A controversial and fascinating look at the contemporary global art scene - from Britain to China, South Africa to Cuba
Asks the big questions that need asking about what underlies contemporary art ... Read more
Compiled by the general editor of The Oxford Shakespeare, and one of the best-known authorities on the playwright's works, this dictionary offers information on all aspects of Shakespeare, both in his ... Read more
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Charles de Secondat,Baron de Montesquieu; Margaret Mauldon; Andrew Kahn
Pages
320 Pages
Format
Paperback
Size
129 x 196 mm
Pub date
Apr 2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Oh! Monsieur is Persian? That's most extraordinary! How can someone be Persian?'
Two Persian travellers, Usbek and Rica, arrive in Paris just before the death of Louis XIV and in time to witness th ... Read more
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What is rational is actual and what is actual is rational. Hegel's Outlines of the Philosophy of Right is one of the greatest works of moral, social, and political philosophy. It contains significant ... Read more
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Answers questions such as 'who needs the WTO, and why?'
Does not shy away from the controversy surrounding the organization, and addresses the question of whether it deserves the reputation it ha ... Read more
A fascinating new look at Vikings and the Viking Age, revealing how the identity of these people and their culture has been repeatedly reinvented throughout history, obscuring who the Vikings reall ... Read more
Alexander Hamilton; James Madison; John Jay; Lawrence Goldman
Pages
528 Pages
Format
Paperback
Size
129 x 195 mm
Pub date
Oct 2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
The Federalist Papers were written in the winter of 1787-8 with the aim of persuading the citizens of New York to ratify the newly drafted Consitution of the United States; written by three le ... Read more
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Takes a frank and objective look at how and why racial prejudices and stereotypes are deeply embedded in Western culture.
Guides the reader through the confusion that surrounds the meaning of the w ... Read more
Foucault is a widely influential philosopher and writer whose opinions are still relevant today
A major influence on Queer Theory, Foucault also wrote about penal systems, power, knowledge, and ide ... Read more
Twelve Year a Whore, fives times a Wife (whereof once to her own Brother), Twelve Year a Thief, Eight Year a Transported Felon in Virginia, at last grew Rich, liv'd Honest, and died a Penitent'
So ... Read more
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