Macat Library: 199 books
by Liam Haydon
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2018
The Defence of Poesy is the first major piece of literary criticism in English. Taking aim at classical authors who disparaged poetry, and contemporary critics who saw literature as a corrupting influence, Sidney foregrounds the moral force of poetry. Sidney considers the real life affects of poetry...
Friedrich Schleiermacher's On Religion
Speeches to its Cultured Despisers
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2018
On Religion is a major text for the development of modern religious thought in the West and its author, German theologian Friedrich Schleiermacher, is remembered as the Father of Modern Protestant Theology, as well as for his contributions to philosophy, ethics and hermeneutics. Comprising five lively...
Ain't No Makin' It
Aspirations and Attainment in a Low Income Neighborhood
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Why is it that children from disadvantaged backgrounds find it so difficult – and often impossible – to achieve? Few questions are of such fundamental importance to the functioning of a fair and effective society than this one, yet the academic and political narratives that exist to explain the...