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10 produkter
Dominion of the Dead
Häftad, 2005
212 kr
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In The Dominion of the Dead, Robert Pogue Harrison explores the many places where the dead cohabit the world of the living - the graves, images, literature, architecture, and monuments that house the dead in their afterlife among us. This elegantly conceived work devotes particular attention to the …
Gardens
An Essay on the Human Condition
Häftad, 2009
205 kr
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Humans have long turned to gardens - both real and imaginary - for sanctuary from the frenzy and tumult that surrounds them. With "Gardens", Robert Pogue Harrison graces readers with a thoughtful, wide-ranging examination of the many ways gardens evoke the human condition. Moving from the gardens …
Forests
The Shadow of Civilization
Häftad, 1993
281 kr
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In this wide-ranging exploration of the role of forests in Western thought, Robert Pogue Harrison enriches our understanding not only of the forest's place in the cultural imagination of the West, but also of the ecological dilemmas that now confront us so urgently. Consistently insightful and …
Gardens
An Essay on the Human Condition
Inbunden, 2008
474 kr
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Humans have long turned to gardens - both real and imaginary - for sanctuary from the frenzy and tumult that surrounds them. With "Gardens", Robert Pogue Harrison graces readers with a thoughtful, wide-ranging examination of the many ways gardens evoke the human condition. Moving from the gardens …
Dominion of the Dead
E-bok, 2010
406 kr
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How do the living maintain relations to the dead? Why do we bury people when they die? And what is at stake when we do? In The Dominion of the Dead, Robert Pogue Harrison considers the supreme importance of these questions to Western civilization, exploring the many places where the dead cohabit …
Juvenescence
A Cultural History of Our Age
Häftad, 2016
212 kr
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How old are you? The more thought you bring to bear on the question, the harder it is to answer. For we age simultaneously in different ways: biologically, psychologically, socially. And we age within the larger framework of a culture, in the midst of a history that predates us and will outlast us. …
Body of Beatrice
Häftad, 2000
449 kr
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Harrison's elegant poems follow in the steps of his work on interpreting the classic "Divine Comedy"by Dante. (Poetry)
What Is Life?
The Intellectual Pertinence of Erwin Schrödinger
Av Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, Robert Pogue Harrison m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
1021 kr
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Erwin Schrödinger (1887–1961) is best known as a co-recipient of the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics for his development of a mathematical description of quantum mechanics. Today, many experts also consider him the father of bioengineering, and philosophers grant him an important role in the …
What Is Life?
The Intellectual Pertinence of Erwin Schrödinger
Av Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, Robert Pogue Harrison m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
244 kr
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Erwin Schrödinger (1887–1961) is best known as a co-recipient of the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics for his development of a mathematical description of quantum mechanics. Today, many experts also consider him the father of bioengineering, and philosophers grant him an important role in the …
Geist und Materie
Av Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, Robert Pogue Harrison m. fl.
Häftad, 2008
196 kr
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