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Eros the Bittersweet
An Essay (Nobel Prize Winner)
Av Anne Carson
Häftad, 2023
319 kr
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WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZENamed one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time by the Modern LibraryAnne Carson’s remarkable first book about the paradoxical nature of romantic loveSince it was first published, Eros the Bittersweet, Anne Carson’s lyrical meditation on love in ancient Greek …
Eros the Bittersweet
An Essay (Nobel Prize Winner)
Av Anne Carson
Häftad, 2027
189 kr
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WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZENamed one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time by the Modern LibraryAnne Carson’s remarkable first book about the paradoxical nature of romantic loveSince it was first published, Eros the Bittersweet, Anne Carson’s lyrical meditation on love in ancient Greek …
Shamanism
Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy
Häftad, 2020
258 kr
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The foundational work on shamanism now available as a Princeton Classics paperbackShamanism is an essential work on the study of this mysterious and fascinating phenomenon. The founder of the modern study of the history of religion, Mircea Eliade surveys the tradition through two and a half …
Muqaddimah
An Introduction to History - Abridged Edition
Häftad, 2015
4,8 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (4)
278 kr
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The Muqaddimah, often translated as "Introduction" or "Prolegomenon," is the most important Islamic history of the premodern world. Written by the great fourteenth-century Arab scholar Ibn Khaldun (d. 1406), this monumental work established the foundations of several fields of knowledge, including …
Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No More
The Last Soviet Generation
Häftad, 2026
205 kr
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“[An] extraordinary book.”—Brian Eno • “One of the best books about the U.S.S.R. in its late stage.”—Alexei Navalny, from Patriot: A Memoir • “Not just history, but a pleasure to read, a true work of art.”—Slavoj Žižek • “Extraordinary and brilliant.”—Adam Curtis, director of HyperNormalisationA …
Culture of Growth
The Origins of the Modern Economy
Av Joel Mokyr
Häftad, 2026
205 kr
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From Nobel Prize–winning economist Joel Mokyr, a revealing look at why Enlightenment culture sparked the Industrial RevolutionDuring the late eighteenth century, innovations in Europe triggered the Industrial Revolution and the sustained economic progress that spread across the globe. While much …
Anatomy of Criticism
Four Essays
Av Northrop Frye, David Damrosch
Häftad, 2020
229 kr
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A landmark work of literary criticismNorthrop Frye's Anatomy of Criticism is the magnum opus of one of the most important and influential literary theorists of the twentieth century. Breaking with the practice of close reading of individual texts, Frye seeks to describe a common basis for …
Open Society and Its Enemies
Häftad, 2020
278 kr
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A landmark defense of democracy that has been hailed as one of the most important books of the twentieth centuryOne of the most important books of the twentieth century, The Open Society and Its Enemies is an uncompromising defense of liberal democracy and a powerful attack on the intellectual …
Great Divergence
China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy
Häftad, 2021
179 kr
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A landmark comparative history of Europe and China that examines why the Industrial Revolution emerged in the WestThe Great Divergence sheds light on one of the great questions of history: Why did sustained industrial growth begin in Northwest Europe? Historian Kenneth Pomeranz shows that as …
Not for Profit
Why Democracy Needs the Humanities
Häftad, 2024
213 kr
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A passionate defense of the humanities from one of today's foremost public intellectualsIn this short and powerful book, celebrated philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum makes a passionate case for the importance of the liberal arts at all levels of education.Historically, the humanities have been central …
Twelve Who Ruled
The Year of Terror in the French Revolution
Av R. R. Palmer
Häftad, 2017
266 kr
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The Reign of Terror continues to fascinate scholars as one of the bloodiest periods in French history, when the Committee of Public Safety strove to defend the first Republic from its many enemies, creating a climate of fear and suspicion in revolutionary France. R. R. Palmer's fascinating …
Therapy of Desire
Theory and Practice in Hellenistic Ethics
Häftad, 2018
329 kr
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The Epicureans, Skeptics, and Stoics practiced philosophy not as a detached intellectual discipline but as a worldly art of grappling with issues of daily and urgent human significance. In this classic work, Martha Nussbaum maintains that these Hellenistic schools have been unjustly neglected in …
Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature
Thirtieth-Anniversary Edition
Häftad, 2017
216 kr
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When it first appeared in 1979, Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature hit the philosophical world like a bombshell. In it, Richard Rorty argued that, beginning in the seventeenth century, philosophers developed an unhealthy obsession with the notion of representation: comparing the mind to a mirror …
Men, Women, and Chain Saws
Gender in the Modern Horror Film - Updated Edition
Häftad, 2015
222 kr
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From its first publication in 1992, Men, Women, and Chain Saws has offered a groundbreaking perspective on the creativity and influence of horror cinema since the mid-1970s. Investigating the popularity of the low-budget tradition, Carol Clover looks in particular at slasher, occult, and …
Origins and History of Consciousness
Häftad, 2014
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
301 kr
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The Origins and History of Consciousness draws on a full range of world mythology to show how individual consciousness undergoes the same archetypal stages of development as human consciousness as a whole. Erich Neumann was one of C. G. Jung's most creative students and a renowned practitioner of …
From Caligari to Hitler
A Psychological History of the German Film
