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The Filmmaker’s Philosopher: Merab Mamardashvili and Russian Cinema (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Exploring Mamardashvili’s extensive philosophical output, as well as a range of recent Russian films, Alyssa DeBlasio reveals the intellectual affinities amongst directors of the Mamardashvili generation – including Alexander Sokurov, Andrey Zvyagintsev and Alexei Balabanov.
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Classical Caledonia: Roman History and Myth in Eighteenth-Century Scotland (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Focuses on early modern attitudes towards Scotland’s ancient past and looks in particular at the ways in which this past was not only misunderstood, but also manipulated in attempts to create a patriotic history for the nation.
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Evolution Before Darwin: Theories of the Transmutation of Species in Edinburgh, 1804–1834 (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This book is the first major study of what was probably the most important centre or pre-Darwinian evolutionary thought in the British Isles. It sheds new light on the genesis and development of one of the most important scientific theories in the history of western thought.
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Modelling World Englishes: A Joint Approach to Postcolonial and Non-Postcolonial Varieties (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This book brings together two types of varieties of English that have so far been treated separately: postcolonial and non-postcolonial Englishes. It examines these... Læs mere
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The Stillness of Solitude: Romanticism and Contemporary American Independent Film (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Michelle Devereaux explores the underlying philosophical and aesthetic Romantic connections between a selection of seven films from four popular filmmakers: Wes Anderson, Sofia Coppola, Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman.
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Ben-Hur: The Original Blockbuster (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Jon Solomon’s new book offers an exciting and detailed study of the Ben-Hur brand, tracking its spectacular journey from Wallace’s original novel through to twenty-first century adaptations, and encompassing a wealth of previously unexplored material along the way
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Counsel for Kings: Wisdom and Politics in Tenth-Century Iran: Volume I: The Nasihat al-muluk of Pseudo-Mawardi: Contexts and Themes (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This book studies the Counsel for Kings as an illuminating commentary on... Læs mere
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Anti-Colonial Texts from Central American Student Movements 1929–1983: Anti-Colonial Texts from Central American Student Movements 1929-1983 (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Bridging a half-century of student protest from 1929 to 1983, this source reader contains more than sixty texts from Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, and Costa Rica, including editorials, speeches, manifestos, letters, and pamphlets.
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Badiou and Plato: An Education by Truths (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This book will help you to understand Badiou's central concepts, the philosophical relation between Badiou and Plato and will rethink the importance of Badiou's 'Platonic' claim that 'the only education is an education by truths'.
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Expressionism in the Cinema (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
An innovative and wide-ranging collection, Expressionism in Cinema re-canonizes the classical Expressionist aesthetic, extending the critical and historical discussion beyond... Læs mere
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British India and Victorian Literary Culture (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
British India and Victorian Culture extends current scholarship on the Victorian period with a wide-ranging and innovative analysis of the literature of British India.
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Critical Luxury Studies: Art, Design, Media (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
John Armitage and Joanne Roberts present a groundbreaking examination of the relations between historical and, crucially, contemporary ideas of luxury. This volume gives you a technocultural focus on aesthetic, design-led and media practice with key case studies.
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