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Humanities & Social SciencesMarch 2023Love and revolution
A politics for the deep commons
by Matt York
Based on award-winning research, Love and revolution brings classical and contemporary anarchist thought into a mutually beneficial dialogue with a global cross-section of ecological, anti-capitalist, feminist and anti-racist activists - discussing real-life examples of the loving-caring relations that underpin many contemporary struggles. Such a (r)evolutionary love is discovered to be a common embodied experience among the activists contributing to this collective vision, manifested as a radical solidarity, as political direct action, as long-term processes of struggle, and as a deeply relational more-than-human ethics. This book provides an essential resource for all those interested in building a free society grounded in solidarity and care, and offers a timely contribution to contemporary movement discourse.
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January 2021October Land
by Jin Ziwei
"October Land" is based on life in the Northeast from the 1930s to the 1940s. This period was the most complicated period in the economic and social development of the Northeast. All conflicts were concentrated on resisting the occupation and aggression of Northeast by Japanese imperialists, and ethnic contradictions were unprecedentedly acute. The novel takes the change of the fate of a family named Zhang as the main clue, tells the story of the survival and struggle of the descendants of the Shandong people who broke through the Guandong, and focuses on the lives of a group of family brothers represented by Zhang Wende and Zhang Wenzhi at the critical moment of the survival of the Chinese nation. Choice and historical destiny. Through the conflicts and conflicts of this rural family, it reflects the spiritual outlook of a generation of young people and also reflects the historical situation of a special era. It makes us feel the magnificent waves of this national liberation war and the strength of the Chinese people to fight for national rights.
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Biography & True StoriesOctober 2019Maidan. First-Hand Stories
by Olena Chebaniuk, Oksana Novalova
Five interviews with participants and witnesses of the Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine events make up the first book of the series of oral histories Maidan. First-Hand Stories initiated by the National Museum of the Revolution of Dignity. Scientists collected more than 200 interviews between 2014 and 2019 and today the project is still underway. Euromaidan, a dramatic period in the recent history of Ukraine, unfolds in the memories, impressions, and reflections of its participants. They share experiences of personal importance which left the biggest mark on them. According to the principles of oral history as a scientific method, the interviews are published with the preservation of the linguistic and stylistic features of the stories, only with minimal edits needed to facilitate reading. The book is for a wide range of historians, ethnologists, linguists, museum workers, and sociologists, as well as anyone interested in the history of Ukraine.
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Humanities & Social SciencesJuly 2024A neoliberal revolution?
Thatcherism and the reform of British pensions
by Hugh Pemberton, James Freeman, Aled Davies
This book examines the Thatcher government's attempt to revolutionise Britain's pensions system in the 1980s and create a nation of risk-taking savers with an individual stake in capitalism. Drawing upon recently-released archival records, it shows how the ideas motivating these reforms journeyed from the writings of neoliberal intellectuals into government and became the centrepiece of a plan to abolish significant parts of the UK's welfare state and replace these with privatised personal pensions. Revealing a government that veered between political caution and radicalism, the book explains why this revolution failed and charts the malign legacy left by the evolutionary changes that ministers salvaged from the wreckage of their reforms. The book contributes to understanding of policy change, Thatcherism, and international neoliberalism by showing how major reforms to social security could reflect neoliberal thought and yet profoundly disappoint their architects.
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Humanities & Social SciencesApril 1999French society in revolution 1789–1799
by David Andress, Mark Greengrass
French society in revolution aims to retrieve the social history of the French Revolution from unjustified neglect. This study examines both the structural and cultural elements behind the breakdown of the eighteenth-century monarchic state and its aris. . . . ;
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Humanities & Social SciencesMarch 2019Waiting for the revolution
The British far left from 1956
by Evan Smith, Matthew Worley, Jacquelyn Arnold, Daniel Finn, Michael Fitzpatrick, Diarmaid Kelliher, Jack Saunders, J Daniel Taylor, Jodi Burkett, Gavin Brown, Daisy Payling, Christopher Massey, Sheryl-Bernadett Buckley, Daryl Leeworthy, Rory Scothorne, Ewan Gibbs, Lyndon White (Lawrence Parker)
Waiting for the revolution is a volume of essays examining the diverse currents of British left-wing politics from 1956 to the present day. The book is designed to complement the previous volume, Against the grain: The far left in Britain from 1956, bringing together young and established academics and writers to discuss the realignments and fissures that maintain leftist politics into the twenty-first century. The two books endeavour to historicise the British left, detailing but also seeking to understand the diverse currents that comprise 'the far left'. Their objective is less to intervene in ongoing issues relevant to the left and politics more generally, than to uncover and explore the traditions and issues that have preoccupied leftist groups, activists and struggles. To this end, the book will appeal to scholars and anyone interested in British politics.
