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Inventing the Enemy

Author : Umberto Eco
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 2012-09-04
ISBN 10 : 9780547577609
Pages : 241 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (76 downloads)

Download Inventing the Enemy in PDF Full Online Free by Umberto Eco and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essay collection by the revered public intellectual displays his “profound erudition, lively wit, and passion for ideas of all shapes and sizes” (Booklist). In these fourteen essays, Umberto Eco examines many of the ideas that have inspired his provocative and illuminating fiction. From the title essay—a disquisition of the notion that every country needs an enemy—he takes readers on an exploration of lost islands, mythical realms, and the medieval world. His topics range from indignant reviews of James Joyce’s Ulysses by fascist journalists, to an examination of Saint Thomas Aquinas’s notions about the soul of an unborn child, to censorship, violence and WikiLeaks. Here are essays full of passion, curiosity, and probing intellect by one of the world’s most esteemed scholars and critically acclaimed, best-selling novelists. “True wit and wisdom coexist with fierce scholarship inside Umberto Eco, a writer who actually knows a thing or two about being truly human.” — Buffalo News

Inventing the Enemy and Other Occasional Writings

Author : Umberto Eco
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 2012
ISBN 10 : 9780547640976
Pages : 242 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (97 downloads)

Download Inventing the Enemy and Other Occasional Writings in PDF Full Online Free by Umberto Eco and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2012 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects essays written by the author over the last ten years, covering such topics as the reception of James Joyce's "Ulysses" by fascist journalists of the 1920s and 1930s, and the implications of the recent Wikileaks scandal.

Inventing the Enemy

Author : Umberto Eco
Publisher : Random House
Release Date : 2012-09-06
ISBN 10 : 9781446485057
Pages : 240 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (55 downloads)

Download Inventing the Enemy in PDF Full Online Free by Umberto Eco and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-09-06 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The final collection of essays from the internationally acclaimed and bestselling author of The Name of the Rose and The Prague Cemetery, on the subjects of art and culture. In this collection of essays we find Umberto Eco’s perennial areas of interest explored in a lively and engaging style, accompanied by beautiful reproductions of the art he discusses. In these wide-ranging pieces he explores the roots of our civilization, changing ideas of beauty, our obsession with conspiracies and the emblematic heroes of the great narrative, amongst other fascinating topics. Umberto Eco was one of the most influential, and entertaining, intellectuals of the last century, as well as being a critically acclaimed and bestselling writer of both fiction and non-fiction.

How to Travel with a Salmon

Author : Umberto Eco
Publisher : HMH
Release Date : 1995-09-15
ISBN 10 : 9780547540436
Pages : 256 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (43 downloads)

Download How to Travel with a Salmon in PDF Full Online Free by Umberto Eco and published by HMH. This book was released on 1995-09-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Impishly witty and ingeniously irreverent” essays on topics from cell phones to librarians, by the author of The Name of the Rose and Foucault’s Pendulum (The Atlantic Monthly). A cosmopolitan curmudgeon the Los Angeles Times called “the Andy Rooney of academia”—known for both nonfiction and novels that have become blockbuster New York Times bestsellers—Umberto Eco takes readers on “a delightful romp through the absurdities of modern life” (Publishers Weekly) as he journeys around the world and into his own wildly adventurous mind. From the mundane details of getting around on Amtrak or in the back of a cab, to reflections on computer jargon and soccer fans, to more important issues like the effects of mass media and consumer civilization—not to mention the challenges of trying to refrigerate an expensive piece of fish at an English hotel—this renowned writer, semiotician, and philosopher provides “an uncanny combination of the profound and the profane” (San Francisco Chronicle). “Eco entertains with his clever reflections and with his unique persona.” —Kirkus Reviews Translated from the Italian by William Weaver

On Literature

Author : Umberto Eco
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 2005-11-14
ISBN 10 : 9780547543048
Pages : 356 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (34 downloads)

Download On Literature in PDF Full Online Free by Umberto Eco and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2005-11-14 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wide-ranging collection of essays on the importance and meaning of literature by “one of the most influential thinkers of our time” (Los Angeles Times). In this collection of essays and addresses delivered over the course of his long and celebrated career, Umberto Eco seeks "to understand the chemistry of [his] passion" for the word. From musings on Ptolemy and "the force of the false" to reflections on the experimental writing of Borges and Joyce, Eco's restless curiosity and encyclopedic knowledge are on dazzling display. On a more personal note, he also reveals his own ambitions and superstitions, his authorial anxieties and fears, letting readers into the private realms of his creative practice. Remarkably accessible and unfailingly stimulating, this collection exhibits the diversity of interests and originality of thought that have made Eco one of the world's literary giants.

