Aristotle poetics
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Modern students can now appreciate the wisdom of the world's greatest thinkers. Though clear, faithful translations by Joe Sachs. This modern and classical philosophical texts accessible and inspirational.
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Architectural Theory
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In this study, Jean-Pierre Vernant delineates a compelling new vision of ancient Greece. The book takes us far from the calm and familiar images of Polykleitos and the Parthenon to reveal a fundamentally other culture — one of slavery, of masks and death, of scapegoats, of ritual hunting, and of ecstasies. Vernant’s discussions of various institutions and practices(...)
Myth and society in ancient Greece
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In this study, Jean-Pierre Vernant delineates a compelling new vision of ancient Greece. The book takes us far from the calm and familiar images of Polykleitos and the Parthenon to reveal a fundamentally other culture — one of slavery, of masks and death, of scapegoats, of ritual hunting, and of ecstasies. Vernant’s discussions of various institutions and practices (including war, marriage, and sacrifice) detail the complex intersection of the religious, social, and political structures of ancient Greece. The book concludes with Vernant’s authoritative genealogy of the study of myth from Antiquity to structuralism and beyond. “Myth,” he writes, “brings into operation a form of logic which we may describe, unlike the logic of noncontradiction of the philosophers, as a logic of the ambiguous and the equivocal.”
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Basic writings
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Basic Writings is the finest single-volume anthology of the work of Martin Heidegger, widely considered one of the most important modern philosophers. Its selections offer a full range of the influential author's writings—including "The Origin of the Work of Art," the introduction to Being and Time, "What Is Metaphysics?," "Letter on Humanism," "The Question Concerning(...)
Architectural Theory
November 2008, London, Toronto, Sydney
Basic writings
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Basic Writings is the finest single-volume anthology of the work of Martin Heidegger, widely considered one of the most important modern philosophers. Its selections offer a full range of the influential author's writings—including "The Origin of the Work of Art," the introduction to Being and Time, "What Is Metaphysics?," "Letter on Humanism," "The Question Concerning Technology," "The Way to Language," and "The End of Philosophy." Featuring a foreword by Heidegger scholar Taylor Carman, this essential collection provides readers with a concise introduction to the groundbreaking philosophy of this brilliant and essential thinker.
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Architectural Theory
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Translates by Thomas Goddard Bergin and Max Harold Fisch. A bold new translation of a masterpiece of early social science that has found enthusiasts among such artists and scholars as James Joyce and Harold Bloom. Although Vico lived his whole life as an obscure academic in Naples, his New Science is an astonishingly ambitious attempt to provide a comprehensive(...)
The new science of Giambattista Vico
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Translates by Thomas Goddard Bergin and Max Harold Fisch. A bold new translation of a masterpiece of early social science that has found enthusiasts among such artists and scholars as James Joyce and Harold Bloom. Although Vico lived his whole life as an obscure academic in Naples, his New Science is an astonishingly ambitious attempt to provide a comprehensive science of all human society by decoding the history, mythology, and law of the ancient world. It argues that the key to true understanding lies in accepting that the customs and emotional lives of the Greeks and Romans, Egyptians, Jews, and Babylonians were utterly different from our own. In examining these huge themes, Vico offers countless fresh insights into topics ranging from physics to politics, money to monsters, and family structures to the Flood. Deeply influential since the dawn of Romanticism, the New Science even inspired the framework for Joyce's Finnegans Wake. This powerful new translation makes it clear why this work marked a turning-point in humanist thinking as significant as Newton's contemporary revolution in physics.
Critical Theory
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Duffy illuminates speed as a logic and genuine pleasure of modernity. He plunges full-throttle into speed's 'adrenaline aesthetics,' offering deft readings of works ranging from F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby", through J. G. Ballard's "Crash", to the cautionary consumerism of Ralph Nader. He describes how speed changed understandings of space, distance, chance,(...)
