A History Of French Passions Volume 1 Ambition Love And Politics
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A History Of French Passions Volume 1 Ambition Love And Politics
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Author : Theodore Zeldin
language : en
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Release Date : 1993-10-07
A History Of French Passions Volume 1 Ambition Love And Politics written by Theodore Zeldin and has been published by Clarendon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-10-07 with History categories.
This is a history of the French which tries to explain their idiosyncrasies, enthusiasms and prejudices. It goes beyond the recital of events to investigate their attitudes and behaviour over an unusually wide range of activities. Volume I scrutinizes the peculiar way of thinking and of talking adopted by the French, their powerful sense of national identity, their ambivalent feelings about foreigners. It shows what it meant to be a Breton or a Provencal, an Alsation or an Auvergnat. Volume II analyses French taste and the role of the artist. It enquires into the quality of life, the French view of happiness, friendship and comfort, humour, reactions to scientific progress, compromises with corruption and superstition. This major reinterpretation of France's achievement as a nation and of the individual experience of the French has taken its place as one of the great works of scholarship on modern France, and now re-appears in two paperback volumes.
A History Of French Passions 1848 1945
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Author : Theodore Zeldin
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1993
A History Of French Passions 1848 1945 written by Theodore Zeldin and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with History categories.
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Historians
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Author : D. Snowman
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2006-11-10
Historians written by D. Snowman and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-11-10 with History categories.
History in all its forms is more popular nowadays than ever. History programmes on television can attract audiences in the millions, as do top heritage sites, while growing numbers of people pursue family and local history and join historical re-enactment societies. A bestselling history book can nowadays outsell a popular novel, something almost unimaginable fifty years ago. Who are the men and women who have helped make the past of such absorbing interest to the present, and how have they done so? In his stimulating anthology of essays about the life and work of some of our leading historians, Daniel Snowman provides a vivid snapshot of history and historians in our new century. Included in Historians are: Jeremy Black, John Brewer, Asa Briggs, Peter Burke, David Cannadine, Linda Colley, Norman Davies, Natalie Zemon Davis, Christopher Dyer, Richard J. Evans, Niall Ferguson, Felipe Fernández-Armesto, Orlando Figes, Eric Foner, Roy Foster, Antonia Fraser, Eric Hobsbawm, Geoffrey Hosking, Lisa Jardine, John Keegan, Ian Kershaw, John Morrill, Laurence Rees, Lyndal Roper, Simon Schama, Peter Stansky, David Starkey, Theodore Zeldin.
Carpe Diem
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Author : Roman Krznaric
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2017-05-23
Carpe Diem written by Roman Krznaric and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-23 with Self-Help categories.
"Brilliant. One of those rare books that forces you to ask what the hell you're doing with your life." --George Monbiot, The Guardian **One of Forbes' 13 Best Books for Summer 2017** We've all heard the saying "seize the day." But what does it really mean--and how can we use it to jumpstart our lives? In the age of distraction, carpe diem is more essential than ever, and yet many of us simply don't employ it in our lives. In this thought-provoking and empowering book, cultural writer Roman Krznaric unpacks the history, philosophy, and modern-day applications of "seizing the day" and delivers a rousing call to action for anyone who wants to improve their lives--or our world. Carpe Diem is a far-ranging read, drawing on everything from the neuropsychology of regret to the anthropology of play, from medieval carnival rites to religious conceptions of the afterlife and early Japanese cinema. Offering food for thought as well as inspiring takeaways, the book examines not just the contributions of great thinkers throughout history, but also reveals insights from the lives of great seize-the-day practitioners including nightclub dancers, war photographers, bored housewives, and committed revolutionaries--offering a wide range of solutions to the daunting challenge of leading a meaningful life.
Thomas Hovenden
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Author : Anne Gregory Terhune
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2013-03-05
Thomas Hovenden written by Anne Gregory Terhune and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-05 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
This first full-length study fosters a greater understanding of Hovenden's gifts as a painter and of his stylistic contribution to art. Chronologically organized, it is both a retrospective of Hovenden's work and a critical biography of the artist.
Carpe Diem Regained
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Author : Roman Krznaric
language : en
Publisher: Unbound Publishing
Release Date : 2017-04-06
Carpe Diem Regained written by Roman Krznaric and has been published by Unbound Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-06 with Philosophy categories.
Existentialism is back Carpe diem – ‘seize the day’ – is one of the oldest pieces of life advice in Western history. But its true spirit has been hijacked by ad men and self-help gurus, reduced to the instant hit of one-click online shopping, or slogans like ‘live in the now’. We need to reclaim it to make sense of our complex, confusing times. The last great expression of carpe diem was in the electrifying existential philosophy of the 1940s. Today it’s an idea that challenges us to confront our mortality and live with greater passion and intention rather than scroll mindlessly on our phones or allow freedom to become a mere choice between brands. In Carpe Diem Regained, Roman Krznaric reinvents existentialism for our age of information and choice overload. An essential and empowering work of contemporary philosophy, the book unveils the surprising ways of seizing the day that humankind has discovered over the centuries, ones we urgently need to revive. Carpe diem is the existentialism for our times.
A People Apart
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Author : David Vital
language : en
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Release Date : 1999
A People Apart written by David Vital and has been published by Clarendon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Antisemitism categories.
The twentieth century has seen both the greatest triumph of Jewish history and its greatest tragedy: the birth of the nation of Israel, and the state-sponsored genocide of the Holocaust. A People Apart is the first study to examine the role played by the Jews themselves, across the whole ofEurope, during the century and a half leading up to these events.David Vital explores the Jews' troubled relationship with Europe, documenting the struggles of this 'nation without a territory' to establish a place for itself within an increasingly polarized and nationalist continent. He examines the clash within the Jewish community between politically neutraltraditionalists and a new group of activists, whose unprecedented demands for national and political self-determination were stimulated both by increasing civil emancipation and the mounting effort to drive the Jews out of Europe altogether. Controversially, Professor Vital concludes that thehistory of the Jewish people was indeed in crucial respects although certainly not all of their own making; at times by their own autonomous action and choice; at others by inaction and default.This powerful and stimulating new analysis represents a watershed in our understanding of the history of the Jews in Europe.
Romania
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Author : Keith Hitchins
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1994
Romania written by Keith Hitchins and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with History categories.
Hitchins traces how Rumania's political and intellectual élites attempted to create an independent state before the advent of communist rule in 1947.
The Diaries Of Giacomo Meyerbeer 1791 1839
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Author : Giacomo Meyerbeer
language : en
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Release Date : 1999
The Diaries Of Giacomo Meyerbeer 1791 1839 written by Giacomo Meyerbeer and has been published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Composers categories.
Stepping Into The Elite
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Author : Jules Naudet
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018-07-10
Stepping Into The Elite written by Jules Naudet and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-10 with Social Science categories.
The experience of shifting from one social class to another—from a dominated group to a dominant group—raises the question of how the upwardly mobile person relates to his/her group of origin. Stepping into the Elite traces the particular ways in which upwardly mobile people in India, France, and the United States—countries embodying three distinct stratification systems—make sense of this change. Given that people draw upon specific cultural tools or repertoires to analyse their world and situate themselves in it, Naudet identifies the extent to which narratives of ‘success’ vary from one country to another. For instance, he explains that while stories in a caste-ridden society such as India hinge on the preservation of bonds with the original class, in France, they are centered on the idea that an upwardly mobile person is alienated from all social groups. In the United States, on the other hand, the rhetoric of success is tinged by the ardent belief in the American society being classless. A sociological journey in three different cultural contexts, this book deftly ties the exploration of questions regarding transformation of social identity and views on being successful.