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In 2014, award-winning journalist Reni Eddo-Lodge wrote about her frustration with the way that discussions of race and racism in Britain were being led by those who weren't affected by it. She posted a piece on her blog, entitled: 'Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race' that led to this book. Exploring issues from eradicated black history to the political purpose of white dominance, whitewashed feminism to the inextricable link between class and race, Reni Eddo-Lodge offers a timely and essential new framework for how to see, acknowledge and counter racism. It is a searing, illuminating, absolutely necessary exploration of what it is to be a person of colour in Britain today.

From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity’s creation and evolution—a #1 international bestseller—that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be “human.” One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species of humans inhabited Earth. Yet today there is only one—homo sapiens. What happened to the others? And what may happen to us? Most books about the history of humanity pursue either a historical or a biological approach, but Dr. Yuval Noah Harari breaks the mold with this highly original book that begins about 70,000 years ago with the appearance of modern cognition. From examining the role evolving humans have played in the global ecosystem to charting the rise of empires, Sapiens integrates history and science to reconsider accepted narratives, connect past developments with contemporary concerns, and examine specific events within the context of larger ideas. Dr. Harari also compels us to look ahead, because over the last few decades humans have begun to bend laws of natural selection that have governed life for the past four billion years. We are acquiring the ability to design not only the world around us, but also ourselves. Where is this leading us, and what do we want to become? Featuring 27 photographs, 6 maps, and 25 illustrations/diagrams, this provocative and insightful work is sure to spark debate and is essential reading for aficionados of Jared Diamond, James Gleick, Matt Ridley, Robert Wright, and Sharon Moalem.

A collection of fifteen essays written between 1976 and 1984 gives clear voice to Audre Lorde's literary and philosophical personae. These essays explore and illuminate the roots of Lorde's intellectual development and her deep-seated and longstanding concerns about ways of increasing empowerment among minority women writers and the absolute necessity to explicate the concept of difference—difference according to sex, race, and economic status. The title Sister Outsider finds its source in her poetry collection The Black Unicorn (1978). These poems and the essays in Sister Outsider stress Lorde's oft-stated theme of continuity, particularly of the geographical and intellectual link between Dahomey, Africa, and her emerging self. Notes from a trip to Russia Poetry is not a luxury The transformation of silence into language and action Scratching the surface : some notes on barriers to women and loving Uses of the erotic : the erotic as power Sexism : an American disease in blackface An open letter to Mary Daly Man child : a black lesbian feminist's response An interview : Audre Lorde and Adrienne Rich The Master's tools will never dismantle the Master's house Age, race, class, and sex : women redefining difference The uses of anger : women responding to racism Learning from the 60s Eye to eye : black women, hatred, and anger Grenada revisited : an interim report

From The Guardian. Oct. 4, 2017. R.O. Kwon "Lorde seems prophetic, perhaps alive right now, writing in and about the US of 2017 in which a misogynist with white supremacist followers is president. But she was born in 1934, published her first book of poetry in 1968, and died in 1992. Black, lesbian and feminist; the child of immigrant parents; poet and essayist, writer and activist, Lorde knew about harbouring multitudes. Political antagonists tried, for instance, to discredit her among black students by announcing her sexuality, and she decided: “The only way you can head people off from using who you are against you is to be honest and open first, to talk about yourself before they talk about you.” Over and over again, in the essays, speeches and poems collected in Your Silence Will Not Protect You, Lorde emphasises how important it is to speak up. To give witness: “What are the words you do not yet have? What do you need to say? What are the tyrannies you swallow day by day and attempt to make your own, until you will sicken and die of them, still in silence?” '

María Fornet integra psicología y perspectiva de género en un empoderador recorrido por el lado más sanador del feminismo. • Una obra que nos invita a expresar una versión más auténtica y libre de nosotras mismas. • Reflexiona sobre los grandes temas del feminismo: la identidad, la importancia del lenguaje, el yugo de la belleza o el mito del amor romántico, entre otros. Cada vez más, las mujeres alzan la voz para reivindicarse en una sociedad que las oprime, las expulsa del espacio público y les dicta una serie de gustos y comportamientos. En este contexto, la psicóloga y escritora María Fornet, especializada en coaching con perspectiva de género, propone unir feminismo y psicología para ayudar a las mujeres a encontrar su lugar en el mundo. Para la autora, la problemática femenina es especial como consecuencia directa del encorsetamiento al que están sometidas las mujeres y de las expectativas que imprime en ellas la educación. Ninguna intervención psicológica, afirma, puede resolverla si no adopta una mirada de género. El feminismo es sanador. “Feminismo terapéutico” pretende reconocer la desigualdad y trabajar diferentes técnicas para que las mujeres encuentren su propia voz. Un viaje empoderador que combina autodescubrimiento, creatividad, narrativa y grandes figuras femeninas para reflexionar, disfrutar y transformar la propia vida.

Con lenguaje claro e ilustraciones evocadoras, este libro nos ofrece las claves de un pensamiento contemporáneo emergente. ¿Qué es el ecofeminismo? ¿Cómo ha surgido y evolucionado? ¿Qué nos dice con respecto a nuestros cuerpos y nuestra sexualidad? ¿Cómo cultivar una ética del cuidado en la vida cotidiana, la ciencia y la tecnología? ¿Qué características debe tener una educación ambiental ecofeminista? ¿Es la violencia hacia los animales una práctica patriarcal? ¿Cómo se transforman las identidades de género gracias a las nuevas formas de sensibilidad y conciencia hacia los animales? Estas son algunas de las preguntas que encuentran respuesta en esta obra innovadora. A diferencia de algunas formas de ecofeminismo que insisten en las capacidades de cuidado de las mujeres, olvidando sus reivindicaciones, o rechazan los derechos sexuales y reproductivos conquistados por el feminismo, o se preocupan exclusivamente por el ecosistema sin atender al sufrimiento animal, Alicia H. Puleo—pensadora de referencia en el ecofeminismo—nos invita a imaginar y proyectar un mundo de igualdad y de paz con la Naturaleza, un mundo sin explotación humana o animal y en el que la diversidad no sea motivo de opresión. El placer y la amistad del jardín-huerto de la escuela epicúrea sirven de inspiración para un jardín-huerto ecofeminista en esta obra ilustrada por la artista hipermedia ecofeminista Verónica Perales. Verde y rebelde, libre y lleno de vida, sus caminos soleados y sus senderos umbríos nos permiten pensar un futuro más justo y feliz.

"Praised and denounced when it was first published in 1970, "Sexual Politics" not only explored history but also became part of it. Kate Millett's groundbreaking book fueled feminism's second wave, giving voice to the anger of a generation while documenting the inequities - neatly packaged in revered works of literature and art - of a complacent and unrepentant society. "Sexual Politics" laid the foundation for subsequent feminist scholarship by showing how cultural discourse reflects a systematized subjugation and exploitation of women. Identifying patriarchy as a socially conditioned belief system masquerading as nature, Millett demonstrates in detail how its attitudes and systems penetrate literature, philosophy, psychology, and politics. Her incendiary work rocked the foundations of the literary canon by castigating time-honored classics - from D. H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's "Lover" to Norman Mailer's "The Naked and the Dead" - for their use of sex to degrade and undermine women. A new introduction to this edition draws attention to some of the forms patriarchy has taken recently in consolidating its oppressive and dangerous control."

In the gripping first pages of this true story, Jana Leo relives the moment-by-moment experience of a home invasion and rape in her own apartment in Harlem. After she reports the crime, she waits. Between police disinterest and squabbles from the health insurance company over who’s going to pay for the rape kit, she realizes that the violence of such an experience does not stop with the crime. Increasingly concerned that the rapist will return, she seeks help from her landlord, who refuses to address security issues on the property. She comes to understand that it is precisely these conditions of newly gentrified lower-income areas which lead to vulnerable living spaces, high turnover rates, and ultimately higher profits for slumlords. In this most singular memoir, Leo weaves a psychological journey into an analysis that becomes equally personal: the fault lines of property mismanagement, class vulnerabilities, and a deeply flawed criminal justice system. In a stunning conclusion, Leo has her day in court.

En la teoría feminista se plasman los efectos reflexivos de las luchas de las mujeres por su liberación. Esta teoría tiene una tradición de tres siglos. No es un pensamiento lineal ni homogéneo, lo que está en consonancia con la complejidad y variedad de estas luchas, cuyas dinámicas son diferentes de acuerdo con la especificidad de los grupos de mujeres que las protagonizan y de sus contextos históricos. Sin embargo, ha sido posible reconstruir los principales ejes temáticos y las modulaciones más significativas de esta tradición de pensamiento, que lo es, en cuanto que tiene sus referentes clásicos y sus propias fuentes de autoridad conceptual: en suma, sus liderazgos epistemológicos ligados con sus liderazgos políticos. En este volumen 1 se presenta la trayectoria que lleva de los «memoriales de agravios», que recogen las quejas de las mujeres contra los abusos del poder patriarcal, a la formulación de «las vindicaciones». Estas últimas dan su expresión a la crisis de legitimidad de este poder, como se pondrá de manifiesto desde las luchas por el acceso a la ciudadanía de las mujeres en la Revolución Francesa, hasta el movimiento sufragista. La obra de la filósofa existencialista Simone de Beauvoir, El segundo sexo, hará de bisagra entre la formulación de las preguntas últimas suscitadas por esta primera fase y la apertura de los nuevos ámbitos temáticos propios de la llamada «segunda ola» del feminismo.

Newly translated and unabridged in English for the first time, Simone de Beauvoir’s masterwork is a powerful analysis of the Western notion of “woman,” and a groundbreaking exploration of inequality and otherness. This long\-awaited new edition reinstates significant portions of the original French text that were cut in the first English translation. Vital and groundbreaking, Beauvoir’s pioneering and impressive text remains as pertinent today as it was back then, and will continue to provoke and inspire generations of men and women to come.

Searingly powerful public addresses by a radical feminist expose the sexual violence, psychological abuse, and cultural denigration to which men have subjugated women

Classic analysis of gender relations and patriarchy under capitalism Close to Home is the classic study of family, patriarchal ideologies, and the politics and strategy of women’s liberation. On the table in this forceful and provocative debate are questions of whether men can be feminists, whether “bourgeois” and heterosexual women are retrogressive members of the women’s movement, and how best to struggle against the multiple oppressions women endure. Rachel Hills’s foreword to this new edition explores how Christine Delphy’s analysis of marriage as the institution behind the exploitation of unpaid women’s labor is as radical and relevant today as it ever was.

Originally published in 1970, when Shulamith Firestone was just twenty-five years old, and going on to become a bestseller, The Dialectic of Sex was the first book of the women's liberation movement to put forth a feminist theory of politics. Beginning with a look at the radical and grassroots history of the first wave (with its foundation in the abolition movement of the time), Firestone documents its major victory, the granting of the vote to women in 1920, and the fifty years of ridicule that followed. She goes on to deftly synthesize the work of Freud, Marx, de Beauvoir, and Engels to create a cogent argument for feminist revolution. Identifying women as a caste, she declares that they must seize the means of reproduction for as long as women (and only women) are required to bear and rear children, they will be singled out as inferior. Ultimately she presents feminism as the key radical ideology, the missing link between Marx and Freud, uniting their visions of the political and the personal. In the wake of recent headlines bemoaning women's squandered fertility and the ongoing debate over the appropriate role of genetics in the future of humanity, The Dialectic of Sex is revealed as remarkably relevant to today's society, a testament to Shulamith Firestone's startlingly prescient vision.

"If you’ve never read it, read it now." ―Arianna Huffington, O, The Oprah Magazine Landmark, groundbreaking, classic―these adjectives barely do justice to the pioneering vision and lasting impact of The Feminine Mystique . Published in 1963, it gave a pitch-perfect description of “the problem that has no name”: the insidious beliefs and institutions that undermined women’s confidence in their intellectual capabilities and kept them in the home. Writing in a time when the average woman first married in her teens and 60 percent of women students dropped out of college to marry, Betty Friedan captured the frustrations and thwarted ambitions of a generation and showed women how they could reclaim their lives. Part social chronicle, part manifesto, The Feminine Mystique is filled with fascinating anecdotes and interviews as well as insights that continue to inspire. This 50th–anniversary edition features an afterword by best-selling author Anna Quindlen as well as a new introduction by Gail Collins.

Mabel Lozano cuenta por primera vez la verdadera historia de lo que hay detrás de la prostitución de la mano de un testigo privilegiado, Miguel, apodado el Músico, un proxeneta que ha confesado con pelos y señales cómo ha evolucionado el negocio de la prostitución en España y todo el mundo, desde principios de los años noventa hasta hoy, con el lucro de la trata y secuestro de mujeres de deuda a las que su única salida era la prostitución. El Músico pasó de portero de un club a los diecisiete años, donde conoció a sus dos futuros socios—un camarero y un macarra—, a ser un todopoderoso jefe de la mafia y dueño de doce de los macroburdeles más importantes de España. Nada más y nada menos que capo de una red organizada y sin escrúpulos con un único objetivo: exprimir crónicamente a mujeres de todo el mundo—más de 1.700, incluido menores—para que se prostituyeran y les reportaran sumas insospechadas de beneficios. Sexo, corrupción, asesinatos, trata de seres humanos, lavado de dinero, secuestros, extorsiones. La historia real de hechos probados en sentencias firmes sobre los más importantes proxenetas de nuestro país. Un relato jamás contado, apasionante y único sobre el crimen organizado que mueve los hilos de la prostitución.

The industrialization of prostitution and the sex trade has created a multibillion-dollar global market, involving millions of women, that makes a substantial contribution to national and global economies. The Industrial Vagina examines how prostitution and other aspects of the sex industry have moved from being small-scale, clandestine, and socially despised practices to become very profitable legitimate market sectors that are being legalised and decriminalised by governments. Sheila Jeffreys demonstrates how prostitution has been globalized through an examination of: She argues that through these practices women’s subordination has been outsourced and that states that legalise this industry are acting as pimps, enabling male buyers in countries in which women’s equality threatens male dominance, to buy access to the bodies of women from poor countries who are paid for their sexual subservience. This major and provocative contribution is essential reading for all with an interest in feminist, gender and critical globalisation issues as well as students and scholars of international political economy.

Trata sobre el sexo como construcción normativa. Se analiza cómo y por qué la percepción ideológica esencialista del genérico «la mujer» es inseparable de los espacios de poder acotados para cada sexo y de las relaciones de poder que los establecen.

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Toward a Feminist Theory of the State presents Catharine MacKinnon’s powerful analysis of politics, sexuality, and the law from the perspective of women. Using the debate over Marxism and feminism as a point of departure, MacKinnon develops a theory of gender centered on sexual subordination and applies it to the state. The result is an informed and compelling critique of inequality and a transformative vision of a direction for social change.

El viejo mundo de la prostitución era un conjunto de negocios casi artesanales sin apenas impacto económico. El nuevo canon es una industria global, interconectada, con un modo de funcionamiento similar al de las grandes corporaciones capitalistas, un volumen de beneficios anual mucho mayor que el de varias multinacionales juntas y con un pie en la economía ilícita y otro en la lícita. La novedad de la prostitución en el siglo XXI es la fusión entre los intereses patriarcales y los intereses capitalistas. El resultado es un proceso creciente de mercantilización de los cuerpos y de la sexualidad de millones de mujeres en todo el mundo, que son expulsadas de los países periféricos y traídas a los países centrales.

Un alegato feminista que sacudirá conciencias. El libro de las creadoras de las campañas HolaPutero y YoTeCreo. #HolaGuerrera, ¿estás harta de ser invisible? ¿Te sientes menospreciada en el trabajo, en la calle, en tu vida diaria? ¿Te enfada escuchar los abusos que sufren las mujeres a cada momento? Si tu respuesta es sí, queremos que sepas que no estás loca, no exageras, no eres ninguna histérica: a todas nos oprimen por la sencilla razón de haber nacido mujeres en un mundo gobernado por la testosterona. Por eso somos muchas, muchísimas, las que estamos en pie de guerra. Y, ¿sabes qué? Te necesitamos a nuestro lado peleando por la igualdad, porque ya va siendo hora, porque estamos hartas de un mundo injusto. Bienvenida a esta lucha formada por batallas de pancartas, bombas de argumentos y balas de palabras. Sacúdete los estereotipos que te encadenan y liberémonos juntas de los roles que ya estamos cansadas de representar. Esta guerra la ganamos todas y todos, porque la revolución será feminista.

Speculum of the Other Woman by Luce Irigaray is incontestably one of the most important works in feminist theory to have been published in this generation. For the profession of psychoanalysis, Irigaray believes, female sexuality has remained a "dark continent," unfathomable and unapproachable; its nature can only be misunderstood by those who continue to regard women in masculine terms. In the first section of the book, "The Blind Spot of an Old Dream of Symmetry," Irigaray rereads Freud's essay "Femininity," and his other writings on women, bringing to the fore the masculine ideology implicit in psychoanalytic theory and in Western discourse in general: woman is defined as a disadvantaged man, a male construct with no status of her own. In the last section, "Plato's Hystera," Irigaray reinterprets Plato's myth of the cave, of the womb, in an attempt to discover the origins of that ideology, to ascertain precisely the way in which metaphors were fathered that henceforth became vehicles of meaning, to trace how woman came to be excluded from the production of discourse. Between these two sections is "Speculum"—ten meditative, widely ranging, and freely associational essays, each concerned with an aspect of the history of Western philosophy in its relation to woman, in which Irigaray explores woman's essential difference from man.

A generation ago, most people did not know how ubiquitous and grave human trafficking was. Now many people agree that the $35.7 billion business is an appalling violation of human rights. But when confronted with prostitution, many people experience an odd disconnect because prostitution is shrouded in myths, among them the claims that “prostitution is inevitable,” and “prostitution is a job or service like any other.” In Not a Choice, Not a Job, Janice Raymond challenges both the myths and their perpetrators. Raymond demonstrates that prostitution is not sex but sexual exploitation, and that legalizing and decriminalizing the system of prostitution—as opposed to the prostituted women—promotes sex trafficking, expands the sex industry, and invites organized crime. Specifically, Raymond exposes how legalized prostitution in the Netherlands, Germany, Australia, and Nevada worsens crime and endangers women. In contrast, she reveals, when governments work to prevent the demand for prostitution by prosecuting pimps, brothels, and prostitution users—as in Norway, Sweden, and Iceland—trafficking does not increase, women are better protected, and fewer men buy sex. Raymond expands the boundaries of scholarship in women’s studies, making this book indispensable to human rights advocates around the world.

Within every woman, there lives a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. She is the Wild Woman, who represents the instinctual nature of women. But she is an endangered species. For though the gifts of wildish nature belong to us at birth, society's attempt to "civilize" us into rigid roles has muffled the deep, life-giving messages of our own souls. In "Women Who Run With the Wolves," Dr Estes unfolds rich intercultural myths, fairytales and stories, many from her own family, in order to help women reconnect with the fierce, healthy, visionary attributes of this instinctual nature. Through the stories and commentaries in this remarkable book, we retrieve, examine, love, and understand the Wild Woman, and hold her against our deep psyches as one who is both magic and medicine. Dr Estes has created a new lexicon for describing the female psyche. Fertile and life-giving, it is a psychology of women in the truest sense, a knowing of the soul.

En grandes números, la globalización beneficia a las mujeres. Pero no todo es de color de rosa: la falencia de los estados nacionales, los fundamentalismos y las deslocalizaciones perjudican. Globalizada no está la atención médica, porque todavía más de medio millón de mujeres mueren en el parto al año, pero sí lo está el tráfico y la trata, que trafican con mujeres desde cualquier parte del planeta para ponerlas a disposición allí donde paguen por usarlas. Digamos que la agenda feminista está, además, abierta por páginas diferentes en cada lugar del mundo. Este libro se propone reflexionar sobre ello y dar alguna de las herramientas que permiten comprender el impulso de cambio que abrió la Modernidad y cómo actualmente se conjuga en los lugares más distantes y dispares. El feminismo nos conduce ahora de la supervivencia a la paridad, estamos en su «Tercera Ola». Seguimos en la punta de lanza de un movimiento mundial e irreversible por cuya agenda cruzan ahora buena parte de las tensiones civilizatorias.

A fascinating insight into the debates and controversies about the position of women in medieval culture, written by France's first professional woman of letters The pioneering Book of the City of Ladies begins when, feeling frustrated and miserable after reading a male writer's tirade against women, Christine de Pizan has a dreamlike vision where three virtues—Reason, Rectitude and Justice—appear to correct this view. They instruct her to build an allegorical city in which womankind can be defended against slander, its walls and towers constructed from examples of female achievement both from her own day and the past: ranging from warriors, inventors and scholars to prophetesses, artists and saints. Christine de Pizan's spirited defence of her sex was unique for its direct confrontation of the misogyny of her day, and offers a telling insight into the position of women in medieval culture. The Book of the City of Ladies provides positive images of women, ranging from warriors and inventors, scholars to prophetesses, and artists to saints. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Este libro estudia el camino recorrido por el Feminismo desde sus inicios en la Modernidad hasta el momento más actual. De las primeras vin­dica­cio­nes barrocas e ilustradas al " Me Too " que ha inaugurado el siglo XXI. En el Feminismo siempre encontramos cuatro grandes bloques: Una teoría explicativa, una agenda, una vanguardia y un conjunto de consecuencias impremeditadas. Durante cuatro siglos de existencia ha cambiado por completo la faz social y se ha probado como la política capaz de introducir mayor libertad y bienestar en el mundo que habitamos. Porque está vivo, debate con el tiempo que le toca vivir. Ahora enfrenta un tiempo decisivo: el tiempo global.

A deeply reported book that brings alive the quest for justice in the deaths of Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, and Freddie Gray, offering both unparalleled insight into the reality of police violence in America and an intimate, moving portrait of those working to end it Conducting hundreds of interviews during the course of over one year reporting on the ground, Washington Post writer Wesley Lowery traveled from Ferguson, Missouri, to Cleveland, Ohio; Charleston, South Carolina; and Baltimore, Maryland; and then back to Ferguson to uncover life inside the most heavily policed, if otherwise neglected, corners of America today. In an effort to grasp the magnitude of the response to Michael Brown's death and understand the scale of the problem police violence represents, Lowery speaks to Brown's family and the families of other victims other victims' families as well as local activists. By posing the question, "What does the loss of any one life mean to the rest of the nation?" Lowery examines the cumulative effect of decades of racially biased policing in segregated neighborhoods with failing schools, crumbling infrastructure and too few jobs. Studded with moments of joy, and tragedy, They Can't Kill Us All offers a historically informed look at the standoff between the police and those they are sworn to protect, showing that civil unrest is just one tool of resistance in the broader struggle for justice. As Lowery brings vividly to life, the protests against police killings are also about the black community's long history on the receiving end of perceived and actual acts of injustice and discrimination. They Can't Kill Us All grapples with a persistent if also largely unexamined aspect of the otherwise transformative presidency of Barack Obama: the failure to deliver tangible security and opportunity to those Americans most in need of both. They Can't Kill Us All is a galvanizing book that offers more than just behind-the-scenes coverage of the story of citizen resistance to police brutality. It will also explain where the movement came from, where it is headed and where it still has to go.

In the 18th century, India's share of the world economy was as large as Europe's. By 1947, after two centuries of British rule, it had decreased six-fold. Beyond conquest and deception, the Empire blew rebels from cannons, massacred unarmed protesters, entrenched institutionalized racism, and caused millions to die from starvation. British imperialism justified itself as enlightened despotism for the benefit of the governed, but Shashi Tharoor takes on and demolishes this position, demonstrating how every supposed imperial "gift" - from the railways to the rule of law - was designed in Britain's interests alone. He goes on to show how Britain's Industrial Revolution was founded on India's deindustrialization and the destruction of its textile industry. In this bold and incisive reassessment of colonialism, Tharoor exposes to devastating effect the inglorious reality of Britain's stained Indian legacy.

"Jarvious Cotton's great-great-grandfather could not vote as a slave. His great-grandfather was beaten to death by the Klu Klux Klan for attempting to vote. His grandfather was prevented from voting by Klan intimidation; his father was barred by poll taxes and literacy tests. Today, Cotton cannot vote because he, like many black men in the United States, has been labeled a felon and is currently on parole." As the United States celebrates the nation's "triumph over race" with the election of Barack Obama, the majority of young black men in major American cities are locked behind bars or have been labeled felons for life. Although Jim Crow laws have been wiped off the books, an astounding percentage of the African American community remains trapped in a subordinate status—much like their grandparents before them. In this incisive critique, former litigator-turned-legal-scholar Michelle Alexander provocatively argues that we have not ended racial caste in America: we have simply redesigned it. Alexander shows that, by targeting black men and decimating communities of color, the U.S. criminal justice system functions as a contemporary system of racial control, even as it formally adheres to the principle of color blindness. The New Jim Crow challenges the civil rights community—and all of us—to place mass incarceration at the forefront of a new movement for racial justice in America.

“This is your country, this is your world, this is your body, and you must find some way to live within the all of it.” In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis. Americans have built an empire on the idea of “race,” a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men—bodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden? Between the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi Coates’s attempt to answer these questions in a letter to his adolescent son. Coates shares with his son—and readers—the story of his awakening to the truth about his place in the world through a series of revelatory experiences, from Howard University to Civil War battlefields, from the South Side of Chicago to Paris, from his childhood home to the living rooms of mothers whose children’s lives were taken as American plunder. Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, Between the World and Me clearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward.

An urgent collection of essays by first and second-generation immigrants, exploring what it's like to be othered in an increasingly divided America. From Trump's proposed border wall and travel ban to the marching of White Supremacists in Charlottesville, America is consumed by tensions over immigration and the question of which bodies are welcome. In this much-anticipated follow-up to the bestselling UK edition, hailed by Zadie Smith as "lively and vital," editors Nikesh Shukla and Chimene Suleyman hand the microphone to an incredible range of writers whose humanity and right to be here is under attack. Chigozie Obioma unpacks an Igbo proverb that helped him navigate his journey to America from Nigeria. Jenny Zhang analyzes cultural appropriation in 90s fashion, recalling her own pain and confusion as a teenager trying to fit in. Fatimah Asghar describes the flood of memory and emotion triggered by an encounter with an Uber driver from Kashmir. Alexander Chee writes of a visit to Korea that changed his relationship to his heritage. These writers, and the many others in this singular collection, share powerful personal stories of living between cultures and languages while struggling to figure out who they are and where they belong. By turns heartbreaking and hilarious, troubling and uplifting, the essays in The Good Immigrant come together to create a provocative, conversation-sparking, multivocal portrait of America now.

In 1927, Zora Neale Hurston went to Plateau, Alabama, just outside Mobile, to interview eighty-six-year-old Cudjo Lewis. Of the millions of men, women, and children transported from Africa to America as slaves, Cudjo was then the only person alive to tell the story of this integral part of the nation's history. Hurston was there to record Cudjo's firsthand account of the raid that led to his capture and bondage fifty years after the Atlantic slave trade was outlawed in the United States. In 1931, Hurston returned to Plateau, the African-centric community three miles from Mobile founded by Cudjo and other former slaves from his ship. Spending more than three months there, she talked in depth with Cudjo about the details of his life. During those weeks, the young writer and the elderly formerly enslaved man ate peaches and watermelon that grew in the backyard and talked about Cudjo's past—memories from his childhood in Africa, the horrors of being captured and held in a barracoon for selection by American slavers, the harrowing experience of the Middle Passage packed with more than 100 other souls aboard the Clotilda, and the years he spent in slavery until the end of the Civil War. Based on those interviews, featuring Cudjo's unique vernacular, and written from Hurston's perspective with the compassion and singular style that have made her one of the preeminent American authors of the twentieth-century, Barracoon masterfully illustrates the tragedy of slavery and of one life forever defined by it. Offering insight into the pernicious legacy that continues to haunt us all, black and white, this poignant and powerful work is an invaluable contribution to our shared history and culture.

En septiembre de 1939, poco después de que estalle la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Ígor Stravinski se embarca rumbo a América, donde ocupará la cátedra de Poética de la Universidad de Harvard y dará las seis conferencias que recoge este volumen. En la Poética musical, que es una de las mejores introducciones a la estética de la música que se han escrito jamás, hallará el lector las ideas de Stravinski sobre la creación (la propia y la ajena), la composición, la tipología y la ejecución musicales en un lenguaje preciso e incisivo, que hace de la lectura de este libro un auténtico placer. Asimismo, a medida que avanza en su análisis de los conceptos musicales, Stravinski no puede evitar trazar la imagen de lo que fueron su vida y su carrera como artista. En palabras de Iorgos Seferis, autor de la Presentación, lo que distingue a un hombre de la envergadura de Stravinski es una palabra o una sílaba o un solo sonido. Esa meta a la que uno intenta llegar y no llega. Sin embargo, el camino que hay en medio, ese largo camino ciego que con dificultad encontramos, es lo que nos conmueve en la vida de un creador.

¿Por qué un libro sobre el cuarteto de cuerda? ¿Qué tiene de especial frente a otras formaciones instrumentas? ¿Cuál es su trascendencia histórica, su simbolismo estético? ¿Cuál es su presencia actual en la vida musical europea? ¿Qué interés tiene para el amante de la música, en particular, y de la cultura, en general, conocer más de cerca este fenómeno musical? El presente libro describe el gran fenómeno cultural del cuarteto de cuerda desde sus orígenes y muestra que ha sido el medio favorito de experimentación musical para todos los grandes compositores de nuestro tiempo. Está organizado en cuatro partes: la historia del cuarteto de cuerda a través de sus compositores e intérpretes; un viaje a la dinámica interna del cuarteto de cuerda, cómo se construye una interpretación y se configura su carácter de grupo; una aproximación a la dimensión social de esta convivencia música, y una cartografía del panorama del cuarteto de cuerda en la actualidad, que proporcionará al lector interesado información sobre festivales, auditorios, grupos más relevantes, escuelas de formación especializada... Sus distintas perspectivas, frute de la extraordinaria experiencia del autor, ofrecen al lector interesado una visión privilegiada y original, al tiempo que accesible, de este género musical

"Altogether it is a book that should be required reading for any student of music, be he composer, performer, or theorist. It clears the air of many confused notions . . . and lays the groundwork for exhaustive study of the basic problem of music theory and aesthetics, the relationship between pattern and meaning."—David Kraehenbuehl, Journal of Music Theory "This is the best study of its kind to have come to the attention of this reviewer."—Jules Wolffers, The Christian Science Monitor "It is not too much to say that his approach provides a basis for the meaningful discussion of emotion and meaning in all art."—David P. McAllester, American Anthropologist "A book which should be read by all who want deeper insights into music listening, performing, and composing."—Marcus G. Raskin, Chicago Review

How does a work of music stir the senses, creating feelings of joy, sadness, elation, or nostalgia? Though sentiment and emotion play a vital role in the composition, performance, and appreciation of music, rarely have these elements been fully observed. In this succinct and penetrating book, Charles Rosen draws upon more than a half century as a performer and critic to reveal how composers from Bach to Berg have used sound to represent and communicate emotion in mystifyingly beautiful ways. Through a range of musical examples, Rosen details the array of stylistic devices and techniques used to represent or convey sentiment. This is not, however, a listener’s guide to any “correct” response to a particular piece. Instead, Rosen provides the tools and terms with which to appreciate this central aspect of musical aesthetics, and indeed explores the phenomenon of contradictory sentiments embodied in a single motif or melody. Taking examples from Chopin, Schumann, Wagner, and Liszt, he traces the use of radically changing intensities in the Romantic works of the nineteenth century and devotes an entire chapter to the key of C minor. He identifies a “unity of sentiment” in Baroque music and goes on to contrast it with the “obsessive sentiments” of later composers including Puccini, Strauss, and Stravinsky. A profound and moving work, Music and Sentiment is an invitation to a greater appreciation of the crafts of composition and performance.

In this fascinating analysis of how to listen to music intelligently, Aaron Copland raises two basic questions: Are you hearing everything that is going on? Are you really being sensitive to it? If you cannot answer yes to both questions, you owe it to yourself to read this book. Whether you listen to Mozart or Duke Ellington, Aaron Copland's provocative suggestions for listening to music from his point of view will bring you a deeper appreciation of the most rewarding of all art forms.

In this breakout book, Ijeoma Oluo explores the complex reality of today's racial landscape—from white privilege and police brutality to systemic discrimination and the Black Lives Matter movement—offering straightforward clarity that readers need to contribute to the dismantling of the racial divide In So You Want to Talk About Race, Editor at Large of The Establishment Ijeoma Oluo offers a contemporary, accessible take on the racial landscape in America, addressing head-on such issues as privilege, police brutality, intersectionality, micro-aggressions, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the "N" word. Perfectly positioned to bridge the gap between people of color and white Americans struggling with race complexities, Oluo answers the questions readers don't dare ask, and explains the concepts that continue to elude everyday Americans. Oluo is an exceptional writer with a rare ability to be straightforward, funny, and effective in her coverage of sensitive, hyper-charged issues in America. Her messages are passionate but finely tuned, and crystalize ideas that would otherwise be vague by empowering them with aha-moment clarity. Her writing brings to mind voices like Ta-Nehisi Coates and Roxane Gay, and Jessica Valenti in Full Frontal Feminism, and a young Gloria Naylor, particularly in Naylor's seminal essay "The Meaning of a Word."

Referring to the defensive moves that white people make when challenged racially, white fragility is characterized by emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt and by behaviors including argumentation and silence. These behaviors, in turn, function to reinstate white racial equilibrium and prevent any meaningful cross-racial dialogue. In this in-depth exploration, anti-racist educator Robin DiAngelo examines how white fragility develops, how it protects racial inequality, and what can be done to engage more constructively.

What type of practice makes a musician perfect? What sort of child is most likely to succeed on a musical instrument? What practice strategies yield the fastest improvement in skills such as sight-reading, memorization, and intonation? Scientific and psychological research can offer answers to these and other questions that musicians face every day. In The Science and Psychology of Music Performance, Richard Parncutt and Gary McPherson assemble relevant current research findings and make them accessible to musicians and music educators. This book describes new approaches to teaching music, learning music, and making music at all educational and skill levels. Each chapter represents the collaboration between a music researcher (usually a music psychologist) and a performer or music educator. This combination of expertise results in excellent practical advice. Readers will learn, for example, that they are in the majority (57%) if they experience rapid heartbeat before performances; the chapter devoted to performance anxiety will help them decide whether beta-blocker medication, hypnotherapy, or the Alexander Technique of relaxation might alleviate their stage fright. Another chapter outlines a step-by-step method for introducing children to musical notation, firmly based on research in cognitive development. Altogether, the 21 chapters cover the personal, environmental, and acoustical influences that shape the learning and performance of music.

Caliban and the Witch is a history of the body in the transition to capitalism. Moving from the peasant revolts of the late Middle Ages to the witch-hunts and the rise of mechanical philosophy, Federici investigates the capitalist rationalization of social reproduction. She shows how the battle against the rebel body and the conflict between body and mind are essential conditions for the development of labor power and self-ownership, two central principles of modern social organization. "It is both a passionate work of memory recovered and a hammer of humanity's agenda." Peter Linebaugh, author of The London Hanged"

At long last, Mary Beard addresses in one brave book the misogynists and trolls who mercilessly attack and demean women the world over, including, very often, Mary herself. In Women & Power, she traces the origins of this misogyny to its ancient roots, examining the pitfalls of gender and the ways that history has mistreated strong women since time immemorial. As far back as Homer’s Odyssey, Beard shows, women have been prohibited from leadership roles in civic life, public speech being defined as inherently male. From Medusa to Philomela (whose tongue was cut out), from Hillary Clinton to Elizabeth Warren (who was told to sit down), Beard draws illuminating parallels between our cultural assumptions about women’s relationship to power—and how powerful women provide a necessary example for all women who must resist being vacuumed into a male template. With personal reflections on her own online experiences with sexism, Beard asks: If women aren’t perceived to be within the structure of power, isn’t it power itself we need to redefine? And how many more centuries should we be expected to wait?

In her comic, scathing essay “Men Explain Things to Me,” Rebecca Solnit took on what often goes wrong in conversations between men and women. She wrote about men who wrongly assume they know things and wrongly assume women don’t, about why this arises, and how this aspect of the gender wars works, airing some of her own hilariously awful encounters. She ends on a serious note—because the ultimate problem is the silencing of women who have something to say, including those saying things like, “He’s trying to kill me!” This book features that now-classic essay with six perfect complements, including an examination of the writer Virginia Woolf ’s embrace of mystery, of not knowing, of doubt and ambiguity, a highly original inquiry into marriage equality, and a terrifying survey of the scope of contemporary violence against women.

Andrea Dworkin, once called “Feminism’s Malcolm X,” has been worshipped, reviled, criticized, and analyzed-but never ignored. The power of her writing, the passion of her ideals, and the ferocity of her intellect have spurred the arguments and activism of two generations of feminists. Now the book that she’s best known for-in which she provoked the argument that ultimately split apart the feminist movement-is being reissued for the young women and men of the twenty-first century. Intercourse enraged as many readers as it inspired when it was first published in 1987. In it, Dworkin argues that in a male supremacist society, sex between men and women constitutes a central part of women’s subordination to men. (This argument was quickly-and falsely-simplified to “all sex is rape” in the public arena, adding fire to Dworkin’s already radical persona.) In her introduction to this twentieth-anniversary edition of Intercourse, Ariel Levy, the author of Female Chauvinist Pigs, discusses the circumstances of Dworkin’s untimely death in the spring of 2005, and the enormous impact of her life and work. Dworkin’s argument, she points out, is the stickiest question of feminism: Can a woman fight the power when he shares her bed?

¿Estaba prevista una epidemia como la del coronavirus? ¿La crisis económica y el cambio climático desplazaron las crisis sanitarias de la agenda política? ¿Hacer un voluntariado es la mejor forma de ayudar? ¿La violencia contra la mujer es más alta en los países nórdicos? En tiempos de desinformación y fake news se ha vuelto más necesario que nunca entender el mundo que nos rodea no solo por mera curiosidad, sino por el impacto que tiene en nuestras vidas en multitud de aspectos, desde la política hasta la salud y la economía, pasando por cuestiones culturales, sociales o medioambientales. Y lo cierto es que algunas de las cosas que ya creemos saber sobre el mundo se basan en historias erróneas o falsas. En este libro, el equipo de El Orden Mundial se propone desarmar algunos de los mitos, estereotipos y confusiones más comunes que encontramos en nuestro día a día, como el de que las guerras actuales se dan por el petróleo o que la COVID-19 será el fin de la globalización.

