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Fifteen scholars have collaborated to provide a comprehensive analysis of the life and work of one of the most influential economists of all time. The authors include the Official Historian of the Reserve Bank of Australia (Selwyn Cornish), the Director of the von Mises Institute (Douglas French), Hayek's second General Editor (Stephen Kresge), the founder of est (Werner Erhard), plus seven Professors - of Economics (David Laidler, Viktor Vanberg and Robert Leeson), Economic History (Avner Offer and Jan-Otmar Hesse), Politics (Melissa Lane) and Social Policy (Nils Goldschmidt). The Universities represented include Stanford, Princeton, Oxford, Bielefeld, Western Ontario, Uppsala and Freiburg. This is the first time that such a distinguished collection of scholars -- from a variety of perspectives -- have attempted to integrate Hayek's life, work and influence on world history with the archival evidence.

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; PREFACE; Table of Contents; I: INTRODUCTION; 1. The First Biography of Spinoza; 2. Its Date; 3. Its Author; 4. Lucas; 5. The First Printed Editions; 6. Colerus; 7. The Lucas Manuscripts; 8. Codex Towneley; 9. Select Literature of Spinoza Biography; 10. Note on Text and Translation; II: THE LIFE OF THE LATE MR. DE SPINOSA (Translation); III: ADDITIONS IN THE PRINTED TEXTS OF 1719 AND 1735 (Translations); 1. Advertisement; 2. Preface of the Copyist

"What this remarkable book does . . . is to remind us of that passion, that revolutionary fervor, that camaraderie, that persistence in the face of political defeat and personal despair so needed in our time as in theirs." —Howard Zinn "Fascinating …With marvelous clarity and depth, Candace Falk illuminates for us an Emma Goldman shaped by her time yet presaging in her life the situation and conflicts of women in our time." —Tillie Olsen One of the most famous political activists of all time, Emma Goldman was also infamous for her radical anarchist views and her "scandalous" personal life. In public, Goldman was a firebrand, confidently agitating for labor reform, anarchism, birth control, and women's independence. But behind closed doors she was more vulnerable, especially when it came to the love of her life. Reissued on the sesquicentennial of Emma Goldman's birth, Love, Anarchy, & Emma Goldman is an account of Goldman's legendary career as a political activist. But it is more than that—it is the only biography of Emma Goldman. The flow of her life and words is at its core. Here, Candace Falk offers an intimate look at how Goldman's passion for social reform dovetailed with her passion for one man: Chicago activist, hobo king, and red-light district gynecologist Ben Reitman. This takes us into the heart of their tumultuous love affair, finding that even as Goldman lectured on free love, she confronted her own intense jealousy. As director of the Emma Goldman papers, Falk had access to over 40,000 writings by Goldman—including her private letters and notes—and she draws upon these archives to give us a rare insight into this brilliant, complex woman's thoughts. The result is both a riveting love story and a primer on an exciting, explosive era in American politics and intellectual life

"In this account, Julian Young provides the most comprehensive biography available today of the life and philosophy of the nineteenth-century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Young deals with the many puzzles created by the conjunction of Nietzsche's personal history and his work. Setting Nietzsche's thought in the context of his times, Young emphasizes the decisive influence of Plato and of Richard Wagner on Nietzsche's attempt to reform Western culture. He also describes the devastating effect on Nietzsche's personality of his unhappy love for Lou Salome and attempts to understand why, at the age of forty-four, he went mad." "This book includes a selection of more than thirty photographs of Nietzsche, his friends and his work sites. Seventeen of the philosopher's musical compositions, which are key to a deeper understanding of his intellectual project are available online."--Jacket

