Author: Dylan Riley File Type: epub A historical look at the emergence of fascism in Europe Drawing on a Gramscian theoretical perspective and development a systematic comparative approach, The Civic Foundations of Fascism in Europe Italy, Spain and Romania 1870-1945 challenges the received Tocquevillian consensus on authoritarianism by arguing that fascist regimes, just like mass democracies, depended on well-organized, rather than weak and atomized, civil societies. In making this argument the book focuses on three crucial cases of inter-war authoritarianism Italy, Spain and Romania, selected because they are all counter-intuitive from the perspective of established explanations, while usefully demonstrating the range of fascist outcomes in interwar Europe. Civic Foundations argues that, in all three cases, fascism emerged because the rapid development of voluntary associations combined with weakly developed political parties among the dominant class thus creating a crisis of hegemony. Riley then traces the specific form that this crisis took depending on the form of civil society development (autonomous- as in Italy, elite dominated as in Spain, or state dominated as in Romania) in the nineteenth century. **Review This brilliant comparative study of the rise of fascism in Italy, Spain, and Romania brings Tocqueville and Gramsci into a novel and surprising conversation. It will change the way you think about civil society, fascism, and democracy. William Sewell, University of Chicago Make no mistake, this is much more than comparative fascisms. Dylan Riley not only rethinks and meshes the legacies of Tocqueville, Arendt and Gramsci he sobers us up to the actual history of civil society and democratisation in continental Europe. This theoretical lesson seems still gravely relevant elsewhere in the world today. Georgi M. Derluguian, author of *Bourdieus Secret Admirer in the Caucasus A World-System Biography* Dylan Rileys intelligent study succeeds in opening fresh perspectives. His book ought to be read by everyone interested in fascism. Robert O. Paxton, *New Left Review* [A] highly original book in which, navigating with ease between political theory and historical research, Dylan Riley fruitfully questions the subjacent assumptions of standard interpretations of fascism. His creative use of Toquevillean and Gramscian concepts is fascinating and his arguments are compelling. A must-read in the field of fascism studies. Enzo Traverso, author of *Fire and Blood The European Civil War 1914-1945* Rileys account of the civic foundations of fascism succeeds not only in throwing new light on old questions, but also in redefining the theoretical parameters for understanding fascism. It will change the way we think about fascism in the future. Max Whyte, *American Journal of Sociology* Historical sociology of a high calibre. Mark Mazower, *Financial Times* About the Author Dylan Riley is Professor of Sociology at the University of California Berkeley, and is on the editorial committee of the New Left Review.

Author: Andrea Wulf File Type: mobi bThe acclaimed author of The Brother Gardeners and Founding Gardeners reveals the forgotten life of the visionary German naturalist whose ideas continue to influence how we view ourselves and our relationship with the natural world today.bAlexander von Humboldt (1769 - 1859) was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. His restless life was packed with adventure and discovery, whether climbing the highest volcanoes in the world or racing through anthrax-infested Siberia. He came up with a radical vision of nature, that it was a complex and interconnected global force and did not exist for mans use alone. Ironically, his ideas have become so accepted and widespread that he has been nearly forgotten. Now Andrea Wulf brings the man and his achievements back into focus his investigation of wild environments around the world his discoveries of similarities between climate zones on different continents his prediction of human-induced...

Author: Mark R. Wynn File Type: pdf God and Goodness takes the experience of value as a starting point for natural theology. Mark Wynn argues that theism offers our best understanding of the goodness of the world, especially its beauty and openness to the development of richer and more complex material forms. We also see that the worlds goodness calls for a moral response commitment to the goodness of the world represents a natural extension of the trust to which we aspire in our dealings with human beings. Wynn argues that the goodness of the world provides a glimpse into what we should mean by God. Here, he seeks to recover the mediaeval sense that the goodness of the world offers an image of the goodness of God, not simply in relation to the world, but in itself. This book will be an invaluable read for those interested in natural theology and philosophy of religion.ReviewThis is a clearly written and well informed book... I recommend it as a very thoughtful and helpful exploration, dialectical in the Aristotelian sense.Lawrence Dewan, *The Review of Metaphysics*This is a most attractive as well as quite persuasive book.*Heythrop Journal*A vast amount of research from a wide range of disciplines is surveyed in this book, which by itself makes it worthwhile.Barry Harvey, Religious Studies ReviewThis book offers a sophisticated version of the design argument for Gods existence... is full of interesting ideas and arguments... It offers a fresh look at a familiar kind of argument.*International Philosophical Quarterly*Mark Wynns God and Goodnesspresents the case for Gods existence in a refreshingly original way. This book needs to be taken seriously by both friends and opponents of theism.William Hasker, Huntington College God and Goodness presents a fresh approach, arguing that the goodness of the world echoes the goodness of its source. It makes a case for supposing that the world exists because it is good that it should exist.

Author: Kitty Hauser File Type: pdf