¿Quién fue Enheduanna? ¿Y Émilie de Châtelet? ¿Por qué los maestros cerveceros consideran su mentora a Hildegarda de Bingen, una monja del siglo XI? ¿Fue Marie Curie merecedora de los dos premios Nobel de ciencias que recibió? ¿Habría sido posible descifrar la estructura del ADN sin el trabajo de Rosalind Franklin? ¿Por qué es tan desconocida la mujer que desentrañó la estructura de la penicilina? ¿Qué papel tuvieron las mujeres durante la Edad de Plata que la ciencia vivió en la Segunda República española? En este libro rescatamos la historia de algunas de las mujeres que han hecho contribuciones relevantes en la ciencia y paralelamente, para entender porqué fueron tan escasas y hoy son tan desconocidas, realizamos un recorrido por la historia. En este paseo descubrimos que hasta bien entrado el siglo XX, las mujeres tuvieron vetado el ingreso en las universidades y el ejercicio de muchas profesiones que requerían estudios, y que antes habían sido expulsadas de las bibliotecas de los monasterios, los centros donde se refugió el saber durante la Edad Media. También descubrimos que sus historias fueron borradas de los anales de la ciencia o sus contribuciones les fueron arrebatadas. Las mujeres científicas de la historia están siendo hoy redescubiertas para pasmo y solaz de propios y extraños, y brillan con todo su esplendor.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Maya Angelou shares her path to living well and with meaning in this absorbing book of personal essays. Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Letter to My Daughter transcends genres and guidebook, memoir, poetry, and pure delight. Here in short spellbinding essays are glimpses of the tumultuous life that led Angelou to an exalted place in American letters and taught her lessons in compassion and how she was brought up by her indomitable grandmother in segregated Arkansas, taken in at thirteen by her more worldly and less religious mother, and grew to be an awkward, six-foot-tall teenager whose first experience of loveless sex paradoxically left her with her greatest gift, a son. Whether she is recalling such lost friends as Coretta Scott King and Ossie Davis, extolling honesty, decrying vulgarity, explaining why becoming a Christian is a “lifelong endeavor,” or simply singing the praises of a meal of red rice–Maya Angelou writes from the heart to millions of women she considers her extended family. Like the rest of her remarkable work, Letter to My Daughter entertains and teaches; it is a book to cherish, savor, re-read, and share. “I gave birth to one child, a son, but I have thousands of daughters. You are Black and White, Jewish and Muslim, Asian, Spanish speaking, Native Americans and Aleut. You are fat and thin and pretty and plain, gay and straight, educated and unlettered, and I am speaking to you all. Here is my offering to you.”—from Letter to My Daughter

With her characteristic brilliance, grace and radical audacity, Angela Y. Davis has put the case for the latest abolition movement in American life: the abolition of the prison. As she quite correctly notes, American life is replete with abolition movements, and when they were engaged in these struggles, their chances of success seemed almost unthinkable. For generations of Americans, the abolition of slavery was sheerest illusion. Similarly,the entrenched system of racial segregation seemed to last forever, and generations lived in the midst of the practice, with few predicting its passage from custom. The brutal, exploitative (dare one say lucrative?) convict-lease system that succeeded formal slavery reaped millions to southern jurisdictions (and untold miseries for tens of thousands of men, and women). Few predicted its passing from the American penal landscape. Davis expertly argues how social movements transformed these social, political and cultural institutions, and made such practices untenable. In Are Prisons Obsolete?, Professor Davis seeks to illustrate that the time for the prison is approaching an end. She argues forthrightly for "decarceration", and argues for the transformation of the society as a whole.

The bestselling classic that redefined our view of the relationship between beauty and female identity. In today's world, women have more power, legal recognition, and professional success than ever before. Alongside the evident progress of the women's movement, however, writer and journalist Naomi Wolf is troubled by a different kind of social control, which, she argues, may prove just as restrictive as the traditional image of homemaker and wife. It's the beauty myth, an obsession with physical perfection that traps the modern woman in an endless spiral of hope, self-consciousness, and self-hatred as she tries to fulfill society's impossible definition of "the flawless beauty."

First published in Portuguese in 1968, Pedagogy of the Oppressed was translated and published in English in 1970. The methodology of the late Paulo Freire has helped to empower countless impoverished and illiterate people throughout the world. Freire's work has taken on especial urgency in the United States and Western Europe, where the creation of a permanent underclass among the underprivileged and minorities in cities and urban centers is increasingly accepted as the norm. With a substantive new introduction on Freire's life and the remarkable impact of this book by writer and Freire confidant and authority Donaldo Macedo, this anniversary edition of Pedagogy of the Oppressed will inspire a new generation of educators, students, and general readers for years to come.

The Inner Game of Tennis is a revolutionary program for overcoming the self-doubt, nervousness, and lapses of concentration that can keep a player from winning. Now available in a revised paperback edition, this classic bestseller can change the way the game of tennis is played. From the Trade Paperback edition.

This enlightening examination of creativity looks “at art and science together to examine how innovations . . . build on what already exists and rely on three brain bending, breaking and blending” ( The Wall Street Journal ) The Runaway Species is a deep dive into the creative mind, a celebration of the human spirit, and a vision of how we can improve our future by understanding and embracing our ability to innovate. David Eagleman and Anthony Brandt seek to answer the what lies at the heart of humanity’s ability—and drive—to create? Our ability to remake our world is unique among all living things. But where does our creativity come from, how does it work, and how can we harness it to improve our lives, schools, businesses, and institutions? Eagleman and Brandt examine hundreds of examples of human creativity through dramatic storytelling and stunning images in this beautiful, full–color volume. By drawing out what creative acts have in common and viewing them through the lens of cutting–edge neuroscience, they uncover the essential elements of this critical human ability, and encourage a more creative future for all of us. “ The Runaway Species approach[es] creativity scientifically but sensitively, feeling its roots without pulling them out.” — The Economist

Can we bring more meaning to our lives and help change the world at the same time? Richard Branson, at his brilliant and motivating best, reveals how with his exciting new vision for the future. It is time to turn capitalism upside down - to shift our values, to switch from a profit focus to caring for people, communities and the planet. With inspiration for everyone, "Screw Business As Usual" shows how easy it is for both businesses and individuals to embark on a whole new way of doing things, solving major problems and turning our work into something we both love and are proud of.

The acclaimed Wall Street Journal and Business Week Bestseller. You're either a Purple Cow or you're not. You're either remarkable or invisible. Make your choice. What do Starbucks and JetBlue and KrispyKreme and Apple and DutchBoy and Kensington and Zespri and Hard Candy have that you don't? How do they continue to confound critics and achieve spectacular growth, leaving behind former tried-and true brands to gasp their last? Face it, the checklist of tired 'P's marketers have used for decades to get their product noticed - Pricing, Promotion, Publicity, to name a few - aren't working anymore. There's an exceptionally important 'P' that has to be added to the list. It's Purple Cow. Cows, after you've seen one, or two, or ten, are boring. A Purple Cow, though...now that would be something. Purple Cow describes something phenomenal, something counterintuitive and exciting and flat out unbelievable. Every day, consumers come face to face with a lot of boring stuff-a lot of brown cows - but you can bet they won't forget a Purple Cow. And it's not a marketing function that you can slap on to your product or service. Purple Cow is inherent. It's built right in, or it's not there. Period. In Purple Cow, Seth Godin urges you to put a Purple Cow into everything you build, and everything you do, to create something truly noticeable. It's a manifesto for marketers who want to help create products that are worth marketing in the first place. Description from Amazon.com

Internationally bestselling author of Last of the Amazons, Gates of Fire, and Tides of War, Steven Pressfield delivers a guide to inspire and support those who struggle to express their creativity. Pressfield believes that “resistance” is the greatest enemy, and he offers many unique and helpful ways to overcome it.

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The bestselling, award-winning classic on how maverick companies have passed up the growth treadmill to focus on gretness, now in a revised and updated tenth-anniversary edition. It has long been a business article of faith that great companies, by definition, constantly focus on maximizing their revenues year after year. Yet quietly, under the radar, a growing number of undeniably great compabnies have rejected the pressure of endless growth to focus on more satisfying business goals. Veteran journalist Bo Burlingham takes us deep inside fourteen of these remarkable comapnies that have chosen to march to their own drummer. He shows the leaders of these small giants recognized the full range of choices they had about the type of company they could create and made the choice to pursue greateness by placing other goals ahead of getting as big as possible as fast as possible. And he shows how we can all benefit by questioning the conventional definitions of business success.

From the bestselling author of Linchpin, Tribes, and The Dip comes an elegant little book that will inspire artists, writers, and entrepreneurs to stretch and commit to putting their best work out into the world. Creative work doesn't come with a guarantee. But there is a pattern to who succeeds and who doesn't. And engaging in the consistent practice of its pursuit is the best way forward. Based on the breakthrough Akimbo workshop pioneered by legendary author Seth Godin, The Practice will help you get unstuck and find the courage to make and share creative work. Godin insists that writer's block is a myth, that consistency is far more important than authenticity, and that experiencing the imposter syndrome is a sign that you're a well-adjusted human. Most of all, he shows you what it takes to turn your passion from a private distraction to a productive contribution, the one you've been seeking to share all along. With this book as your guide, you'll learn to dance with your fear. To take the risks worth taking. And to embrace the empathy required to make work that contributes with authenticity and joy.

A New York Times Critics’ Pick A career-spanning selection of the lucid, courageous, and boldly political prose of National Book Award winner Adrienne Rich. Demonstrating the lasting brilliance of her voice and her prophetic vision, Essential Essays showcases Adrienne Rich’s singular ability to unite the political, personal, and poetical. The essays selected here by feminist scholar Sandra M. Gilbert range from the 1960s to 2006, emphasizing Rich’s lifelong intellectual engagement and fearless prose exploration of feminism, social justice, poetry, race, homosexuality, and identity.

Continuamente, y casi desde que nacemos, recibimos mensajes sobre el amor que ayudan a crear falsos mitos: que para ser felices tenemos que encontrar nuestra media naranja, que los celos son una muestra de amor... Cuando la realidad choca contra estos falsos mitos se produce una frustración que provoca infelicidad y que, en casos extremos, puede derivar en violencia de género. En este libro encontrarás una serie de retos que te ayudarán a reflexionar. A descubrir tus propias respuestas. Enfréntate a ellos sin miedo, atrévete a pensar a tu manera. Porque para que la sociedad avance necesitamos jóvenes que se atrevan a abrazar la realidad con toda su complejidad.

Women who opt not to be mothers are frequently warned that they will regret their decision later in life, yet we rarely talk about the possibility that the opposite might also be true—that a woman who becomes a mother might regret it. Sociologist Orna Donath dispels the silence around this profoundly taboo subject in a powerful work that draws from her years of research interviewing women who wish they had never become mothers. Donath treats regret as a feminist issue: as regret marks the road not taken, we need to consider whether alternative paths for women may currently be blocked off. Donath asks that we pay attention to what is forbidden by our contemporary rules governing motherhood, time, and emotion, including the cultural assumption that motherhood is a “natural” role for women—for the sake of all women, not just those who regret becoming mothers. Donath finds that the women in her study became mothers for a wide variety of reasons: some did so to avoid divorce, exclusion from their family, or alienation from their friends; others did not think about it at all, but accepted it as the “next step” of what society considers to be a normal and natural life course. Others experienced regret despite initially having an strong desire to become mothers. Though they may love their children, these women each describe the agonizing guilt and suffering they have experienced as a result of becoming mothers, and consider the different ways they have each come to recognize and deal with these conflicts.

From her prison cell, Firdaus, sentenced to die for having killed a pimp in a Cairo street, tells of her life from village childhood to city prostitute. Society's retribution for her act of defiancé - death - she welcomes as the only way she can finally be free.

A compelling and radical collection of essays on art, feminism, neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy from prize-winning novelist Siri Hustvedt, the acclaimed author of The Blazing World and What I Loved. Siri Husvedt has always been fascinated by biology and how human perception works. She is a lover of art, the humanities, and the sciences. She is a novelist and a feminist. Her lively, lucid essays in A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women begin to make some sense of those plural perspectives. Divided into three parts, the first section, “A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women,” investigates the perceptual and gender biases that affect how we judge art, literature, and the world in general. Among the legendary figures considered are Picasso, De Kooning, Jeff Koons, Louise Bourgeois, Anselm Kiefer, Susan Sontag, Robert Mapplethorpe, the Guerrilla Girls, and Karl Ove Knausgaard. The second part, “The Delusions of Certainty,” is about the age-old mind/body problem that has haunted Western philosophy since the Greeks. Hustvedt explains the relationship between the mental and the physical realms, showing what lies beyond the argument—desire, belief, and the imagination. The final section, “What Are We? Lectures on the Human Condition,” discusses neurological disorders and the mysteries of hysteria. Drawing on research in sociology, neurobiology, history, genetics, statistics, psychology, and psychiatry, this section also contains a profound and powerful consideration of suicide. There has been much talk about building a beautiful bridge across the chasm that separates the sciences and the humanities. At the moment, we have only a wobbly walkway, but Hustvedt is encouraged by the travelers making their way across it in both directions. A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women is an insightful account of the journeys back and forth.

"...John Mill disagrees with the argument that women are naturally less good at some things than men, and should therefore be discouraged or forbidden from doing them. Mill Thought that men simply don't know what women are capable of, because we have never let them try - nobody can not make a statement without evidence. We can't stop women from trying things because they might not be able to do them. An argument based on speculative physiology is just that, speculation..."

A groundbreaking work of feminist history and theory analyzing the complex relations between various forms of oppression. Ain't I a Woman examines the impact of sexism on black women during slavery, the historic devaluation of black womanhood, black male sexism, racism within the recent women's movement, and black women's involvement with feminism.

Barcelona. 23 cm. 215 p. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Colección 'No ficción'. Varela, Nuria 1967-. Cansadas. Una reacción feminista frente a la nueva misoginia—Cubierta. Bibliografí p. 207-215. Feminismo .. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y señales de su anterior propietario. 9788490696255; 9788466660693

¿Sabías que las niñas a partir de los 6 años se sienten menos inteligentes que los niños? ¿Y que los chicos subestiman las capacidades de sus compañeras en la universidad? La culpa es de los estereotipos: los juegos y referentes culturales que entrenan a las niñas y niños sobre cómo tienen que comportarse, expresarse y relacionarse. Colores rosas, muñecas, cocinitas y princesas. Colores azules, barcos piratas, fútbol y superhéroes. Proponemos dos escenarios distintos con perversas consecuencias: las niñas deberán ser sumisas, tranquilas y obedientes, y los niños no podrán llorar y ser sensibles, deberán ser fuertes y valientes. ¿No sería mejor que fueran libres para sentir, expresarse y actuar? Necesitamos niñas y niños con conciencia y compromiso, que defiendan en público la igualdad. Que tengan capacidad de pensar más allá de lo convencional y no se dejen influir por los modelos que a menudo se muestran en la televisión, el cine, la literatura, las redes sociales? Para construir una sociedad justa e igualitaria, nuestras criaturas tienen que ser poderosas, justas, solidarias y felices. Para todo esto, es necesario educar en el feminismo.

La tradizionale differenza di caratteri tra maschio e femmina non è dovuta a fattori innati, bensì ai condizionamenti culturali che l'individuo subisce nel corso del suo sviluppo. Questa la tesi appoggiata da Elena Gianini Belotti e confermata dalla sua lunga esperienza educativa con genitori e bambini in età prescolare. I condizionamenti nella direzione del ruolo assegnato all'uno o all'altro sesso cominciano addirittura prima della nascita, quando si prepara il corredino: rosa o celeste, e proseguono con la scelta - da parte degli adulti - dei giochi che i bambini "possono" o "devono" svolgere nella famiglia prima e poi nella società, per giungere alle scelte più o meno coatte nel campo degli studi, del lavoro e del loro avvenire. Ma perché solo "dalla parte delle bambine"? Perché questa situazione è tutta a sfavore del sesso femminile. La cultura alla quale apparteniamo - come ogni altra cultura - si serve di tutti i mezzi a sua disposizione per ottenere dagli individui dei due sessi il comportamento più adeguato ai valori che le preme conservare e trasmettere: fra questi anche il mito della "naturale" superiorità maschile contrapposta alla "naturale" inferiorità femminile. In realtà non esistono qualità "maschili" e qualità "femminili", ma solo qualità umane. L'operazione da compiere dunque, scrive l'Autrice, "non è quella di formare le bambine a immagine e somiglianza dei maschi, ma di restituire a ogni individuo che nasce la possibilità di svilupparsi nel modo che gli è più congeniale, indipendentemente dal sesso cui appartiene." Da questa operazione trarranno vantaggio uomini e donne, e la loro stessa vita in comune.

How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don’t understand the difference between the myths of pseudoscience and the testable hypotheses of science? Pulitzer Prize-winning author and distinguished astronomer Carl Sagan argues that scientific thinking is critical not only to the pursuit of truth but to the very well-being of our democratic institutions. Casting a wide net through history and culture, Sagan examines and authoritatively debunks such celebrated fallacies of the past as witchcraft, faith healing, demons, and UFOs. And yet, disturbingly, in today's so-called information age, pseudoscience is burgeoning with stories of alien abduction, channeling past lives, and communal hallucinations commanding growing attention and respect. As Sagan demonstrates with lucid eloquence, the siren song of unreason is not just a cultural wrong turn but a dangerous plunge into darkness that threatens our most basic freedoms.

Known principally as the father of Wolfgang Amadeus, Leopold Mozart was a distinguished musician in his own right. An excellent violinist and composer, his greatest contribution to music was his Treatise on Fundamental Principles of Violin Playing . Published at Ausburg in 1756 it was the major work of its time on the violin and it contains much that is of considerable interest and value to musicians notes on performance, practice, a glossary of technical terms and specific chapters on the playing of written and improvised embellishments, the trill, and special rhythmic figures. Copious exercises illustrate each point made in the text. A Preface—revised for this edition—offers an illuminating biographical study of Leopold both as a man and as a musician.

The very title of the present volume calls for some initial explanation, if what it means is to be clearly understood and all misrepresentation prevented. Many no longer doubt the possibility of a world crisis, taking the latter word in its most usual acceptation, and this in itself marks a very noticeable change of outlook: by sheer force of circumstance certain illusions are beginning to vanish, and we cannot but rejoice that this is so, for it is at any rate a favorable symptom and a sign that a readjustment of the contemporary mentality is still possible—a glimmer of light as it were—in the midst of the present chaos. For example, the belief in a never-ending ‘progress’, which until recently was held as a sort of inviolable and indisputable dogma, is no longer so widespread; there are those who perceive, though in a vague and confused manner, that the civilization of the West may not always go on developing in the same direction, but may some day reach a point where it will stop, or even be plunged in its entirety into some cataclysm. Such persons may not see clearly where the danger lies—the fantastic or puerile fears they sometimes express being proof enough that their minds still harbor many errors—but it is already something that they realize there is a danger, even if it is felt rather than understood; and it is also something that they can conceive that this civilization, with which the moderns are so infatuated, holds no privileged position in the history of the world, and may easily encounter the same fate as has befallen many others that have already disappeared at more or less remote periods, some of them having left traces so slight as to be hardly noticeable, let alone recognizable.

The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race. They have greatly increased the life-expectancy of those of us who live in "advanced" countries, but they have destabilized society, have made life unfulfilling, have subjected human beings to indignities, have led to widespread psychological suffering (in the Third World to physical suffering as well) and have inflicted severe damage on the natural world. The continued development of technology will worsen the situation. It will certainly subject human beings to greater indignities and inflict greater damage on the natural world, it will probably lead to greater social disruption and psychological suffering, and it may lead to increased physical suffering even in "advanced" countries.

Reproducció facsímil de la primera edició de "La nacionalitat catalana" d'Enric Prat de la Riba, que fou el fundador, el 1912, de l'Escola d'Administració Pública de Catalunya, aleshores anomenada Escola de Funcionaris d'Administració Local. Aquest llibre forma part de la col·lecció de facsímils que darrerament edita i obsequia l'EAPC amb motiu de la diada de Sant Jordi per recordar les obres més significatives del primer terç del segle XX, en què es reconeix Catalunya com a país i es comencen a fer progressos en l'autogovern.

In this classic work of economic history and social theory, Karl Polanyi analyzes the economic and social changes brought about by the "great transformation" of the Industrial Revolution. His analysis explains not only the deficiencies of the self-regulating market, but the potentially dire social consequences of untempered market capitalism. New introductory material reveals the renewed importance of Polanyi's seminal analysis in an era of globalization and free trade.

In what many consider to be his masterwork, Evola contrasts the characteristics of the modern world with those of traditional societies, from politics and institutions to views on life and death. "No idea is as absurd as the idea of progress, which together with its corollary notion of the superiority of modern civilization, has created its own 'positive' alibis by falsifying history, by insinuating harmful myths in people's minds, and by proclaiming itself sovereign at the crossroads of the plebeian ideology from which it originated. In order to understand both the spirit of Tradition and its antithesis, modern civilization, it is necessary to begin with the fundamental doctrine of the two natures. According to this doctrine there is a physical order of things and a metaphysical one; there is a mortal nature and an immortal one; there is the superior realm of 'being' and the inferior realm of 'becoming.' Generally speaking, there is a visible and tangible dimension and, prior to and beyond it, an invisible and intangible dimension that is the support, the source, and the true life of the former." —From Chapter One. With unflinching gaze and uncompromising intensity Julius Evola analyzes the spiritual and cultural malaise at the heart of Western civilization and all that passes for progress in the modern world. As a gadfly, Evola spares no one and nothing in his survey of what we have lost and where we are headed. At turns prophetic and provocative, Revolt against the Modern World outlines a profound metaphysics of history and demonstrates how and why we have lost contact with the transcendent dimension of being. The revolt advocated by Evola does not resemble the familiar protests of either liberals or conservatives. His criticisms are not limited to exposing the mindless nature of consumerism, the march of progress, the rise of technocracy, or the dominance of unalloyed individualism, although these and other subjects come under his scrutiny. Rather, he attempts to trace in space and time the remote causes and processes that have exercised corrosive influence on what he considers to be the higher values, ideals, beliefs, and codes of conduct—the world of Tradition—that are at the foundation of Western civilization and described in the myths and sacred literature of the Indo-Europeans. Agreeing with the Hindu philosophers that history is the movement of huge cycles and that we are now in the Kali Yuga, the age of dissolution and decadence, Evola finds revolt to be the only logical response for those who oppose the materialism and ritualized meaninglessness of life in the twentieth century. Through a sweeping study of the structures, myths, beliefs, and spiritual traditions of the major Western civilizations, the author compares the characteristics of the modern world with those of traditional societies. The domains explored include politics, law, the rise and fall of empires, the history of the Church, the doctrine of the two natures, life and death, social institutions and the caste system, the limits of racial theories, capitalism and communism, relations between the sexes, and the meaning of warriorhood. At every turn Evola challenges the reader's most cherished assumptions about fundamental aspects of modern life.

Written in the early stages of the Cold War by one of the most controversial political and legal thinkers of the twentieth century, Carl Schmitt�s two short dialogues on power and space bring together several dimensions of his work in new ways. The dialogues renew Schmitt�s engagement with the questions of political power and geo-politics that had been a persistent concern throughout his intellectual life. As a basis on which to think through the historical role of human agency in relation to power and its new geographies, the dialogues condense and rework key concepts in Schmitt�s political theory during a transitional period between his Weimar and fascist years to the post-war writings. In this book, Schmitt develops a new �dialectics� of modern power and an original understanding of the global spatial transformations of the Cold War period. Equally important, the dialogues anticipate the debates on the new geo-political possibilities and threats related to cosmic spaces, overpowering technological advances, and the existential predicament of the human in an increasingly multipolar world.

'The life of man, solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short' Written during the chaos of the English Civil War, Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan asks how, in a world of violence and horror, can we stop ourselves from descending into anarchy? Hobbes' case for a 'common-wealth' under a powerful sovereign - or 'Leviathan' - to enforce security and the rule of law, shocked his contemporaries, and his book was publicly burnt for sedition the moment it was published. But his penetrating work of political philosophy - now fully revised and with a new introduction for this edition - opened up questions about the nature of statecraft and society that influenced governments across the world.

Nosaltres, els valencians és una de les obres més ambicioses de Joan Fuster, plena d'implicacions socials i polítiques, que expressen el seu ideari personal i el dels sectors en què ha influït. Fou premiada amb la vuitena Lletra d'Or i la seva projecció ciutadana fou es pot parlar d'un País Valencià d'abans i després de Nosaltres, els valencians. Amb el temps, l'obra no ha perdut actualitat i continua essent un llibre imprescindible i, encara, polèmic. I, com sempre, és servit per la prosa amena i incisiva de l'extraordinari escriptor que fou Joan Fuster.

Since its first publication in two volumes between 1918-1923, The Decline of the West has ranked as one of the most widely read and most talked about books of our time. In all its various editions, it has sold nearly 100,000 copies. A twentieth-century Cassandra, Oswald Spengler thoroughly probed the origin and "fate" of our civilization, and the result can be (and has been) read as a prophesy of the Nazi regime. His challenging views have led to harsh criticism over the years, but the knowledge and eloquence that went into his sweeping study of Western culture have kept The Decline of the West alive. As the face of Germany and Europe as a whole continues to change each day, The Decline of the West cannot be ignored. The abridgment, prepared by the German scholar Helmut Werner, with the blessing of the Spengler estate, consists of selections from the original (translated into English by Charles Francis Atkinson) linked by explanatory passages which have been put into English by Arthur Helps. H. Stuart Hughes has written a new introduction for this edition. In this engrossing and highly controversial philosophy of history, Spengler describes how we have entered into a centuries-long "world-historical" phase comparable to late antiquity. Guided by the philosophies of Goethe and Nietzsche, he rejects linear progression, and instead presents a world view based on the cyclical rise and decline of civilizations. He argues that a culture blossoms from the soil of a definable landscape and dies when it has exhausted all of its possibilities. Despite Spengler's reputation today as an extreme pessimist, The Decline of the West remains essential reading for anyone interested in the history of civilization.

For nineteenth-century Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt, the Italian Renaissance was nothing less than the beginning of the modern world - a world in which flourishing individualism and the competition for fame radically transformed science, the arts, and politics. In this landmark work he depicts the Italian city-states of Florence, Venice and Rome as providing the seeds of a new form of society, and traces the rise of the creative individual, from Dante to Michelangelo. A fascinating description of an era of cultural transition, this nineteenth-century masterpiece was to become the most influential interpretation of the Italian Renaissance, and anticipated ideas such as Nietzsche's concept of the 'Ubermensch' in its portrayal of an age of genius.

In this, his most influential work, legal theorist and political philosopher Carl Schmitt argues that liberalism's basis in individual rights cannot provide a reasonable justification for sacrificing oneself for the state. This edition of the 1932 work includes the translator's introduction (by George Schwab) which highlights Schmitt's intellectual journey through the turbulent period of German history leading to the Hitlerian one-party state. It also includes Leo Strauss' analysis of Schmitt's thesis and a foreword by Tracy B. Strong placing Schmitt's work into contemporary context.

1917-ci ilin avqust-sentyabr aylarında yazılan yaradıcı marksizmin bu görkəmli əsəri – “Dövlət və inqilab” dövlət nəzəriyyəsinin öz dərinliyi və əhatəliliyi cəhətdən misilsiz elmi şərhidir, marksizmin düşmənlərinə qarşı mübarizədə partiyalılığın parlaq nümunəsidir. Bu əsərdə Lenin dövlət barəsində Marksın və Engelsin baxışlarına əsaslanaraq dövlət ilə cəmiyyətin sinfi xarakterinin əlaqəsini təhlil edir, sosialist inqilabının və proletar diktaturasının qanunauyğunluğu və labüdlüyünü əsaslandırır, proletar dövlətinin və proletar demokratiyasının mahiyyətini və vəzifələrini aşkara çıxardır, keçid mərhələsi, sosializm və kommunizm haqqında marksizm təlimini inkişaf etdirir.

One of the most influential documents of our time, Mao Tse-tung's pamphlet on guerrilla warfare has become the basic textbook for waging revolution in underdeveloped and emergent areas throughout the world. Recognizing the fundamental disparity between agrarian and urban societies, Mao advocated unorthodox strategies that converted deficits into using intelligence provided by the sympathetic peasant population; substituting deception, mobility, and surprise for superior firepower; using retreat as an offensive move; and educating the inhabitants on the ideological basis of the struggle. This radical new approach to warfare, waged in jungles and mountains by mobile guerrilla bands closely supported by local inhabitants, has been adopted by other revolutionary leaders from Ho Chi Minh to Che Guevara. Mao wrote On Guerrilla Warfare in 1937 while in retreat after ten years of battling the Nationalist army of Chiang Kai-shek. Twelve years later, the Nationalist Chinese were rousted from the mainland, and Mao consolidated his control of a new nation, having put his theories of revolutionary guerrilla warfare to the test. Established governments have slowly come to recognize the need to understand and devise means to counter this new method of warfare. Samuel B. Griffith's classic translation makes Mao's treatise widely available and includes a comprehensive introduction that profiles Mao, analyzes the nature and conduct of guerrilla warfare, and considers its implications for American policy.

Social upheaval in early 20th-century Europe is the historical setting for this seminal study by the Spanish philosopher, José Ortega y Gasset. Continuously in print since 1932, Ortega's vision of Western culture as sinking to its lowest common denominator and drifting toward chaos brought its author international fame and has remained one of the influential books of the 20th century.

El feminismo ha revolucionado y redefinido, en el último siglo, el papel de las mujeres en la sociedad, en un proceso que ha supuesto, inevitablemente, cuestionar y transformar el rol de lo masculino. Y pese a que cada vez más hombres apoyan ―al menos desde la teoría― ese proceso de acercamiento a la igualdad, una de sus consecuencias es que ha dejado a la mitad de la humanidad huérfana de un modelo de el viejo ya no sirve para la convivencia equitativa con las mujeres en una sociedad democrática y el nuevo está aún en construcción. ¿Qué significa ser hombre hoy en día? Sin duda, mucho más que tener un pene. Ser hombre, igual que ser mujer, es un modo aprendido de estar en el mundo, de vestir, de caminar, de sentir y de cuidar. La masculinidad trasciende así el hecho biológico y adquiere sentido dentro de una construcción cultural. Y, por suerte, las construcciones culturales pueden cambiarse. Llega, pues, el momento de crear una nueva masculinidad. Y nada mejor para ello que partir de las reflexiones y propuestas de Ritxar Bacete, uno de los mayores especialistas en género y masculinidades de España, que en este libro apuesta por superar el machismo y reconvertir las masculinidades hegemónicas tóxicas y de dominación en modelos de diversidad, justicia, equidad, diálogo y paz.

For decades if not centuries, science has backed up society’s simple dictum that men and women are hardwired differently, that the world is divided by two different kinds of brains—male and female. Gina Rippon finally challenges this damaging myth by showing how the science community has engendered bias and stereotype by rewarding studies that show difference rather than sameness. Drawing on cutting edge research in neuroscience and psychology, Rippon presents the latest evidence which she argues, finally proves that brains are like mosaics comprised of both male and female components, and that they remain plastic, adapting throughout the course of a person’s life. Discernable gender identities, she asserts, are shaped by society where scientific misconceptions continue to be wielded and perpetuated to the detriment of our children, our own lives, and our culture.

It’s the twenty-first century, and although we tried to rear unisex children—boys who play with dolls and girls who like trucks—we failed. Even though the glass ceiling is cracked, most women stay comfortably beneath it, and everywhere we hear about vitally important “hardwired” differences between male and female brains. The neuroscience we read about in magazines, newspaper articles, books, and sometimes even scientific journals increasingly tells a tale of two brains, and the result is more often than not a validation of the status quo. Women, it seems, are just too intuitive for math, men too focused for housework. Drawing on the latest research in neuroscience and psychology, Cordelia Fine debunks the myth of hardwired differences between men’s and women’s brains, unraveling the evidence behind such claims as men’s brains aren’t wired for empathy, and women’s brains aren’t made to fix cars. She then goes one step further, offering a very different explanation of the dissimilarities between men’s and women’s behavior. Instead of a “male brain” and a “female brain,” Fine gives us a glimpse of plastic, mutable minds that are continuously influenced by cultural assumptions about gender. Delusions of Gender provides us with a much-needed corrective to the belief that men’s and women’s brains are intrinsically different—a belief that, as Fine shows with insight and humor—all too often works to the detriment of ourselves and our society.

This volume presents a study of the damaging effect of pornography and its ramifications on society.

Data is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development, to healthcare, to education and public policy, we rely on numbers to allocate resources and make crucial decisions. But because so much data fails to take into account gender, because it treats men as the default and women as atypical, bias and discrimination are baked into our systems. And women pay tremendous costs for this bias, in time, money, and often with their lives. Celebrated feminist advocate Caroline Criado Perez investigates the shocking root cause of gender inequality and research in Invisible Women​, diving into women’s lives at home, the workplace, the public square, the doctor’s office, and more. Built on hundreds of studies in the US, the UK, and around the world, and written with energy, wit, and sparkling intelligence, this is a groundbreaking, unforgettable exposé that will change the way you look at the world.

First published in 1990, The Sexual Politics of Meat is a landmark text in the ongoing debates about animal rights. In the two decades since, the book has inspired controversy and heated debate. Praise for The Sexual Politics of Meat: CAROL J. ADAMS is the author of The Pornography of Meat (Continuum, 2004), and co-author of Beyond Animal Rights (Continuum, 2000), and The Bedside, Bathtub, and Armchair Companion to Jane Austen (Continuum, 2008). She has toured as a speaker throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. More information can be found at her website: http://www.triroc.com/caroladams

This book is directed at those who eat meat and argues veganism is the only ethical and acceptable way of eating. In Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows, Joy investigates factory farming, exposing how cruelly animals are treated, the hazards meat-packing workers face, and the environmental impact of raising 10 billion animals for food each year for meat, eggs and milk. Social psychologist and vegan, Melanie Joy explores the many ways we numb ourselves and disconnect from our natural empathy for farmed animals. She coins the term "carnism" to describe the belief system that has conditioned us to eat certain animals and not others.

Jonathan Safran Foer spent much of his life oscillating between enthusiastic carnivore and occasional vegetarian. Once he started a family, the moral dimensions of food became increasingly important. Faced with the prospect of being unable to explain why we eat some animals and not others, Foer set out to explore the origins of many eating traditions and the fictions involved with creating them. Traveling to the darkest corners of our dining habits, Foer raises the unspoken question behind every fish we eat, every chicken we fry, and every burger we grill. Part memoir and part investigative report, Eating Animals is a book that, in the words of the Los Angeles Times, places Jonathan Safran Foer "at the table with our greatest philosophers."

In the present state of society, it appears necessary to go back to first principles in search of the most simple truths, and to dispute with some prevailing prejudice every inch of ground. To clear my way, I must be allowed to ask some plain questions, and the answers will probably appear as unequivocal as the axioms on which reasoning is built; though, when entangled with various motives of action, they are formally contradicted, either by the words or conduct of men.In what does man's pre-eminence over the brute creation consist?The answer is as clear as that a half is less than the whole; inReason.

An enthralling journey through the history of books and libraries in the ancient world and those who have helped preserve their rich literary traditions Long before books were mass-produced, those made of reeds from along the Nile were worth fighting and dying for. Journeying along the battlefields of Alexander the Great, beneath the eruptions of Mount Vesuvius, at Cleopatra's palaces and the scene of Hypatia's murder, award-winning author Irene Vallejo chronicles the excitement of literary culture in the ancient world, and the heroic efforts that ensured this extraordinary tradition would continue. Weaved throughout are fascinating stories about the spies, scribes, illuminators, librarians, booksellers, authors, and statesmen whose rich and sometimes complicated engagement with the written word bears remarkable similarities to the world today: Aristophanes and the censorship of the humorists, Sappho and the empowerment of women's voices, Seneca and the problem of a post-truth world. Vallejo takes us to mountainous landscapes and the roaring sea, to the capitals where culture flourished and the furthest reaches where knowledge found refuge in chaotic times. In this sweeping tour of the history of books, the wonder of the ancient world comes alive and, along the way, we discover the singular power of the written word.

Machiavelli needs to be looked at as he really was. Hence: Can Machiavelli, who makes the following observations, be Machiavellian as we understand the disparaging term? 1. So it is that to know the nature of a people, one need be a Prince; to know the nature of a Prince, one need to be of the people. 2. If a Prince is not given to vices that make him hated, it is unsusal for his subjects to show their affection for him. 3. Opportunity made Moses, Cyrus, Romulus, Theseus, and others; their virtue domi-nated the opportunity, making their homelands noble and happy. Armed prophets win; the disarmed lose. 4. Without faith and religion, man achieves power but not glory. 5. Prominent citizens want to command and oppress; the populace only wants to be free of oppression. 6. A Prince needs a friendly populace; otherwise in diversity there is no hope. 7. A Prince, who rules as a man of valor, avoids disasters, 8. Nations based on mercenary forces will never be solid or secure. 9. Mercenaries are dangerous because of their cowardice 10. There are two ways to fight: one with laws, the other with force. The first is rightly man’s way; the second, the way of beasts.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a foundational work of Western literature and is widely considered to be Friedrich Nietzsche’s masterpiece. It includes the German philosopher’s famous discussion of the phrase ‘God is dead’ as well as his concept of the Superman. Nietzsche delineates his Will to Power theory and devotes pages to critiquing Christian thinking, in particular Christianity’s definition of good and evil.

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves—and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives—and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are. Inspired by the myth of a man condemned to ceaselessly push a rock up a mountain and watch it roll back to the valley below, The Myth of Sisyphus transformed twentieth-century philosophy with its impassioned argument for the value of life in a world without religious meaning.

By one of the most profoundly influential thinkers of our century, The Rebel is a classic essay on revolution. For Albert Camus, the urge to revolt is one of the "essential dimensions" of human nature, manifested in man's timeless Promethean struggle against the conditions of his existence, as well as the popular uprisings against established orders throughout history. And yet, with an eye toward the French Revolution and its regicides and deicides, he shows how inevitably the course of revolution leads to tyranny, as old regimes throughout the world collapse, The Rebel resonates as an ardent, eloquent, and supremely rational voice of conscience for our tumultuous times. Translated from the French by Anthony Bower.

Los célebres escritos de Francis Bacon sobre temas que van desde la ira y la ambición, al matrimonio, la riqueza, la envidia, el imperio o la sabiduría, lo consagraron como uno de los padres fundadore del pensamiento moderno, con su rechazo de la superstición y su énfasis en las pruebas y la experimentación, la investigación y la argumentación racional.

“True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.” - Lucius Annaeus Seneca. De Vita Beata or On the Happy Life is a dialogue written by Seneca the Younger around the year 58 AD. It was intended for his older brother Gallio, to whom Seneca also dedicated his dialogue entitled De Ira ('On Anger'). It is divided into 28 chapters that present the moral thoughts of Seneca at their most mature. Seneca explains that the pursuit of happiness is the pursuit of reason – reason meant not only using logic, but also understanding the processes of nature. This new edition of De Vita Beata from Enhanced Media includes an introduction by William Smith and a Seneca image gallery.

Regarded as a central part of Kapuscinski's work, these vivid portraits of life in the depths of Poland embody the young writer's mastery of literary reportage. When the great Ryszard Kapuscinski was a young journalist in the early 1960s, he was sent to the farthest reaches of his native Poland between foreign assignments. The resulting pieces brought together in this new collection, nearly all of which are translated into English for the first time, reveal a place just as strange as the distant lands he visited. From forgotten villages to collective farms, Kapuscinski explores a Poland that is post-Stalinist but still Communist; a country on the edge of modernity. He encounters those for whom the promises of rising living standards never worked out as planned, those who would have been misfits under any political system, those tied to the land and those dreaming of escape.

Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Based on his own experience and the stories of his patients, Frankl argues that we cannot avoid suffering but we can choose how to cope with it, find meaning in it, and move forward with renewed purpose. At the heart of his theory, known as logotherapy, is a conviction that the primary human drive is not pleasure but the pursuit of what we find meaningful. Man's Search for Meaning has become one of the most influential books in America; it continues to inspire us all to find significance in the very act of living.

The clarion call to change that galvanized a generation. When Germaine Greer's The Female Eunuch was first published it created a shock wave of recognition in women, one that could be felt around the world. It went on to become an international bestseller, translated into more than twelve languages, and a landmark in the history of the women's movement. Positing that sexual liberation is the key to women's liberation, Greer looks at the inherent and unalterable biological differences between men and women as well as at the profound psychological differences that result from social conditioning. Drawing on history, literature, biology, and popular culture, Greer's searing examination of women's oppression is a vital, passionately argued social commentary that is both an important historical record of where we've been and a shockingly relevant treatise on what still remains to be achieved.

In 1926 the fabled alchemist Fulcanelli left his remarkable manuscript concerning the Hermetic Study of Gothic Cathedral Construction with a student. He than disappeared. The book decodes the symbology found upon and within the Gothic Cathedrals of Europe which have openly displayed the secrets of alchemy for 700 years.

In The Four Agreements, don Miguel Ruiz reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, the Four Agreements offer a powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform our lives to a new experience of freedom, true happiness, and love. The Four Agreements are: Be Impeccable With Your Word, Don't Take Anything Personally, Don't Make Assumptions, Always Do Your Best.

Manifestoes of Surrealism is a book by André Breton, describing the aims, meaning, and political position of the Surrealist movement. The translators of this edition were finalists of the 1970 National Book Awards in the category of translation.

