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14 produkter
The Body in Pain
The Making and Unmaking of the World
Häftad, 1988
4,5 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (2)
263 kr
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Part philosophical meditation, part cultural critique, this profoundly original work explores the nature of physical suffering. Elaine Scarry bases her study on a wide range of sources: literature and art, medical case histories, documents on torture compiled by Amnesty International, legal …
On Beauty and Being Just
Häftad, 2001
309 kr
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Have we become beauty-blind? For two decades or more in the humanities, various political arguments have been put forward against beauty: that it distracts us from more important issues; that it is the handmaiden of privilege; and that it masks political interests. In On Beauty and Being Just …
Thinking in an Emergency
Häftad, 2012
238 kr
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In Thinking in an Emergency, Elaine Scarry lays bare the realities of “emergency” politics and emphasizes what she sees as the ultimate ethical concern: “equality of survival.” She reveals how regular citizens can reclaim the power to protect one another and our democratic principles. Government …
Resisting Representation
E-bok, 1994
1181 kr
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Renowned scholar Elaine Scarry''s book, The Body in Pain , has been called by Susan Sontag "extraordinary...large-spirited, heroically truthful." The Los Angeles Times called it "brilliant, ambitious, and controversial." Now Oxford has collected some of Scarry''s most provocative writing. This …
Body in Pain
The Making and Unmaking of the World
E-bok, 1985
239 kr
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Part philosophical meditation, part cultural critique, The Body in Pain is a profoundly original study that has already stirred excitement in a wide range of intellectual circles. The book is an analysis of physical suffering and its relation to the numerous vocabularies and cultural …
Rule of Law, Misrule of Men
E-bok, 2010
219 kr
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A passionate call for citizen action to uphold the rule of law when government does not. This book is a passionate call for citizen action to uphold the rule of law when government does not. Arguing that post-9/11 legislation and foreign policy severed the executive branch from the will of the …
Thermonuclear Monarchy
Choosing Between Democracy and Doom
Inbunden, 2014
335 kr
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During his impeachment proceedings, Richard Nixon boasted, "I can go into my office and pick up the telephone and in twenty-five minutes seventy million people will be dead." Nixon was accurately describing not only his own power but also the power of every American president in the nuclear …
Thermonuclear Monarchy
Choosing Between Democracy and Doom
Häftad, 2016
171 kr
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During his impeachment proceedings, Richard Nixon boasted, "I can go into my office and pick up the telephone and in twenty-five minutes seventy million people will be dead." Nixon was accurately describing not only his own power but also the power of every American president in the nuclear …
Memory, Brain, and Belief
Av Daniel L. Schacter, Elaine Scarry
Häftad, 2001
396 kr
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The scientific research literature on memory is enormous. Yet until now no single book has focused on the complex interrelationships of memory and belief. This book brings together eminent scholars from neuroscience, cognitive psychology, literature, and medicine to discuss such provocative issues …
Dreaming by the Book
Häftad, 2001
600 kr
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Just as painters understand paint, composers musical instruments, and sculptors stone or metal, verbal artists understand the only material in which their creations will get made - the back-lit tissue of the human brain. This book explores the almost miraculous processes by which poets and writers …
Who Defended The Country?
A New Democracy Forum on Authoritarian versus Democratic Approaches to National Defense on 9/11
Av Elaine Scarry, Joshua Cohen
Häftad, 2003
256 kr
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Imagining Color
Häftad, 2027
117 kr
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Acclaimed theorist and scholar Elaine Scarry uncovers profound connections between color, memory, time, and mortality through readings of works by Proust, Woolf, and Murasaki, offering fresh insights into the interplay between language and perception.How do writers summon color into being—not only …
Responsibility of Intellectuals in the Age of Fascism and Genocide
Av Elaine Scarry, Vivian Gornick m. fl.
E-bok, 2025
199 kr
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The Responsibility of Intellectuals in the Age of Fascism and Genocide is Boston Review's 50th anniversary issue. This milestone issue features many of our longtime contributors, including Robin D. G. Kelley, Vivian Gornick, and Elaine Scarry, and celebrates classics from our archive. In this …
