Envisions a naturalistic approach to gardening. This book advocates the usage of hardy, locally adapted native and exotic plants that are arranged according to local growing conditions. It includes 112 color photographs by Rick Darke. It is intended for those who wish to know how we have arrived at an understanding of gardens.
Global capitalism is in a profound crisis marked by prolonged economic stagnation and a decaying social fabric. Civil unrest and political turmoil are leading to state collapses, while the planetary ecosystem deteriorates. Millions are displaced due to climate change, corporate land grabs, wars, and persecution. This urgent study by sociologist William I. Robinson offers a comprehensive analysis of capitalism's crisis and humanity's future. Drawing on three decades of scholarship and activism, Robinson applies his original theory of global capitalism to the digital age, revealing how elites hope to reactivate the economy through radical digital technologies and financial strategies. However, this may result in a global police state to suppress mass rebellion as chaos and civil unrest escalate. While the capitalist class might endure for decades, the majority will face dire struggles for survival, leading to widespread suffering. Ultimately, capitalist expansion has a terminal limit, as mass extinction and environmental degradation threaten life. The only viable solution is a radical redistribution of wealth and power to address escalating inequalities, paving the way for an ecosocialism that prioritizes social needs and harmony with nature. This theoretically rich yet accessible study engages scholars and the broader public alike, addressing urgent political issues of our time.
"An original and cutting-edge exposé of the radical transformation of global capitalism now underway, driven by new digital technologies and turbo-charged by the pandemic. Critically-acclaimed scholar and activist William I. Robinson provides shocking data and analysis on the concentration of power and control in the hands of corporate conglomerates, tech giants, mega-banks, and the military-industrial complex. The book documents the extent of unprecedented global inequalities as the mass of humanity faces violent dispossession and uncertain survival. Enabled by digital applications, the ruling groups, unless they are pushed to change course by mass pressure from below, will turn to ratcheting up the global police state to contain the global revolt. If the book issues a dire warning against the emergence of a dystopic digitalized dictatorship it also finds great hope and inspiration in the burgeoning social movements of the poor and the dispossessed as humanity descends into global civil war. While deeply analytical and theoretically sophisticated, the study is written in such a style that it is eminently accessible to a wider public beyond the academy. While the work will satisfy scholars, it is destined to become a companion text to those struggling on the frontlines for global social justice and a more hopeful future."
A timely new edition featuring the brilliant work from among the most inventive minds in illustration and cartoon wizardry. Heath Robinson was one of Britain's most successful graphic artists. His work has had a huge influence on comic art in this country, but also on the image and self-image of the British. As the champion of pragmatic man, Heath Robinson presented a vision of the British as an unflappable, ingenious and slightly demented breed of inventors that persists to the present day. The British are still a nation of garage-haunting amateur engineers who will recognise the inhabitants of Heath Robinson's world, with their pot bellies and pots of tea, archaic faces and sturdily commonsensical approach to the problems of existence. How to hunt tigers by elephant, how to get an even tan, rise with the sun or put out a chimney fire, these and many more pressing questions are answered in the pages of Contraptions. With illustrations salvaged from the family archives and commentary by Heath Robinson expert, Geoffrey Beare, Contraptions is the best possible introduction to the work of one of Britain's great comic talents.
College With Qualitative Analysis (5th Edition) [Dec 01, 1976] William Harrison Nebergall; Frederic C. Schmiodt and Henry F. Holtzclaw Jr.
Autor předkládá systematický rozbor současného globálního uspořádání v oblasti společnosti, ekonomiky a politiky. Svojí filosofickou kritikou vyznačuje možné trajektorie dalšího vývoje.
Pavol Dinka, spisovateľ literatúry faktu a publicista, vo svojej ôsmej knihe prostredníctvom rozhovorov s významnými intelektuálmi - filozofmi, sociológmi, politológmi a ekonómami - skúma smerovanie súčasného kritického myslenia. Názov knihy, Besy kapitalizmu alebo začiatok novej éry?, vystihuje globálny obsah rozhovorov a poukazuje na neutešený stav svetovej civilizácie. Autor sa pýta, či sme v neoliberálnej "spáse" ľudstva alebo na prahu nových spoločenských alternatív voči kapitalizmu. Zmietame sa v krízach, identitárnej panike a nespravodlivosti, zatiaľ čo kódex ľudských práv stráca význam a počet vylúčených narastá. Na druhej strane, bohatstvo úzkej elitnej skupiny sa zvyšuje, pričom si nárokuje dominanciu nad planetou. Existuje nejaké východisko? Autor sa spolu s interviewovanými snaží nájsť odpovede a ponúka čitateľovi pohľad z diaľky, aký majú kozmonauti na Zem, aby sme si uvedomili, že na tej malej bodke prebieha celý život a boj o osud ekonomiky, politiky a kultúry, ktorý závisí len od nás. Toto je rozhodujúce posolstvo knihy.