Since its U.S. debut almost fifty years ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America. It is also an outstanding political economy, a social and cultural narrative of the highest quality, and perhaps the finest description of primitive capital accumulation since Marx. Rather than chronology, geography, or political successions, Eduardo Galeano has organized the various facets of Latin American history according to the patterns of five centuries of exploitation. Thus he is concerned with gold and silver, cacao and cotton, rubber and coffee, fruit, hides and wool, petroleum, iron, nickel, manganese, copper, aluminum ore, nitrates, and tin. These are the veins which he traces through the body of the entire continent, up to the Rio Grande and throughout the Caribbean, and all the way to their open ends where they empty into the coffers of wealth in the United States and Europe. Weaving fact and imagery into a rich tapestry, Galeano fuses scientific analysis with the passions of a plundered and suffering people. An immense gathering of materials is framed with a vigorous style that never falters in its command of themes. All readers interested in great historical, economic, political, and social writing will find a singular analytical achievement, and an overwhelming narrative that makes history speak, unforgettably. This classic is now further honored by Isabel Allende’s inspiring introduction. Universally recognized as one of the most important writers of our time, Allende once again contributes her talents to literature, to political principles, and to enlightenment.

Throughout his career, Eduardo Galeano has turned our understanding of history and reality on its head. Isabelle Allende said his works “invade the reader’s mind, to persuade him or her to surrender to the charm of his writing and power of his idealism.”Mirrors, Galeano’s most ambitious project since Memory of Fire, is an unofficial history of the world seen through history’s unseen, unheard, and forgotten. As Galeano notes: “Official history has it that Vasco Núñez de Balboa was the first man to see, from a summit in Panama, the two oceans at once. Were the people who lived there blind??” Recalling the lives of artists, writers, gods, and visionaries, from the Garden of Eden to twenty-first-century New York, of the black slaves who built the White House and the women erased by men’s fears, and told in hundreds of kaleidoscopic vignettes, Mirrors is a magic mosaic of our humanity.

The fiftieth Anniversary Edition of the groundbreaking international bestseller that has shown millions of readers how to achieve rich, productive lives by developing their hidden capacities for love Most people are unable to love on the only level that truly matters: love that is compounded of maturity, self-knowledge, and courage. As with every art, love demands practice and concentration, as well as genuine insight and understanding. In his classic work, The Art of Loving, renowned psychoanalyst and social philosopher Erich Fromm explores love in all its aspects—not only romantic love, steeped in false conceptions and lofty expectations, but also brotherly love, erotic love, self-love, the love of God, and the love of parents for their children.

Nueva edición ampliada del gran éxito editorial Trece rosas rojas con motivo del 75 aniversario de los hechos Trece chicas, siete de ellas menores de edad, murieron fusiladas la madrugada del 5 de agosto de 1939 contra las tapias del cementerio del Este de Madrid. Su ser «rojas». Este año se cumple el 75 aniversario de aquellos hechos y el décimo de la primera edición de este libro. El que tiene en las manos es una versión ampliada que recupera la figura de la Rosa 14, a la que una errata mecanográfica en la orden de ejecución, Antonio por Antonia, salvó de ser fusilada con sus compañeras. Descubierto el error, fue ejecutada seis meses más tarde, en febrero de 1940. No hay ficción. Los archivos militares, los penitenciarios, los del PCE y sobre todo las voces de quienes vivieron estos trágicos hechos trasladan al lector al Madrid de los primeros días de la posguerra, una ciudad víctima del odio y la revancha de los vencedores. La brutal represión franquista y un enigmático crimen condujeron a aquellas jóvenes idealistas a la muerte. «Que mi nombre no se borre en la historia», dejó escrito Julia Conesa, de diecinueve años, una de las Trece Rosas, en la carta de despedida a su familia. Este testimonio es la mejor forma de evitar el olvido. Tras años de ardua investigación, Carlos Fonseca recupera con toda su crudeza un episodio que permanecía en la memoria colectiva de quienes perdieron la guerra. Con la Rosa 14 completa la historia más conmovedora de la guerra civil.

In his most extraordinary book, Oliver Sacks recounts the stories of patients lost in the bizarre, apparently inescapable world of neurological disorders. These are case studies of people who have lost their memories and with them the greater part of their pasts; who are no longer able to recognize people or common objects; whose limbs have become alien; who are afflicted and yet are gifted with uncanny artistic or mathematical talents. In Dr Sacks' splendid and sympathetic telling, each tale is a unique and deeply human study of life struggling against incredible adversity.

A landmark volume in science writing by one of the great minds of our time, Stephen Hawking’s book explores such profound questions as: How did the universe begin—and what made its start possible? Does time always flow forward? Is the universe unending—or are there boundaries? Are there other dimensions in space? What will happen when it all ends? Told in language we all can understand, A Brief History of Time plunges into the exotic realms of black holes and quarks, of antimatter and “arrows of time,” of the big bang and a bigger God—where the possibilities are wondrous and unexpected. With exciting images and profound imagination, Stephen Hawking brings us closer to the ultimate secrets at the very heart of creation.

This book challenges those who argue that we can change the world by changing the way people think. The author shows that no matter how bizarre a people's behavior may seem, it always stems from concrete social and economic conditions. It is by isolating and identifying these conditions that we will be able to understand and cope with some of our own apparently senseless life styles. In a devastating attack on the shamans of the counterculture, the author states the case for a return to objective consciousness and a rational set of political commitments.

Originally appearing as a series of articles in The New Yorker, Hannah Arendt’s authoritative and stunning report on the trial of Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann sparked a flurry of debate upon its publication. This revised edition includes material that came to light after the trial, as well as Arendt’s postscript directly addressing the controversy that arose over her account. A major journalistic triumph by an intellectual of singular influence, Eichmann in Jerusalem is as shocking as it is informative—an unflinching look at one of the most unsettling and unsettled issues of the twentieth century that remains hotly debated to this day.

One of the world's most prominent public intellectuals, Noam Chomsky has, in more than fifty years of writing on politics, philosophy, and language, revolutionized modern linguistics and established himself as one of the most original and wide-ranging political and social critics of our time. The Essential Chomsky brings together selections from his most important writings since 1959-from his groundbreaking critique of B.F. Skinner to his bestselling works Hegermony or Survival and Failed States-concerning subjects ranging from critiques of corporate media and U.S. interventionism to intellectual freedom and the political economy of human rights. With a foreword by Anthony Arnove, The Essential Chomsky is an unprecedented, comprehensive overview of Chomsky's thought.

Styles of Radical Will, Susan Sontag's second collection of essays, extends the investigations she undertook in Against Interpretation with essays on film, literature, politics, and a groundbreaking study of pornography.

Michel de Montaigne was one of the most influential figures of the Renaissance, singlehandedly responsible for popularising the essay as a literary form. This Penguin Classics edition of The Complete Essays is translated from the French and edited with an introduction and notes by M.A. Screech. In 1572 Montaigne retired to his estates in order to devote himself to leisure, reading and reflection. There he wrote his constantly expanding 'assays', inspired by the ideas he found in books contained in his library and from his own experience. He discusses subjects as diverse as war-horses and cannibals, poetry and politics, sex and religion, love and friendship, ecstasy and experience. But, above all, Montaigne studied himself as a way of drawing out his own inner nature and that of men and women in general. The Essays are among the most idiosyncratic and personal works in all literature and provide an engaging insight into a wise Renaissance mind, continuing to give pleasure and enlightenment to modern readers. With its extensive introduction and notes, M.A. Screech's edition of Montaigne is widely regarded as the most distinguished of recent times. Michel de Montaigne (1533-1586) studied law and spent a number of years working as a counsellor before devoting his life to reading, writing and reflection. If you enjoyed The Complete Essays, you might like Francois Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel, also available in Penguin Classics. 'Screech's fine version ... must surely serve as the definitive English Montaigne' A.C. Grayling, Financial Times 'A superb edition' Nicholas Wollaston, Observer

The factors that change the course of history are primarily the product of the contributions made by individual lives to the broad pattern of mortal existence. In his collection of 'historical miniatures,' Stefan Zweig celebrates the monumental power of the spirit to discover, to create, to transcend the limits imposed by the temporal and physical environment, while at the same time underlining man's inability to escape from the realities of his own nature. Among Zweig's illustrations of decisive moments in human experience are the stories of a siege during which seventy ships are moved across a mountainous headland in a single night, a love affair between a seventy-four-year-old poet and a nineteen-year-old girl, and a man who legally owned much of the state of California, only to have it taken from him because the government would not defend his rights. .

Bartolomé de Las Casas was the first and fiercest critic of Spanish colonialism in the New World. An early traveller to the Americas who sailed on one of Columbus' voyages, Las Casas was so horrified by the wholesale massacre he witnessed that he dedicated his life to protecting the Indian community. He wrote A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies in 1542, a shocking catalogue of mass slaughter, torture and slavery, which showed that the evangelizing vision of Columbus had descended under later conquistadors into genocide. Dedicated to Philip II to alert the Castilian Crown to these atrocities and demand that the Indians be entitled to the basic rights of humankind, this passionate work of documentary vividness outraged Europe and contributed to the idea of the Spanish 'Black Legend' that would last for centuries.

'The London Scene' is a collection of essays written by one of London's most acclaimed writers. Virginia Woolf was born and lived much of her life in the city, using it as the backdrop for many of her works. The essays cover London Docks, Oxford Street Tide, Great Men's Houses, Abbeys and Cathedrals, "This is the House of Commons", and Portrait of a Londoner. The essays were first published in the 'Good Housekeeping' magazine, beginning in the spring of 1931 and then bi-monthly through to December 1932. There is also a chapter on 'The History of The London Scene', which when first published in America was entitled 'The London Scene: Five Essays.' 'The Portrait of a Londoner' was the essay not included and, indeed, this edition has that essay included in the collection for the first time.

La violencia contra la mujer, la intromisión violenta del Estado y de los hombres para controlar el cuerpo de las mujeres, está documentada desde hace casi 4.000 años. Este libro, entre el reportaje periodístico y el ensayo divulgativo, habla de crímenes de honor, de abortos clandestinos, de manadas, de matrimonios infantiles, de los castigos a las insumisas, de prostitución y trata, de la ablación femenina. Y también de otras violencias, más sutiles, menos evidentes: de sentencias judiciales, de la exclusión de las mujeres en la Historia, de las vejaciones en la publicidad y en la pornografía, de la brecha salarial o de la sumisión santificada por costumbres y religiones… Es la guerra más larga de la Historia. Y aún no ha terminado.

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780140432077 Published in 1859, John Stuart Mill's On Liberty presented one of the most eloquent defenses of individual freedom in nineteenth-century social and political philosophy and is today perhaps the most widely-read liberal argument in support of the value of liberty. Mill's passionate advocacy of spontaneity, individuality, and diversity, along with his contempt for compulsory uniformity and the despotism of popular opinion, has attracted both admiration and condemnation.

In this fascinating book, Alan Watts explores man's quest for psychological security, examining our efforts to find spiritual and intellectual certainty in the realms of religion and philosophy. The Wisdom of Insecurity underlines the importance of our search for stability in an age where human life seems particularly vulnerable and uncertain. Watts argues our insecurity is the consequence of trying to be secure and that, ironically, salvation and sanity lie in the recognition that we have no way of saving ourselves.

Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the most unfathomable composers in the history of music. How can such sublime work have been produced by a man who (when we can discern his personality at all) seems so ordinary, so opaque—and occasionally so intemperate? John Eliot Gardiner grew up passing one of the only two authentic portraits of Bach every morning and evening on the stairs of his parents’ house, where it hung for safety during World War II. He has been studying and performing Bach ever since, and is now regarded as one of the composer’s greatest living interpreters. The fruits of this lifetime’s immersion are distilled in this remarkable book, grounded in the most recent Bach scholarship but moving far beyond it, and explaining in wonderful detail the ideas on which Bach drew, how he worked, how his music is constructed, how it achieves its effects—and what it can tell us about Bach the man. Gardiner’s background as a historian has encouraged him to search for ways in which scholarship and performance can cooperate and fruitfully coalesce. This has entailed piecing together the few biographical shards, scrutinizing the music, and watching for those instances when Bach’s personality seems to penetrate the fabric of his notation. Gardiner’s aim is “to give the reader a sense of inhabiting the same experiences and sensations that Bach might have had in the act of music-making. This, I try to show, can help us arrive at a more human likeness discernible in the closely related processes of composing and performing his music.” It is very rare that such an accomplished performer of music should also be a considerable writer and thinker about it. John Eliot Gardiner takes us as deeply into Bach’s works and mind as perhaps words can. The result is a unique book about one of the greatest of all creative artists.

The counterintuitive approach to achieving your true potential, heralded by the Harvard Business Review as a groundbreaking idea of the year. The path to fulfillment, whether at work or at home, is almost never a straight line. Ask anyone who has achieved their biggest goals or who thrives in their relationships, and you’ll hear stories of many unexpected detours along the way. What separates those who rise to these challenges and those who get derailed? The answer is agility—emotional agility. Emotional agility is a four-step approach that allows us to navigate life’s twists and turns with self-acceptance, clear-sightedness, and an open mind. In her more than twenty years of research, Susan David has found that no matter how intelligent, resilient, or creative people are, when they ignore how situations or interactions make them feel, they miss opportunities to gain insight, getting hooked by thoughts, emotions, and habits that prevent them from reaching their full potential. Emotionally agile people experience the same stresses and setbacks as anyone else, but they know how to adapt, aligning their actions with their values and making small changes that lead to a life of growth. Drawing on her extensive professional research, her international consulting work, and her own experiences growing up in Apartheid-era South Africa and losing her father at a young age, David shows how anyone can become more emotionally agile and thrive in an uncertain world. Written with authority, wit, and empathy, Emotional Agility will help you live your most successful life, whoever you are and whatever you face. Take the FREE Emotional Agility Insights Quiz here: https://bitly.com/ea-quiz

The groundbreaking book that redefines what it means to be smart, with a new introduction by the author. Everyone knows that high IQ is no guarantee of success, happiness, or virtue, but until Emotional Intelligence, we could only guess why. Daniel Goleman's brilliant report from the frontiers of psychology and neuroscience offers startling new insight into our “two minds”—the rational and the emotional—and how they together shape our destiny. Drawing on groundbreaking brain and behavioral research, Goleman shows the factors at work when people of high IQ flounder and those of modest IQ do surprisingly well. These factors, which include self-awareness, self-discipline, and empathy, add up to a different way of being smart—and they aren’t fixed at birth. Although shaped by childhood experiences, emotional intelligence can be nurtured and strengthened throughout our adulthood—with immediate benefits to our health, our relationships, and our work. The twenty-fifth-anniversary edition of Emotional Intelligence could not come at a better time—we spend so much of our time online, more and more jobs are becoming automated and digitized, and our children are picking up new technology faster than we ever imagined. With a new introduction from the author, the twenty-fifth-anniversary edition prepares readers, now more than ever, to reach their fullest potential and stand out from the pack with the help of EI.

Con un estilo literario y profundamente divulgativo, seductor y personal, Carlos del Amor nos ofrece un viaje por treinta y cinco obras de todos los tiempos, con especial atención a la pintura femenina y a la española. Un viaje a través de texturas, colores, claroscuros, historias, miradas, vidas, abrazos, besos…, que nos descubre un caleidoscopio donde se aúnan verdad y ficción, historia del arte, imaginación y emoción.

A critique of the lesbian sex industry's efforts to profit from women's oppression.

Presents the feelings of nearly one hundred Americans on such issues as affirmative action, changing neighborhoods, and secret prejudices.

Las experiencias cientificas de la doctora Kubler-Ross permiten confirmar que la muerte es un pasaje hacia otra forma de vida. Nos hace comprender que la experiencia de la muerte es casi identica a la del nacimiento puesto que se trata del inicio de otra existencia el paso a un nuevo estado de conciencia en el que se continua experimentando viendo y oyendo comprendiendo y riendo y en el que se tiene la posibilidad de continuar el crecimiento espiritual. Gracias a ella sabemos que una luz brilla al final y que a medida que nos aproximamos a esa luz mas blanca de una claridad absoluta nos sentimos llenos del amor mas grande indescriptible e incondicional que podamos imaginar. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross (Zurich 1926 Scottsdale Arizona 2004). Estudio medicina y psiquiatria. Se especializo en estudios sobre la muerte y los cuidados paliativos. La necesidad de estudiar cientificamente que experimentaban los moribundos surgio en su juventud cuando tomo la decision de participar como voluntaria en la recuperacion del campo de concentracion de Meidaneck (Polonia). Este aprendizaje la llevo a investigar la experiencia final de la vida. Escribio veintidos libros que han sido traducidos a mas de veinticinco idiomas. Su infatigable labor ha sido reconocida y aclamada en el mundo entero con el beneplacito de millones de lectores.

Mona Chollet's In Defense of Witches is a “brilliant, well-documented” celebration ( Le Monde ) by an acclaimed French feminist of the witch as a symbol of female rebellion and independence in the face of misogyny and persecution. Centuries after the infamous witch hunts that swept through Europe and America, witches continue to hold a unique fascination for as fairy tale villains, practitioners of pagan religion, as well as feminist icons. Witches are both the ultimate victim and the stubborn, elusive rebel. But who were the women who were accused and often killed for witchcraft? What types of women have centuries of terror censored, eliminated, and repressed? Celebrated feminist writer Mona Chollet explores three types of women who were accused of witchcraft and the independent woman, since widows and celibates were particularly targeted; the childless woman, since the time of the hunts marked the end of tolerance for those who claimed to control their fertility; and the elderly woman, who has always been an object of at best, pity, and at worst, horror. Examining modern society, Chollet concludes that these women continue to be harrassed and oppressed. Rather than being a brief moment in history, the persecution of witches is an example of society’s seemingly eternal misogyny, while women today are direct descendants to those who were hunted down and killed for their thoughts and actions. With fiery prose and arguments that range from the scholarly to the cultural, In Defense of Witches seeks to unite the mythic image of the witch with modern women who live their lives on their own terms.

This classic history of woman's oppression is one of the first attempts to document the sad legacy of injustice and discrimination against women, which is unfortunately inseparable from the history of both Christianity and the evolution of the Western state. Beginning in the pre-Christian era, where she finds more evidence of freedom for women than in subsequent eras, pioneering women's rights advocate Matilda Joslyn Gage traces the patterns of male domination in both church and state that kept women in virtual bondage. Among the topics of her research is the medieval exaltation of celibacy as an expression of the male belief that women were unclean and the cause of original sin, the gross discrimination against women in canon law, abuse of women in the feudal system, the persecution of women as witches, the virtual slave status of wives and their almost total legal subjugation to their husbands, toleration of polygamy, the debilitating drudgery of woman's daily work, and the widespread opposition to women's education by both church and state.Perhaps the most farseeing and radical of the early feminists, Gage had the vision to realize that society's fundamental institutions had to be drastically reformed before women would begin to enjoy equal rights. Many of her concerns sound very she deplored the unequal treatment of the prostitute vs. her client, the practice of non-conviction or of pardoning in rape trials, unequal pay, wife battering, the sexual abuse of female children, and many other abuses that only today are being seriously addressed. Originally published in 1893, this work was the fruit of twenty years of research and should be read by everyone who supports equality between men and women.This new edition is complemented by an introduction by renowned author, lecturer, and historical performer Sally Roesch Wagner, who helped found one of the country's first programs in women's studies. She is executive director of the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation.

Las mujeres transitamos este mundo cargando mandatos, el "deber ser": ser buena hija, novia, esposa, madre, amante, femme fatal. Desde temprana edad, se despliega una enorme cantidad de exigencias sobre nuestro cuerpo y comportamiento. ¿De dónde viene esa fuerza que nos lleva a un único destino de cuidadoras una y otra vez? ¿Quiénes somos y qué deseamos cuando no estamos agradando, cuidando, o amando? ¿Por qué las mujeres de todo el mundo lideramos todos los índices de la desigualdad y cómo se traduce esto en nuestra vida? María Florencia Freijo propone una lectura interesantísima por la historia, la industria cultural y del entretenimiento, para averiguar en qué momento nació esta diferencia social que nos ha convertido en personas con menos derechos, menos ingresos, menos justicia. Pero, sobre todo, por qué pese a esto seguimos desplegando todos nuestros recursos en tiempo, atención, y dinero, obsesionadas por el amor romántico, pensando en la familia tipo como único destino posible. Con casos concretos de la historia y el presente, y recuperando la historia de las mujeres que no pudieron elegir, como nuestras abuelas, reconstruye los mandatos que se presentan como "naturales" y juegan en contra de las mujeres. Tomar conciencia para que nuestros silencios tomen voz es el primer paso para nuestra nueva libertad.

“Las mujeres estamos reescribiendo la historia y espero que este libro te ayude a reescribir la tuya. El conocimiento nos hará libres” ¿Cómo se ha educado a las mujeres por siglos? ¿Para qué se las ha educado? Hasta fines del siglo XIX las mujeres no asistieron a la escuela, su única formación tendía a que fueran “buenas”: buenas esposas, concubinas, amantes, madres, hijas, abuelas... Esta educación inorgánica, esta “mala” educación, se vuelve un sustrato permanente y fortísimo que sigue formando a las mujeres aún hoy para cumplir miles de mandatos. Esto es lo que sostiene María Florencia Freijo en (Mal) Educadas: que las mujeres han sido y aún son preparadas, tanto desde la educación formal como la informal, para amar sin condiciones a riesgo de quedarse “solas”, y para limitar su propio poder y sus posibilidades expansivas. Con una aguda mirada histórica y una escritura lúcida y personal, la autora encuentra en el concepto de “mala educación” un punto de partida que consolida una serie de prejuicios sobre las mujeres. Así se construyeron y se sostienen los arquetipos de la mala mujer: puta, bruja, vividora, loca... María Florencia Freijo muestra y explica en este libro imprescindible la línea que une la historia silenciada de las mujeres, en busca de descubrir el porqué de esto que aparece como un destino, pero que es en realidad un mandato que sólo con conocimiento se podrá cambiar, para que cada mujer pueda trazar una historia propia más libre y más consciente.

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One of the most valuable skills in our economy is becoming increasingly rare. If you master this skill, you'll achieve extraordinary results. Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. It's a skill that allows you to quickly master complicated information and produce better results in less time. Deep work will make you better at what you do and provide the sense of true fulfillment that comes from craftsmanship. In short, deep work is like a superpower in our increasingly competitive twenty-first-century economy. And yet, most people have lost the ability to go deep, spending their days instead in a frantic blur of email and social media, not even realizing there's a better way. In Deep Work, author and professor Cal Newport flips the narrative on impact in a connected age. Instead of arguing distraction is bad, he celebrates the power of its opposite. Dividing this book into two parts, he first makes the case that in almost any profession, cultivating a deep work ethic will produce massive benefits. He then presents a rigorous training regimen, presented as a series of four "rules," for transforming your mind and habits to support this skill. A mix of cultural criticism and actionable advice, Deep Work takes the reader on a journey through memorable stories—from Carl Jung building a stone tower in the woods to focus his mind, to a social media pioneer buying a round-trip business class ticket to Tokyo to write a book free from distraction in the air—and no-nonsense advice, such as the claim that most serious professionals should quit social media and that you should practice being bored. Deep Work is an indispensable guide to anyone seeking focused success in a distracted world.

Minimalism is the art of knowing how much is just enough. Digital minimalism applies this idea to our personal technology. It's the key to living a focused life in an increasingly noisy world. In this timely and enlightening book, the bestselling author of Deep Work introduces a philosophy for technology use that has already improved countless lives. Digital minimalists are all around us. They're the calm, happy people who can hold long conversations without furtive glances at their phones. They can get lost in a good book, a woodworking project, or a leisurely morning run. They can have fun with friends and family without the obsessive urge to document the experience. They stay informed about the news of the day, but don't feel overwhelmed by it. They don't experience "fear of missing out" because they already know which activities provide them meaning and satisfaction. Now, Newport gives us a name for this quiet movement, and makes a persuasive case for its urgency in our tech-saturated world. Common sense tips, like turning off notifications, or occasional rituals like observing a digital sabbath, don't go far enough in helping us take back control of our technological lives, and attempts to unplug completely are complicated by the demands of family, friends and work. What we need instead is a thoughtful method to decide what tools to use, for what purposes, and under what conditions. Drawing on a diverse array of real-life examples, from Amish farmers to harried parents to Silicon Valley programmers, Newport identifies the common practices of digital minimalists and the ideas that underpin them. He shows how digital minimalists are rethinking their relationship to social media, rediscovering the pleasures of the offline world, and reconnecting with their inner selves through regular periods of solitude. He then shares strategies for integrating these practices into your life, starting with a thirty-day "digital declutter" process that has already helped thousands feel less overwhelmed and more in control. Technology is intrinsically neither good nor bad. The key is using it to support your goals and values, rather than letting it use you. This book shows the way.

Stanislavski's simple exercises fire the imagination, and help readers not only discover their own conception of reality but how to reproduce it as well.

En este libro, Varela realiza un análisis riguroso y esclarecedor de las últimas teorías, movilizaciones y propuestas del movimiento político y social que, con sus aciertos y contradicciones, está poniendo en jaque la desigualdad estructural de la sociedad. Políticas de la identidad, posfeminismo, feminismos poscoloniales, teoría queer, transfeminismo, interseccionalidad, biopolítica y ciberfeminismo son solo algunos de los conceptos que se tratan en este nuevo libro, indispensable para entender el momento crucial en que nos encontramos.

Gran parte de la historia de la ciencia se ha construido con imágenes de mentes masculinas que conocen “naturalezas” femeninas, SÓLO ESO. La consecuencia es que apenas tenemos un imaginario que represente a mujeres blancas o negras como sujetos de conocimiento que investigan a hombres blancos (negros o de otra raza o etnia). Pero existen más variables como la clase social, la sexualidad o la edad. La pregunta es si el “sexo” o la “raza” del sujeto de investigación son epistemológicamente relevantes o, dicho de otro modo, si la diversidad y la democracia en una comunidad científica influyen en mejores formas de hacer ciencia, más objetivas y más justas socialmente. Sabemos que la presencia de mujeres en la ciencia (al igual que otros colectivos) no es condición suficiente para una mejor ciencia, pero sí necesaria

«La pornografía es la pedagogía de la prostitución.» «El porno no es ficción, crea realidad.» Con esta obra, la feminista y académica Rosa Cobo relata una breve historia sobre los orígenes de la pornografía, al tiempo que pretende despertar conciencias y alertar sobre los efectos del consumo de pornografía, así como sobre su efectividad a la hora de construir un discurso y un imaginario de violencia misógino. Además, el libro también aspira a visibilizar y advertir sobre la relación directa que existe entre pornografía y prostitución.

Our most commonly held formula for success is broken. Conventional wisdom holds that if we work hard we will be more successful, and if we are more successful, then we’ll be happy. If we can just find that great job, win that next promotion, lose those five pounds, happiness will follow. But recent discoveries in the field of positive psychology have shown that this formula is actually backward: Happiness fuels success, not the other way around. When we are positive, our brains become more engaged, creative, motivated, energetic, resilient, and productive at work. This isn’t just an empty mantra. This discovery has been repeatedly borne out by rigorous research in psychology and neuroscience, management studies, and the bottom lines of organizations around the globe. In The Happiness Advantage, Shawn Achor, who spent over a decade living, researching, and lecturing at Harvard University, draws on his own research—including one of the largest studies of happiness and potential at Harvard and others at companies like UBS and KPMG—to fix this broken formula. Using stories and case studies from his work with thousands of Fortune 500 executives in 42 countries, Achor explains how we can reprogram our brains to become more positive in order to gain a competitive edge at work. Isolating seven practical, actionable principles that have been tried and tested everywhere from classrooms to boardrooms, stretching from Argentina to Zimbabwe, he shows us how we can capitalize on the Happiness Advantage to improve our performance and maximize our potential. Among the principles he outlines: • The Tetris Effect: how to retrain our brains to spot patterns of possibility, so we can see—and seize—opportunities wherever we look. • The Zorro Circle: how to channel our efforts on small, manageable goals, to gain the leverage to gradually conquer bigger and bigger ones. • Social Investment: how to reap the dividends of investing in one of the greatest predictors of success and happiness—our social support network A must-read for everyone trying to excel in a world of increasing workloads, stress, and negativity, The Happiness Advantage isn’t only about how to become happier at work. It’s about how to reap the benefits of a happier and more positive mind-set to achieve the extraordinary in our work and in our lives. From the Hardcover edition.

When Stephen Covey first released The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, the book became an instant rage because people suddenly got up and took notice that their lives were headed off in the wrong direction; and more than that, they realized that there were so many simple things they could do in order to navigate their life correctly. This book was wonderful education for people, education in how to live life effectively and get closer to the ideal of being a ‘success’ in life. But not everyone understands Stephen Covey’s model fully well, or maybe there are some people who haven’t read it yet. This is definitely true because we still see so much failure all around us. Now, I am not saying that by using Covey’s model, or anyone else’s model for that matter, you can become a sure-shot success, but at least we should have seen many more successes around us already judging by the number of copies the book has sold! So, where is the shortcoming? There are two main problems here, and we are talking only about the people who have read the book already. The first problem is that most people are too lazy to implement the ideals of Stephen Covey in their lives. They consider his masterpiece of a book as a mere coffee-table book or a book that you use for light reading when you are traveling and then forget all about it. They do not realize that this book contains life-changing information. Or, they take the information and do not make the effort to actually utilize it so that it becomes knowledge for them. The second problem is that a lot of people have a myopic view of Covey’s ideals. These are people who are impressed by the book already. If you ask them what the seven habits are, they can rattle them off end to end, but then they miss the larger picture. They do not understand that Covey was trying to tell more than he wrote in words. There are hidden implications in this book, yes, and a lot of people have just failed to see through them. That is what we are trying to do. We are trying to show you how Covey’s book, or rather, his model, was a complete model in itself. There was nothing amiss about it. If you implement it, there should be no aspect of your life that should go untouched. The only thing is that you have to understand these ideals and try to implement them in your life. But, before we barge into that area, it is extremely important to understand what these ideals are. What was the model that was propounded by Stephen Covey in his mega-famous book? We shall begin by trying to understand his model first, and then interpret it in such a way that it pertains to every aspect of our life

With The 7 Minute Solution, you can be a different person tomorrow from the person you are today—more energetic, more resilient, and more positive. A straightforward, inspirational process for getting from where you are to where you want to be, The 7 Minute Solution will help you in your relationships, personal life, career, and health. Allyson Lewis is a renowned time-management expert, productivity speaker, and financial adviser who has spent the last twenty-seven years developing and teaching concrete, actionable business ideas to executives all over the country. Now, in The 7 Minute Solution, she shares these winning techniques and explains how you can apply them to all aspects of life. Lewis offers simple, effective strategies to help you prioritize, organize, and simplify your life for greater meaning and productivity. By breaking down big-picture goals into tiny, manageable, daily actions, you will find that you are able to achieve more than you ever have before. First, you will learn your “7 vital signs of living with meaning”—conscious awareness, motivation, growing and learning, engaging, persevering, living in flow, and living with faith. Then, you will bring each one into clear focus and balance with practical tools and techniques such as “5 before 11” (accomplishing five high-value tasks before 11:00 a.m. every day) and “7 Big-Life Questions,” which shows how to evaluate what’s most significant in the long term. Applying proven, practical science, backed up with plenty of real-life human stories, The 7 Minute Solution tackles sometimes overwhelming challenges in manageable chunks. It is a process for creating an open mind-set so that you can respond to opportunities for learning and growing, engaging and giving; a book for businesspeople looking to increase their productivity and effectiveness as well as for anyone looking to deepen and grow personal relationships.

This is a best-selling text for Psychology of Women, Sex and Gender, or Sex Roles undergraduate courses offered by Psychology departments. Known for its engaging, never oversimplified style, Women and Gender features an integrated thematic organization synthesized in the final chapter. The authors, who are well-known, active scholars in the field, offer a feminist perspective—advocating basic equality of women and men socially, economically, and politically—while objectively reporting research findings.

What Inspires Creativity? Between the years 1890 and 1917 Arthur M. Abell engaged in lengthy, candid conversations with the greatest composers of his day—Johannes Brahms, Giacomo Puccini, Richard Strauss, Engelbert Humperdinck, Max Bruch, and Edvard Grieg—about the intellectual, psychic, and spiritual tensions of their great creative endeavors. The result of their probing and insightful discussions is quite simply a masterpiece—a document that reveals the agony, triumphs, and the religiosity inherent in the creative mind. The six composers readily agreed to explore with their friend their innermost thoughts regarding the psychology of the creative process. Brahms insisted, however, that his disclosures not be published until fifty years after his death, because, he said, "I will not find my true place in musical history until at least half a century after I am gone." A tribute to creative inspiration, "Talks with Great Composers" sparkles with wit, candor, humor, and the genius of the most cherished composers of all time.

This new, authoritative introduction to Rosa Luxemburg’s two most important works presents the full text of Reform or Revolution and The Mass Strike, with explanatory notes, appendices, and introductions. One of the most important Marxist thinkers and leaders of the twentieth century, Rosa Luxemburg is finding renewed interest among a new generation of activists and critics of global capitalism.

Sounds and Sweet Airs reveals the hidden stories of eight remarkable composers, taking the reader on a journey from seventeenth-century Medici Florence to London in the Blitz. Exploring not just the lives and works of eight exceptional artists, historian Anna Beer also asks tough questions about the silencing of their legacy, which continues to this day. Why do we still not hear masterpieces such as Hensel’s piano work "The Year," Caccini’s arias and Boulanger’s setting of Psalm 130? A long-overdue celebration of neglected virtuosos, Sounds and Sweet Airs presents a complex and inspirational picture of artistic endeavour and achievement that deserves to be part of our cultural heritage. The featured composers are: Francesca Caccini, Barbara Strozzi, Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Marianna Martines, Fanny Hensel (née Mendelssohn), Clara Schumann, Lili Boulanger and Elizabeth Maconchy.

An endlessly entertaining portrait of the city of Amsterdam and the ideas that make it unique, by the author of the acclaimed Island at the Center of the World Tourists know Amsterdam as a picturesque city of low-slung brick houses lining tidy canals; student travelers know it for its legal brothels and hash bars; art lovers know it for Rembrandt's glorious portraits. But the deeper history of Amsterdam, what makes it one of the most fascinating places on earth, is bound up in its unique geography-the constant battle of its citizens to keep the sea at bay and the democratic philosophy that this enduring struggle fostered. Amsterdam is the font of liberalism, in both its senses. Tolerance for free thinking and free love make it a place where, in the words of one of its mayors, "craziness is a value." But the city also fostered the deeper meaning of liberalism, one that profoundly influenced political and economic freedom. Amsterdam was home not only to religious dissidents and radical thinkers but to the world's first great global corporation. In this effortlessly erudite account, Russell Shorto traces the idiosyncratic evolution of Amsterdam, showing how such disparate elements as herring anatomy, naked Anabaptists parading through the streets, and an intimate gathering in a sixteenth-century wine-tasting room had a profound effect on Dutch-and world-history. Weaving in his own experiences of his adopted home, Shorto provides an ever-surprising, intellectually engaging story of Amsterdam from the building of its first canals in the 1300s, through its brutal struggle for independence, its golden age as a vast empire, to its complex present in which its cherished ideals of liberalism are under siege.

"Cuando el hijo del autor le dijo sin pensar ""He descubrido"" a la edad de tres años, se quedó tan maravillado por la forma en que instintivamente había conjugado el verbo que pensó, si los niños a esta edad saben tanto, ¿por qué la escuela solo aspira a que llenen páginas y más páginas con letras del alfabeto desde los seis años? Este audiolibro reflexiona acerca de la necesidad de ver a los niños como seres con talento que merecen tener su propio espacio en la sociedad, en vez de construir ciudades que giran la espalda a algo tan esencial como su libertad. ""Este no es un libro de pedagogía ni la presentación de un proyecto educativo. Es más bien un testimonio, una historia, tal vez incluso una confesión personal y emocional."" (Francesco Tonucci) Please This audiobook is in Spanish. "

Uno de los retos pendientes en nuestra dar una adecuada respuesta al alumnado con altas capacidades. La escuela inclusiva debe ofrecer a este niño/joven oportunidades educativas para que desarrolle su potencial y talento. Los autores de este libro acercan al profesorado la diversidad del alumnado con altas capacidades y proporcionan recursos para observar, detectar e implementar intervenciones educativas en el aula y el centro. Destacan, asimismo, los medios que permiten la colaboración familia-escuela-entorno cercanos.

Six short stories and / or essays, extracted from The Crowded Dance of Modern Life (1993) and Selected Short Stories (1993).

Celebrating 10 years of helping hundreds of thousands of women achieve pregnancy, avoid pregnancy naturally, and gain better control of their health and lives, the 10th Anniversary Edition of the classic bestseller will include: •New 'Preface to the 10th Anniversary Edition" •Updates on new fertility technologies •Natural approaches to conception •Updated Resources and Books For any woman unhappy with her current method of birth control; demoralized by her quest to have a baby; or experiencing confusing symptoms in her cycle, this book provides answers to all these questions, plus amazing insights into a woman's body. Weschler thoroughly explains the empowering Fertility Awareness Method, which in only a couple minutes a day allows a woman to: •Enjoy highly effective, scientifically proven birth control without chemicals or devices •Maximize her chances of conception or expedite fertility treatment by identifying impediments to conception •Increase the likelihood of choosing the gender of her baby •Gain control of her sexual and gynecological health

Una proposta per evitar que la llengua catalana desaparegui. El següent diàleg segurament us és familiar: ―Què et costa parlar en castellà? ―Ben mirat, no em costa gens. Tinc la sort de saber-ne; per tant, no compliquem les coses. Carme Junyent és especialista en l'estudi de llengües amenaçades arreu del món. Coneix profundament els tics, les autotrampes i, en definitiva, els símptomes d'un camí sense retorn. Per això ens alerta i ens explica de manera clara i diàfana el com i el per què el català està malalt. Sí, el català corre perill. Però encara no és massa tard! Per salvar la llengua TOTS hem de canviar urgentment el nostre comportament lingüístic. Els que la tenim com a primera llengua. I els que no, però que la volem continuar sentint, o també parlant. ―Què em costa parlar en castellà? ―Em costa que cada vegada que NO parlo en català, porto la llengua cap a un camí de no-retorn. I per això necessito aprendre a no cedir sempre. I també per això cal que tu et posis en el meu lloc, perquè tots plegats entenguem què hi ha en joc. Sense tu i sense mi no ens en sortirem pas. Perquè el català té un avantatge ú hi ha moltíssima gent que no el parla però l'entén. I fins i tot molts l'estimen. Aprofitem-ho!

Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's investigations of "optimal experience" have revealed that what makes an experience genuinely satisfying is a state of consciousness called flow. During flow, people typically experience deep enjoyment, creativity, and a total involvement with life. Csikszentmihalyi demonstrates the ways this positive state can be controlled, not just left to chance. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience teaches how, by ordering the information that enters our consciousness, we can discover true happiness, unlock our potential, and greatly improve the quality of our lives.

Do you have a hobby you wish you could indulge in all day? An obsession that keeps you up at night? Now is the perfect time to take that passion and make a living doing what you love. In Crush It! Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion, Gary Vaynerchuk shows you how to use the power of the Internet to turn your real interests into real businesses. Gary spent years building his family business from a local wine shop into a national industry leader. Then one day he turned on a video camera, and by using the secrets revealed here, transformed his entire life and earning potential by building his personal brand. By the end of this book, readers will have learned how to harness the power of the Internet to make their entrepreneurial dreams come true. Step by step, Crush It! is the ultimate driver’s manual for modern business.

Keep your brain young, healthy, and sharp with this science-driven guide to protecting your mind from decline by neurosurgeon and CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Throughout our life, we look for ways to keep our minds sharp and effortlessly productive. Now, globetrotting neurosurgeon Dr. Sanjay Gupta offers “the book all of us need, young and old” (Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Code Breaker ) with insights from top scientists all over the world, whose cutting-edge research can help you heighten and protect brain function and maintain cognitive health at any age. Keep Sharp debunks common myths about aging and mental decline, explores whether there’s a “best” diet or exercise regimen for the brain, and explains whether it’s healthier to play video games that test memory and processing speed, or to engage in more social interaction. Discover what we can learn from “super-brained” people who are in their eighties and nineties with no signs of slowing down—and whether there are truly any benefits to drugs, supplements, and vitamins. Dr. Gupta also addresses brain disease, particularly Alzheimer’s, answers all your questions about the signs and symptoms, and shows how to ward against it and stay healthy while caring for a partner in cognitive decline. He likewise provides you with a personalized twelve-week program featuring practical strategies to strengthen your brain every day. Keep Sharp is the “must-read owner’s manual” (Arianna Huffington) you’ll need to keep your brain young and healthy regardless of your age!

