Deze auteur schrijft ook onder het pseudoniem Hakim Bey.
This Companion features 31 essays by renowned scholars, exploring key debates in eighteenth-century Europe, including often overlooked eastern and northern regions. It examines society, economics, culture, and political development, culminating in the revolutions that ended the century. An essential resource for students and scholars alike.
Albert Ayler and his message
The book delves into how classical Athenians organized and financed their festival choruses, highlighting the role of wealthy citizens tasked with this duty. It examines the khoregia's significance within Athens' festival calendar and its implications for understanding Athenian democracy. The author, Peter Wilson, emphasizes the performative nature of the khoregia as a platform for elite display in a democratic context. Additionally, the study explores the post-classical history of the khoregia and its influence across various Greek communities.
This is the story of the money used from pre-colonial times to the present day on the island we know as Singapore.
Exploring the influence of war and military advancements, this book delves into their effects on German society and politics, shaping the trajectory of German history into contemporary times. It examines how these factors have intertwined with national identity and governance, offering insights into the broader implications for modern Germany.
Increase Profits and Reduce Risks by Engaging with the Poor
Focusing on innovative strategies, this book offers low-risk, low-cost recommendations for multinational companies to engage with and positively impact the lives of the poor. It emphasizes redefining business interactions with impoverished communities, aiming to create meaningful change while addressing global poverty. The strategic approach outlined provides actionable insights for businesses seeking to contribute to social improvement.
Discusses the contemporary relevance of hermeticism or alchemy, and how it can help heal the current ecological crisis.
Economics no longer forms the backdrop to world events but rather appears to drive foreign policy and represents a more powerful resource than military strength. If globalization is irreversible, then conquering markets is much more important than conquering territory. These are the claims made about economics in world affairs, both by policy analysts and by armchair philosophers. This book examines these claims critically shows how political agendas and speculation have formed many of our current assumptions about the workings of economics in the world today.
An examination of the beliefs and history of the secretive Yezidi sect
From the 16th to the 19th century, Moslem corsairs from the Barbary Coast ravaged European shipping and enslaved many thousands of unlucky captives. During this period, however, thousands of Europeans also converted to Islam and joined the pirate "holy war". Were these men (and women) the scum of the seas, apostates, traitors -- "Renegadoes"? Or did they abandon and betray Christendom as a praxis of social resistance? Peter Lamborn Wilson focuses on the corsairs' most impressive accomplishment, the independent Pirate Republic of Sale, in Morocco, in the 17th century. Corsairs, sufis, pederasts, "irresistible" Moorish women, slaves, adventurers, Irish rebels, heretical Jews, British spies, a Moorish pirate in old New York, and radical workingclass heroes all populate a book which intends to entertain and to make a point about insurrectionary communities. Book jacket