How to Read – serie
Visar alla böcker i serien How to Read. Handla med fri frakt och snabb leverans.
48 produkter
How To Read Lacan
Av Slavoj Zizek
Häftad, 2006
147 kr
Lägg i varukorg
'The only thing of which one can be guilty is of having given ground relative to one's desire' Jacques Lacan. Is psychoanalysis dead or are we to read frequent attacks on its theoretical 'mistakes' and clinical 'frauds' as a proof of its vitality? Slavoj Zizek's passionate defence of Lacan …
How to Read Paintings
A Crash Course in Meaning and Method
Av Liz Rideal
Häftad, 2018
198 kr
Lägg i varukorg
A concise introduction to paintings in the Western European tradition, through the stories of 50 powerful artworks by artists from Van Gogh to da Vinci.How to Read Paintings is a valuable visual guide to Western European painting. Through a gallery of artworks accompanied by informative commentary, …
How to Read Towns and Cities
A Crash Course in Urban Architecture
Häftad, 2019
191 kr
Lägg i varukorg
A highly-illustrated, pocket-sized guide to understanding the forces that have shaped the world’s cities from the dawn of civilisation to the present day.The fortunes of towns and cities rise and fall along with the fate of the civilisations to which they belong. Some are lost entirely, now no more …
How to Read Modern Buildings
A Crash Course in the Architecture of the Modern Era
Av Will Jones
Häftad, 2018
168 kr
Lägg i varukorg
An essential and handy visual vocabulary of modern architecture.How to Read Modern Buildings is an indispensable pocket-sized guide to understanding the architecture of the modern era. This handy book takes you on a guided tour of modern architecture through its most iconic and significant …
How To Read Wittgenstein
Av Ray Monk
Häftad, 2005
135 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Though Wittgenstein wrote on the same subjects that dominate the work of other analytic philosophers - the nature of logic, the limits of language, the analysis of meaning - he did so in a peculiarly poetic style that separates his work sharply from that of his peers and makes the question of how …
How to Read Castles
A Crash Course in Understanding Fortifications
Häftad, 2018
170 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The essential companion to discover the styles, architecture, form, significance and historical impact of castles from all over the world.How to Read Castles is a travel-size primer that takes a strictly visual approach to castle architecture, building up your vocabulary of castle types, styles and …
How to Read Churches
A Crash Course in Christian Architecture
Häftad, 2011
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
168 kr
Lägg i varukorg
A handy and easy-to-carry book which offers a visual approach to reading the architecture of churches.Covering all the ecclesiastical building types of Western Christianity, you are taken on a journey tracing the development of the church building from the simple stone halls of the Anglo-Saxon …
How to Read Lacan
Av Slavoj Žižek, Simon Critchley
Häftad, 2007
188 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The How to Read series provides a context and an explanation that will facilitate and enrich your understanding of texts vital to the canon. These books use excerpts from the major texts to explain essential topics, such as Jacques Lacan's core ideas about enjoyment, which re-created our concept of …
How to Read Buildings
A Crash Course in Architecture
Häftad, 2018
154 kr
Lägg i varukorg
A practical primer to looking at architecture and all the elements that are included in buildings.How to Read Buildings is a practical introduction to looking at and appreciating architecture which guides you through the historical and architectural clues embedded in every building. Small enough to …
How To Read Heidegger
Häftad, 2005
120 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Heidegger is perhaps the most influential, yet least readily understood, philosopher of the last century. Mark A. Wrathall unpacks Heidegger's dense prose and guides the reader through Heidegger's early concern with the nature of human existence and his later preoccupation with the threat that …
How to Read the Landscape
A Crash Course in Interpreting the Great Outdoors
Häftad, 2018
186 kr
Lägg i varukorg
An easily accessible, highly illustrated guide to the geology, geography and geomorphology that form landscapes.Interest in the environment has never been greater and yet most of us have little knowledge of the 4 billion years of history that formed it. With this book, learn about the principles of …
How to Read Skyscrapers
A crash course in high-rise architecture
E-bok, 2019
109 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Throughout history, the story of the skyscraper has been defined by our desire for ascendance—politically, militarily, economically, religiously, culturally, and, of course, physically. These spectacular superstructures epitomise more than architectural aspiration, they excite the imagination and …
How to Read Fashion
A Crash Course in Understanding Styles
Häftad, 2018
184 kr
Lägg i varukorg
A practical introduction to key fashion trends from the little black dress and bowler hat to the ladies trouser suit and 2:55 bag.Fashion is all around us, and few of us are unaffected by it; yet, how many people know the origins of the little black dress, bowler hat or ladies trouser suit? How …
How to Read Hitler
Av Neil Gregor, Simon Critchley
Häftad, 2005
283 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Approaching the writing of major intellectuals, artists, and philosophers need no longer be daunting. How to Read is a new sort of introduction--a personal master class in reading--that brings you face to face with the work of some of the most influential and challenging writers in history. In …
How to Read Freud
Av Josh Cohen, Simon Critchley
Häftad, 2005
259 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Approaching the writing of major intellectuals, artists, and philosophers need no longer be daunting. How to Read is a new sort of introduction--a personal master class in reading--that brings you face to face with the work of some of the most influential and challenging writers in history. In …
