Flagging enrollments. Disappearing majors. Closed departments. The academic study of religion is in trouble. No Bosses, No Gods argues that Karl Marx is essential for reversing course—but it will take letting go of what most scholars think they know about him. The book’s first half draws on the scholarship of international specialists—as well as new translations of the original German texts—to present Marx the anti-theorist, a political journalist deeply skeptical about what happens when the professoriate sits down to "theorize" about social worlds. The second half appeals to this modified portrait of Marx and charts a new course beyond both actually existing religious studies and contemporary genealogies of the religion category. The result, perhaps, is an academic study of religion worth having in the twenty-first century.

Guerin's classic anthology of anarchism translated and reprinted, available for the first time in a single volume.

The first volume of Guerin's monumental anthology of anarchism. Published for the first time in English it details through a vast array of documents, letters, debates, manifestos, reports, impassioned calls-to-arms and reasoned analysis, the history, organisation and practice of the movement - its theorists, advocates and activists. Book one includes the writings of Stirner, Proudhon, Bakunin, Guillaume, Nettlau, Kropotkin, Goldman, and de Paepe among many others.

Discover the power to overcome failures, adversities, and adversaries, and turn setbacks to great comebacks! Have you ever been in a seeming dead-end situation? Have you been looked down upon as a failure? Have you been called barren and fruitless? Have you been bypassed in a promotion or perhaps just felt betrayed? Maybe you're a student facing many challenges in your course of study. Life is full of crises, hassles, and struggles. You need to know how to equip yourself to overcome and turn failure into success. Move from Failure to Success can teach you how to take your cross, rise up, and walk. You do not need to feel inferior, squirm angrily, complain, or hide anymore. Learn the secrets embedded in the prayer of Hannah to knock on the heavenly door and possess your possessions. You can move the hand of God as well and enjoy His unquestionable favor and grace as Hannah did. She experienced abundance after years of lack, downcast, and reproach. We often fail to recognize that our Father is in our storms and persecutions. He only expects us to take certain positive, natural steps. Master the spiritual keys of prophetic prayer, faith, and patience, and combine them with personal keys of knowledge and diligence to unlock the windows of heaven. If you enjoyed reading The Prayer of Jabez, you will definitely enjoy Move from Failure to Success, based on the insightful Prayer of Hannah.

In this theoretically innovative study of maldevelopment and power relations among the Nahuas of southern Veracruz, Chevalier and Buckles explore the impact of Mexico's cattle ranching and petrochemical industries on milpa agriculture and rainforest environment. They also examine how national politics and economics affect native patterns of patrimonial culture and social organization. In the concluding chapter, an ascetic worldview illustrated through corn god mythology points to meaningful ways of countering current trends of social and ecological impoverishment. This major work of scholarship tackles key issues in ecology and development, theories of the state, gender analysis and symbolic anthropology. Against rigid conceptions of capitalism and native society, the authors apply their own theory of process to the orderly and contradictory features of social history. Established ways of doing things - a mode of government, a way of livelihood, a kinship and narrative tradition - are shown to reflect the imposition of a ruling order, an unequal distribution of the proceeds of society, and the confrontation of classes and parties, genders and age-groups, spirits and humans struggling for power.

Is the universe a gigantic evolving mind? Is it alive? Does God come to self-consciousness through humanity? Are we the vessels of God? The German philosopher Hegel is one of the most notoriously obscure philosophers of all time. Was he a secret member of the Illuminati? Did he seek to replace Christianity with Illumination - the Illuminati's religion? Was he guided by Hermetic, Gnostic and esoteric thinking? Was he a modern magician and sage, bringing to the public arena a body of ancient, mystical knowledge? The master-slave dialectic is one of the most profound aspects of human existence, and it explains much of the political and social structure of the world. What did Hegel say about it? What is the dialectic? Why is it so important to any understanding of the world? Is it the cosmic engine that drives the universe towards its Omega Point? No one without an understanding of Hegel's thinking can hope to understand the world. Isn't it time to discover the deep secrets of the cosmos?

In The Lettered Barriada, Jorell A. Meléndez-Badillo tells the story of how a cluster of self-educated workers burst into Puerto Rico's world of letters and navigated the colonial polity that emerged out of the 1898 US occupation. They did so by asserting themselves as citizens, producers of their own historical narratives, and learned minds. Disregarded by most of Puerto Rico's intellectual elite, these workers engaged in dialogue with international peers and imagined themselves as part of a global community. They also entered the world of politics through the creation of the Socialist Party, which became an electoral force in the first half of the twentieth century. Meléndez-Badillo shows how these workers produced, negotiated, and deployed powerful discourses that eventually shaped Puerto Rico's national mythology. By following these ragtag intellectuals as they became politicians and statesmen, Meléndez-Badillo also demonstrates how they engaged in racial and gender silencing, epistemic violence, and historical erasures in the fringes of society. Ultimately, The Lettered Barriada is about the politics of knowledge production and the tensions between working-class intellectuals and the state. Duke University Press Scholars of Color First Book Award recipient

Was it a typo when the CEO mandated that the organization “institutionalize incompetents”? If not, how did the company wind up institutionalizing incompetence instead? How to Work for an Idiot is still the confessions of a recovering Idiot Boss. After decades of writing and consulting, Dr. Hoover finally realized that many of the people he kept trying to “energize” and “enlighten” were, well, idiots. More importantly, he was an idiot for thinking he could change them. This new edition of How to Work for an Idiot is bigger and better—and filled with even more idiots—than before. The same technology that has enabled cluelessness from the corner office to go viral can help you protect yourself and keep your inner idiot in check. Yes, the book goes that deep. Not every boss is an idiot, and not every idiot is a boss. Let Dr. Hoover help you find the wisdom to know the difference.