Between Past And Future

A. C. Grayling

A Defence of Our Intergalactic Common InterestsAs the world's superpowers and corporations jostle for control in space, A. C. Grayling asks: who really owns our planet? 'Grayling brings satisfying order to daunting subjects.' STEVEN PINKER Silicon for microchips; manganese for batteries; titanium for missiles. The moon contains a wealth of natural resources. So, as the Earth's ...

Carlo Masala

A #1 international bestseller from a NATO expert, this deeply researched and chillingly plausible scenario imagines what might happen should Putin defeat Ukraine and not stop there March 2028. Russian troops capture the small Estonian town of Narva and the island of Hiiumaa in the Baltic Sea. After a victorious peace deal in Ukraine, Putin's long-mooted encroachment into the Ba...

O'brien, Phillips Payson

A bold, revisionist study of modern warfare, showing that military victory is rooted not in large armies and decisive battles, but in the full spectrum of economic, political, and social power--"vital reading for anyone grappling with America's uncertain place in today's global order" (Alexander Vindman, New York Times-bestselling author of The Folly of Realism) For nearly two...

Michael Mcfaul

"A history, an analysis, and a set of prescriptions for the greatest geopolitical challenge of our time: the threat to the democratic world posed by China and Russia." --Anne Applebaum, author of Autocracy, Inc. "A monumental account of contemporary geopolitics"--Francis Fukuyama, author of Liberalism and Its Discontents The rise of China, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and th...

Andrew Ross Sorkin

From the bestselling author of Too Big to Fail, "the definitive history of the 2008 banking crisis,"* comes a spellbinding narrative of the most infamous stock market crash in history. With the depth of a classic history and the drama of a thriller, 1929 unravels the greed, blind optimism, and human folly that led to an era-defining collapse—one with ripple effects that still s...

Raj M. Shah / Christopher Kirchhoff

Shortlisted for the 2024 Financial Times Business Book of the Year "An exceedingly important book!" —General David Petraeus, US Army (Ret.), former Director of the CIA "Essential reading for understanding how technology will change the future of warfare." —Chris Miller, New York Times bestselling author of Chip War "Inspiring. A riveting reminder of how hard protecting our nati...

Hannah Arendt

El término «violencia», en su sentido más elemental, refiere al daño ejercido sobre las personas por parte de otros seres humanos. Los experimentos totalitarios del siglo XX ampliaron este uso de la violencia a una escala y una intensidad inéditas en la historia de la humanidad, y es en este contexto donde cabe encuadrar esta obra perenne de Hannah Arendt. Para la filosofía pol...

Hannah Arendt

u003cbu003eA unique and fascinating look at violent political change by one of the most profound thinkers of the twentieth century and the author of u003ciu003eEichmann in Jerusalem u003c/iu003eand u003ciu003eThe Origins of Totalitarianismu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e Hannah Arendt's penetrating observations on the modern world, based on a profound knowledg...

Hannah Arendt

Hannah Arendt, filósofa alemana de origen judío y nombre imprescindible para entender el siglo veinte, estudia en esta obra la cuestión judía y las razones del fenómeno nazi, a partir del juicio que en 1961 se llevó a cabo en Israel contra Adolf Eichmann. ...

Hannah Arendt

More urgent than ever, two landmark essays by the legendary political theorist on the greatest threat to democracy, gathered with a new introduction by David BromwichMore urgent than ever, two landmark essays by the legendary political theorist on the greatest threat to democracy, gathered with a new introduction by David Bromwich"No one," Hannah Arendt observed, "has ever coun...

Hannah Arendt

El presente libro es un penetrante estudio sobre el estado de la humanidad en el mundo contemporáneo, contemplada desde el punto de vista de las acciones de que es capaz. Propone una consideración de la condición humana desde el ventajoso punto de vista de nuestros más recientes temores y experiencias. De ahí que lo que plantea sea muy sencillo: nada más que pensar en lo que ha...

Hannah Arendt

La promesa de la política reúne el conjunto de escritos de Hannah Arendt que realizó a partir de abordar el marxismo (tras la publicación de Los orígenes del totalitarismo en 1951). Desde los tiempos en que Sócrates fue condenado a muerte por sus compatriotas, Arendt analiza los filósofos que han seguido a Platón al construir sus teorías políticas a expensas de las experiencias...