In this rethinking of Marxism and its blind spots, Dick Howard argues that the collapse of European communism in 1989 should not be identified with a victory for capitalism and makes possible a wholesale reevaluation of democratic politics in the U.S. and abroad. The author turns to the American and French Revolutions to uncover what was truly "revolutionary" about those events, arguing that two distinct styles of democratic life emerged, the implications of which were misinterpreted in li...

The Marxian Legacy, first published in 1977 and released in a second edition in 1988, was and remains distinct in its view of Marxian theory as 'critique, ' aware of its own origins and limitations and self-conscious about its own historical rootedness in changing social and political conditions. This new and fully revised third edition retains the original synthesis of the divergent traditions of German, critical, and French Marxisms into a living Marxian legacy that changes and ...

This book traces a dialectic relationship between “politics” and “antipolitics,” the first, as used here, being akin to philosophy as an activity of open inquiry, plural democracy, and truth-finding, and the latter in the realm of ideology, technocracy, and presupposed certainties. It returns back to the emergence of a New Left movement in the 1960s in order to follow the history of this relationship since then. It addresses contemporary debates by looking to the fall of the Berlin Wall an...

The conflict between politics and antipolitics has replayed throughout Western history and philosophical thought. From the beginning, Plato's quest for absolute certainty led him to denounce democracy, an anti-political position challenged by Aristotle. In his wide-ranging narrative, Dick Howard puts this dilemma into fresh perspective, proving our contemporary political problems are not as unique as we think.Howard begins with democracy in ancient Greece and the rise and fall of r...

Shanghai-born and later Hong Kongresident shipowner TUNG CHAO-YUNG (19121982) is remembered worldwide as a champion for Chinese shipping, founding the companies Chinese Maritime Transport and Island Navigation, and pioneering container shipping for Asia in Orient Overseas Container Line/OOCL. Despite coming from a humble background, by the time of his death he controlled a huge fleet of passenger liners, bulk carriers, tankers, and container ships, while also being diversified into port te...

Gunshots, fist fights, and footsteps in the dark! Come hear crime and mystery, action and suspense with radio's greatest detectives! Ten hours of bracing crime stopping broadcasts bring you Sherlock Holmes, Sam Spade, The Saint, The Shadow, Johnny Dollar, Bulldog Drummond -- and fourteen more favorites!Vincent Price, Bob Bailey, Basil Rathbone, Howard Duff, Dick Powell, and more star in twenty tales that are hard boiled and heroic, brilliant and bloody.Episodes Include: Barrie Craig, Confi...

The editors at www.fantasticstoriesoftheimagination.com present thirty-two wonderful tales of fantasy in this completely revised second edition text. More than seven hundred and fifty pages for your reading pleasure. Escape today! 'Immortal' by Shariann Lewitt; 'The Thing in the Attic' by James Blish; 'To Serve A Prince' by B.W. Clough; 'Red Nails' by Robert E. Howard; 'Your Name Is Eve' by Michael M. Jones; 'The Knights of Arthur' by Frederik Pohl; 'Go Through' by Alma Alexander; 'Piper i...

TOO BIG TO FIT MY WIFE ... FORBIDDEN SEDUCTIONHe has a BIG "ego", and he won't take no for an answer from my innocent little wife.She's no cheater and has never even seen "it" so big before. No way will she give it up.He's an arrogant alpha that desires domination, totally.He's ROUGH, Hard-drilling and spills a hot bucketload oh so deep....

Global society has been analyzed in any number of ways: books dealing with its economic and cultural implications flood the market. But Planetary Politics highlights something unique. It explores globalization with an eye on the transformation of politics into a planetary enterprise. Unifying this collection is a political purpose: the attempt to engage in progressive fashion the dominant trends, the terrible excesses, and the positive prospects in a decidedly new era marked by th...

Here is a grab-bag collection of great fantasy stories -- modern and classic, adventure-filled and serious, funny and sad -- by authors whose work you may already know, or may be discovering for the first time. Included are:THE COPPERSMITH, by Lester del ReyDOGS QUESTING, by John Gregory BetancourtOF WITHERED APPLES, by Philip K. DickYELLOW EYES, by Marylois DunnSEA TIGER, by Henry S. WhiteheadTHE BLACK TOWER, by R. H. BarlowTHE SHADOW FROM...

An Epic Listen . . . Wet Your Crave with This Filthy Hot AudiobookIn a culinary competition that Rhia needs to win, how did things take such a wild turn?How did a gang of chefs all want to go in Rhia's hot little pot?Rhia's boyfriend, Brandon, watches it all, her first time being shared.How hot will Rhia get? How many chefs need to be satisfied?Can h...

YOUNGER WOMAN IN HOT NEED FOR FORBIDDEN OLDER MAN.She's petite, younger and already has a boyfriend.But why does she feel this deep inner need for an older man?He's married and has never cheated before.He opens up. His desires, dark and carnal.The four are all in the same house.His wife is so close, her boyfriend even closer.Will they go too far and get caught?Then what?