The author critiques the depictions of multiracial Americans in contemporary culture.

Probes the contested concept of utopia, examining the different ways in which it has been used by commentators and theorists in both liberal and Marxist radiations. The works of Karl Mannheim, Georges Sorel, Ernst Bloch, William Morris, and Herbert Marcuse are studied. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Human rights offer a vision of international justice that today’s idealistic millions hold dear. Yet the very concept on which the movement is based became familiar only a few decades ago when it profoundly reshaped our hopes for an improved humanity. In this pioneering book, Samuel Moyn elevates that extraordinary transformation to center stage and asks what it reveals about the ideal’s troubled present and uncertain future. For some, human rights stretch back to the dawn of Western civilization, the age of the American and French Revolutions, or the post–World War II moment when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was framed. Revisiting these episodes in a dramatic tour of humanity’s moral history, The Last Utopia shows that it was in the decade after 1968 that human rights began to make sense to broad communities of people as the proper cause of justice. Across eastern and western Europe, as well as throughout the United States and Latin America, human rights crystallized in a few short years as social activism and political rhetoric moved it from the hallways of the United Nations to the global forefront. It was on the ruins of earlier political utopias, Moyn argues, that human rights achieved contemporary prominence. The morality of individual rights substituted for the soiled political dreams of revolutionary communism and nationalism as international law became an alternative to popular struggle and bloody violence. But as the ideal of human rights enters into rival political agendas, it requires more vigilance and scrutiny than when it became the watchword of our hopes.

A new edition of Karl Mannheim's classic work in which the concepts of 'ideology' and 'utopia' are examined as opposing and dominant societal influences.

The first generation of Russian modernists experienced a profound sense of anxiety resulting from the belief that they were living in an age of decline. What made them unique was their utopian prescription for overcoming the inevitability of decline and death both by metaphysical and physical means. They intertwined their mystical erotic discourse with European degeneration theory and its obsession with the destabilization of gender. In Erotic Utopia, Olga Matich suggests that same-sex desire underlay their most radical utopian proposal of abolishing the traditional procreative family in favor of erotically induced abstinence. 2006 Winner, CHOICE Award for Outstanding Academic Titles, Current Reviews for Academic Libraries Honorable Mention, Aldo and Jean Scaglione Prize for Studies in Slavic Languages and Literatures, Modern Language Association “Offers a fresh perspective and a wealth of new information on early Russian modernism. . . . It is required reading for anyone interested in fin-de-siècle Russia and in the history of sexuality in general.”—Bernice Glatzer Rosenthal, Slavic and East European Journal “Thoroughly entertaining.”—Avril Pyman, Slavic Review

When you hear the word abundance, you may equate it to being blessed with a plentiful overflowing amount of money that equates to a big lottery win. Having enough money to survive comfortably enough on this physical plane is part of obtaining abundance, but it's not the destination and purpose to thrive for. You could work hard to make enough money to the point you are set for life, but that won't necessarily equate to happiness. Achieving a content state of joy and serenity starts with fine tuning your soul, inner world, and overall well-being. When that's in place, then the rest will follow. Attracting in Abundance combines practical and spirit wisdom surrounding the nature of abundance. This is something that most everyone can get on board with because all human beings desire physical comforts, blessings, and prosperity, regardless of their personal values and belief systems. Attracting in Abundance is broken up into three parts to help move you towards inviting abundance into your life on all levels. "Part One" contains some no-nonsense lectures surrounding the philosophies, concepts, and debates on the laws of attracting in abundance. "Part Two" is the largest of the sections geared towards fine tuning your soul into preparing for abundance. "Part Three" is the final lesson in the abundance curriculum to assist in opening the gates of abundance with various helpful tidbits, guidance, and messages, as well as the blocks that can prevent abundance from flowing in. CONTENTS INCLUDE: The Vibrational Discord Between You and Abundance, Creating an Abundant Life, Attracting in Abundance, Debunking the Law of Attraction: Skeptics and Believers, The Power of the Mind, A Student of the Law of Attracting in Abundance, Finding a Blissful Happy Place, Emotional Healing, Gratitude and Optimism, Complaining Into Abundance, Stand In Your Glorious Power, Improving Your Mind, Body, and Spirit, Clearing the Chaos Within and Around Your Soul and Surroundings, The Power of Nature, Abundance Blocks, Have Confidence and Ask for Divine Support, Giving and Receiving in the Right Spirit, Abundance Exercise.

