Anime and Philosophy focuses on some of the most-loved, most-intriguing anime films and series, as well as lesser-known works, to find what lies at their core. Astro Boy, Dragon Ball Z, Ghost in the Shell, and Spirited Away are just a few of the films analyzed in this book. In these stories about monsters, robots, children, and spirits who grapple with the important questions in life we find insight crucial to our times: lessons on morality, justice, and heroism, as well as meditations on...
¿Por qué la ansiedad moderna? La ansiedad siempre ha estado con nosotros, pero ¿qué es la ansiedad en una sociedad tecnológica? Si nuestra tolerancia al estímulo sensorial es finita, ¿cuándo llegamos al punto de ruptura en nuestro mundo frenético con sus medios de comunicación de 24 horas, su ataque visual, su aspiración material incesante? Si la felicidad se encuentra con moderación, ¿qué será de nosotros en un mundo de extremos? Éstos son los hilos que recorren ésta colección, con una mirada...
Una petita joia sobre el geni de Txhékhov. Anton Txékhov. Vida a través de les lletres és un meravellós i subtil retrat del genial Anton Txékhov escrit per Natalia Ginzburg: una joia que explora la joventut de l'escriptor a Taganrog, els seus inicis literaris i la seva feina de metge rural, els seus primers èxits teatrals fins a la malaltia i els darrers anys a Ialta, abans de la seva mort prematura. Un llibre magnífic, un feliç equilibri entre tema i autora, un text breu però ric sobre el...
“What the future fortunes of [Gramsci’s] writings will be, we cannot know. However, his permanence is already sufficiently sure, and justifies the historical study of his international reception. The present collection of studies is an indispensable foundation for this.” —Eric Hobsbawm, from the prefaceAntonio Gramsci is a giant of Marxian thought and one of the world’s greatest cultural critics. Antonio A. Santucci is perhaps the world’s preeminent...
Auf Zeitreise mit dem Bestsellerautor Der Chronist einmaliger Begegnungen und historischer Momente gewährt erstmals einen ganz persönlichen Blick hinter die Kulissen und verrät Diskretes und Indiskretes aus seinem Geheimarchiv: Mein erster Hinauswurf Im Geheimtreff «Torberg-Stüberl» "Ich wusste nicht, dass Sie eine Dame sind" Ein Schauspiel-Ensemble vor Gericht Mit Verspätung zur Loren Rendezvous mit dem Weltstar Im «Häfn» mit Qualtinger Ein ungewöhnlicher Treffpunkt "Hier...
In this book, the founder of object-oriented ontology develops his view that aesthetics is the central discipline of philosophy. Whereas science must attempt to grasp an object in terms of its observable qualities, philosophy and art cannot proceed in this way because they don't have direct access to their objects. Hence philosophy shares the same fate as art in being compelled to communicate indirectly, allusively, or elliptically, rather than in the clear propositional terms that are...
"As a Man Thinketh" has long since been regarded as a classic. This short accessible work elucidates the power of positive thinking. As James Allen writes, «As a man thinketh in his heart so is he.» This idea is central to the work and asserts the fact that the impetus to all good things in one's life begins and ends with the belief that good things can and will happen. Millions of people have discovered the powerful but simple wisdom of James Allen and have used it to change their...
In everyday life, we generally assume that we can make our own decisions on matters which concern our own lives. We assume that a life followed only according to decisions taken by other people, against our will, cannot be a well-lived life – we assume, in other words, that we are and should be autonomous. However, it is equally true that many aspects of our lives are not chosen freely: this is true of social relations and commitments but also of all those situations we simply seem to stumble...
In everyday life, we generally assume that we can make our own decisions on matters which concern our own lives. We assume that a life followed only according to decisions taken by other people, against our will, cannot be a well-lived life – we assume, in other words, that we are and should be autonomous. However, it is equally true that many aspects of our lives are not chosen freely: this is true of social relations and commitments but also of all those situations we simply seem to stumble...
Baron D'Holbach : a Study of Eighteenth Century Radicalism in France by Max Pearson Cushing libreka classics – These are classics of literary history, reissued and made available to a wide audience. Immerse yourself in well-known and popular titles!