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The Campaign against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters
Technology and increasing levels of education have exposed people to more information than ever before. These societal gains, however, have also helpe...
The Assault from within on Modern Democracy
A contrarian yet highly engaging account of the spread of illiberal and anti-democratic sentiment throughout our culture that places responsibility on...
The Venetian painter known as Giorgione or “big George” died at a young age in the dreadful plague of 1510, possibly having painted fewer than twe...
Tradition and Identity
The Venetian painter Jacopo Tintoretto (1518 94) is an ambiguous figure in the history of art. Critics and writers such as Vasari, Ruskin and Sartre a...
A Beginner's Guide
The fifteenth century saw the evolution of a distinct and powerfully influential European artistic culture. But what does the familiar phrase Renaissa...
And the End of the Venetian Renaissance
Titian is best known for paintings that embodied the tradition of the Venetian Renaissance—but how Venetian was the artist himself? In this study, T...
From Tradition to Individualism
This book examines how sustainability has the potential to transform both the fashion system and the innovators who work within it. Sustainability is ...
he role and future of tactical nuclear weapons in Europe are subjects that sometimes surprise even experts in international security, primarily becaus...
"NATO has been a "nuclear" alliance since its inception. Nuclear weapons have served the dual purpose of being part of NATO military planning as well ...
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was ...
The Assault on Establishment Knowledge and Why It Matters
Since the original publication of The Death of Expertise, the assault on experts has only ratcheted up. Numerous forces have driven the increase, incl...
Irony and Ideal in Sixteenth-Century Beggar Imagery
The Art of Poverty is the first book in English to analyze depictions of beggars in 16th-century European art. Featuring works from Germany, the Low C...
What does the game of golf tell us about life? The game of golf is as much about character as it is about skill. The same is true about life. These th...