Albert O. Hirschman: An Intellectual Biography (Alacevich Michele)(Pevná vazba)

Albert O. Hirschman: An Intellectual Biography (Alacevich Michele)(Pevná vazba)

One of the most original social scientists of the twentieth century, Albert O. Hirschman led an uncommonly dramatic life. After fleeing Nazi Germany as a youth, he fought in the Spanish Civil War, took part in antifascist activities in Italy, and organized an underground rescue operation in

Alberto Giacometti: A Biography (Grenier Catherine)(Pevná vazba)

Freud: An Intellectual Biography (Whitebook Joel)(Pevná vazba)

The life and work of Sigmund Freud continue to fascinate general and professional readers alike. Joel Whitebook here presents the first major biography of Freud since the last century, taking into account recent developments in psychoanalytic theory and practice, gender studies, philosophy,

George Berkeley: A Philosophical Life (Jones Tom)(Pevná vazba)

A comprehensive intellectual biography of the Enlightenment philosopher In George Berkeley: A Philosophical Life, Tom Jones provides a comprehensive account of the life and work of the preeminent Irish philosopher of the Enlightenment. From his early brilliance as a student and fellow at Trinity

Albert Einstein (Munoz Isabel)(Pevná vazba)

Meet Albert Einstein and find out about his life and work in this engagingly illustrated biography. Join physicist Albert Einstein on his journey of scientific discovery and see how the Nobel Prize winner forever changed the way we think about energy, gravity, and the world around us. Children

Bauman: A Biography (Wagner Izabela)(Pevná vazba)

Global thinker, public intellectual and world-famous theorist of 'liquid modernity', Zygmunt Bauman (1925-2017) was a scholar who, despite forced migration, built a very successful academic career and, after retirement, became a prolific and popular writer and an intellectual talisman for young

Prince Albert - The Man Who Saved the Monarchy (Wilson A. N. (Author))(Pevná vazba)

The magnificent and definitive biography of Prince Albert, by one of Britain's best biographers and the author of Victoria: A

Outsider (Camus Albert)(Pevná vazba)

Albert Camus' laconic masterpiece about a Frenchman who murders an Arab in colonial Algeria is famous in its time for diagnosing a state of alienation and spiritual exhaustion which summed up the mood of the mid-twentieth

Calhoun: American Heretic (Elder Robert)(Pevná vazba)

A new biography of the intellectual father of Southern secession--the man who set the scene for the Civil War, and whose political legacy still shapes America today. John C. Calhoun is among the most notorious and enigmatic figures in American political history. First elected to Congress in 1810,

Freud: An Intellectual Biography (Whitebook Joel)(Paperback)

Freud's enduring appeal, as a thinker and as an individual, extends to both general readers and professionals. This highly readable biography, the first in English since 1998, addresses current issues in psychoanalysis, philosophy, gender studies, and social theory from a Freudian perspective, and

Jean Michel Basquiat: A Biography (Fretz Eric)(Pevná vazba)

Jean-Michel Basquiat was barely out of his teens when he rocketed to the center of New York's art scene. He was 27 when he died of a heroin overdose. Always controversial, Basquiat is now established as a major contemporary painter whose unique work continues to enthrall.Jean-Michel Basquiat: A

Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States (Hirschman Albert O.)(Paperback)

An innovator in contemporary thought on economic and political development looks here at decline rather than growth. Albert O. Hirschman makes a basic distinction between alternative ways of reacting to deterioration in business firms and, in general, to dissatisfaction with organizations: one,

Conservative Revolutionary: The Lives of Lewis Namier (Hayton David)(Pevná vazba)

A biography of the historian and public intellectual Sir Lewis Namier from his origins in a secular Jewish family in Poland to recognition as the most important historian of his day, whose 'revolutionary' method was enshrined in the verb to

A Writer of Our Time: The Life and Work of John Berger (Sperling Joshua)(Pevná vazba)

'This engaging intellectual biography traces Berger's creative evolution, analyzes highlights from his vast output ... and situates them within his empathetic Marxism.'-The New Yorker The first intellectual biography of the life and work of John Berger John Berger was one of the most influential

Ian McKellen: A Biography (O'Connor Garry)(Pevná vazba)

The definitive biography of Sir Ian McKellen from an acclaimed biographer In 2001, Ian McKellen put on the robe and pointed hat of a wizard named Gandalf and won a place in the hearts of Tolkien fans worldwide. Though his role in the film adaptation of Lord of the Rings introduced him to a new

The Outsider - Albert Camus

In The Outsider, his classic existentialist novel, Camus explores the alienation of an individual who refuses to conform to social norms. Meursault, his anti-hero, will not lie. When his mother dies, he refuses to show his emotions simply to satisfy the expectations of others. And when he commits a

Victoria & Albert: Our Lives in Watercolour (Collier Carly)(Pevná vazba)

The arts were an important shared enthusiasm of Queen Victoria and her consort, Prince Albert, throughout their marriage. Of particular personal significance for them were the hundreds of watercolors they commissioned to form a pictorial record of their public and private lives together, which they

Leibniz: An Intellectual Biography (Antognazza Maria Rosa)(Paperback)

Of all the thinkers of the century of genius that inaugurated modern philosophy, none lived an intellectual life more rich and varied than Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716). Trained as a jurist and employed as a counsellor, librarian, and historian, he made famous contributions to logic,

Young Rembrandt - A Biography (Blom Onno)(Pevná vazba)

An immersive exploration of the little-known story of Rembrandt's formative

Albert Einstein (Croy Anita)(Pevná vazba)

Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life (Hitz Zena)(Pevná vazba)

An invitation to readers from every walk of life to rediscover the impractical splendors of a life of learningIn an overloaded, superficial, technological world, in which almost everything and everybody is judged by its usefulness, where can we turn for escape, lasting pleasure, contemplation, or

Milosz - A Biography (Franaszek Andrzej)(Pevná vazba)

George Orwell: English Rebel (Colls Robert)(Pevná vazba)

An intellectual who did not like intellectuals, a socialist who did not trust the state, a writer of the left who found it easier to forgive writers of the right, a liberal who was against free markets, a Protestant who believed in religion but not in God, a fierce opponent of nationalism who

What Is China?: Territory, Ethnicity, Culture, and History (Ge Zhaoguang)(Pevná vazba)

Ge Zhaoguang, an eminent historian of traditional China and a public intellectual, takes on fundamental questions that shape the domestic and international politics of the world's most populous country and its second largest economy. What Is China? offers an insider's account that addresses