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20 produkter
Liberties Journal of Culture and Politics
Summer 2023
Av Mario Vargas Llosa, Katherine C. Epstein m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
188 kr
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Liberties, a Journal of Culture and Politics , is essential reading for those engaged in the cultural and political issues of our time. In this issue of Liberties : Katherine C. Epstein — Scholarship and the Future of Society; Mario Vargas Llosa — A Forgotten Giant; Cass R. Sunstein — A …
The Fine Wisdom and Perfect Teachings of the Kings of Rock and Roll
Häftad, 2016
242 kr
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Towards Reading Freud
Self-Creation in Milton, Wordsworth, Emerson, and Sigmund Freud
Häftad, 2007
281 kr
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When most critics were using Freudian theories to study literature, Mark Edmundson read Freud's writings as literature - alongside the works of poets grappling with the heady issues of desire, narcissism, and grief. "Towards Reading Freud" weighs the psychoanalyst's therapeutic directives against …
Age of Guilt
The Super-Ego in the Online World
Inbunden, 2023
239 kr
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How Freud’s concept of the super-ego can help us to understand the harsh cultural climate of the digital age Cancellation, scapegoating, raving on Twitter. How did the Internet, which began as a place for open thought and exchange, become a forum for cruelty and judgment? Can a whole culture become …
Teacher
The One Who Made the Difference
E-bok, 2007
236 kr
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In 1969, Mark Edmundson was a typical high school senior in working-class Medford, Massachusetts. He loved football, disdained schoolwork, and seemed headed for a factory job in his hometown—until a maverick philosophy teacher turned his life around. When Frank Lears, a small, nervous man wearing a …
Literature against Philosophy, Plato to Derrida
A Defence of Poetry
Häftad, 1995
823 kr
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This timely book argues that the institutionalisation of literary theory, particularly within American and British academic circles, has led to a sterility of thought which ignores the special character of literary art. Mark Edmundson traces the origins of this tendency to the ancient quarrel …
Song of Ourselves
Walt Whitman and the Fight for Democracy
Inbunden, 2021
362 kr
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In the midst of a crisis of democracy, we have much to learn from Walt Whitman’s journey toward egalitarian selfhood.Walt Whitman knew a great deal about democracy that we don’t. Most of that knowledge is concentrated in one stunning poem, Song of Myself.Esteemed cultural and literary thinker Mark …
Song of Ourselves
Walt Whitman and the Fight for Democracy
E-bok, 2021
474 kr
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In the midst of a crisis of democracy, we have much to learn from Walt Whitman's journey toward egalitarian selfhood.Walt Whitman knew a great deal about democracy that we don't. Most of that knowledge is concentrated in one stunning poem, Song of Myself.Esteemed cultural and literary thinker Mark …
Nightmare on Main Street
Angels, Sadomasochism, and the Culture of Gothic
Häftad, 1999
362 kr
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Once we've terrified ourselves reading Anne Rice or Stephen King, watching Halloween or following the O. J. Simpson trial, we can rely on the comfort of our inner child or Robert Bly's bongos, an angel, or even a crystal. In a brilliant assessment of American culture on the eve of the millennium, …
Self and Soul
A Defense of Ideals
Häftad, 2018
232 kr
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An ARTery Best Book of the YearAn Art of Manliness Best Book of the YearIn a culture that has become progressively more skeptical and materialistic, the desires of the individual self stand supreme, Mark Edmundson says. We spare little thought for the great ideals that once gave life meaning and …
Death of Sigmund Freud
Fascism, Psychoanalysis and the Rise of Fundamentalism
Häftad, 2008
191 kr
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When Hitler invaded Vienna in the winter of 1938, Sigmund Freud, old and desperately ill, was among the city's 175,000 Jews dreading Nazi occupation. Here Mark Edmundson traces Hitler and Freud's oddly converging lives, then zeroes in on the last two years of Freud's life, during which he was …
Why Football Matters
My Education in the Game
E-bok, 2014
164 kr
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Acclaimed essayist Mark Edmundson reflects on his own rite of passage as a high school football player to get to larger truths about the ways America''s Game shapes its men Football teaches young men self-discipline and teamwork. But football celebrates violence. Football is a showcase for athletic …
Death of Sigmund Freud
Fascism, Psychoanalysis and the Rise of Fundamentalism
E-bok, 2010
195 kr
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A dramatic narrative of Freud''s last two years, when he fled Nazi-occupied Vienna for London, and the rise of Adolf Hitler ''As tense as any thriller ... Edmundson traces some very interesting links between Freud and Hitler'' Mail on Sunday ''Edmundson deftly entwines the gripping story of the …
Why Read?
The Uses and Abuses of Literature for Life
E-bok, 2008
174 kr
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In this important book, acclaimed author Mark Edmundson reconceives the value and promise of reading. He enjoins educators to stop offering up literature as facile entertainment and instead teach students to read in a way that can change their lives for the better. At once controversial and …
Why Teach?
In Defense of a Real Education
E-bok, 2013
222 kr
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Mark Edmundson''s essays reclaim college not as the province of high-priced tuition, career training, and interactive online courses, but as the place where serious people go to broaden their minds and learn to live the rest of their lives.A renowned professor of English at the University of …
Why Write?
A Master Class on the Art of Writing and Why it Matters
Inbunden, 2016
207 kr
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From one of America’s great professors, author of Why Teach? and Why Read?--an inspiring exploration of the importance of writing well, for creators, educators, students, and anyone who writes.Why write when it sometimes feels that so few people really read--read as if their lives might be changed …
Why Write?
A Master Class on the Art of Writing and Why it Matters
E-bok, 2016
184 kr
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From one of America''s great professors, author of Why Teach? and Why Read?-- an inspiring exploration of the importance of writing well, for creators, educators, students, and anyone who writes. Why write when it sometimes feels that so few people really read--read as if their lives might be …
Heart of the Humanities
Reading, Writing, Teaching
E-bok, 2018
297 kr
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From one of America''s great professors, a collection of works exploring the importance of reading, writing, and teaching well, for anyone invested in the future of the humanities. In his series of books Why Read? , Why Teach? , and Why Write? Edmundson, a renowned professor of English at the …
