1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990003757170403321

Autore

Kracauer, Siegfried

Titolo

Saggi di sociologia critica : sociologia come scienza : sociologia del romanzo poliziesco / Siegfried Kracauer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bari : De Donato, © 1974

Descrizione fisica

XVI, 208 p. ; 21 cm

Collana

Ideologia e società

Disciplina

809.3872

301

Locazione

DFD

BFS

SES

Collocazione

XI G K 6

809.3872 KRA 1

11120 KRA

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

nota introduttiva di Enrico De Angelis

traduzioni di Ursula Bavay, Antonella Gargano, Carlo Serra Borneto



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465174403321

Autore

Taiwo Olufemi

Titolo

Africa must be modern : a manifesto / / Olúfemi Táíwò

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-253-01278-3

Edizione

[U.S. edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Disciplina

960.33

Soggetti

Civilization, Modern

Philosophy, African

Electronic books.

Africa Civilization

Africa Economic policy

Africa Social conditions

Africa Social life and customs

Africa Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Why Africa must get on board the modernity express -- The sticky problem of individualism -- The knowledge society and its rewards -- Count, measure, and count again -- Process, not outcome : why trusting your leader, godfather, ethnic group, or chief may not best secure your advantage -- Against the philosophy of limits : installing a culture of hope.

Sommario/riassunto

In a forthright and uncompromising manner, Olúfémi Táíwò explores Africa's hostility toward modernity and how that hostility has impeded economic development and social and political transformation. What has to change for Africa to be able to respond to the challenges of modernity and globalization? Táíwò insists that Africa can renew itself only by fully engaging with democracy and capitalism and by mining its untapped intellectual resources. While many may not agree with Táíwò's positions, they will be unable to ignore what he says. This is a bold exhortation for Africa to come into the 2



3.

Record Nr.

UNISA996393670403316

Autore

John, King of Poland, <1629-1696.>

Titolo

The letter of the King of Poland to His Excellency, the Marquess de Grana [[electronic resource] ] : from the Turkish camp in the visiers tent at Vienna, the 13 of September 1683 .

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed, and are to be sold by Walter Davis ..., 1683

Descrizione fisica

4 p

Soggetti

Turco-Polish Wars, 1683-1699 - History

Poland History John III Sobieski, 1674-1696 Sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Text in English and Latin.

Caption title.

Imprint from colophon.

"According to the original copy printed in Latin at Brussells."

Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113