Presents a portrait of the astrologer, evaluating how his prophecies have been interpreted, transformed, and analyzed while exploring the ways in which people believe his predictions have been proven and his cultural influence.
Presents a portrait of the astrologer, evaluating how his prophecies have been interpreted, transformed, and analyzed while exploring the ways in which people believe his predictions have been proven and his cultural influence.
On March 11, 2011, a 9.0 earthquake off Japan's northeast coast triggered a tsunami that killed more than 20,000 people, displaced 600,000, and caused billions of dollars in damage as well as a nuclear meltdown of three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Japan, the…
On March 11, 2011, a 9.0 earthquake off Japan's northeast coast triggered a tsunami that killed more than 20,000 people, displaced 600,000, and caused billions of dollars in damage as well as a nuclear meltdown of three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Japan, the…
'Culture, ' wrote Raymond Williams, "is one of the most complicated words in the English language." Ironically, the most important British writer on culture in the post-war period is also one of the most poorly digested among today's readers. Originally conceived as the sequel t…
A republication of Raymond Williams's 1983 book <strong>Towards 2000</strong>. With the permission of the Williams Estate, the book has been re-entitled <strong>A Short Counter-Revolution - Towards 2000 Revisited</strong>, with Williams expert Jim McGuigan adding a chapter that …
'Culture,' wrote Raymond Williams, 'is one of the most complicated words in the English language.' Ironically, the most important British writer on culture in the post-war period is also one of the most poorly digested among today's readers. Originally conceived as the sequel to…
In this major new work, one of America's leading thinkers of the democratic Left argues convincingly that socialist renewal is the only hope for progress and freedom in the twenty-first century. A new civilization is already in the making, Harrington maintains, one of increasing…