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Reading the New Nietzsche

The Birth of Tragedy, The Gay Science, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, and On the Genealogy of Morals

by David B. Allison, editor of Controversial Monuments and Memorials: A Guide for Community Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2000

In this long-awaited volume, David B. Allison argues for a 'generous' approach to Nietzsche's writings, and then provides comprehensive analyses of Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy, The Gay Science, On the Genealogy of Morals, and Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Unique among other books on Nietzsche, Allison's...
by Ronald Bruce St John
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014

Of all the states of the Middle East and North Africa, Libya has long been the country about which the least is known. It is only in recent times that scholars and the general public alike have begun to appreciate the complexity of Libya's turbulent history including the recent February 17th Revolution...

Butterfly in the Rain

The 1927 Abduction and Murder of Marion Parker

by James L. Neibaur
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016

On December 17, 1927 in Los Angeles, twelve year old Marion Parker, daughter of a prominent banker, was called to the school office where a stranger told her that her father had been in an accident and that she must leave with him right away. Fewer than 48 hours later, she was dead. What started...
by Jeffrey M. Pilcher, author of Planet Taco: A Global History of Mexican Food
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2000

Cantinflas and the Chaos of Mexican Modernity is a revealing probe into the life and times of Mario Moreno, Latin America's most famous film star from the 1940s to the 1970s. This book helps to illuminate the social and cultural history of twentieth-century Mexico. Cantinflas (Moreno's film persona)...

Tapestries of Hope, Threads of Love

The Arpillera Movement in Chile

by Marjorie Agosín
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2007

Tapestries of Hope, Threads of Love tells the story of ordinary women living in terror and extreme poverty under General Pinochet's oppressive rule in Chile (1973–1989). These women defied the military dictatorship by embroidering their sorrow on scraps of cloth, using needles and thread as one...

Revolutionizing Motherhood

The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo

by Marguerite Guzman Bouvard, Brandeis University; Author of The Path Through Grief: A Compassionate Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2002

Revolutionizing Motherhood examines one of the most astonishing human rights movements of recent years. During the Argentine junta's Dirty War against subversives, as tens of thousands were abducted, tortured, and disappeared, a group of women forged the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo and changed Argentine...

Introduction to C. S. Peirce

Philosopher, Semiotician, and Ecstatic Naturalist

by Robert S. Corrington
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 1993

Corrington achieves the most judicious presentation of Peirce's philosophy made so far, an ideal introduction for the beginning student and 'balancer' for Peirce sophisticates. -John Deely, Loras College

The Language of Doctor Who

From Shakespeare to Alien Tongues

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Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014

In a richly developed fictional universe, Doctor Who, a wandering survivor of a once-powerful alien civilization, possesses powers beyond human comprehension. He can bend the fabric of time and space with his TARDIS, alter the destiny of worlds, and drive entire species into extinction. The good doctor’s...

Through a Catholic Lens

Religious Perspectives of 19 Film Directors from Around the World

by Rose Pacatte, Greg Friedman, Gaye Ortiz
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2007

Movies are often examined for subtext and dramatizations of social and psychological issues as well as current movements. Studies of well-known Catholic directors, such as Alfred Hitchcock and John Ford, have made the search for Catholic themes a reputable field of examination. Through a Catholic...

Living with Depression

Why Biology and Biography Matter along the Path to Hope and Healing

by Deborah Serani
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2011

One out of four Americans will experience mental illness in their lifetime; major depressive disorder is the leading cause of disability in the United States for ages 15 through 44. However, only a fraction of those suffering will seek treatment; 25 percent will seek treatment for symptoms. Stigma...
by Jane Addams, Theodor Adorno, Gordon Allport
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2004

This anthology of hard-to-find primary documents provides a solid overview of the foundations of American media studies. Focusing on mass communication and society and how this research fits into larger patterns of social thought, this valuable collection features key texts covering the media studies...

Between Hope and Despair

Pedagogy and the Remembrance of Historical Trauma

by Rachel Baum, Deborah P. Britzman, Mario DiPaolantonio
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2000

At the end of a century of unfathomable suffering, societies are facing anew the question of how events that shock, resist assimilation, and evoke contradictory and complex responses should be remembered. Between Hope and Despair specifically examines the pedagogical problem of how remembrance is...

The World Turned Inside Out

American Thought and Culture at the End of the 20th Century

by James Livingston
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2009

The World Turned Inside Out explores American thought and culture in the formative moment of the late twentieth century in the aftermath of the fabled Sixties. The overall argument here is that the tendencies and sensibilities we associate with that earlier moment of upheaval decisively shaped intellectual...

Surpassing the Spectacle

Global Transformations and the Changing Politics of Art

by Carol Becker
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2001

In her newest book, leading social critic Carol Becker offers a timely analysis of the nature of art and its role in politics and society. Completed just before the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center catastrophe, Surpassing the Spectacle is now especially relevant in its analysis of the spectacle...
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