The Road to Somewhere
The Road to Somewhere

Author: David Goodhart

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1849047995

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A robust and timely investigation into the political and moral fault-lines that divide Brexit Britain and Trump's America -- and how a new settlement may be achieved. Several decades of greater economic and cultural openness in the West have not benefited all our citizens. Among those who have been left behind, a populist politics of culture and identity has successfully challenged the traditional politics of Left and Right, creating a new division: between the mobile "achieved" identity of the people from Anywhere, and the marginalized, roots-based identity of the people from Somewhere. This schism accounts for the Brexit vote, the election of Donald Trump, the decline of the center-left, and the rise of populism across Europe. David Goodhart's compelling investigation of the new global politics reveals how the Somewhere backlash is a democratic response to the dominance of Anywhere interests, in everything from mass higher education to mass immigration.

The Internet Left
The Internet Left

Author: Graham Harrison

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2023-12-21

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 1529232597

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Defying the current pessimistic narrative, this book challenges the prevailing assumptions that the political Left is spent, hopeful ideological discourse has collapsed and social media has corroded public debates about politics. Instead, the book argues that ideological activism remains vibrant on the Left, but there is currently no clear way of recognising and analysing this phenomenon. The book fills this gap by first defining what political social media is and then by taking a morphological approach to investigating political ideologies and revealing the ways in which interconnected concepts are arranged. It concludes by coining the term ‘proto-ideologies’ to approach the construction of concepts that generate ideologies in the making.

Poems of Life
Poems of Life

Author: Charles Harrison

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2008-02

Total Pages: 612

ISBN-13: 0595477828

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These poems were written by a retired physician who had never had any experience as a professional writer. He had always had a love of poetry, but didn't have the time to pursue this endeavor. He learned early on that he had an aptitude for poetic writing. He was encouraged by his wife and many close friends who read some of his first poems. These poems cover a large range of events which could be encountered in life. The poems are encompassing enough that people from many cultural and ethnic backgrounds should be able to find them quite interesting. They are not based in totality on any specific occurrences which the author encountered. His life as an Afro- American, growing up in the South during the era of Segregation and during the Great Depression did have a great influence on his writing.

Degenerations of Democracy
Degenerations of Democracy

Author: Craig Calhoun

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2022-05-17

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 0674237587

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Degenerations of democracy -- Contradictions and double movements -- Neoliberalism and the social foundations of democracy -- Authenticity and meritocracy -- Making the demos safe for democracy? -- The structure of democratic degenerations and the imperative of direct action -- What is to be done?

THE ROAD TO DRESDEN
THE ROAD TO DRESDEN

Author: A. L. Provost

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2013-05-28

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 1483641821

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Book Summary On June 22, 1941 Adolf Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa, the ambitious plan to invade and conquer Russia. A year later the Germans were in desperate need of new tanks, airplanes, U-boats and heavy artillery to replace massive losses to the surging Russian army. With the value of German currency rapidly declining on the world financial market, the Nazis sought to use the fortune in diamonds confiscated from German and Polish Jews as collateral for huge loans from Swiss banks that would enable Germany to prolong the war for several years. However first the diamonds had to be collected, appraised and shipped to banks in Zurich. American and British agents vowed this never would happen. At any cost.

The road to Brexit
The road to Brexit

Author: Ina Habermann

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2020-05-18

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 1526145103

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This collection explores British attitudes to Continental Europe that explain the Brexit decision. Addressing British-European entanglements and the impact of British Euroscepticism, the book argues that Britain is in denial about the strength of its ties to Europe. The volume brings together literary and cultural studies, history, and political science in an integrated analysis of views and practices that shape cultural memory. Part one traces the historical and political relationship between Britain and Europe, whilst Part two is devoted to exemplary case studies of films as well as popular Eurosceptic and historical fiction. Part three engages with border mindedness and Britain’s island story. The book is addressed both to specialists in cultural studies, and a wider audience interested in Brexit.

Illuminations on the Road to Nowhere
Illuminations on the Road to Nowhere

Author: Paul Ferrini

Publisher: Paul Ferrini-Heartways Press

Published: 2001-05

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9781879159440

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There comes a time for all of us when the outer destinations no longer satisfy and we finally understand that the love and happiness we seek cannot be found outside of us. It must be found in our own hearts, on the other side of our pain. This book makes it clear that we can no longer rely on outer teachers or teachings to find our spiritual identity. Nor can we find who we are in relationships where boundaries are blurred and one person makes decisions for another. If we want to be authentic, we can't allow anyone else to be an authority for us, nor can we allow ourselves to be an authority for another person. This provocative book challenges many of our basic assumptions about personal happiness and the meaning of our relationship with others and with God.

Tenaha
Tenaha

Author: Gina Lynelle Schaefer

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published:

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 1796080306

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“Evil lurks everywhere. In woods, in churches and sanctuaries. In words such as manipulation, trust and devout. It is the trickery that harms the soul as it sneaks up on someone disguised in shepherd’s clothing.” Sixteen-year-old Tiffany has gone missing in the small town of Tenaha, Texas and it is up to a handful of misfits to unravel the mystery behind her disappearance. As the devil dances through the small community only Joseph holds the secret in his mind while Tilly holds it in her soul and it is up to them to weave through the crossroads between the living and the dead to battle evil with the only weapons available to them: truth and faith.

Stories from a migrant city
Stories from a migrant city

Author: Ben Rogaly

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2020-03-24

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1526131757

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Taking a biographical approach, the book explores the causes and consequences of moving or staying put in the context of class inequality and racisms, and looks for commonalities between people often seen as irredeemably divided.