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Book The Soul of the Nation

    Book Details:
  • Author : Gregorio Alonso
  • Publisher : Berghahn Books
  • Release : 2024-07-01
  • ISBN : 1805395998
  • Pages : 243 pages

Download or read book The Soul of the Nation written by Gregorio Alonso and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2024-07-01 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion and politics have historically clashed in modern Spain but the complexity of the controversial and sometimes violent relationships between Catholic values and modern political regimes continue to ride a precarious line of spiritual accommodation versus public policy. Leading experts on religious Spanish tradition and recent historiographic findings set out to define and interrogate grey areas in the last two centuries beyond the reductive conventional notion of an ever-warring "Two Spains." The Soul of the Nation unravels the role of religion in the country's public life following the imperial crisis of 1808 when the Catholic Monarchy put the role of the Church at heart of political and cultural debates.

Book Italy   s Divided Memory

Download or read book Italy s Divided Memory written by J. Foot and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-12-07 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that contemporary Italian history has been marked by a tendency towards divided memory. Events have been interpreted in contrasting ways, and the facts themselves often contested. Moreover, with so little agreement over what happened, and why it happened, it has been extremely difficult to create any consensus around memory. These divisions have been seen at all levels, but take on particular importance when linked to the great traumatic and life-changing events of the Twentieth century - war, terrorism, disaster - but can also be applied to more cultural fields such as sport and everyday life. Social change also has an impact on memory. This book will take the form of a voyage through Italy (and into Italy's past), looking at stories of divided memory over various periods in the twentieth century. These stories will be interwoven with analysis and discussion.

Book The Italian principia  Pt i  A first Italian course  on the plan of W  Smith s  Principia Latina   Pt ii  A first Italian reading book

Download or read book The Italian principia Pt i A first Italian course on the plan of W Smith s Principia Latina Pt ii A first Italian reading book written by Luigi Ricci and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Machiavelli

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  • Author : Maurizio Viroli
  • Publisher : OUP Oxford
  • Release : 1998-07-30
  • ISBN : 0191583146
  • Pages : 262 pages

Download or read book Machiavelli written by Maurizio Viroli and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 1998-07-30 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founders of Modern Political and Social Thought Series Editor: Dr Mark Philp, Oriel College, University of Oxford Founders of Modern Political and Social Thought present critical examinations of the work of major political philosophers and social theorists, assessing both their initial contribution and continuing relevance to politics and society. Each volume provides a clear, accessible, historically-informed account of each thinker's work, focusing on a re-assessment of their central ideas and arguments. Founders encourage scholars and students to link their study of classic texts to current debates in political philosophy and social theory. This launch volume in the Founders of Modern Political and Social Thought series presents a critical examination of Machiavelli's thought, combining an accessible, historically-informed account of his work with a re-assessment of his central ideas and arguments. Maurizio Viroli challenges the accepted interpretations of Machiavelli's work, insisting that his republicanism was based not on a commitment to virtue, greatness, and expansion, but to the ideal of civic life protected by the shield of fair laws. His detailed study of how Machiavelli composed his famous work The Prince presents new interpretations, and he further argues that the most challengingand completely underestimatedaspect of Machiavelli's thought is his philosophy of life, in particular his conceptions of love, women, irony, God, and the human condition. Viroli demonstrates that Machiavelli composed The Prince, and all his works, according to the rules of classical rhetoric and never intended to found the 'modern science of politics', aiming rather to continue and refine the practice of political theorising as a rhetorical endeavour taught by the Roman masters of civic philosophy. Viroli's Machiavelli, a serious challenge to contemporary methods of doing political theory, will be essential for advanced students of the history of political thought.

Book A First Italian Reading Book

Download or read book A First Italian Reading Book written by Luigi Ricci and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Rome  Ostia  Pompeii  Movement and Space

Download or read book Rome Ostia Pompeii Movement and Space written by Ray Laurence and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-11-24 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Demonstrates how studies of the Roman city are shifting focus from static architecture to activities and motion within urban spaces. This volume provides detailed case studies from the three best-known cities from Roman Italy, revealing how movement contributes to our understanding of the ways different elements of society interacted in space, and how the movement of people and materials shaped urban development."--Book jacket.

