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Cry My Beloved Africa is a compendium of essays having as locus the continent of Africa. It comprises insightful observations on the politics, governmental systems, political economy, cultural practices, educational systems and natural phenomena that impact on the lives of Africans. True to the tradition of French novelist Stendhal, the author intends this work to serve as a mirror that reflects the day-to-day living of the different peoples that inhabit the fifty-three nation-states in Africa. It is directed to contemporary Africa and to the relationship between Africa and the rest of the glo

Africa --- Politics and government --- History --- Afrique --- Civilisation --- Politique et gouvernement

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In his native Italy Augusto Del Noce is regarded as one of the preeminent political thinkers and philosophers of the period after the Second World War. The Crisis of Modernity makes available for the first time in English a selection of Del Noce's essays and lectures on the cultural history of the twentieth century. Del Noce maintained that twentieth-century history must be understood specifically as a philosophical history, because Western culture was profoundly affected by the major philosophies of the previous century such as idealism, Marxism, and positivism. Such philosophies became the secular, neo-gnostic surrogate of Christianity for the European educated classes after the French Revolution, and the next century put them to the practical test, bringing to light their ultimate and necessary consequences. One of the first thinkers to recognize the failure of Marxism, Del Noce posited that this failure set the stage for a new secular, technocratic society that had taken up Marx’s historical materialism and atheism while rejecting his revolutionary doctrine. Displaying Del Noce's rare ability to reconstruct intellectual genealogies and to expose the deep metaphysical premises of social and political movements, The Crisis of Modernity presents an original reading of secularization, scientism, the sexual revolution, and the history of modern Western culture.

Civilization, Modern. --- Secularization. --- Civilisation moderne et contemporaine. --- Sécularisation. --- Civilisation occidentale. --- Appropriation and impropriation --- Impropriation --- Secularization --- Church and state --- Modern civilization --- Modernity --- Civilization --- Renaissance --- Law and legislation --- History

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Making Early Medieval Societies explores a fundamental question : what held the small- and large-scale communities of the late Roman and early medieval West together, at a time when the world seemed to be falling apart? Historians and anthropologists have traditionally asked parallel questions about the rise and fall of empires and how societies create a sense of belonging and social order in the absence of strong governmental institutions. This book draws on classic and more recent anthropologists' work to consider dispute settlement and conflict management during and after the end of the Roman Empire. Contributions range across the internecine rivalries of late Roman bishops, the marital disputes of warrior kings, and the tension between religious leaders and the unruly crowds in western Europe after the first millennium - all considering the mechanisms through which conflict could be harnessed as a force for social stability or an engine for social change.

Civilization, Medieval. --- Church history --- Social structure --- Conflict management --- Civilisation médiévale --- Eglise --- Structure sociale --- History --- Histoire --- Civilization, Medieval --- Europe --- Histoire religieuse --- Civilisation médiévale --- Civilisation médiévale. --- Church history - Middle Ages, 600-1500 --- Social structure - Europe - History - To 1500 --- Conflict management - Europe - History - To 1500 --- Civilisation médiévale.

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The aim of this book is to challenge the assumptions made by the structuralist and post-structuralist schools of literary criticism. It defends and attempts to re-evaluate the kind of moral reflection associated with the critical legacy of such writers as Lionel Trilling and Edmund Wilson.

Criticism --- United States --- Intellectual life --- Civilisation --- American literature --- 20th century --- Critique --- Etats-Unis --- Vie intellectuelle

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In today’s society, a positive relation between ‘God’ and ‘civilization’ is by no means self-evident. Religious believers who want to live their lives in accordance with ‘the law of God’ are often considered a threat to civilization. To many, monotheistic religion is inherently repressive and violent. The central aim of this volume is to think of both God and civilization in a more open, space-giving way. God is seen as the One who prevents man from making an absolute claim for a relative reality, including one's religion and culture. The multifaceted relations between God and civilization are explored from systematic-theological, missiological, philosophical and ethical perspectives.

Religion and civilization. --- God. --- Metaphysics --- Misotheism --- Theism --- Civilization and religion --- Civilization --- Religion et civilisation --- Dieu