Harriet Jacobs (1813 or 1815 March 7, 1897) was an African American lady born into bondage in Edenton, North Carolina, who was sexually harassed by her enslaver.
Harriet Jacobs (1813 ou 1815 [b] – 7 mars 1897) était une femme afro-américaine née dans la servitude à Edenton, en Caroline du Nord, qui a été harcelée sexuellement par son esclave.
Harriet Jacobs (1813 o 1815 7 de marzo de 1897) fue una mujer afroamericana nacida en la esclavitud en Edenton, Carolina del Norte, que fue acosada sexualmente por su esclavista.
Hoy existe una percepcion generalizada de que sobre el Sistema Tierra y el Sistema Vida, incluida la especie humana, pesan graves amenazas originadas por la irresponsable actividad humana, a punto de destruir el fragil equilibrio del planeta.
Miguel García-Baró ha identificado en el desarrollo de la Filosofía tres navegaciones generales, y el sentido que le da a la expresión navegación filosófica es muy semejante al significado de las salidas del Quijote.
Les has often described himself as the 'Forrest Gump of education', as he seems to have been present at all the major educational developments since World War 2.
Este libro, a través de sus páginas, se adentra en el corazón, en lo más profundo de la historia de los Garzón Forero, familia donde nació Jaime Garzón Forero, uno de los críticos políticos más importantes en la historia de Colombia, asesinado el 13 de agosto de 1999.
"Sicherlich ist Laskers Ruhm heute hauptsächlich der Tatsache zu verdanken, daß er, als einziger Deutscher, siebenundzwanzig Jahre lang Schachweltmeister war (1894-1921); länger als jeder Weltmeister vor ihm oder nach ihm.
Por suerte, existen en el mercado una gran cantidad de libros y artículos sobre la metodología de investigación, de modo que los investigadores expertos y noveles tienen donde elegir.
Materiales para un autorretrato reúne una serie de textos de Walter Benjamin —buena parte de ellos inéditos en español—, cuya producción se extiende desde sus años de juventud hasta su prematura muerte.
An ';extraordinarily brilliant' and ';pleasurably naughty' (Andr Aciman) investigation into the Shakespeare authorship question, exploring how doubting that William Shakespeare wrote his plays became an act of blasphemyand who the Bard might really be.
Microsoft's associate general counsel shares a story that is ';as nuanced as it is hopeful' (Hakeem Jeffries, House Minority Leader) about his rise from childhood poverty in pre-gentrified New York City to a stellar career at the top of the technology and music industries in this stirring true story of grit and perseverance.
From the bestselling coauthor of Wittgenstein's Poker, an entertaining and illuminating biography of a brilliant philosopher who tried to rescue morality from nihilismDerek Parfit (19422017) is the most famous philosopher most people have never heard of.
In der Buchreihe »Die Krise der bürgerlichen Ideologie und die Lehre der Denkweise« behandelt der dritte Band die Krise der bürgerlichen Naturwissenschaft.
Este libro pretende recorrer, de forma orgánica, la evolución del pensamiento filosófico y político de Augusto Del Noce (1910-1989), uno de los pensadores italianos más destacados de la posguerra.
Este libro pretende recorrer, de forma orgánica, la evolución del pensamiento filosófico y político de Augusto Del Noce (1910-1989), uno de los pensadores italianos más destacados de la posguerra.
A través de experiencias propias y ajenas, Salvador Moreno González invita a un viaje desde los lejanos días de la memoria en la primera infancia hasta las satisfacciones de la senectud.
"En América Latina como en España, luego de largos períodos de conflictos armados o dictaduras, las iniciativas para la apertura de las fosas comunes se han multiplicado en los últimos años.
Abans de les criptomonedes o les reunions per Zoom, un avenç tecnològic ja havia abolit les distàncies entre territoris: des de la bomba atòmica d'Hiroshima un sol botó pot posar en perill tots els éssers vius de la Terra.
The story of a fifty-year relationship between a Vietnam veteran and a remote Aboriginal tribe: a miniature epic of human adaptation, suffering and resilience.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography 2023 Winner of the 2022National Book Critics Circle Award in BiographyWinner of the 2023 Bancroft Prize in American History and DiplomacyWinner of the American History Book Prize Shortlisted for the 2023 PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for BiographyLonglisted for the CWAALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction When he became director of the FBI, J.
A ';captivating' (The Washington Post) true story of ';courage, resolve, and determination' (The Christian Science Monitor), author Ralph White's successful effort to save nearly the entire staff of the Saigon branch of Chase Manhattan bank and their families before the city fell to the North Vietnamese Army.
The remarkable and inspirational story of Oksana Masters, who was born with radiation-induced birth defects and suffered appalling abuse as an orphan, before being adopted and moving to the US, where she went on to triumph over her challenges to win ten Paralympic medals in four different sports.
Lebensbild und Ausblick Einsatz für eine gerechte Gesellschaft und eine offene Kirche Der frühere österreichische Caritas-Präsident Franz Küberl blickt auf sein Leben zurück, das er seit seinem 19.
In der weltweit ersten Biografie über Paul Watzlawick zeichnet Andrea Köhler-Ludescher detailliert den gesamten Lebensweg des Philosophen, Therapeuten und Bestsellerautors nach.
In der weltweit ersten Biografie über Paul Watzlawick zeichnet Andrea Köhler-Ludescher detailliert den gesamten Lebensweg des Philosophen, Therapeuten und Bestsellerautors nach.
In 1905, after suffering a relapse and spending a few months at The Hartford Retreat, Clifford Whittingham Beers elected to write a book about his experiences living with mental illness and being subject to cruel treatment and physical abuse while being institutionalized.
Written by eleven leading anthropologists from around the world, this volume extends the insights of Fredrik Barth, one of the most important anthropologists of the twentieth century, to push even further at the frontiers of anthropology and honor his memory.
Most studies of Abraham Joshua Heschel approach him as a theologian, whereas this book peers behind the theologian and honors Heschel as the original philosopher that he was.
A comprehensive and accessible account of the life and thought of Judaism's most celebrated philosopherMaimonides was the greatest Jewish philosopher and legal scholar of the medieval period, a towering figure who has had a profound and lasting influence on Jewish law, philosophy, and religious consciousness.
The brilliant but turbulent life of a public intellectual who transformed the social sciencesRobert Bellah (1927-2013) was one of the most influential social scientists of the twentieth century.
The name Erasmus of Rotterdam conjures up a golden age of scholarly integrity and the disinterested pursuit of knowledge, when learning could command public admiration without the need for authorial self-promotion.
A colorful history of utilitarianism told through the lives and ideas of Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, and its other foundersIn The Happiness Philosophers, Bart Schultz tells the colorful story of the lives and legacies of the founders of utilitarianism-one of the most influential yet misunderstood and maligned philosophies of the past two centuries.
Michel Foucault es el autor de libros emblemáticos del siglo XX, que trascendieron los límites de las lenguas y las disciplinas y lo convirtieron en uno de los pensadores más citados en el campo de las humanidades.
An engaging account of how Shaftesbury revolutionized Western philosophyAt the turn of the eighteenth century, Anthony Ashley Cooper, the third Earl of Shaftesbury (1671-1713), developed the first comprehensive philosophy of beauty to be written in English.
A definitive biography of the French aristocrat who became one of democracy's greatest championsIn 1831, at the age of twenty-five, Alexis de Tocqueville made his fateful journey to America, where he observed the thrilling reality of a functioning democracy.
