Robert Pogue Harrison: 4 books

Book cover of Juvenescence

Juvenescence

A Cultural History of Our Age

by Robert Pogue Harrison
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2014

How old are you?  The more thought you bring to bear on the question, the harder it is to answer.  For we age simultaneously in different ways: biologically, psychologically, socially. And we age within the larger framework of a culture, in the midst of a history that predates us and will outlast...
Book cover of L'era della giovinezza

L'era della giovinezza

Una storia culturale del nostro tempo

by Robert Pogue Harrison
Language: Italian
Release Date: September 15, 2016

Che età abbiamo? Quanti più argomenti si avanzano per affrontare questo interrogativo in apparenza semplice, tanto più risulta difficile trovare una risposta. Infatti, la nostra crescita avviene simultaneamente in ambiti differenti: da un punto di vista biologico, psicologico, sociale; cresciamo...
Book cover of Forests

Forests

The Shadow of Civilization

by Robert Pogue Harrison
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2009

In this wide-ranging exploration of the role of forests in Western thought, Robert Pogue Harrison enriches our understanding not only of the forest's place in the cultural imagination of the West, but also of the ecological dilemmas that now confront us so urgently. Consistently insightful and beautifully...
Book cover of Giardini

Giardini

Riflessioni sulla condizione umana

by Robert Pogue Harrison
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 29, 2017

«Cos’è che risveglia nel genere umano l’anelito alla ricreazione del Paradiso perduto? Capolavoro inimitabile, imitazione improbabile; eppure ogni neonato giardino del mondo rinnova la sfida impossibile, tentando di riprodurre quell’impronta divina. Questa è la riscoperta d’una domanda...
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