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  • Thomas Hill Green An Estimate Of The Value And Influence Of Works Of Fiction In Modern Times

    A. EPIC, DRAMA, AND NOVELWe commonly distinguish writings which appeal directly to the emotions from those of which the immediate object is the conveyance of knowledge, by applying to the former a term of conveniently loose meaning, "works of imagination." Of the kinds included in the wide denotation of this term there are three, between which it seems difficult at first sight to draw a definite ... Read more

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  • Modernization Frustrated

    The Politics of Industrial Decline in Britain Since 1900

    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1988, Modernization Frustrated (now with a new preface by the authors) is a provocative analysis of modern British economic and political history. It takes as its central theme the ascendancy of the core financial institutions—the City, the Bank of England and the Treasury—and argues that, in the legitimate pursuit of their own interests, the financiers have committed the ... Read more

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  • The Constitutional Systems of the Independent Central Asian States

    A Contextual Analysis

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    Series series Constitutional Systems of the World
    This book undertakes the first comparative constitutional analysis of the Kyrgyz Republic and Republics of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in their cultural, historical, political, economic and social context.The first chapter provides a general overview of the diverse and dynamic constitutional landscape across the region. A second chapter examines the Soviet constitutional ... Read more

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  • The Reinvention of Britain 1960-2016

    A Political and Economic History

    by Scott Newton ...
    The Reinvention of Britain 1960*–*2016 explores the transformation of contemporary Britain, tracing its evolution from the welfare state of the post-1945 era to social democracy in the 1960s and 1970s and the liberal market society of 1979 onwards. Focusing primarily on political and economic change, it aims to identify which elements of State policy led to the crucial strategy changes that shaped ... Read more

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  • Law and the Making of the Soviet World

    The Red Demiurge

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    This book is an unconventional reappraisal of Soviet law: a field that is ripe for re-evaluation, now that it is clear of Cold War cobwebs; and, as this book shows, one that is surprisingly topical and newly compelling. Scott Newton argues here that the Soviet order was a work of law. Drawing on a wide range of sources – including Russian-language Soviet statues and regulations, jurisprudence, ... Read more

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  • An Estimate of the Value and Influence of Works of Fiction in Modern Times

    In "An Estimate of the Value and Influence of Works of Fiction in Modern Times," Thomas Hill Green undertakes a rigorous analysis of the role that fictional literature plays in shaping moral and social consciousness. Distinctly philosophical in its approach, Green engages with a range of literary works, dissecting their impact on individual and societal values within the context of Victorian ... Read more

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  • An Estimate of the Value and Influence of Works of Fiction in Modern Times

    Exploring the Cultural Impact of Fiction in Modern Society

    In "An Estimate of the Value and Influence of Works of Fiction in Modern Times," Thomas Hill Green critically examines the role of fiction within the socio-political landscape of the late 19th century. Employing a philosophical lens, Green articulates the moral significance of literature, arguing that fiction serves as a profound medium for moral education and cultural critique. His articulate ... Read more

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  • Decadent Plays: 1890–1930

    Salome; The Race of Leaves; The Orgy: A Dramatic Poem; Madame La Mort; Lilith; Ennoïa: A Triptych; The Black Maskers; La Gioconda; Ardiane and Barbe Bleue or, The Useless Deliverance; Kerria Japonica; The Dove

    Poisoned cigars, seductive apparitions, minds and empires in the last of their decline and the most notorious kiss in dramatic history – decadent plays challenged the moral as much as the dramatic imagination of their own day, and continue to probe horizons of taste and the possibilities of stagecraft.In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many writers reacted to urban modernity by embracing ... Read more

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    In Beyond Good and Evil, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche accuses past philosophers of lacking critical sense and blindly accepting dogmatic premises in their consideration of morality. Specifically, he accuses them of founding grand metaphysical systems upon the faith that the good man is the opposite of the evil man, rather than just a different expression of the same basic impulses that find more ... Read more

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    Most English translations of INFERNO are full of colorful, but meaningless language based on today's modern standards. Some translations are so elaborate that they are as difficult to read as the original Italian version. This translation uses the Longfellow translation as a base, but replaces the obscure or antiquated verbiage with the language of Modern English. This translation could easily be ... Read more

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