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35 produkter
Extraordinary Canadians Glenn Gould
E-bok, 2009
172 kr
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Glenn Gould, one of the world’s most renowned classical musicians of the twentieth century, was also known as an eccentric genius—solitary, headstrong, a hypochondriac virtuoso. Abandoning stage performances in 1964, Gould concentrated instead on mastering the various media: recordings, radio, …
Ethics of Architecture
E-bok, 2021
283 kr
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A lively and accessible discussion of how architecture functions in a complex world of obligation and responsibility, with a preface offering specific discussion of architecture during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.What are the special ethical obligations assumed by architects? Because their work …
Ethics of Architecture
E-bok, 2021
283 kr
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A lively and accessible discussion of how architecture functions in a complex world of obligation and responsibility, with a preface offering specific discussion of architecture during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.What are the special ethical obligations assumed by architects? Because their work …
Adventurer's Glossary
Av Mark Kingwell, Joshua Glenn
E-bok, 2021
214 kr
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Adventure is always escapist and often utopian, yet we find solidarity with others and Kafkaesque existential rabbit holes within the words we use to celebrate high-flying escapades. Even when adventures are small in the cosmic scope, the terminology of thrilling exploits promotes a life lived at a …
Adventurer's Glossary
Av Mark Kingwell, Joshua Glenn
E-bok, 2021
214 kr
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Adventure is always escapist and often utopian, yet we find solidarity with others and Kafkaesque existential rabbit holes within the words we use to celebrate high-flying escapades. Even when adventures are small in the cosmic scope, the terminology of thrilling exploits promotes a life lived at a …
Singular Creatures
Robots, Rights, and the Politics of Posthumanism
Inbunden, 2022
343 kr
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Anxiety about non-human intelligent machines is a longstanding theme of cultural production and consumption. Examples range from tales of golems and Frankenstein’s monster to the evil overlord scenarios of contemporary film and television franchises: Star Trek, the Alien series, and the Terminator …
Singular Creatures
Robots, Rights, and the Politics of Posthumanism
E-bok, 2022
307 kr
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Anxiety about non-human intelligent machines is a longstanding theme of cultural production and consumption. Examples range from tales of golems and Frankenstein’s monster to the evil overlord scenarios of contemporary film and television franchises: Star Trek, the Alien series, and the Terminator …
Singular Creatures
Robots, Rights, and the Politics of Posthumanism
E-bok, 2022
314 kr
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Anxiety about non-human intelligent machines is a longstanding theme of cultural production and consumption. Examples range from tales of golems and Frankenstein’s monster to the evil overlord scenarios of contemporary film and television franchises: Star Trek, the Alien series, and the Terminator …
Wish I Were Here
Boredom and the Interface
Häftad, 2026
273 kr
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Are you bored of the endless scroll of your social media feed? Do you swipe left before considering the human being whose face you just summarily rejected? Do you skim articles on your screen in search of intellectual stimulation that never arrives? If so, this book is the philosophical lifeline …
Civil Tongue
Justice, Dialogue, and the Politics of Pluralism
Häftad, 1995
527 kr
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This book is about a widely shared desire: the desire among citizens for a vibrant and effective social discourse of legitimation. It therefore begins with the conviction that what political philosophy can provide citizens is not further theories of the good life but instead directions for talking …
Nearest Thing to Heaven
The Empire State Building and American Dreams
Häftad, 2007
468 kr
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A new perspective on a beloved cultural icon, its place in our history, and its meaning in the American imaginationThis elegantly written appreciation of the Empire State Building opens up the building’s richness and importance as an icon of America. The book leads us through the facts surrounding …
Wish I Were Here
Boredom and the Interface
E-bok, 2019
343 kr
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Are you bored of the endless scroll of your social media feed? Do you swipe left before considering the human being whose face you just summarily rejected? Do you skim articles on your screen in search of intellectual stimulation that never arrives? If so, this book is the philosophical lifeline …
Wish I Were Here
Boredom and the Interface
E-bok, 2019
343 kr
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Are you bored of the endless scroll of your social media feed? Do you swipe left before considering the human being whose face you just summarily rejected? Do you skim articles on your screen in search of intellectual stimulation that never arrives? If so, this book is the philosophical lifeline …
Catch and Release
Trout Fishing and the Meaning of Life
E-bok, 2005
82 kr
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This vibrant blend of memoir, travelogue, and reflection on the deep truths of angling is framed around an annual fishing trip that Mark Kingwell and his father and two brothers take each year to British Columbia. Between the drinking, the cigars, and the piloting of a small dingy, Kingwell, …
Practical Judgments
Essays in Culture, Politics, and Interpretation
E-bok, 2004
652 kr
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What does it mean to be both a professor of philosophy and a public intellectual in an age when every CEO is hailed as an intellectual, every adman a visionary? When the opinions of TV pundits and 'fast thinkers' seem to carry the day? When academics bemoan the loss of critical engagement and …
