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The wellspring of Thomas Hardy and Religion is the recognition that
Thomas Hardys two late great novels, Tess of the dUrbervilles and
Jude the Obscure, are dominated, respectively, by two religious
traditions of nineteenth-century Anglicanism: Evangelicalism and
Anglo-Catholicism. Placing those movements in their historical
context alongside other Victorian religious traditions, the author
explores the development of Hardys religious beliefs and ideas up
till the 1880s. Evangelicalism in Tess is discussed through an
analysis of the principal characters, Angel Clare and his father,
Parson Clare, Alec dUrberville and Tess herself, leading to a
consideration of why this form of Christianity looms so large in
that novel. Not unexpectedly, the reasons for this are linked to
Hardys personal and intellectual biography, especially his
religious upbringing and experience of and involvement in these
religious traditions. This applies to both novels. The sources of
Jude the Obscure in Hardys life and thought, and their links to
Anglo-Catholicism, are revealed in the context of the influence of
that tradition on the narrative and characters, in particular Judes
sense of vocation, the importance of the university town of
Christminster and issues associated with marriage, divorce and
sexuality. Throughout his analysis of both novels the author
demonstrates how Hardy lambasts the way in which these religious
traditions and the conventional Victorian morality they bolstered
undermine human flourishing. Thomas Hardy and Religion concludes by
considering the place these two novels have in the continuing
trajectory of Hardys theological ideas, underlining the critical
importance of understanding his religious concerns and reflecting
on the way in which his critique of religion is important to people
of faith.
The wellspring of Thomas Hardy and Religion is the recognition that
Thomas Hardys two late great novels, Tess of the dUrbervilles and
Jude the Obscure, are dominated, respectively, by two religious
traditions of nineteenth-century Anglicanism: Evangelicalism and
Anglo-Catholicism. Placing those movements in their historical
context alongside other Victorian religious traditions, the author
explores the development of Hardys religious beliefs and ideas up
till the 1880s. Evangelicalism in Tess is discussed through an
analysis of the principal characters, Angel Clare and his father,
Parson Clare, Alec dUrberville and Tess herself, leading to a
consideration of why this form of Christianity looms so large in
that novel. Not unexpectedly, the reasons for this are linked to
Hardys personal and intellectual biography, especially his
religious upbringing and experience of and involvement in these
religious traditions. This applies to both novels. The sources of
Jude the Obscure in Hardys life and thought, and their links to
Anglo-Catholicism, are revealed in the context of the influence of
that tradition on the narrative and characters, in particular Judes
sense of vocation, the importance of the university town of
Christminster and issues associated with marriage, divorce and
sexuality. Throughout his analysis of both novels the author
demonstrates how Hardy lambasts the way in which these religious
traditions and the conventional Victorian morality they bolstered
undermine human flourishing. Thomas Hardy and Religion concludes by
considering the place these two novels have in the continuing
trajectory of Hardys theological ideas, underlining the critical
importance of understanding his religious concerns and reflecting
on the way in which his critique of religion is important to people
of faith.
The Founding of Modern States is a bold comparative work that
examines the rise of the modern state through six case studies of
state formation. The book opens with an analysis of three foundings
that gave rise to democratic states in Britain, the United States,
and France and concludes with an evaluation of three formations
that birthed non-democratic states in the Soviet Union, Nazi
Germany, and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Through a comparative
analysis of these governments, the book argues that new state
formations are defined by a metaphysical conception of a "will of
the people" through which the new state is ritually granted
sovereignty. The book stresses the paradoxical nature of modern
foundings, characterized by "mythological imaginations," or the
symbolic acts and rituals upon which a state is enabled to secure
political and social order. An extensive study of some of the most
important events in modern history, this book offers readers novel
interpretations that will disrupt common narratives about modern
states and the state of our modern world.
The Founding of Modern States is a bold comparative work that
examines the rise of the modern state through six case studies of
state formation. The book opens with an analysis of three foundings
that gave rise to democratic states in Britain, the United States,
and France and concludes with an evaluation of three formations
that birthed non-democratic states in the Soviet Union, Nazi
Germany, and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Through a comparative
analysis of these governments, the book argues that new state
formations are defined by a metaphysical conception of a "will of
the people" through which the new state is ritually granted
sovereignty. The book stresses the paradoxical nature of modern
foundings, characterized by "mythological imaginations," or the
symbolic acts and rituals upon which a state is enabled to secure
political and social order. An extensive study of some of the most
important events in modern history, this book offers readers novel
interpretations that will disrupt common narratives about modern
states and the state of our modern world.
