Tag: Specter

Free Download Alexander Bigman, "Pictures and the Past: Media, Memory, and the Specter of Fascism in Postmodern Art"
English | ISBN: 0226833070 | 2024 | 256 pages | EPUB, PDF | 6 MB + 10 MB
A fresh take on the group of artists known as the Pictures Generation, reinterpreting their work as haunted by the history of fascism, the threat of its return, and the effects of its recurring representation in postwar American culture.

Free Download Michael J. Thompson, "The Specter of Babel: A Reconstruction of Political Judgment"
English | ISBN: 1438480369 | 2021 | 363 pages | PDF | 3 MB
In an age of rising groupthink, reactionary populism, social conformity, and democratic deficit, political judgment in modern society has reached a state of crisis. In The Specter of Babel, Michael J. Thompson offers a critical reconstruction of the concept of political judgment that can help resuscitate critical citizenship and democratic life. At the center of the book are two arguments. The first is that modern practical and political philosophy has made a postmetaphysical turn that is unable to guard against the effects of social power on consciousness and the deliberative powers of citizens. The second is that an alternative path toward a critical social ontology can provide a framework for a new theory of ethics and politics. This critical social ontology looks at human sociality not as mere intersubjectivity or communication, but rather as constituted by the shapes that our social-relational structures take as well as the kinds of purposes and ends toward which our social lives are organized. Only by calling these into question, Thompson boldly argues, can we once again attempt to revitalize social critique and democratic politics.

Free Download The Specter of Global China: Politics, Labor, and Foreign Investment in Africa by Ching Kwan Lee
English | January 3, 2018 | ISBN: 022634066X, 022634083X | True EPUB | 256 pages | 17.1 MB
China has recently emerged as one of Africa’s top business partners, aggressively pursuing its raw materials and establishing a mighty presence in the continent’s booming construction market. Among major foreign investors in Africa, China has stirred the most fear, hope, and controversy. For many, the specter of a Chinese neocolonial scramble is looming, while for others China is Africa’s best chance at economic renewal. Yet, global debates about China in Africa have been based more on rhetoric than on empirical evidence. Ching Kwan Lee’s The Specter of Global China is the first comparative ethnographic study that addresses the critical question: Is Chinese capital a different kind of capital?

Free Download the Editorial Board of "Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party", "How the Specter of Communism is Ruling Our World "
English | ISBN: 1637020015 | 2020 | 514 pages | PDF | 4 MB
Complete with Volumes I and II of "How The Specter of Communism is Ruling Our World" Communism is neither a trend of thought, nor a doctrine, nor a failed attempt at a new way of ordering human affairs. Instead, it should be understood as a devil – an evil specter forged by hate, degeneracy, and other elemental forces in the universe. THOUGH THE COMMUNIST REGIMES of Eastern Europe have disintegrated, the specter of communism has not disappeared. On the contrary, this evil specter is already ruling our world, and humanity must not harbor a mistaken sense of optimism. Communist China has replaced the Soviet Union as the primary threat to the free world, building up its strength in a bid for global hegemony. Europe embraces socialism, and Africa and Latin America are enveloped in communist influence. Even the United States – the leader of the free world – has fallen prey to communism and its variants. This is the startling reality humankind faces. HOW THE SPECTER OF COMMUNISM IS RULING OUR WORLD is a must-read for every freedom-loving individual. The book reveals the ways in which the communist specter has burrowed into the minds of today’s people. It charts communism’s global advance and explains how this specter has embedded itself in nearly every facet of today’s society – from education to the judicial system – and the path humanity must take to escape its grip.