The Metaphysical Divine Wisdom Collection is a collection of six books from the Metaphysical Divine Wisdom series of books from spiritual author Kevin Hunter. All of the books in the series are available in this one gigantic volume for those interested in having the content in one large book rather than individually. In this non-denominational collection, Kevin Hunter blends the varying facets of the spiritual and the physical in a manner that is easily digestible for those interested in a primer to the spiritual, metaphysical, philosophical, and body, mind, spirit genres. The eclectic blend of topics discussed can appeal to anyone struggling in their Earthly life and seeking spiritual enlightenment, inspiration, wisdom and guidance. The six books from the Metaphysical Divine Wisdom series include Psychic Spirit Team Heaven Communication, Soul Consciousness and Purpose, Manifesting Fearless Assertive Confidence, Balancing the Body, Mind, and Soul, Increasing Prayer with Faith for an Abundant Life, and Universal, Physical, Spiritual and Soul Love. Spiritual metaphysical author, Kevin Hunter is a lifelong psychic and Divine communicator having written and published dozens of spiritually based books to help others on their quest for spiritual fulfillment mixed with the practical. Considered vastly distinctive in the spiritual genre due to his radically assertive no-nonsense direct way of communicating he has brought in a fellowship of readers from all over the globe that have gravitated towards this authenticity. This confidence he asserts is thanks to God and his Spirit team. The Metaphysical Divine Wisdom Collection contains 700 pages of material. The paperback edition is a larger sized book that can work as a coffee table book, spiritual reference guide, or Divine oracle. In Psychic Spirit Team Heaven Communication, the focused topics surround psychic related discussions. This includes fine-tuning your soul for stronger psychic reception, psychically connecting and other psychic related wisdom, communicating with the Divine, the core psychic clair senses, picking up on heavenly input, psychic insights, psychic accuracy, psychic timing, how much your Spirit Team knows, blocking Divine guidance, the power of your sensitivities, psychic spirit team communication, the author’s channeling process, spirit guides and angels, connecting with the tarot, and much more! Soul Consciousness and Purpose looks at the many areas that one’s physical and spiritual life all play a big part in the evolving nature of your soul’s consciousness, which is connected to your life missions and purposes. Some of the topics discussed include: Opening the pathway to divinity, knowing when your soul is transforming and evolving, awakening your creative consciousness, soul contracts, life purposes, healing and transformation, soul groups and earth angels, the earthly birth, the soul and spirit, the higher self, soul growth through grief, soul growth through health issues, soul growth through relationships, soul growth through work and career, soul growth through superficiality, soul growth through emotional healing, the human influences on the soul consciousness, and much more! Manifesting Fearless Assertive Confidence is a motivational and inspirational practical spiritual guide to propel you bravely forward into fearless assertive confidence on your soul’s Earthly physical and spiritual journey. Some of the topics discussed include: Combatting Fear, Standing in your Divine Soul Power, Stomping Out the Darkness of Fear Gossip and Anger, Identifying Blocks to Abundance and Blessings, Becoming the Chief Executive of Your Life, Optimistic Visualization, Getting Enthusiastic, Taking Action, Partaking in Pleasing Work, Being Worthy and Deserving of Blessings, Awakening Your Creative Spirit, Rising into Creative Confidence, Balancing Selfishness Selflessness Assertiveness, Stepping into your Soul’s Authority, and much more! Balancing the Mind, Body, and Soulis to help cultivate all aspects of the core parts of your physical, spiritual, and consciousness make up. When all three are blended in harmony, then the greater heights one can achieve in life both physically and spiritually. Some of the topics discussed include: Raising Your Soul’s Energy Vibration, Firing Up Your Inner Child, Nature’s Therapy, Elevating the Mind Body and Spirit, Expanding Your Consciousness, Detoxifying Your Soul, Clearing the Chaos Within and Around you, Fitness and Exercise, Watching What You Eat and Drink, Soul Cleansing to Motivation, Gossip Machine to Centered Light, Balancing Your Inner Spirit, Rising Above the Mundane and Into the Divine, Cord Cutting, Shielding, Grounding, Vibrational Uplift, Balancing of Masculine and Feminine Energies, Finding that Blissful Happy Placeand much more! Increasing Prayer with Faith for an Abundant Life is a non-denominational book open to all people from different walks of life needing a strengthening of faith with a focus on the power of prayer. Some of the topics discussed include: The Power of Prayer, Being Vigilant with Prayer and Affirmations, Asking for Divinely Guided Angelic Help, Turning Prayers Into Manifestation, Creating an Abundant Life with Faith, Increasing Faith to Accomplish, Achieve, and Persevere, Complaining Into Abundance, Taking Action on Divine Guidance, Having Gratitude and Optimism, The Significance of Spirituality, Spirit Is In Your Corner, The Commanding Function of Prayer, Divine Assistance, Spiritual Text Reminders on Faith and Prayer, andmuch more! Universal, Physical, Spiritual and Soul Love examines one of the most powerful vibrations that exists and that is love. In this there are divinely guided discussions on what it means to display Universal love and spiritual love. There is a heavy emphasis on the connection nature between souls from the karmic to soul mates and twin flames, before devoting a good chunk on the practical, which is of great interest in the physical world. Some of the other topics also discussed include: It’s All About Love, Creating the Life You Love, Self-Love and Self-Care, Karmic Soul Connections, Soul Mate Soul Connections, Twin Flame Soul Connections, The Benefits and Challenges of Technology Dating, Single and Longing for a Relationship, Love and Relationships, Love is a Battlefield, Seeking Love Through External Validation, Divine Soul Love, Love Yourself Back to Life, Bring Out the Good Vibrations, Universal Spiritual Love, and much more!