In this essay, the author directs our attention on the African continent and describes how the exploitation and colonization of Africa by European powers contributed to the then-ongoing World War. Without a just and measured settlement of African concerns, the promise is for continued warfare among nations even after the peace to be negotiated at the close of the European conflict. – Summary by KevinS [chương_files]
Here is a trenchant argument for the Allied Supreme Council, established at the close of World War One, to recognize and defend the independence of Armenia and its people. Responding to President Wilson’s call for the sovereignty of those who fought for self-determination during the war, the author outlines his people’s suffering and their efforts to earn recognition of their nationhood by joining the Entente in fighting against tyranny. (Summary by KevinS) [chương_files]
Diese Sammlung umfasst 10 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres. – Summary by schrm [chương_files]
Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds is the fifth installment (published in 2012) in the National Intelligence Council’s series aimed at providing a framework for thinking about the future. As with previous editions, this report will stimulate strategic thinking by identifying critical trends and potential discontinuities. It distinguishes between megatrends, those factors that will likely occur under any scenario, and game-changers, critical variables whose trajectories are far less certain. As the diversity and complexity of various factors has grown, there is increased attention to scenarios or alternative worlds. At a critical juncture in human history, which could lead to widely contrasting futures. the contention is presented that the future is not set in stone, but is malleable, the result of an interplay among megatrends, game-changers and, above all, human agency. The ultimate goal is to encourage decisionmakers—whether in government or outside—to think and plan for the long term so that negative futures do not occur and positive ones have a better chance of unfolding. (from the Executive Summary, lightly edited for clarity) – Summary by Patrick McHaffie [chương_files]
Carl von Ossietzky (1889-1938), Journalist, Pazifist und Friedensnobelpreisträger [1935], zählte zu den herausragenden Persönlichkeiten in Deutschland zwischen den Weltkriegen. Durch seinen investigativen Journalismus machte er in der Zeitschrift “Die Weltbühne” erstmals auf die Aufrüstung Deutschlands aufmerksam und wurde dafür 1931 wegen Spionage verurteilt. Dieser fünfte Teil seiner gesammelten Schriften umfasst in verschiedenen Zeitschriften und Zeitungen erschienene Artikel über Politik, Geschichte und Kunst. Viele der politischen Schriften sind noch immer perfekt auf die heutige Zeit übertragbar. – Summary by Carolin [chương_files]
Der Roman ist eine Erinnerung an die Berliner Bohème-Zeit des Autors. Przybyszewsk erhielt die Anregung zu diesem Werk, als ihm der befreundete norwegische Maler Edvard Munch sein bekanntes Bild “Der Schrei” schenkte, welches wiederum angeregt durch eine Erzählung (“Totenmesse”) des Dichters entstanden war. In der für den Autor typischen rustikalen Sprache, die nie ins Obszöne abgleitet, setzt sich Przybyszewski mit dem Ringen des Künstlers um sein Werk auseinander. (Zusammenfassung von Friedrich) [chương_files]
Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres. “Vom Schweigen” übersetzt von Gustav Landauer (1870-1919) [chương_files]
Visha Vahini is a social drama novel which reflects the ‘social relationships’ in southern India in early 1900’s. The main character in this novel falls in love with his class mate and friend. When he learns that she gets married to one of his peers, he gets disheartened and denounces everything in life. The story tells the importance of detachment. The author depicts how obsessive attachment and repenting is like a flow of poison. (Summary by Swapna) [chương_files]
Article I, section 5, of the United States Constitution gives each house of Congress power to judge the elections, returns, and qualifications of its members, and to punish members for “disorderly behavior.” Between 1793 and 1990, more than 200 senators faced challenges to their credentials based on their qualifications for office and alleged irregularities in their elections; or discipline for offenses ranging from public corruption, to giving aid and comfort to the Confederacy, to bringing dishonor upon the Senate in myriad other ways, or for pure political spite. As researched and written by staff of the Congressional Research Service, these are their stories. The arc of the book, each case told in chronological order, traces not only the tenor and politics of the times, but the evolution of the Senate’s own thinking about what it means to be a United States Senator. – Summary by Joanne Turner. [chương_files]
“Lo Catalanisme” és l’obra de referència de Valentí Almirall i va suposar l’arrencada del catalanisme polític o nacionalisme català a finals del segle XIX. Partint de l’anàlisi de països com els Estats Units o Suïssa, la seva proposta era, des de Catalunya i amb el concepte de “particularisme”, influir en el conjunt d’Espanya per descentralitzar el país i convertir-lo en una federació d’entitats equivalents i força autònomes. Va influir enormement en els personatges i les forces polítiques que van liderar el catalanisme durant les primeres dècades del segle XX, malgrat aquestes forces eren conservadores i no van seguir els seus postulats federals d’esquerres. “Lo Catalanisme” is the reference work of Valentí Almirall and marked the beginning of political Catalanism or Catalan nationalism at the end of the 19th century. Based on the analysis of the political systems of countries such as the United States or Switzerland, his proposal was, from Catalonia and with the concept of “particularism”, to influence the whole of Spain to decentralize the country and turn it into a federation of equivalent and fairly autonomous entities. He greatly influenced the figures and political forces that led Catalanism during the first decades of the twentieth century, although these forces were conservative and did not follow their leftish federal postulates. (Introducción por Josep Maria Camps Collet) [chương_files]
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