After the Revolution

After the Revolution
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Publisher : Stanford University Press
Total Pages : 248
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ISBN-10 : 9780804791175
ISBN-13 : 0804791171
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis After the Revolution by : Jessica Greenberg

What happens to student activism once mass protests have disappeared from view, and youth no longer embody the political frustrations and hopes of a nation? After the Revolution chronicles the lives of student activists as they confront the possibilities and disappointments of democracy in the shadow of the recent revolution in Serbia. Greenberg's narrative highlights the stories of young student activists as they seek to define their role and articulate a new form of legitimate political activity, post-socialism. When student activists in Serbia helped topple dictator Slobodan Milosevic on October 5, 2000, they unexpectedly found that the post-revolutionary period brought even greater problems. How do you actually live and practice democracy in the wake of war and the shadow of a recent revolution? How do young Serbians attempt to translate the energy and excitement generated by wide scale mobilization into the slow work of building democratic institutions? Greenberg navigates through the ranks of student organizations as they transition their activism from the streets back into the halls of the university. In exploring the everyday practices of student activists—their triumphs and frustrations—After the Revolution argues that disappointment is not a failure of democracy but a fundamental feature of how people live and practice it. This fascinating book develops a critical vocabulary for the social life of disappointment with the aim of helping citizens, scholars, and policymakers worldwide escape the trap of framing new democracies as doomed to failure.

The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata

The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata
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Publisher : Soho Press
Total Pages : 361
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ISBN-10 : 9781641291842
ISBN-13 : 1641291842
Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Synopsis The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata by : Gina Apostol

Revealing glimpses of the Philippine Revolution and the Filipino writer Jose Rizal emerge despite the worst efforts of feuding academics in Apostol’s hilariously erudite novel, which won the Philippine National Book Award. Gina Apostol’s riotous second novel takes the form of a memoir by one Raymundo Mata, a half-blind bookworm and revolutionary, tracing his childhood, his education in Manila, his love affairs, and his discovery of writer and fellow revolutionary, Jose Rizal. Mata’s 19th-century story is complicated by present-day foreword(s), afterword(s), and footnotes from three fiercely quarrelsome and comic voices: a nationalist editor, a neo-Freudian psychoanalyst critic, and a translator, Mimi C. Magsalin. In telling the contested and fragmentary story of Mata, Apostol finds new ways to depict the violence of the Spanish colonial era, and to reimagine the nation’s great writer, Jose Rizal, who was executed by the Spanish for his revolutionary activities, and is considered by many to be the father of Philippine independence. The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata offers an intoxicating blend of fact and fiction, uncovering lost histories while building dazzling, anarchic modes of narrative.

After the Revolution

After the Revolution
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Publisher : AK Press
Total Pages : 348
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ISBN-10 : 9781849354639
ISBN-13 : 1849354634
Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis After the Revolution by : Robert Evans

What will the fracturing of the United States look like? After the Revolution is an edge-of-your-seat answer to that question. In the year 2070, twenty years after a civil war and societal collapse of the "old" United States, extremist militias battle in the crumbling Republic of Texas. As the violence spreads like wildfire and threatens the Free City of Austin, three unlikely allies will have to work together in an act of resistance to stop the advance of the forces of the white Christian ethnostate known as the "Heavenly Kingdom." Out three protagonists include Manny, a fixer that shuttles journalists in and out of war zones and provides footage for outside news agencies. Sasha is a teenage woman that joins the Heavenly Kingdom before she discovers the ugly truths behind their movement. Finally, we have Roland: A US Army vet kitted out with cyberware (including blood that heals major trauma wounds and a brain that can handle enough LSD to kill an elephant), tormented by broken memories, and 12,000 career kills under his belt. In the not-so-distant world Evans conjures we find advanced technology, a gender expansive culture, and a roving Burning Man-like city fueled by hedonistic excess. This powerful debut novel from Robert Evans is based on his investigative reporting from international conflict zones and on increasingly polarized domestic struggles. It is a vision of our very possible future.

Revolution of the Ordinary

Revolution of the Ordinary
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 307
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ISBN-10 : 9780226464442
ISBN-13 : 022646444X
Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Synopsis Revolution of the Ordinary by : Toril Moi

This radically original book argues for the power of ordinary language philosophy—a tradition inaugurated by Ludwig Wittgenstein and J. L. Austin, and extended by Stanley Cavell—to transform literary studies. In engaging and lucid prose, Toril Moi demonstrates this philosophy’s unique ability to lay bare the connections between words and the world, dispel the notion of literature as a monolithic concept, and teach readers how to learn from a literary text. Moi first introduces Wittgenstein’s vision of language and theory, which refuses to reduce language to a matter of naming or representation, considers theory’s desire for generality doomed to failure, and brings out the philosophical power of the particular case. Contrasting ordinary language philosophy with dominant strands of Saussurean and post-Saussurean thought, she highlights the former’s originality, critical power, and potential for creative use. Finally, she challenges the belief that good critics always read below the surface, proposing instead an innovative view of texts as expression and action, and of reading as an act of acknowledgment. Intervening in cutting-edge debates while bringing Wittgenstein, Austin, and Cavell to new readers, Revolution of the Ordinary will appeal beyond literary studies to anyone looking for a philosophically serious account of why words matter.

