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| Author | : Darrell Schweitzer |
| Publisher | : Wildside Press LLC |
| Total Pages | : 194 |
| Release | : 2003-01-01 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1592241301 |
Ever since the first edition of Ligotti's "Songs of a Dead Dreamer" appeared in 1985, it was clear that here was an author of extraordinary brilliance. Now here is a book about him, a symposium of explorations and examinations of the Ligottian universe by leading critics.
| Author | : Luke Burgis |
| Publisher | : St. Martin's Press |
| Total Pages | : 212 |
| Release | : 2021-06-01 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1250262496 |
* Financial Times Business Book of the Month * Next Big Idea Club Nominee * One of Bloomberg's "52 New Books That Top Business Leaders Are Recommending" * Aleo Review of Books 2022 Book of the Year * A groundbreaking exploration of why we want what we want, and a toolkit for freeing ourselves from chasing unfulfilling desires. Gravity affects every aspect of our physical being, but there’s a psychological force just as powerful—yet almost nobody has heard of it. It’s responsible for bringing groups of people together and pulling them apart, making certain goals attractive to some and not to others, and fueling cycles of anxiety and conflict. In Wanting, Luke Burgis draws on the work of French polymath René Girard to bring this hidden force to light and reveals how it shapes our lives and societies. According to Girard, humans don’t desire anything independently. Human desire is mimetic—we imitate what other people want. This affects the way we choose partners, friends, careers, clothes, and vacation destinations. Mimetic desire is responsible for the formation of our very identities. It explains the enduring relevancy of Shakespeare’s plays, why Peter Thiel decided to be the first investor in Facebook, and why our world is growing more divided as it becomes more connected. Wanting also shows that conflict does not arise because of our differences—it comes from our sameness. Because we learn to want what other people want, we often end up competing for the same things. Ignoring our large similarities, we cling to our perceived differences. Drawing on his experience as an entrepreneur, teacher, and student of classical philosophy and theology, Burgis shares tactics that help turn blind wanting into intentional wanting--not by trying to rid ourselves of desire, but by desiring differently. It’s possible to be more in control of the things we want, to achieve more independence from trends and bubbles, and to find more meaning in our work and lives. The future will be shaped by our desires. Wanting shows us how to desire a better one.
| Author | : Robert Pogue Harrison |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 305 |
| Release | : 2009-05-08 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 0226318052 |
In this wide-ranging exploration of the role of forests in Western thought, Robert Pogue Harrison enriches our understanding not only of the forest's place in the cultural imagination of the West, but also of the ecological dilemmas that now confront us so urgently. Consistently insightful and beautifully written, this work is especially compelling at a time when the forest, as a source of wonder, respect, and meaning, disappears daily from the earth. "Forests is one of the most remarkable essays on the human place in nature I have ever read, and belongs on the small shelf that includes Raymond Williams' masterpiece, The Country and the City. Elegantly conceived, beautifully written, and powerfully argued, [Forests] is a model of scholarship at its passionate best. No one who cares about cultural history, about the human place in nature, or about the future of our earthly home, should miss it.—William Cronon, Yale Review "Forests is, among other things, a work of scholarship, and one of immense value . . . one that we have needed. It can be read and reread, added to and commented on for some time to come."—John Haines, The New York Times Book Review
| Author | : Kamini Vellodi |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 239 |
| Release | : 2019-02-27 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 1350083089 |
A provocative account of the philosophical problem of 'difference' in art history, Tintoretto's Difference offers a new reading of this pioneering 16th century painter, drawing upon the work of the 20th century philosopher Gilles Deleuze. Bringing together philosophical, art historical, art theoretical and art historiographical analysis, it is the first book-length study in English of Tintoretto for nearly two decades and the first in-depth exploration of the implications of Gilles Deleuze's philosophy for the understanding of early modern art and for the discipline of art history. With a focus on Deleuze's important concept of the diagram, Tintoretto's Difference positions the artist's work within a critical study of both art history's methods, concepts and modes of thought, and some of the fundamental dimensions of its scholarly practice: context, tradition, influence, and fact. Indicating potentials of the diagrammatic for art historical thinking across the registers of semiotics, aesthetics, and time, Tintoretto's Difference offers at once an innovative study of this seminal artist, an elaboration of Deleuze's philosophy of the diagram, and a new avenue for a philosophical art history.
