Historie og samfunn

Bli med på en reise til land som er ukjente selv for den mest erfarne globetrotter - men mer aktuelle enn noen sinne. De tidligere sovjetrepublikkene Kasakhstan, Kirgisistan, Tadsjikistan, Turkmenistan og Usbekistan ble selvstendige da Sovjetunionen brøt sammen i 1991. Hvordan har landene utviklet seg siden? Hva er deres fremtid med nyvunne olje- og gassressurser og med Putins Russland som igjen tenker ekspansivt? Erika Fatland skildrer landenes nære og fjerne historie, deres kultur og samfunn. Fremfor alt byr hun på gripende menneskemøter og innsikter i hvordan sovjetarven har preget landene, hvor styresettet i dag varierer fra demokratiske forsøk til rene diktaturer - noen med en personkult som knapt kjenner sin like i vår tid. I spennet mellom Samarkands skatter og sovjetarkitekturens tristesse, beveger Erika Fatland seg med et åpent blikk for menneskene og landskapene omkring seg.

This volume begins the historical coverage of The Cambridge History of China with the establishment of the Ch'in empire in 221 BC and ends with the abdication of the last Han emperor in AD 220. Their pioneer achievements made these dynasties a formative influence throughout Chinese history.

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In this sumptuously illustrated history, now in its second edition, Patricia Buckley Ebrey traces the origins of Chinese culture from prehistoric times to the present.

A revisionist, controversial account of Western history, sure to be widely reviewed and debated.

Going beyond ordinary readings of Aquinas and building a foundation for further insights into the works of both theologians, this book draws out the implications of the thought of Eckhart and Aquinas for contemporary issues, including ecumenical and inter-religious dialogue, liturgy and prayer, and religious inclusivity.

Med utgangspunkt i ny og banebrytende akeologisk- og antrepologisk forskning forteller forfatterne David Graeber og David Wengrow hvordan historien blir et langt mer interessant sted når vi begynner å se hva som egentlig er der. Hvis mennesker ikke brukte 95 prosent av sin evolusjonære fortid i bittesmå grupper jeger-samlere, hva gjorde de hele den tiden? Begynnelsen til alt forandrer vår forståelse av menneskets fortid og viser hvordan man kan forestille seg nye former for frihet, nye måter å organisere samfunnet på. Dette er en monumental bok med formidabel intellektuell rekkevidde.«Et dristig ambisiøst verk ... underholdende og tankevekkende». Observer«For en gave ... Graeber og Wengrow tilbyr en historie fra de siste 30 000 årene som ikke bare er veldig forskjellig fra alt vi er vant til, men også langt mer interessant: strukturert, overraskende, paradoksalt, inspirerende». Atlantic«Banebrytende og uærbødig ... spennende lesning». The Guardian«Spenstig og potensielt revolusjonerende ... Dette er mer enn en fortelling om fortiden, det handler om den menneskelige tilstanden i nåtiden». Sunday Times«En fascinerende, radikal og leken inngang til en tilsynelatende uttømmelig sjanger, menneskehetens store evolusjonshistorie. Den søker intet mindre enn å fullstendig oppheve vilkårene som standardfortellingen hviler på ... lærd, overbevisende og ofte bemerkelsesverdig morsom ... når du først begynner å tenke som Graeber og Wengrow, er det vanskelig å stoppe». Boston Review«En spektakulær, iøynefallende og banebrytende fortelling om menneskets historie, flammende med ikonoklastiske tilbakevisninger av tradisjonell kunnskap. Full av nye perspektiv er den en fornøyelse å lese». Simon Sebag Montefiore, BBC HistoryKåret til årets bok i Sunday Times, Observer og BBC History.

This companion is the first global, comprehensive text to explicate, theorize and propose decolonial methodologies for art historians, museum professionals, artists, and other visual culture scholars, teachers, and practitioners.

Surveillance Capitalism: A new phase in economic history in which private companies and governments track your every move with the goal of predicting and controlling your behaviour. Under surveillance capitalism you are not the customer or even the product: you are the raw material.

Fateful Lightning is a mid-length survey of the American Civil War. In this revision of his 1994 The Crisis of the American Republic, leading Civil War scholar Allen C. Guelzo covers a broad range of topics, including politics, religion, gender, race, diplomacy, and technology. Unlike other Civil War surveys, the book concludes with substantial coverage of the postwar Reconstruction and the modern-day legacy of the Civil War in American literatureand popular culture.