Pacifism and Revolution, 1916-18

Pacifism and Revolution, 1916-18
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Publisher : Psychology Press
Total Pages : 740
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ISBN-10 : 0415094100
ISBN-13 : 9780415094108
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Synopsis Pacifism and Revolution, 1916-18 by : Bertrand Russell

First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Future of Organizations and Work After the 4th Industrial Revolution

Future of Organizations and Work After the 4th Industrial Revolution
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Publisher : Springer Nature
Total Pages : 541
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ISBN-10 : 9783030990008
ISBN-13 : 3030990001
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis Future of Organizations and Work After the 4th Industrial Revolution by : Allam Hamdan

This book takes a forward-looking approach by bringing in research and contributions that facilitate in mapping the impact of AI and big data on businesses, the nature of work along with providing practical solutions for preparing the work, workplace, and the workforce of the future. Organizations globally have been experiencing immense transformation due to the reinvention and redefining of the business models due to the dynamic nature of the business environment. Looking at an organizational context, undeniably, the definition of ‘work’ and ‘organizations’ is genuinely changing. Artificial intelligence, big data, automation, and robotics are a few of those keywords that are seemingly entering the workplace and reshaping the way work is being done. Moreover, the transition that is being addressed herein not only focuses upon aspects that are operative within an organization like the organizational culture, team building, networking, recruitments, and so on but also aims to address the external aspects like supply chain management, value chain analysis, investment management, etc. Broadly, every single step that is now taken is intensely experiencing this impact upon its functioning. This book serves as a guide not just to the academia but also to the industry to adopt suitable strategies that offer insights into global best practices as well as the innovations in the domain.

After the Revolution

After the Revolution
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Publisher : Prestel Verlag
Total Pages : 507
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ISBN-10 : 9783641108212
ISBN-13 : 3641108217
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis After the Revolution by : Eleanor Heartney

"Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?" asked the prominent art historian Linda Nochlin in a provocative 1971 essay. Today her insightful critique serves as a benchmark against which the progress of women artists may be measured. In this book, four prominent critics and curators describe the impact of women artists on contemporary art since the advent of the feminist movement.

The Writing Revolution

The Writing Revolution
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 311
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ISBN-10 : 9781119364917
ISBN-13 : 1119364914
Rating : 4/5 (17 Downloads)

Synopsis The Writing Revolution by : Judith C. Hochman

Why you need a writing revolution in your classroom and how to lead it The Writing Revolution (TWR) provides a clear method of instruction that you can use no matter what subject or grade level you teach. The model, also known as The Hochman Method, has demonstrated, over and over, that it can turn weak writers into strong communicators by focusing on specific techniques that match their needs and by providing them with targeted feedback. Insurmountable as the challenges faced by many students may seem, The Writing Revolution can make a dramatic difference. And the method does more than improve writing skills. It also helps: Boost reading comprehension Improve organizational and study skills Enhance speaking abilities Develop analytical capabilities The Writing Revolution is as much a method of teaching content as it is a method of teaching writing. There's no separate writing block and no separate writing curriculum. Instead, teachers of all subjects adapt the TWR strategies and activities to their current curriculum and weave them into their content instruction. But perhaps what's most revolutionary about the TWR method is that it takes the mystery out of learning to write well. It breaks the writing process down into manageable chunks and then has students practice the chunks they need, repeatedly, while also learning content.

Mao's Road to Power: Revolutionary Writings, 1912-49: v. 2: National Revolution and Social Revolution, Dec.1920-June 1927

Mao's Road to Power: Revolutionary Writings, 1912-49: v. 2: National Revolution and Social Revolution, Dec.1920-June 1927
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 452
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ISBN-10 : 9781317465379
ISBN-13 : 1317465377
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis Mao's Road to Power: Revolutionary Writings, 1912-49: v. 2: National Revolution and Social Revolution, Dec.1920-June 1927 by : Zedong Mao

This projected ten-volume edition of Mao Zedong's writings provides abundant documentation in his own words regarding his life and thought. It has been compiled from all available Chinese sources, including the many new texts that appeared in 1993, Mao's centenary.