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  • Emerging Capitalism in Central Europe and Southeast Asia

    A Comparison of Political Economies

    by F. Bafoil ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book examines the emergence of different forms of capitalism in Central-Eastern states in Europe and Mekong states within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). All of them (but Thailand) have historically disappeared from the regional maps for long periods of time due to colonial or imperial rule. Most of them were previously members of a soviet-type economy, and they all joined ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Government-Linked Companies and Sustainable, Equitable Development

    Edited by Terence Gomez, François Bafoil, Kee-Cheok Cheong ...
    Series series Routledge Malaysian Studies Series
    The debate over how far governments should intervene in economies in order to promote economic growth, a debate which from the 1980s seemed settled in favour of the neo-liberal, non-interventionist consensus, has taken on new vigour since the financial crisis of 2008 and after. Some countries, most of them in industrialised Asia, have survived the crisis, and secured equitable economic growth, by ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • The Political Psychology of Populism

    Trump, Putin, and the Roots of Humiliation

    by François Bafoil ...
    Translated by John Angell ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book examines the underlying social pathology of Trump and Putin’s political orientations. The assault on the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, and Russia’s war on Ukraine in February 2022 both reveal a disturbing drift towards new forms of populism. Drawing on the theoretical insights of Sigmund Freud and Norbert Elias regarding the impulses of the masses and the social trauma ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

  • The Politics of Destruction

    Three Contemporary Configurations of Hallucination: USSR, Polish PiS Party, Islamic State

    by François Bafoil ...
    Translated by Laurie Hurwitz ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    When applied to social science, psychoanalytic concepts make it possible to analyze totalitarian action and its derivative, authoritarian action, by highlighting what such regimes have in common: the destruction of frames of reference for space and time; their replacement of those reference points with a restrictive “surreality”; and the assignation of individuals in the social space in terms of ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • Resilient States From A Comparative Regional Perspective: Central And Eastern Europe And Southeast Asia

    by Francois Bafoil ...
    Series Book 8 - Advanced Research On Asian Economy And Economies Of Other Continents
    Organizations such as ASEAN and EU were formed to promote economic growth, social progress and cultural development among their members. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the transformation which the newest members of ASEAN (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Laos) and the newest members of EU (ten new Members from Baltic, Central and Eastern Balkan regions) have experienced during the last ... Read more

    $42.29 USD

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  • Propaganda

    The Formation of Men's Attitudes

    by Jacques Ellul ...
    This seminal study and critique of propaganda from one of the greatest French philosophers of the 20th century is as relevant today as when it was first published in 1962. Taking not only a psychological approach, but a sociological approach as well, Ellul’s book outlines the taxonomy for propaganda, and ultimately, it’s destructive nature towards democracy. Drawing from his own experiences ... Read more

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  • The Society of the Spectacle

    by Guy Debord, Ron. Adams ...
    Debord describes and critiques the way we live. The power in these ideas lies in their ability to question, identify, and name the common assumptions of the present. Developing the concept of The Spectacle, he describes the “gaze” of contemporary society. From its publication just before, and ultimately influencing the May 1968 revolt in Paris and Occupy Wall Street, this book continues to ... Read more

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  • Simone de Beauvoir - A Beginner's Guide

    by Alison Holland ...
    Series series BGKF
    Simone de Beauvoir was among the 20th century's most influential thinkers. She was a philosopher at the forefront of existentialism, a pioneering thinker on women and feminism in ""The Second Sex"", the writer of prize-winning fiction, an autobiographical writer and a committed political activist. Introducing her life and work in a straightforward, jargon-free way, this guide offers readings of ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Lenin Reloaded

    Toward a Politics of Truth, sic vii

    Edited by Sebastian Budgen, Stathis Kouvelakis, Slavoj Zizek ...
    Series Book 7 - [sic] Series
    Lenin Reloaded is a rallying call by some of the world’s leading Marxist intellectuals for renewed attention to the significance of Vladimir Lenin. The volume’s editors explain that it was Lenin who made Karl Marx’s thought explicitly political, who extended it beyond the confines of Europe, who put it into practice. They contend that a focus on Lenin is urgently needed now, when global capitalism ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Why Arendt Matters

    by Elisabeth Young-Bruehl ...
    Upon publication of her 'field manual,' The Origins of Totalitarianism, in 1951, Hannah Arendt immediately gained recognition as a major political analyst. Over the next twenty-five years, she wrote ten more books and developed a set of ideas that profoundly influenced the way America and Europe addressed the central questions and dilemmas of World War II. In this concise book, Elisabeth Young ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • In Marx's Shadow

    Knowledge, Power, and Intellectuals in Eastern Europe and Russia

    by Mikhail Epstein, Elena Gapova, Ivars Ijabs, Natasa Kovacevic, Jeffrey Murer, Veronika Tuckerova, Aurelian Craiutu, Maria Todorova, Dr Clemena Antonova, Letitia Guran, Vladimir Tismaneanu ...
    Despite its key role in the intellectual shaping of state socialism, Communist ideas are often dismissed as mere propaganda or as a rhetorical exercise aimed at advancing socialist intellectuals on their way to power. By drawing attention to unknown and unexplored areas, trends and ways of thinking under socialism, the volume examines Eastern Europe and Russian histories of intellectual movements ... Read more

    $121.49 USD

  • Merleau-Ponty and Marxism

    From Terror to Reform

    by Barry Cooper ...
    Series series Heritage
    Influenced by Kojève's interpretation of Hegel as well as his direct political experience of the second world war, Maurice Merleau-Ponty abandoned the religious and philosophical position he had assumed in the 1930s and turned to Marxism. This is the first critical study of the French philosopher's political ideas and the context in which they evolved.In its origin and its development, Merleau ... Read more

    $29.49 USD