How to Read Foucault
Av Johanna Oksala, Simon Critchley
Häftad, 2008
243 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Michel Foucault was a philosopher of extraordinary talent, political activist, social theorist, cultural critic, and creative historian. He irreversibly shaped the way we think today about such controversial issues as power, sexuality, madness, and criminality.Johanna Oksala explores the conceptual …
How to Read Nietzsche
Häftad, 2005
229 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Approaching the writing of major intellectuals, artists, and philosophers need no longer be daunting. How to Read is a new sort of introduction--a personal master class in reading--that brings you face to face with the work of some of the most influential and challenging writers in history. In …
How to Read Sade
Häftad, 2005
255 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Approaching the writing of major intellectuals, artists, and philosophers need no longer be daunting. How to Read is a new sort of introduction--a personal master class in reading--that brings you face to face with the work of some of the most influential and challenging writers in history. In …
How to Read Shakespeare
Av Nicholas Royle, Simon Critchley
Häftad, 2005
263 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Approaching the writing of major intellectuals, artists, and philosophers need no longer be daunting. How to Read is a new sort of introduction--a personal master class in reading--that brings you face to face with the work of some of the most influential and challenging writers in history. In …
How to Read Marx
Häftad, 2006
229 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Emphasizing the Romantic heritage and modernist legacy of Karl Marx’s writings, Peter Osborne presents Marx’s thought as a developing investigation into what it means, concretely, for humans to be practical historical beings.Drawing on passages from a wide range of Marx’s writings, and showing the …
How to Read Derrida
Häftad, 2006
229 kr
Lägg i varukorg
An idiosyncratic and highly controversial French philosopher, Jacques Derrida inspired profound changes in disciplines as diverse as law, anthropology, literature and architecture. In Derrida’s view, texts and contexts are woven with inconsistencies and blindspots, which provide us with a chance to …
How to Read Heidegger
Av Mark Wrathall, Simon Critchley
Häftad, 2006
229 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Martin Heidegger is perhaps the most influential, yet least readily understood, philosopher of the last century. Mark Wrathall unpacks Heidegger’s dense prose and guides the reader through Heidegger’s early concern with the nature of human existence, to his later preoccupation with the threat that …
How to Read Darwin
Av Mark Ridley, Simon Critchley
Häftad, 2006
229 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Charles Darwin’s permanent legacy is his broad, abstract theories of evolution and natural selection, theories that he tested against an astonishing array of natural history evidence in his writing. Mark Ridley uses a question-and-answer approach to explain how Darwin carefully tackled problems, …
How to Read Beauvoir
Av Stella Sandford, Simon Critchley
Häftad, 2007
229 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The How to Read series provides a context and an explanation that will facilitate and enrich your understanding of texts vital to the canon. These books use excerpts from the major texts to explain essential topics, such as Simone de Beauvoir's investigation of social existence and identity, …
How to Read Sartre
Av Robert Bernasconi, Simon Critchley
Häftad, 2007
229 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The How to Read series provides a context and an explanation that will facilitate and enrich your understanding of texts vital to the canon. These books use excerpts from the major texts to explain essential topics, such as Jean-Paul Sartre's pioneering thoughts on individual freedom, which served …
How to Read Jung
Av David Tacey, Simon Critchley
Häftad, 2007
261 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The How to Read series provides a context and an explanation that will facilitate and enrich your understanding of texts vital to the canon. These books use excerpts from the major texts to explain essential topics, such as C. G. Jung's dynamic vision of the self, pitted against an ailing Western …
How to Read the Bible
Av Richard Holloway, Simon Critchley
Häftad, 2007
229 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The How to Read series provides a context and an explanation that will facilitate and enrich your understanding of texts vital to the canon. These books use excerpts from the major texts to explain essential topics, such as the definition and role of God in the Bible, the most influential book in …
How to Read Kierkegaard
Häftad, 2008
229 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Søren Kierkegaard is one of the prophets of the contemporary age, a man whose acute observations on modern European life might have been written yesterday, whose work anticipated fundamental developments in psychoanalysis, philosophy, theology, and the critique of mass culture by more than a …
How to Read the Egyptian Book of the Dead
Av Barry Kemp, Simon Critchley
Häftad, 2008
194 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The ancient Egyptians created a world of supernatural forces so vivid, powerful, and inescapable that controlling their destiny within it was their constant preoccupation. In life, supernatural forces manifested themselves through misfortune and illness, and after death were faced for eternity in …
How to Read the Qur'an
Av Mona Siddiqui, Simon Critchley
Häftad, 2008
229 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The Qur’an is the scripture of Islam, sacred to over one billion Muslims worldwide. It is regarded by Muslims as the direct word of God, timeless and unchanged. Muslims turn to the Qur’an not only for prayer and worship but also to understand the essence of their relationship with God.Mona Siddiqui …