Med et opplag på mer enn 40 000 bøker og strålende kritikker, har Terje Tvedts «Verdenshistorie. Med fortiden som speil» etablert seg som et viktig verk i vår samtid. Det er en verdenshistorie som tar oss gjennom 5000 år og fram til i dag. Fra de første sivilisasjonene i Asia og Midtøsten, via det storslåtte Ming-dynastiet og det osmanske riket for 500 år siden, til den industrielle revolusjon, kolonitiden og USAs dominans, fram til vår tids usikkerhet om Kinas rolle, klimaet og sivilisasjonens fremtid. Gjennom denne reisen, viser Tvedt hvorfor sivilisasjoner har oppstått, imperier gått under og hvordan samtiden kan speile fortiden. Dette er en bok som gir nye innsikter i historiens lange linjer og samtidig kaster et klarere lys på vår kaotiske samtid.«Eit funn for dei som vil følgja dei verkeleg lange linjene...behageleg kort og ryddig. Ho kan lesast av alle med eit snev av historisk interesse.» Bergens Tidende, terningkast 6

Children¿s Literature in Place: Surveying the Landscapes of Children¿s Culture is an edited collection dedicated to individual, international, and interdisciplinary considerations of the places and spaces of children¿s literature, media, and culture.

Man's Search For Meaning, a profound narrative by Viktor E. Frankl, was first published in 2008 by Ebury Publishing. This remarkable book, written in the genre of psychology, has been inspiring readers for over a decade. The author, a renowned psychiatrist, shares his experiences as a concentration camp inmate during World War II. Through his story, Frankl explores the universal quest for meaning and the significant role it plays in our lives. His insightful observations and thought-provoking ideas have made this book a must-read in the field of existential psychology. Brought to you by Ebury Publishing, this book is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the pursuit of purpose even in the harshest of circumstances.

Burlingame interprets Lincoln's private life, discussing his marriage to Mary Todd, the untimely death of his son Willie to disease in 1862, and his recurrent anguish over the enormous human costs of the war.

With the rise of science, we moderns believe, the world changed irrevocably, separating us forever from our primitive, premodern ancestors. But if we were to let go of this fond conviction, Bruno Latour asks, what would the world look like? His book, an anthropology of science, shows us how much of modernity is actually a matter of faith. What does it mean to be modern? What difference does the scientific method make? The difference, Latour explains, is in our careful distinctions between nature and society, between human and thing, distinctions that our benighted ancestors, in their world of alchemy, astrology, and phrenology, never made. But alongside this purifying practice that defines modernity, there exists another seemingly contrary one: the construction of systems that mix politics, science, technology, and nature. The ozone debate is such a hybrid, in Latour's analysis, as are global warming, deforestation, even the idea of black holes. As these hybrids proliferate, the prospect of keeping nature and culture in their separate mental chambers becomes overwhelming-and rather than try, Latour suggests, we should rethink our distinctions, rethink the definition and constitution of modernity itself. His book offers a new explanation of science that finally recognizes the connections between nature and culture-and so, between our culture and others, past and present. Nothing short of a reworking of our mental landscape. We Have Never Been Modern blurs the boundaries among science, the humanities, and the social sciences to enhance understanding on all sides. A summation of the work of one of the most influential and provocative interpreters of science, it aims at saving what is good and valuable in modernity and replacing the rest with a broader, fairer, and finer sense of possibility.

From critically-acclaimed historian Steven Ujifusa, a propulsive human drama with global ramifications set at the turn of the 20th Century: this is the story of the mass exodus of Jews out of Eastern Europe and the titans of industry who made it possible.

iografien forteller den både gripende og actionfylte historien om Gunnar 'Kjakan' Sønsteby, Norges høyest dekorerte krigshelt, som kjempet mot Nazi-Tysklands okkupasjon under andre verdenskrig. Vi følger Gunnars møte med krigens alvor, gjennom en gryende motstandsbevegelse, i Milorg og som etterretningsagent for SOE, samt hans dypt personlige opplevelser av vennskap og tap i krigens mørkeste dager.]]>

