Video Audio icon An illustration of an audio speaker. Audio Software icon An illustration of a 3. Software Images icon An illustration of two photographs. Images Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape Donate Ellipses icon An illustration of text ellipses. Love, poverty, and war : journeys and essays Item Preview. EMBED for wordpress. Want more? Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! Hitchens began the nineties as a "darling of the Left" but has become more of an "unaffiliated radical" whose targets include those on the Left, who he accuses of "fudging" the issue of military intervention in the Balkans, Afghanistan and Iraq.
Yet, as Hitchens shows in his reportage, cultural and literary criticism, and opinion essays from the s to , he has not jumped ship and joined the Right but is faithful to the internationalist, contrarian and democratic ideals that have always informed his work. Pages: Excerpt: Christopher Eric Hitchens born 13 April is an English-American author and journalist whose books, essays, and journalistic career span more than four decades.
His confrontational style of debate has made him both a lauded and controversial figure. As a political observer, polemicist and self-defined radical, he rose to prominence as a fixture of the left-wing publications in his native Britain and in the United States.
His departure from the established political left began in after what he called the "tepid reaction" of the Western left following Ayatollah Khomeini's issue of a fatw calling for the murder of Salman Rushdie.
The 11 September attacks strengthened his internationalist embrace of an interventionist foreign policy, and his vociferous criticism of what he called "fascism with an Islamic face.
The first major examination of the New Atheism as a literary phenomenon. Philip Bobbitt follows his magisterial Shield of Achilles with an equally provocative analysis of the West's struggle against terror. Boldly stating that the primary driver of terrorism is not Islam but the emergence of market states like the U.
Unflinching in his analysis, Bobbitt addresses the deepest themes of history, law and strategy. A shocking look at the state of higher education - secular and Christian! The book serves as a vital resource, engaging parents who are looking for a college for their child. Tips for parents when looking at a Christian college to find out what they really believe and teach about the authority of Scripture are included In god is Not Great Hitchens turned his formidable eloquence and rhetorical energy to the most controversial issue in the world: God and religion.
The result is a devastating critique of religious faith god Is Not Great is the ultimate case against religion. In a series of acute readings of the major religious texts, Christopher Hitchens demonstrates the ways in which religion is man-made, dangerously sexually repressive and distorts the very origins of the cosmos.
Above all, Hitchens argues that the concept of an omniscient God has profoundly damaged humanity, and proposes that the world might be a great deal better off without 'him'. Literature and Poverty offers an engaging overview of changes in literary perceptions of poverty and the poor. Part I of the book, from the Hebrew Bible to the French Revolution, provides essential background information. David Aberbach uses literature — from the Bible, through Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Zola, Pushkin, and Orwell — to show how poverty changed from being an endemic and unavoidable fact of life, to a challenge for equality that might be attainable through a moral and rational society.
As a literary and social history of poverty, this book argues for the vital importance of literature and the arts in understanding current problems in International Development. Revealing widespread stereotypes that have promoted discrimination against the poor, a critical study offers innovative job-centered and education proposals aimed at heightening public awareness and preventing street crime.
Poverty is more than just lack of income, it is deprivation from basic capabilities, rights, and freedoms that provide individuals the necessary choices and opportunities they need to lead a life they value. The Encyclopedia of World Poverty provides extensive and current information, as well as insight into the contemporary debate on poverty.
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