Tabla de Contenidos: “…Occupational groups in Chinese society and the cultural revolution / by Michel Oksenberg -- The Chinese economy in 1967 / by Carl Riskin -- The cultural Revolution and Chinese foreign policy / by Robert A. …”

“…Revisiting the emergence and transformation of higher education since 1800 using a novel processual approach, this book recognises these developments as having been as central as the industrial and democratic revolutions in constituting the modern world. This new interpretation of the role of universities in contemporary society promises to re-orient our understanding of the importance of higher education in the past and future development of modern societies. …”

“…Revisiting the emergence and transformation of higher education since 1800 using a novel processual approach, this book recognises these developments as having been as central as the industrial and democratic revolutions in constituting the modern world. This new interpretation of the role of universities in contemporary society promises to re-orient our understanding of the importance of higher education in the past and future development of modern societies. …”

“…In The Institutional Revolution, Douglas W. Allen offers a thought-provoking account of another, quieter revolution that took place at the end of the eighteenth century and allowed for the full exploitation of the many new technological innovations. …”

“…Post-revolution states often find that once a transition process begins, challenges can arise, such as political polarization and the threat of civil war. …”

“…The longest part of the book, devoted to Jean-Luc Godard, shows how Godard hopes to make his contribution to the revolution of society by inventing a revolutionary cinema. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Revolutionising the everyday: The transformative impact of the sexual and feminist movements on Australian society and culture / Michelle Arrow and Angela Woollacott -- Everyday gender revolutions: Workplaces, schools and households. 2. …”

“…"In this probing examination of the meaning and function of culture in contemporary society, Lawrence Cahoone argues that reason itself is cultural, but no less reasonable for it. …”

“…Through three intense episodes of manipulation and mayhem connected to idea systems—Europe’s witch hunts, the Mao Zedong-era “revolutions,” and the early campaign of the U.S. War on Terror—this book charts the cognitive and informational matrices that seize control of people’s mentalities and behaviors across societies. …”

“…A leftist dissident who spent sixteen years as a political prisoner and now lives in exile, Saleh offers powerful and compelling critiques of the impact of the revolution and war on Syrian governance, identity and society…”

“…The first comprehensive political history of the communist party Vanguard of the Revolution is a sweeping history of one of the most significant political institutions of the modern world. …”

Materias: “…Jahrhunderts; Zeitdiagnosen; Revolution Theory; Crisis; Ethics; Democratic Socialism; Marxism; Contemporary; 21st Century; Society; World Politics; Civil Society; Social Inequality; Global History; Social History; History of the 20th Century; Time Diagnoses…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Reversibility and the crowd in early modern England -- The monstrous crowds and mysterious incorporations of Edmund Burke -- Society without reciprocity: the auto-icon of Jeremy Bentham -- The ghost of revolution: the politics of the uncanny in The monk -- Discipline of disaster: the cancellation of reciprocity in T. …”

“…Karl Polanyi's 1944 book, 'The Great Transformation', offered a radical critique of how the market system has affected society and humanity since the industrial revolution. …”
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