The 1896 Democratic National Convention simultaneously proposed a
radically new trajectory for American industrial expansion, harshly
repudiated its own incumbent president, and rudely overturned the
party's traditional regional and social hierarchy. The passion that
attended these decisions was deeply embedded in the traditional
alliances and understandings of the past, in the careers and
futures of the party's most prominent leaders and most
insignificant ward heelers, and in the personal relations of men
who had long served together in the halls of Congress. This passion
was continuously on display in the Chicago Coliseum, shaped by the
rhythm of parliamentary ritual and the physical architecture of the
convention hall. William Jennings Bryan anticipated the moment when
pathos would be at its height and chose that moment to give his
'Cross of Gold' address, thus harnessing passion to his personal
ambition and winning the presidential nomination.
During the middle of the nineteenth century, Americans voted in
saloons in the most derelict sections of great cities, in hamlets
swarming with Union soldiers, or in wooden cabins so isolated that
even neighbors had difficulty finding them. Their votes have come
down to us as election returns reporting tens of millions of
officially sanctioned democratic acts. Neatly arrayed in columns by
office, candidate, and party, these returns are routinely
interpreted as reflections of the preferences of individual voters
and thus seem to unambiguously document the existence of a robust
democratic ethos. By carefully examining political activity in and
around the polling place, this book suggests some important caveats
which must attend this conclusion. These caveats, in turn, help to
bridge the interpretive chasm now separating ethno-cultural
descriptions of popular politics from political economic analyses
of state and national policy-making.
The 1896 Democratic National Convention simultaneously proposed a
radically new trajectory for American industrial expansion, harshly
repudiated its own incumbent president, and rudely overturned the
party's traditional regional and social hierarchy. The passion that
attended these decisions was deeply embedded in the traditional
alliances and understandings of the past, in the careers and
futures of the party's most prominent leaders and most
insignificant ward heelers, and in the personal relations of men
who had long served together in the halls of Congress. This passion
was continuously on display in the Chicago Coliseum, shaped by the
rhythm of parliamentary ritual and the physical architecture of the
convention hall. William Jennings Bryan anticipated the moment when
pathos would be at its height and chose that moment to give his
'Cross of Gold' address, thus harnessing passion to his personal
ambition and winning the presidential nomination.
During the middle of the nineteenth century, Americans voted in
saloons in the most derelict sections of great cities, in hamlets
swarming with Union soldiers, or in wooden cabins so isolated that
even neighbors had difficulty finding them. Their votes have come
down to us as election returns reporting tens of millions of
officially sanctioned democratic acts. Neatly arrayed in columns by
office, candidate, and party, these returns are routinely
interpreted as reflections of the preferences of individual voters
and thus seem to unambiguously document the existence of a robust
democratic ethos. By carefully examining political activity in and
around the polling place, this book suggests some important caveats
which must attend this conclusion. These caveats, in turn, help to
bridge the interpretive chasm now separating ethno-cultural
descriptions of popular politics from political economic analyses
of state and national policy-making.
This book describes the impact of the American Civil War on the
development of central state authority in the late nineteenth
century. The author contends that intense competition for control
of the national political economy between the free North and slave
South produced secession, which in turn spawned the formation of
two new states, a market-oriented northern Union and a southern
Confederacy in which government controls on the economy were much
more important. During the Civil War, the American state both
expanded and became the agent of northern economic development.
After the war ended, however, tension within the Republican
coalition led to the abandonment of Reconstruction and to the
return of former Confederates to political power throughout the
South. As a result, American state expansion ground to a halt
during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This book
makes a major contribution to the understanding of the causes and
consequences of the Civil War and the legacy of the war in the
twentieth century.