The groundbreaking speeches of Greta Thunberg, the young climate activist who has become the voice of a generation, including her historic address to the United Nations In August 2018 a fifteen-year-old Swedish girl, Greta Thunberg, decided not to go to school one day in order to protest the climate crisis. Her actions sparked a global movement, inspiring millions of students to go on strike for our planet, forcing governments to listen, and earning her a Nobel Peace Prize nomination. No One Is Too Small to Make A Difference brings you Greta in her own words, for the first time. Collecting her speeches that have made history across the globe, from the United Nations to Capitol Hill and mass street protests, her book is a rallying cry for why we must all wake up and fight to protect the living planet, no matter how powerless we feel. Our future depends upon it.

Nacida y criada en una comunidad judía ortodoxa en el corazón de Balvanera, Tamara Tenenbaum aprendió las costumbres afectivas y sexuales del mundo laico como una antropóloga que descubre los modos de ser y hacer de una civilización desconocida. A partir de la filosofía y la militancia feminista, de las conversaciones con amigas y compañeras, y del intento de convertir el propio cuerpo y la propia experiencia en un laboratorio de reflexión personal y colectivo, Tenenbaum explora los desafíos que enfrentan hoy los y las jóvenes en el inicio de su vida como adultos. El fin del amor deja entrever qué sucede cuando el matrimonio o la pareja monógama ya no son un objetivo de vida y es una herramienta para la destrucción creativa del amor romántico y los postulados que lo sostienen, para que de sus cenizas salga un amor mejor, que haga más libres a hombres y mujeres en sus vínculos. Desde el valor de la amistad hasta la cultura del consentimiento, pasando por la maternidad como elección o imperativo, la soltería deseada o aborrecida, el poliamor, las parejas abiertas, el funcionamiento de las tecnologías del deseo (Happn, Tinder), y con una vasta bibliografía sobre estos temas, Tamara Tenenbaum habla de todo para zambullirse en el universo de los afectos, celebrar el fin del amor romántico y proponer la erotización del consentimiento.

¿Qué es el lenguaje inclusivo? ¿Es lo mismo que el lenguaje “políticamente correcto”? ¿Cómo hablar sin dejar fuera del discurso a la mitad de la población? ¿Es nuestro lenguaje sexista? ¿Y las autoridades encargadas de darle esplendor? Las masas de hablantes no han salido a las calles para reivindicar que cambien las preposiciones, los adverbios o quiten la tilde del solo; y, sin embargo, se han cambiado y se han quitado del diccionario. Bluyín está fenome¬nal, cederrón es el no va más, podemos beber güisqui y comprar un suvenir siendo perfectamente correctas. Pero, ay, las mujeres tenemos que apañárnoslas para nombrarnos como podemos. Por eso, en este libro encontrarás muchas herramientas para utilizar el lenguaje inclusivo de forma sencilla y amena. Porque la solución está en la punta de la lengua.

Far too often, Black women’s anger has been caricatured into an ugly and destructive force that threatens the civility and social fabric of American democracy. But Cooper shows us that there is more to the story than that. Black women’s eloquent rage is what makes Serena Williams such a powerful tennis player. It’s what makes Beyoncé’s girl power anthems resonate so hard. It’s what makes Michelle Obama an icon. Eloquent rage keeps us all honest and accountable. It reminds women that they don’t have to settle for less. When Cooper learned of her grandmother's eloquent rage about love, sex, and marriage in an epic and hilarious front-porch confrontation, her life was changed. And it took another intervention, this time staged by one of her homegirls, to turn Brittney into the fierce feminist she is today. In Brittney Cooper’s world, neither mean girls nor fuckboys ever win. But homegirls emerge as heroes. This book argues that ultimately feminism, friendship, and faith in one's own superpowers are all we really need to turn things right side up again.

Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latino youth clustered in their own groups. Is this self-segregation a problem to address or a coping strategy? Beverly Daniel Tatum, a renowned authority on the psychology of racism, argues that straight talk about our racial identities is essential if we are serious about enabling communication across racial and ethnic divides. These topics have only become more urgent as the national conversation about race is increasingly acrimonious. This fully revised edition is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the dynamics of race in America.

From a powerful new voice on racial justice, an eye-opening account of growing up Black, Christian, and female in middle-class white America. Austin Channing Brown's first encounter with a racialized America came at age 7, when she discovered her parents named her Austin to deceive future employers into thinking she was a white man. Growing up in majority-white schools, organizations, and churches, Austin writes, "I had to learn what it means to love blackness," a journey that led to a lifetime spent navigating America's racial divide as a writer, speaker and expert who helps organizations practice genuine inclusion. In a time when nearly all institutions (schools, churches, universities, businesses) claim to value "diversity" in their mission statements, I'm Still Here is a powerful account of how and why our actions so often fall short of our words. Austin writes in breathtaking detail about her journey to self-worth and the pitfalls that kill our attempts at racial justice, in stories that bear witness to the complexity of America's social fabric—from Black Cleveland neighborhoods to private schools in the middle-class suburbs, from prison walls to the boardrooms at majority-white organizations. For readers who have engaged with America's legacy on race through the writing of Ta-Nehisi Coates and Michael Eric Dyson, I'm Still Here is an illuminating look at how white, middle-class, Evangelicalism has participated in an era of rising racial hostility, inviting the reader to confront apathy, recognize God's ongoing work in the world, and discover how blackness—if we let it—can save us all.

In 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., isolated himself from the demands of the civil rights movement, rented a house in Jamaica with no telephone, and labored over his final manuscript. In this prophetic work, which has been unavailable for more than ten years, he lays out his thoughts, plans, and dreams for America's future, including the need for better jobs, higher wages, decent housing, and quality education. With a universal message of hope that continues to resonate, King demanded an end to global suffering, asserting that humankind-for the first time-has the resources and technology to eradicate poverty.

These brilliant writings are essential reading for anyone concerned with the fight for the real liberation of women. Alexandra Kollontai was one of the most important fighters for women's liberation and sexual freedom. This pamphlet contains three of her most important writings. In extracts from her book 'The Social Basis of the Women Question' she takes on middle-class feminism in terms fully relevant today and places women's oppression within the context of capitalist society. In 'Sexual Relations and the Class Struggle', Kollontai deals in great depth with what she has become most noted for, an analysis of sexual relations and the possibility of their transformation. And in 'Communism and the Family' she explores the issue of women in relation to the new morality of Russia after the 1917 revolution.

Esta obra constituye un rechazo, rotundo y razonado, de cualquier tipo de velo femenino y, a la par, representa una firme crítica, desde un planteamiento feminista, al posicionamiento de la izquierda europea en la reciente polémica sobre el burka. Wassyla Tamzali analiza la situación actual, en que la regulación del uso del burka en los países europeos se ha convertido en un elemento clave de la vida política. La autora explica cómo se ha llegado a este punto, valora las posiciones de unos y otros y ofrece su punto de vista como mujer que, a pesar de que nunca ha estado velada, comparte la historia del velo con todas aquellas compañeras que no pueden salir a la calle con la cara descubierta. Sus reflexiones y vivencias personales reflejan la repercusión que las decisiones políticas sobre convivencia multicultural tienen en la vida actual y en en el futuro de las mujeres musulmanas europeas y, por extensión, en la de todas las mujeres, tras un siglo de lucha feminista por la conquista de los derechos y las libertades individuales. Además del texto principal, el libro incluye un detallado informe sobre el eco alcanzado por el debate sobre la prohibición del burka en España y la actividad política que ha suscitado tanto en el ámbito nacional como municipal. Los principales partidos han utilizado el burka como exclusa, posicionándose en el bando de la prohibición, la permisividad o la abstención en función de la localidad en que se encontraban y siempre con la mente puesta en ganar algunos votos o, por lo menos, conservar los que ya tenían ante futuras citas electorales en las que la integración de inmigrantes en el marco de una convivencia multicutural constituye uno de los temas clave.

The Senior Vice President of Christie’s and seasoned auctioneer Lydia Fenet, with her “razor-sharp humor and her don’t-mess-with-me gavel strike” (Mariska Hargitay), shares the secrets of success and the strategies behind her revolutionary sales approach to show you how to embrace and channel your own power in any room. Who is the most powerful woman in the room? She’s the one who can raise a million dollars in a minute. She’s the one who can command the attention of a crowd of any size from one person to a crowd of five thousand. She’s the one who can sell anything to anyone. And she can be you. As a senior executive at Christie’s, leader in her field, and one of Gotham magazine’s Most Influential Women in New York, Lydia Fenet knows firsthand that the one skill that can set women apart in both their personal life and career is the ability to sell. The Most Powerful Woman in the Room Is You equips you with everything you need to know—from how to sell authentically and how to network (or die), to the importance of never apologizing (start negotiating instead), how to perfect your poker face, and always, always, tell the truth. Most of all, she offers plenty of encouragement to take ownership in your position and look for opportunities to innovate. Filled with additional case studies, thoughtful insights, and meaningful advice from some of the most powerful and successful women in business, fashion, journalism, sports, and the arts, The Most Powerful Woman in the Room Is You “is an insightful, inspiring guide for women who are trying to claim their own seat at the table” (New York Journal of Books).

John Berger’s Classic Text on Art John Berger's Ways of Seeing is one of the most stimulating and the most influential books on art in any language. First published in 1972, it was based on the BBC television series about which the (London) Sunday Times critic commented: "This is an eye-opener in more ways than one: by concentrating on how we look at paintings . . . he will almost certainly change the way you look at pictures." By now he has. "Berger has the ability to cut right through the mystification of the professional art critics . . . He is a liberator of images: and once we have allowed the paintings to work on us directly, we are in a much better position to make a meaningful evaluation" —Peter Fuller, Arts Review "The influence of the series and the book . . . was enormous . . . It opened up for general attention to areas of cultural study that are now commonplace" —Geoff Dyer in Ways of Telling Winner of the 1972 Booker Prize for his novel, G., John Peter Berger (born November 5th, 1926) is an art critic, painter and author of many novels including A Painter of Our Time, From A to X and Bento’s Sketchbook.

This landmark book is a founding work in the literature of black protest. W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963) played a key role in developing the strategy and program that dominated early 20th-century black protest in America. In this collection of essays, first published together in 1903, he eloquently affirms that it is beneath the dignity of a human being to beg for those rights that belong inherently to all mankind. He also charges that the strategy of accommodation to white supremacy advanced by Booker T. Washington, then the most influential black leader in America, would only serve to perpetuate black oppression. Publication of The Souls of Black Folk was a dramatic event that helped to polarize black leaders into two groups: the more conservative followers of Washington and the more radical supporters of aggressive protest. Its influence cannot be overstated. It is essential reading for everyone interested in African-American history and the struggle for civil rights in America.

Suffragettes learned jiu-jitsu, repelled policemen with their hatpins, burnt down football stadiums and planted bombs. They rented a house near to Holloway Prison and sang rebel anthems to the Suffragettes inside. They barricaded themselves into their homes to repulse tax collectors. They arranged mass runs on Parliament. They had themselves posted to the Prime Minister, getting as far as the door of No. 10. Indomitable older members applied for gun licences to scare the government into thinking they were planning a revolution. Rebels. Warriors. Princesses. Prisoners. Pioneers. Here are 101 of the most extraordinary facts about Suffragettes that you need to know.

Exposes the new generation of whiteness thriving at the expense and borrowed ingenuity of black people—and explores how this intensifies racial inequality. American culture loves blackness. From music and fashion to activism and language, black culture constantly achieves worldwide influence. Yet, when it comes to who is allowed to thrive from black hipness, the pioneers are usually left behind as black aesthetics are converted into mainstream success—and white profit. Weaving together narrative, scholarship, and critique, Lauren Michele Jackson reveals why cultural appropriation—something that’s become embedded in our daily lives—deserves serious attention. It is a blueprint for taking wealth and power, and ultimately exacerbates the economic, political, and social inequity that persists in America. She unravels the racial contradictions lurking behind American culture as we know it—from shapeshifting celebrities and memes gone viral to brazen poets, loveable potheads, and faulty political leaders. An audacious debut, White Negroes brilliantly summons a re-interrogation of Norman Mailer’s infamous 1957 essay of a similar name. It also introduces a bold new voice in Jackson. Piercing, curious, and bursting with pop cultural touchstones, White Negroes is a dispatch in awe of black creativity everywhere and an urgent call for our thoughtful consumption.

This anthology brings together voices of more than forty writers celebrating female embodiment while exploring deeper issues of misogyny, violence and sexism in gender identity politics today, demonstrating the intentional silencing and erasure of living female realities. These perspectives come at a time when gender politics and profits from an emerging medical transgenderism industry for children, teens, and adults inhibits our ability to have meaningful discussions about sex, gender, changing laws that have provided sex-based protections for women and girls, and the re-framing of language referring to females as a distinct biological class. Through researched articles, essays, first-hand experience, story telling, and verse, these voices are needed to ignite the national conversation about the politics of gender-identity as a backlash to feminist goals of liberation from gender stereotypes, oppression and sexual violence.

In this remarkably original work of political philosophy, one of today's foremost feminist theorist challenges the way contemporary society functions by questioning the standard interpretation of an idea that is deeply embedded in American and British political that our rights and freedoms derive from the social contract explicated by Locke, Hobbes, and Rousseau and interpreted in the United States by the Founding Fathers. The author shows how we are told only half the story of the original contract that establishes modern patriarchy. The sexual contract is ignored and thus men's patriarchal right over women is also glossed over. No attention is paid to the problems that arise when women are excluded from the original contract but incorporated into the new contractual order. One of the main targets of the book is those who try to turn contractarian theory to progressive use, and a major thesis of the book is that this is not possible. Thus those feminists who have looked to a more "proper" contract- one between genuinely equal partners, or one entered into without any coercion- are misleading themselves. In the author's words, "In contract theory universal freedom is always a hypothesis, a story, a political fiction. Contract always generates political right in the forms of domination and subordination." Thus the book is also aimed at mainstream political theorists, and socialist and other critics of contract theory. The author offers a sweeping challenge to conventional understandings- of both left and right- of actual contracts in everyday the marriage contract, the employment contract, the prostitution contract, and the new surrogate mother contract. By bringing a feminist perspective to bear on the contradictions and paradoxes surrounding women and contract, and the relation between the sexes, she is able to shed new light on fundamental political problems of freedom and subordination.

'Whenever I resolve to write less and do something healthful instead, like ice dancing - some honey-tongued editor is sure to call me up and make me an offer I can't refuse. So in some ways this book is simply the result of an under-developed ability to say no.' Collected and published in the UK for the first time, here are essays and journalism from the brilliant novelist and poet. Ranging from book reviews of John Updike and Toni Morrison to an appreciation of Dashiell Hammet; an account of a journey in Afghanistan that sowed the seeds of 'The Handmaid's Tale'; passionate ecological writings; funny stories of 'my most embarrassing moments'; obituaries of some of her great friends and fellow writers: Angela Carter, Mordecai Richler, Carol Shields. This is an insightful, thoughtful and revealing record of the life and times and writings of Margaret Atwood from 1970 to the present.

What is the meaning of freedom? Angela Y. Davis' life and work have been dedicated to examining this fundamental question and to ending all forms of oppression that deny people their political, cultural, and sexual freedom. In this collection of twelve searing, previously unpublished speeches, Davis confronts the interconnected issues of power, race, gender, class, incarceration, conservatism, and the ongoing need for social change in the United States. With her characteristic brilliance, historical insight, and penetrating analysis, Davis addresses examples of institutional injustice and explores the radical notion of freedom as a collective striving for real democracy - not something granted or guaranteed through laws, proclamations, or policies, but something that grows from a participatory social process that demands new ways of thinking and being. "The speeches gathered together here are timely and timeless," writes Robin D.G. Kelley in the foreword, "they embody Angela Davis' uniquely radical vision of the society we need to build, and the path to get there." The Meaning of Freedom articulates a bold vision of the society we need to build and the path to get there. This is her only book of speeches. "Davis' arguments for justice are formidable... The power of her historical insights and the sweetness of her dream cannot be denied."—The New York Times "One of America's last truly fearless public intellectuals." —Cynthia McKinney, former US Congresswoman "Angela Davis offers a cartography of engagement in oppositional social movements and unwavering commitment to justice." —Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Women's Studies, Hamilton College "Angela Davis deserves credit, not just for the dignity and courage with which she has lived her life, but also for raising important critiques of a for-profit penitentiary system decades before those arguments gained purchase in the mainstream." —Thomas Chatterton Williams, SFGate "Angela Davis' revolutionary spirit is still strong. Still with us, thank goodness!" —Virginian-Pilot "Long before 'race/gender' became the obligatory injunction it is now, Angela Davis was developing an analytical framework that brought all of these factors into play. For readers who only see Angela Davis as a public icon . . . meet the real Angela Davis: perhaps the leading public intellectual of our era." —Robin D. G. Kelley author of Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original "There was a time in America when to call a person an 'abolitionist' was the ultimate epithet. It evoked scorn in the North and outrage in the South. Yet they were the harbingers of things to come. They were on the right side of history. Prof. Angela Y. Davis stands in that proud, radical tradition." —Mumia Abu-Jamal, author of Jailhouse Lawyers: Prisoners Defending Prisoners v. the U.S.A. "Behold the heart and mind of Angela Davis, open, relentless, and on time!" —June Jordan "Political activist, scholar, and author Angela Davis confronts the interconnected issues of power, race, gender, class, incarceration, conservatism, and the ongoing need for social change in the U.S. in her book, The Meaning of Freedom: And Other Difficult Dialogues." —Travis Smiley Radio Angela Y. Davis is professor emerita at the University of California and author of eight books. She is a much sought after public speaker and an internationally known advocate for social justice. Robin D.G. Kelley is the author of numerous books and a professor at the University of Southern California.

Flora Tristan (1803-44) was a leading nineteenth-century French social theorist and author who influenced the likes of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Five years before the publication of The Communist Manifesto, Tristan urged French workers to put aside occupational and social rivalries in order to unite nationwide. Exhorting the workers to act through union (rather than violence) in quest for a livable minimum wage and other benefits, The Workers’ Union outlines the methods for organizing such a union, the goals of the union, and the reason women’s rights must be emphasized in forming it. Among Tristan’s pathbreaking proposals are plans to provide laborers’ children with increased access to education, to supply safe havens for young people and sick and injured workers, and to approach manufacturers and financiers, including those among the nobility, in order to support such programs.

¿Por qué cuando un hombre acude con dolor torácico a urgencias se le somete inmediatamente a un electrocardiograma y cuando es una mujer quien presenta idénticos síntomas se le da un ansiolítico? ¿Por qué una mujer estresada es tachada de histérica y en cambio el hombre padece con toda probabilidad el peso de la responsabilidad? ¿Por qué a las mujeres se les exige una perfección física imposible de alcanzar y un hombre con canas y curva de la felicidad es, sencillamente, un madurito interesante? ¿Por qué las mujeres continúan siendo invisibles para la medicina? El cáncer de mama, las enfermedades cardiovasculares, las enfermedades mentales sin tratamiento, englobadas aún bajo el triste calificativo freudiano de histeria, la osteoporosis y otras enfermedades asociadas a la menopausia no son más que algunos ejemplos que, junto a la anorexia o la bulimia, hijas del tiránico culto al cuerpo, claman por una medicina adaptada a la mujer. Mujeres invisibles para la medicina es un apasionante recorrido por los distintos recovecos de la salud de las mujeres, por cómo se ven a sí mismas y cómo permiten que las vean los demás. Un documento imprescindible para todas ellas, cualesquiera que sean su edad y sus necesidades, que reivindica el nacimiento de una medicina adaptada a las necesidades específicas de la mujer.

The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions. “As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in the aisles, guiding us to our assigned seats for a performance. The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power—which groups have it and which do not.” In this brilliant book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings. Beyond race, class, or other factors, there is a powerful caste system that influences people’s lives and behavior and the nation’s fate. Linking the caste systems of America, India, and Nazi Germany, Wilkerson explores eight pillars that underlie caste systems across civilizations, including divine will, bloodlines, stigma, and more. Using riveting stories about people—including Martin Luther King, Jr., baseball’s Satchel Paige, a single father and his toddler son, Wilkerson herself, and many others—she shows the ways that the insidious undertow of caste is experienced every day. She documents how the Nazis studied the racial systems in America to plan their out-cast of the Jews; she discusses why the cruel logic of caste requires that there be a bottom rung for those in the middle to measure themselves against; she writes about the surprising health costs of caste, in depression and life expectancy, and the effects of this hierarchy on our culture and politics. Finally, she points forward to ways America can move beyond the artificial and destructive separations of human divisions, toward hope in our common humanity.

This new edition of the popular Lessons of Loss uses case examples, exercises, and personal reflections to discuss the reality and significance of bereavement. Within the diversity of types of loss, Neimeyer explores common themes and challenges that characterize the loss experience; the many forms of loss and how we react to loss and adapt to it.

"In all my years studying personal growth, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is one of the most useful tools I've ever come across, and in this book, Dr. Hayes describes it with more depth and clarity than ever before."-Mark Manson, #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F\*ck Life is not a problem to be solved. ACT shows how we can live full and meaningful lives by embracing our vulnerability and turning toward what hurts. In this landmark book, the originator and pioneering researcher into Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) lays out the psychological flexibility skills that make it one of the most powerful approaches research has yet to offer. These skills have been shown to help even where other approaches have failed. Science shows that they are useful in virtually every area—mental health (anxiety, depression, substance abuse, eating disorders, PTSD); physical health (chronic pain, dealing with diabetes, facing cancer); social processes (relationship issues, prejudice, stigma, domestic violence); and performance (sports, business, diet, exercise). How does psychological flexibility help? We struggle because the problem-solving mind tells us to run from what causes us fear and hurt. But we hurt where we care. If we run from a sense of vulnerability, we must also run from what we care about. By learning how to liberate ourselves, we can live with meaning and purpose, along with our pain when there is pain. Although that is a simple idea, it resists our instincts and programming. The flexibility skills counter those ingrained tendencies. They include noticing our thoughts with curiosity, opening to our emotions, attending to what is in the present, learning the art of perspective taking, discovering our deepest values, and building habits based around what we deeply want. Beginning with the epiphany Steven Hayes had during a panic attack, this book is a powerful narrative of scientific discovery filled with moving stories as well as advice for how we can put flexibility skills to work immediately. Hayes shows how allowing ourselves to feel fully and think freely moves us toward commitment to what truly matters to us. Finally, we can live lives that reflect the qualities we choose.

From leading psychologist Dr. Kristin Neff comes a step-by-step guide explaining how to be more self-compassionate and achieve your dreams in life The relentless pursuit of high self-esteem has become a virtual religion—and a tyrannical one at that. Our ultracompetitive culture tells us we need to be constantly above average to feel good about ourselves, but there is always someone more attractive, successful, or intelligent than we are. And even when we do manage to grab hold of high self-esteem for a brief moment, we can't seem to keep it. Our sense of self-worth goes up and down like a ping-pong ball, rising and falling in lockstep with our latest success or failure. Fortunately, there is an alternative to self-esteem that many experts believe is a better and more effective path to happiness: self-compassion. The research of Dr. Kristin Neff and other leading psychologists indicates that people who are compassionate toward their failings and imperfections experience greater well-being than those who repeatedly judge themselves. The feelings of security and self-worth provided by self-compassion are also highly stable, kicking in precisely when self-esteem falls down. This book powerfully demonstrates why it's so important to be self-compassionate and give yourself the same caring support you'd give to a good friend. This groundbreaking work will show you how to let go of debilitating self-criticism and finally learn to be kind to yourself. Using solid empirical research, personal stories, practical exercises, and humor, Dr. Neff—the world's foremost expert on self-compassion—explains how to heal destructive emotional patterns so that you can be healthier, happier, and more effective. Engaging, highly readable, and eminently accessible, this book has the power to change your life.

An astonishing work of cutting-edge science and cultural history that radically reframes how we understand the vagina—and consequently, how we understand women—from one of our most respected cultural critics and thinkers, Naomi Wolf, author of the modern classic The Beauty Myth. When an unexpected medical crisis sends Naomi Wolf on a deeply personal journey to tease out the intersections between sexuality and creativity, she discovers, much to her own astonishment, an increasing body of scientific evidence that suggests that the vagina is not merely flesh, but an intrinsic component of the female brain—and thus has a fundamental connection to female consciousness itself. Utterly enthralling and totally fascinating, Vagina: A New Biography draws on this set of insights about "the mind-vagina connection" to reveal new information about what women really need, and considers what a sexual relationship—and a relationship to the self—transformed by these insights could look like. Exhilarating and groundbreaking, Vagina: A New Biography combines rigorous science, explained for lay readers, with cultural history and deeply personal considerations of the role of female desire in female identity, creativity, and confidence, from interviewees of all walks of life. Heralded by Publishers Weekly as one of the best science books of the year, it is a provocative and deeply engaging book that elucidates the ties between a woman's experience of her vagina and her sense of self; her impulses, dreams, and courage; and her role in love and in society in completely new and revelatory ways sure to provoke impassioned conversation. A brilliant and nuanced synthesis of physiology, history, and cultural criticism, Vagina: A New Biography explores the physical, political, and spiritual implications of this startling series of new scientific breakthroughs for women and for society as a whole, from a writer whose conviction and keen intelligence have propelled her works to the tops of bestseller lists, and firmly into the realms of modern classics.

Los relatos sobre el peligro sexual son una forma muy precisa de comunicar, producir y reproducir violencia sexual. En Microfísica sexista del poder se analiza cómo, desde principios de la década de 1990, el relato sobre el llamado caso Alcàsser se articuló como una construcción social que trató de resituar unas fronteras que no deberían haber sido traspasadas por las mujeres. La narrativa creada en torno a la desaparición forzada de las tres chicas hablaba de límites que no deben ser cruzados y espacios que no deben ser ocupados—salir de noche, viajar sola, hacer autostop—para convertir el relato sobre el peligro sexual en un aviso y un castigo aleccionador. Así, los discursos sociales, mediáticos y políticos diseminados al hilo del crimen se orquestaron como una contraofensiva patriarcal ante la conquista de espacios de libertad del movimiento feminista y de las mujeres en general. Nerea Barjola parte del caso concreto para hacer un planteamiento general sobre el funcionamiento de lo que denomina microfísica sexista del poder, entendida como una «dinámica del poder que hace del relato sobre el peligro sexual un mecanismo eficaz, escurridizo y complicado de asir» en que «el proceso de elaboración del relato es parte integrante de un todo, de un poder que se hunde más profundamente, más sutilmente en toda la malla de la sociedad». Al reinterpretar dichas narrativas desde una perspectiva feminista, el libro busca situar la violencia sexual en términos políticos y fuera de los límites del terror, mostrando las fronteras de transgresión, lucha y resistencia feminista.

Modern culture is obsessed with controlling women's bodies. Our societies are saturated with images of unreal, idealised female beauty whilst real female bodies and the women who inhabit them are alienated from their own personal and political potential. Under modern capitalism, women are both consumers and consumed: Meat Market offers strategies for resisting this gory cycle of consumption, exposing how the trade in female flesh extends into every part of women's political selfhood.

Western culture has endlessly represented the ways in which love miraculously erupts in people's lives, the mythical moment in which one knows someone is destined for us; the feverish waiting for a phone call or an email, the thrill that runs our spine at the mere thought of him or her. Yet, a culture that has so much to say about love is virtually silent on the no less mysterious moments when we avoid falling in love, where we fall out of love, when the one who kept us awake at night now leaves us indifferent, or when we hurry away from those who excited us a few months or even a few hours before. In The End of Love, Eva Illouz documents the multifarious ways in which relationships end. She argues that if modern love was once marked by the freedom to enter sexual and emotional bonds according to one's will and choice, contemporary love has now become characterized by practices of non-choice, the freedom to withdraw from relationships. Illouz dubs this process by which relationships fade, evaporate, dissolve, and break down "unloving." While sociology has classically focused on the formation of social bonds, The End of Love makes a powerful case for studying why and how social bonds collapse and dissolve. Particularly striking is the role that capitalism plays in practices of non-choice and "unloving." The unmaking of social bonds, she argues, is connected to contemporary capitalism that is characterized by practices of non-commitment and non-choice, practices that enable the quick withdrawal from a transaction and the quick realignment of prices and the breaking of loyalties. Unloving and non-choice have in turn a profound impact on society and economics as they explain why people may be having fewer children, increasingly living alone, and having less sex. The End of Love presents a profound and original analysis of the effects of capitalism and consumer culture on personal relationships and of what the dissolution of personal relationships means for capitalism.

En Maldito estereotipo, Yolanda Domínguez analiza de manera crítica, irónica y reveladora distintos aspectos culturales y sociales relacionados con la influencia de las imágenes y nos explica cómo y por qué funcionan los estereotipos, qué se esconde tras la fotografía de moda, cuál es el papel que tienen las imágenes en la construcción de nuestra identidad y qué pautas podemos seguir para utilizarlas de una manera más comprometida, que contribuya a combatir la desigualdad. «No consideramos la imagen como un signo que hay que interpretar e incluso contrastar, sino que la consideramos directamente como la realidad y ese es uno de sus mayores peligros. Consumimos tal cantidad de imágenes que aplicamos un nivel de lectura muy superficial basado en lo emocional, lo que nos mantiene en un grado muy básico de entendimiento, más animal y menos racional \[#\] La repetición de los códigos visuales heredados, sumada a la necesidad de simplificar, da lugar a los estereotipos que arrastran y refuerzan juicios morales, limitando nuestras posibilidades y la forma de relacionarnos e incluso llegando a provocar lo que representan.»

From its beginnings in Twilight fan-fiction to its record-breaking sales as an e-book and paperback, the story of the erotic romance novel Fifty Shades of Grey and its two sequels is both unusual and fascinating. Having sold over seventy million copies worldwide since 2011, E. L. James’s lurid series about a sexual ingénue and the powerful young entrepreneur who introduces her to BDSM sex has ingrained itself in our collective consciousness. But why have these particular novels―poorly written and formulaic as they are―become so popular, especially among women over thirty? In this concise, engaging book, Eva Illouz subjects the Fifty Shades cultural phenomenon to the serious scrutiny it has been begging for. After placing the trilogy in the context of best-seller publishing, she delves into its remarkable appeal, seeking to understand the intense reading pleasure it provides and how that resonates with the structure of relationships between men and women today. Fifty Shades, Illouz argues, is a gothic romance adapted to modern times in which sexuality is both a source of division between men and women and a site to orchestrate their reconciliation. As for the novels’ notorious depictions of bondage, discipline, and sadomasochism, Illouz shows that these are as much a cultural fantasy as a sexual one, serving as a guide to a happier romantic life. The Fifty Shades trilogy merges romantic fantasy with self-help guide―two of the most popular genres for female readers. Offering a provocative explanation for the success and popularity of the Fifty Shades of Grey novels, Hard-Core Romance is an insightful look at modern relationships and contemporary women’s literature.

See the world. Then make it better. I am 94. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that I appreciate how extraordinary. As a young man, I felt I was out there in the wild, experiencing the untouched natural world - but it was an illusion. The tragedy of our time has been happening all around us, barely noticeable from day to day - the loss of our planet's wild places, its biodiversity. I have been witness to this decline. A Life on Our Planet is my witness statement, and my vision for the future. It is the story of how we came to make this, our greatest mistake - and how, if we act now, we can yet put it right. We have one final chance to create the perfect home for ourselves and restore the wonderful world we inherited. All we need is the will to do so.

The Artist’s Way is the seminal book on the subject of creativity. An international bestseller, millions of readers have found it to be an invaluable guide to living the artist’s life. Still as vital today—or perhaps even more so—than it was when it was first published one decade ago, it is a powerfully provocative and inspiring work. In a new introduction to the book, Julia Cameron reflects upon the impact of The Artist’s Way and describes the work she has done during the last decade and the new insights into the creative process that she has gained. Updated and expanded, this anniversary edition reframes The Artist’s Way for a new century.

¿Qué implicaciones tiene ser madre, parir y dar de mamar? Las mujeres nos enfrentamos a una doble presión, ser mamás, como dicta el mantra patriarcal, y triunfar o sobrevivir como podamos en el mercado de trabajo: un ejercicio casi imposible de malabarismos cotidianos. A lo largo de la historia, la maternidad ha sido utilizada como instrumento de control y supeditación de las mujeres. Pero, una vez conquistado el derecho a no ser madres, tenemos pendiente reapropiarnos de la experiencia materna. Ya va siendo hora de que reivindiquemos la maternidad como una tarea imprescindible y común, y rompamos el silencio acerca del embarazo, el parto, la pérdida gestacional, la lactancia y el cuidado. Al nuevo feminismo emergente le corresponde pensar otra maternidad.

This outstanding book treating the three most beloved composers of the Vienna School is basic to any study of Classical-era music. Drawing on his rich experience and intimate familiarity with the works of these giants, Charles Rosen presents his keen insights in clear and persuasive language. For this expanded edition, now available in paperback for the first time, Rosen has provided a new, 64-page chapter on the later years of Beethoven and the musical conventions he inherited from Haydn and Mozart. The author has also written an extensive new preface in which he responds to other writers who have commented on his ideas.

Andrey Tarkovsky, the genius of modern Russian cinema—hailed by Ingmar Bergman as "the most important director of our time"—died an exile in Paris in December 1986. In Sculpting in Time, he has left his artistic testament, a remarkable revelation of both his life and work. Since Ivan's Childhood won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1962, the visionary quality and totally original and haunting imagery of Tarkovsky's films have captivated serious movie audiences all over the world, who see in his work a continuation of the great literary traditions of nineteenth-century Russia. Many critics have tried to interpret his intensely personal vision, but he himself always remained inaccessible. In Sculpting in Time, Tarkovsky sets down his thoughts and his memories, revealing for the first time the original inspirations for his extraordinary films—Ivan's Childhood, Andrey Rublyov, Solaris, The Mirror, Stalker, Nostalgia, and The Sacrifice. He discusses their history and his methods of work, he explores the many problems of visual creativity, and he sets forth the deeply autobiographical content of part of his oeuvre—most fascinatingly in The Mirror and Nostalgia. The closing chapter on The Sacrifice, dictated in the last weeks of Tarkovsky's life, makes the book essential reading for those who already know or who are just discovering his magnificent work.

Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice—and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.

En julio de 2016, la primera noche de San Fermín, cinco hombres metieron a una chica de 18 años en el portal de un edificio de Pamplona. La arrinconaron, le quitaron la ropa, le metieron el pene en la boca por turnos, la penetraron vaginal y analmente mientras hacían fotos y vídeos, cogieron su móvil y se marcharon. La sentencia del caso, que considera probados los hechos, mantiene, sin embargo, que los cinco son culpables de abuso sexual y no de agresión. Los jueces no ven ni violencia ni intimidación en sus acciones. La tormenta colectiva derivada del fallo no se hizo esperar.

Motherhood as Experience and Institution. "In order for all women to have real choices all along the line," Adrienne Rich writes, "we need fully to understand the power and powerlessness embodied in motherhood in patriarchal culture." Rich's investigation, in this influential and landmark book, concerns both experience and institution. The experience is her own - as a woman, a poet, a feminist, and a mother - but it is an experience determined by the institution, imposed in its many variations on all women everywhere. She draws on personal materials, history, research, and literature to create a document of universal importance. One of our most distinguished poets, ADRIENNE RICH was born in Baltimore in 1929. Over the last forty years she has published more than seventeen volumes of poetry and five books of nonfiction prose, including Arts of the Possible: Essays and Conversations; On Lies, Secrets, and Silence: Blood, Bread, and Poetry; and What is Found There: Notebooks on Poetry and Politics. She has received numerous awards, including the Ruth Lilly Prize, the Lambda Book Award, the National Book Award, and the Lannan Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award. She lives in California.

An astonishingly brave memoir of life in prostitution and its lingering influence on a woman’s psyche and life. “The best work by anyone on prostitution ever, Rachel Moran’s Paid For fuses the memoirist’s lived poignancy with the philosopher’s conceptual sophistication. The result is riveting, compelling, incontestable. Impossible to put down. This book provides all anyone needs to know about the reality of prostitution in moving, insightful prose that engages and disposes of every argument ever raised in its favor.” —Catharine A. MacKinnon, law professor, University of Michigan and Harvard University Born to mentally unstable parents, Rachel Moran left home at the age of fourteen. Being homeless, she became prostituted to survive. With intelligence and empathy, she describes the fears she and others had working on the streets and in the brothels. Moran also speaks to the psychological damage that accompanies prostitution and the estrangement from one’s body. At the age of twenty-two, Moran escaped prostitution. She has since become a writer and an abolitionist activist.

PornoXplotación es una bofetada de realidad para quienes creen que la pornografía es ajena a sus vidas. Es, también, una llamada de atención destinada a informarnos y sensibilizarnos sobre el porno, un fenómeno que traspasa las fronteras digitales y que puede desencadenar efectos devastadores al ser ritualizado por menores y adultos en las calles, en los colegios y en nuestros hogares con un simple clic desde el móvil. La pornografía es un negocio opaco y poderoso, capta a mujeres y niñas engañadas con suculentas ofertas económicas para trabajar como modelos webcam, explota a actrices y actores que terminan devastados por un negocio en constante búsqueda de "carne fresca" y amasa fortunas gracias a los consumidores, millones de internautas cada vez más jóvenes—incluso niños—, a los que engancha para controlarlos a través de sus datos, su dinero y su vida. Mabel Lozano y Pablo J. Conellie han invertido años de investigación y volcado toda su experiencia en este libro único e impactante que hará temblar los cimientos de la industria del sexo. Elaborado gracias a valientes y duros testimonios reales jamás contados, que hablan de sueños rotos y vidas destrozadas a uno y otro lado de la pantalla.

Professor Gail Dines has written about and researched the porn industry for over two decades. She attends industry conferences, interviews producers and performers, and speaks to hundreds of men and women each year about their experience with porn. Students and educators describe her work as "life changing." In Pornland—the culmination of her life's work—Dines takes an unflinching look at porn and its affect on our lives. Astonishingly, the average age of first viewing porn is now 11.5 years for boys, and with the advent of the Internet, it's no surprise that young people are consuming more porn than ever. But, as Dines shows, today's porn is strikingly different from yesterday's Playboy . As porn culture has become absorbed into pop culture, a new wave of entrepreneurs are creating porn that is even more hard-core, violent, sexist, and racist. To differentiate their products in a glutted market, producers have created profitable niche products—like teen sex, torture porn, and gonzo—in order to entice a generation of desensitized users. Going from the backstreets to Wall Street, Dines traces the extensive money trail behind this multibillion-dollar industry—one that reaps more profits than the film and music industries combined. Like Big Tobacco—with its powerful lobbying groups and sophisticated business practices—porn companies don't simply sell products. Rather they influence legislators, partner with mainstream media, and develop new technologies like streaming video for cell phones. Proving that this assembly line of content is actually limiting our sexual freedom, Dines argues that porn's omnipresence has become a public health concern we can no longer ignore. Going from the backstreets to Wall Street, Dines reveals how porn is affecting our lives and why its omnipresence is detrimental to our sexual freedom.

