Splinters in Your Eye: Essays on the Frankfurt School (Jay Martin)(Paperback)

Splinters in Your Eye: Essays on the Frankfurt School (Jay Martin)(Paperback)

Assessing the legacy of the Frankfurt School in the twenty-first century Although successive generations of the Frankfurt School have attempted to adapt Critical Theory to new circumstances, the work done by its founding members continues in the 21st century to unsettle conventional wisdom about

Essays on Music (Adorno Theodor)(Paperback)

Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969), one of the principal figures associated with the Frankfurt School, wrote extensively on culture, modernity, aesthetics, literature, and-more than any other subject-music. To this day, Adorno remains the single most influential contributor to the development of

Modernism and the Frankfurt School (Miller Tyrus)(Paperback)

This book provides a focused introduction to the Frankfurt School's important attempts to relate the social, political, and philosophical conditions of modernity to innovations in twentieth-century art, literature, and culture. Individual chapters include detailed discussions of Benjamin, Adorno,

Night Music: Essays on Music 1928-1962 (Adorno Theodor W.)(Paperback)

Although Theodor W. Adorno is best known for his association with the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory, he began his career as a composer and successful music critic. Night Music presents the first complete English translations of two collections of texts compiled by German philosopher and

How to Use Your Reading in Your Essays (Godfrey Jeanne)(Paperback)

How to Use your Reading in your Essays helps students through the process of effectively using their reading in essays, from how to quote, paraphrase and summarise sources, through to editing their work. It equips students with all the information, practice and confidence they need to use their

Clash of the Tyrants, Volume 3 (Burridge Jay Jay)(Paperback)

Bea and Carter Kingsley have been struggling to fit in at school in England after their adventures and the tragic loss of their grandmother. Their godfather Theodore decides to take them to America, to visit their Uncle's ranch in California. Unexpectedly reunited with Viscount Lambert Von Knutr,

Critical Theory: A Very Short Introduction (Bronner Stephen Eric)(Paperback)

Critical theory emerged in the 1920s from the work of the Frankfurt School, the circle of German-Jewish academics who sought to diagnose -- and, if at all possible, cure -- the ills of society, particularly fascism and capitalism. In this book, Stephen Eric Bronner provides sketches of

Capture the Magic: Train Your Eye, Improve Your Photographic Composition (Dykinga Jack)(Paperback)

In Capture the Magic: Train Your Eye, Improve Your Photographic Composition, author Jack Dykinga uses a structured approach to teach the art of creating interesting, well-composed images. This book provides solutions to problems that often get in the way of producing great photographs and

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

Dialectic of Enlightenment (Horkheimer Max)(Paperback)

Dialectic of Enlightenment is undoubtedly the most influential publication of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. Written during the Second World War and circulated privately, it appeared in a printed edition in Amsterdam in 1947. 'What we had set out to do,' the authors write in the Preface,

Where's Wally? (Handford Martin)(Paperback / softback)

Start the search for Wally in the original eye-boggling classic activity book!

Money and Markets: Essays in Honour of Martin Daunton (Hoppit Julian)(Paperback)

Money and Markets celebrates Martin Daunton's distinguished career by bringing together essays from leading economic, financial, social and cultural historians, many being colleagues and former students. Throughout his career, Daunton has focused on the relationship between structure and agency,

Postphenomenological Investigations: Essays on Human-Technology Relations (Rosenberger)(Paperback)

This book provides an introduction to postphenomenology, an emerging school of thought in the philosophy of technology and science and technology studies, which addresses the relationships users develop with the devices they use

Grand Hotel Abyss: The Lives of the Frankfurt School (Jeffries Stuart)(Paperback)

'Marvelously entertaining, exciting and informative.' --Guardian'An engaging and accessible history.' --New York Review of Books This group biography is 'an exhilarating page-turner' and 'outstanding critical introduction' to the work and legacy of the Frankfurt School, and the great 20th-century

Thief! (Blackman Malorie)(Paperback / softback)

You're the new girl in school. You're just trying to fit in - and it's not working. Then someone accuses you of theft, and you think things can't get any worse. Until you get caught in a freak storm . . . The next thing you know, you're in the future. Being shot at for being out after curfew. You

Bee & Me (Jay Alison)(Paperback / softback)

The beautiful Bee and Me by Alison Jay is now available in paperback! A bee flies in the window and a little girl is frightened. She traps the bee and then wonders what to do. This beautiful wordless picture book traces the growing friendship between girl and bee and introduces small children to

Truth in Husserl, Heidegger, and the Frankfurt School: Critical Retrieval (Zuidervaart Lambert)(Pevná vazba)

An innovative, ambitious, tradition-crossing study drawing on the work of Husserl, Heidegger, Horkheimer, Adorno, and Habermas to propose a new and transformative concept of truth.The idea of truth is a guiding theme for German continental philosophers from Husserl through Habermas. In this book,

Downcast Eyes: The Denigration of Vision in Twentieth-Century French Thought (Jay Martin)(Paperback)

Long considered the noblest of the senses, vision has increasingly come under critical scrutiny by a wide range of thinkers who question its dominance in Western culture. These critics of vision, especially prominent in twentieth-century France, have challenged its allegedly superior capacity to

How to Get Your Teacher Ready (Reagan Jean)(Paperback)

Learn how to get your teacher ready...from the first day of school to graduation! The kids are in charge in this hilarious classroom adventure that makes the perfect graduation or Teacher's Appreciation Day gift--from the creators of the New York Times bestseller How to Babysit a Grandpa. This

Flywheel (Kendrick Alex)(Paperback)

What's the most important thing in your life?Jay Austin did what it took to get ahead and make the quick sell at work. Problem was--the more successful he was, the more he traded what really mattered. His integrity. His relationship with his wife. His time with his son.He was chasing things that

The Question Concerning Technology: And Other Essays (Heidegger Martin)(Paperback)

As relevant now as ever before, this accessible collection is an essential landmark in the philosophy of science from 'one of the most profound thinkers of the twentieth century' (New York Times).The advent of machine technology has given rise to some of the deepest problems of modern thought

Death Wish (Slim Iceberg)(Paperback / softback)

'Slim belongs to the knuckleduster-in-your-face school of storytelling'. Sunday

Powering Up Your School: The Learning Power Approach to School Leadership (Claxton Guy)(Paperback)

The Frankfurt School: Its History, Theory and Political Significance (Wiggershaus Rolf)(Paperback)

This widely acclaimed book is a comprehensive and authoritativeaccount of the history and ideas of the Frankfurt School - the mostimportant and influential group of leftist intellectuals, philosophers and social theorists in Germany this century. Wiggershaus traces the history of the School from