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Brett Bowden
What?s so special about now? To maintain perspective, we need to be aware of our past and alert to the future.
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This book explores and explains the reasons why the idea of universal history, a form of teleological history which holds that all peoples are travelling along the same path and…
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Responding to the revival and misuse of ‘civilization’, this work meets the need for an authoritative reference work to make sense of a vast scholarly literature. This title brings together…
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Brett Bowden shares over 3 decades of wisdom of what it takes to be successful. Brett shares not only his own experiences, but a collection of wisdom from world champions…
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The term civilization comes with considerable baggage, dichotomizing people, cultures, and histories as civilized - or not. This book examines how the idea of civilization has informed our thinking about…
The term civilization comes with considerable baggage, setting up a dichotomy wherein people, cultures, and histories are civilized - or not. This book examines how the idea of civilization has…
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This new book brings together a diverse range of scholars, representing a range of political views, to investigate how global ‘standards of market civilization’ have emerged, their justification, and their…
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Letters From Your Future is the winner of the Independent Publishers Evergreen Medal for World Peace. This prestigious award is given to a book published between 2000 - 2013. The…
Post-conflict ‘state-building’ is becoming increasingly prevalent, with recent examples including Timor-Leste, Afghanistan and Iraq. Is it more than a new form of colonialism? Can it achieve lasting social change? This…
Western Political Thought in Dialogue with Asia is a unique collection of essays that examines the exchange of political ideas between Western Europe and Asia from the Middle Ages to…
