Download or read book O istorie mondiala a comunismului Incercare de investigatie istorica written by Thierry Wolton and published by Humanitas SA. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 1012 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cu o prefață a autorului la ediția româneascã Traducere de Adina Cobuz, Wilhelm Tauwinkl, Emanoil Marcu, Vlad Russo, Mariana Piroteală, Marieva-Cătălina Ionescu, Georgeta-Anca Ionescu și Elena Ciocoiu Carte recompensată cu Premiul Jan Michalski (Elveția, 2017) și Premiul Aujourd'hui (Franța, 2018) „Avem dictatura proletariatului, avem o putere care face uz de teroare.“ – Lenin „Nu s-a ucis la scară suficient de mare. Noi trebuie să ucidem, şi afirmăm că a ucide este un lucru bun.ׅ“ – Mao „Comunismul este conștiința vinovată mondială. Nici o altă ideologie, într-un interval de timp comparabil, nu a cucerit atât de multe țări, atât de multe minți și nu a distrus atâtea vieți omenești. Și tocmai omul se află în inima cărții mele. Nu inventez nimic în această istorie a comunismului, nu există dialoguri fabricate, toate situațiile despre care vorbesc sunt atestate, în general sunt cunoscute, nu sunt eu cel dintâi care le descoperă. Meritul meu, singurul pe care îl am în raport cu această narațiune, este acela de a fi adus laolaltă sute de elemente disparate, pentru a vedea lucrurile în ansamblu. Am vrut să-l iau pe cititor de mână și să-l însoțesc de-a lungul istoriei dramatice a comunismului. Sper că am reușit; în această carte există carne și viață.“ – Thierry Wolton „O întreprindere extraordinară. Thierry Wolton sfâșie vălul care încă acoperă crimele regimului comunist și sfidează imperativele care-au împiedicat condamnarea lui chiar din timpul celui de-al Doilea Război Mondial.“ – Alain Besançon „Thierry Wolton propune o manieră inedită de a sublinia «caracterul universal malign» al ideii comuniste. Volumul 1 al trilogiei, al cărui subiect central sunt «călăii», arată cum, din URSS și până în Etiopia, fiecare generație de conducători preia de la precedenta metodele prin care «constrâng realitatea să se supună canoanelor utopiei», cu prețul exterminării unor populații întregi. Avem de-a face aici cu un sfâșietor și întunecat tablou al unei himere din care cu greu izbutim să ne desprindem.“ – Philosophie Magazine „N-ai cum să nu te-ntrebi, citind aceste pagini care valorează greutatea lor în sânge, cum de, în numele fericirii și al libertății, unii oameni au putut să dea dovadă, și încă în mod sistematic, de o asemenea cruzime față de alți oameni. După căderea Zidului Berlinului, după căderea regimurilor comuniste din Europa și implozia Uniunii Sovietice, ai crede că ne-am eliberat de «spectrul comunismului». Și totuși, în lipsa unei condamnări internaționale efective, nici crimele comunismului nu pot fi judecate în adevărata lor lumină.“ – Le Figaro
Download or read book The Subject of Modernity written by Anthony J. Cascardi and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992-03-19 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The question of modernity has provoked a vigorous debate in the work of thinkers from Hegel to Habermas. Anthony J. Cascardi offers an historical account of the origins and transformations of the rational subject of self as it is represented in Descartes, Cervantes, Pascal, Hobbes and the Don Juan myth.
Download or read book The Origins of the Gospel According to St Matthew written by George Dunbar Kilpatrick and published by Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Britannica Guide to Inventions That Changed the Modern World written by Britannica Educational Publishing and published by Britannica Educational Publishing. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By their very nature, inventions change the status quo. The innovations highlighted in this book have done so in a most dramatic, memorable, or effective fashion. Through engaging narrative and accompanying images, this volume gives readers a deeper appreciation for the inventions that have made their lives easier, more aesthetically pleasing, or otherwise better.
Download or read book 1000 Inventions and Discoveries written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amazing discoveries and inventions of the last eight years bring this new edition of 1,000 Inventions and Discoveries up to date. Uncover the stories behind 1,000 remarkable inventions and discoveries that have shaped our world, from making fire to the gadgets of the 21st century. This revised and updated edition brings this comprehensive review of humanity's greatest ideas up to date. It is packed with discoveries and innovations in science, space, technology, transportation, medicine, mathematics, and language, along with a history timeline.
Download or read book A Practice Grammar of German written by Hueber Verlag and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book French Inside Out written by Henriette Walter and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this comprehensive introduction, Henriette Walter provides the reader with a panoramic view of the development of the French language in the past, present and future. She takes the reader on a rapid and lively journey through the historical development of the language from its Latin origins to the present day. She goes on to set the language in its linguistic context by surveying its surviving and vanished dialects and regional variations of the language within France. Widening her focus, Walter examines French throughout the world, giving examples of the pronunciation and vocabulary of each region or nation. Finally she looks at French today: its structure, the effects of social change on the language, and its future in an increasingly English dominated world. This stimulating and entertaining account offers students of French a clear and accessible introduction to the language. The wealth of information it provides is reflected in the extensive bibliography, four indices and numerous world lists, maps and diagrams.