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Humanities & Social SciencesJune 2004The political marketing revolution
Transforming the government of the UK
by Jennifer Lees-Marshment
This book shows how British politics is being transformed from a leadership-run system to one dictated by public needs and demands. No longer confined to party politics, organisations including the monarchy, the BBC, universities, local councils, charities and the Scottish Parliament are adopting the tools of market intelligence to understand their market needs and demands. The political marketing revolution raises many questions, such as whether the student or patient really does know best and can decide their own education and health care. The book calls for a debate about the movement of the British political system towards a market-orientation and a re-negotiation of the relationship between leaders and the market. Whilst recognising the need for political leaders to listen, this debate places some responsibilities on the political consumer, looking to create a new relationship that might work more effectively for both sides.
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Humanities & Social SciencesOctober 2020Feudalism, venality, and revolution
by Stephen Miller, William G. Naphy, Joseph Bergin
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September 2013The French Revolution
by Zhang Wushen
The French Revolution was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France that had a lasting impact on French history and more broadly throughout Europe.
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August 2020Vernunft und Revolution
Hegel und die Entstehung der Gesellschaftstheorie
by Herbert Marcuse, Alfred Schmidt
Herbert Marcuses Vernunft und Revolution bietet eine durch ihre Klarheit und Werkkenntnis immer noch bestechende Einführung in das philosophische System Hegels und spürt zugleich dessen bahnbrechendem Einfluss auf die Entwicklung der Gesellschaftstheorie nach. Marcuse rekonstruiert das maßgeblich durch Hegel geprägte sozialphilosophische und sozialwissenschaftliche Denken des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts und widerlegt dabei die immer wieder geäußerte These, Hegel sei ein Theoretiker der Restauration und ein Ideologe des Obrigkeitsstaats totalitärer Prägung gewesen. Für Marcuse ist er vielmehr ein Denker der Vernunft, des Fortschritts und der Freiheit. Ein Klassiker der Hegel-Literatur!
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April 1989Die Russische Revolution. 1905–1921
by Manfred Hildermeier, Hans-Ulrich Wehler
Zu den Problemen, denen die vorliegende Darstellung besondere Aufmerksamkeit schenkt, gehören der wirtschaftliche und soziale Wandel des Zarenreichs im ausgehenden 19. Jahrhundert, die schwere Krise des alten Regimes 1905/07, der Zusammenhang von Krieg und Revolution, die Gründe für das Scheitern des einzigen demokratischen Regimes der russischen Geschichte sowie die Ursachen und inneren Folgen der Behauptung der Sowjetmacht im Bürgerkrieg.
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September 2013Industrial Revolution
by Zhang Wushen
The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840.
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Humanities & Social SciencesApril 2018Disability in the Industrial Revolution
Physical impairment in British coalmining, 1780–1880
by David M. Turner, Daniel Blackie, Julie Anderson
An electronic version of this book is also available under a Creative Commons (CC-BY-NC-ND) license, thanks to the support of the Wellcome Trust. The Industrial Revolution produced injury, illness and disablement on a large scale and nowhere was this more visible than in coalmining. Disability in the Industrial Revolution sheds new light on the human cost of industrialisation by examining the lives and experiences of those disabled in an industry that was vital to Britain's economic growth. Although it is commonly assumed that industrialisation led to increasing marginalisation of people with impairments from the workforce, disabled mineworkers were expected to return to work wherever possible, and new medical services developed to assist in this endeavour. This book explores the working lives of disabled miners and analyses the medical, welfare and community responses to disablement in the coalfields. It shows how disability affected industrial relations and shaped the class identity of mineworkers. The book will appeal to students and academics interested in disability, occupational health and social history.
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Humanities & Social SciencesJune 2024At home with the poor
Consumer behaviour and material culture in England, c. 1650-1850
by Joseph Harley
This book opens the doors to the homes of the forgotten poor and traces the goods they owned before, during and after the industrial revolution (c. 1650-1850). Using a vast and diverse range of sources, it gets to the very heart of what it meant to be 'poor' by examining the homes of the impoverished and mapping how numerous household goods became more widespread. As the book argues, poverty did not necessarily equate to owning very little and living in squalor. In fact, its novel findings show that most of the poor strove to improve their domestic spheres and that their demand for goods was so great that it was a driving force of the industrial revolution.