A pioneer in women's studies and long-term activist for women's issues, and a past president of the Organization of American Historians, Gerda Lerner is one of the founders and foremost scholars of Women's History. The Creation of Patriarchy, the first book in her two-volume magnum opus Women and History (1986) received wide review attention and much acclaim, winning the prestigious Joan Kelly Prize of the American Historical Association for the best work on Women's History that year. Ms hailed the book for providing "a grand historical framework that was impossible even to imagine before the enlightenment about women's place in the world provided by her earlier work and that of other feminist scholars." New Directions for Women said it "may well be the most important work in feminist theory to appear in our generation." Patriarchy traced the development of the ideas, symbols, and metaphors by which men institutionalized their domination of women. Now, in The Creation of Feminist Consciousness, the eagerly awaited concluding volume of Women and History, Lerner documents the twelve-hundred-year struggle of women to free their minds from patriarchal thought, to create Women's History, and to achieve a feminist consciousness. In a richly documented narrative filled with inspiring portraits of women, Lerner ranges from the Middle Ages to the late 19th century, tracing several important ways by which women strove for autonomy and equality. One of the most remarkable sections examines over twelve hundred years of feminist Bible criticism. Since objections to women's thinking, teaching, and speaking in public were based on biblical authority—most notably, passages from Genesis and the writings of St. Paul—women returned again and again to these texts, in an attempt to subvert patriarchal dominance and establish their equality with men. This survey of biblical criticism allows Lerner to illustrate her most important insight—the discontinuity of women's history. She describes how women's history was not passed on from generation to generation, forcing women in effect to reinvent the wheel over and over again. In a series of fascinating portraits of individual women who resisted patriarchal indoctrination, Lerner discusses women mystics such as Hildegard of Bingen, Julian of Norwich and later Protestant mystics, and brings to life the many women of great literary talent, from Christine de Pisan to Louise Labe to Emily Dickinson, who simply bypassed patriarchal thought and created alternate worlds for themselves. Documenting the 1,200 year struggle of women to free their minds from patriarchal thought, create a women's history, and achieve a feminist consciousness, this brilliant work charts new ground for feminist theory, the history of ideas, and the development of women's place in our intellectual tradition.

A sweeping examination of the core issues of sexual politics, bell hooks' new book Feminist Theory: from margin to center argues that the contemporary feminist movement must establish a new direction for the 1980s. Continuing the debates surrounding her controversial first book, Ain't I A Woman, bell hooks suggests that feminists have not succeeded in creating a mass movement against sexist oppression because the very foundation of women's liberation has, until now, not accounted for the complexity and diversity of female experience. In order to fulfill its revolutionary potential, feminist theory must begin by consciously transforming its own definition to encompass the lives and ideas of women on the margin. Hooks' work is a challenge to the women's movement and will have profound impact on all whose lives have been touched by feminism and its insights.

Es éste un libro singular sobre la iconografía de la “mujer fatal” como tipo artístico y literario en la segunda mitad del siglo XIX y comienzos del XX, como reflejo de una sociedad sexofóbica y misógina, imagen enraizada en el miedo a la mujer y en su conversión más o menos subconsciente, en algo perverso y peligroso que representa muy bien la diablesa Lilith. Comienza el texto con una introducción al personaje de Lilith, quien, según los textos religiosos hebraicos, fue la primera esposa de Adán; se examinan después las distintas corrientes artísticas relacionadas con la creación del mito de la" femme fatale", y por último se exponen los antecedentes literarios y poéticos del mito y su eclosión en las postrimerías de siglo, para terminar con el análisis del repertorio iconográfico de los múltiples rostros bajo los que surgen las imágenes de las hijas de Lilith.

The feminist book they tried to ban in France Women, especially feminists and lesbians, have long been accused of hating men. Our instinct is to deny it at all costs. (After all, women have been burnt at the stake for admitting to less.) But what if mistrusting men, disliking men - and yes, maybe even hating men - is, in fact, a useful response to sexism? What if such a response offers a way out of oppression, a means of resistance? What if it even offers a path to joy, solidarity and sisterhood? In this sparkling essay, as mischievous and provocative as it is urgent and serious, Pauline Harmange interrogates modern attitudes to feminism and makes a rallying cry for women to find a greater love for each other - and themselves.

HABLEMOS DE VAGINAS. Salud sexual femenina desde una perspectiva global es del autor Al Adib Mendiri, Miriam y trata de Todas las funciones del cuerpo humano están interconectadas entre sí, lo que hace que muchas veces se requiera una perspectiva más global para conocernos mejor. La perspectiva global va más allá del cuerpo, pues también los aspectos psicológicos y el entorno en el que vivimos inciden en nuestra salud. En nuestra cultura, el cuerpo de la mujer es constantemente juzgado, en cada época hay un modelo ideal de mujer que se impone no solo a nivel estético sino también en todo lo relativo a la salud en general y a la salud sexual en particular. Cada época con sus mitos y tabúes deja una profunda huella en cómo nos percibimos a nosotras mismas. Este libro quiere ayudarnos a comprender cómo somos, conocer nuestro cuerpo y mente, cómo nos afecta el entorno sociocultural en el que vivimos, vivirnos con placer, saber qué necesitamos en cada etapa de la vida o desmitificar aspectos sobre nuestra sexualidad. Todo ello nos aporta herramientas para el autoconocimiento y el autocuidado para ser más dueñas de nosotras mismas.

Íbamos a ser reinas propone un recorrido por todos los recovecos del alma y de la razón para desentrañar por qué se tortura a las mujeres en sus propias casas; cómo lo soportan ellas; qué mecanismos sociales, educativos, legales y religiosos actúan como cómplices eficaces para que la sociedad no se decida a terminar con una ideología que cada año asesina a decenas de mujeres en España, a miles de mujeres en todo el mundo. La violencia contra las mujeres es una pandemia que llega al siglo XXI con la misma fuerza con la que ha recorrido toda la historia de la humanidad. Este libro está tejido sobre las conversaciones mantenidas con mujeres que vivían en casas de acogida, en pisos tutelados o que ya estaban intentando rehacer sus vidas tras haber pasado unos meses en ellos. Íbamos a ser reinas presenta a mujeres muy valientes que han decidido romper el silencio y la indefensión que han rodeado sus vidas y certificar que los agresores no son locos ni enfermos y que ni la edad ni la pobreza ni el alcohol son motivos de los malos tratos y las agresiones ni los justifican. El único factor de riesgo es ser mujer.

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A young woman walks into a laboratory. Over the past two years, she has transformed almost every aspect of her life. She has quit smoking, run a marathon, and been promoted at work. The patterns inside her brain, neurologists discover, have fundamentally changed. Marketers at Procter & Gamble study videos of people making their beds. They are desperately trying to figure out how to sell a new product called Febreze, on track to be one of the biggest flops in company history. Suddenly, one of them detects a nearly imperceptible pattern—and with a slight shift in advertising, Febreze goes on to earn a billion dollars a year. An untested CEO takes over one of the largest companies in America. His first order of business is attacking a single pattern among his employees—how they approach worker safety—and soon the firm, Alcoa, becomes the top performer in the Dow Jones. What do all these people have in common? They achieved success by focusing on the patterns that shape every aspect of our lives. They succeeded by transforming habits. In The Power of Habit, award-winning New York Times business reporter Charles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. With penetrating intelligence and an ability to distill vast amounts of information into engrossing narratives, Duhigg brings to life a whole new understanding of human nature and its potential for transformation. Along the way we learn why some people and companies struggle to change, despite years of trying, while others seem to remake themselves overnight. We visit laboratories where neuroscientists explore how habits work and where, exactly, they reside in our brains. We discover how the right habits were crucial to the success of Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, and civil-rights hero Martin Luther King, Jr. We go inside Procter & Gamble, Target superstores, Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church, NFL locker rooms, and the nation’s largest hospitals and see how implementing so-called keystone habits can earn billions and mean the difference between failure and success, life and death. At its core, The Power of Habit contains an exhilarating argument: The key to exercising regularly, losing weight, raising exceptional children, becoming more productive, building revolutionary companies and social movements, and achieving success is understanding how habits work. Habits aren’t destiny. As Charles Duhigg shows, by harnessing this new science, we can transform our businesses, our communities, and our lives.

Hablemos de sexualidad. De sexualidad femenina. De sexualidad feminista. ¿Alguna vez te has sentido frustrada con tu sexualidad? ¿Has sentido, quizás, que era una sexualidad muy limitada, que te gustaría ampliarla? Este libro te ayudará a lograrlo. Te propongo un método mixto para mejorar tu una parte teórica, donde vamos a analizarla de forma sencilla pero profunda, y otra parte práctica, con decenas de ejercicios que puedes empezar a aplicar desde el primer momento. Iris Borda, la autora, bajo el seudónimo Lola Lúpez, es una conocida divulgadora feminista, ideal para acompañarte en este viaje hacia una sexualidad más sana. El deseo y el placer femenino también cuentan.

"This is an immensely valuable book and one which is clearly designed to appeal to all musicians―not just string players...Mr. Blum has captured in great detail the little things that so often make a great teacher. I would strongly recommend this book to anyone with an interest in the Art of Interpretation."― Music Teacher "The volume belongs to an exceptional class of it is to be welcomed as a significant contribution. In his Forward, Antony Hopkins in a most eloquent way makes us fully aware of our possible great loss had the subject material forming this book not been preserved for posterity...throughout the book one remains not only an absorbed reader, but very much an active participant."― Violoncello Society Newsletter "Now we have an authoritative guide to this great artist's approach to interpretation...a book which should be compulsory reading for every player, conductor and teacher."― Music Journal of the Incorporated Society of Musicians "Blum has elegantly combined precise music terminology with meticulous music examples to present lucid and revealing details of interpretation that can be quickly and easily grasped. Only superlatives apply to this book, and all serious musicians would find immense pleasure and musical profit from reading this work. Highly recommended at all levels."― Choice

Influido por una rama fundamentalista procedente de algunos países del Golfo pérsico, ha llegado a Europa un nuevo islam más reaccionario –cuyo sello de identidad es la imposiciones de un símbolo religioso, ideológico y sexista: el hiyab o velo islámico– que ha puesto en riesgo algunas de las conquistas más importantes del movimiento feminista para las mujeres de origen norteamericano, las musulmanas y las musulmanas.

An examination of childhood trauma and its surreptitious, debilitating effects by one of the world's leading psychoanalysts. Never before has world-renowned psychoanalyst Alice Miller examined so persuasively the long-range consequences of childhood abuse on the body. Using the experiences of her patients along with the biographical stories of literary giants such as Virginia Woolf, Franz Kafka, and Marcel Proust, Miller shows how a child's humiliation, impotence, and bottled rage will manifest itself as adult illness―be it cancer, stroke, or other debilitating diseases. Never one to shy away from controversy, Miller urges society as a whole to jettison its belief in the Fourth Commandment and not to extend forgiveness to parents whose tyrannical childrearing methods have resulted in unhappy, and often ruined, adult lives. In this empowering work, writes Rutgers professor Philip Greven, "readers will learn how to confront the overt and covert traumas of their own childhoods with the enlightened guidance of Alice Miller."

This work explores the idea of men's entitlement to abuse and profit from the abuse of women in prostitution. It aims to show how this idea is central to male supremacist ideology, and has been bolstered by masculine systems of thought such as sexology, sociology, historiography and queer theory. It asserts that the feminist challenge to this idea has become more difficult in recent times because sexual liberalism, economic individualism and free "choice" ideas have persuaded even some feminists that prostitution should be seen as "just a job like any other". The book argues that it is important to recognise men's abuse of women in prostitution as a variety of male sexual violence and a violation of women's human rights.

This now classic book traces the social origins of the sexual division of labor. It gives a history of the related processes of colonization and "housewifization" and extends this analysis to the contemporary new international division of labor and the role that women have to play as the cheapest producers and consumers. First published in 1986, it was hailed as a major paradigm shift for feminist theory. Eleven years on, Maria Mies' theory of capitalist patriarchy has become even more relevant; this new edition includes a substantial new introduction in which she both applies her theory to the new globalized world and answers her critics.

Women have a largely unknown network of structures responsible for arousal and orgasm that their owners and even most medical professionals don't know about. We're not just talking about Ye Olde G-Spot here. Women have an entire erectile network that, if properly stimulated, can elevate their erotic experience from "Oh!" to "Oh! Oh! Oh!" Join celebrated sexuality teacher Sheri Winston as she integrates ancient wisdom, lost knowledge and modern sexuality information in a sexy, fun, empowering guidebook that illuminates every woman's secret paths to fabulous, orgasmically abundant sex. Whether you're a woman or a man who loves women, this book is for you! When people apply the information and techniques she provides, the result is often a whole new level of sexual pleasure. Many women experience their first ejaculations and/or become multi- or mega-orgasmic. Men learn how to make their female partner REALLY happy. Women's Anatomy of Arousal includes discussions of anatomy and energetics, female ejaculation and expanded orgasm, and much more.There's even a short chapter for guys ("The Easy Girl's Guide to Making It Easy for Guys") summarizing the main points of the book! ingston, NY-based Center for the Intimate Arts.

It is only recently that transgenderism has been accepted as a disorder for which treatment is available. In the 1990s, a political movement of transgender activism coalesced to campaign for transgender rights. Considerable social, political and legal changes are occurring in response and there is increasing acceptance by governments and many other organisations and actors of the legitimacy of these rights. This provocative and controversial book explores the consequences of these changes and offers a feminist perspective on the ideology and practice of transgenderism, which the author sees as harmful. It explores the effects of transgenderism on the lesbian and gay community, the partners of people who transgender, children who are identified as transgender and the people who transgender themselves, and argues that these are negative. In doing so the book contends that the phenomenon is based upon sex stereotyping, referred to as 'gender' – a conservative ideology that forms the foundation for women's subordination. Gender Hurts argues for the abolition of ‘gender’, which would remove the rationale for transgenderism. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of political science, feminism and feminist theory and gender studies.

Sheila Jeffreys examines the activities of feminist campaigners around such issues as child abuse and prostitution and how these campaigns shaped social purity in the 1880s and 1890s. She demonstrates how the thriving and militant feminism of late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was undermined, and asserts that the decline of this feminism was due largely to the promotion of a sexual ideology which was hostile to women’s independence. The circumstances about which she writes are frighteningly familiar in the present political climate.

La antropología de las mujeres es un tema que no ha sido tratado en nuestro medio académico desde una perspectiva científica con la amplitud, profundidad y creatividad con que se aborda en este texto . El estudio antropológico de la condición femenina es una contribución cipntífica que tiende a llenar una laguna en los estudios de género desde la antropología.

The Enlightenment promised humanity a bright future of emancipation which never actually materialized. Instead, our social order is still based on gender inequality, which rests upon afalse conviction: that the individual can be conceived of as separate from community; that the more individualized a person is, the less they need to establish links with their community to feel safe; and that the more they use reason to build a relationship with the world, the less they need emotions. Th is conviction, which guides the ideals of our social system, is based on a fantasy: the fantasy of individuality. This volume is a step in fleshing out the historical reasons for gender inequality from theorigins of humankind to present times in the Western world. It is a theoretically-informedand up-to-date overview of the history of gender inequality that takes as its starting pointthe mechanisms through which human beings construct their self-identity.Starting from a peripheral, interdisciplinary and heterodox perspective, this book intends toappraise the complexity of gender identity in all its richness and diversity. It seeks to understand the persistence of relationality in supposedly fully individualized male selves, and the construction of new forms of individuality among women that did not follow the masculine model. It is argued here that by balancing community and self beyond the contradictions of hegemonic masculinity, modern women are struggling to build a new, more empowering form of personhood. The author is an archaeologist, who uses her discipline not only to provide data, theory anda long-term perspective, but also in a metaphorical sense: to construct a socio-historicalgenealogy of current gender systems, through an examination of how personhood and self- identity have been constructed in the Western world.

مع تصاعد الموجة الأصولية في مختلف المجتمعات الإسلامية، بل حتى في مجتمعات الهجرة في أوروبا الغربية، كان لا بد أن تتصاعد جرأة وجذرية الردود الصادرة عن القلة من المثقفين -والمثقفات- الذين اختاروا طريق المقاومة العقلانية اللامهادنة. من هؤلاء "شاهدورت جافان" الروائية والباحثة الانثروبولوجية الإيرانية، التي لم يترك لها سجن النساء الكبير الذي كانته إيران الخميني من خيار آخر غير أن تهاجر إلى فرنسا. هذا الكتاب هو صرخة امرأة اضطرت إلى ارتداء الحجاب قسراً لمدة عشر سنوات ابتداءً من سن الثالثة عشر قبل أن تنزعه في ديار الهجرة.

Born in France of Algerian parents, Fadela Amara is a human rights activist who speaks with both a personal and a collective voice. This book is a passionate account of her struggle to found the movement called “Ni Putes Ni Soumises” (Neither Whore Nor Submissive), aimed at shattering the law of silence about violence against women within French suburban communities. The questions Amara raises are part of a broader agenda to open contemporary French society to greater ethnic and cultural diversity. These issues also pose problems of national identity and the defense of secularism for the state. As France increasingly confronts such tensions and the emergence of Islamic movements, French cities face problems of unemployment, racial and ethnic discrimination, and violence. Amara's eloquent call for social and gender equality underscores a host of interconnected issues, including France's colonial past and the degradation of the suburbs into ghettos that have progressively marginalized immigrant and working-class communities. Amara and her co-workers have challenged the French Republic's leaders using a strategy that champions republican secular values and stresses the language of universalism to advance individual rights. Women's rights are human rights, they argue, thus casting their demands for equality in terms of a broader struggle for democratic freedoms. Moving, candid, and timely, Breaking the Silence created a sensation when it was published in France. Fadela Amara is currently State Minister for Urban Affairs, charged with the rehabilitation of the very ghettos she describes.

If humanity cannot live with the dangers and responsibilities inherent in freedom, it will probably turn to authoritarianism. This is the central idea of Escape from Freedom, a landmark work by one of the most distinguished thinkers of our time, and a book that is as timely now as when first published in 1941. Few books have thrown such light upon the forces that shape modern society or penetrated so deeply into the causes of authoritarian systems. If the rise of democracy set some people free, at the same time it gave birth to a society in which the individual feels alienated and dehumanized. Using the insights of psychoanalysis as probing agents, Fromm's work analyzes the illness of contemporary civilization as witnessed by its willingness to submit to totalitarian rule.

Wassyla Tamzali, féministe algérienne, interpelle les intellectuels occidentaux qui se sont battus pour l'universalité des droits de la personne humaine, et se montrent aujourd'hui incapables de penser cette universalité au-delà de l'Europe.

Ya no decimos: Soy puta, Soy lesbiana, Soy argentina, Soy boliviana. Pasamos de esa enunciación de las diferencias a la construcción de alianzas prohibidas e indigestas como la que está en la base de este libro. No sólo planteamos entonces mirar la sociedad desde el lugar de la puta, sino también desde ese lugar desatar cambio y transformación. Nos planteamos arrancarle a los lugares de tortura ya no sólo dolor y testimonio, sino desobediencia y osadía de pensar en la felicidad.

Aleksandra Kollontái fue una de las primeras mujeres en luchar por la emancipación de la mujer en Rusia, y una pionera en llevar a su país las luchas por la igualdad de derechos políticos y civiles de las mujeres que ya habían tenido lugar en países como Francia, Inglaterra o Estados Unidos. Así, Kollontái lideró en Rusia un movimiento iba a tener allí características propias, al ser conscientes las mujeres de estar sometidas a una doble explotación: en tanto que mujeres y como trabajadoras. El conjunto de su obra, sus numerosos artículos y discursos, con su lucidez y coherencia, representa aún hoy en día un manifiesto original para una historia de la liberación femenina. En Mujer y lucha de clases, Kollontái plantea problemas y perspectivas que siguen más vigentes que nunca. Y eso sin olvidar que la feminista y socialista rusa escribió muchos de estos pasajes hace más de un siglo.

An eternal being created human society as it is today, and submission to superiors and authority is imposed on the lower classes by divine will. This suggestion, coming from the pulpit, platform and press, has hypnotized the minds of men and proves to be one of the strongest pillars of exploitation. The history of the family dates from 1861, the year of the publication of Bachofen's Mutterrecht (maternal law) Engles makes the following propositions: 1. That in the beginning people lived in unrestricted sexual intercourse, which he dubs, not very felicitously, hetaerism. 2. That such an intercourse excludes any absolutely certain means of determining parentage; that consequently descent could only be traced by the female line in compliance with maternal law; and that this was universally practiced by all the nations of antiquity. 3. That consequently women as mothers, being the only well known parents of younger generations, received a high tribute of respect and deference, amounting to a complete women's rule (gynaicocracy), according to Bachofen's idea. 4. That the transition to monogamy, reserving a certain woman exclusively to one man, implied the violation of the primeval religious law (i.e., practically a violation of the customary right of all other men to the same woman), which violation had to be atoned for its permission purchased by the surrender of the women to the public for a limited time.

¿Dónde están los límites entre lo que podemos hacer y lo que es lícito hacer? Quizá esta sea la gran pregunta que haya que plantearse antes de empezar a discutir sobre si la gestación subrogada es aceptable o no. En este breve y atinado ensayo, Layla Martínez nos da las claves para entender tan espinosa cuestión ―orígenes, desarrollo, procesos médicos, control y mercantilización de los cuerpos―, y nos adentra en un interesante, imprescindible y controvertido debate sobre la reproducción por encargo. El texto que nos ofrece Layla Martínez pone sobre el tapete algunos conceptos ―altruismo, deseo, clase social, racismo, colonialismo― para tratar de entender unas prácticas que nos venden como nuestro derecho y que no son mucho más que otra vuelta de tuerca de la explotación industrial de los cuerpos.

This powerful account of brutality against women in the Muslim world remains as shocking today as when it was first published, more than a quarter of a century ago. It was the horrific female genital mutilation that she suffered aged only six, which first awakened Nawal el Saadawi's sense of the violence and injustice which permeated her society. Her experiences working as a doctor in villages around Egypt, witnessing prostitution, honour killings and sexual abuse, inspired her to write in order to give voice to this suffering. She goes on explore the causes of the situation through a discussion of the historical role of Arab women in religion and literature.Saadawi argues that the veil, polygamy and legal inequality are incompatible with the just and peaceful Islam which she envisages.

La primera guía que trata la endometriosis de forma integral. La endometriosis es una enfermedad ginecológica crónica que afecta a una de cada diez mujeres españolas en edad reproductiva y que repercute profundamente en la vida de las pacientes. A pesar de ello, es una gran desconocida y pocas veces se habla abiertamente de ella. Este libro práctico e ilustrado, escrito por el doctor Francisco Carmona, explica de forma clara y rigurosa qué es la endometriosis, por qué se produce, los factores de riesgo, cuáles son los síntomas, el diagnóstico, los tratamientos actuales, el impacto emocional que tiene y cómo afecta a las relaciones sociales, de pareja y en el entorno laboral. La intención de este manual es ofrecer información valiosa y dar herramientas y recursos a las mujeres para que puedan cuidarse en su día a día: pautas de alimentación, ejercicios, terapias complementarias y consejos sobre dónde acudir.

A rousing call to arms whose influence is still felt today Originally published on the eve of the 1848 European revolutions, The Communist Manifesto is a condensed and incisive account of the worldview Marx and Engels developed during their hectic intellectual and political collaboration. Formulating the principles of dialectical materialism, they believed that labor creates wealth, hence capitalism is exploitive and antithetical to freedom. This new edition includes an extensive introduction by Gareth Stedman Jones, Britain's leading expert on Marx and Marxism, providing a complete course for students of The Communist Manifesto, and demonstrating not only the historical importance of the text, but also its place in the world today. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

The first book to explain the new science of self-control and how it can be harnessed to improve our health, happiness, and productivity. After years of watching her students struggling with their choices, health psychologist Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D., realized that much of what people believe about willpower is actually sabotaging their success. Committed to sharing what the scientific community already knew about self-control, McGonigal created a course called "The Science of Willpower" for Stanford University's Continuing Studies Program. The course was an instant hit and spawned the hugely successful Psychology Today blog with the same name. Informed by the latest research and combining cutting-edge insights from psychology, economics, neuroscience, and medicine, McGonigal's book explains exactly what willpower is, how it works, and why it matters. Readers will learn: Willpower is a mind-body response, not a virtue. It is a biological function that can be improved through mindfulness, exercise, nutrition, and sleep. People who have better control of their attention, emotions, and actions are healthier, happier, have more satisfying relationships, and make more money. Willpower is not an unlimited resource. Too much self-control can actually be bad for your health. Temptation and stress hijack the brain's systems of self-control, and that the brain can be trained for greater willpower. In the groundbreaking tradition of Getting Things Done, The Willpower Instinct combines life-changing prescriptive advice and complementary exercises to help readers with goals ranging from a healthier life to more patient parenting, from greater productivity at work to finally finishing the basement.

In her first book, sociologist Strings (sociology, Univ. of California, Irvine) explores the historical development of prothin, antifat ideologies deployed in support of Western, patriarchal white supremacy. Beginning in the aesthetic ideals circulated by Renaissance thinkers and artists and bringing her narrative up into the 1990s, Strings charts how white Europeans and Anglo-Americans developed ideals of race and beauty that both explicitly and figuratively juxtaposed slim, desirable white women against corpulent, seemingly monstrous black women. The work is divided into three sections. The two chapters in the first part consider how Renaissance white women and women of color were depicted as plump and feminine, separated by class, yet belonging to the same gender. The second part of the work charts the rise of modern racial ideologies that yoked feminine beauty to Protestant, Anglo-Saxon whiteness. Later chapters and the epilogue consider how Americans normalized the "scientific management" of white women's bodies for the purpose of racial uplift, a project that continued to situate black women as the embodied Other. The author does not address fat from the angle of health or previous attitudes white Europeans held towards corpulence.

Acclaimed cultural critic bell hooks offers an open-hearted and welcoming vision of gender, sexuality, and society in this inspiring and accessible volume. In engaging and provocative style, bell hooks introduces a popular theory of feminism rooted in common sense and the wisdom of experience. Hers is a vision of a beloved community that appeals to all those committed to equality, mutual respect, and justice. hooks applies her critical analysis to the most contentious and challenging issues facing feminists today, including reproductive rights, violence, race, class, and work. With her customary insight and unsparing honesty, hooks calls for a feminism free from barriers but rich with rigorous debate. In language both eye-opening and optimistic, hooks encourages us to demand alternatives to patriarchal, racist, and homophobic culture, and to imagine a different future.

How do you get your dinner? That is the basic question of economics. It might seem easy, but it is actually very complicated. When Adam Smith proclaimed that all our actions were motivated by self-interest and the world turned because of financial gain he laid the foundations for 'economic man'. Selfish and cynical, 'economic man' has dominated our thinking ever since, the ugly rational heart of modern day capitalism. But every night Adam Smith's mother served him his dinner, not out of self-interest, but out of love. Even today, the unpaid work of mothering, caring, cleaning and cooking is not part of our economic models. All over the world, there are economists who believe that if women are paid less, then that's because their labour is worth less. In this engaging, popular look at the mess we're in, Katrine Marçal charts the myth of 'economic man', from its origins at Adam Smith's dinner table to its adaptation by the Chicago School and finally its disastrous role in the 2008 Global Financial Crisis.

In this groundbreaking work, Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann examines public opinion as a form of social control in which individuals, almost instinctively sensing the opinions of those around them, shape their behavior to prevailing attitudes about what is acceptable. For this second edition, Noelle-Neumann has added three new the first discusses new discoveries in the history of public opinion; the second continues the author's efforts to construct a comprehensive theory of public opinion, addressing criticisms and defenses of her "spiral of silence" theory that have appeared since 1980; the third offers a concise and updated summary of the book's arguments.

In this thought-provoking book, Tobias Leenaert leaves well-trodden animal advocacy paths and takes a fresh look at the strategies, objectives, and communication of the vegan and animal rights movement. He argues that, given our present situation, with entire societies dependent on using animals, we need a very pragmatic approach. How to Create a Vegan World contains many valuable ideas and insights for both budding advocates for animals and seasoned activists, organizational leaders, and even entrepreneurs.

Stephen Hawking was recognized as one of the greatest minds of our time and a figure of inspiration after defying his ALS diagnosis at age twenty-one. He is known for both his breakthroughs in theoretical physics as well as his ability to make complex concepts accessible for all, and was beloved for his mischievous sense of humor. At the time of his death, Hawking was working on a final project: a book compiling his answers to the "big" questions that he was so often posed—questions that ranged beyond his academic field. Within these pages, he provides his personal views on our biggest challenges as a human race, and where we, as a planet, are heading next. Each section will be introduced by a leading thinker offering his or her own insight into Professor Hawking's contribution to our understanding.

"In just six months I have gained tremendous clarity about how to care for my needs, live my values, and create my ideal life." —Pat Thomas, vice president, product delivery, AT&T "This book is your blueprint for the life you've always dreamed about having." —Sandy Vilas, president, Coach University Olympic athletes have a coach. CEOs use the services of an executive coach. Can you imagine how much more productive and successful you would be if you had your own life coach? You don't have to anymore! In Coach Yourself to Success, Talane Miedaner, one of the most widely recognized personal coaches in the world, provides you with the latest technology for achieving success and attracting everything you have always wanted. Using her experience as a professional coach for hundreds of Fortune 500 clients and her own corporate background, Talane shares 101 of the most powerful and effective coaching tips and presents them in an easy-to-follow, 10-part program. Coach Yourself to Success will help you gain insight into what is truly important in your life and give you the edge to take yourself from ordinary to extraordinary.

Following his critically acclaimed investigation of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in the 1940s, renowned Israeli historian Ilan Pappe turns his attention to the annexation and occupation of Gaza and the West Bank, bringing us the first comprehensive critique of the Occupied Territories. Based on groundbreaking archival research, NGO records, and eyewitness accounts, Pappe's investigation of the "bureaucracy of evil" explores the brutalizing effects of occupation, from the systematic abuse of human and civic rights, the IDF roadblocks, mass arrests, and house searches to the forced population transfer, the settlers, and the infamous wall that is rapidly turning the West Bank into an open prison. Providing a sharp contrast with life in Israel, this is a brilliantly incisive and moving portrait of daily life in the Occupied Territories.

Since the Holocaust, it has been almost impossible to hide large-scale crimes against humanity. In our communicative world, few modern catastrophes are concealed from the public eye. And yet, Ilan Pappe unveils, one such crime has been erased from the global public memory: the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians in 1948. But why is it denied, and by whom? The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine offers an investigation of this mystery.

Since its foundation in 1948, Israel has drawn on Zionism, the movement behind its creation, to provide a sense of self and political direction. In this groundbreaking new work, Ilan Pappé looks at the continued role of Zionist ideology. The Idea of Israel considers the way Zionism operates outside of the government and military in areas such as the country’s education system, media, and cinema, and the uses that are made of the Holocaust in supporting the state’s ideological structure. In particular, Pappé examines the way successive generations of historians have framed the 1948 conflict as a liberation campaign, creating a foundation myth that went unquestioned in Israeli society until the 1990s. Pappé himself was part of the post-Zionist movement that arose then. He was attacked and received death threats as he exposed the truth about how Palestinians have been treated and the gruesome structure that links the production of knowledge to the exercise of power. The Idea of Israel is a powerful and urgent intervention in the war of ideas concerning the past, and the future, of the Palestinian–Israeli conflict.

For more than 60 years, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have lived as Israeli citizens within the borders of the nation formed at the end of the 1948 conflict. Occupying a precarious middle ground between the Jewish citizens of Israel and the dispossessed Palestinians of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, the Israeli Palestinians have developed an exceedingly complex relationship with the land they call home; however, in the innumerable discussions of the Israel-Palestine problem, their experiences are often overlooked and forgotten. In this book, historian Ilan Pappé examines how Israeli Palestinians have fared under Jewish rule and what their lives tell us about both Israel's attitude toward minorities and Palestinians' attitudes toward the Jewish state. Drawing upon significant archival and interview material, Pappé analyzes the Israeli state's policy towards its Palestinian citizens, finding discrimination in matters of housing, education, and civil rights. Rigorously researched yet highly readable, The Forgotten Palestinians brings a new and much-needed perspective to the Israel-Palestine debate.

Controversial indictment of those who exploit the tragedy of the Holocaust for their own gain. In an iconoclastic and controversial study, Norman G. Finkelstein moves from an interrogation of the place the Holocaust has come to occupy in American culture to a disturbing examination of recent Holocaust compensation agreements. It was not until the Arab-Israeli War of 1967, when Israel's evident strength brought it into line with US foreign policy, that memory of the Holocaust began to acquire the exceptional prominence it enjoys today. Leaders of America's Jewish community were delighted that Israel was now deemed a major strategic asset and, Finkelstein contends, exploited the Holocaust to enhance this newfound status. Their subsequent interpretations of the tragedy are often at variance with actual historical events and are employed to deflect any criticism of Israel and its supporters. Recalling Holocaust fraudsters such as Jerzy Kosinski and Binjamin Wilkomirski, as well as the demagogic constructions of writers like Daniel Goldhagen, Finkelstein contends that the main danger posed to the memory of Nazism's victims comes not from the distortions of Holocaust deniers but from prominent, self-proclaimed guardians of Holocaust memory. Drawing on a wealth of untapped sources, he exposes the double shakedown of European countries as well as legitimate Jewish claimants, and concludes that the Holocaust industry has become an outright extortion racket. Thoroughly researched and closely argued, The Holocaust Industry is all the more disturbing and powerful because the issues it deals with are so rarely discussed. In a devastating new postscript to this best-selling book, Norman G. Finkelstein documents the Holocaust industry's scandalous cover-up of the blackmail of Swiss banks, and in a new appendix demolishes an influential apologia for the Holocaust industry.

“Beliefs about men and women are as old as humanity itself, but Fine’s funny, spiky book gives reason to hope that we’ve heard Testosterone rex’s last roar.” ―Annie Murphy Paul, New York Times Book Review Many people believe that, at its core, biological sex is a fundamental force in human development. According to this false-yet-familiar story, the divisions between men and women are in nature alone and not part of culture. Drawing on evolutionary science, psychology, neuroscience, endocrinology, and philosophy, Testosterone Rex disproves this ingrained myth and calls for a more equal society based on both sexes’ full human potential.

Palestina, por ejemplo es el primer libro de poesía de Lina Meruane, cuya obra cuestiona los discursos hegemónicos políticos, sociales y culturales. El libro explora desde una fuerte mirada discursiva y lírica los abusos del conflicto palestino-israelí haciendo una analogía entre del acto de escribir de Virginia Woolf en su época y la agenda actual.

Madrid. 18 cm. 143 p. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Colección 'Biblioteca pensamiento crítico'. ´i¸ek, Slavoj 1949-. Traducción de Javier Eraso Ceballos y Antonio Antón Fernández. Título In defense of lost causes. Tolerancia. Política. Filosofía .. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y señales de su anterior propietario.

«Llegaron a España las guerras culturales, conflictos en torno a derechos civiles y representación de colectivos que situaban lo problemático no en lo económico o lo laboral y mucho menos en lo estructural, sino en campos meramente simbólicos. El matrimonio homosexual, la memoria histórica, el lenguaje de género o la educación para la ciudadanía empezaron a copar portadas de los medios y a crear polémica. ¿Estamos afirmando que los ejemplos mencionados carecen de importancia? En absoluto. Es importante que un grupo social pueda tener los mismos derechos civiles que el resto o reconocer desde las instituciones nuestra historia y la dignidad de los republicanos olvidados. Lo que decimos es que estos conflictos culturales tenían un valor simbólico en tanto que permitían a un gobierno que hacía políticas de derechas en lo económico validar frente a sus votantes su carácter progresista al embarcarse en estas cuestiones.» Extraña paradoja la que plantea este libro: ¿son los sistemas de privilegios, opresiones y revisiones una forma efectiva de enfrentarse a la desigualdad?; ¿dónde quedó, entonces, el conflicto capital-trabajo? Sin embargo, debemos dar una respuesta urgente a estas preguntas, si no queremos que la fuerza de lo colectivo se acabe diluyendo en el irremediable individualismo de lo identitario. En un mundo donde lo ideológico se ha convertido en una coartada para afirmar nuestra personalidad aislada, el activismo se esfuerza en buscar las palabras adecuadas para marcar la diversidad, creando un entorno respetuoso con nuestras diferencias mientras el sistema nos arroja por la borda de la Historia. Ya no se busca un gran relato que una a personas diferentes en un objetivo común, sino exagerar nuestras especificidades para colmar la angustia de un presente sin identidad de clase. Ha llegado el momento de tener unas palabras con la trampa de la diversidad…

The most popular narrative about transsexuality suggests that some people are born in the wrong body – that their bodies do not correspond to their inner experience and that their bodies should therefore be transformed. But in the view of the sociologist and trans activist Miguel Missé, this narrative is a harmful myth. It is rooted in a medical paradigm that typically leads to medical intervention – to the use of hormones and surgical operations. By proposing a particular solution (modifying one’s body), doctors and psychiatrists make it difficult for trans people to overcome malaise about their body in other ways and prevent them from recognizing the burden of social norms. Drawing on his own personal experience, Missé makes the case for a different way of thinking about trans embodiment which focuses on gender identity. The trajectory that leads people to become trans is shaped by the rigidity of gender norms, where the only two models available to individuals are the masculine man and the feminine woman. But these are not the only possible choices, and by critically interrogating the rigidity of gender norms, Missé opens up a different way of thinking about being trans, beyond the essentialism of the medical paradigm.

Irreversible Damage is an exploration of a mystery: Why, in the last decade, has the diagnosis "gender dysphoria," transformed from a vanishingly rare affliction, applying almost exclusively to boys and men, to an epidemic among teenage girls? Author Abigail Shrier presents shocking statistics and stories from real families to show that America and the West have become fertile ground for a "transgender craze" that has nothing to do with real gender dysphoria and everything to do with our cultural frailty. Teenage girls are taking courses of testosterone and disfiguring their bodies. Parents are undermined; experts are over-relied upon; dissenters in science and medicine are intimidated; free speech truckles under renewed attack; socialized medicine bears hidden consequences; and an intersectional era has arisen in which the desire to escape a dominant identity encourages individuals to take cover in victim groups. Every person who has ever had a skeptical thought about the sudden rush toward a non-binary future but been afraid to express it—this book is for you.

Este libro no es solo una ética para chicas, es también una llamada a los chicos para que se atrevan a transgredir de verdad: para que dejen de ponerse en el lugar de sus deseos y se pongan en el lugar de las demás. La filosofía nos enseña que lo importante son las preguntas que nos hacemos, siempre que formulemos bien nuestros interrogantes y nos preguntemos por el fundamento de nuestros proyectos. La ética, por su parte es una invitación a ponerse en el lugar de los demás, y sucede que hasta ahora los hombres no se han puesto en el lugar de las mujeres. Con ellas ha valido casi todo: desde borrar su nombre y su historia hasta la violencia sexual. La filosofía y, con ella, la ética puede ayudarnos a comprender las enormes contradicciones a las que tienen que enfrentarse las mujeres en un mundo patriarcal al que los filósofos, aun sin haber estado a la altura, sí aportaron una manera de pensar crítica que nos ha llevado a ser conscientes de las desigualdades y a cuestionar el sistema. Ética para Celia nos invita a mirar de frente la realidad, el hecho de que nuestra vida se ha levantado sobre una doble verdad, con normas morales y fines vitales distintos para mujeres y hombres. Esta doble verdad se ha ido transformando, pero no ha desaparecido. A las jóvenes ya no se las socializa con idea de que sean para los demás, pero sí para ser deseables, que no deja de ser otra forma de ser para los otros.

Empowerment, liberation, choice. Once the watchwords of feminism, these terms have now been co-opted by a society that sells women an airbrushed, highly sexualised and increasingly narrow vision of femininity. While the opportunities available to women may have expanded, the ambitions of many young girls are in reality limited by a culture that sees women's sexual allure as their only passport to success. At the same time we are encouraged to believe that the inequality we observe all around us is born of innate biological differences rather than social factors. Drawing on a wealth of research and personal interviews, Natasha Walter, author of the groundbreaking THE NEW FEMINISM and one of Britain's most incisive cultural commentators, gives us a straight-talking, passionate and important book that makes us look afresh at women and girls, at sexism and femininity, today.

"Mujeres y hombres aman, y lo hacen de maneras diferentes, con la creencia en la universalidad del amor y en que el amor es para unas y otros la vía privilegiada a la felicidad. Sin embargo, el amor encierra recovecos de dominio que generan desigualdad, lazos de dependencia y propiedad, así como privilegios e inequidad que generan frustración, sufrimiento e incluso daño... Analizaremos y comentaremos varias claves feministas para la construcción de una nueva visión del amor. Las claves más significativas las buscaremos para aprender la negociación en el amor y la pareja."

An alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780393356311 can be found here. From the beet fields of North Dakota to the campgrounds of California to Amazon’s CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labor pool, made up largely of transient older adults. These invisible casualties of the Great Recession have taken to the road by the tens of thousands in RVs and modified vans, forming a growing community of nomads. Nomadland tells a revelatory tale of the dark underbelly of the American economy—one which foreshadows the precarious future that may await many more of us. At the same time, it celebrates the exceptional resilience and creativity of these Americans who have given up ordinary rootedness to survive, but have not given up hope.

Exploring how neoliberalism has discovered the productive force of the psyche Byung-Chul Han, a star of German philosophy, continues his passionate critique of neoliberalism, trenchantly describing a regime of technological domination that, in contrast to Foucault’s biopower, has discovered the productive force of the psyche. In the course of discussing all the facets of neoliberal psychopolitics fueling our contemporary crisis of freedom, Han elaborates an analytical framework that provides an original theory of Big Data and a lucid phenomenology of emotion. But this provocative essay proposes counter models too, presenting a wealth of ideas and surprising alternatives at every turn.

La violencia obstétrica es la suma de violencia de género y de mala praxis médica, y es la ejercida por parte del personal sanitario sobre los cuerpos de las mujeres y su vida reproductiva, principalmente el embarazo, parto y postparto, mediante un trato deshumanizado, un abuso de medicalización y una patologización de los procesos fisiológicos. Puede ser por tanto física, con prácticas invasivas y medicalización injustificadas, y también psicológica, con humillaciones, omisión de información e infantilización. Para abordarla, Partos arrebatados se asienta sobre la base del patrón cultural de los nacimientos en España, y hace hincapié tanto en los aspectos vivenciales de las mujeres que han sufrido violencia obstétrica como de las personas profesionales que han podido ser agentes o espectadoras de dicha violencia. Eva Margarita García realiza así en este ensayo un recorrido más que necesario por las teorías de la medicina androcéntrica en general y de la violencia obstétrica en particular, que hoy por hoy está totalmente invisibilizada, por las causas generales en materias de género (machismo, desconocimiento por la población, uso inadecuado de la terminología y prejuicios) y por los sesgos específicos del género como categoría analítica de la salud (androcentrismo y falta de mujeres en los ensayos clínicos).

Tres acontecimientos más una sentencia (el #MeToo, la carta de las intelectuales francesas, la huelga feminista del 8 de marzo y la sentencia de La Manada) han marcado la agenda en los últimos meses y han puesto en el punto de mira el concepto del feminismo hoy. Marta Sanz reflexiona acerca de lo que ello supone, cómo posicionarse ante esos hechos concretos, cómo «proteger» la lucha feminista de la simplificación y comercialización de un capitalismo que lo puede absorber todo, y piensa también sobre las cuotas y el poder, para llegar a la conclusión de que quizás lo que deba modificarse sea la noción de poder misma. Una reflexión de una mujer que se pregunta, en sus actuaciones públicas y privadas, en cada gesto y cada palabra, cuál es el camino hacia la igualdad.

Apuntes sobre la recuperación del útero espástico y la energía sexual femenina

El sexo no es algo que se acabe en la cama, que sucede durante un rato y que cuando termina se acabó y punto. Es mucho más. Si te sientes realmente satisfecha, perfecto. Pero si no es así o tienes dudas o crees que podría mejorar, no te conformes, ni mires hacia otro lado, ni te digas que es sólo un aspecto más de tu vida o de tu relación: el sexo es importante. De ahí este libro, que incluye todo lo que has de saber (y ha de saber él) para comprender tu sexualidad, reflexiona con sinceridad sobre algunos de los temas que preocupan a muchas mujeres y expone (no impone) algunas ideas, hilos de los que tirar. Es probable que estés de acuerdo en muchos temas, en otros discreparás, pero, en cualquier caso, su lectura te hará pensar en tu sexualidad y disfrutar (mucho más) de ella. Porque tu sexo es (aún más) tuyo.

A history and analysis of key issues in the rebirth years of the Women's Liberation Movement embodying the principle of radical history—that of seeing our own personal and political experience as history and drawing lessons from it and other movements for future actions. Editors: Kathie Sarachild, Carol Hanisch, Faye Levine, Barbara Leon, Colette Price. Censored (In this edition, Random House removed the material accusing Gloria Steinman of collaborating with the U.S. CIA against European left feminists.) Quotes from Feminist Revolution: "Shulamith Firestone, in the women's liberation movement's first theoretical journal Notes . . . wrote about the process of the feminists in general and the radicals in particular being written out of the history of the last century . . . Already the radical women who initiated the [present] movement's theory, organizing ideas, and slogans have been buried from public consciousness and the liberals have taken over, claiming credit for the radicals' achievements. If this goes on much longer feminism will go under once again and we will lose almost all of what we have gained in the last years—both the radical consciousness and many of the practical reforms. It won't be long now until the liberals will be gone, too." —Kathie Sarachild, "The Power of History," Feminist Revolution "Though their reasons varied. . . radical women clearly differentiated their idea of separatism from the old concept and practice of sexually segregated groups. The separatism they espoused was to be only a means for ending the age-old problem of sexual segregation and the inequality it spawned... The purpose was always integration with equality. . . The separatist independent women's liberation movement actually began to fight in many concrete ways to implement this kind of radical feminist integration. The fight for the right to abortions, after all, was a fight for sexual relations with men-but on an equal basis. The fight to get men to share the housework was another essentially integrationist fight from a growing power base of the women's liberation movement, as was the fight for child care centers." —Barbara Leon, "Separate To Integrate," in Feminist Revolution

The thirteen specially-commissioned essays in this volume are designed to provide an accessible and stimulating guide through an area of philosophical thought and literature that has seen massive expansion in recent years. They encompass all the core subject areas commonly taught in anglophone undergraduate and graduate philosophy courses, offering both an overview of and a contribution to the relevant debates. This volume will be essential reading for any student or teacher of philosophy who is curious about the place of feminism in their subject.

By the author of The Female Man, a provocative survey of the forces that work against women who dare to write. "She didn't write it. She wrote it but she shouldn't have. She wrote it but look what she wrote about. She wrote it but she isn't really an artist, and it isn't really art. She wrote it but she had help. She wrote it but she's an anomaly. She wrote it BUT..." How to Suppress Women's Writing is a meticulously researched and humorously written "guidebook" to the many ways women and other "minorities" have been barred from producing written art. In chapters entitled "Prohibitions," "Bad Faith," "Denial of Agency," Pollution of Agency," "The Double Standard of Content," "False Categorization," "Isolation," "Anomalousness," "Lack of Models," Responses," and "Aesthetics" Joanna Russ names, defines, and illustrates those barriers to art-making we may have felt but which tend to remain unnamed and thus insolvable.

Are you, like milllions of Americans, caught in the happiness trap? Russ Harris explains that the way most of us go about trying to find happiness ends up making us miserable, driving the epidemics of stress, anxiety, and depression. This empowering book presents the insights and techniques of ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) a revolutionary new psychotherapy based on cutting-edge research in behavioral psychology. By clarifying your values and developing mindfulness (a technique for living fully in the present moment), ACT helps you escape the happiness trap and find true satisfaction in life. The techniques presented in The Happiness Trap will help readers to: • Reduce stress and worry • Handle painful feelings and thoughts more effectively • Break self-defeating habits • Overcome insecurity and self-doubt • Create a rich, full, and meaningful life

A pioneering work in the movement to free art from its traditional bonds to material reality, this book is one of the most important documents in the history of modern art. Written by the famous nonobjective painter Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944), it explains Kandinsky's own theory of painting and crystallizes the ideas that were influencing many other modern artists of the period. Along with his own groundbreaking paintings, this book had a tremendous impact on the development of modern art. Kandinsky's ideas are presented in two parts. The first part, called "About General Aesthetic," issues a call for a spiritual revolution in painting that will let artists express their own inner lives in abstract, non-material terms. Just as musicians do not depend upon the material world for their music, so artists should not have to depend upon the material world for their art. In the second part, "About Painting," Kandinsky discusses the psychology of colors, the language of form and color, and the responsibilities of the artist. An Introduction by the translator, Michael T. H. Sadler, offers additional explanation of Kandinsky's art and theories, while a new Preface by Richard Stratton discusses Kandinsky's career as a whole and the impact of the book. Making the book even more valuable are nine woodcuts by Kandinsky himself that appear at the chapter headings. This English translation of Über das Geistige in der Kunst was a significant contribution to the understanding of nonobjectivism in art. It continues to be a stimulating and necessary reading experience for every artist, art student, and art patron concerned with the direction of 20th-century painting.

Her revolutionary studies of Tanzania's chimpanzees forever altered our definition of "humanity." Now, intriguing as always, Jane Goodall explores her deepest convictions in a heartfelt memoir that takes her from the London Blitz to Louis Leaky's famous excavations in Africa and then into the forests of Gombe. From the unforgettable moment when a wild chimpanzee gently grasps her hand to the terror of a hostage-taking and the sorrow of her husband's death. Here, thoughtfully exploring the challenges of both science and the soul, she offers an inspiring, optimistic message as profound as the knowledge she brought back from the forests, and that gives us all...reason for hope.

'The Little Book of Going Green' aims to shed light on the ways humans are harming the environment, from pollution and deforestation to industrial production and farming methods. Filled with facts, theories and tips on how we can do our bit for the planet, this is your one-stop guide to making every aspect of your life earth-friendly.

Olympe de Gouges was the most important fighter for women's rights you've never heard of. An activist and writer in revolutionary Paris, she published 'The Declaration of the Rights of Women' in 1791, and was beheaded two years later, her articulate demands for equality proving too much for their time. Over one hundred and fifty years later, the key statements of her declaration were internationally endorsed by the United Nations in its Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, which in turn went on to be legally recognized by nearly every country in the world. This volume presents both of these key texts along with enlightening and inspiring commentary from a host of powerful women, from Virginia Woolf to Hillary Clinton.

«Si tu banco te habla en chino, este es tu libro. Con una buena dosis de humor y un enfoque muy práctico, Natalia te da las claves para que no te la den con queso y aprendas a ahorrar como los ricos.» Marián García, «Boticaria García» ¿Por qué nos cuesta tanto ahorrar? ¿Alquilar es tirar el dinero? ¿Cómo podemos elegir el banco que más nos conviene? ¿Toda la deuda es mala? ¿Qué cosas hay que saber antes de invertir? ¿Cuándo deberíamos empezar a ahorrar para la jubilación? Sin milagros ni falsas promesas y con un genuino sentido del humor, Natalia de Santiago, experta en análisis y planificación financiera, ha escrito esta guía práctica para ayudarnos a gestionar nuestra economía de una manera tan eficaz como entretenida. Desde lo más simple hasta lo más complejo, sin necesidad de tener ningún conocimiento previo ni de ser un genio de las matemáticas, este libro nos enseña todo lo que debemos hacer para que el dinero no nos quite el sueño. Una guía práctica, escrita desde el humor, que nos ayuda a gestionar nuestras finanzas de una manera tan eficaz como entretenida.

La revuelta de las putas. De víctima a activista Amelia Tiganus es un referente en su activismo y se ha convertido en una voz fundamental del movimiento feminista en España, así como entre quienes construyen una teoría abolicionista de la prostitución. A raíz de su experiencia personal y de su manera de entender y practicar la militancia, nos transmite la importancia de entender por qué «lo personal es político» y nos carga de razones para luchar por un mundo más justo, igualitario y sin prostitución, para las mujeres y las niñas. «comprendí que mi historia personal era una cuestión profundamente política, era la historia de las mujeres que el patriarcado pone a disposición de los hombres como mujeres públicas \[…\]. Las abolicionistas nos exponemos mucho al enfrentarnos a una perversa, mafiosa, poderosa y dañina industria millonaria, que pretende que nuestro destino sea servir sexualmente a los hombres. Es una batalla larga y dura, pero será un orgullo saber que hemos formado parte de un movimiento noble y justo, que ha dejado como legado, para las que quizá aún no han nacido, un mundo sin prostitución \[…\]. Hagamos la «revuelta de las putas». Por las niñas de hoy y las mujeres de mañana.»

Originally published in 1890 in book form, the text was based on Nellie Bly's newspaper articles for the New York World. In 1889, Bly went around the world as a journalism "stunt" to beat the fictional record of Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg—and even made a stop in France to meet Verne. Since no cover image has shown up for this edition, shown is an 1890s advertising card with Nellie Bly belting up the world.

In her ground-breaking reporting from Iraq, Naomi Klein exposed how the trauma of invasion was being exploited to remake the country in the interest of foreign corporations. She called it "disaster capitalism." Covering Sri Lanka in the wake of the tsunami, and New Orleans post-Katrina, she witnessed something remarkably similar. People still reeling from catastrophe were being hit again, this time with economic "shock treatment" losing their land and homes to rapid-fire corporate makeovers. The Shock Doctrine retells the story of the most dominant ideology of our time, Milton Friedman's free market economic revolution. In contrast to the popular myth of this movement's peaceful global victory, Klein shows how it has exploited moments of shock and extreme violence in order to implement its economic policies in so many parts of the world from Latin America and Eastern Europe to South Africa, Russia, and Iraq. At the core of disaster capitalism is the use of cataclysmic events to advance radical privatization combined with the privatization of the disaster response itself. By capitalizing on crises, created by nature or war, Klein argues that the disaster capitalism complex now exists as a booming new economy, and is the violent culmination of a radical economic project that has been incubating for fifty years.

Now in paperback–the ten things we must do to ensure a safe and peaceful world, from legendary environmentalist Jane Goodall and brilliant animal behaviorist, Marc Bekoff. Combining her life's work living among the chimpanzees with her spiritual perspective on the relationship between humans and animals, legendary behavioral scientist Jane Goodall sets forth ten trusts that we as humans have as custodians of the planet: 1. Respect all life 2. Live as part of the Animal Kingdom 3. Educate our children to respect animals 4. Treat animals as you would like to be treated 5. Be a steward 6. Value the sounds of nature and help preserve them 7. Do not harm life in order to learn about it 8. Have the courage of your convictions 9. Act knowing that your actions make a difference 10. Act knowing that you are not alone. Filled with inspirational stories, The Ten Trusts provides lessons Jane Goodall has learned from a lifetime of experience, with the warmth and emotion her readers have come to expect from her. Marc Bekoff, cofounder of the Roots and Shoots program with Jane, also contributes his profound insights and research, which Jane has come to rely on. Together, they share their hope and vision for humanity and all the earth's creatures, distilled into ten eloquent spiritual lessons. Within these ten trusts, Goodall reveals how we can gain true enlightenment by living in harmony with the animal kingdom and honoring the interconnection between all species.

The Book That Started A Revolution Since its original publication in 1975, this groundbreaking work has awakened millions of concerned men and women to the shocking abuse of animals everywhere—inspiring a worldwide movement to eliminate much of the cruel and unnecessary laboratory animal experimentation of years past. In this newly revised and expanded edition, author Peter Singer exposes the chilling realities of today's "factory forms" and product-testing procedures—offering sound, humane solutions to what has become a profound environmental and social as well as moral issue. An important and persuasive appeal to conscience, fairness, decency and justice, Animal Liberation is essential reading for the supporter and the skeptic alike.

Somos la última generación que puede salvar el mundo y a la que las futuras generaciones mirarán a los ojos y dirán: «Y tú, ¿qué hiciste?». Carlota Bruna prologa y edita este alegato a cinco voces a favor del medioambiente, porque sí que estamos a tiempo de salvar el planeta, pero no hay más tiempo que perder. Como tú, estas cinco autoras saben que nuestra generación tiene la última oportunidad para darle la vuelta a la historia y se han propuesto hacer todo lo que esté en su mano para conseguirlo. Ellas no van a quedarse mirando. ¿Y tú? Un manifiesto con las voces de: Carlota Bruna @carlotabruna (Barcelona, 1997), estudiante de Nutrición y Dietética, autora de Camino a un mundo vegano y activista por el medioambiente y por los derechos de los animales. Connie Isla @coisla (Buenos Aires, 1994), cantautora, actriz, autora y activista vegana a favor de los derechos de los animales. Monica Rosquillas @monicarosquillas (San Diego, 1986), bloguera de girlforacleanworld.com, aventurera y activista por la sostenibilidad ambiental, económica y social. Claudia Ayuso @claudiaayuso (Madrid, 1995), autora y activista, ha presentado una serie de ocho mini documentales para Greenpeace y es la host y productora de su podcast en inglés The Cheeky Revolution, co-fundadora de El Intercambio. Patricia Ramos @PatiRamosGlez (Madrid, 2000), estudiante de Medicina y portavoz en la Cumbre Juvenil sobre el Clima de Naciones Unidas. Mariana Matija @marianamatija (Medellín, 1984), diseñadora, autora, oradora en TEDxColombia y fundadora del colectivo ecologista Hola Eco

Un canto de amor a los animales. Un viaje a lo más profundo de la naturaleza . Todos nos hemos admirado alguna vez ante la grandiosidad y la belleza de la naturaleza. Este libro es un viaje que nos llevará por maravillosos lugares alrededor del mundo para conocer de cerca a seres que, al igual que nosotros, tienen familia, emociones, enfrentan desafíos, toman decisiones y crean alianzas. He dedicado toda mi vida y mi carrera de biólogo al estudio y a la protección de los animales. Espero contagiarte mi admi-ración por la naturaleza, mi amor por los árboles y mi devoción hacia otros animales que han marcado mi afortunada vida repleta de circunstancias excepcionales, grandes aventuras y encuentros fantásticos con seres sorprendentes. Acompáñame y descubre mi forma de ver el mundo, un lugar donde, sin importar que tengamos el aspecto de un helecho, el carácter de una mosca, la valentía de una hormiga o el corazón de una gaviota, todos somos iguales. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A love song for animals. A trip to the deepest parts of nature. We have all been mesmerized at some point by nature’s splendor and beauty. This book is a journey that will take us through many wonderful places around the world to get up close to creatures who, just like us, have families, emotions, face different challenges, make decisions, and create alliances. “I have dedicated my entire life and career as a biologist to the study and protection of animals. Through my own experience, I will try to pass along the love and admiration that I have for nature on to you; my love for trees and my devotion towards other animals whose singularity has marked my fortunate life, full of exceptional circumstances, adventures, and fantastic encounters with surprising creatures. Join me in discovering a different way of seeing the world, a place where, whether we look like a fern, have the personality of a fly, the courage of an ant, or the heart of a seagull, we are all the same.”

An exploration of creativity illustrates its nature, discusses such issues as flow states, cutting-edge thinkers, creativity enhancement, the human potential for creativity, and more

A polyphonic account of life in Albania under Enver Hoxha's regime, arguably the most brutal totalitarian state of all After breaking ties with Yugoslavia, the USSR and then China, Enver Hoxha believed that Albania could become a self-sufficient bastion of communism. Every day, many of its citizens were thrown into prisons and forced labour camps for daring to think independently, for rebelling against the regime or trying to escape - the consequences of their actions were often tragic and irreversible. Mud Sweeter than Honey gives voice to those who lived in Albania at that time - from poets and teachers to shoe-makers and peasant farmers, and many others whose aspirations were brutally crushed in acts of unimaginable repression - creating a vivid, dynamic and often painful picture of this totalitarian state during the forty years of Hoxha's ruthless dictatorship. Very little emerged from Albania during communist times. With these personal accounts, Rejmer opens a window onto a terrifying period in the country's history. Mud Sweeter than Honey is not only a gripping work of reportage, but also a necessary and unique portrait of a nation. Winner of the Polityka Passport Prize Shortlisted for the Nike Prize With an Introduction by Tony Barber Translated from the Polish by Zosia Krasodomska-Jones and Antonia Lloyd-Jones

Las mujeres españolas son las europeas que menos hijos tienen, muy lejos de la tasa de reemplazo con la que supuestamente se apuntalará el sistema de pensiones, amenazado por la precariedad laboral y la baja natalidad. Además, son madres tardías: la media para el primer hijo ya se sitúa alrededor de los 32 años y muchas mayores de 35 todavía no los tienen. Mientras, y pese a todas las advertencias, amenazas y barreras a la libre elección, la fecundidad sigue estancada. Muchas mujeres en edad fértil nunca tendrán hijos, otras llegarán al límite biológico y entregarán su cuerpo a la ciencia en aras del nuevo negocio del siglo: la reproducción asistida. Frente a ese fenómeno, y en el lado opuesto, ha surgido un modelo de maternidad militante, más exigente que nunca, que abraza los postulados del naturalismo y anima a las nuevas madres a regresar a sus casas bajo la gracia del amor maternal. Ya sea lanzándose a la maternidad o huyendo de ella, a medida que los años pasan y el tic tac del reloj biológico acecha, las mujeres, por más que lo intenten, no logran escapar de su condición. La maternidad lo empaña todo a partir de los 30. Lo hizo para Diana López Varela, a la que un día le ocurrió lo que desde niña había creído que, llegado aquel momento de su vida, estaría deseando que pasara: se quedó embarazada. Y de repente se dio cuenta de que no quería tener un hijo. No así. No entonces. Lloró mucho. Se sintió culpable. Buscó culpables. Y se puso a escribir este libro.

Material Girls presents a timely and opinionated critique of the culturally influential theory that we each have an inner feeling about our sex called a gender identity, and that this feeling is more socially significant than our actual biological sex. It makes a clear and humane feminist case for retaining the ability to discuss material reality about biological sex in a range of important contexts, including female-only spaces and resources, healthcare, epidemiology, political organization and data collection. It investigates the intellectual history of gender identity, showing how the concept is linked to a misguided philosophical picture which broadly rejects science and conflates facts about intersex people with facts about trans people. Material Girls concludes with a positive vision for the future, of collaboration between feminists and trans activists, detailing how they could work together to achieve some of their political aims.

Your toddler throws a tantrum in the middle of a store. Your preschooler refuses to get dressed. Your fifth-grader sulks on the bench instead of playing on the field. Do children conspire to make their parents’ lives endlessly challenging? No—it’s just their developing brain calling the shots! In this pioneering, practical book, Daniel J. Siegel, neuropsychiatrist and author of the bestselling Mindsight, and parenting expert Tina Payne Bryson demystify the meltdowns and aggravation, explaining the new science of how a child’s brain is wired and how it matures. The “upstairs brain,” which makes decisions and balances emotions, is under construction until the mid-twenties. And especially in young children, the right brain and its emotions tend to rule over the logic of the left brain. No wonder kids can seem—and feel—so out of control. By applying these discoveries to everyday parenting, you can turn any outburst, argument, or fear into a chance to integrate your child’s brain and foster vital growth. Raise calmer, happier children using twelve key strategies, including • Name It to Tame It: Corral raging right-brain behavior through left-brain storytelling, appealing to the left brain’s affinity for words and reasoning to calm emotional storms and bodily tension. • Engage, Don’t Enrage: Keep your child thinking and listening, instead of purely reacting. • Move It or Lose It: Use physical activities to shift your child’s emotional state. • Let the Clouds of Emotion Roll By: Guide your children when they are stuck on a negative emotion, and help them understand that feelings come and go. • SIFT: Help children pay attention to the Sensations, Images, Feelings, and Thoughts within them so that they can make better decisions and be more flexible. • Connect Through Conflict: Use discord to encourage empathy and greater social success. Complete with clear explanations, age-appropriate strategies for dealing with day-to-day struggles, and illustrations that will help you explain these concepts to your child, The Whole-Brain Child shows you how to cultivate healthy emotional and intellectual development so that your children can lead balanced, meaningful, and connected lives.

Have you ever found yourself stretched too thin? Do you simultaneously feel overworked and underutilized? Are you often busy but not productive? Do you feel like your time is constantly being hijacked by other people’s agendas? If you answered yes to any of these, the way out is the Way of the EssentialistThe Way of the Essentialist isn’t about getting more done in less time. It’s about getting only the right things done. It is not a time management strategy, or a productivity technique. It is a systematic discipline for discerning what is absolutely essential, then eliminating everything that is not, so we can make the highest possible contribution towards the things that really matter. By forcing us to apply a more selective criteria for what is Essential, the disciplined pursuit of less empowers us to reclaim control of our own choices about where to spend our precious time and energy – instead of giving others the implicit permission to choose for us. Essentialism is not one more thing – it’s a whole new way of doing everything. A must-read for any leader, manager, or individual who wants to learn how to do less, but better, in every area of their lives, Essentialism is a movement whose time has come.

An illustrated guide for the amateur and professional musician that teaches us how to transform practicing from an often laborious activity into an exhilarating and rewarding experience Foreword by Yehudi Menuhin • “Give this book to any musician you love and to any person who loves what music does for them and for the world.”—Richard Stoltzman, clarinetist In The Art of Practicing, acclaimed pianist and teacher Madeline Bruser combines physiological and meditative principles to help musicians release physical and mental tension and unleash their innate musical talent. She offers practical techniques for cultivating free and natural movement, a keen enjoyment of sounds and sensations, a clear and relaxed mind, and an open heart and she explains how • Prepare the body and mind to practice with ease • Understand the effect of posture on flexibility and expressiveness • Make efficient use of the hands and arms • Employ listening techniques to improve coordination • Increase the range of color and dynamics by using less effort • Cultivate rhythmic vitality • Perform with confidence, warmth, and freedom Complete with photographs to show essential points of posture and movement for a variety of instruments, this is the definitive guide to turning practice from a sometimes frightening, monotonous chore to a fun, fulfilling activity.

"Prodigiously documented... Alison Weir must be highly commended for throwing such a brilliantly hard light on the relationship between the United States and Israel. I hope this marvelous book gets all the attention it deserves." - Ambassador Andrew Killgore Soon after WWII, US statesman Dean Acheson warned that creating Israel on land already inhabited by Palestinians would "imperil" both American and all Western interests in the region. Despite warnings such as this one, President Truman supported establishing a Jewish state on land primarily inhabited by Muslims and Christians. Few Americans today are aware that US support enabled the creation of modern Israel. Even fewer know that US politicians pushed this policy over the forceful objections of top diplomatic and military experts. As this work demonstrates, these politicians were bombarded by a massive pro-Israel lobbying effort that ranged from well-funded and very public Zionist organizations to an "elitist secret society" whose members included Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis. AGAINST OUR BETTER JUDGMENT brings together meticulously sourced evidence to illuminate a reality that differs starkly from the prevailing narrative. It provides a clear view of the history that is key to understanding one of the most critically important political issues of our day.

As powerful and timely now as when it was first published, AGAINST OUR WILL stands as a unique document of the history of politics, the sociology of rape and the inherent and ingrained inequality of men and women under the law. In lucid, persuasive prose, Brownmiller has created a definitive, devastating work of lasting social importance. Chosen by THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW as One of the Outstanding Books of the Year

From Christina Lamb, the coauthor of the bestselling I Am Malala and an award-winning journalist—an essential, groundbreaking examination of how women experience war. In Our Bodies, Their Battlefields, longtime intrepid war correspondent Christina Lamb makes us witness to the lives of women in wartime. An award-winning war correspondent for twenty-five years (she’s never had a female editor) Lamb reports two wars—the “bang-bang” war and the story of how the people behind the lines live and survive. At the same time, since men usually act as the fighters, women are rarely interviewed about their experience of wartime, other than as grieving widows and mothers, though their experience is markedly different from that of the men involved in battle. Lamb chronicles extraordinary tragedy and challenges in the lives of women in wartime. And none is more devastating than the increase of the use of rape as a weapon of war. Visiting warzones including the Congo, Rwanda, Nigeria, Bosnia, and Iraq, and spending time with the Rohingya fleeing Myanmar, she records the harrowing stories of survivors, from Yazidi girls kept as sex slaves by ISIS fighters and the beekeeper risking his life to rescue them; to the thousands of schoolgirls abducted across northern Nigeria by Boko Haram, to the Congolese gynecologist who stitches up more rape victims than anyone on earth. Told as a journey, and structured by country, Our Bodies, Their Battlefields gives these women voice. We have made significant progress in international women’s rights, but across the world women are victimized by wartime atrocities that are rarely recorded, much less punished. The first ever prosecution for war rape was in 1997 and there have been remarkably few convictions since, as if rape doesn’t matter in the reckoning of war, only killing. Some courageous women in countries around the world are taking things in their own hands, hunting down the war criminals themselves, trying to trap them through Facebook. In this profoundly important book, Christina Lamb shines a light on some of the darkest parts of the human experience—so that we might find a new way forward. Our Bodies, Their Battlefields is as inspiring and empowering is as it is urgent, a clarion call for necessary change.

Do you hunger for skills to improve the quality of your relationships, to deepen your sense of personal empowerment or to simply communicate more effectively? Unfortunately, for centuries our culture has taught us to think and speak in ways that can actually perpetuate conflict, internal pain and even violence. Nonviolent Communication partners practical skills with a powerful consciousness and vocabulary to help you get what you want peacefully. In this internationally acclaimed text, Marshall Rosenberg offers insightful stories, anecdotes, practical exercises and role-plays that will dramatically change your approach to communication for the better. Discover how the language you use can strengthen your relationships, build trust, prevent conflicts and heal pain. Revolutionary, yet simple, Nonviolent Communication offers you the most effective tools to reduce violence and create peace in your life—one interaction at a time.

Que la pornografía se ha convertido en la "educación sexual" de las nuevas generaciones es un hecho inne­gable. Ahora bien, ¿qué es lo que en­cuentran a un clic de distancia los chicos entre los ocho y los once años en las páginas web de pornografía? ¿En qué medida podemos decir que eso es "educación" o es "sexual"? ¿Cómo repercutirá este aprendizaje en las mujeres y niñas? En el núcleo de "Política sexual de la pornografía" se sitúa la diferenciación entre sexo y violencia sexual; la reflexión de por qué parte de esta violencia se considera, simplemente, sexo; la pregunta de cómo es posible que los varones se exciten sexualmente en situaciones que son violencia contra las mujeres y niñas; y, por supuesto, la cuestión fundamental: qué consecuencias tiene para todas las mujeres y niñas que se haga equivaler pornografía y sexo.

The definitive firsthand account of the groundbreaking research of Philip Zimbardo—the basis for the award-winning film The Stanford Prison Experiment Renowned social psychologist and creator of the Stanford Prison Experiment Philip Zimbardo explores the mechanisms that make good people do bad things, how moral people can be seduced into acting immorally, and what this says about the line separating good from evil. The Lucifer Effect explains how—and the myriad reasons why—we are all susceptible to the lure of “the dark side.” Drawing on examples from history as well as his own trailblazing research, Zimbardo details how situational forces and group dynamics can work in concert to make monsters out of decent men and women. Here, for the first time and in detail, Zimbardo tells the full story of the Stanford Prison Experiment, the landmark study in which a group of college-student volunteers was randomly divided into “guards” and “inmates” and then placed in a mock prison environment. Within a week the study was abandoned, as ordinary college students were transformed into either brutal, sadistic guards or emotionally broken prisoners. By illuminating the psychological causes behind such disturbing metamorphoses, Zimbardo enables us to better understand a variety of harrowing phenomena, from corporate malfeasance to organized genocide to how once upstanding American soldiers came to abuse and torture Iraqi detainees in Abu Ghraib. He replaces the long-held notion of the “bad apple” with that of the “bad barrel”—the idea that the social setting and the system contaminate the individual, rather than the other way around. This is a book that dares to hold a mirror up to mankind, showing us that we might not be who we think we are. While forcing us to reexamine what we are capable of doing when caught up in the crucible of behavioral dynamics, though, Zimbardo also offers hope. We are capable of resisting evil, he argues, and can even teach ourselves to act heroically. Like Hannah Arendt’s Eichmann in Jerusalem and Steven Pinker’s The Blank Slate, The Lucifer Effect is a shocking, engrossing study that will change the way we view human behavior.

Un fantasma recorre los países más desarrollados: el generismo queer. Tras las grandes conquistas sociales de las últimas décadas relativas al respeto y los derechos de las personas que no encajan en los roles sexuales tradicionales, ha aparecido un nuevo transactivismo: uno que está destruyendo los logros alcanzados, que recae en concepciones retrógradas y genera problemas donde no los había. No está basado en conocimientos de la medicina, la psiquiatría o la psicología. Tampoco existe ninguna filosofía sólida que permita afirmar que se puede nacer en un cuerpo equivocado. Por el contrario, este nuevo activismo se basa en una filosofía posmoderna ya superada, en una idea particular de justicia social y en una agenda política que no se corresponde con los problemas reales de los individuos. Lo que se presenta como una revolución que por fin da voz a una realidad invisible hasta hoy puede estar encubriendo la legitimación educativa, jurídica y social de los estereotipos sexuales más conservadores. Nadie nace en un cuerpo equivocado es un brillante libro divulgativo que aborda este tema desde sus mil vertientes: la psicológica, la filosófica y la sociológica; y que atiende a fenómenos como las redes sociales, la vida en la ciudad moderna, la publicidad, la infantilización de la universidad o los problemas actuales de la infancia y la adolescencia, entre otros. Un análisis riguroso, lleno de empatía y buen humor, que se apoya en tesis fundamentadas y que invita a pensar y a desafiar el lenguaje triunfante de la teoría queer.

From the 2015 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Svetlana Alexievich, comes the first English translation of her latest work, an oral history of the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the emergence of a new Russia. Bringing together dozens of voices in her distinctive documentary style, Secondhand Time is a monument to the collapse of the USSR, charting the decline of Soviet culture and speculating on what will rise from the ashes of Communism. As in all her books, Alexievich gives voice to women and men whose stories are lost in the official narratives of nation-states, creating a powerful alternative history from the personal and private stories of individuals.

Non, les femmes préhistoriques ne consacraient pas tout leur temps à balayer la grotte et à garder les enfants en attendant que les hommes reviennent de la chasse ! S'appuyant sur les dernières découvertes en préhistoire et l'analyse des idées reçues que véhicule, jusqu'à notre époque, la littérature savante, cet essai pose les bases d'une autre histoire des femmes, débarrassée des préjugés sexistes, plus proche de la réalité." Non, les femmes préhistoriques ne consacraient pas tout leur temps à balayer la grotte et à garder les enfants en attendant que les hommes reviennent de la chasse. Les imaginer réduites à un rôle domestique et à un statut de mères relève du préjugé. Elles aussi poursuivaient les grands mammifères, fabriquaient des outils et des parures, construisaient les habitats, exploraient des formes d'expression symbolique.Aucune donnée archéologique ne prouve que, dans les sociétés les plus anciennes, certaines activités leur étaient interdites, qu'elles étaient considérées comme inférieures et subordonnées aux hommes. Cette vision de la préhistoire procède des a priori des fondateurs de cette discipline qui naît au XIXe siècle. Il est temps de poser un autre regard sur l'histoire de l'évolution et de déconstruire les processus qui ont invisibilisé les femmes à travers les siècles. " M.P.M.S'appuyant sur les dernières découvertes en préhistoire et l'analyse des idées reçues que véhicule, jusqu'à notre époque, la littérature savante, cet essai pose les bases d'une autre histoire des femmes, débarrassée des préjugés sexistes, plus proche de la réalité.

¿Cerró usted las piernas? -título que nace a partir de la pregunta que una jueza le hizo a una víctima de violación- es un ensayo periodístico fundamental y necesario para desmontar los mitos y falacias en los que se sustentan la violencia machista y la cultura de la violación. El corazón de la cuarta ola feminista es la lucha contra la violencia sexual. El movimiento #MeToo en Estados Unidos, el caso de La Manada en España, o el éxito internacional del himno de Lastesis, «Un violador en tu camino», han puesto el foco sobre esta grave injusticia y tragedia que sufren las mujeres en todo el mundo. Con alrededor de treinta testimonios, tanto de víctimas como de expertas -entre otras, la antropóloga Marcela Lagarde, la filósofa Ana de Miguel, las periodistas Lucía Lijtmaer o Cristina Fallarás, o las activistas de Femen y Lastesis-, Rosa Márquez y Marta Jaenes se adentran en las profundidades de la violencia machista analizando el tratamiento que le han dado el cine y el arte a las violaciones, el auge del neomachismo o el avance de la ultraderecha.

A provocative, elegantly written analysis of female desire, consent, and sexuality in the age of MeToo Women are in a bind. They are told that in the name of sexual consent and feminist empowerment, they must proclaim their desires clearly and confidently. Sex researchers tell us that women don't know what they want. And men are on hand to persuade women that what they want is, in fact, exactly what men want. In this environment, how can women possibly know what they want—and how can they be expected to? In this elegantly written, searching book Katherine Angel surveys medical and psychoanalytic understandings of female desire, from Freud to Kinsey to present-day science; MeToo-era debates over consent, assault, and feminism; and popular culture, TV, and film to challenge our assumptions about female desire. Why, she asks, do we expect desire to be easily understood? Why is there not space for the unsure, the tentative, the maybe, the let's just see? In contrast to the endless exhortation to know what we want, Angel proposes that sex can be a conversation, requiring insight, interaction, and mutual vulnerability—a shared collaboration into the unknown. In this crucial moment of renewed attention to violence and power, Angel urges that we remake our thinking about sex, pleasure, and autonomy without any illusions of perfect self-knowledge. Only then will we bring about Michel Foucault's sardonic promise, in 1976, that "tomorrow sex will be good again."

In the spirit of Alvin Tofflers' Future Shock, a social critique of our obsession with choice, and how it contributes to anxiety, dissatisfaction and regret. Whether we're buying a pair of jeans, ordering a cup of coffee, selecting a long-distance carrier, applying to college, choosing a doctor, or setting up a 401K, everyday decisions have become increasingly complex due to the overwhelming abundance of choice with which we are presented. In The Paradox of Choice, Barry Schwartz explains why too much of a good thing has proven detrimental to our psychological and emotional well-being. In accessible, engaging, and anecdotal prose, Schwartz explains how a culture that thrives on the availability of constantly evolving options can also foster profound dissatisfaction and self-blame in individuals, which can lead to a paralysis in decision making and, in some cases, depression. With the latest studies on how we make choices in our personal and professional lives, Schwartz offers practical advice on how to focus on the right choices, and how to derive greater satisfaction from choices that we do make.

The bestselling book on childhood trauma and the enduring effects of repressed anger and pain Why are many of the most successful people plagued by feelings of emptiness and alienation? This wise and profound book has provided millions of readers with an answer—and has helped them to apply it to their own lives. Far too many of us had to learn as children to hide our own feelings, needs, and memories skillfully in order to meet our parents' expectations and win their "love." Alice Miller writes, "When I used the word 'gifted' in the title, I had in mind neither children who receive high grades in school nor children talented in a special way. I simply meant all of us who have survived an abusive childhood thanks to an ability to adapt even to unspeakable cruelty by becoming numb.... Without this 'gift' offered us by nature, we would not have survived." But merely surviving is not enough. The Drama of the Gifted Child helps us to reclaim our life by discovering our own crucial needs and our own truth.

¿Dónde están las mujeres en el mundo del arte? ¿Que papel tienen? ¿Cómo se ha trasmitido su historia? ¿Cuántas mujeres artistas sabrías enumerar? ¿Has visto muchas de sus obras expuestas en museos? Helena Sotoca es la creadora de Femme Sapiens, una cuenta de Instagram que recorre la Historia del Arte con perspectiva de genero y un humor muy sagaz. Con ironía, sátira y un punto de vista feminista, la autora reflexiona sobre cuestiones como el arte, la mujer y su papel en la cultura, los cánones de belleza o la sexualidad femenina, de una manera insumisa y didáctica a partes iguales.

