Civilization At The Crossroads

Author : Angus Robertson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1639361960
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Crossroads of Civilization written by Angus Robertson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-08-02 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From the Congress of Vienna to the Austria World Summit, the city of Vienna has hosted key meetings on peace to climate action. This is a first-class book about Vienna as the crossroads of civilization and as the international capital." —Arnold Schwarzenegger A rich and illuminating history of the world capital that has transformed art, culture, and politics. Vienna is unique amongst world capitals in its consistent international importance over the centuries. From the ascent of the Habsburgs as Europe's leading dynasty to the Congress of Vienna, which reordered Europe in the wake of Napoleon's downfall, to bridge-building summits during the Cold War, Vienna has been the scene of key moments in world history. Scores of pivotal figures were influenced by their time in Vienna, including: Empress Maria Theresa, Count Metternich, Bertha von Suttner, Theodore Herzl, Gustav Mahler, Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin, John F. Kennedy, and many others. In a city of great composers, artists, and thinkers, it is here that both the most positive and destructive ideas of recent history have developed. From its time as the capital of an imperial superpower, through war, dissolution, dictatorship to democracy Vienna has reinvented itself and its relevance to the rest of the world.

Author : Radovan Richta
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351711075
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Civilization at the Crossroads : Social and Human Implications of the Scientific and Technological Revolution (International Arts and Sciences Press) written by Radovan Richta and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-20 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 1968

Author : Angus Robertson
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1788854764
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vienna written by Angus Robertson and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2021-10-07 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vienna is unique amongst world capitals in its consistent international importance over the centuries. From the ascent of the Habsburgs as Europe's leading dynasty to the Congress of Vienna, which reordered Europe after Napoleon, to bridge- building summits during the Cold War, it is the Austrian capital that has been the scene of key moments in European and world affairs. History has been shaped by scores of figures influenced by their time in Vienna, including: Empress Maria Theresa, Count Metternich, Bertha von Suttner, Theodore Herzl, Gustav Mahler, Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin, John F. Kennedy and many others. In a city of great composers and thinkers it is here that both the most positive and destructive ideas of recent history have developed. From its time as the capital of an imperial superpower, through war, dissolution, dictatorship to democracy Vienna has reinvented itself and its relevance to the rest of the world.

Author : Peter Nolan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429840438
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book China and the West written by Peter Nolan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-10 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capitalist globalisation since the 1980s has produced immense benefits in terms of technical progress, poverty reduction and welfare improvement. However, it has been accompanied by profound contradictions, including ecological destruction, global warming, inequality, concentration of business power, and financial instability. Regulation of global political economy in the interests of the majority of the world’s population is essential if the human species is to avoid a Darwinian catastrophe. This book explores China’s rich history of regulating the market in the interests of the mass of the population. For over two thousand years the Chinese bureaucracy has sought pragmatically to find a Way in which to integrate the ‘invisible hand’ of market forces with the ‘visible hand’ of ethically guided government regulation. Instead of seeking confrontation with China, citizens and politicians in the West need to deepen their understanding of the contribution that China can make to globally sustainable development in the decades and centuries ahead.

Author : Radovan Richta
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Civilization at the Crossroads written by Radovan Richta and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Roger Kimball
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781641773157
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Where Next? written by Roger Kimball and published by . This book was released on 2022-11-22 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At least since Oedipus met King Laius on the road from Delphi to Thebes, the image of a crossroads has signaled a dramatic and morally fraught turning point. It was with that cargo of significance in mind that The New Criterion decided to publish a special series of essays on "Western civilization at the crossroads" throughout this fortieth anniversary season. Featuring contributions by Conrad Black, Victor Davis Hanson, Roger Kimball, Andrew Roberts, and other luminaries, this book collects the ten special essays from The New Criterion's fortieth-anniversary season to assess where Western civilization is now, and where it's going.

Author : Radovan Richta
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351711067
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Civilization at the Crossroads : Social and Human Implications of the Scientific and Technological Revolution (International Arts and Sciences Press) written by Radovan Richta and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-20 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 1968

Author : Dr. David Jeremiah
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 145550596X
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I Never Thought I'd See the Day! written by Dr. David Jeremiah and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is Western civilization in an accelerating decline? And if it continues will it eventually weaken and cause us to come to the end of cultured civilization as we now know it? "Yes," says David Jeremiah, and in his book, I Never Thought I'd See the Day! he details numerous signs of this cultural decay including: America held hostage by Iran Marriage becoming obsolete Creeping socialism The invisibility of culture's enemies Increase in "spiritual warfare" America turning its back on Israel Atheist attack on religion Can this downward spiral be reversed? Yes, but only if one person at a time returns to God with our heart, our manner of life, our dedication to genuine worship of God, in serving God by helping others, in our giving, and in prayer.

Author : Clive Irving
Publisher : London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crossroads of Civilization written by Clive Irving and published by London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson. This book was released on 1979 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Walter Conser
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813129281
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Southern Crossroads written by Walter Conser and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2010-09-12 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The South has always been one of the most distinctive regions of the United States, with its own set of traditions and a turbulent history. Although often associated with cotton, hearty food, and rich dialects, the South is also noted for its strong sense of religion, which has significantly shaped its history. Dramatic political, social, and economic events have often shaped the development of southern religion, making the nuanced dissection of the religious history of the region a difficult undertaking. For instance, segregation and the subsequent civil rights movement profoundly affected churches in the South as they sought to mesh the tenets of their faith with the prevailing culture. Editors Walter H. Conser and Rodger M. Payne and the book’s contributors place their work firmly in the trend of modern studies of southern religion that analyze cultural changes to gain a better understanding of religion’s place in southern culture now and in the future. Southern Crossroads: Perspectives on Religion and Culture takes a broad, interdisciplinary approach that explores the intersection of religion and various aspects of southern life. The volume is organized into three sections, such as “Religious Aspects of Southern Culture,” that deal with a variety of topics, including food, art, literature, violence, ritual, shrines, music, and interactions among religious groups. The authors survey many combinations of religion and culture, with discussions ranging from the effect of Elvis Presley’s music on southern spirituality to yard shrines in Miami to the archaeological record of African American slave religion. The book explores the experiences of immigrant religious groups in the South, also dealing with the reactions of native southerners to the groups arriving in the region. The authors discuss the emergence of religious and cultural acceptance, as well as some of the apparent resistance to this development, as they explore the experiences of Buddhist Americans in the South and Jewish foodways. Southern Crossroads also looks at distinct markers of religious identity and the role they play in gender, politics, ritual, and violence. The authors address issues such as the role of women in Southern Baptist churches and the religious overtones of lynching, with its themes of blood sacrifice and atonement. Southern Crossroads offers valuable insights into how southern religion is studied and how people and congregations evolve and adapt in an age of constant cultural change.