Autore	Rancière Jacques
Pubbl/distr/stampa	London, England : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2017
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (160 p.)
Disciplina	194
ISBN	1-283-16318-7 9786613163189 1-4411-1402-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	A lesson in orthodoxy : M. L. teaches John Lewis that it is the masses which make history -- A lesson in politics : philosophers do not become kings -- A lesson in self-criticism : class struggle rages in theory -- A lesson in history : the damages of humanism -- A discourse in its place -- Appendix. For the record : on the theory of ideology.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910781320803321

Autore	Bell Robert C.
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , [2017]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (198 pages)
Disciplina	303.48/50973
Soggetto topico	Disasters in literature Natural disasters - Social aspects - United States
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-5013-9621-8 1-62892-462-4 1-62892-463-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Acknowledgments -- Introduction: the death of the natural disaster and the birth of disaster culture -- Trouble when the dust settles : narrative authority and Ken Burns -- Discourse disaste R: San Francisco earthquakes in 1906 and 1989 -- Natural disaster : September 11th, 2001 -- Gulf wars : the narratives of Iraq and New Orleans -- Sandy : subjectivity, celebrity, and social media -- The end of disaster capitalism : (a)bjection to (z)ombies of final disasters -- Bibliography -- Index.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910511312303321

Autore	Peterson James W (James Walter), <1945->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2014
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (217 p.)
Disciplina	355.00973
Soggetto topico	Alliances Cold War - Diplomatic history World War, 1914-1918 - Diplomatic history World War, 1939-1945 - Diplomatic history
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-5013-0204-3 1-62356-409-3
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Introduction: 1914: An Abrupt End to a Century and a Quarter of Isolationism -- Part One: Alliance Networks and the Defeat of German and Japanese Power: Early Twentieth Century Hot Wars, 1914-1945. Chapter One: World War I, Temporary Alliance Networks, and American Leadership, 1914-1918 ; Chapter Two: World War II, Permanent Alliances, and American Internationalism, 1931-1945 -- Part Two: Role of Alliances in Containing the Power of the Soviet Union: Late Twentieth Century Cold War, 1945-1991. Chapter Three: War of Nerves with the Soviet Union: A Broad but Shaky Containment Alliance, 1945-1991 ; Chapter Four: Korean War: A Small Pacific-Based Containment Alliance and Stalemate, 1950-1953 ; Chapter Five: War in Southeast Asia: Absence of Allies, Non-Containment, and Defeat, 1964-1973 -- Part Three: Creation of Alliances to Restrict and Defeat Rogue State Power: Immediate Post-Cold War Period. Chapter Six: American-Led, United Nations Based Alliance to Check Saddam and Iraq, 1990-1991 ; Chapter Seven: American-Led, NATO-Based Alliance to Check Milocevic and Serbia, 1992-1999 -- Part Four: Utility and Disutility of Alliances in Dealing with Challenges from Terrorist Power, 2001-2014. Chapter Eight: America, NATO, and the War in Afghanistan, 2001-2014 ; Chapter Nine: America, Coalition of the Willing, and the War in Iraq, 2003-2011 ; Chapter Ten: Arab Spring, Discussions within Alliances, and the Potential for War, 2011-2014 -- Conclusion: 2014: Reflections on a Century of War and an Abrupt Transition to New Conflicts -- Alliance Networks and the Defeat of Enemy European and Asian States, 1914-1945 -- Role of Alliances in Containing the Power of a Universalist State and its Empire, 1945-1991 -- Creation of Alliances to Counter Rogue States and their Regional Power, 1991-2001 -- Battle against Terrorism - Beneath , Above, Beyond, and Within, 2001-2014 -- Continuing Terrorism, Arab Resurgence, and Globalization, 2014 and after "Mazar" -- References.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910511497103321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2014
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (375 p.)
Disciplina	801/.95092
Soggetto topico	Criticism Literature - Philosophy
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-62892-689-9 1-62356-375-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: James D. Lilley - Being Singularly Impersonal: Jonathan Edwards and the Aesthetics of Consent -- Chapter 2: Colin Dayan - Melville's Creatures, or Seeing Otherwise -- Chapter 3: Paul Grimstad - On Ecstasy: Sharon Cameron's Reading of Emerson -- Chapter 4: Johannes Voelz - The Recognition of Emerson's Impersonal: Reading Alternatives in Sharon Cameron -- Chapter 5: Vesna Kuiken - On the Matter of Thinking: Margaret Fuller's Beautiful Work -- Chapter 6: George Kateb - Reading Nature -- Chapter 7: Branka Arsic - What Music Shall We Have? Thoreau on the Aesthetics and Politics of Listening -- Chapter 8: Kerry Larson - Hawthorne's Fictional Commitments: The Early Tales -- Chapter 9: Theo Davis - Hawthorne's Rage: On Form and the Dharma -- Chapter 10: Shira Wolosky - Formal, New, and Relational Aesthetics: Dickinson's Multitexts -- Chapter 11: Michael Moon - Beyond Sense: Portraits and Objects in Henry James's Late Writings -- Chapter 12: Shari Goldberg - Believing in Maud-Evelyn: Henry James and the Obligation to Ghosts -- Chapter 13: Mark Noble - The Ends of Imagination: Stevens' Impersonal -- Note on Contributors -- Index.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910511477203321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2014
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (375 p.)
Disciplina	801/.95092
Soggetto topico	Criticism Literature - Philosophy
ISBN	1-62892-689-9 1-62356-375-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: James D. Lilley - Being Singularly Impersonal: Jonathan Edwards and the Aesthetics of Consent -- Chapter 2: Colin Dayan - Melville's Creatures, or Seeing Otherwise -- Chapter 3: Paul Grimstad - On Ecstasy: Sharon Cameron's Reading of Emerson -- Chapter 4: Johannes Voelz - The Recognition of Emerson's Impersonal: Reading Alternatives in Sharon Cameron -- Chapter 5: Vesna Kuiken - On the Matter of Thinking: Margaret Fuller's Beautiful Work -- Chapter 6: George Kateb - Reading Nature -- Chapter 7: Branka Arsic - What Music Shall We Have? Thoreau on the Aesthetics and Politics of Listening -- Chapter 8: Kerry Larson - Hawthorne's Fictional Commitments: The Early Tales -- Chapter 9: Theo Davis - Hawthorne's Rage: On Form and the Dharma -- Chapter 10: Shira Wolosky - Formal, New, and Relational Aesthetics: Dickinson's Multitexts -- Chapter 11: Michael Moon - Beyond Sense: Portraits and Objects in Henry James's Late Writings -- Chapter 12: Shari Goldberg - Believing in Maud-Evelyn: Henry James and the Obligation to Ghosts -- Chapter 13: Mark Noble - The Ends of Imagination: Stevens' Impersonal -- Note on Contributors -- Index.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910789122103321