1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910449837803321

Autore

Walker Barbara <1958->

Titolo

Maximilian Voloshin and the Russian literary circle [[electronic resource] ] : culture and survival in revolutionary times / / Barbara Walker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2005

ISBN

1-282-07232-3

9786612072321

0-253-11043-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Disciplina

891.71/3

Soggetti

Russian literature - Societies, etc

Intellectuals - Russia - History - 20th century

Intellectuals - Soviet Union - History

Literature and state - Russia

Literature and state - Soviet Union

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-229) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Voloshin's social and cultural origins -- The Russian symbolists and their circles -- Voloshin and the modernist problem of the ugly poetess -- The Koktebel' dacha circle -- Insiders and outsiders, gossip and mythology : from communitas toward network node -- Voloshin carves power out of fear -- Voloshin carves power, cont'd, and the broader context and implications of his activities -- Inside Voloshin's Soviet circle : persistence of structure, preservation of anti-structure -- Collapse of a patronage network and Voloshin's death.

Sommario/riassunto

Barbara Walker examines the Russian literary circle, a feature of Russian                intellectual and cultural life from tsarist times into the early Soviet period,                through the life story of one of its liveliest and most adored figures, the poet                Maximilian Voloshin (1877--1932). From 1911 until his death, Voloshin led a circle                in the Crimean village of Koktebel' that was a haven for such literary luminaries as                Marina Tsvetaeva, Nikolai Gumilev, and Osip Mandelstam. Drawing upon the                anthropological



theories of Vic

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910137077803321

Autore

West Darrell M.

Titolo

Megachange : economic disruption, political upheaval, and social strife in the 21st century / / Darrell M. West

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : Brookings Institution Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-8157-2922-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 pages) : illustrations, graphs

Disciplina

303.490905

Soggetti

Twenty-first century

Social prediction - 21st century

Economic forecasting - 21st century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index

Nota di contenuto

1. Overcoming presentism. Big moves abroad. Disruptions at home. Extremism begets extremism. Plan of the book -- 2. Shocks in foreign affairs. Globalization. 9/11 terrorism. The Arab Spring uprising. Russia's Crimean invasion. Charlie Hebdo murders and Paris attacks. Brexit. Dramatic consequences -- 3. Shifts in domestic politics. Religious revival. The Reagan Revolution. Marijuana legislation. Same-sex marriage. Obamacare. Income inequality. Trumpism and border security. The rapid pace of domestic change -- 4. Thermidorian reactions. How 1960s protests spawned conservative reactions. Antismoking attitudes and policies. HIV and AIDS. Pope John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI, and Pope Francis. Recognizing Cuba. Thesis and antithesis -- 5. The complications of zealotry. The clashes between and within civilizations. A visit to Lebanon. The trip to Bahrain. Jewish fundamentalists. Islamic fundamentalists. Christian fundamentalists. Apocalyptic thinking -- 6. The challenge of megachange .The challenge



for individuals. The challenge for society. The challenge for governance. Weakening political extremism. The reversability of progress -- 7. Navigating the future. Broadening horizons. Finding anchors. Understanding that small shifts can have great impact. Ending winner-take-all. Deradicalizing civil society -- 8. Future possibilities. Iran gets a nuclear bomb. Robots take the jobs. Global warming and rising seas. Europe turns right and undermines democracy. What if we are not alone in the universe? Addressing nightfall.

Sommario/riassunto

Slow, incremental change has become a relic of the past. Today's shifts come fast and big, what Darrell West calls megachanges, in which dramatic disruptions in trends and policies occur on a regular basis. Domestically, we see megachange at work in the new attitudes and policies toward same-sex marriage, health care, smoking, and the widespread legalization of marijuana use. Globally, we have seen the extraordinary rise and then collapse of the Arab Spring, the emergence of religious zealotry, the growing influence of nonstate actors, the spread of ISIS-fomented terrorism, the rise of new economic and political powers in Asia, and the fracturing of once-stable international alliances. Long-held assumptions have been shattered, and the proliferation of unexpected events is confounding experts in the United States and around the globe. Many of the social and political institutions that used to anchor domestic and international politics have grown weak or are in need of dramatic reform. What to do? West says that we should alter our expectations about the speed and magnitude of political and social change. We also need to recognize that many of our current governing processes are geared to slow deliberation and promote incremental change, not large-scale transformation. With megachange becoming the new normal, our domestic and global institutions must develop the ability to tackle the massive economic, political, and social shifts that we face.



3.

Record Nr.

UNISA996387814603316

Titolo

The English schole-master, or, Certaine rules and helpes whereby the natives of the Netherlandes may be in a short time tanght [sic] to read, understand, and speake the English tongue .. [[electronic resource] =] : Den Engelschen school-master, oste, Cenige regulen en behulpselen waer .

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Gedruckt by Ian Bouman, 1663

Descrizione fisica

[8] 224, [6] p

Soggetti

English language - Dutch

Readers (Primary)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Added illustrated t.p.

Imperfect: lacking all of signature K11; torn, with some loss of print.

Reproduction of original in the Harvard University Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0062