The speed handbook: velocity, pleasure, modernism
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Duffy illuminates speed as a logic and genuine pleasure of modernity. He plunges full-throttle into speed's 'adrenaline aesthetics,' offering deft readings of works ranging from F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby", through J. G. Ballard's "Crash", to the cautionary consumerism of Ralph Nader. He describes how speed changed understandings of space, distance, chance, and violence; how the experience of speed was commodified in the dawning era of mass consumption; and how people were incited to abhor slowness and desire speed. He examines how they were trained by new media such as the cinema to see, hear, and sense speed, and how speed, demanded of the efficient assembly-line worker, was given back to that worker as the chief thrill of leisure. Assessing speed's political implications, Duffy considers how speed pleasure was offered to citizens based on criteria including their ability to pay and their gender, and how speed quickly became something to be patrolled by governments. Drawing on novels, news reports, photography, advertising, and much more, Duffy provides a breakneck tour through the cultural dynamics of speed.
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The language of things
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We live in a world drowning in objects. But what do they tell us about ourselves? The Language of Things, Deyan Sudjic charts our relationship - both innocent and knowing - with all things designed. From the opulent excesses of the catwalk, or the technical brilliance of a laptop computer, to the subtle refinement of a desk lamp, he shows how we can be manipulated and(...)
The language of things
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We live in a world drowning in objects. But what do they tell us about ourselves? The Language of Things, Deyan Sudjic charts our relationship - both innocent and knowing - with all things designed. From the opulent excesses of the catwalk, or the technical brilliance of a laptop computer, to the subtle refinement of a desk lamp, he shows how we can be manipulated and seduced by our possessions.
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Observations on modern gardening, and laying out pleasure grounds, parks, farms, riding, etc (1801)
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In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, the editor has chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections. Because this work is culturally important, they have made it available to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.
Observations on modern gardening, and laying out pleasure grounds, parks, farms, riding, etc (1801)
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In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, the editor has chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections. Because this work is culturally important, they have made it available to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.
Landscape Theory
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Because much of Leibniz's thinking in the realm of the sciences flowed from his philosophy, understanding how he approached the natural world and humanity's place in it is vital to understanding his contributions to modern science. This edition collects two of Leibniz's foundational works, "Discourse on Metaphysics" and "The Monadology," which expound on concepts of(...)
Discourse on metaphysics and the monadology
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Because much of Leibniz's thinking in the realm of the sciences flowed from his philosophy, understanding how he approached the natural world and humanity's place in it is vital to understanding his contributions to modern science. This edition collects two of Leibniz's foundational works, "Discourse on Metaphysics" and "The Monadology," which expound on concepts of philosophical "optimism"-that we live in the best of all possible worlds-and consequently features Leibniz's thoughts on the nature of physical matter. This classic work will intrigue all students of science and philosophy.
Critical Theory
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«Peut-on faire en sorte que les dimensions physique, sociale et numérique soient mises au service d'une ville à la fois plus attentive à chacun, et plus familière à tous?»
La ville 2.0, complexe... et familière
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«Peut-on faire en sorte que les dimensions physique, sociale et numérique soient mises au service d'une ville à la fois plus attentive à chacun, et plus familière à tous?»
Urban Theory
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Les constructions paysagères du land art et les pratiques artistiques in situ, les réalisations d'architecture fluide et évolutive, les créations contemporaines dans le domaine du design sensoriel proposent, à partir d'une exploration de différents systèmes dynamiques, de nouvelles manières de fréquenter ou d'occuper un site, d'habiter ou de vivre l'espace. Elles font de(...)
Expériences du lieu: architecture, paysage, design
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Les constructions paysagères du land art et les pratiques artistiques in situ, les réalisations d'architecture fluide et évolutive, les créations contemporaines dans le domaine du design sensoriel proposent, à partir d'une exploration de différents systèmes dynamiques, de nouvelles manières de fréquenter ou d'occuper un site, d'habiter ou de vivre l'espace. Elles font de la pratique du site et de l'investissement de l'espace architectural une expérience du lieu. Patrick Barrès est maître de conférences en Arts plastiques à l'université de Toulouse II Le Mirail et artiste plasticien. Auteur de nombreux articles dans des revues spécialisées, consacrés aux pratiques du site (installation, paysage, architecture, scénographie), aux relations entre cinéma et arts plastiques, aux relations entre art et science, il a récemment publié Le cinéma d'animation, un cinéma d'expériences plastiques. En préparation : un essai sur les paysages de l'errance.
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