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42 produkter
Literature, Analytically Speaking
Explorations in the Theory of Interpretation, Analytic Aesthetics, and Evolution
Häftad, 2010
317 kr
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In a new approach to interdisciplinary literary theory, Literature, Analytically Speaking integrates literary studies with analytic aesthetics, girded by neo-Darwinian evolution. Scrutinizing narrative fiction through a lens provided by analytic philosophy, revered literary theorist Peter Swirski …
American Utopia
Literature, Society, and the Human Use of Human Beings
Inbunden, 2019
2888 kr
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From Black Tuesday to the White House, from Plato to Robert Nozick, from Eugene Debs to Richard Nixon, from Peter Cornelis Plockhoy to the hippie communes of the Sixties, from universal basic income to utopian basic income, from proverbial wisdom to multilevel selection, from Big Data to …
American Utopia
Literature, Society, and the Human Use of Human Beings
Häftad, 2019
745 kr
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From Black Tuesday to the White House, from Plato to Robert Nozick, from Eugene Debs to Richard Nixon, from Peter Cornelis Plockhoy to the hippie communes of the Sixties, from universal basic income to utopian basic income, from proverbial wisdom to multilevel selection, from Big Data to …
Of Literature and Knowledge
Explorations in Narrative Thought Experiments, Evolution and Game Theory
Inbunden, 2006
2888 kr
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"Of Literature and Knowledge looks ... like an important advance in this new and very important subject... literature is about to become even more interesting." – Edward O. Wilson, Pellegrino University Professor, Harvard University.Framed by the theory of evolution, this colourful and engaging …
Of Literature and Knowledge
Explorations in Narrative Thought Experiments, Evolution and Game Theory
Häftad, 2006
812 kr
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"Of Literature and Knowledge looks ... like an important advance in this new and very important subject... literature is about to become even more interesting." – Edward O. Wilson, Pellegrino University Professor, Harvard University.Framed by the theory of evolution, this colourful and engaging …
American Utopia and Social Engineering in Literature, Social Thought, and Political History
Häftad, 2012
943 kr
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The United States today is afflicted with political alienation, militarized violence, institutionalized poverty, and social agony. Worst of all, perhaps, it is afflicted with chronic and acute ahistoricism. America insist on ignoring the context of its present dilemmas. It insists on forgetting …
American Utopia and Social Engineering in Literature, Social Thought, and Political History
Inbunden, 2011
2879 kr
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The United States today is afflicted with political alienation, militarized violence, institutionalized poverty, and social agony. Worst of all, perhaps, it is afflicted with chronic and acute ahistoricism. America insist on ignoring the context of its present dilemmas. It insists on forgetting …
American Utopia
Literature, Society, and the Human Use of Human Beings
E-bok, 2019
876 kr
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From Black Tuesday to the White House, from Plato to Robert Nozick, from Eugene Debs to Richard Nixon, from Peter Cornelis Plockhoy to the hippie communes of the Sixties, from universal basic income to utopian basic income, from proverbial wisdom to multilevel selection, from Big Data to …
American Utopia
Literature, Society, and the Human Use of Human Beings
E-bok, 2019
876 kr
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From Black Tuesday to the White House, from Plato to Robert Nozick, from Eugene Debs to Richard Nixon, from Peter Cornelis Plockhoy to the hippie communes of the Sixties, from universal basic income to utopian basic income, from proverbial wisdom to multilevel selection, from Big Data to …
Between Literature and Science
Poe, Lem and Explorations in Aesthetics, Cognitive Science, and Literary Knowledge
E-bok, 2000
1159 kr
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Through close analysis of Eureka and The Purloined Letter, Swirski evaluates Poe''s epistemological theses in the light of contemporary philosophy of science and presents literary interpretation as a cooperative game played by the author and reader, thereby illuminating how we read fiction. The …
From Lowbrow to Nobrow
E-bok, 2005
305 kr
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Swirski begins with a series of groundbreaking questions about the nature of popular fiction, vindicating it as an artform that expresses and reflects the aesthetic and social values of its readers. He follows his insightful introduction to the socio-aesthetics of genre literature with a synthesis …
Art and Science of Stanislaw Lem
E-bok, 2008
1197 kr
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The Polish science fiction writer Stanislaw Lem, whose works include Return from the Stars, The Cyberiad, A Perfect Vacuum, and Solaris, has been hailed as a "literary Einstein" and a science-fiction Bach. The Art and Science of Stanislaw Lem provides an inter-disciplinary analysis of his influence …
I Sing the Body Politic
History as Prophecy in Contemporary American Literature
E-bok, 2010
312 kr
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A critical investigation of the dead ends, dead metaphors, dead bodies, and other historical constants of American politics.
Art and Science of Stanislaw Lem
E-bok, 2009
1171 kr
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The Polish science fiction writer Stanislaw Lem, whose works include Return from the Stars, The Cyberiad, A Perfect Vacuum, and Solaris, has been hailed as a "literary Einstein" and a science-fiction Bach. The Art and Science of Stanislaw Lem provides an inter-disciplinary analysis of his influence …
Ars Americana, Ars Politica
Partisan Expression in Contemporary American Literature and Culture
E-bok, 2011
1171 kr
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As partisan attacks have become increasingly bitter in American politics, contemporary culture has found ways to channel this outrage into the outrageous, responding with comedy and satire from both sides of the political spectrum. Ars Americana, Ars Politica cross-examines American politics, …
I Sing the Body Politic
History as Prophecy in Contemporary American Literature
E-bok, 2011
312 kr
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A critical investigation of the dead ends, dead metaphors, dead bodies, and other historical constants of American politics.
