Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays (Althusser Louis)(Paperback)

Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays (Althusser Louis)(Paperback)

No figure among the western Marxist theoreticians has loomed larger in the postwar period than Louis Althusser. A rebel against the Catholic tradition in which he was raised, Althusser studied philosophy and later joined both the faculty of the Ecole normal superieure and the French Communist Party

On Ideology (Althusser Louis)(Paperback)

This major voice in French philosophy presents a classic study of how particular political and cultural ideas come to dominate society. Spanning the years 1964 to 1973, On Ideology contains the seminal text, 'Ideology and Ideological State Apparatus' (1970), which revolutionized the concept of

On the Reproduction of Capitalism: Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses (Althusser Louis)(Paperback)

Louis Althusser's renowned short text 'Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses' radically transformed the concept of the subject, the understanding of the state and even the very frameworks of cultural, political and literary theory. The text has influenced thinkers such as Judith Butler,

Speech Genres and Other Late Essays (Bakhtin M. M.)(Paperback)

Speech Genres and Other Late Essays presents six short works from Bakhtin's Esthetics of Creative Discourse, published in Moscow in 1979. This is the last of Bakhtin's extant manuscripts published in the Soviet Union. All but one of these essays (the one on the Bildungsroman) were written in

What Is Man?: And Other Essays (Twain Mark)(Paperback)

These acerbic, poignant, and thought-provoking essays concern mankind, its relationship with God, and how the mind works. Twain himself considered them dark and cynical, delaying their publication for many years before finally releasing them as an anonymous, limited-edition collection. The title

Discourse on Metaphysics and Other Essays (Leibniz Gottfried Wilhelm)(Paperback / softback)

Althusser and Art: Political and Aesthetic Theory (Fardy Jonathan R.)(Paperback)

Althusser and Art offers a reading of Althusserianism as a meta-mediation on the question concerning the aesthetics of theory. Fardy shows that Althusserian theory is part of a larger genealogy of thought, stretching from Korsch through Laruelle, that has been primarily concerned with the search

Labels and Other Stories (de Bernieres Louis)(Paperback / softback)

Women, Art, and Power and Other Essays (Nochlin Linda)(Paperback)

Women, Art, and Power--seven landmark essays on women artists and women in art history--brings together the work of almost twenty years of scholarship and

Intelligibility and the Philosophy of Nothingness: Three Philosophical Essays (Nishida Kitaro)(Paperback)

These translations of Kitaro Nishida's philosophy of nothingness and the intelligible world are accompanied with a scholarly introduction that explains the author's ideas and views on Western philosophy.Prominent in intellectual circles in the early 20th century, Nishida did much to compare the

Faith in a Hard Ground: Essays on Religion, Philosophy and Ethics (Anscombe G. E. M.)(Paperback)

Elizabeth Anscombe's forthright philosophy speaks directly to many religious and ethical issues of current concern.This collection of her essays forms a companion volume to the critically acclaimed Human Life, Action and Ethics published in

Economic Reform and a Liberal Culture: And Other Essays on Social and Cultural Topics (Rubens Tom)(Paperback)

This second collection of essays for the Societas series by Tom Rubens continues the author's discussion of contemporary issues contained in 'Progressive Secular Society' (Imprint Academic 2008). The present book is divided into three main sections. The first deals with social, economic and

The History and Philosophy of Islamic Science (Bakar Osman)(Paperback)

The essays in this volume cover a wide range of topics in the history and philosophy of Islamic science. The main aim is to reveal the different dimensions of the link that exists between spiritual and scientific

The Mathematics of the Ideal Villa and Other Essays (Rowe Colin)(Paperback)

This collection of an important architectural theorist's essays considers and compares designs by Palladio and Le Corbusier, discusses mannerism and modern architecture, architectural vocabulary in the 19th century, the architecture of Chicago, neoclassicism and modern architecture, and the

The Struggle Against the State and Other Essays (Makhno Nestor)(Paperback)

A collection of essays and articles from the Ukranian revolutionary, Nestor Makhno, who fought against encroaching Bolshevik terror during the Russian Revolution. 'The Struggle Against the State and other Essays' sheds valuable insight onto the man and the movement that bore his

Selected Political Writings - The Great Moving Right Show and Other Essays(Paperback / softback)

Across the Plains, with Other Memories and Essays - Robert Louis Stevenson - e-kniha

eBook:,‘Across the Plains’ is a vibrant collection of travel and exploration pieces from Stevenson’s life. ‘Across the Plains’ itself recounts Stevenson’s journey from Glasgow to New York before his long train ride to California. It offers a fascinating insight in to how our world used

The Fear of the Feminine: And Other Essays on Feminine Psychology (Neumann Erich)(Paperback)

These essays by the famous analytical psychologist and student of creativity Erich Neumann belong in the context of the depth psychology of culture and reveal a prescient concern about the one-sidedness of patriarchal Western civilization. Neumann recommended a 'cultural therapy' that he thought

The Power Tactics of Jesus Christ and Other Essays: 2nd Edition (Hayley Jay)(Paperback)

Louise Lawler (Molesworth Helen)(Paperback)

Essays and interviews that examine the work of an artist whose witty, poignant, and trenchant photographs investigate the life cycle of art objects.Louise Lawler has devoted her art practice to investigating the life cycle of art objects. Her photographs depict art in the collector's home, the

Louis C.K. and Philosophy: You Don't Get to Be Bored (Ralkowski Mark)(Paperback)

Charlie Rose has called Louis C.K. 'the philosopher-king of comedy,' and many have detected philosophical profundity in his material. Twenty-five philosophers examine the wisdom of Louis C.K. from a variety of philosophical perspectives. The chapters draw upon C.K.'s standup comedy, the show Louie,

Materials and Meaning in Architecture: Essays on the Bodily Experience of Buildings (Coleman Nathaniel)(Paperback)

Interweaving architecture, philosophy and cultural history, Materials and Meaning in Architecture develops a rich and multi-dimensional exploration of materials and materiality, in an age when architectural practice seems otherwise preoccupied with image and visual representation. Arguing that

Salazar and His Work: Essays on Political Philosophy (Welter Brian)(Paperback)

Three attributes should be essential to anyone in public office: intelligence, integrity and dedication. If it is not an easy task to identify one of these qualities in a politician, much more difficult it would be to find two, and highly improbable to have all three simultaneously. For the good

Nature and Selected Essays (Emerson Ralph Waldo)(Paperback)

An indispensible look at Emerson's influential life philosophy Through his writing and his own personal philosophy, Ralph Waldo Emerson unburdened his young country of Europe's traditional sense of history and showed Americans how to be creators of their own circumstances. His mandate, which called