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12 produkter
What it Means to be Human
A Philosophical Memoir
E-bok, 2018
78 kr
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What is the role of fate in our lives? Why should we avoid repeating patterns? And how can we identify our purpose? In What It Means To Be Human, former Oxford don Robert Rowland Smith draws on his personal experience to answer some of life’s most fundamental questions. Robert’s story involves a …
AutoBioPhilosophy
An intimate story of what it means to be human
Ljudbok, 2018
240 kr
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AutoBioPhilosophy is an astonishingly frank and original autobiography that explores the fundamental question of what it means to be human.Robert Rowland Smith’s life story involves a love triangle, office politics, police raids, illegal drugs, the academic elite and a near-death experience. It …
Death-Drive
Freudian Hauntings in Literature and Art
Häftad, 2026
289 kr
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Robert Rowland Smith takes Freud's work on the death-drive and compares it with other philosophies of death - Pascal, Heidegger and Derrida in particular. He also applies it in a new way to literature and art - to Shakespeare, Rothko and Katharina Fritsch, among others. He asks whether artworks are …
Breakfast with Socrates: An Extraordinary (Philosophical) Journey Through Your Ordinary Day
Häftad, 2011
249 kr
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On Modern Poetry
From Theory to Total Criticism
E-bok, 2012
526 kr
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All too often, the history of poetry criticism in the 20th Century is told as a tale of two sides. While ''Lit crit'' pored over the author''s every line, ''Theory'' stood on the shoulder of texts to gaze into the metaphysical mists. Drawing on the key insights of both Lit crit and Theory, On …
On Modern Poetry
From Theory to Total Criticism
E-bok, 2012
538 kr
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All too often, the history of poetry criticism in the 20th Century is told as a tale of two sides. While 'Lit crit' pored over the author's every line, 'Theory' stood on the shoulder of texts to gaze into the metaphysical mists. Drawing on the key insights of both Lit crit and Theory, On Modern …
On Modern Poetry
From Theory to Total Criticism
Inbunden, 2012
2281 kr
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Including applied readings, this book explores the divide between practical criticism and theory in 20th century criticism to propose a new way of reading poetry. The history of poetry criticism in the 20th Century is often told as the story of two opposing sides. On the one hand, practical …
On Modern Poetry
From Theory to Total Criticism
Häftad, 2012
495 kr
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Including applied readings, this book explores the divide between practical criticism and theory in 20th century criticism to propose a new way of reading poetry. The history of poetry criticism in the 20th Century is often told as the story of two opposing sides. On the one hand, practical …
Breakfast With Socrates
The philosophy of everyday life
E-bok, 2010
143 kr
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What does it mean to be awake? What exactly is therapeutic about retail therapy? And what are you really working on when you''re at your desk, in the gym, or having dinner? From getting ready in the morning, through heading to work, going to a party, having sex and falling back to sleep, Breakfast …
Driving With Plato
The Meaning of Life's Milestones
E-bok, 2011
140 kr
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If life is meaningless as Sartre suggests, what is the point of being born? What does Freud have to say about losing one''s virginity or Nietzsche about having a mid-life crisis? From birth to death (and beyond), the best brains in history have thought long and hard about the meaning behind the …
Reality Test
Still relying on strategy?
E-bok, 2013
147 kr
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How is it that the most carefully-laid business strategies can go horribly wrong when put into practice? Robert Rowland Smith''s answer, based on years of experience in high-level consultancy, is that ''reality eats strategy for breakfast'': strategy, based on projections and assuming business is a …
La drum cu Platon. Ce spun filosofii despre naștere, iubire, copii și ce se mai întâmplă pe drumul vieții
E-bok, 2015
43 kr
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Imaginează-ți că ești într-o mașină a timpului care te poartă înainte și înapoi prin propria viață. Te duce în trecut, la anii copilăriei, când învățai să mergi pe bicicletă, apoi te face să revezi primul tău sărut, cel dintâi serviciu sau anii mai târzii, când te confrunți, eventual, cu divorțul. …
