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History
THE LAST THINGS BEFORE THE LAST
By
SIEGFRIED KRACAUER. Concerned with history's affinity to science, to
the arts, and in particular to philosophy, Dr. Kracauer's lucid and searching
discussion deals with such large questions as the nature of historical reality, the
relation between past and present, and historical time. His aim is to bring out
the nature of history as an "intermediary area," beyond the level of mere fact
or opinion, yet inherently provisional.
$7.50
Social Change and History
ASPECTS OF THE WESTERN THEORY OF DEVELOPMENT
By
ROBERT A. NISBET,
University of California, Riverside.
A penetrating
account of social theory and great social thinkers, from Heraclitus and Aristotle
to
Comte and
Marx,
Durkheim and Weber. A sociologist exploring history, Dr.
Nisbet treats the idea of social development within the whole range of Western
culture rather than as a nineteenth-century phenomenon. He concludes with a
critique of contemporary sociological thought.
$6.75
Terror and Resistance
A STUDY OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE
By
E. V. WALTER. A pioneering work in an almost uncharted area of
political idea and practice, Mr. Walter's book explores the paradox of political
terror and explains why a terroristic government destroys part of a community
in order to control the rest. "A very considerable contribution to an under–
standing of one of the dominant problems of our time." - JOHN R. SEELEY,
Dean, Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions
$8.50
Poe and the British Magazine
Tradition
By
MICHAEL ALLEN,
Queens University, Belfast.
"One of the few studies
written during the past ten years that really says something new about Poe. I
bad always suspected that Poe had borrowed a great deal from the British
quarterlies, but I never realized how deeply indebted he was. . . . Allen has
demonstrated th.is debt with great acuteness and insight." - DANIEL AARON,
Smith College
$6.50
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