Huub Stegeman Ordre des livres (chronologique)

"The world-renowned philosopher and author of the bestselling Justice explores the central question of our time: What has become of the common good? These are dangerous times for democracy. We live in an age of winners and losers, where the odds are stacked in favor of the already fortunate. Stalled social mobility and entrenched inequality give the lie to the American credo that 'you can make it if you try'. The consequence is a brew of anger and frustration that has fueled populist protest and extreme polarization, and led to deep distrust of both government and our fellow citizens--leaving us morally unprepared to face the profound challenges of our time. World-renowned philosopher Michael J. Sandel argues that to overcome the crises that are upending our world, we must rethink the attitudes toward success and failure that have accompanied globalization and rising inequality. Sandel shows the hubris a meritocracy generates among the winners and the harsh judgment it imposes on those left behind, and traces the dire consequences across a wide swath of American life. He offers an alternative way of thinking about success--more attentive to the role of luck in human affairs, more conducive to an ethic of humility and solidarity, and more affirming of the dignity of work. The Tyranny of Merit points us toward a hopeful vision of a new politics of the common good"--

Varoufakis has written one of the greatest political memoirs of all time [and] one of the most accurate and detailed descriptions of modern power ever written Guardian

In the fall of 2007, twenty-year old college coed Amanda Knox left Seattle to study abroad in Perugia, Italy for one year. But that November 1, her life was shattered when her roommate, British student Meredith Kercher, was murdered in their apartment. Five days later, Amanda was taken into custody and charged by the Italian police; her arrest and the subsequent investigation ignited an international media firestorm. Overnight, this ordinary young American student became the subject of intense scrutiny, forced to endure a barrage of innuendo and speculation. Two years later, after an extremely controversial trial, Amanda was convicted and imprisoned. But in 2011 an appeals court overturned her conviction and vacated the charges. Free at last, she immediately returned home to the U.S., where she has remained silent, until now.

Wat is nu ook alweer het verschil tussen soennieten en sjiieten? Waarom telt het christendom zoveel subgroepen? Wat houden de oude spirituele tradities van de Yoruba en de Aboriginals precies in? Wat zijn de basisbeginselen van taoïsme en confucianisme? En waarom is Scientology zo populair? Van animisme tot zoroastrisme, van de Buddhavacan tot de Koran: Religie in 30 seconden ontrafelt de 50 invloedrijkste religies, culten en sekten in minder dan een halve minuut. Niet alleen de bekende wereldgodsdiensten passeren daarbij de revue, maar ook nieuwe 'religies' als Falun Gong, hare krisjna en de rastafaribeweging. Russell Re Manning studeerde theologie en filosofie aan de universiteit van Oxford en doceert godsdienstfilosofie in Cambridge. Eerder publiceerde hij onder meer The Oxford Handbook of Natural Theology