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2014 Reprint of 1942 Edition Exact facsimile of the original edition not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software R G Collingwood 18891943 was a British philosopher and practicing archaeologist best known for his work in aesthetics and the philosophy of history The New Leviathan originally published in 1942 a few months before the authors death is the book which R G Collingwood chose to write in preference to completing his lifes work on the philosophy of history It was a reaction to the Second World War and the threat which Nazism and Fascism constituted to civilization The book draws upon many years of work in moral and political philosophy and attempts to establish the multiple and complex connections between the levels of consciousness society civilization and barbarism Collingwood argues that traditional social contract theory has failed to account for the continuing existence of the nonsocial community and its relation to the social community in the body politic He is also critical of the tendency within ethics to confound right and duty
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A classic work of Latin American literature Domingo Sarmientos Facundo has become an integral part of the history politics and culture of Latin America since its first publication in 1845 Partially translated into English when it was first published this foundational text appears here for the first time in its entirety An educator and writer Sarmiento was President of Argentina from 1868 to 1874 His Facundo is a study of the Argentine character a prescription for the modernization of Latin America and a protest against the tyranny of the government of Juan Manuel de Rosas 18351852 The book brings nineteenthcentury Latin American history to life even as it raises questions still being debated todayquestions regarding the civilized city versus the barbaric countryside the treatment of indigenous and African populations and the classically liberal plan of modernization Facundos celebrated and frequently anthologized portraits of the caudillo Juan Facundo Quiroga and other colorful characters give readers an exhilarating sense of Argentine culture in the makingKathleen Rosss translation renders Sarmientos passionate prose into English with all its richness intact allowing the Englishlanguage reader the full experience of Facundos intensity and historical reach
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Renowned anthropologist Lewis H Morgan examines the origins and history of humanity sharing abundant insights on the conditions of primitive society Of particular interest to Morgan is the gradual process by which humans organized into civil societies Examining a range of contrasting civilizations from the Mayans to the Iroquois to the Romans the author attempts to arrive at commonalities in how these peoples went from a primitive and barbaric early existence to a relatively civilized height whereupon their greatest achievements left their mark For the author human civilization progressed in three broad stages savagery wherein huntergatherer behaviors crude language and inbreeding is prevalent barbarism wherein the first centralized settlements and signs of organizational military and political hierarchy appear and civilization where humans are at their most organized and capable of great advances in science wealth culture and the general wellbeing of the population Although many of Morgans points are speculative and based purely off of sources as diverse and disparate as Christian missionary accounts of tribes and histories dating to antiquity his is the among the first works of anthropology which seek to boldly tackle the questions of human history Though many ideas herein have been disproven or discredited they served as the foundation upon which modernday anthropology as a formal discipline supported by sound evidence was built
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