For more than thirty years, The Institute for Cultural Research (ICR) led the field in stimulating debate and examining ideas within the humanities. Among the Institute's active followers was J. D. Salinger, Robert Graves, Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing, and many others from all walks of life.During its long and distinguished service, ICR published dozens of papers on cultural and cross-cultural themes. Written by scientists, scholars, novelists, musicians, and an array of others, these pape...

For more than thirty years, The Institute for Cultural Research (ICR) led the field in stimulating debate and examining ideas within the humanities. Among the Institute's active followers was J. D. Salinger, Robert Graves, Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing, and many others from all walks of life.During its long and distinguished service, ICR published dozens of papers on cultural and cross-cultural themes. Written by scientists, scholars, novelists, musicians, and an array of others, these pape...

Lawyer, politician, diplomat and leading architect of the League of Nations; Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, was one of Britain's most significant statesmen of the twentieth century. His views on international diplomacy cover the most important aspects of British, European and American foreign policy concerns of the century, including the origins and consequences of the two world wars, the disarmament movement, the origins and early course of the Cold War and the first steps ...

We all know the story of Guy Fawkes who wanted to blow up parliament. What did he wish to gain; the very people who were going to replace James were present? How did he think he would get away with it? It does not make sense unless it was a story. Now, finally, you can read about the real plot, the plot to destroy the Catholic nobility hatched by Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury. Behind the scenes, he manipulated the cast in his play. Catesby, the supposed ringleader, had embraced Anglicani...

A discussion of the general presuppositions and ideas which underlie the Christian ethical teaching, treating of such subjects as conscience, the concepts of sin and virtue, and the relation between morality and religion. The book also attempts to explain the traditional Christian attitudes towards certain particular matters of conduct; for example, marriage and divorce, gambling, and the rights and duties of private property. Written by the then Bishop of Exeter, this book was originally ...

Robert Cecil is seldom blamed for the gunpowder plot, he is credited with discovering the plotters and punishing them. What if Cecil planned the whole nasty business? In this book we examine what really happened. Yes, the plot had holes in it, but Cecil knew that only the most convincing lies had an implausible dimension to them. He knew subterfuge needed to be skilfully constructed. Poor Guy and poor Catesby, they were destined for infamy. James VI of Scotland, James I of England, would n...

From the acclaimed author of The Watchers, the untold story of Robert Cecil - the ultimate Tudor spy-master'Alford triumphs… in recreating the historical moment. By immersing himself in Cecil’s vast archive, he draws the reader deep into his working environment, capturing the closeness of his study and the chaos of the court… this is turn-of-century England as it really was – dangerous, gritty, on a knife edge' - The Times...

A look at the wide-ranging work of the Golden Age genius who made The Ten Commandments and other blockbusters—and helped found the American film industry.Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood is a detailed and definitive chronicle of the director's screen work that changed the course of film history—and a fascinating look at how movies were actually made in Hollywood's Golden Age. Drawing extensively on DeMille's personal archives and other primary sources...

Entre les discours selon lesquels l’Afrique ne serait pas « entrée dans l’histoire », ceux qui ne se fondent que sur l’orthodoxie économique opposant Nord développé et Sud qui ne le serait pas, et des visions archaïques bien souvent héritées du passé colonial, le continent africain souffre, en Occident, d’une réputation peu enviable. Une réputation aussi fausse que condescendante et que symbolisait déjà, en son temps, la « négrologie » de Stephen Smith.À l’opposé de ces visions étr...

**Brought to you by Penguin.From the acclaimed author of The Watchers, the untold story of Robert Cecil - the ultimate Tudor spy-master**Robert Cecil, statesman and spymaster, lived through an astonishingly threatening period in English history. Queen Elizabeth had no clear successor and enemies both external and internal threatened to destroy England as a Protestant state, most spectacularly with the Spanish Armada and the Gunpowder Plot.Cecil stood at the...

Les processus démocratiques initiés au cours des années 1980 sur le continent africain s’étiolent désormais sur l’autel de la mal-gouvernance, du népotisme et de la corruption. Aussi suivant les contextes assiste-t-on au retour de coups d’État, ou à des versions plus modernes que sont les coups d’État constitutionnels. Frustrations et rancœurs cumulées des « damnés de la Terre » trouvent dans le terrorisme un contre-discours, un statut, témoins de la déterritorialisation des États dans l’i...

L'oceano emotivo che ha travolto la nostra società sta progressivamente erodendo lo spazio sociale e politico marginalizzando lo spirito critico e la ragione stessa. Se è vero, come ha detto Hegel, che «nulla di grande può essere realizzato senza passione», questo impero dell'emozione, che depoliticizza gli eventi concentrandosi sugli effetti e non sulle cause, sta minando la capacità dell'individuo di scegliere, decidere, conoscere. Col fazzoletto in mano, l'individuo si abbandona a una f...