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Postmodernism Rightly Understood - The Return To Realism In American Thought

de Peter Augustine Lawler

65,99€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This work seeks to attain a true understanding of the postmodern predicament. Peter Lawler reflects on the flaws of postmodern thought, the futility of pragmatism, and the spiritual emptiness of existentialism. He examines postmodernism by interpreting the writings of five American authors.
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Lost Soul Of American Protestantism

de D. G. Hart

46,49€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This work offers a way of thinking about Protestantism and its role in shaping American society. The author judges the relevance of a faith from a standpoint opposite the norm - faith that is irrelevant, marginal and cut off from societal influence, D.G. Hart says, is more likely to be genuine.
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American Feminism And The Birth Of New Age Spirituality - Searching For The Higher Self, 1875-1915

de Catherine Tumber

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 This study shows that New Age spirituality first flourished in America more than a century ago during the Gilded Age, under the mantle of "New Thought". Catherine Tumber demonstrates that "gnostic feminism" has surfaced during periods of triumphant corporate consolidation.
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Alexis De Tocqueville And American Intellectuals - From His Times To Ours

de Matthew Mancini

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 Comprehensive in its chronology, the works it discusses, and the commentators it critically examines, Alexis de Tocqueville and American Intellectuals tells the surprising story of Tocqueville's reception in American thought and culture from the time of his 1831 visit to the United States to the turn of the twenty-first century.
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Species Of Origins - America''S Search For A Creation Story

de Donald A. Yerxa e Karl W. Giberson

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Heterophobia - Sexual Harassment And The Future Of Feminism

de Daphne Patai

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 A scathing criticism of political and sexual correctness, this thought-provoking and powerfully argued book is sure to incite debate among all concerned with the legacy and future of woman's rights.
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Apostle Of Human Progress - Lester Frank Ward And American Political Thought, 1841-1913

de Edward C. Rafferty

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 Lester Frank Ward is regarded as one of the greatest thinkers of the late 19th century. This work covers how Ward's thought laid the foundations for the modern administrative state, and brings out his contributions to 20th century American liberalism.
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Species Of Origins - America'S Search For A Creation Story

de Donald A. Yerxa e Karl W. Giberson

52,71€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Since the late-19th century, the USA has not been able to agree on a common creation story. The authors of this study explain that much of this stems from the reality that Americans rely on two competing worldviews: modern naturalistic science and traditional Judeo-Christian religions.
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Apostle Of Human Progress - Lester Frank Ward And American Political Thought, 1841-1913

de Edward C. Rafferty

71,54€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 108.00
A World Made Safe For Differences - Cold War Intellectuals And The Politics Of Identity

de Christopher Shannon

52,71€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Examines how an anthropological definition of culture shaped the central political and social narratives of the Cold War era. This work locates the ideological origins of debates about multiculturalism in the pluralist thought of consensus liberalism.
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Postmodernism Rightly Understood - The Return To Realism In American Thought

de Peter Augustine Lawler

58,12€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This work seeks to attain a true understanding of the postmodern predicament. Peter Lawler reflects on the flaws of postmodern thought, the futility of pragmatism, and the spiritual emptiness of existentialism. He examines postmodernism by interpreting the writings of five American authors.
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Creating The American Mind - Intellect And Politics In The Colonial Colleges

de J. David Hoeveler

74,35€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 The nine colleges of colonial America confronted the political currents of the 17th and 18th centuries, while serving as the primary intellectual institutions for Puritanism and the transition to Enlightenment thought. This text presents a synthetic treatment of the colonial colleges.
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American Feminism And The Birth Of New Age Spirituality - Searching For The Higher Self, 1875-1915

de Catherine Tumber

52,71€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This study shows that New Age spirituality first flourished in America more than a century ago during the Gilded Age, under the mantle of "New Thought". Catherine Tumber demonstrates that "gnostic feminism" has surfaced during periods of triumphant corporate consolidation.
Brahmin Prophet - Phillips Brooks And The Path Of Liberal Protestantism

de Gillis J. Harp

74,34€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Gillis J. Harp places Brooks's religious thought in historical, cultural and ecclesiastical contexts while clarifying the sources of Brook's inspiration, thus making this a rich portrait of this figure and a transitional era in American protestantism.
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Richard Nixon And The Rise Of Affirmative Action - The Pursuit Of Racial Equality In An Era Of Limits

de Kevin Yuill

162,23€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 92.00
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From Nature To Experience - The American Search For Cultural Authority

de Roger Lundin

87,87€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Traces how pragmatism and its reliance on experience eclipsed nature and religion as the ultimate moral authority. The author explores why Americans prize experience as highly as they do, what they build out of it in works of culture and their daily lives, and where people might turn when they reach the limits of experience.
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From Nature To Experience - The American Search For Cultural Authority

de Roger Lundin

56,77€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Roger Lundin traces how pragmatism and its reliance on experience eclipsed nature and religion as the ultimate moral authority. He explores why Americans prize experience as highly as they do, what they build out of it in works of culture and their daily lives, how they manage to make sense of it, and where people might turn when they reach the limits of experience.
Creating The American Mind - Intellect And Politics In The Colonial Colleges

de J. David Hoeveler

54,06€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Present a synthetic treatment of the colonial colleges, tracing their role in the intellectual development of early America through the American Revolution. This work focuses on Harvard, William and Mary, Yale, the College of New Jersey (Princeton), King's College (Columbia), the College of Philadelphia (Penn), among others.
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Woodrow Wilson And The Roots Of Modern Liberalism

de Ronald J. Pestritto

67,58€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism highlights Wilsons sharp departure from the traditional principles of American government, most notably the Constitution. Ronald J.
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The Lost Soul Of American Protestantism

de D. G. Hart

87,87€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

portes grátis

 This work offers a way of thinking about Protestantism and its role in shaping American society. The author judges the relevance of a faith from a standpoint opposite the norm - faith that is irrelevant, marginal and cut off from societal influence, D.G. Hart says, is more likely to be genuine.
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Woodrow Wilson And The Roots Of Modern Liberalism

de Ronald J. Pestritto

59,61€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism highlights Wilsons sharp departure from the traditional principles of American government, most notably the Constitution. Ronald J.
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Intellectuals And The American Presidency - Philosophers, Jesters, Or Technicians?

de Tevi Troy

43,25€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 This text examines the complex relationships between Presidents and America's intellectuals since 1960.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson - The Making Of A Democratic Intellectual

de Peter S. Field

56,77€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Peter S. Field contends that Ralph Waldo Emerson was America's first democratic intellectual and a democrat in two senses: his writings are imbued with an optimistic, confident ethos; and, more importantly, he acted the part of the democrat by bringing culture to all Americans.
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Woodrow Wilson And The Roots Of Modern Liberalism

de Ronald J. Pestritto

189,26€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

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 Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism highlights Wilsons sharp departure from the traditional principles of American government, most notably the Constitution. Ronald J.
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