Clive, Proconsul of India (1976) examines the life of the man held by many to be one of the main originators of European imperialism in Asia in the eighteenth century. Dupleix of France and Clive of England set the drive to imperialism in motion - and while Dupleix saw the opportunities, Clive seized them. This book looks at what sort of man Clive was, what he had to contend with, and what were his aims.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Confronting the Sovereignty Claim -- Chapter two Emperor and Pope Fight for It -- Chapter three Westphalia: The State Gets It -- Chapter four We the People Become Sovereign -- Chapter five Sovereignty as an Instrument of European Imperialism -- Chapter six Settler Sovereignty -- Chapter seven Federalism Takes the Sting Out of Sovereignty -- Chapter eight Sovereignty Challenged Beyond and Within the State -- Chapter nine Sovereign States and the UN's Fatal Incapacities -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: Sovereignty and the Coronavirus Pandemic -- Notes -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Index

Theory as a hermeneutical mechanism: a theoretical model -- Democratic peace as theoretical constructions -- Democratic peace as a public convection -- Word-lords: the Israeli right's mobilization of the rhetorical capital of democratic peace -- The civilization of clashes: the neoconservative reading of democratic peace -- The three free world theories -- Theorizing and responsibility -- Conclusions: zooming in, zooming out.

"Fifteen scholars have collaborated to provide a comprehensive analysis of the life and work of one of the most influential economists of all time. The authors include the Official Historian of the Reserve Bank of Australia (Selwyn Cornish), the Director of the von Mises Institute (Douglas French), Hayek's second General Editor (Stephen Kresge), the founder of est (Werner Erhard), plus seven Professors - of Economics (David Laidler, Viktor Vanberg and Robert Leeson), Economic History (Avner Offer and Jan-Otmar Hesse), Politics (Melissa Lane) and Social Policy (Nils Goldschmidt). The Universities represented include Stanford, Princeton, Oxford, Bielefeld, Western Ontario, Uppsala and Freiburg. This is the first time that such a distinguished collection of scholars--from a variety of perspectives--have attempted to integrate Hayek's life, work and influence on world history with the archival evidence."--

Childhood and early education : the great experiment (1806-1820) -- Company man and youthful propagandist (1821-1826) -- Crisis (1826-1830) -- The discovery of romance and romanticism (1830-1840) -- The transitional essays -- Intellectual success (1840-1845) -- Worldly success (1846-1850) -- Private years (1850-1859) -- The memorial essays -- Public intellectual (1859-1869) -- Last years (1869-1873).

Early life : Orillia and the Red River Expedition, 1848-1873 -- The North-West Mounted Police, 1873-1885 -- Steele's scouts in the Rebellion, 1885 -- Frustrated ambition, 1886-1888 -- The love of his life : Marie Harwood, 1888-1890 -- Fort Macleod and family, 1890-1898 -- The Klondike Gold Rush, 1898-1899 -- Fighting for queen and country : Lord Strathcona's Horse, 1899-1901 -- Imperial interlude : the South African constabulary, 1901-1907 -- Preparing for War, 1907-1914 -- An old soldier fades away : General Steele, 1914-1919

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Darcus Howe: a Political Biography examines the struggle for racial justice in Britain, through the lens of one of Britain's most prominent and controversial black journalists and campaigners. Born in Trinidad during the dying days of British colonialism, Howe became an uncompromising champion of racial justice. The book examines how Howe's unique political outlook was inspired by the example of his friend and mentor C.L.R. James, and forged in the heat of the American civil rights movement, as well as Trinidad's Black Power Revolution. The book sheds new light on Howe's leading role in the defining struggles in Britain against institutional racism in the police, the courts and the media. It focuses on his part as a defendant in the trial of the Mangrove Nine, the high point of Black Power in Britain; his role in conceiving and organizing the Black People's Day of Action, the largest ever demonstration by the black community in Britain; and his later work as one of a prominent journalist and political commentator.

Part military history and part group biography, Generals in the Making is the first comprehensive history of the United States' World War II generals between the wars, covering not only the lives and careers of this brotherhood of officers, but also the crucible of military ideas and innovation in which they served.