Jan Prokeš Libri

Chtěli změnit umění a s ním i celou společnost. Umění změnili. Společnost ne… Velká říjnová revoluce, to nebyl jen razantní přelom v ruské politice. V očích revolucionářů se utvářela celá nová společnost, nový svět a nový člověk. Jedním z projevů této nové epochy lidských dějin mělo být i umění: to staré, buržoazní a tradiční bylo zavrženo ve jménu umění moderního a progresivního. V čele Sovětského svazu proto vedle bolševiků stanuli i avantgardní umělci. Dříve odmítaní tvůrci jako Kazimir Malevič, Marc Chagall, Vasilij Kandinskij nebo Vladimir Tatlin byli pověřeni úkolem provést socialistickou estetickou transformaci: reformovaly se pedagogické systémy, v zapadlých obcích se budovaly galerie, města zaplavilo avantgardní umění. Trvalo to však jen pár let, než tato umělecká svobodomyslnost začala být Sovětskému svazu, komunistickému politbyru a jeho regulím na obtíž. Triumf umění skončil lidskou tragédií. Avantgardisté jsou velkolepým příběhem několika umělců, kteří chtěli změnit svět, portrétem doby bolševické revoluce a teroru i strhujícím vyznáním modernímu umění.

During the 1950s, when the Cold War was at its peak, two immensely powerful brothers led the US into a series of foreign adventures whose effects are still shaking the world. In this book, the story of John Foster Dulles and Allen Dulles is the story of America. It illuminates and helps explain the modern history of the US and the world.

Marshall explores ten regions that are set to shape global politics in a new age of great-power rivalry: Australia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the UK, Greece, Turkey, the Sahel, Ethiopia, Spain and Space

The 10-year anniversary edition of the runaway bestseller

"For more than forty years, the United States has reached out to China, helping it develop a booming economy and take its place on the world stage, in the belief that there is little to fear--and everything to gain--from China's rise. But what if the Chinese have had a different plan all along? The Hundred-Year Marathon reveals China's secret strategy to supplant the United States as the world's dominant power, and to do so by 2049, the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic. Michael Pillsbury, who has served in senior national security positions in the U.S. government since the days of Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger, draws on Chinese documents, speeches, and books (many of them never translated into English) to reveal the roots of this strategy in traditional Chinese statecraft and track how the Chinese are putting it into practice today. Pillsbury shows how American policymakers have been willfully blind to these developments for decades--and he includes himself in that critique, as he was once a leading voice in favor of aiding China. He also calls for the United States to design a new, more competitive strategy toward China as it really is, and not as we might wish it to be. The Hundred-Year Marathon is a wakeup call for all Americans concerned about how we have misread the greatest national security challenge of the twenty-first century"--

In a world dominated by artificial intelligence and advanced technology, the impact on jobs is profound. While innovations like Google Glass and smart algorithms simplify our lives, they also threaten to render many "good" jobs obsolete. For instance, computers are not only winning games like Jeopardy but also replacing paralegals in electronic discovery and soon, radiologists. This trend raises critical questions about the future of our economic system. Companies like Facebook and YouTube thrive with minimal staff, leading to concerns about the fate of those unable to transition from human labor to automation. Some may optimistically believe that new jobs will emerge alongside technological advancements, but the reality, as argued by Martin Ford, is starkly different. Machines are increasingly capable of operating independently, resulting in fewer available jobs. This shift could lead to a significant unemployed population, including truck drivers, warehouse workers, and many others whose roles have been made redundant by automation. Unless we urgently reassess our economic fundamentals, we risk an imploding economy devoid of consumers. We stand at a crucial juncture: do we ignore the changes and gamble on a bleak future, or do we engage in discussions to ensure that the benefits of artificial intelligence are shared widely? Ford's insights serve as both a warning and a call to action, highlighting the urgent need to address

This book answers the question: 'What's next?' The Internet had a world-changing impact on businesses and the global community over the twenty years from 1994 to 2014. In the next ten years, change will happen even faster. As Hillary Clinton's Senior Advisor for Innovation, Alec Ross travelled nearly a million miles to forty-one countries, the equivalent of two round-trips to the moon. From refugee camps in the Congo and Syrian war zones, to visiting the world's most powerful people in business and government, Ross's travels amounted to a four-year masterclass in the changing nature of innovation. In The Industries of the Future, Ross distils his observations on the forces that are changing the world. He highlights the best opportunities for progress and explains how countries thrive or sputter. Ross examines the specific fields that will most shape our economic future over the next ten years, including robotics, artificial intelligence, the commercialization of genomics, cybercrime and the impact of digital technology. Blending storytelling and economic analysis, he answers questions on how we will need to adapt. Ross gives readers a vivid and informed perspective on how sweeping global trends are affecting the ways we live, now and tomorrow.

_______________ 'A fascinating exploration that challenges our basic assumptions of what work means' - Yuval Noah Harari 'There is eminently underlinable stuff on most pages ... Fascinating' - The Times 'One of those few books that will turn your customary ways of thinking upside down' - Susan Cain 'Illuminating' - New Statesman _______________ A revolutionary new history of humankind through the prism of work, from the origins of life on Earth to our ever more automated present The work we do brings us meaning, moulds our values, determines our social status and dictates how we spend most of our time. But this wasn't always the case: for 95% of our species' history, work held a radically different importance. How, then, did work become the central organisational principle of our societies? How did it transform our bodies, our environments, our views on equality and our sense of time? And why, in a time of material abundance, are we working more than ever before?