A distinguished psychiatrist from Martinique who took part in the Algerian Nationalist Movement, Frantz Fanon was one of the most important theorists of revolutionary struggle, colonialism, and racial difference in history. Fanon's masterwork is a classic alongside Edward Said's Orientalism or The Autobiography of Malcolm X, and it is now available in a new translation that updates its language for a new generation of readers. The Wretched of the Earth is a brilliant analysis of the psychology of the colonized and their path to liberation. Bearing singular insight into the rage and frustration of colonized peoples, and the role of violence in effecting historical change, the book incisively attacks the twin perils of post-independence colonial politics: the disenfranchisement of the masses by the elites on the one hand, and intertribal and interfaith animosities on the other. Fanon's analysis, a veritable handbook of social reorganization for leaders of emerging nations, has been reflected all too clearly in the corruption and violence that has plagued present-day Africa. The Wretched of the Earth has had a major impact on civil rights, anticolonialism, and black consciousness movements around the world, and this bold new translation by Richard Philcox reaffirms it as a landmark.

Since its original publication in 1955, this first nonfiction collection of essays by James Baldwin remains an American classic. His impassioned essays on life in Harlem, the protest novel, movies, and African Americans abroad are as powerful today as when they were first written. —back cover

Are African-Americans still slaves? Why can't Black folks get together? What is the psychological consequence for Blacks and Whites of picturing God as a Caucasian? Learn to break the chains of your mental slavery with this new book by one of the world's outstanding experts on the African-American mind.

A widely read classic exposition of the history of Africans on the continent—and the people of African descent in the United States and in the diaspora—this well researched analysis details the development of civiliza

What Moves at the Margin collects three decades of Toni Morrison's writings about her work, her life, literature, and American society. The works included in this volume range from 1971, when Morrison (b. 1931) was a new editor at Random House and a beginning novelist, to 2002 when she was a professor at Princeton University and Nobel Laureate. Even in the early days of her career, in between editing other writers, writing her own novels, and raising two children, she found time to speak out on subjects that mattered to her. From the reviews and essays written for major publications to her moving tributes to other writers to the commanding acceptance speeches for major literary awards, Morrison has consistently engaged as a writer outside the margins of her fiction. These works provide a unique glimpse into Morrison's viewpoint as an observer of the world, the arts, and the changing landscape of American culture. The first section of the book, "Family and History," includes Morrison's writings about her family, Black women, Black history, and her own works. The second section, "Writers and Writing," offers her assessments of writers she admires and books she reviewed, edited at Random House, or gave a special affirmation to with a foreword or an introduction. The final section, "Politics and Society," includes essays and speeches where Morrison addresses issues in American society and the role of language and literature in the national culture. Among other pieces, this collection includes a reflection on 9/11, reviews of such seminal books by Black writers as Albert Murray's South to a Very Old Place and Gayl Jones' Corregidora, an essay on teaching moral values in the university, a eulogy for James Baldwin, and Morrison's Nobel lecture. Taken together, What Moves at the Margin documents the response to our time by one of American literature's most thoughtful and eloquent writers.

Book by Davis, Angela Y.

El feminismo es un movimiento político, social y cultural cuya importancia actual es innegable. Pero las ideas feministas han existido desde la Antigüedad y en todo el mundo, enfrentando los discursos misóginos y patriarcales establecidos como dominantes. ¿Dónde, cómo y por qué emergen esas ideas? ¿Cuál es su historia, quiénes son sus protagonistas? Valiéndose de datos, testimonios, anécdotas y textos literarios, Séverine Auffret rastrea el desarrollo de diferentes ideas feministas desde sus primeras manifestaciones hasta la contemporaneidad, desde el antiguo Egipto, pasando por la América precolombina hasta las formulaciones más actuales, incorporando las figuras de las amazonas, Safo, Virginia Woolf, Simone de Beauvoir, Teresa de Ávila, las disidencias sexuales. La variedad y el interés de las muchas problemáticas abordadas, junto con el despliegue de una prosa original, hacen de este libro una obra fundamental para abordar el presente.

Antropocéano es el mar de nuestra era, un mar en el que la especie humana ha dejado su huella. Nuestra forma de vivir repercute en el océano, pero lo que le afecta a él nos afecta también a todos. De forma amena y clara, a través de historias reales y basándose en los estudios científicos más punteros, este libro nos muestra los problemas del mar, qué los ha provocado y las acciones positivas que se están llevando a cabo para remediarlos. Porque no solo es posible revertir algunos de los errores medioambientales que hemos cometido, sino que podemos hacer que el océano se convierta en nuestro mejor aliado para mitigar los efectos del cambio climático. Es hora de despertar y actuar.

Per què els catalans som avui un poble amb un fort sentit d’identitat? D’on surt aquest sentiment de pertinença a un col·lectiu que comparteix llengua, cultura i unes formes d’entendre la societat i el món? Josep Fontana, una de les veus més autoritzades en l’àmbit del pensament, intenta seguir al llarg del temps, des del segle VIII fins a l’actualitat, el procés que ha acabat conformant aquesta identitat. Fontana formula al passat aquelles preguntes que importen a la societat i al temps en què viu i ens en dóna les claus en un llibre senzill i entenedor.

History on a grand scale-an enchanting masterpiece that explores the making of one of the world's most vibrant civilizations A People's Tragedy, wrote Eric Hobsbawm, did "more to help us understand the Russian Revolution than any other book I know." Now, in Natasha's Dance, internationally renowned historian Orlando Figes does the same for Russian culture, summoning the myriad elements that formed a nation and held it together. Beginning in the eighteenth century with the building of St. Petersburg-a "window on the West"-and culminating with the challenges posed to Russian identity by the Soviet regime, Figes examines how writers, artists, and musicians grappled with the idea of Russia itself-its character, spiritual essence, and destiny. He skillfully interweaves the great works-by Dostoevsky, Stravinsky, and Chagall-with folk embroidery, peasant songs, religious icons, and all the customs of daily life, from food and drink to bathing habits to beliefs about the spirit world. Figes' characters range high and low: the revered Tolstoy, who left his deathbed to search for the Kingdom of God, as well as the serf girl Praskovya, who became Russian opera's first superstar and shocked society by becoming her owner's wife. Like the European-schooled countess Natasha performing an impromptu folk dance in Tolstoy's War and Peace, the spirit of "Russianness" is revealed by Figes as rich and uplifting, complex and contradictory-a powerful force that unified a vast country and proved more lasting than any Russian ruler or state.

"For years I have been looking for this book and expected to find a dusty copy in some library which would not let me check it out. It is wonderful to have this book available (rather inexpensively, too). The book does not disappoint: Dr. Burney does not mince words!" - Amazon Reviewer

Although we have heard the music of J. S. Bach in countless performances and recordings, the composer himself still comes across only as an enigmatic figure in a single familiar portrait. As we mark the 250th anniversary of Bach's death, author Christoph Wolff presents a new picture that brings to life this towering figure of the Baroque era. This engaging new biography portrays Bach as the living, breathing, and sometimes imperfect human being that he was, while bringing to bear all the advances of the last half-century of Bach scholarship. Wolff demonstrates the intimate connection between the composer's life and his music, showing how Bach's superb inventiveness pervaded his career as musician, composer, performer, scholar, and teacher. And throughout, we see Bach in the broader context of his time: its institutions, traditions, and influences. With this highly readable book, Wolff sets a new standard for Bach biography.

Throughout his life, renowned and prolific composer Johann Sebastian Bach articulated his views as a composer in purely musical terms; he was notoriously reluctant to write about his life and work. Instead, he methodically organized certain pieces into carefully designed collections. These benchmark works, all of them without parallel or equivalent, produced a steady stream of transformative ideas that stand as paradigms of Bach’s musical art. In this companion volume to his Pulitzer Prize–finalist biography, Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician, leading Bach scholar Christoph Wolff takes his cue from his famous subject. Wolff delves deeply into the composer’s own rich selection of collected music, cutting across conventional boundaries of era, genre, and instrument. Emerging from a complex and massive oeuvre, Bach’s Musical Universe is a focused discussion of a meaningful selection of compositions—from the famous Well-Tempered Clavier, violin and cello solos, and Brandenburg Concertos to the St. Matthew Passion, Art of Fugue, and B-minor Mass. Unlike any study undertaken before, this book details Bach’s creative process across the various instrumental and vocal genres. This array of compositions illustrates the depth and variety at the essence of the composer’s musical art, as well as his unique approach to composition as a process of imaginative research into the innate potential of his chosen material. Tracing Bach’s evolution as a composer, Wolff compellingly illuminates the ideals and legacy of this giant of classical music in a new, refreshing light for everyone, from the amateur to the virtuoso.

Stylized dance music and music based on dance rhythms pervade Bach's compositions. Although the music of this very special genre has long been a part of every serious musician's repertoire, little has been written about it. The original edition of this addressed works that bore the names of dances—a considerable corpus. In this expanded version of their practical and insightful study, Meredith Little and Natalie Jenne apply the same principals to the study of a great number of Bach's works that use identifiable dance rhythms but do not bear dance-specific titles. Part I describes French dance practices in the cities and courts most familiar to Bach. The terminology and analytical tools necessary for discussing dance music of Bach's time are laid out. Part II presents the dance forms that Bach used, annotating all of his named dances. Little and Jenne draw on choreographies, harmony, theorists' writings, and the music of many seventeenth- and eighteenth-century composers in order to arrive at a model for each dance type. In Appendix A all of Bach's named dances are listed in convenient tabular form; included are the BWV number for each piece, the date of composition, the larger work in which it appears, the instrumentation, and the meter. Appendix B supplies the same data for pieces recognizable as dance types but not named as such. More than ever, this book will stimulate both the musical scholar and the performer with a new perspective at the rhythmic workings of Bach's remarkable repertoire of dance-based music.

¿Crees que el porno te está enseñando todo lo que tienes que saber sobre el sexo? ¿Crees que recibir mensajes de contenido sexual es el precio que hay que pagar por tener redes sociales? ¿Tienes complejos sobre tu cuerpo porque no se parece a los que el porno muestra? ¿Crees que compartir fotos, vídeos o gifs sexuales por whatsapp es solo una broma sin más? Te invito a leer este libro y descubrir tu propio camino hacia una sexualidad real, respetuosa, consentida, divertida, placentera e inclusiva. ¿Cómo nos afecta el consumo masivo de porno? ¿Qué estereotipos de hombres y mujeres se presentan en él? ¿Qué te gusta de verdad A TI? ¿Cómo puedes disfrutar libremente del sexo más allá de lo que el porno plantea? Si es seguro, libre y deseado, SÍ ES SEXO. Y si no, ESO NO ES SEXO. Es lo que el porno te quiere enseñar. En los últimos años, la educadora social Marina Marroquí se ha erigido como una de las activistas por la igualdad de género más relevantes en nuestro país. En los cientos de talleres que imparte en institutos de toda España ha demostrado que conecta como nadie con los adolescentes. Así, ha detectado que hoy la gran emergencia es ganarle al porno la batalla por la educación sexual de nuestros jóvenes, que acceden a vídeos y otro contenido pornográfico de forma masiva, gratuita, sin filtro y cada vez a edades más tempranas. Las consecuencias son -Normalización de la violencia sexual. -Reducción de la empatía. -Aumento de las prácticas de riesgo. -Blanqueamiento de la prostitución como algo cool ... Todo bajo la bandera de una supuesta libertad sexual. Marina explica de forma divertida, cercana pero tajante, las trampas de aceptar el relato del -Cómo se utiliza para reforzar los roles de hombres dominadores y privilegiados y mujeres sumisas y menospreciadas. -Cómo va creando un imaginario que normaliza la cultura de la violación, y educa a «manadas» que ni tan siquiera creen que estén haciendo algo malo. -Cómo afecta también a los chicos, cuyo deseo se ha formado viendo porno, y no saben enfrentarse a sus primeras experiencias reales, o no encuentran una excitación en el sexo real. -Cómo se va vendiendo la imagen de la prostitución como algo positivo, en base a una supuesta libertad sexual de las chicas. A través de ejercicios prácticos, reflexiones compartidas y ejemplos que les son cercanos, este libro pretende sembrar una semilla de cambio que es una urgencia promover una nueva sexualidad sana, basada en el respeto y que sea libre de verdad.

Renacer es cambiar tu historia. De líder de una banda organizada a investigadora. Mariah Oliver, exmiembro y fundadora de la Nación Latin King y antigua Latin Queen, nos acerca a su historia personal, así como a la raíz del problema que lleva a miles de jóvenes, en todo el mundo, a buscar en las pandillas callejeras su lugar en el mundo. «Entrar en la cárcel es duro, obviamente, pero salir no es un camino de rosas. Mientras cualquiera puede ponerse en el lugar de quien entra en prisión y lo que eso supone, se nos hace más difícil, en general, entender qué puede haber de malo en ser libre de nuevo. Yo ni siquiera soy un buen ejemplo de esa situación, porque apenas pasé allí unos meses; sin embargo, incluso en ese corto periodo de tiempo, algo ha cambiado fuera, y todo te ha cambiado por dentro. Has sentido cosas que no habías sentido nunca y le has visto las costuras al sistema. No hay retorno a la vida de «antes de»». «El libro que el lector tiene en sus manos es mucho más que un testimonio autobiográfico de primer también es la primera página de un tratado teórico sobre la situación de las mujeres en las bandas. Ojalá el testimonio de Maverick/María no caiga en saco roto y sirva como toque de alerta sobre las políticas que se están llevando a cabo. Aunque no sirva para eso, se trata de un testimonio literario de gran valor que, sin duda alguna, atrapará al lector». Carles Feixa, IP del proyecto TRANSGANG

En los últimos años, una nueva teoría de género se va imponiendo internacionalmente como marca de progresía en medios de comunicación, artículos académicos, encendidas discusiones en las redes sociales, incluso en leyes o en proyectos de ley. Esta teoría abandona la distinción entre sexo (biológico) y género (cultural) que ha servido al feminismo para luchar contra los prejuicios y la discriminación de las mujeres. El objetivo proclamado es conseguir la inclusión plena de las personas transexuales. Cada vez más gente idealista la apoya. Pero ¿es realmente esa la finalidad que le da su impulso arrollador? De lectura imprescindible para el debate en torno a nuestro presente y futuro, este libro de estilo directo y claro es fruto de una exhaustiva investigación de Kajsa E. Ekman. La conocida autora sueca sostiene que asistimos a una reacción patriarcal que, utilizando de manera fraudulenta un lenguaje feminista, favorece intereses económicos, fomenta el retorno de la heterosexualidad obligatoria y de los viejos roles de género y prepara el recorte de las conquistas de igualdad duramente conseguidas por las mujeres.

Now available in a gorgeous hardcover slipcase edition, this "object d'art" will be sure to add grace and elegance to tea shelves, coffee tables and bookshelves. A keepsake enjoyed by tea lovers for over a hundred years, The Book of Tea Classic Edition will enhance your enjoyment and understanding of the seemingly simple act of making and drinking tea. In 1906 in turn-of-the-century Boston, a small, esoteric book about tea was written with the intention of being read aloud in the famous salon of Isabella Gardner, Boston's most notorious socialite. It was authored by Okakura Kakuzo, a Japanese philosopher, art expert, and curator. Little known at the time, Kakuzo would emerge as one of the great thinkers of the early 20th century, a genius who was insightful, witty—and greatly responsible for bridging Western and Eastern cultures. Okakura had been taught at a young age to speak English and was more than capable of expressing to Westerners the nuances of tea and the Japanese Tea Ceremony. In The Book of Tea Classic Edition, he discusses such topics as Zen and Taoism, but also the secular aspects of tea and Japanese life. The book emphasizes how Teaism taught the Japanese many things; most importantly, simplicity. Kakuzo argues that tea-induced simplicity affected the culture, art and architecture of Japan. Nearly a century later, Kakuzo's The Book of Tea Classic Edition is still beloved the world over, making it an essential part of any tea enthusiast's collection. Interwoven with a rich history of Japanese tea and its place in Japanese society is a poignant commentary on Asian culture and our ongoing fascination with it, as well as illuminating essays on art, spirituality, poetry, and more. The Book of Tea Classic Edition is a delightful cup of enlightenment from a man far ahead of his time.

From the internationally acclaimed author of some of this century's most breathtakingly original novels comes this posthumous collection of thirty-six literary essays that will make any fortunate reader view the old classics in a dazzling new light. Learn why Lara, not Zhivago, is the center of Pasternak's masterpiece, Dr. Zhivago, and why Cyrano de Bergerac is the forerunner of modern-day science-fiction writers. Learn how many odysseys The Odyssey contains, and why Hemingway's Nick Adams stories are a pinnacle of twentieth-century literature. From Ovid to Pavese, Xenophon to Dickens, Galileo to Gadda, Calvino covers the classics he has loved most with essays that are fresh, accessible and wise. Why Read the Classics? firmly establishes Calvino among the rare likes of Nabokov, Borges, and Lawrence—writers whose criticism is as vibrant and unique as their groundbreaking fiction.

Alban Berg Quartett, Guarneri Quartett - zwei der vielen beruehmten Ensembles, denen Sonia Simmenauer ihr Leben als Kammermusik-Agentin widmet. Fuer die einen ist das Streichquartett reinste Form der Musik, fuer andere ein abstraktes Gebilde. Dabei handelt es sich um vier Menschen, die Musik machen, miteinander leben, reisen, auftreten, streiten und sich lieben - ein idealer Kampfplatz fuer Neurosen, Beziehungsprobleme und die Auseinandersetzung um anspruchvollste Musik. Sonia Simmenauers Buch ist eine beruehrendem sehr unterhaltsame Beschreibung dieser Lebensform. Neben viel Muik begegnet man darin einigen der bedeutendsten und interessantesten Kuenstler. Und man erfaehrt, wie eine Tochter juedischer Emigranten aus Hamburg auf dem Umweg ueber Paris die deutsche Sprache wiederfand und wie ihr das Leben im Quartett zur zweiten Existenz wurde.

The various kinds and conditions of love are a common theme for Kierkegaard, beginning with his early Either/Or, through "The Diary of the Seducer" and Judge William's eulogy on married love, to his last work, on the changelessness of God's love. Works of Love, the midpoint in the series, is also the monumental high point, because of its penetrating, illuminating analysis of the forms and sources of love. Love as feeling and mood is distinguished from works of love, love of the lovable from love of the unlovely, preferential love from love as the royal law, love as mutual egotism from triangular love, and erotic love from self-giving love. This work is marked by Kierkegaard's Socratic awareness of the reader, both as the center of awakened understanding and as the initiator of action. Written to be read aloud, the book conveys a keenness of thought and an insightful, poetic imagination that make such an attentive approach richly rewarding. Works of Love not only serves as an excellent place to begin exploring the writings of Kierkegaard, but also rewards many rereadings.

Es fácil poner una etiqueta a un niño, pero es muy difícil quitarla. ¿Y si dejamos de etiquetar a nuestros hijos? Simpático, conflictivo, pesado, divertido, perezoso, activo, aventurero, comilón, pesimista, alegre, impulsivo, inconsciente, nervioso, constante, trabajador, holgazán, etc. Utilizamos etiquetas con alegría, las ponemos y nos las ponen, pero a veces eso resulta perjudicial. Cuando etiquetamos a un niño, las expectativas que tenemos acerca de su conducta influyen en la misma, tanto si esta es positiva como si es negativa. En este libro, Alberto Soler y Concepción Roger nos hacen un recorrido por las etiquetas que más habitualmente utilizamos para calificar a los niños y nos muestran cómo podemos educarlos sin caer en esa trampa. Niños sin etiquetas es una guía de crianza con ideas, consejos y múltiples ejemplos para que nuestros hijos puedan crecer siendo niños, disfrutando de cada etapa de sus vidas en un entorno que les posibilite desarrollarse plenamente y recibir de sus padres todo lo que necesiten para ser felices.

In this survey of our current knowledge concerning the cognitive psychology of music, the author—a psychologist and practicing musician—examines the mental processes involved in composing, performing, listening to, and "understanding" music, and shows how such skills are acquired.

Las ninfas, hijas de Zeus y Tetis, viven «en la primera espuma de una fuente, en el destello del surtidor y en el reflejo de las aguas cuando la fronda permite asomar unos rayos de sol. Se bañan curso abajo, dejan estelas con su cuerpo. \[…\] Cantan, tocan instrumentos, danzan. No quieren ser vistas y, pese a ello, los ojos de los dioses y los hombres, ocultos y al acecho detrás de unos matojos, las ansían. Son amadas y, sólo a veces, aman». Claudio Monteverdi, hojeando las Poesie de Rinuccini, se fijó en la canzonetta que, por fortuna, habría de convertirse en el Lamento della Ninfa: una pieza de singular belleza, delicada e inolvidable. Sólo un músico tan transgresor, que aspiraba a lograr la adecuación de la melodía a la emotividad para hacer audible lo silenciado hasta entonces, podía dar voz al desgarro de unas criaturas que viven entre dos mundos pero no pertenecen enteramente a ninguno. Este hermoso texto recorre a través del arte, la literatura y la música la historia de ese mágico encuentro del maestro italiano con su ninfa; un homenaje incomparable al amor por la hermosura.

A classic in gender studies in music Marcia J. Citron's comprehensive, balanced work lays a broad foundation for the study of women composers and their music. Drawing on a diverse body of feminist and interdisciplinary theory, Citron shows how the western art canon is not intellectually pure but the result of a complex mixture of attitudes, practices, and interests that often go unacknowledged and unchallenged. Winner of the Pauline Alderman Prize from the International Alliance of Women in Music, Gender and the Musical Canon explores important elements of canon formation, such as notions of creativity, professionalism, and reception. Citron surveys the institutions of power, from performing organizations and the academy to critics and the publishing and recording industries, that affect what goes into the canon and what is kept out. She also documents the nurturing role played by women, including mothers, in cultivating female composers. In a new introduction, she assesses the book's reception by composers and critics, especially the reactions to her controversial reading of Cécile Chaminade's sonata for piano. A key volume in establishing how the concepts and assumptions that form the western art music canon affect female composers and their music, Gender and the Musical Canon also reveals how these dynamics underpin many of the major issues that affect musicology as a discipline.

A Confession—an essay by Leo Tolstoy on his religious thoughts—shows the great author in process of looking for answers to profound questions that trouble all who take them on: "What will come of my life?" and "What is the meaning of life?" these are questions whose answers were an absolute requirement for Tolstoy. In the course of the essay, Tolstoy shows different attempts to find answers on the examples of science, philosophy, eastern wisdom, and the opinions of his fellow novelists... finding no workable solution in any of these, Tolstoy recognizes the deep religious convictions of ordinary people as containing the key to true answers. The first attempt at its publication took place in 1882 (Russkaya Mysl, No 5), but Tolstoy's work was removed virtually from the whole edition of the journal by Orthodox Church censorship. The text was later published in Geneva (1884), in Russia as late as 1906 (Vsemirnyj Vestnik, No 1).

Una guía imprescindible para las mujeres que quieran abordar su instinto y mejorar su vida a través de una nueva sexualidad más consciente. La revolución sexual fue uno de los estandartes del movimiento feminista de los años sesenta del siglo XX, pero la sexualidad femenina es, todavía hoy, un tema tabú. Por ello, Mireia Darder, con la colaboración de dos especialistas en el tema, nos brinda un libro en el que las mujeres encontrarán la manera de mejorar su nivel de satisfacción con la vida en general y con su vida sexual en particular. Estructurado en cuatro bloques temáticos, que van de la incidencia de la historia del patriarcado al aspecto biológico del sexo femenino, pasando por las creencias y la experiencia sexual tántrica; en este libro, repleto de propuestas prácticas, las lectoras encontrarán respuesta a un sinfín de aspectos fundamentales de su sexualidad.

El mundo del flamenco des del siglo XIX a nuestros días. En las letras del flamenco hay un poso de rebeldía, fruto de un origen de persecución y marginación. Arte oral, preservado durante mucho tiempo en el seno de las grandes dinastías gitanas andaluzas, se ha transmitido de generación en generación, fundamentalmente en el ámbito familiar y en el barrio. Del duro trabajo en el campo y las noches en vela cantando para los señoritos en las ventas, los flamencos pasaron a los tablaos y los festivales veraniegos, y después a los teatros. Hoy, los profesionales del arte jondo gozan de mayor consideración social que nunca, aunque en el camino se hayan perdido muchas cosas. La crónica de esta evolución la hacen aquí sus propios protagonistas: Antonio Mairena, El Sordera, Farruco, Juan Habichuela, Juan Varea, Rancapino, Fernanda de Utrera, Enrique Morente, Paco de Lucía..., figuras incuestionables del flamenco cuyos testimonios ha recogido Alfredo Grimaldos en este libro que, con ritmo periodístico y rigor en clave de tragicomedia, transita desde la pena de la seguiriya al envolvente compás de las alegrías de Cádiz

Madrid. 20 cm. 530 p. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Colección 'Alianza Universidad', numero coleccion(325). Valls i Taberner, Ferran 1888-1942. Versión. del catalán de Nuria Sales. Bibliografí p. 527-530. Cataluña. Historia. Soldevila, Ferran. 1894-1971. Sales, Núria. 1933- .. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y señales de su anterior propietario. 8420623253

Un manual para ayudar a las familias con hijos que se declaran transexuales En el contexto de la aprobación de una Ley Trans que legaliza la modificación del registro del sexo para los menores sin necesidad de autorización paterna ni consejo médico, muchos padres y madres afrontan una desprotección jurídica de la infancia sin precedentes. Este libro, un complemento del anterior escrito por los autores, Nadie nace en un cuerpo equivocado, viene en auxilio de esas familias perplejas e inquietas. En la accidentada gira de promoción de su primera obra conjunta, durante la cual José Errasti y Marino Pérez tuvieron que afrontar una feroz campaña de acoso por parte de los sectores del transactivismo más intransigentes, los psicólogos se encontraron a menudo con la misma pregunta entre el pú ¿qué se debe hacer cuando aparece en la familia un problema de identidad de género que afecta a un adolescente? Estas páginas dan respuesta a tan difícil cuestión. Con un lenguaje accesible al gran público y lleno de casos prácticos y ejemplos concretos, Mama, soy trans es un manual para las familias cuyos hijos se declaran transexuales y explica cuál es el procedimiento correcto a seguir cuando esto ocurre. Si te preocupa la exposición de tus hijos al contagio cultural de la fiebre transgenerista, este libro te brinda las pautas para dialogar con el adolescente y te enseña cómo rastrear el origen del problema, cómo comprender su manera de sentir y qué significa este tipo de malestares en la sociedad actual. Un diagnóstico más preciso de la cuestión trans sólo es posible si nos sumergimos en las redes sociales consumidas decenas de horas a la semana desde la infancia, si conocemos cómo se reciben los mensajes que se transmiten desde los medios de comunicación y el entorno escolar, y si entendemos la industria y el formidable negocio que se esconde tras estos problemas. Errasti y Pérez cuentan en este libro con la ayuda y testimonio de Nagore de Arquer, una desistidora de la transición de género, que aporta su valiosísimo conocimiento de primera mano sobre las miserias de la autodeterminación de género. El libro, como no podía ser de otra manera, está escrito desde la empatía, la cercanía y el más escrupuloso respeto hacia quienes sufren un problema que cada día afecta a más jóvenes.

La obra tiene como objetivo analizar dos fuerzas sociales en continua acción y reacción. Por un lado la lucha de las mujeres por cambiar su lugar en la sociedad y con ello la propia estructura de las sociedades patriarcales; por otro, las resistencias que tratan de contrarrestar y obstaculizar este cambio.

«La prostitución no se debate, se combate», suele decirse. Pero ¿qué mejor forma de combatirla que hacerlo con argumentos? ¿Cómo, si no, conseguiremos romper con los tópicos y las ideas heredadas que todas llevamos dentro? Allí donde se ha regulado la prostitución, ha aumentado la trata de mujeres y niñas (sí, niñas: según datos de la ONU, tres millones de niñas de entre 5 y 14 años son incorporadas cada año al mercado del sexo). Un sistema que se ceba con las más vulnerables: se calcula que alrededor del 90% de las prostitutas son migrantes pobres. Pero no olvidemos que los consumidores de este mercado son, en su mayoría, hombres: según el CIS, un tercio de los españoles se ha ido «de putas» alguna vez. Y es que la prostitución tiene menos que ver con la libertad de las mujeres para alquilar su cuerpo que con la voluntad de los hombres de pagar por dominarlas. Este libro no es un tratado académico. Es una herramienta de combate para abolir la prostitución que incluye las respuestas de juristas, médicas, psicólogas, profesoras de universidad, políticas, periodistas… Y exprostitutas. Porque nuestras armas son los argumentos; nuestra fuerza, los derechos humanos y nuestra meta, la igualdad.

Tracing the complex history of tempo rubato, this book identifies and traces the development of two main types of an earlier one in which note values in a melody are altered while the accompaniment keeps strict time, and a later, more familiar one in which the tempo of the entire musical substance fluctuates. In the course of his narrative, Hudson ranges widely over western music, from Gregorian Chant to Chopin, from C.P.E. Bach to jazz, quoting extensively from the writings of theorists, composers, and performers. In so doing he not only suggests new ways of approaching the rubato in the music of nineteenth-century composers like Chopin and Liszt, where we expect to encounter the term, but also illuminates the music of earlier and later periods, revealing its use even in the music of that most metronomic of composers, Stravinsky.

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El máximo especialista en secesionismo catalán analiza la historia del separatismo político en Cataluña desde sus comienzos hasta el presente. Estamos ante una flagrante paradoja: desde su aparición en Barcelona en el invierno de 1918-1919, el separatismo político siempre había sido una fuerza minoritaria. A veces muy influyente, pero por razones que fuera de Cataluña no se entendían. Desde 2011 es un impulso de masas que llena avenidas, calles y plazas, domina la vida parlamentaria, desafía al Estado y a los tribunales y parece recoger apoyos en el extranjero. ¿Cómo se ha producido un cambio tan drástico? ¿Cómo unos grupúsculos que hasta hace poco los politólogos no se dignaban analizar se ha convertido en la fuerza que determina los ritmos de la política no solo en Cataluña sino también en España? En Breve historia del separatismo catalán, el reconocido historiador Enric Ucelay-Da Cal nos explica, de modo frío e imparcial, por qué nació el separatismo y cómo se desarrolló bajo la República durante la guerra civil y contra el franquismo. Pero también nos explica su transformación, el modo en que los independentistas hicieron relativa oposición al predominio de Jordi Pujol para llegar a subvertir el autonomismo desde dentro. El resultado es una obra sintética y divulgativa que no deja indiferente.

Vivim uns anys infaustos per a les humanitats, però és ben cert que la cultura sempre ha estat amenaçada per la barbàrie dels qui menyspreen, cofois de la seva ignorància, allò que no coneixen. Avui els bàrbars són els qui troben incompatible el progrés econòmic i les feines «productives» amb l'educació liberal, i és que els nostres contemporanis han preferit—afirma Gregorio Luri—ser feliços i innocents a esforçar-se i ser virtuosos. Defensor aferrissat de les belles lletres, Erasme ens ofereix en aquest llibre un manual d'educació amb tots els ets i uts: els seus consells als pares i als mestres, la seva condemna de les males pràctiques en l'àmbit de l'ensenyament i la seva reivindicació de l'exercici intel·lectual dels infants constitueixen una guia indispensable per defugir la barbàrie.

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Aux bouleversements qui ébranlent le monde arabe et marquent un tournant sans précédent du Maghreb au Machrek. Quel que soit le temps de maturation, quels que soient les écueils que nous savons nombreux, la force de ces évènements et leur impact sont encore inimaginables y compris hors du « monde arabe ». L'histoire emprunte des chemins inattendus, elle se décentre se passe ailleurs que là où nous l'attendions. Nous sommes sûres que désormais, pour les peuples de ces région du monde, comme pour les femmes, rien ne sera plus jamais pareil. « L'initiation à la vie passe par un devenir minuscule. Le minuscule en ce sens n'est jamais ni petit ni objectif : il relève de la subjectivation, et de la rencontre avec son destin. C'est pourquoi n'est pas minuscule qui veut : il faut être Goya, il faut rencontrer Velazquez. » nous dit la philosophe tunisienne Nadia Tazi évoquant des mots de Pierre Michon. Pourtant les textes réunis dans ce livre prétendent à la subjectivation et à la rencontre avec d'autres destins.

Para un puñado de personas hay un fin que justifica sus medios a pesar de ir en contra de lo establecido por ley y de pisotear los derechos humanos de las mujeres. Son los que defienden su deseo extremo de ser padres y madres a costa de explotar el cuerpo y la dignidad del útero que alquilan a mujeres pobres bajo el pretexto de la elección personal. La abogada Núria González destapa los intereses ocultos detrás de términos asépticos como maternidad subrogada, padres comitentes, producto final, donaciones o compensaciones, denunciando la realidad de los vientres de alquiler, padres contratantes, bebés cosificados y mercantilizados y el pago del precio estipulado por una práctica ilegal en España y permitida en solo 12 países de todo el mundo. González se avala del prólogo y el epílogo de dos voces reconocidas internacionalmente como las de la feminista Alicia Miyares y el abogado penalista Manel Ollé. Junto a ellos se deja claro que el “contrato de arrendamiento de útero” es abusivo porque se convierte en un negocio capitalista y patriarcal con consumidores sin ningún tipo de límite, que cosifica a la mujer y también al recién nacido y sella el destino de ambos, separándolos de modo irrevocable.

Hemos querido con el título de este libro dar una réplica irónica al de Judith Butler "El género en disputa", pues si el suyo trataba de poner en cuestión el género, la teoría "queer", que en ella reconoce una de sus autoras paradigmáticas, ha conseguido multiplicar los géneros, generizar el sexo, y difuminarlo bajo una capa electiva. Hoy lo que está en disputa es el sexo, ese que ha dejado el sólido espacio anatómico-biológico constatable en el que permaneció durante centurias para pasar a presentarse cual espectro fluido y mero efecto de normatividad social. Un sexo que, en cuanto concepto, parece proscrito de la academia, confundido permanente –e intencionadamente– con el género en muchas legislaciones. Un sexo del que se afirma incluso que debe ser eliminado de toda documentación. Ahora bien, la desaparición del sexo como criterio constatable administrativo, a efectos jurídicos, sanitarios, estadísticos… tendría efectos lamentables. Así pues, hemos creído que si queríamos reflexionar sobre el marco teórico y científico de la regulación jurídica de la transexualidad, debíamos hacerlo desde una perspectiva amplia, que enlazara con las corrientes de pensamiento que promulgan un cambio de paradigma conceptual; por ello, a fin de centrar el eje del debate titulamos nuestro libro "El sexo en disputa". Y apuntando hacia lo que consideramos una clave para emprender un camino legalmente consistente, añadimos: "De la necesaria recuperación jurídica de un concepto".

Els textos aplegats en aquest volum tenen unitat temàtica i es complementen; però en canvi, no responen tots ells, a l'hora d'elaborar-los, a unes mateixes motivacions i s'hi alterna l'afany de recerca i d'anàlisi amb l'única i exclusiva voluntat de síntesi. El text del primer capítol és la ponència que vaig presentar a les Terceres Jornades del CIEMEN, celebrades del 16 al 23 d'agost de 1978 a l'Abadia de Cuixà, i va ser publicat al volum IV de «Nationalia» (1979). Es tracta d'un intent d'aprofundir en la tesi que sobre els orígens del nacionalisme català vaig exposar, per primera vegada, al primer volum de la Panoràmica del Nacionalisme Català (Edicions Catalanes de París, París, 1975). A més, en la darrera part d'aquesta ponència, he procurat de sintetitzar l'evolució del moviment d'alliberament nacional al Principat en la mateixa línia de replantejament del tema que vaig iniciar en Orígens i evolució del federalisme català (Edicions d'Aportació Catalana, Barcelona, 1970) i que després he desenvolupat, globalment, en els sis volums de l'esmentada Panoràmica i, en determinats aspectes, a Consciència nacional i alliberament (Edicions de la Magrana, Barcelona, 1978). Seguint la mateixa línia, també constitueixen un intent de síntesi, d 'alguns dels aspectes importants d'aquesta temàtica, els altres dos capítols, que estan integrats pels articles que vaig publicar a l'«Avui» entre el 26 de juliol i 1'11 de setembre de l'any passat. La història i el demà, que serveix d'introducció al present llibre, és un article que havia aparegut, també a l'«Avui», el 20 d'octubre de 1977. F. c. (21-2-1980)

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Este es el texto con el que las mujeres que ya no sufrimos por amor vamos a aprender autodefensa estamos hartas de sacrificarnos, de ceder constantemente y de ser complacientes. Ya no queremos príncipes queremos compañeros con los que compartir nuestra vida o un trocito de ella. Para ello tenemos que aprender a establecer límites y llegar a acuerdos que nos permitan sentirnos libres y seguir siendo nosotras mismas. Ahora que sabemos que hay cosas que no se negocian (nuestra salud sexual, nuestra libertad de movimientos, nuestra red afectiva, nuestro derecho a disfrutar de nuestras pasiones y del mismo tiempo libre, el reparto equitativo de las tareas domésticas y de los cuidados...), el mito romántico ya no puede someternos ni esclavizarnos más. Ya sabemos qué es lo que queremos, y lo que no queremos, y ahora vamos a aprender a usar nuestro poder para relacionarnos en igualdad con los hombres. En este libro, además de aprender a negociar desde la no violencia, y a entender las relaciones de poder en la pareja, encontrarás muchas herramientas y ejercicios con los que podrás llevar la utopía a la práctica. El método de la autocrítica amorosa diseñado por Coral Herrera te ayudará a conocerte mejor y a identificar todo lo que tú y tu pareja tenéis que trabajar para poder disfrutar del amor.

El projecte "El fet identitari català al llarg de la història", impulsat pel Centre d'Història Contemporània de Catalunya, té com a finalitat estudiar quins són els trets identitatris catalans, com s'han consolidat i quins han arribat als nostres dies. Es tracta d'analitzar el grau de consciència nacional que els catalans han tingut al llarg dels segles, perquè d'ell ha depès en cada moment el projecte col·lectiu del país i la mena de relació que Catalunya ha tingut amb Espanya. El llibre d'Stefano M. Cingolani és el primer en què es concreten les idees del projecte. L'autor ofereix resposta a la possible influència del substrat anterior al període carolingi; a la formació de llinatges propis per gestionar l'àmbit geogràfic en formació; a la consolidació d'un nom que individualitzi el teritori; a la formació d'un llinatge que assumeixi un paper preeminent acceptat arreu; al debat sobre la frontera, que emmarca una identitat pròpia diferenciada. L'obra de Cingolani és innovadora i no té precedents historiogràfics en el seu gènere.

El encarnizamiento médico con las mujeres es un homenaje a la mujer que enferma y sobrevive a médicos, pruebas, cirugías y medicamentos excesivos; y a la mujer que, sin estar enferma, se ve sometida a procesos innecesarios, como les ocurre por ejemplo a la mayoría de las embarazadas. Las mujeres deberían rebelarse contra el encarnizamiento médico que padecen. Pero también deben rebelarse los profesionales de la sanidad y los servicios sociales, que conocen bien esa medicina que se ensaña con la mujer. Este libro trata de ser una herramienta de consulta y un instrumento de análisis crítico y riguroso, pero al alcance de todos. En sus páginas estudiamos con detalle 50 ejemplos del maltrato que sufre la mujer en manos de la medicina actual

Este diccionario coral e intergeneracional, en el que participan muchas de las figuras señeras del feminismo en España y América Latina, recoge más de ochenta entradas con los conceptos más importantes de la teoría y movimiento feministas que han cristalizado a lo largo de sus tres siglos de historia. Desde sus orígenes en los albores de la modernidad al feminismo de la “cuarta ola”, la teoría feminista ha construido un marco interpretativo con gran capacidad explicativa para dar cuenta de la desventaja social de las mujeres, ensanchado los límites civiles y políticos de las democracias, visibilizando aquellas cuestiones políticas y existenciales reprimidas e introduciéndolas en el debate público. Los conceptos elegidos reflejan un corpus teórico diverso, complejo y transdisciplinar y expresan sus amplios debates, luchas y reivindicaciones pasadas y presentes contra las desigualdades, discriminaciones y violencias sufridas por razón de género. Un diccionario para todos los públicos que muestra también la presencia del feminismo en el ámbito académico y universitario, en los medios de comunicación o en los movimientos militantes, aportando referencias complementarias para ampliar su comprensión. Con él se pretende dar cuenta, de forma rigurosa y pedagógica, de la riqueza del feminismo como pensamiento crítico y herramienta transformadora, mostrando que no hay teoría crítica sin luchas políticas ni luchas políticas sin teoría crítica.

