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"The book gives a uniquely comprehensive philosophical analysis of Nietzsche's thinking. It shows how this thinking has its unifying focus on values--both the past and prevailing values that his psychologies and genealogies explain, and the new values that he himself creates and defends. It maps, in detail, the argumentative structure of his thinking as it bears on this central topic. It argues that his ultimate ambition is to show how we can incorporate the truth about values into our own valuing-and that he is therefore more deeply committed to truth than often supposed. The book's chapters examine twelve key concepts, each at the heart of a network of problems and ideas. A first group of concepts (value, life, drives, affects) treat the bodily valuing he attributes to our drives and affects; a second group (human, words, nihilism, freedom) treat the valuing we carry out in our deeply-flawed conception of ourselves as moral agents; the third group (the Yes, self, creating, Dionysus) project the values he offers as the lesson of his critiques--values centered on a universal affirmation expressed in the idea of eternal return. Each chapter organizes the rich complexity of Nietzsche's thought on its topic, and works to resolve contradictions, often by showing how he treats the concepts and problems as historical. The book synthesizes these detailed analyses into a systematic picture of his thought"--

Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Chapter One Introduction: Fascism & Fascism Studies -- Academic discussion of fascism -- Griffin's mythic core: fascism as palingenetic ultra-nationalism -- Analysing Fascism: an approach from Critical Discourse Analysis -- Chapter Two Discourse-Historical Analysis -- Introduction -- Discourse-Historic Analysis-text in historic context -- Text-discursive strategies -- Conclusion -- Chapter Three British Fascism: A Synoptic History of People and Parties -- Introduction -- The emergence of British fascism -- British Union of Fascists -- Post war -- Consolidation and fragmentation: the National Front, 1967- -- Contemporary British fascism -- Chapter Four 'Britain' and 'British': the protection of race and nation -- Who is/isn't British: the surface and depths of British fascist nationalism -- A Green and Pleasant Land -- Women and the eugenic National project -- Conclusion -- Chapter Five A 'real alternative'? Fascism and 'Third Way' economics -- Fascist political economies -- Fascists on 'communism' -- Fascists on 'capitalism' -- The solution: national capitalism -- Conclusion -- Chapter Six Fascism and its Threat to Civil Society -- Illiberalism and inequality -- Mass media, fascism and democracy -- Fascism and violence -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Analysis -- Understanding -- Oppose -- References -- Primary sources -- Secondary sources -- Index: Fascist authors and activists -- Index.

1. Life and works -- 2. Early development -- 3. Being and time : phenomenology -- 4. Being and time : pragmatism -- 5. Being and time : existentialism -- 6. Being and time : time and being -- 7. Heidegger's turning -- 8. Language and art -- 9. Technology and god -- 10. Heidegger's influences.

This book investigates slavery in the work of Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope and John Gay. These writers were connected with a Tory ministry, which attempted to increase the English share of the international slave trade.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- About the Author -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- 1: Procuring Tonnage -- Introduction -- Boxtime -- Section I: Philosophy and Aims -- Section II: Problems -- Section III: Style -- Section IV: "Boxtime" Part I -- Section V: "Boxtime" Part III -- Section VI: "Boxtime" Part II -- Clause 1: Period of Charter Party and Delivery -- Clause 2: Owners' Undertaking -- Clause 3: Trading Limits -- Clause 4: Permitted Cargoes -- Clause 5: Owners' Obligations -- Clause 6: Charterers' Obligations -- Clause 7: Hire -- Clause 8: Off-Hire -- Clause 9: Loss of Vessel -- Clause 10: Lashings and Stevedoring -- Clause 11 : Vessel's Gear -- Clause 12: Bunker Fuel -- Clause 13: Charterers' Requirements -- Clause 14: Owners' Requirements -- Clause 15: Sundry Matters -- Clause 16: Charterers' Responsibilities/Liabilities -- Clause 17: Owners' Responsibilities/Liabilities -- Clause 18: Insurances -- Clause 19: War -- Clause 20: Law and Arbitration -- Clause 21: Commission -- Clause 22: Notices -- Section VII: Additional Clauses -- Section VIII: Conclusion -- Postscript -- 2: Operating Agreements -- Introduction -- Mutual Waiver Clause -- Operating Agreements: General -- Preamble -- Definitions -- Period of Agreement -- Trading Areas/Scope -- Conference -- Service Details -- Tonnage -- Trade Shares -- Financial Arrangements -- Containers -- Break-bulk, Oversize and Dangerous Cargoes -- Administration -- Terminals -- Additional Parties -- Non-assignment/Confidentiality -- Relationship with Outside Consortia/Lines -- Force Majeure -- Language -- Law and Arbitration -- Sundry Clauses -- 3: Slot Charters -- Introduction -- Cross Charter Parties -- (1) Space Allocation and Period -- (2) Employment -- (3) Remuneration -- (4) Owners' Expenses -- (5) Voyage and Destination.