Rites of Way
The Politics and Poetics of Public Space
Av Mark Kingwell, Patrick Turmel
Häftad, 2009
429 kr
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There are many ways to approach the subject of public space: the threats posed to it by surveillance and visual pollution; the joys it offers of stimulation and excitement, of anonymity and transformation; its importance to urban variety or democratic politics. But public space remains an …
Measure Yourself Against the Earth
Essays
E-bok, 2015
182 kr
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Mark Kingwell is as at home discussing Battlestar Galactica as he is civility, can find the Plato in popular culture, and sees in idleness a deeply revolutionary gesture. In Measure Yourself Against the Earth , he brings his heady mixture of critical intelligence and infectious enthusiasm to bear …
Fail Better
Why Baseball Matters
E-bok, 2017
212 kr
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Taking seriously the idea that baseball is a study in failurea very successful batter manages a hit only three of every ten attemptsMark Kingwell explores various aspects of the game that teach us about fragility, contingency, and community. Kingwell uses argument, memory, and narrative to …
On Risk
Häftad, 2020
127 kr
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With COVID-19 comes a heightened sense of everyday risk. How should a society manage, distribute, and conceive of it?As we cope with the lengthening effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic, considerations of everyday risk have been more pressing, and inescapable. In the past, everyone engaged in …
On Risk
E-bok, 2020
133 kr
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With COVID-19 comes a heightened sense of everyday risk. How should a society manage, distribute, and conceive of it? As we cope with the lengthening effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic, considerations of everyday risk have been more pressing, and inescapable. In the past, everyone engaged in …
Question Authority
A Polemic About Trust in Five Meditations
Häftad, 2025
179 kr
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Philosopher Mark Kingwell thinks about thinking for yourself in an era of radical know-it-all-ism.“Question authority,” the popular 1960s slogan commanded. “Think for yourself.” But what started as a counter-cultural catchphrase, playful in logic but serious in intent, has become a practical …
Question Authority
A Polemic About Trust in Five Meditations
E-bok, 2024
212 kr
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Philosopher Mark Kingwell thinks about thinking for yourself in an era of radical know-it-all-ism. “Question authority,” the popular 1960s slogan commanded. “Think for yourself.” But what started as a counter-cultural catchphrase, playful in logic but serious in intent, has become a practical …
Idler's Glossary
Av Mark Kingwell, Joshua Glenn
E-bok, 2011
120 kr
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"Dawdler." "Layabout." "Shit-heel." "Loser." For as long as mankind has had to work for a living, which is to say ever since the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, people who work have disparaged those who prefer not to. Mark Kingwell''s introductory essay offers a playful defence …
Unruly Voices
Essays on Democracy, Civility and the Human Imagination
E-bok, 2012
251 kr
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“Mark Kingwell is a beautiful writer, a lucid thinker and a patient teacher ... His insights are intellectual anchors in a fast-changing world.”—Naomi Klein, author of No Logo Meet the “fast zombie" citizen of the current world. He is a rapid, brainless carrier of preference-driven consumption. His …
Ich wünschte, ich wäre hier: Langeweile im Zeitalter des Internets
Eine Philosophie
E-bok, 2021
166 kr
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Langeweile ist eine der geläufigsten menschlichen Erfahrungen, trotzdem scheint sie sich beharrlich einem vollständigen Verständnis zu entziehen. Wir alle wissen, wie es sich anfühlt, gelangweilt zu sein, doch was genau den Zustand des Gelangweiltseins auslöst, was ihn ausmacht und was aus ihm …
Nach der Arbeit
E-bok, 2018
208 kr
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Was erwartet uns nach der Arbeit? Mark Kingwell entwirft in seiner philosophischen Erkundung verschiedene Szenarien zukünftiger Geschäftigkeit. Doch unabhängig davon, wie viel Arbeit uns Maschinen und Roboter abnehmen mögen oder auch nicht: Die entscheidenden Fragen zu unserer Arbeit und …
Adventurer's Glossary
Av Joshua Glenn, Mark Kingwell
Inbunden, 2021
295 kr
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Adventure is always escapist and often utopian, yet we find solidarity with others and Kafkaesque existential rabbit holes within the words we use to celebrate high-flying escapades. Even when adventures are small in the cosmic scope, the terminology of thrilling exploits promotes a life lived at a …
Wish I Were Here
Boredom and the Interface
Inbunden, 2019
399 kr
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Are you bored of the endless scroll of your social media feed? Do you swipe left before considering the human being whose face you just summarily rejected? Do you skim articles on your screen in search of intellectual stimulation that never arrives? If so, this book is the philosophical lifeline …
Practical Judgments
Essays in Culture, Politics, and Interpretation
Inbunden, 2002
509 kr
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What does it mean to be both a professor of philosophy and a public intellectual in an age when every CEO is hailed as an intellectual, every adman a visionary? When the opinions of TV pundits and 'fast thinkers' seem to carry the day? When academics bemoan the loss of critical engagement and …
Practical Judgments
Essays in Culture, Politics, and Interpretation
Häftad, 2004
412 kr
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What does it mean to be both a professor of philosophy and a public intellectual in an age when every CEO is hailed as an intellectual, every adman a visionary? When the opinions of TV pundits and 'fast thinkers' seem to carry the day? When academics bemoan the loss of critical engagement and …
