Résultats pour "In Our Time" dans Sciences sociales

Broadcaster and arts presenter Melvyn Bragg fronts The Written World, a five-part BBC Radio 4 series following the origins of writing from its first appearance 6,000 years ago and exploring how it has shaped the world's intellectual history. In the first programme, he looks at the technology of writing, and how making signs on clay, wood, or parchment enabled the development of human culture.

Over the past decades, a healthy appreciation for the culture and heritage of minorities has transformed into an obsession with group identity in all its forms. A new ideology - which Yascha Mounk terms the 'identity synthesis' - seeks to put each citizen's matrix of identities at the heart of social, cultural and political life. This, he argues, is The Identity Trap. Mounk traces the intellectual origin of these ideas. He tells the story of how they were able to win tremendous power over the past decade.

Named a Best Book of the Year by The Economist, Financial Times, Inc., Prospect Magazine, and The Conversation “The most comprehensive and reasonable story of this shift that has yet been attempted . . . Mounk has told the story of the Great Awokening better than any other writer who has...

Embark on a riveting journey through Ernest Hemingway's 'In Our Time,' a literary masterpiece that encapsulates the spirit of a generation shattered by war. From the battlefields of World War I to the vibrant streets of Paris, Hemingway weaves a tapestry of interconnected stories, each revealing a fragment of the human condition. With his unparalleled ability to capture both the brutality and tenderness of life, Hemingway invites you to explore the depths of human resilience, love, and loss. 'In Our Time' is an extraordinary work that defies conventions, blending concise vignettes with ...

A new podcast of Marxist ideas and debate from the Deutscher Prize committee

Brought to you by Penguin. Barack Obama's election in 2008 was a moment of true, unabashed hope. But after two terms shadowed by a growing white supremacist movement, Obama was replaced by an openly nativist administration. So what the hell happened? In Whitelash, Wesley Lowery places a decade...

White Americans have long been comfortable in the assumption that they are the cultural norm. Now that notion is being challenged, as white people wrestle with what it means to be part of a fast-changing, truly multicultural nation. Facing chronic economic insecurity, a popular culture that reflects the nation’s diverse cultural reality, a future in which they will no longer constitute the majority of the population, and with a Black president in the White House, whites are growing anxious.

It took answering God's call on his life, a call that hurtled him out of his presidential corner office at Lenox-America's finest tableware company-to this humble corner of Uganda. This is a story of how a corporate CEO faced his own struggle to obey God whatever the cost, and his passionate call for Christians to change the world by actively living out their faith.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller On Tyranny comes an impassioned condemnation of America's pandemic response and an urgent call to rethink health and freedom. On December 29, 2019, historian Timothy Snyder fell gravely ill. Unable to stand, barely...

A passionate and deeply personal exploration of feminism during divisive times from one of the founders of Time’s Up: actor, filmmaker, and activist Amber Tamblyn. “A work of personal upheaval and political reckoning.”—Rebecca Traister, New York Times bestselling author of Good and Mad...

A Christian podcast on spiritual warfare, Christian living, and the practical application of faith in today’s world. Each episode is designed to strengthen your walk with Jesus, sharpen your discernment, and keep Christ at the center of your life.If you’re tired of pretending everything is fine, this is the book you need. Confronting Evil in Our Time - Now on Amazon https://amzn.to/3XgCodLWelcome to The Screwtape Letters: Confronting Evil in Our Time. Hosted by Ian Faith and Galen Balinski, this Christian podcast began as a deep dive into C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters, unpacking all ...