It is well known that the Soviet Union strongly influenced China in the early 1950s, since China committed itself both to the Sino-Soviet alliance and to the Soviet model of building socialism. What is less well known is that Chinese proved receptive not only to the Soviet economic model but also to the emulation of the Soviet Union in realms such as those of ideology, education, science, and culture. In this book an international group of scholars examines China's acceptance and ultimate ...

This compelling family history spans from the 1890s to the 21st century, weaving personal stories into the broader fabric of German history to reveal a deeply moving account of survival, courage, and resilience. At the heart of this narrative is Paul Bernstein, a Jewish WWI veteran who was awarded for his bravery but ultimately perished in Auschwitz in 1944, and his wife, Johanna Moosdorf, a non-Jewish woman who fought tirelessly to protect their family. Their two half-Jewish children, Bar...

Wer sich mit der Geistesgeschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland beschäftigt, stößt immer wieder auf seinen Namen. Ob als Autor literarischer Texte oder von Kinderbüchern, ob als Wissenschaftler und Institutsgründer, als Initiator von Projekten wie der Wehrmachtsausstellung oder als Mäzen – überall setzt Jan Philipp Reemtsma Zeichen, die unübersehbar sind. Entsprechend viel gibt es über ihn zu sagen, von ihm zu kommentieren und für weitere Überlegungen und Analysen nutzbar zu machen. Über...

Thomas Jefferson designed his own tombstone, describing himself simply as "Author of the Declaration of Independence and of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia." It is in this simple epitaph that R.B. Bernstein finds the key to this enigmatic Founder--not as a great political figure, but as leader of "a revolution of ideas that would make the world over again." In Thomas Jefferson, Bernstein offers the definitive short biography of ...

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), compositeur, professeur, pianiste, fut le premier chef d’orchestre américain de renommée internationale. Il a composé des symphonies et de la musique pour orchestre, ballet, cinéma et comédies musicales (dont West Side Story), des oeuvres chorales, des opéras (dont Candide), de la musique de chambre et des morceaux pour piano. Bernstein a dirigé les plus grands orchestres à travers le monde et fut le premier chef d’orchestre qui présenta la ...

Roots of the Republic shows how the Constitution was a product, not simply of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, but of a legal and philosophical tradition almost two centuries old. The editors have selected eighteen key documents in the development of that tradition and reproduced them with essays that explain what they mean, why they were written, and why they are important today. Each key document is accompanied by an interpretive essay written by a contemporary scholar. These essay...

An " engrossing collection of rigorously researched articles" from Elizabeth Warren, Jared Bernstein, William Julius Wilson, and more ( Publishers Weekly).Can the wealthiest nation in the world do anything to combat the steadily rising numbers of Americans living in poverty—or the tens of millions of Americans living in "near poverty"? In this book, some of the country's most prominent scholars, businesspeople, and community activists answ...

Sport and Psychoanalysis: What Sport Reveals about Our Unconscious Desires, Fantasies, and Fears explores the intersection of sport and psychoanalysis, emphasizing the often-overlooked psycho-social dimensions underpinning the experience of sport. By challenging the idea that sport offers an “escape” from reality-a realm separate to the politics of everyday life-each chapter critically considers the unconscious desires, fantasies, and fears that underpin the sporting spectacle for...

This volume examines the school-to-prison pipeline, a concept that has received growing attention over the past 10–15 years in the United States. The “pipeline” refers to a number of interrelated concepts and activities that most often include the criminalization of students and student behavior, the police-like state found in many schools throughout the country, and the introduction of youth into the criminal justice system at an early age. The school-to-prison pipeline negatively and dis...

This scholarly collection examines the origins, history, and contemporary nature of Chinese Judaism in the community of Kaifeng. These essays, written by a diverse, international team of contributors, explore the culture and history of this thousand-year-old Jewish community, whose synthesis of Chinese and Jewish cultures helped guarantee its survival. Part I of this study analyzes the origin and historical development of the Kaifeng community, as well as the unique cultural synthesis it e...

Thomas Jefferson designed his own tombstone, describing himself simply as "Author of the Declaration of Independence and of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia." It is in this simple epitaph that R.B. Bernstein finds the key to this enigmatic Founder--not as a great political figure, but as leader of "a revolution of ideas that would make the world over again." In Thomas Jefferson, Bernstein offers the definitive short biography of this reve...

Die Galerie der Göttinger Berühmtheiten ist reich und über Jahrhunderte respektheischend: von G. Chr. Lichtenberg, dem genialen Aufklärer, und G.A. Bürger, dem Erfinder des Lügenbarons Münchhausen, bis zu W. Heisenberg, dem revolutionären Physiker. Ihnen zu Ehren haben sich hier prominente Göttinger von heute zusammengefunden, um bekannte Persönlichkeiten aus der Vergangenheit ihrer Stadt zu porträtieren. So ist ein Kaleidoskop zur Geschichte und Kultur Göttingens entstanden: unterhaltsam,...