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36 produkter
Inception and Philosophy
Ideas to Die For
Häftad, 2011
391 kr
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You have to go deeper. Inception is more than just a nail-biting heist story, more than just one of the greatest movies of all time. The latest neuroscience and philosophy of mind tell us that shared dreams and the invasion of dreams may soon become reality. Inception and Philosophy: Ideas to Die …
Veils, Nudity, and Tattoos
The New Feminine Aesthetics
Häftad, 2017
626 kr
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At first sight, tattoos, nudity, and veils do not seem to have much in common except for the fact that all three have become more frequent, more visible, and more dominant in connection with aesthetic presentations of women over the past thirty years. No longer restricted to biker and sailor …
Films and Dreams
Tarkovsky, Bergman, Sokurov, Kubrick, and Wong Kar-Wai
Häftad, 2008
756 kr
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Films and Dreams considers the essential link between films and the world of dreams. To discuss dream theory in the context of film studies means moving from the original, clinical context within which dream theory was originally developed to an environment established by primarily aesthetic …
Aesthetics and Politics of Space in Russia and Japan
A Comparative Philosophical Study
Inbunden, 2009
1347 kr
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Aesthetics and Politics of Space in Russia and Japan: A Comparative Philosophical Study examines the parallels between Russian and Japanese philosophies and religions by revealing a common concept of space in Russian and Japanese aesthetics and political theories. Thorsten Botz-Bornstein shows …
Cool-Kawaii
Afro-Japanese Aesthetics and New World Modernity
Inbunden, 2010
1418 kr
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At the turn of the millennium, international youth culture is dominated by mainly two types of aesthetics: the African American cool, which, propelled by Hip-Hop music, has become the world's favorite youth culture; and the Japanese aesthetics of kawaii or cute, that is distributed internationally …
Inception and Philosophy
Ideas to Die For
E-bok, 2011
239 kr
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You have to go deeper. Inception is more than just a nail-biting heist story, more than just one of the greatest movies of all time. The latest neuroscience and philosophy of mind tell us that shared dreams and the invasion of dreams may soon become reality. Inception and Philosophy: Ideas to Die …
How Much Religion is Good for Us?
If Religion Were a Game
Häftad, 2024
636 kr
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How Much Religion is Good for Us? is a provocative book which examines parallels between play and religion from a philosophical, theological, and anthropological perspective.Understanding “religion as a game” in the context of secular culture, it explores the “playful” patterning of spiritual and …
How Much Religion is Good for Us?
If Religion Were a Game
Inbunden, 2024
2525 kr
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How Much Religion is Good for Us? is a provocative book which examines parallels between play and religion from a philosophical, theological, and anthropological perspective.Understanding “religion as a game” in the context of secular culture, it explores the “playful” patterning of spiritual and …
How Much Religion is Good for Us?
If Religion Were a Game
E-bok, 2024
658 kr
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How Much Religion is Good for Us? is a provocative book which examines parallels between play and religion from a philosophical, theological, and anthropological perspective. Understanding “religion as a game†in the context of secular culture, it explores the “playful†patterning of …
How Much Religion is Good for Us?
If Religion Were a Game
E-bok, 2024
658 kr
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How Much Religion is Good for Us? is a provocative book which examines parallels between play and religion from a philosophical, theological, and anthropological perspective. Understanding “religion as a game†in the context of secular culture, it explores the “playful†patterning of …
Veil in Kuwait
Gender, Fashion, Identity
Av N. Abdullah-Khan, Thorsten Botz-Bornstein
Inbunden, 2014
537 kr
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The Veil in Kuwait explores the complex reasons behind why women veil and how they are perceived by those that do not veil. Religion, culture, family, tradition, and fashion are all explored to provide insight into this fascinating phenomenon that has received global interest.
Veil in Kuwait
Gender, Fashion, Identity
Av Thorsten Botz-Bornstein, N. Abdullah-Khan
E-bok, 2014
757 kr
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The Veil in Kuwait explores the complex reasons behind why women veil and how they are perceived by those that do not veil. Religion, culture, family, tradition, and fashion are all explored to provide insight into this fascinating phenomenon that has received global interest.