This book describes the impact of the American Civil War on the development of central state authority in the late nineteenth century. The author contends that intense competition for control of the national political economy between the free North and slave South produced secession, which in turn spawned the formation of two new states, a market-oriented northern Union and a southern Confederacy in which government controls on the economy were much more important. During the Civil War, the American state both expanded and became the agent of northern economic development. After the war ended, however, tension within the Republican coalition led to the abandonment of Reconstruction and to the return of former Confederates to political power throughout the South. As a result, American state expansion ground to a halt during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This book makes a major contribution to the understanding of the causes and consequences of the Civil War and the legacy of the war in the twentieth century.
Another adventure for everyone's favourite Time Lord. The Doctor
(Jon Pertwee) and Jo (Katy Manning) travel to Stangmoor prison to
investigate a machine which can remove evil from the minds of
criminals. However, the man behind the scheme - Professor Kellerman
- is in fact the Doctor's arch-nemesis, the Master (Roger Delgado),
and is planning to disrupt a United Nations peace conference.
Inside the Master's machine is an alien parasite which can make
people see their greatest fears, and is growing stronger all the
time. Can the Doctor stop both the Master and the unearthly
parasite?
The last adventure to star Jon Pertwee. To save the Universe, the
Doctor must travel to the planet Metebelis Three, where he
discovers an invasion plan of Earth by the Metebelis Spiders, under
the leadership of the Great One. To save the planet the Doctor must
absorb a lethal dose of radiation, triggering his third
regeneration...
Feature-length episode to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the
long-running sci-fi series. All five Doctors (Peter Davison,
Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Richard Hurndall and Tom Baker) and
many of their old companions are taken out of time and deposited in
the Death Zone on Gallifrey. There they must battle not only the
Master, but Daleks, Cybermen and Yeti in order to reach the Dark
Tower and discover the Tomb of Rassilon. This special edition
includes new special effects and extra footage not included in the
original broadcast.
In the last decades of the nineteenth century, the United States underwent an extremely rapid industrial expansion that moved the nation into the front ranks of the world economy. At the same time, the nation maintained democratic institutions as the primary means of allocating political offices and power. As the combination of robust democratic institutions and rapid industrialization is rarely found in world history, this book explains how economic development and democracy coexisted in the United States during industrialization.
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McArthur Binion: DNA (Hardcover)
McArthur Binion; Edited by Diana Nawi; Text written by Diana Nawi, Grace Deveney, Michael Stone-Richards; Interview of …
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Follow-on from the 1986 film 'FX - Murder by Illusion' in which
Tyler (Bryan Brown) is now semi-retired. However, he is talked out
of the quiet life after five years and into taking part in a
police-sting operation by his girlfriend's ex-husband. When the
latter is murdered, Tyler investigates, with the help of his old
police partner (Brian Dennehy) and soon they are trapped in a
dangerous web of murder, treachery and deceit.
In the first FX movie, special effects expert Rollie Taylor (Bryan
Brown) is hired to fake a gangster's murder, but it soon becomes
clear that someone wants Rollie dead. He has to use all his special
effects skills to stay alive. The sequel has the special effects
man called out of retirement to take part in a police
investigation.
An unabridged reading of this classic novelisation of an adventure
featuring the Third Doctor, as played on TV by Jon Pertwee. 'Axos
calling Earth, Axos calling Earth...' The creatures stood before
them, offering friendship and their priceless Axonite, in return
for - what? Only the Doctor remains suspicious. What is the real
reason for the Axon's sudden arrival on Earth? And why is the evil
Master a passenger on their spaceship? He very soon finds out...
Duration: 3 hours 40 mins.
A collection of classic Doctor Who episodes featuring Tom Baker and
Jon Pertwee in the role of the Doctor. In the four-parter 'The
Horns of Nimon', the Skonnon ships have returned to the skies of
Aneth, demanding tribute. But as the final consignment is being
taken to Skonnos, an accident forces the ship off course. In the
six-parter 'The Time Monster', a new invention to transport matter
through time creates a number of disturbing distortions in the
temporal fabric. The Doctor (Jon Pertwee) investigates, and soon
finds himself up against his nemesis, The Master, in a battle to
control a powerful sacred crystal. In the four-parter 'Underworld',
the TARDIS lands the Doctor (Tom Baker) in a Minyan spaceship that
is on a quest to find the Minyan race banks stored in a missing
ship known as the P7E. They eventually find what they are looking
for in a cave system at the centre of a newly-formed planet. But
the P7E's computer has ideas of its own, and doesn't look kindly
upon its new visitors.
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