In this “engrossing,” (The New Yorker) vivid, and intensively researched volume, esteemed Napoleon scholar David Chandler outlines the military strategy that led the famous French emperor to his greatest victories—and to his ultimate downfall.Napoleonic war was nothing if not complex—an ever-shifting kaleidoscope of moves and intentions, which by themselves went a long way towards baffling and dazing his conventionally minded opponents into that state of disconcerting moral disequilibrium which so often resulted in their catastrophic defeat. The Campaigns of Napoleon is a masterful analysis and insightful critique of Napoleon's art of war as he himself developed and perfected it in the major military campaigns of his career. Napoleon disavowed any suggestion that he worked from formula (“Je n'ai jamais eu un plan d'opérations”), but military historian David Chandler demonstrates this was at best only a half-truth. To be sure, every operation Napoleon conducted contained unique improvisatory features. But there were from the first to the last certain basic principles of strategic maneuver and battlefield planning that he almost invariably put into practice. To clarify these underlying methods, as well as the style of Napoleon's fabulous intellect, Chandler examines in detail each campaign mounted and personally conducted by Napoleon, analyzing the strategies employed, revealing wherever possible the probable sources of his subject's military ideas. “Writing clearly and vividly, [Chandler] turns dozens of persons besides Napoleon from mere wooden soldiers into three- dimensional characters” (The Boston Globe) and this definitive work is “a fine book for the historian, the student, and the intelligent reader” (The New York Review of Books).

A major new assessment of one of the most controversial topics in historyFew matters produce more public interest and public anxiety than sex and religion. Much of the political contention and division in societies across the world centres on sexual topics, and one-third of the global population is Christian in background or outlook. The issue goes to the heart of present-day religion. The Bible observes that God made humanity 'for a little while lower than the angels'. If humans are that close to angels, where lies the difference? Is it human sexuality and what we do with it? In a single lifetime, Christianity or historically Christian societies have witnessed one of the most extraordinary about-turns in attitudes to sex and gender in human history. There have followed revolutions in the place of women in society, a new place for same-sex love amid the spectrum of human emotions, and a public exploration of gender and trans identity. For many the new situation has brought exciting liberation - for others, fury and fear. This book seeks to calm fears and encourage understanding through telling a three-thousand-year-long tale of Christians encountering sex, gender and the family, with noises off from their sacred texts. The message of Lower Than The Angels is simple, necessary and timely: to pay attention to the sheer glorious complexity and contradictions in the history of Christianity. The reader can decide from the story told here whether there is a single Christian theology of sex, or many contending voices in a symphony that is not at all complete. Oxford's Emeritus Professor of the History of the Church introduces an epic of ordinary and extraordinary Christians trying to make sense of themselves and of humanity's deepest desires, fears and hopes.

A monumental work of nonfiction that gives a first-row seat to the epic power struggle between politics, money, media, and tech -- for fans of Maggie Haberman's Confidence Man and Jane Mayer's Dark Money. Marty Baron took charge of The Washington Post newsroom in 2013, after nearly a dozen years leading The Boston Globe. Just seven months into his new job, Baron received explosive news: Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, would buy the Post, marking a sudden end to control by the venerated family that had presided over the paper for 80 years. Just over two years later, Donald Trump won the presidency.Now, the capital's newspaper, owned by one of the world's richest men, was tasked with reporting on a president who had campaigned against the press as the "lowest form of humanity." Pressures on Baron and his colleagues were immense and unrelenting, having to meet the demands of their new owner while contending with a president who waged a war of unprecedented vitriol and vengeance against the media.In the face of Trump's unceasing attacks, Baron steadfastly managed the Post's newsroom. Their groundbreaking and award-winning coverage included stories about Trump's purported charitable giving, misconduct by the Secret Service, and Roy Moore's troubling sexual history. At the same time, Baron managed a restive staff during a period of rapidly changing societal dynamics around gender and race.In Collision of Power, Baron recounts this with the tenacity of a reporter and the sure hand of an experienced editor. The result is elegant and revelatory-an urgent exploration of the nature of power in the 21st century.

The first biography of an extraordinary political thinker at the heart of India's struggles against colonial and domestic oppression.

Security Studies: An Introduction, 4th edition, is the most comprehensive textbook available on the subject, providing students with in-depth coverage of traditional and critical approaches and an essential grounding in the debates, frameworks, and issues of the contemporary security agenda.