guard house trembled as they leapt up and made for the door. A piece of the main building about the size of a small table sliced through the roof killing the one guard and sending the other head first through the open door and onto the driveway. He staggered to his feet, half conscious and more by instinct than thought, managed to scramble behind the fence as the whole area was covered in pieces of flying debris. Deafening incendiary explosions occurred one after another and the now night sky lit up as the fuel and chemicals in the surviving structure ignited.

Book Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers

Download or read book Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers written by and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Learn to Think and Write

Download or read book Learn to Think and Write written by Una McGinley Sarno and published by R&L Education. This book was released on 2011-10-16 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the EPILLAW Paradigm, a practical method for developing writing skills. The paradigm consists of an original nine-level taxonomy and sequential methodology of listening, speaking, writing and reading. In this method, the development of writing precedes the development of reading. In the introductory book, the author explores the final three levels of the writing process.

Book The Chronicles of Narnia and Philosophy

Download or read book The Chronicles of Narnia and Philosophy written by Gregory Bassham and published by Open Court. This book was released on 2013-11-13 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chronicles of Narnia series has entertained millions of readers, both children and adults, since the appearance of the first book in 1950. Here, scholars turn the lens of philosophy on these timeless tales. Engagingly written for a lay audience, these essays consider a wealth of topics centered on the ethical, spiritual, mythic, and moral resonances in the adventures of Aslan, the Pevensie children, and the rest of the colorful cast. Do the spectacular events in Narnia give readers a simplistic view of human choice and decision making? Does Aslan offer a solution to the problem of evil? What does the character of Susan tell readers about Lewis’s view of gender? How does Lewis address the Nietzschean “master morality” embraced by most of the villains of the Chronicles? With these and a wide range of other questions, this provocative book takes a fresh view of the world of Narnia and expands readers’ experience of it.

Book Main Philosophical Writings and the Novel Allwill

Download or read book Main Philosophical Writings and the Novel Allwill written by Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1995-02-17 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jacobi's polemical tract Concerning the Doctrine of Spinoza in Letters to Herr Moses Mendelssohn propelled him to notoriety in 1785. This work, as well as David Hume on Faith, or Idealism and Realism, Jacobi to Fichte, and the novel Allwill, is included in George di Giovanni's translation. In a comprehensive introductory essay di Giovanni situates Jacobi in the historical and philosophical context of his time, and shows how Jacobi's life and work reflect the tensions inherent in the late Enlightenment.

Book The Queen of Kings

    Book Details:
  • Author : Austin Haynes
  • Publisher : Austin Haynes
  • Release : 2013
  • ISBN : 0988643820
  • Pages : 447 pages

Download or read book The Queen of Kings written by Austin Haynes and published by Austin Haynes. This book was released on 2013 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some discoveries are best forgotten...but then, some refuse to let you.A one-of-a-kind artifact found deep below a waterfront fortress is a sure-bet lead to Cleopatra's lost mausoleum. But when a diver finds an identical twin buried beneath the Nile 500 miles away, archaeologist Frank Morgan, sent to investigate, is blindsided. The diver is his estranged brother, Charley. When Frank reports Charley's startling discovery to an eminent British tomb hunter, the Morgan brothers are propelled into the mercenary underworld of Egyptian antiquities. Tangled pawns in the revelation of an ancient conspiracy, Frank and Charley must shed their bitter differences and trace a deadly path to save Egypt's greatest discovery since Tutankhamun.