| Author | : Boris Groys |
| Publisher | : MIT Press |
| Total Pages | : 197 |
| Release | : 2013-02-08 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 0262518686 |
A new book by Boris Groys acknowledges the problem and potential of art's complex relationship to power. Art has its own power in the world, and is as much a force in the power play of global politics today as it once was in the arena of cold war politics. Art, argues the distinguished theoretician Boris Groys, is hardly a powerless commodity subject to the art market's fiats of inclusion and exclusion. In Art Power, Groys examines modern and contemporary art according to its ideological function. Art, Groys writes, is produced and brought before the public in two ways—as a commodity and as a tool of political propaganda. In the contemporary art scene, very little attention is paid to the latter function. Arguing for the inclusion of politically motivated art in contemporary art discourse, Groys considers art produced under totalitarianism, Socialism, and post-Communism. He also considers today's mainstream Western art—which he finds behaving more and more according the norms of ideological propaganda: produced and exhibited for the masses at international exhibitions, biennials, and festivals. Contemporary art, Groys argues, demonstrates its power by appropriating the iconoclastic gestures directed against itself—by positioning itself simultaneously as an image and as a critique of the image. In Art Power, Groys examines this fundamental appropriation that produces the paradoxical object of the modern artwork.
| Author | : Eugenia Loffredo |
| Publisher | : Peter Lang |
| Total Pages | : 278 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 9783039114085 |
Translation is a journey - a journey undertaken by the text, hopping around the world and mischievously border-crossing from one language to another, from one culture to another. For a translator, this journey can become a truly creative engagement with the otherness of the source text, an experience of self-discovery leading to understanding and enrichment, and ultimately towards a new text. This singular literary 'experiment' intends to magnify the idiosyncrasy of this translational journey. In the process translation reveals itself as an increasingly creative activity rather than simply a linguistic transfer. This volume consists of twelve translations of one poem: 'Les Fenêtres' by the French poet Apollinaire. The translators embarking on this project, all from different backgrounds and working contexts (poets, professional translators, academics, visual artists), were asked to engage with the inherent multimodality of this poem - inspired by Robert Delaunay's Les Fenêtres series of paintings. The result is a kaleidoscopic diversity of approaches and final products. Each translation is accompanied by self-reflective commentary which provides insight into the complex process and experience of translation, enticing the reader to join this journey too.
| Author | : John F. Haught |
| Publisher | : Yale University Press |
| Total Pages | : 240 |
| Release | : 2017-01-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 030021703X |
A foremost thinker on science and religion argues that an adequate understanding of cosmic history requires attention to the emergence of interiority, including religious aspiration Over the past two centuries scientific advances have made it clear that the universe is a story still unfolding. In this thought-provoking book, John F. Haught considers the deeper implications of this discovery. He contends that many others who have written books on life and the universe--including Stephen Hawking, Stephen Jay Gould, and Richard Dawkins--have overlooked a crucial aspect of cosmic history: the drama of life's awakening to interiority and religious awareness. Science may illuminate the outside story of the universe, but a full telling of the cosmic story cannot ignore the inside development that interiority represents. Haught addresses two primary questions: what does the arrival of religion tell us about the universe, and what does our understanding of the cosmos as an unfinished drama tell us about religion? The history of religion may be ambiguous and sometimes even barbarous, he asserts, but its role in the story of cosmic emergence and awakening must be taken into account.
