The English National Character

The English National Character
Title The English National Character PDF eBook
Author Peter Mandler
Publisher Yale University Press
Pages 372
Release 2006-01-01
Genre History
ISBN 9780300120523

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De geschiedenis van opvattingen over het nationale karakter van de Engelsen in de afgelopen twee eeuwen.

Ah Q Archaeology

Ah Q Archaeology
Title Ah Q Archaeology PDF eBook
Author Paul B. Foster
Publisher Lexington Books
Pages 414
Release 2006
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 073911168X

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Although Lu Xun was a leading intellectual and writer in twentieth century China, and his representative character Ah Q, hero of "The True Story of Ah Q," is considered an iconic repository of progressive Chinese thinking about the national character, few works examine the major discourses in his thought and writing relative to broader historical and intellectual currents outside the context of his politicization. Ah Q Archaeology, however, concretely situates Lu Xun's critique of national character vis-a-vis metanarratives of nationalism and modernity through a close examination of his works in their historical context. Paul B. Foster uses a discursive approach to tie together Lu Xun's major theme of national character critique and its fate in China's tumultuous twentieth century. This book is an important and unique contribution to modern Chinese intellectual history and modern Chinese literature.

The Last Lecture

The Last Lecture
Title The Last Lecture PDF eBook
Author Randy Pausch
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2010
Genre Cancer
ISBN 9780340978504

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The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.

National Character and Public Spirit in Britain and France, 1750–1914

National Character and Public Spirit in Britain and France, 1750–1914
Title National Character and Public Spirit in Britain and France, 1750–1914 PDF eBook
Author Roberto Romani
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 360
Release 2001-12-20
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1139432818

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In a work of unusual ambition and rigorous comparison, Roberto Romani considers the concept of 'national character' in the intellectual histories of Britain and France. Perceptions of collective mentalities influenced a variety of political and economic debates, ranging from anti-absolutist polemic in eighteenth-century France to appraisals of socialism in Edwardian Britain. Romani argues that the eighteenth-century notion of 'national character', with its stress on climate and government, evolved into a concern with the virtues of 'public spirit' irrespective of national traits, in parallel with the establishment of representative institutions on the Continent. His discussion of contemporary thinkers includes Montesquieu, Voltaire, Hume, Millar, Burke, Constant, de Staël and Tocqueville. After the mid-nineteenth century, the advent of social scientific approaches, including those of Spencer, Hobson and Durkheim, shifted the focus from the qualities required by political liberty to those needed to operate complex social systems, and to bear its psychological pressures.

Lectures and Sermons

Lectures and Sermons
Title Lectures and Sermons PDF eBook
Author Thomas Nicolas Burke
Publisher
Pages 630
Release 1904
Genre Sermons, American
ISBN

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Lectures on the English language

Lectures on the English language
Title Lectures on the English language PDF eBook
Author George Perkins Marsh
Publisher
Pages 522
Release 1874
Genre English language
ISBN

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Lectures to American Audiences

Lectures to American Audiences
Title Lectures to American Audiences PDF eBook
Author Edward Augustus Freeman
Publisher
Pages 472
Release 1882
Genre Anglo-Saxon race
ISBN

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