Como movimiento político, el feminismo nace en España en los años 70 sin los referentes que tienen las mujeres en otros países democráticos. Sin pasado feminista reconocible, habiendo sufrido como todo el país la ablación de la memoria, forzadas por una educación retrógada a encajar dentro de una horma de hierro en la que no cabía deseo, placer ni aspiraciones propias, las mujeres tienen que enfrentarse no sólo a las ataduras externas sino, sobre todo, a los estereotipos heredados. Cuando la mujer decide ir a la universidad, ser médico o juez, anteponer su profesión o sus deseos al matrimonio, tener un proyecto propio, la ruptura con la norma casi siempre tiene que hacerla en solitario. Contada en primera persona por una de las pioneras del feminismo español, Amelia Valcárcel, ésta es la historia de una lucha por la paridad que no habla de las conquistas políticas o sociales, sino de aquellas que han permitido a la mujer romper con tabúes, normas o valores que coartan la plena vivencia y expresión de su ser

La violencia de genero ha adoptado multiples formas a lo largo de la historia, unas mas visibles que otras. Las menos visibles han sido, a menudo, las mas insidiosas por actuar bajo diversos ropajes que la han ocultado, envolviendola en discursos de distinta indole, cientifica, moral, psicologica o artistica, activamente op erantes en el seno de la cultura.La literatura, el arte, el cine, la publicidad, los videojuegos y los medios de comunicacion, en general, son intimamente persuasivos por la seduccion de sus representaciones y por la incesante circulacion de los modelos que proponen. Descifrar los discursos que transmiten y que nos han configurado a hombres y mujeres a medida de fantasias de jerarquias y dominio que estallan en violencia cuando tropiezan con un conflicto, es el objetivo de este libro. Responde a la conviccion de que, a pesar de la dificultad de desmantelar concepciones seculares, acuñadas en estereotipos sexuales y de genero que han configurado opresivas nociones de identidad, hay logros indudables que ya estan dando paso a identidades mas plurales y liberadoras.

The attempt to play music with the styles and instruments of its era—commonly referred to as the early music movement—has become immensely popular in recent years. For instance, Billboard's "Top Classical Albums" of 1993 and 1994 featured Anonymous 4, who sing medieval music, and the best-selling Beethoven recording of 1995 was a period-instruments symphony cycle led by John Eliot Gardiner, who is Deutsche Grammophon's top-selling living conductor. But the movement has generated as much controversy as it has best-selling records, not only about the merits of its results, but also about the validity of its approach. To what degree can we recreate long-lost performing styles? How important are historical period instruments for the performance of a piece? Why should musicians bother with historical information? Are they sacrificing art to scholarship? Now, in Inside Early Music, Bernard D. Sherman has invited many of the leading practitioners to speak out about their passion for early music—why they are attracted to this movement and how it shapes their work. Readers listen in on conversations with conductors Gardiner, William Christie, and Roger Norrington, Peter Phillips of the Tallis Scholars, vocalists Susan Hellauer of Anonymous 4, forte pianist Robert Levin, cellist Anner Bylsma, and many other leading artists. The book is divided into musical eras—Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and Classic and Romantic—with each interview focusing on particular composers or styles, touching on heated topics such as the debate over what is "authentic," the value of playing on period instruments, and how to interpret the composer's intentions. Whether debating how to perform Monteverdi's madrigals or comparing Andrew Lawrence-King's Renaissance harp playing to jazz, the performers convey not only a devotion to the spirit of period performance, but the joy of discovery as they struggle to bring the music most truthfully to life. Spurred on by Sherman's probing questions and immense knowledge of the subject, these conversations movingly document the aspirations, growing pains, and emerging maturity of the most exciting movement in contemporary classical performance, allowing each artist's personality and love for his or her craft to shine through. From medieval plainchant to Brahms' orchestral works, Inside Early Music takes readers-whether enthusiasts or detractors-behind the scenes to provide a masterful portrait of early music's controversies, challenges, and rewards.

La prostitución sin maquillaje, una autobiografía.

Daniel Cardona i Civit és una de les figures més mal conegudes del nacionalisme radical català, cosa que sens dubte és sorprenent, considerant la seva influència durant més d'un quart de segle, entre la primera guerra mundial i l'inici de la lluita antifranquista a Catalunya. El primer a comprendre de Cardona és que era un home reticent a presentar-se com a polític: no volia figurar, ni fer un paper públic, no fou orador, ni, per voluntat almenys, un autor que cerca reconeixement. Tanmateix, no és Macià sinó Cardona qui és vertaderament representatiu de la formació d'un separatisme català explícitament polític al moment de la Gran Guerra. Macià es posa al davant del moviment i l'aglutina des de dalt, polint-lo, mentre que Cardona reflexa potser millor les reaccions de base que el feren sorgir en primer lloc. Com a portaveu d'una opció política no electoral i independentista als anys trenta, Cardona esdevingué així el pont de continuïtat real entre el passat i el futur del nacionalisme radical català davant el desastre de 1939.

¿Cómo siente el niño con altas capacidades intelectuales? Los niños con AACC tienen una serie de características que interaccionan de un modo complejo entre sí. Estas características tienen su origen en un elevado potencial intelectual y, también, en una mirada creativa sobre la propia experiencia y en una motivación que mueve la conducta. Si estos niños carecen de esta motivación, sus intenciones se paralizan y bloquean. Asimismo, los niños y niñas con AACC, tienen una sensibilidad desbordante que, si no se canaliza correctamente, puede afectarles. El libro presenta una primera parte teórica, que recoge estas características en cuatro capí sensibilidad, frustración, pertenencia y motivación. La segunda parte del libro son actividades y propuestas didácticas para trabajar en el aula y en la familia estas mismas características.

Nikolaus Harnoncourt ha sido capaz de añadir a su impresionante trayectoria como intérprete y director, un no menos denso e influyente repertorio de escritos y análisis sobre lo que podríamos denominar la «filosofía de la música antigua». Publicado originalmente en 1984, la presente colección de ensayos recoge algunas de las más jugosas contribuciones de Harnoncourt al pensamiento musical de nuestro tiempo. Considerado por muchos como el auténtico «credo» de una de las voces más autorizadas de la interpretación musical histórica, los textos aquí reunidos son una excelente compilación de treinta años de experiencia y reflexión en favor de una mejor comprensión de la música antigua, y muy particularmente la barroca. Una música que nos habla desde un código que el intérprete y el oyente de nuestro tiempo debe conocer para comprender cabalmente el «discurso sonoro» de cada época.

En esta obra el lector conocerá las principales etapas de la historia del continente africano: la prehistoria, con la aparición de los primeros homínidos en África; los tiempos antiguos, donde se observan similitudes culturales entre el Antiguo Egipto y las sociedades subsaharianas; los siglos oscuros, el período menos conocido de la historia africana; la era de los imperios o época clásica africana, en la que se erigieron grandes imperios cuya fama llegó hasta Europa; la era del contacto occidental o período predador, caracterizada por el tráfico de esclavos y por la militarización de las sociedades africanas; el período colonial y, finalmente, el período independiente, con la gran disyuntiva entre tradición y modernidad que incidirá en el devenir de los nuevos estados del continente. A través de una narración amena, alejada del academicismo habitual, el lector conocerá episodios de la historia africana que muy probablemente desconozca. Se han seleccionado los temas que más pueden interesar al público general y se han desechado aquellos, como las discusiones historiográficas o la enumeración de fechas, que suelen pertenecer al ámbito académico. El libro, además, derrumbará algunos estereotipos como el que se refiere a un continente sin historia, detenido en el estadio tribal. La historia africana es dinámica, continua, con altos y bajos, con períodos de esplendor y decadencia, y su conexión con el resto del mundo es más grande de lo que se suele pensar. La historia mundial no sería la misma sin África y África no sería lo que es hoy sin sus contactos con el resto de la humanidad. En estas páginas el lector encontrará una historia que jamás le han explicado y que, sin duda, cambiará su manera de ver el mundo.

Robert Schumann escribió este libro en 1848 como parte de la obra Album for the Young. Estos consejos siguen siendo hoy en día uno de los textos más influyentes para músicos de todas las categorías. Steven Isserlis, uno de los chelistas más famosos del mundo y autor de dos libros sobre las vidas de varios compositores que se han convertido en referencia por su humor y agudeza, ha ampliado el texto con comentarios y consejos de su propia cosecha, actualizando las sabias palabras de Schumann y dándole un giro más práctico, humorístico y profundo que consigue actualizar el texto para hacerlo imprescindible a cualquier persona, de cualquier edad, que quiera ser músico o que simplemente ame la música. Robert Schumann fue un innovador, sus obras anticiparon muchos de los temas que, 150 años después de su muerte, continúan desarrollándose; prácticamente todos los compositores importantes reconocen su influencia e importancia. Pero fue también un innovador en el trato que dispensaba a los niños y jóvenes aspirantes a estudiar música, involucrándose en su educación. Este libro es fiel reflejo de su pensamiento, e Isserlis un magnífico compañero, cuyo interés en fomentar el amor a la música en los jóvenes, y no tan jóvenes, lo desarrolla en conciertos, clases y conferencias.

Una genealogía feminista contemporánea. Eso es Mujeres de frente. Un libro en el que Nuria Coronado Sopeña, reconocida periodista de nuestro país, habla de tú a tú con 20 feministas españolas y latinoamericanas para desgranar la desigualdad estructural que padece la mitad de la población. Todas ellas señalan a través de sus voces que ser mujer es ser ciudadana de segunda categoría porque la igualdad real, por más que se diga, es solo teoría. Basta asomarse cada día al balcón de la realidad para comprobar cómo la violencia de género, la justicia patriarcal, la cosificación, la prostitución, los vientres de alquiler, la pornografía, la brecha de género, los cuidados…y tantos y tantos aspectos, siguen doliendo a quienes sostienen el mundo. Tras abordar en su anterior libro Hombres por la Igualdad, el lugar de los aliados en la lucha feminista, ahora escribe con la idea de no dar ni un paso atrás en todos los derechos conseguidos. Por eso conversa con Coral Herrera, Ana de Miguel, Marta Nebot, Kika Fumero, Pilar Llop, Marina Marroquí, Minou Tavarez, Towanda Rebels, Lorena Morales, Sonia Vivas, Luz Almeida, Teresa Peramato, Nuria Varela, Yolanda Dominguez, Laura Nuño, Laura Freixas, Teresa Palahí, Pamela Palenciano, Lucia Mbomio y Lydia Cacho. "No podemos seguir siendo invisibilizadas, denostadas o borradas de la sociedad. Es hora de estar donde nos corresponde, de frente en todo, en primera línea para recuperar la mitad de cuanto nos pertenece en el mundo. Ni queremos, ni vamos a seguir estando a la sombra de una sociedad patriarcal que nos quiere solo para servirla", explica la autora. Además, el libro está prologado por Ana Pardo de Vera (directora de Público), epilogado por Cristina Villanueva Ramos (periodista presentadora de noticias de La Sexta y escritora) y con presentación de Silvia Gil Cerdá, comandante de la Guardia Civil. La portada es obra de la reconocida ilustradora Vera Yin Yang.

DIALECTICA DE LA SEXUALIDAD. GENERO Y SEXO EN LA FILOSOFIA CONTEMPORANEA

"Una original interpretación teológica de la música de Mozart que permitirá al lector dar un nuevo sentido al pensamiento creador musical del compositor. Este libro aborda, desde una hermenéutica teológica, los años de madurez humana y musical de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. El enfoque se desarrolla en dos partes. En la primera, se buscan ±las trazas de la Trascendencia» (Hans Küng) en el lenguaje musical de Mozart, dedicando especial atención a la creación dramática y religiosa. Se disciernen así los rasgos principales del ±Dios de Mozart», en el que confluyen su fe cristiana, los elementos de su tiempo y otros de orden biográfico-personal. Todo ello lleva a la segunda parte, el ±Mozart de Dios», donde se reflexiona acerca de la metamorfosis del alma mozartiana como resultado de su actividad creadora. En ella se plantea la dramática y progresiva deconstrucción de un ±Dios imaginario» que da paso a la experiencia de un doloroso vacío, que puede interpretarse como una mística y paradojal plenitud. Fruto de una larga y profunda actividad investigadora, Fernando Ortega nos ofrece en esta obra una original interpretación teológica de la música de Mozart que nos permite adquirir un nuevo sentido en el pensamiento creador musical del excepcional compositor salzburgués."

En este libro la autora defiende la idea de que la incorporación de las muje-res a la ciencia produce una diferencia importante que se expresa a través de modificaciones, tanto en la estructura de las instituciones científicas,como en el proceso de creación de conocimientos, y que estos efectos son más evidentes por la influencia de mujeres que, desde una perspectiva feminista, han aportado una mirada crítica e innovadora al quehacer científico. Muestra que la participación e incorporación femenina actual, forma partede un proceso en el que se enfrentan continuamente dos tendencias, pues ocurre simultáneamente con diferentes formas de exclusión que todavía están presentes en los medios académicos, desde la educación superior hasta las posiciones más altas de poder de la estructura científica. La crítica feminista que la autora desarrolla en los diferentes capítulos del libro, señala que transcurrieron varios siglos marcados por la ausencia de las mujeres en el desarrollo de la ciencia moderna, pero en la actualidad esta situación ha cambiado, y su participación creciente modifica la composición de los grupos científicos tradicionalmente masculinos, que se transforman en comunidades integradas por mujeres y hombres, lo cual constituye en sí mismo un cambio de gran trascendencia institucional, que se traduce además en modificaciones en los puntos de partida, las metodologías, la interpretación de resultados y las teorías para la comprensión de la realidad. Con ello, se ha logrado replantear la imagen tradicional de la objetividad, neutralidad y universalidad de la ciencia, enfatizando cómo se ha distorsionado con supuestos y sesgos sexistas, no sólo en el tratamiento de las mujeres como científicas dentro de las instituciones, sino también en sus aproximaciones teóricas, metodológicas y conceptuales, tanto en las ciencias naturales como en las ciencias sociales y las humanidades, y resaltala necesidad de considerar el contexto social, histórico, político, cultural yde género, haciendo énfasis en que es posible una ciencia con nuevos y numerosos temas de investigación, que reconoce la subjetividad de quienes investigan, en la que se pueden entender desde otra óptica los procesos naturales y sociales.

2024, AÑO SCHOENBERG 150aniversario EstabiografíadevuelveaArnold Schoenbergellugar que lecorrespondeenel canon de lamúsica occidental. «El libro de Sachs es excelente». Félix de Azúa, El País «Unaobra deinmenso valor paracualquiera quedeseeentenderaestegigante de lamúsica. Lasinceridad de Sachs,comosinossusurrara aloídoduranteelintermedio de unconcierto, esrefrescante». John Adams, The New York Times Book Review El compositor estadounidense de origen austriaco Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) fue un icono internacional en su época. Su sistema dodecafónico se consideraba el futuro de la música. Hoy las principales orquestas rara vez tocan sus obras, y su nombre es recibido con apatía, cuando no con antipatía. Este libro, que en ningún momento pierde de vista al lector no especializado, es una apasionada defensa de Schoenberg, compositor de algunas de las obras más intimidatorias jamás escritas y cuya vida -con sus facetas de pintor, compositor, profesor, judío exiliado, escritor y pensador- puede entenderse como un gran relato de la cultura occidental del siglo XX. Harvey Sachs muestra cómo el músico se rebeló contra la tradición, luchó por ser aceptado en el contexto de las calamidades de su época, desafió a sus críticos -entre ellos los nazis, que calificaron su música de degenerada\- y se enfrentó constantemente al antisemitismo, que acabó precipitando su huida de Europa a Los Ángeles. Sintetizando el exceso wagneriano con la contención brahmsiana, Schoenberg generó sin embargo una onda expansiva que nunca se calmó del todo y, como Sachs argumenta con fuerza, acercarse a él y a su obra es indispensable para cualquier persona interesada en el pasado, el presente y el futuro de la música occidental. La crítica ha «Sachs combina una ágil biografía con un análisis muy accesible de las obras de Schoenberg». The NewYorker «Recomendable para cualquier persona interesada en la obra de Schoenberg, en especial las que se sientan incapaces de descifrar su música. Pese a sus décadas de posguerra en California, Schoenberg nunca escapó de las pesadillas de lo que entonces era un Viejo Mundo desquiciado y sangriento. La excelente investigación de Sachs debería inspirar una nueva comprensión de su vida y su obra». The Wall StreetJournal «Brillante. Una guía concisa de la vida y la obra de Schoenberg, que hace accesible su música a un público más amplio.

En la actualidad, numerosas enfermedades y otros trastornos de la salud de las mujeres tienen una causa ambiental. Si bien los hombres también se ven afectados, crecientes evidencias científicas muestran que el cuerpo de las mujeres es aún más vulnerable a la contaminación existente en el medio doméstico y en el laboral. La contaminación puede llegarnos a través de muchas vías, principalmente del aire, el agua, los alimentos, los cosméticos, los campos electromagnéticos, etc. En la línea de la preocu­pación feminista por la salud que iniciara el Colectivo de Mujeres de Boston en el último tercio del siglo xx, la conocida endocrinóloga Carme Valls-Llobet proporciona valiosa información científica y concluye cada uno de los capítulos con una serie de consejos de prevención que van desde las medidas individuales que podemos adoptar en nuestra vida cotidiana hasta las políticas públicas que habría que implemen­tar.

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R.— Oye, Vanesa, ¿de qué dirías tú que va este libro? V.— Va de ser una madre, por ejemplo, la madre que tú eres Rebeca y la que soy yo y de lo potente que es ese lugar cuando una se libera de las ideas recibidas de qué es «ser madre» o de la maternidad, en general, y se pone a pensar sobre todo tipo de asuntos. R.— No es, por tanto, un conjunto de tesis sobre la maternidad escrito por «expertas», sino un diálogo que plantea preguntas desde la experiencia vivida, un poco al estilo de Sócrates, que no sabía nada, pero preguntaba mucho. V.— Eso creo yo también, que no puede haber «expertas» en maternidad ni siquiera «madres expertas», sino madres esforzadas por reflexionar y actuar desde esa experiencia vivida como madres, que continúa siendo disimulada y denostada socialmente. R.— ¿Hay entonces una cierta reivindicación de la maternidad? ¿Una apuesta por devolverle el valor negado y defender, desde el feminismo, la experiencia materna y lo que ella tiene que enseñar al conjunto de la sociedad? V.— ¡Sin duda! Pero no tanto para valorarla desde los parámetros sociales que la desprecian, sino para atreverse a crearlos. R.— Dos madres buscando un nuevo orden de cosas ¿Te imaginas que van ellas y lo encuentran?

Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at Kenyon College. The speech is reprinted for the first time in book form in THIS IS WATER. How does one keep from going through their comfortable, prosperous adult life unconsciously? How do we get ourselves out of the foreground of our thoughts and achieve compassion? The speech captures Wallace's electric intellect as well as his grace in attention to others. After his death, it became a treasured piece of writing reprinted in The Wall Street Journal and the London Times, commented on endlessly in blogs, and emailed from friend to friend. Writing with his one-of-a-kind blend of causal humor, exacting intellect, and practical philosophy, David Foster Wallace probes the challenges of daily living and offers advice that renews us with every reading.

Los textos sobre música recogidos en este volumen revelan una vez más al genial autor suizo como un maestro de la sutileza, la polifonía y el permanente cuestionamiento vital. «Cuando no escucho música, me falta algo, pero cuando la escucho es cuando de verdad me falta algo. Esto es lo mejor que sé decir sobre la música». Para Robert Walser, la música no fue solo algo bello y auténtico, sino también algo increíblemente subversivo que, en cuanto distinto al lenguaje, se oponía a la limitación de las convenciones. De ahí que su obra refleje una gran afinidad con los más variados universos sonoros y su estilo despliegue un muy medido tempo y unas lúdicas cabriolas rítmicas. Los relatos, poemas y textos en prosa aquí reunidos presentan estampas y reflexiones de una asombrosa lucidez sobre el arte musical y los más distinguidos compositores, intérpretes y obras. Pero Walser no sería Walser si su idea de la música no reflejara además su genuino rechazo a cualquier tipo de pompa o exclusividad, potenciando en cambio las facetas más cómicas y cotidianas de ese gran arte que, «con una suave tristeza», amó siempre por encima de todas las cosas.

En 1634, en la Imprenta del Reino de los Austrias, apareca el libro ?Oculta Filosofa? en el que, de un modo un tanto heterodoxo, el prolfico jesuita Juan Eusebio Nieremberg daba razn de la capacidad teraputica de la msica en las dolencias del cuerpo, as como de su valor como medicina del alma. Reelaboracin de la sabidura de los antiguos desde una perspectiva religiosa, el texto nos aparece hoy no slo como una curiosidad histrica de la cultura espaola del s. XVII sino tambin como compendio de una mentalidad que ?tan supersticiosa como erudita?se deja releer sin complejo alguno. Por vez primera se recuperan los captulos ms representativos de este singular viaje por la curacin del alma a travs de la msica.

"Es hora de confesar que el amor no es únicamente un factor imperioso de la naturaleza, una fuerza biológica, sino también un factor social. El amor es una emoción hondamente social en su esencia. En cualquier estadio evolutivo de la humanidad -bajo formas y aspectos diferentes, cierto- el amor aparece como parte integrante de la cultura espiritual de la sociedad. Incluso la burguesía, que declaraba al amor asunto privado, sabía utilizar sus normas morales para conducir al amor por el camino que mejor servía a sus intereses de clase". ALEXANDRA KOLLONTAY. "Las principales nociones del feminismo de Kollontay podrían así sintetizarse: a) Las mujeres no has sido forjadas a su condición secundaria por la Naturaleza sino por las condiciones sociales; b) el capitalismo es el responsable por el sometimiento de ambos sexos; c) la liberación de las mujeres solo puede asegurarse con la modificación radical del sistema capitalista; d) la clase obrera está siempre más cerca de la liberación de las mujeres debido a su ínsita posición de compañerismo y de solidaridad esencial." DORA BARRANCOS.

Carme Sánchez es sexóloga y hace más de veinte años que atiende pacientes en su consulta. La mayoría son mujeres con una experiencia comú no consiguen disfrutar del sexo. En El sexo que queremos las mujeres la autora recoge casos reales y desarrolla un concepto el sexo es un juego, el juego de los adultos. Este libro te ayudará a replantear tu visión de la sexualidad, a restarle ansiedad y a saber qué quieres y cómo lo quieres. Sintonizar con tu cuerpo y conocerlo a fondo para disfrutar—ya sea a solas o en compañía, tengas la edad que tengas y sea cual sea tu orientación sexual—es la premisa básica. «Carme Sánchez entierra un pensamiento que sobre sexo, nada queda por aprender. ¡Mentira!» —Anna Alós «Solitarios sexuales, deseo activo, la metáfora del aeropuerto, polvos con nombres de ciudades, sexo de pasillo o mantener correspondencia con la propia vagina o el clítoris son algunas de las propuestas excitantes de este libro.» —Rita Abundancia «Las anécdotas y casos prácticos que salpican el libro, lejos de restarle rigor científico, vienen a enriquecer el texto y a darle un toque muy personal. Este libro nos recuerda, entre otras cosas, que la sexualidad es el modo en que juegan los adultos y que las mujeres la viven, piensan y sienten de un modo diferente a los hombres.» —Eva Carnero «A pesar de las triples jornadas, las mujeres tenemos el derecho de liberarnos y disfrutar de nuestro tiempo y nuestro cuerpo. Sin culpas y sin prisas.» —Marta Naval

Premio de la Asociación Americana de Compositores a la Mejor Biografía Clara Schumann fue una de las artistas más importantes del siglo XIX. Niña prodigio, concertista aclamada, compositora y profesora, desafió las normas de su tiempo para labrarse una carrera propia que la situó entre las figuras más relevantes del Romanticismo musical. En esta galardonada biografía, documentada a partir de fuentes inexploradas hasta la fecha, la musicóloga Nancy B. Reich nos acerca a la intimidad de la pianista alemana abordando los principales ejes de su vida y obra. Por un lado, seguimos de cerca a la mujer, desde sus primeros años como niña prodigio, pasando por su matrimonio con Robert Schumann, hasta el final de su vida, convertida en una artista de renombre mundial. Por otro, Reich ahonda en los cuatro grandes temas que, más allá del vínculo musical con el propio Schumann, explican la trascendencia subyacente a la artista: su relación intelectual con Johannes Brahms y otros contemporáneos, su trabajo e influencia como compositora y concertista, y su éxito como profesora. Este retrato, rico y sensible, nos revela a una mujer de un carácter y talento excepcionales, que se liberó del yugo de su padre, que quiso construir una trayectoria profesional a pesar de ser esposa y madre, y que tuvo que lidiar con la enfermedad y muerte de su marido mientras cultivaba su carrera y se hacía cargo de siete hijos. Una artista que, por derecho propio, se ganó el respeto y la admiración de sus contemporáneos. En palabras de la autora, «la historia de una mujer de gran talento, que luchó contra la adversidad y sobrevivió». Clara Schumann. La artista y la mujer, traducida por primera vez al castellano, es una celebración del talento y la perseverancia de una gran artista injustamente tratada por el canon musical; un testimonio inspirador de una mujer que, en un mundo donde ellas quedaban relegadas a ser el ángel del hogar, alcanzó el éxito y dejó, a su paso, un importante legado cultural. «El mejor estudio que existe sobre Clara Schumann», New York Times Book Review «Reich ha escrito una biografía bien documentada que profundiza en una de las mayores artistas del siglo XIX», Classical Music Guide Forums

La memòria nacional de Catalunya. Com hem arribat a ser qui som? Sota la direcció de Borja de Riquer, un llibre d'història rigorós i alhora divulgatiu que ofereix un compendi de tots els elements ―més de dos-cents― que encarnen la memòria col·lectiva, el patrimoni material i immaterial dels catalans i configuren la seva identitat. A tall d' la senyera, la sardana, els Segadors, la diada de l'11 de Setembre, la Masia, el monestir de Montserrat, la llegenda del comte Arnau, Sant Jordi, el Barça, la llengua catalana, el setge de 1714, els Jocs Olímpics, l'Empordà, la Terra Ferma són referents indiscutibles del nostre imaginari col·lectiu.

Quinze ans après son enregistrement des Suites de Jean-Sébastien Bach, Jean-Guihen Queyras livre pour la première fois par écrit ses réflexions sur l'Everest des violoncellistes. Au fil du temps, les Suites sont devenues le répertoire qu'il a le plus défendu au concert, tantôt à la faveur d'intégrales, parfois augmentées de pièces contemporaines, tantôt dans un spectacle conçu par la fameuse chorégraphe Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker. Bach est aussi devenu la pierre angulaire de son enseignement. Comment donner en partage ces oeuvres exigeantes pour violoncelle seul, avec une flamme sans cesse renouvelée ? Au travers de conversations avec Emmanuel Reibel, ce musicien passionné dévoile une série de souvenirs personnels, tout en livrant de pénétrantes analyses et de précieux conseils d'interprétation.

«Intentemos en primer lugar representarnos el tiempo tal como lo vivimos en nuestra vida cotidiana, cuando no pensamos en él». Así empieza este extraordinario libro, en el que Jeanne Hersch se pregunta sobre la intersección entre este tiempo, el tiempo vivido, y el «tiempo de la naturaleza», aquel que se organiza en una recta ordenada, convencida de que de la superposición de estos dos tiempos deriva la complejidad y el carácter problemático de la condición humana. Y la música, ¿trasciende el tiempo? ¿Qué tiene de efímero y qué de permanente? ¿Es una negación de lo irreversible? ¿O es la música el antiguo eco de cuando éramos espontáneos, el claro abierto en la urgencia de la realidad?

Negar la existencia del pueblo de Palestina fue premisa fundamental del movimiento sionista que pretendió no solo ocultar su existencia sino hasta el recuerdo de que había existido. Pero lo que existe deja huella. Por mucho que se intente borrar, la huella de aquella Palestina que fue, la de aquellas gentes que serían expulsadas de su tierra y sus vidas en 1948, permanece en el hueco que dejó su ausencia. Y asoma en las ruinas de una aldea cuyo nombre ya no figura en los mapas, en el dibujo de un paisaje de infancia perdido, en la letra de una canción o en las fotografías de un álbum familiar. Este libro muestra fotografías que son huellas de aquella existencia que se quiso borrar. No es un ejercicio de nostalgia, sino de afirmación. Con fotografías contra el olvido.

Fa tan sols unes dècades donar una bufetada al fill era considerat un gest educatiu; o assetjar una dona, una manera de mostrar-li interès. Ara, en canvi, és vist com una violència intolerable que provoca un fort sentiment de rebuig. Les nostres emocions depenen dels nostres pares i de la societat on vivim. Sí, dels nostres pares i de la cultura que ens envolta heretem no només alguns trets físics, idees i costums, sinó també allò que sentim. ¿Quantes vegades d’uns pares extremament exigents surt un fill angoixat? Les emocions són un llegat invisible que absorbim i que dirigeix la nostra vida sense que ens n’adonem. L’HERÈNCIA EMOCIONAL explica d’una manera reveladora quins són aquests llaços familiars i socials que condicionendes de la infància els nostres sentiments. A través de 50 històries de personatges com Cervantes, Abraham, Dalí, Freud, Franco, Madame Bovary o Joan Sales entenem amb claredat quina ha estat l’evolució d’aquesta herència. Actualment, tant nens com adults estem passant del «jo t’obeeixo però tu em protegeixes» al «jo no he de sentir el que tu esperes que senti». I és que, com més conscients siguem dels nostres sentiments més autèntics, més assumirem que tots som vulnerables. I que l’empatia ens fa forts i més lliures.

Autora de FEMINISMO TERAPÉUTICO, que ha vendido más de 5.000 ejemplares. . Una obra de plena actualidad que llamará la atención mediática por su originalidad. . Un título sugerente que remite a UNA HABITACIÓN PROPIA de Virginia Woolf, icono feminista. Para poder escribir ficción, decía el icono feminista Virginia Woolf, una mujer necesita dinero y una habitación propia. Sin esa independencia económica, no hay posibilidad de disfrutar de un espacio físico y simbólico desde el que expresar la propia voz. Valiéndose de la poderosa metáfora de Virginia Woolf, María Fornet integra psicología y feminismo para acompañar a las mujeres en la construcción de una vida de abundancia. Querer no siempre es poder, nos recuerda María Fornet, especialmente en el caso de las mujeres, pero sí es el primer paso para pasar a la acción. Podemos trabajar nuestra psicología y entender qué nos impide avanzar para ponerle remedio. Podemos superar los bloqueos, traspasar los límites que nos hemos -y nos han- impuesto. "Una mansión propia" aúna las herramientas de la psicología y el feminismo para que las lectoras sean capaces de imaginar una gran vida y luego crearla. Una vida que incluya abundancia, dinero, éxito profesional, liderazgo y poder personal, siempre teniendo presente que no todas pueden y eso es una realidad.

¿Son los partos como aparecen en las películas? Muchas de nosotras hemos llegado a creer que si. En este libro la autora, que lleva años trabajando como profesora de preparación al parto, explora las implicaciones de la cultura sobre los cuerpos y decisiones de las mujeres en sus partos. Una profunda mirada feminista al cine, la obstetricia y su mala relación con las mujeres. Mujeres de película, partos de ciencia ficción es una revisión de la relación existente entre feminismo, violencia obstétrica, cultura y activismo. Un análisis que nos invita a reflexionar sobre la situación actual del parto en su contexto histórico y cultural.

Ensayo sobre violencia de género y narcisismo perverso en el marco de las relaciones de pareja. Esta obra ofrece una definición clara y sencilla del mecanismo que rige este tipo de el proceso de seducción, la estrategia del perverso, las señales identificativas, la dinámica de la relación perversa, la dependencia emocional, el acoso y la supervivencia. Por su utilidad práctica y su carácter preventivo, está dirigido a mujeres de todas las edades.

El feminismo afronta hoy uno de sus mayores la cuestión trans. En ella los términos “sexo”, “género” y “mujer” son el centro de una agria disputa. Desde la tradición feminista comprometida con la justicia sexual y la igualdad efectiva entre mujeres y varones, Alicia Miyares disecciona la distinción “sexo/género”; el sexo es un dato biológico innegable y el género el conjunto de disposiciones, estereotipos e ideologías que condicionan la desigualdad social sufrida por las mujeres. La doctrina queer/trans impugna tal niega el sexo como categoría biológica, condenándolo a la irrelevancia política y jurídica, mientras afirma el género como una identidad autopercibida y subjetivamente autodeterminada. Ello conduce al peligro de ocultar la opresión femenina como una realidad social, en favor de “políticas subjetivas” de identidad de género. Esta tendencia se refleja en el ámbito legal, comprometiendo el sentido de leyes contra la discriminación por sexo u orientación sexual. Al exponer las conexiones con el transhumanismo, ideología prometeica que augura la intervención total en la condición humana, y sus derivaciones en nuevas formas de misoginia, Miyares propone una renovada argumentación por un feminismo que no diluya el significado tradicional del binomio sexo/género y, por tanto, que no naufrague en un caos de identidades y trampas conceptuales que lo abocan a su fragmentación, enmascaramiento y despolitización. Alicia Miyares es filósofa y escritora feminista. Profesora en la UNED, su último libro publicado es Distopías patriarcales. Análisis feminista del “generismo queer” (2021).

Mi embarazo y parto son míos de Marta Busquets es una guía de derechos para las embarazadas que explica de manera amena y divulgativa nuestros derechos en relación al embarazo y el parto desde una perspectiva teórica y práctica, con el objetivo de que todos los embarazos y partos, al margen de sus circunstancias concretas, puedan ser respetados y empoderadores. Un libro que cubre un vacío ya que en lugar de abordar el embarazo y el parto desde un punto de vista médico o vivencial, se centra especificamente sobre nuestros derechos y opciones. Una guía útil tanto para usuarias como para profesionales.

Lo catalanisme

Autor de una literatura combativa, incansable cuando se trata de denunciar las injusticias y los males del totalitarismo que se vio obligado a sufrir durante los cuarenta años de dictadura de Enver Hoxha, Kadaré ha desarrollado con los años una particular estrategia para denunciar esa tiranía en la que el Estado pone en marcha una estratagema política y sanguinaria que arrastra y aplasta a sus súbditos sin que estos se den cuenta. Las novelas de Ismaíl Kadaré, en las que confluyen la reescritura de los mitos de la tradición clásica, las leyendas populares, las historias fabulosas y los personajes sumidos en mundos complejos y originales en donde se puede rastrear a Dante, Kafka, Cervantes, Homero o Esquilo, convierten a este autor albanés en uno de los escritores más importantes del siglo XX y a su narrativa en una de las más determinantes de este primer tramo del siglo XXI.

'Aquelarre. La emancipación de las mujeres en la cultura de masas' es un libro escrito y diseñado íntegramente por mujeres. En él se analiza el papel de la mujer en los medios de masas: cine, televisión, literatura, radio, prensa, música, videojuegos o publicidad, entre otros. En este recorrido se descubren mujeres silenciadas, se desempolvan obras, se rompen mitos asentados durante años y se reivindica el rol activo de las mujeres (de ayer y hoy) en la lucha por sus derechos. El objetivo de este libro es proporcionar una evolución histórica y crítica que ayude a conocer y entender la realidad de las mujeres en la cultura de masas. Además de una herramienta que siente las bases para la concepción de contenidos y contextos igualitarios y sin prejuicios. “La industria cultural y mediática constituye un territorio de conquista para nosotras: la emancipación femenina pasa, indefectiblemente, por transformar la cultura de masas”.

Rare book

Muchos profesores, y casi todos los alumnos, comparten la experiencia cotidiana de no lograr enseñar o aprender música como les gustaría. La educación musical está en una profunda crisis no siempre reconocida, frente a la cual este libro defiende un cambio radical en las formas de enseñar y aprender, que permita superar el tradicional modelo de conservatorio aún vigente en muchas aulas. El libro está centrado sobre todo en la enseñanza de la música instrumental, pero sus aportaciones serán útiles para cualquier persona (ya sea profesor, estudiante, músico o investigador) interesada en mejorar la educación musical en cualquiera de los contextos, cada día más abiertos y diversos, en los que esta tiene lugar. El libro, producto de un trabajo interdisciplinar de músicos, profesores de música y psicólogos durante veinte años, propone situar el foco de la educación musical en los propios alumnos, en su actividad mental y corporal, con el objetivo de ayudarles a gestionar sus propias metas y emociones. Esa alternativa se sustenta en un nuevo marco teórico, pero, sobre todo, en numerosos ejemplos reales, concretos, de cómo llevarlo a la práctica con alumnos de diferentes edades y en distintos contextos. Este nuevo enfoque requiere cambiar también la forma en que conciben su tarea los alumnos y, especialmente, los profesores, lo que exige a su vez repensar la formación de los propios profesores de música, quienes, además de dominar el instrumento, deben ser capaces de guiar a sus alumnos en esa gestión metacognitiva de la comunicación emocional, que constituye el fin último de la música.

Digueu-li Catalunya (originàriament És molt senzill: digueu-li Catalunya) subtitulat Centre i perifèria en la nació catalana, és un llibre d'assaig polític de Josep Guia, publicat per primera vegada l'any 1985. El treball proposa la generalització de l'ús del terme Catalunya per al conjunt de territoris dels Països Catalans, i planteja estratègies de recuperació i reconstrucció nacional basades en la interacció entre centre i perifèria.

Una guía para embarazadas que es a la vez un manifiesto sobre la reivindicación del parto como parte integral del feminismo. Una llamada a la acción matriactivista, un texto escrito desde la sororidad feminista y matriarcal.

A pesar de la conciencia cada vez mayor de la necesidad de una educación más justa y feminista, los varones siguen siendo educados según las pautas del patriarcado. Aún en ambientes considerados progresistas, existe un machismo que impregna lo que se dice, los regalos que se hacen, las responsabilidades que se asignan y cómo se cría a los varones. Este libro ayuda a detectar y combatir esos resabios machistas en la educación, con el fin de formar niños más empáticos, respetuosos y –sí – feministas.

L'autor d'aquesta obra ens adverteix que no es tracta d'una història de Catalunya en el sentit clàssic del concepte sinó, simplement, d'una història "clínica" d'un expert en la clínica humana, aplicada al nostre país. En aquest estudi històric, l'erudició i el rigor s'agermanen amb l'apassionada volença per la terra, en un equilibri que se'ns ofereix com una de les característiques més visibles d'aquesta gran personalitat catalana. Aquest llibre, concebut i escrit durant el seu exili al Regne Unit per donar a conèixer la problemàtica catalana a la societat anglosaxona és, avui, un testimoni vigent del passat per repensar el present.

Barcelona. 20 cm. 189 p. il. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial. Idioma catalán. Soldevila, Ferran 1894-1971. Resum d'història dels països catalans. Edició ampliada a cura de Miquel Coll i Alentorn. Cataluña. Historia. Coll i Alentorn, Miquel. 1904-1990 .. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y señales de su anterior propietario. 8472260437

Das Kapital, Karl Marx's seminal work, is the book that above all others formed the twentieth century. From Kapital sprung the economic and political systems that at one time dominated half the earth and for nearly a century kept the world on the brink of war. Even today, more than one billion Chinese citizens live under a regime that proclaims fealty to Marxist ideology. Yet this important tome has been passed over by many readers frustrated by Marx’s difficult style and his preoccupation with nineteenth-century events of little relevance to today's reader. Here Serge Levitsky presents a revised version of Kapital, abridged to emphasize the political and philosophical core of Marx’s work while trimming away much that is now unimportant. Pointing out Marx’s many erroneous predictions about the development of capitalism, Levitsky's introduction nevertheless argues for Kapital's relevance as a prime example of a philosophy of economic determinism that "subordinates the problems of human freedom and human dignity to the issues of who should own the means of production and how wealth should be distributed." Here then is a fresh and highly readable version of a work whose ideas provided inspiration for communist regimes' ideological war against capitalism, a struggle that helped to shape the world today.