Book Shining Eyes  Cruel Fortune

Download or read book Shining Eyes Cruel Fortune written by Irma B. Jaffe and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Opere

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  • Author : Niccolò Machiavelli
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1820
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 486 pages

Download or read book Opere written by Niccolò Machiavelli and published by . This book was released on 1820 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Alpha

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1908
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 504 pages

Download or read book Alpha written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book OBRAS LITERARIAS

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  • Author : José Martí
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1913
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 356 pages

Download or read book OBRAS LITERARIAS written by José Martí and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book La dictadura perpetua

Download or read book La dictadura perpetua written by Juan Montalvo and published by Linkgua. This book was released on 2022-12-10 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Juan Montalvo es uno de los más grandes pensadores de América Latina. Vivió en el siglo XIX, durante un período de inestabilidad política y restricciones de las libertades públicas. Pasó la vida defendiendo la libertad de prensa y combatiendo las tiranías y el clericalismo. Se enfrentó sin descanso contra los gobiernos autoritarios y sufrió por ello persecuciones que lo mantuvieron exilado de su patria, el Ecuador, por largas temporadas. Buena parte de la producción de Montalvo tiene como finalidad defender los valores del libre pensamiento y el derecho a la libertad de conciencia. En 1874, apareció un artículo en el periódico panameño Star and Herald, donde se ensalzaban los logros de Gabriel García Moreno como presidente y se apoyaba su candidatura a la tercera reelección. Montalvo se indignó y escribió la misiva que aquí publicamos al diario, bajo el titulo de La dictadura perpetua. En ella su prosa mordaz y directa ponía en relieve las perversiones del gobierno de García Moreno. Este texto, subtitulado, canto a la libertad y a la lucha contra la tiranía, se leyó clandestinamente en Ecuador y contribuyó a quitar la venda de los ojos de nuestros antepasados, no llegó a Ecuador hasta mayo de 1875. La dictadura perpetua es un retrato del poder ejercido en sus extremos. Construido, a través del análisis del carácter y la psicología de un dictador. El libro inspiró a un grupo de jóvenes liberales a ejecutar a Gabriel García Moreno, entonces presidente del Ecuador, el 6 de agosto de 1875. Muchas de las ideas que aparecen en La dictadura perpetua siguen teniendo total vigencia en el presente: «¿A dónde van a parar los principios democráticos, a dónde las instituciones liberales, a dónde los derechos de los pueblos, a dónde la justicia, a dónde el pundonor, a dónde la dignidad humana, a dónde la libertad, a dónde la esperanza?» «¡Desdichado, por otra parte, el pueblo donde la revolución viniese a ser imposible!»

Book Transcultural Spaces and Identities in Iberian Studies

Download or read book Transcultural Spaces and Identities in Iberian Studies written by Mark Gant and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-19 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together innovative research across the diverse field of Iberian Studies, including insights from economics, society, politics, literature, cinema and other art forms, either in a revisionist perspective or incorporating new data. Reflecting recent developments in the field, the subject matter extends beyond the boundaries of Spain and Portugal, as it also includes transnational and transatlantic interconnections with Europe, Africa and the Americas and its scope ranges from the nineteenth century to the effects of the Catalan independence crisis and Brexit. The 18 chapters here are authored by established academics and early career researchers from the UK, Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Argentina, Brazil, Japan and the USA. The book will appeal to students, researchers and all who have a particular interest in deepening their understanding of the countries of the Iberian Peninsula.

Book Gadda Goes to War

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  • Author : Federica G Pedriali
  • Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
  • Release : 2013-10-10
  • ISBN : 074866873X
  • Pages : 184 pages

Download or read book Gadda Goes to War written by Federica G Pedriali and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces and analyses a stage performance of texts by Italian Modernist writer Carlo Emilio GaddaWhen do we start going to war and why? And what did it mean to go to war from World War I to World War II and beyond, in Italy, before and after Mussolini, before and after, that is, that warring spirit of the age which keeps nations in fighting mode? Both time specific and universal, these questions are explored in this book through a unique combination of scholarly and theatrical performance based on the war diaries and a belated anti-Mussolini pamphlet by Italy's greatest Modernist writer Carlo Emilio Gadda (1893-1973). These works were adapted for the stage by actor, playwright and director Fabrizio Gifuni in 2010, and are now presented for the first time in English, supplemented with facing Italian text, a dvd of the performance with English subtitles, and an engaging, thought-provoking scholarly guide to Italy's own Joyce purposely produced for the Anglophone audience by the Edinburgh Gadda Projects Team.Key FeaturesIntroduces Italy's greatest Modernist writer to the Anglophone audience in five sections: Poetics, Circulation, Translation, Staging and ResourcesProvides a flexible teaching and learning aid for work across subject areasPresents the first significant new English Gadda translation since the 1960sIncludes the original Italian texts (with facing English translation) and the dvd of the Italian performance (with English subtitles)Fabrizio Gifuni is one of Italy's leading actors. His career successfully combines cinema and theatre. In 2011 he was awarded the prestigious Federico Fellini Prize for his outstanding career in the arts. Federica G. Pedriali is Professor of Literary Metatheory and Modern Italian Studies and Head of Italian Studies at the University of Edinburgh. She is the Founder and Director of the Edinburgh Gadda Projects, General Editor of the Edinburgh Journal of Gadda Studies and Director of the Italo-Scottish Research Centre.