Oil is a curse, it is often said, that condemns the countries producing it to an existence defined by war, corruption and enormous inequality. Carbon Democracy tells a more complex story, arguing that no nation escapes the political consequences of our collective dependence on oil. It shapes the body politic both in regions such as the Middle East, which rely upon revenues from...(展开全部)

Oil is a curse, it is often said, that condemns the countries producing it to an existence defined by war, corruption and enormous inequality. Carbon Democracy tells a more complex story, arguing that no nation escapes the political consequences of our collective dependence on oil. It shapes the body politic both in regions such as the Middle East, which rely upon revenues from...(展开全部)

Does oil wealth lead to political poverty? It often looks that way, but Carbon Democracy tells a more complex story. In this magisterial study, Timothy Mitchell rethinks the history of energy, bringing into his grasp as he does so environmental politics, the struggle for democracy, and the place of the Middle East in the modern world. With the rise of coal power, the producers ...(展开全部)

In this magisterial study, Timothy Mitchell rethinks the history of energy, bringing into his grasp environmental politics, the struggle for democracy, and the place of the Middle East in the modern world. With the rise of coal power, the producers who oversaw its development acquired the ability to shut down energy systems, a threat they used to build the first mass democracie...(展开全部)

埃里克·罗斯顿，哥伦比亚大学欧洲史学士、俄罗斯史硕士，精通俄语。曾在《时代》周刊做过六年的科技、科学政策和能源议题的报道撰稿人，曾参与《时代》“911”特刊的策划撰稿，并以这期增刊赢得了2002年美国国家杂志奖。后任美国彭博新闻社编辑，负责报道能源、自然资源和可持续发展方面的新闻。现为美国国家发展委员会的高级分析师。本书是他第一次对影响全球气候的根本因素——碳的历史做全面阐述，他深入浅出的写作方式，使人有如倾听一部宇宙、地球、碳和人类文明的史诗。

Examines the imperial mythology that was reflected by Roman art and architecture during the rule of Augustus Caesar

As the Internet grows more sophisticated, it is creating new threats to democracy. Social media companies such as Facebook can sort us ever more efficiently into groups of the like-minded, creating echo chambers that amplify our views. It’s no accident that on some occasions, people of different political views cannot even understand each other. It’s also no surprise that terro...(展开全部)

Based on his work at some of the world's largest companies, including Ford, Adidas, and Chanel, Christian Madsbjerg's Sensemaking is a provocative stand against the tyranny of big data and scientism, and an urgent, overdue defense of human intelligence. Humans have become subservient to algorithms. Every day brings a new Moneyball fix--a math whiz who will crack open an industr...(展开全部)

How the history of technological revolutions can help us better understand economic and political polarization in the age of automation From the Industrial Revolution to the age of artificial intelligence, The Technology Trap takes a sweeping look at the history of technological progress and how it has radically shifted the distribution of economic and political power among soc...(展开全部)

A panoramic history of American individualism from its nineteenth-century origins to today’s divided public square Individualism is a defining feature of American public life. Its influence is pervasive today, with liberals and conservatives alike promising to expand personal freedom and defend individual rights against unwanted intrusion, be it from big government, big corpora...(展开全部)