Transcultural Architecture
The Limits and Opportunities of Critical Regionalism
Häftad, 2017
821 kr
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Critical Regionalism is a notion which gained popularity in architectural debate as a synthesis of universal, 'modern' elements and individualistic elements derived from local cultures. This book shifts the focus from Critical Regionalism towards a broader concept of 'Transcultural Architecture' …
Transcultural Architecture
The Limits and Opportunities of Critical Regionalism
E-bok, 2016
963 kr
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Critical Regionalism is a notion which gained popularity in architectural debate as a synthesis of universal, ''modern'' elements and individualistic elements derived from local cultures. This book shifts the focus from Critical Regionalism towards a broader concept of ''Transcultural …
Transcultural Architecture
The Limits and Opportunities of Critical Regionalism
E-bok, 2016
942 kr
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Critical Regionalism is a notion which gained popularity in architectural debate as a synthesis of universal, ''modern'' elements and individualistic elements derived from local cultures. This book shifts the focus from Critical Regionalism towards a broader concept of ''Transcultural …
New Aesthetics of Deculturation
Neoliberalism, Fundamentalism and Kitsch
Inbunden, 2019
1711 kr
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What are the predominant aesthetics of the twenty-first century? Thorsten Botz-Bornstein argues that deculturation, embodied by the conspicuous vulgarity of kitsch, is the overriding visual language of our times.Drawing on the work of Islam scholar Olivier Roy, who argued that religious …
New Aesthetics of Deculturation
Neoliberalism, Fundamentalism and Kitsch
E-bok, 2019
515 kr
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What are the predominant aesthetics of the twenty-first century? Thorsten Botz-Bornstein argues that deculturation, embodied by the conspicuous vulgarity of kitsch, is the overriding visual language of our times. Drawing on the work of Islam scholar Olivier Roy, who argued that religious …
New Aesthetics of Deculturation
Neoliberalism, Fundamentalism and Kitsch
E-bok, 2019
515 kr
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What are the predominant aesthetics of the twenty-first century? Thorsten Botz-Bornstein argues that deculturation, embodied by the conspicuous vulgarity of kitsch, is the overriding visual language of our times. Drawing on the work of Islam scholar Olivier Roy, who argued that religious …
New Aesthetics of Deculturation
Neoliberalism, Fundamentalism and Kitsch
Häftad, 2021
476 kr
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What are the predominant aesthetics of the twenty-first century? Thorsten Botz-Bornstein argues that deculturation, embodied by the conspicuous vulgarity of kitsch, is the overriding visual language of our times.Drawing on the work of Islam scholar Olivier Roy, who argued that religious …
Toxicity Experienced
The New Atmospheres of Disenchantment
Inbunden, 2027
1203 kr
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Exploring the prevalence and plasticity of “toxicity” as a cultural and aesthetic metric, this book argues that the concept reflects deeper societal shifts, and is not only environmental, but also social and psychological.Thorsten Botz-Bornstein analyses the rise of an aesthetic capitalism that …
Daoism, Dandyism, and Political Correctness
Häftad, 2024
532 kr
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Argues that Daoism and dandyism, linked by likeminded philosophies of "carefree wandering," deconstruct the puritanism and political correctness sought by Confucianism, Victorianism, and contemporary neoliberal culture.How would Zhuangzi, a Chinese philosopher who lived in the fourth century BCE, …
Daoism, Dandyism, and Political Correctness
Inbunden, 2023
1479 kr
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Argues that Daoism and dandyism, linked by likeminded philosophies of "carefree wandering," deconstruct the puritanism and political correctness sought by Confucianism, Victorianism, and contemporary neoliberal culture.How would Zhuangzi, a Chinese philosopher who lived in the fourth century BCE, …
Transcultural Architecture
The Limits and Opportunities of Critical Regionalism
Inbunden, 2015
2600 kr
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Critical Regionalism is a notion which gained popularity in architectural debate as a synthesis of universal, 'modern' elements and individualistic elements derived from local cultures. This book shifts the focus from Critical Regionalism towards a broader concept of 'Transcultural Architecture' …
Political Aesthetics of ISIS and Italian Futurism
Inbunden, 2018
1273 kr
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Through empirical analysis and theoretical reflection, this book shows that the aesthetics and politics of the Islamic State is “futurist.” ISIS overcomes postmodern pessimism and joins the modern, techno-oriented, and optimistic attitude propagated by Italian Futurism in the early twentieth …
Organic Cinema
Film, Architecture, and the Work of Béla Tarr
Inbunden, 2017
1936 kr
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The “organic” is by now a venerable concept within aesthetics, architecture, and art history, but what might such a term mean within the spatialities and temporalities of film? By way of an answer, this concise and innovative study locates organicity in the work of Béla Tarr, the renowned Hungarian …
Organic Cinema
Film, Architecture, and the Work of Béla Tarr
E-bok, 2017
268 kr
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The “organic” is by now a venerable concept within aesthetics, architecture, and art history, but what might such a term mean within the spatialities and temporalities of film? By way of an answer, this concise and innovative study locates organicity in the work of Béla Tarr, the renowned Hungarian …
Organic Cinema
Film, Architecture, and the Work of Béla Tarr
Häftad, 2021
295 kr
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The “organic” is by now a venerable concept within aesthetics, architecture, and art history, but what might such a term mean within the spatialities and temporalities of film? By way of an answer, this concise and innovative study locates organicity in the work of Béla Tarr, the renowned Hungarian …
Conspiracy and Contingency
How to Deal with Fake Necessities
Inbunden, 2025
1033 kr
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What do conspiracy theories, algorithms and meritocracy have in common? All three avoid contingency and frantically look for necessities. The COVID-19 crisis has brought about a proliferation of conspiracy theories that reject, among other things, official accounts of the virus’s origins and …
Philosophy of Lines
From Art Nouveau to Cyberspace
Inbunden, 2021
1207 kr
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This book offers a philosophical exploration of lines in art and culture, and traces their history from Antiquity onwards. Lines can be physical phenomena, cognitive responses to observed processes, or both at the same time. Based on this assumption, the book describes the “philosophy of lines” in …
Philosophy of Lines
From Art Nouveau to Cyberspace
E-bok, 2021
1617 kr
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This book offers a philosophical exploration of lines in art and culture, and traces their history from Antiquity onwards. Lines can be physical phenomena, cognitive responses to observed processes, or both at the same time. Based on this assumption, the book describes the “philosophy of lines” in …