Av Siegfried Kracauer, Leonardo Quaresima
Häftad, 2019
296 kr
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An essential work of the cinematic history of the Weimar Republic by a leading figure of film criticismFirst published in 1947, From Caligari to Hitler remains an undisputed landmark study of the rich cinematic history of the Weimar Republic. Prominent film critic Siegfried Kracauer examines German …
Reasons of Love
Häftad, 2019
157 kr
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From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller On Bullshit, a profound meditation on how and why we loveIn The Reasons of Love, leading moral philosopher and bestselling author Harry Frankfurt argues that the key to a fulfilled life is to pursue wholeheartedly what one cares about, that love …
Evil in Modern Thought
An Alternative History of Philosophy
Av Susan Neiman
Häftad, 2015
244 kr
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Evil threatens human reason, for it challenges our hope that the world makes sense. For eighteenth-century Europeans, the Lisbon earthquake was manifest evil. Today we view evil as a matter of human cruelty, and Auschwitz as its extreme incarnation. Examining our understanding of evil from the …
Great Leveler
Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century
Häftad, 2025
180 kr
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How only violence and catastrophes have consistently reduced inequality throughout world historyAre mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality? To judge by thousands of years of history, the answer is yes. Tracing the global history of inequality …
Faust I & II
Goethe's Collected Works - Updated Edition
Av Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Stuart Atkins
Häftad, 2014
203 kr
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One of the great classics of European literature, Faust is Goethe's most complex and profound work. To tell the dramatic and tragic story of one man's pact with the Devil in exchange for knowledge and power, Goethe drew from an immense variety of cultural and historical material, and a wealth of …
Origins of the Kabbalah
Av Gershom Scholem, R. J. Zwi Werblowsky
Häftad, 2019
258 kr
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With the publication of The Origins of the Kabbalah in 1950, one of the most important scholars of our century brought the obscure world of Jewish mysticism to a wider audience for the first time. A crucial work in the oeuvre of Gershom Scholem, this book details the beginnings of the Kabbalah in …
Horse, the Wheel, and Language
How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World
Häftad, 2026
225 kr
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"A fascinating look into the origins of modern man."—Publishers Weekly"Authoritative."—New York Times • "A masterpiece."—Wilson QuarterlyUnraveling the mystery surrounding the ancient mother tongue that gave us English and other languages spoken by half the worldRoughly half the world's population …
Two Cheers for Anarchism
Six Easy Pieces on Autonomy, Dignity, and Meaningful Work and Play
Häftad, 2025
159 kr
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“One of the world’s most widely read social scientists” (New York Times) offers his most personal and accessible book—a celebration of how ordinary people can resist oppression and injusticeJames Scott taught us what's wrong with seeing like a state. Now, in his most accessible and personal book to …
Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
Av Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Eric A Blackall m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
239 kr
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An authoritative English translation of one of the most important works in the history of the novelWilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship (1795–1796), Goethe’s second novel, is a foundational work in the history of the genre—perhaps the first Bildungsroman, a coming-of-age story focusing on the growth …
Fearful Symmetry
A Study of William Blake
Häftad, 2025
251 kr
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The landmark book that situates Blake’s poetry within the intellectual movements of his day and unlocks his symbolism for modern readersSince it was first published, Northrop Frye’s Fearful Symmetry has established itself as the defining commentary on the poetic vision of William Blake. Frye gives …
Truth and Truthfulness
An Essay in Genealogy
Häftad, 2025
191 kr
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What does it mean to be truthful? What role does truth play in our lives? What do we lose if we reject truthfulness? No philosopher is better suited to answer these questions than Bernard Williams. Writing with his characteristic combination of passion and elegant simplicity, he explores the value …
Mimesis
The Representation of Reality in Western Literature - New and Expanded Edition
Av Erich Auerbach, Edward W. Said
Häftad, 2013
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
305 kr
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More than half a century after its translation into English, Erich Auerbach's Mimesis remains a masterpiece of literary criticism. A brilliant display of erudition, wit, and wisdom, his exploration of how great European writers from Homer to Virginia Woolf depicted reality has taught generations …
King's Two Bodies
A Study in Medieval Political Theology
Häftad, 2016
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
314 kr
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Originally published in 1957, this classic work has guided generations of scholars through the arcane mysteries of medieval political theology. Throughout history, the notion of two bodies has permitted the post mortem continuity of monarch and monarchy, as epitomized by the statement, "The king is …
Great Escape
Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality
Av Angus Deaton
Häftad, 2024
188 kr
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A Nobel Prize–winning economist tells the remarkable story of how the world has grown healthier, wealthier, but also more unequal over the past two and half centuriesThe world is a better place than it used to be. People are healthier, wealthier, and live longer. Yet the escapes from destitution by …
Difference
How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies
Av Scott Page
Häftad, 2025
191 kr
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In this landmark book, Scott Page redefines the way we understand ourselves in relation to one another. The Difference is about how we think in groups—and how our collective wisdom exceeds the sum of its parts. Why can teams of people find better solutions than brilliant individuals working alone? …