Download or read book The Revolutions of 1989 written by Vladimir Tismaneanu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-07-28 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Revolutions of 1989 is a collection of both classic and recent articles examining the causes and consequences of the collapse of communism in East and Central Europe, the most important event in recent world history. It includes discussion of: * the economic, political and social nature of revolutions * the role of dissidents and civil society in encouraging the breakdown of eastern * European communist regimes * comparisons with other revolutions * the extent of the collapse of Leninist regimes in East-Central Europe. European historians, scholars and students will wnat to make this an integral part of their studies.
Download or read book Cubism and Culture written by Mark Antliff and published by New York : Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2001 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is a book whose great achievement is to bring out the importance of the Cubists in a history far bigger than the history of art." Christopher Green, Courtauld Institute of Art"
Download or read book Reinventing Politics written by Vladimir Tismaneanu and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Will the nations of Eastern Europe become liberal democracies? How has more than 40 years of totalitarian rule transformed the East European psyche? How ill the emerging realities of Eastern Europe affect the rest of Europe and the world? In an effort to answer these questions, Romanian-born scholar Vladimir Tismaneuanu chronicles the turbulent history of this embattled region, from the decades of Soviet domination to the momentous events leading up to and following the Revolution of 1989. He views Eastern Europe as being on the threshold of a great opportunity -- to become reunited, through pan-European arrangements, with the West, and thereby recover its truly European identity. -- From publisher's description.
Download or read book Looking Glass Universe written by John Briggs and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 1986 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Zalmoxis the Vanishing God written by Mircea Eliade and published by Midway Reprint. This book was released on 1986 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Comparative History of Ideas written by Hajime Nakamura and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1992 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hajime Nakamura argues with remarkable erudition that particular intellectual and social developments can be traced in all great cultures; that each culture deals with its problems in about the same order. Discussing, in their similarities and in their subtle differences, ideas from India, China, Japan and Europe, the author considers such inclusive notions as the concept of God, the controversy over universals and the nature of orthodoxy and heterodoxy. This is a lucid and rewarding book which sets a new standard for dealing with a history of thought across many cultures.
Download or read book Between Past and Future written by Sorin Antohi and published by Central European University Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The list of contributors is impressive withnot a single dull chapter...; the editors are to be congratulated for making available such a stimulating and timely, if not timeless, collection" - Slavic Review "[T]his is a book that will serve many intellectual tastes and interests, and that will certainly prove thought provoking for anyone who reads it... I recommend it to anybody who wants to witness the analythical depth and span with which the meaning of 1989 can be approached." - Extremism & Democracy The tenth anniversary of the collapse of communism in Central and Eastern Europe provides the starting point for this thought-provoking analysis. Between Past and Future reflects upon the past ten years and considers what lies ahead for the future. An international group of distinguished academics and public intellectuals, including former dissidents and active politicians, engage in a lively exchange on the antecedents, causes, contexts, meanings and legacies of the 1989 revolutions. At a crossroads between past and future, the contributors to this seminal volume address all the crucial issues -- liberal democracy and its enemies, modernity and discontent, economic reforms and their social impact, ethnicity, nationalism and religion, geopolitics, electoral systems and political power, European integration and the tragic demise of Yugoslavia. Based on the results of recent research on the ideologies behind one of the most dramatic systematic transformations in world history, and including contributions from some of the world's leading experts, Between Past and Future is an essential reference book for scholars and students of all levels, policy-makers, journalists and the general reader interested in the past and future prospects of Central & Eastern Europe
Download or read book A History of Irish Autobiography written by Liam Harte and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-01 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A History of Irish Autobiography is the first ever critical survey of autobiographical self-representation in Ireland from its recoverable beginnings to the twenty-first century. The book draws on a wealth of original scholarship by leading experts to provide an authoritative examination of autobiographical writing in the English and Irish languages. Beginning with a comprehensive overview of autobiography theory and criticism in Ireland, the History guides the reader through seventeen centuries of Irish achievement in autobiography, a category that incorporates diverse literary forms, from religious tracts and travelogues to letters, diaries, and online journals. This ambitious book is rich in insight. Chapters are structured around key subgenres, themes, texts, and practitioners, each featuring a guide to recommended further reading. The volume's extensive coverage is complemented by a detailed chronology of Irish autobiography from the fifth century to the contemporary era, the first of its kind to be published.
Download or read book The Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology written by Robert K. Barnhart and published by New York : H.W. Wilson Company. This book was released on 1988 with total page 1364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains over 30,000 entries with word derivations, spelling, pronunciation, and meanings. Also traces how the meanings have developed over time.
Download or read book Modernism and Autobiography written by Maria DiBattista and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book of its kind to address modernist autobiography in a comprehensive manner.
