PDF downloaded available for free on http://martenscentre.eu/publications/renaissance-west-how-europe-and-america-can-shape-confronting-putins-russia Recently the West has been challenged on many fronts: crises multiply in the eastern and southern neighbourhoods of the EU, terrorist movements gain traction in the Middle East, and authoritarian regimes such as a newly aggressive, fundamentally antagonistic Russia are threatening the core values as well as the cohesion of the West. This research paper argues that by countering the threat posed by Putin's Russia, we can achieve a stronger transatlantic relationship that will ultimately lead to a Renaissance of the West and serve as foundation for a continued global liberal order.
Harlem Renaissance in the West: The New Negro's Western Experience will change the way students and scholars of the Harlem Renaissance view the efforts of artists, musicians, playwrights, club owners, and various other players in African ...
Renegades, Showmen and Angels: A Theatrical History ofFort Worthfrom 1873–2001. Fort Worth, TX: Texas Christian University Press, 2006. Kessler, Carol Farley. Daring to Dream: Utopian Fiction by United States Women Before 1950.
For centuries, the idea of a Renaissance at the end of the Middle Ages has been an active agent in shaping conceptions of the development of Western European civilization. Though...
This volume provides an overarching view of the early social and intellectual transformations that brought European civilization from its birth in antiquity to its rebirth during the Renaissance. --from publisher description
An informative but light-hearted look at the popularity of the Renaissance today, this book was written by a Renaissance scholar intrigued with the way his subject continues to resonate outside the scholarly community.
In return for the permission he required, Louis made Cesare, who in 1498 renounced the cardinalate to seek his fortune in the wars, duke of Valence – hence Duke Valentino in Italian – a name echoing his previous title, ...
" It is the human foreground that absorbs most of the book's attention. "We can give all kinds of satisfying explanations of why and when the Renaissance occurred and how it transmitted itself," Johnson writes.
With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Jacob Burckhardt’s The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy is a classic of European art history reimagined for modern readers.
... notes that “[w]hereas most Maori land law has since the 1860s been biased towards individualisation of title . . . the new legislation encouraged joint retention and utilisation by kin groups.” Patrons of Maori Culture, p. 36.
Global Interests offers a timely reconsideration of the development of European imperialism, focusing on the Habsburg Empire of Charles V. Lisa Jardine and Jerry Brotton analyze the impact this history continues to have on contemporary ...