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September 2022we fell in love in october
by Inka Lindberg, Moon Notes
In Inka Lindbergs "we fell in love in october" begibt sich die junge Lisa auf eine Reise der Selbstfindung und des Erwachsenwerdens. Unzufrieden mit ihrem vorhersehbaren Leben in einem bayrischen Dorf und einer Ausbildung, die ihr keine Freude bereitet, bricht sie aus ihrem bisherigen Dasein aus und reist spontan nach Köln. Dort angekommen, taucht sie ein in eine Welt, die ihr bislang nur aus Filmen bekannt war. Sie begegnet Karla, einer charismatischen Tätowiererin, die ihr die Augen für ein Leben voller Möglichkeiten öffnet. Zwischen Partys, Couchsurfing und neuen Freundschaften beginnt Lisa, ihre eigene Sexualität und ihre Träume zu erkunden, was sie zunehmend vor die Frage stellt, welchen Weg sie im Leben einschlagen möchte. Die Geschichte zeichnet sich durch eine tiefe Auseinandersetzung mit Themen wie Selbstfindung, der Erkundung der eigenen Sexualität und dem Aufbrechen von traditionellen Lebensentwürfen aus. Lisa steht symbolisch für junge Menschen an der Schwelle zum Erwachsensein, die sich mit den Erwartungen ihrer Umwelt konfrontiert sehen und den Mut finden müssen, eigene Wege zu gehen. Ihre Begegnung mit Karla und der Einfluss der neuen Freunde in Köln ermöglichen es ihr, ein authentischeres Selbst zu entdecken und sich von den Fesseln ihrer Vergangenheit zu befreien. Der Roman ist somit nicht nur eine Geschichte über das Erwachsenwerden, sondern auch ein Plädoyer für die Akzeptanz und das Ausleben der eigenen Identität, jenseits von gesellschaftlichen Normvorstellungen. Authentische Reise der Selbstfindung: Begleite Lisa auf ihrem inspirierenden Weg zur Selbstakzeptanz und dem Entdecken ihrer eigenen Sexualität in der pulsierenden Stadt Köln. Der New-Adult-Roman behandelt wichtige und aktuelle Themen wie queere Liebe, Selbstfindung und das Aufbrechen traditioneller Lebenswege, verpackt in eine berührende Geschichte. Erlebe, wie Lisa durch die Begegnung mit der charismatischen Tätowiererin Karla und einer lebhaften neuen Freundesgruppe wächst und sich entwickelt. Eingängiger Coming-of-Age-Roman, der nicht nur Jugendliche und junge Erwachsene anspricht, sondern alle, die sich mit den Herausforderungen des Erwachsenwerdens und der Suche nach dem eigenen Ich identifizieren können. Inspirierend und aufklärend: Neben einer packenden Handlung bietet das Buch Einblicke in die LGBTQIA+ Community und regt zu einem offenen Dialog über Sexualität und Geschlechtsidentität an. Entdecke Köln aus einer neuen Perspektive, geprägt durch kulturelle Vielfalt, Offenheit und eine lebendige queere Szene. Von Kritikern gelobt: "we fell in love in october" wird für seine intensive, aufklärende und gleichzeitig relatable Erzählweise geschätzt, die die Leser*innen auf jeder Seite fesselt. Große Fanbase und Community-Beteiligung: Unterstützt durch eine starke Online-Community und die Beliebtheit der Autorin Inka Lindberg, die für ihre authentischen und berührenden Geschichten bekannt ist. Behandelt die Suche nach dem wahren Glück im Leben und das mutige Streben nach einem authentischen Selbst, ein Thema, das in der heutigen Gesellschaft von großer Bedeutung ist. Einzigartige Charaktere und Beziehungen: Von Lisas innerer Zerrissenheit bis zu Karlas starker Persönlichkeit – die Charaktere sind vielschichtig und ihre Beziehungen entwickeln sich auf eine Weise, die Leser*innen tief berührt.
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Humanities & Social SciencesFebruary 2024‘Survival Capitalism’ and the Big Bang
Culture, contingency and capital in the making of the 1980s financial revolution
by Emma Barrett
This book about the Thatcher government and the City of London tells the compelling human story of the people and processes that made Britain's 1980s financial revolution. Fusing insider testimony with new archival discoveries, it examines high stakes and networked solutions, and uncovers new objectives that drove reforms. In so doing it demystifies a major shift in capitalism. This has implications for our understandings of government and capitalism, from the way we think about the origins of subsequent financial crises to today's growing inequalities. Survival Capitalism offers new insights into the last major restructuring of the City, disrupts myths surrounding the logics of the market, and pays attention to people and processes at a time when the City of London again faces major change as Britain seeks to find its place outside the European Union in the wake of Brexit.
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November 2021The Poem and Engraving during the Revolution Period
by Chen Jin, Zhou Aimin
Content in brief: This book selects 100 poems written by famous revolutionists such as Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoqi, etc., with 100 engraved paintings as illustrations. It depicts how sincere the revolutionists about Chinese revolution cause, and helps readers relive the era full of powder and sacrifice.
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Biography & True StoriesFebruary 2024Revolutionary lives of the Red and Black Atlantic since 1917
by David Featherstone, Christian Høgsbjerg, Alan Rice
Revolutionary lives of the Red and Black Atlantic brings to light the life histories of a wide range of radical figures whose political activity in relation to the black liberation struggle was profoundly shaped by the global impact and legacy of the Russian Revolution of October 1917. The volume introduces new perspectives on the intellectual trajectories of well-known figures and critical activists including C. L. R. James, Paul Robeson, Walter Rodney and Grace P. Campbell. This biographical approach brings a vivid and distinctive lens to bear on how racialised social and political worlds were negotiated and experienced by these revolutionary figures, and on historic black radical engagements with left political movements, in the wake of the Russian Revolution.
