Includes articles on Walter Benjamin, S.Y. Agnon, Martin Buber, and on Israel and the diaspora.

A sociological analysis which argues in favor of assimilating the lessons of the Holocaust in the mainstream of sociologists' theories of modernity and of the civilizing process and its effects. Contends that the Holocaust was the result of an exceptional concentration of quite ordinary factors, the occurrence of which can be blamed on the emancipation of the state from social control. Antisemitism alone does not explain the Holocaust; rather, the Jews were the prime target of an anti-modernist resistance. Surveys the history of antisemitism and modern racism, Nazi ideology linked with social-engineering designs and ambitions of the modern state, and the process of carrying out genocidal policies. Describes, also, how the Nazis solicited the cooperation of their victims, and discusses the ethics of obedience and a sociological theory of morality.

Though people generally do not think of them in such terms, crows are remarkably graceful: from the tip of a crow's beak to the end of its tail is a single curve, which changes rhythmically as the crow turns its head or bends toward the ground. Foraging on their long, powerful legs, crows appear to glide over the earth; they take flight almost without effort, flapping their wings easily, ascending into the air like spirits. Nevertheless, the whiskers around their beaks and an apparent smile make crows, in a scruffy sort of way, endearingly 'human'. In a vast range of cultures from the Chinese to the Hopi Indians, crows are bearers of prophecy. Because of their courtship dances and monogamous unions, the Greeks invoked crows at weddings as symbols of conjugal love. Crows are among the most ubiquitous of birds, yet, without being in the least exotic, they remain mysterious. This book is a survey of crows, ravens, magpies and their relatives in myth, literature and life. It ranges from the raven sent out by Noah to the corvid deities of the Eskimo, to Taoist legends, Victorian novels and contemporary films. It will be of interest to all people who have ever been intrigued, puzzled, annoyed or charmed by these wonderfully intelligent birds.

First published in 1943, this work contains five interconnected essays presenting M. Kalecki's renowned additions to the business cycle theory. Written by one of the most distinguished economists of the 20th century, this work will be essential reading for students and scholars of the history of economic thought, monetary theory and macroeconomics.