| Author | : Clodagh Murphy |
| Publisher | : Balally Books |
| Total Pages | : 1276 |
| Release | : |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1915369126 |
A collection of three funny, feel-good standalone romantic comedies 'An exceptionally talented (and hilarious) Irish writer’ Irish Independent ‘Romantic comedy at its best’ Shaz’s Book Blog 'Humour crackling on every page ... fans of Marian Keyes and Sophie Kinsella will love Girl in a Spin’ Irish Independent 'Witty, warmhearted, refreshingly original and very sexy’ Novelicious ‘Moves along at lightning pace ... entertained me right to the last page' Evening Echo ____________ The Disengagement Ring When Kate accepts her boyfriend’s proposal, her interfering family think she’s making a big mistake. So they conspire to send her to sun-drenched Tuscany for a summer job – alongside her lifelong crush Will. Can Kate keep her head and figure out where her heart truly lies? Girl in a Spin Fun-loving party girl Jenny dreams of settling down with her boyfriend Richard – a handsome heartthrob who’s on track to be the next prime minister. But she’s not a great fit for his stuffy world of politics, so Richard recruits spin doctor extraordinaire Dev to mould Jenny’s public image in the run-up to the election. And with skeletons spilling out of her closet and a scandal-hungry media snapping at her heels, she’s going to need all the help she can get. Frisky Business Last Halloween, Romy had a one-night stand with a stranger dressed as Darth Vader. Now she has a baby named Luke. But who is his father? Because though she and Darth shared their deepest, darkest secrets, they didn't swap names or numbers. When old flame Kit arrives back in her life, she wonders could he be her dark knight … or is there another?
| Author | : Stephen Monteiro |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Total Pages | : 489 |
| Release | : 2017-01-12 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1501311670 |
As mobile communication, social media, wireless networks, and flexible user interfaces become prominent topics in the study of media and culture, the screen emerges as a critical research area. This reader brings together insightful and influential texts from a variety of sources-theorists, researchers, critics, inventors, and artists-that explore the screen as a fundamental element not only in popular culture but also in our very understanding of society and the world. The Screen Media Reader is a foundational resource for studying the screen and its cultural impact. Through key contemporary and historical texts addressing the screen's development and role in communications and the social sphere, it considers how the screen functions as an idea, an object, and an everyday experience. Reflecting a number of descriptive and analytical approaches, these essays illustrate the astonishing range and depth of the screen's introduction and application in multiple media configurations and contexts. Together they demonstrate the long-standing influence of the screen as a cultural concept and communication tool that extends well beyond contemporary debates over screen saturation and addiction.
| Author | : Emanuele Mariani |
| Publisher | : Quodlibet |
| Total Pages | : 253 |
| Release | : 2015-09-01 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 8874628501 |
Contents: Emanuele Mariani, Presentazione • Dermot Moran, Husserl on Human Subjects as Sense-Givers and Sense-Apprehenders in a World of Significance • Dominique Pradelle, De Husserl à Heidegger : intentionnalité, monde et sens • Pierre-Jean Renaudie, Dire et penser “je” : La vacuité de la présence à soi du sujet de Husserl à Derrida • Julien Farges, Réflexivité et scission originaire du sujet chez Husserl • Jean-Sébastien Hardy, La “lutte pour la vie et la mort” : les fondements affectifs de la conflictualité chez Husserl • Elisa Magrì, Subjectivity and Empathy: A Steinian Approach • Pedro M.S. Alves, Self-consciousness and Intentionality. A Reappraisal of Brentano’s and Rosenthal’s Theses • Abbed Kanoor, Leben und Zeit. Zu Hans Blumenbergs kritischer Auseinandersetzung mit der Zeitphänomenologie Husserls • Andrea Angelini, Filosofia del concetto e soggettività. Jean Cavaillès tra fenomenologia e dialettica • Karel Novotný, Renversements de l’intentionnalité : Jean-Luc Marion et la mise en question de la subjectivité de l’apparaître • Nicolas de Warren, Husserl’s Cartesianism, anew