From Literature to Biterature
Lem, Turing, Darwin, and Explorations in Computer Literature, Philosophy of Mind, and Cultural Evolution
E-bok, 2013
377 kr
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From Literature to Biterature is based on the premise that in the foreseeable future computers will become capable of creating works of literature. Among hundreds of other questions, it considers: Under which conditions would machines become capable of creative writing? Given that computer …
From Literature to Biterature
Lem, Turing, Darwin, and Explorations in Computer Literature, Philosophy of Mind, and Cultural Evolution
E-bok, 2013
369 kr
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From Literature to Biterature is based on the premise that in the foreseeable future computers will become capable of creating works of literature. Among hundreds of other questions, it considers: Under which conditions would machines become capable of creative writing? Given that computer …
Lem Reader
Häftad, 1997
230 kr
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A dialogue with Stanislow Lem, best known for his work in science fiction. His novels and short stories have been translated into over 40 languages and have sold 25 million copies.
Orion Project
E-bok, 2026
118 kr
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During a critical phase of the Cold War, NASA launches a mission which culminates decades of clandestine development of a nuclear pulse-driven spacecraft-a super-rocket propelled by atom bomb explosions. Held back by the 1963 Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, Orion is revived in secret and launched in 1973 …
Behold a Virgin
E-bok, 2026
120 kr
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March, 1957. A lone policeman trudges through smog-filled streets of London to a scene of a savage domestic homicide. Trying to wrap his head around a series of attacks, in which men senselessly brutalize the women they live with, Detective Inspector Shepard finds himself following a trail of …
Of Literature and Knowledge
Explorations in Narrative Thought Experiments, Evolution and Game Theory
E-bok, 2007
935 kr
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" Of Literature and Knowledge looks ... like an important advance in this new and very important subject... literature is about to become even more interesting." – Edward O. Wilson, Pellegrino University Professor, Harvard University. Framed by the theory of evolution, this colourful and engaging …
Of Literature and Knowledge
Explorations in Narrative Thought Experiments, Evolution and Game Theory
E-bok, 2007
956 kr
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" Of Literature and Knowledge looks ... like an important advance in this new and very important subject... literature is about to become even more interesting." – Edward O. Wilson, Pellegrino University Professor, Harvard University. Framed by the theory of evolution, this colourful and engaging …
American Utopia and Social Engineering in Literature, Social Thought, and Political History
E-bok, 2011
1091 kr
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The United States today is afflicted with political alienation, militarized violence, institutionalized poverty, and social agony. Worst of all, perhaps, it is afflicted with chronic and acute ahistoricism. America insist on ignoring the context of its present dilemmas. It insists on forgetting …
American Utopia and Social Engineering in Literature, Social Thought, and Political History
E-bok, 2011
1115 kr
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The United States today is afflicted with political alienation, militarized violence, institutionalized poverty, and social agony. Worst of all, perhaps, it is afflicted with chronic and acute ahistoricism. America insist on ignoring the context of its present dilemmas. It insists on forgetting …
American Political Fictions
War on Errorism in Contemporary American Literature, Culture, and Politics
E-bok, 2015
877 kr
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Through a discussion of diverse art and media such as apocalyptic thrillers, rap, and television, Swirski debunks the American political system, sieving out fact from a sea of bipartisan untruths. Engaging with close analysis and multiple case studies, this book forges a more accurate picture of …
American Political Fictions
War on Errorism in Contemporary American Literature, Culture, and Politics
Inbunden, 2015
635 kr
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Through a discussion of diverse art and media such as apocalyptic thrillers, rap, and television, Swirski debunks the American political system, sieving out fact from a sea of bipartisan untruths. Engaging with close analysis and multiple case studies, this book forges a more accurate picture of …
When Highbrow Meets Lowbrow
Popular Culture and the Rise of Nobrow
Av Peter Swirski, Tero Eljas Vanhanen
Inbunden, 2017
1388 kr
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This book examines nobrow, a cultural formation that intertwines art and entertainment into an identifiable creative force. In our eclectic and culturally turbocharged world, the binary of highbrow vs. lowbrow is incapable of doing justice to the complexity and artistry of cultural production. …
American Political Fictions
War on Errorism in Contemporary American Literature, Culture, and Politics
Häftad, 2015
635 kr
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Through a discussion of diverse art and media such as apocalyptic thrillers, rap, and television, Swirski debunks the American political system, sieving out fact from a sea of bipartisan untruths. Engaging with close analysis and multiple case studies, this book forges a more accurate picture of …
When Highbrow Meets Lowbrow
Popular Culture and the Rise of Nobrow
Av Tero Eljas Vanhanen, Peter Swirski
E-bok, 2017
1091 kr
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This book examines nobrow, a cultural formation that intertwines art and entertainment into an identifiable creative force. In our eclectic and culturally turbocharged world, the binary of highbrow vs. lowbrow is incapable of doing justice to the complexity and artistry of cultural production. …
