Bio-Politicizing Cary Grant explicates the ethnic, racial and sexual ambiguity of Cary Grant’s star persona as both an inculcation of (and resistance to) biopolitical imperatives in fifties-era “America”.
This book explores the possibility that cinema can challenge our contemporary nihilism and restore belief in new transformative possibilities for life.
The most comprehensive and authoritative collection of Kierkegaard quotations ever publishedWhy I so much prefer autumn to spring is that in the autumn one looks at heavenin the spring at the earth.
From a veteran culture writer and modern movie expert, a celebration and analysis of the movies of 1999';a terrifically fun snapshot of American film culture on the brink of the Millennium.
Zwischenwelten von Realität und Fiktion – Illusion in der zeitgenössischen KunstTäuschung, Simulation, optische Illusionen – wie beeinflusst Kunst unsere Wahrnehmung?
A masterful new translation of one of Kierkegaard's most engaging worksIn the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus tells his followers to let go of earthly concerns by considering the lilies of the field and the birds of the air.
A step-by-step illustrated introduction to the astounding mathematics of symmetryThis lavishly illustrated book provides a hands-on, step-by-step introduction to the intriguing mathematics of symmetry.
Walter Lowrie's classic, bestselling translation of Soren Kierkegaard's most important and popular books remains unmatched for its readability and literary quality.
The most comprehensive and authoritative collection of Kierkegaard quotations ever publishedWhy I so much prefer autumn to spring is that in the autumn one looks at heavenin the spring at the earth.
"e;In the vast literature of love, The Seducer's Diary is an intricate curiosity--a feverishly intellectual attempt to reconstruct an erotic failure as a pedagogic success, a wound masked as a boast,"e; observes John Updike in his foreword to Soren Kierkegaard's narrative.
The various kinds and conditions of love are a common theme for Kierkegaard, beginning with his early Either/Or, through "e;The Diary of the Seducer"e; and Judge William's eulogy on married love, to his last work, on the changelessness of God's love.
Soren Kierkegaard, the nineteenth-century Danish philosopher rediscovered in the twentieth century, is a major influence in contemporary philosophy, religion, and literature.
The Flame of Eternity provides a reexamination and new interpretation of Nietzsche's philosophy and the central role that the concepts of eternity and time, as he understood them, played in it.
In the most influential chapter of his most important philosophical work, the Phenomenology of Spirit, Hegel makes the central and disarming assertions that "e;self-consciousness is desire itself"e; and that it attains its "e;satisfaction"e; only in another self-consciousness.
Peter Mühlen, une personnalité aux multiples facettes de la scène médiatique allemande, a accordé une interview chez lui à Haar, près de Munich, le 1er août 2012.
Reflecting the dynamic creativity of its subject, this definitive guide spans the evolution, aesthetics, and practice of today s digital art, combining fresh, emerging perspectives with the nuanced insights of leading theorists.
Reflecting the dynamic creativity of its subject, this definitive guide spans the evolution, aesthetics, and practice of today s digital art, combining fresh, emerging perspectives with the nuanced insights of leading theorists.
The first complete account of the ideas and writings of a major figure in twentieth-century intellectual lifeWalter Kaufmann (1921-1980) was a charismatic philosopher, critic, translator, and poet who fled Nazi Germany at the age of eighteen, emigrating alone to the United States.
A compelling collection of the life-changing writings of William JamesWilliam James-psychologist, philosopher, and spiritual seeker-is one of those rare writers who can speak directly and powerfully to anyone about life's meaning and worth, and whose ideas change not only how people think but how they live.
The first complete account of the ideas and writings of a major figure in twentieth-century intellectual lifeWalter Kaufmann (1921-1980) was a charismatic philosopher, critic, translator, and poet who fled Nazi Germany at the age of eighteen, emigrating alone to the United States.
A Los Angeles Times BestsellerWinner of the Best Non-Fiction Book Prize at the 2018 National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards"e;Ben Fritz crafts an electrifying and essential book that carefully chronicles how Hollywood tradition is collapsing and new models are fueling the future.
Over the last two decades, writer-director Guillermo del Toro has mapped out a territory in the popular imagination that is uniquely his own, astonishing audiences with Cronos, Hellboy, Pans Labyrinth, and a host of other films and creative endeavors.
Every winter, 8,000 feet above sea level in the Utah snow, the hopes and dreams of young moviemakers are put on display at the Sundance Film Festival--the haven for independent films where you can show up a kid and go home a star.
From the New York Times bestselling author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor comes an indispensable analysis of our most celebrated medium, film.
Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light is the definitive biography of the Master of Suspense and the most widely recognized film director of all time.
How New York's Lower East Side inspired new ways of seeing AmericaNew York City's Lower East Side, long viewed as the space of what Jacob Riis notoriously called the "e;other half,"e; was also a crucible for experimentation in photography, film, literature, and visual technologies.
A small, insignificant-looking intellectual with absurdly long legs, Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) was a veritable Hans Christian Andersen caricature of a man.
A gorgeous, authorized celebration of one of the most popular and enduring Super Heroes of all time-Wonder Woman-that chronicles the life and times of this pop-culture phenomenon and image of women's strength and power, from her origins and role as a founding member of the Justice League to her evolution in television and film.
Go behind the scenes of A Minecraft Movie and experience the creative journey that transformed the biggest video game of all time into a big-screen block-buster.
How New York's Lower East Side inspired new ways of seeing AmericaNew York City's Lower East Side, long viewed as the space of what Jacob Riis notoriously called the "e;other half,"e; was also a crucible for experimentation in photography, film, literature, and visual technologies.
