Bøger af Thomas Dixon

Today there is a thriving 'emotions industry' to which philosophers, psychologists and neuroscientists are contributing. Yet until two centuries ago 'the emotions' did not exist. In this path-breaking study Thomas Dixon shows how, during the nineteenth century, the emotions came into being as a distinct psychological category, replacing existing categories such as appetites, passions, sentiments and affections. By examining medieval and eighteenth-century theological psychologies and placing Charles Darwin and William James within a broader and more complex nineteenth-century setting, Thomas Dixon argues that this domination by one single descriptive category is not healthy. Overinclusivity of 'the emotions' hampers attempts to argue with any subtlety about the enormous range of mental states and stances of which humans are capable. This book is an important contribution to the debate about emotion and rationality which has preoccupied western thinkers throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and has implications for contemporary debates.

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

A love story and character study of three strong men and two fascinating women. In swift, unified, and dramatic action, we see Socialism as a deadly force, in the hour of the eclipse of Faith, destroying the home life and weakening the fiber of Anglo Saxon manhood.Thomas Dixon earlier published The Clansman from which D.W. Griffith produced his film Birth of a Nation.

A novel dealing with the establishment of a Socialistic Colony upon a deserted island off the coast of California (set in 1898-1901). The way of disillusionment is the course over which Mr. Dixon conducts the reader. The characters include Herman Wolf, a socialist leader, Norman Worth, an amateur socialist and Barbara Bozenta, a new Joan of Arc.Thomas Dixon earlier published The Clansman from which D.W. Griffith produced his film Birth of a Nation.

A historical novel of Abraham Lincoln --a dramatic web around the life of Abraham Lincoln which cannot fail to be an historic revelation. The book shows the real Lincoln in the life and death struggle with the forces he fought to save the nation --the radical fanatics of his own party, the Copperhead power which daily threatened his life, and the grim gray armies of Lee threatening the Capitol. Through this drama of blood and tears runs a fascinating love story, which culminates in one of the many attempts made to assassinate the President. In a note to the reader, the author states that "every word in relating to the issues of our national life has been drawn from authentic records in my possession. Nor have I at any point taken a liberty with an essential detail in historical scenes." Thomas Dixon earlier published The Clansman from which D.W. Griffith produced his film Birth of a Nation.

Robert E. Lee, the Southern hero, is the gallant Man in Gray who moves through this gripping historical romance. The book opens before the war with a typical scene on the Lee plantation that shows the old South in its heyday. Uncle Tom's Cabin, just published, has cast a dark shadow across the nation and there is a tense undercurrent beneath the polished gaiety in the fine old house. The scene shifts to the North, where abolitionist activities are gaining swift headway. With amazing force Dixon shows John Brown ominously arousing the popular feeling. From this prelude of menacing war clouds, with dramatic episodes to depict the course of events of the broad panorama, is told the romantic and tragic gallantry of the South as seen in Robert E. Lee. Thomas Dixon earlier published The Clansman from which D.W. Griffith produced his film Birth of a Nation."Now that my story is done I see that it is the strangest fiction that I have ever written. Because it is true. It actually happened. Every character in it is historic. I have not changed even a name. Every event took place. Therefore it is incredible. Yet I have in my possession the proof establishing each character and each event as set forth. They are true beyond question." -- Thomas Dixon

Thomas Dixon earlier published The Clansman from which D.W. Griffith produced his film, Birth of a Nation. The Sins of the Father (1912) show him to be surprisingly critical of slavery.

The sequel to The Clansman, with an invasion of America by a secretly raised army of the Imperial Confederation of Europe, during which suffragettes unite with super patriots. Originally published in 1916, this was sensational fiction about our preparedness, with Germans invading New York in 1918 and sinking our battleships.Thomas Dixon (1864-1946) earlier published The Clansman from which D.W. Griffith produced his film Birth of a Nation.

"In the historical romance which I have woven of the dramatic events of the life of Jefferson Davis I have drawn his real character unobscured by passion or prejudice. Forced by his people to lead their cause, his genius created an engine of war so terrible in its power that through it five million Southerners, without money, without market, without credit, withstood for four years the shock of twenty million men of their own blood and equal daring, backed by boundless resources. "The achievement is without a parallel in history, and adds new glory to the records of our race. "The scenes have all been drawn from authentic records in my possession. I have not at any point taken a liberty with an essential detail of history." -- Thomas DixonThomas Dixon (1864-1946) earlier published The Clansman from which D.W. Griffith produced his film Birth of a Nation.

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