Kant and the Platypus

Author : Umberto Eco
Publisher : HMH
Release Date : 2000-11-09
ISBN 10 : 9780547563787
Pages : 464 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (378 downloads)

Download Kant and the Platypus in PDF Full Online Free by Umberto Eco and published by HMH. This book was released on 2000-11-09 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do we know a cat is a cat . . . and why do we call it a cat? An “intriguing and often fascinating” look at words, perceptions, and the relationship between them (Newark Star-Ledger). In Kant and the Platypus, the renowned semiotician, philosopher, and bestselling author of The Name of the Rose and Foucault’s Pendulum explores the question of how much of our perception of things is based on cognitive ability, and how much on linguistic resources. In six remarkable essays, Umberto Eco explores in depth questions of reality, perception, and experience. Basing his ideas on common sense, Eco shares a vast wealth of literary and historical knowledge, touching on issues that affect us every day. At once philosophical and amusing, Kant and the Platypus is a tour of the world of our senses, told by a master of knowing what is real and what is not. “An erudite, detailed inquirity into the philosophy of mind . . . Here, Eco is continental philosopher, semiotician, and cognitive scientist rolled all into one.” —Library Journal (starred review)

The Rise

Author : Sarah Lewis
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2014-03-04
ISBN 10 : 9781451629255
Pages : 272 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (925 downloads)

Download The Rise in PDF Full Online Free by Sarah Lewis and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From celebrated art historian, curator, and teacher Sarah Lewis, a fascinating examination of how our most iconic creative endeavors—from innovation to the arts—are not achievements but conversions, corrections after failed attempts. The gift of failure is a riddle: it will always be both the void and the start of infinite possibility. The Rise—part investigation into a psychological mystery, part an argument about creativity and art, and part a soulful celebration of the determination and courage of the human spirit—makes the case that many of the world’s greatest achievements have come from understanding the central importance of failure. Written over the course of four years, this exquisite biography of an idea is about the improbable foundations of a creative human endeavor. Each chapter focuses on the inestimable value of often ignored ideas—the power of surrender, how play is essential for innovation, the “near win” can help propel you on the road to mastery, the importance of grit and creative practice. The Rise shares narratives about figures past and present that range from choreographers, writers, painters, inventors, and entrepreneurs; Frederick Douglass, Samuel F.B. Morse, Diane Arbus, and J.K. Rowling, for example, feature alongside choreographer Paul Taylor, Nobel Prize–winning physicists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, and Arctic explorer Ben Saunders. With valuable lessons for pedagogy and parenting, for innovation and discovery, and for self-direction and creativity, The Rise “gives the old chestnut ‘If at first you don’t succeed…’ a jolt of adrenaline” (Elle).

Literary Canon Formation as Nation-Building in Central Europe and the Baltics

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Publisher : BRILL
Release Date : 2021-02-15
ISBN 10 : 9789004457713
Pages : 341 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (771 downloads)

Download Literary Canon Formation as Nation-Building in Central Europe and the Baltics in PDF Full Online Free by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-02-15 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents regional approaches on the formation and transformation of national literary canons as a practice of nation-building in various cultural traditions (Polish, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Estonian, etc.) from the 19th century to the present times.

The Politics of Heresy in Ambrose of Milan

Author : Michael Stuart Williams
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-10-19
ISBN 10 : 9781108508667
Pages : pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (866 downloads)

Download The Politics of Heresy in Ambrose of Milan in PDF Full Online Free by Michael Stuart Williams and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ambrose of Milan is famous above all for his struggle with, and triumph over, 'Arian' heresy. Yet, almost all of the evidence comes from Ambrose's own writings, and from pious historians of the next generation who represented him as a champion of orthodoxy. This detailed study argues instead that an 'Arian' opposition in Milan was largely conjured up by Ambrose himself, lumping together critics and outsiders in order to secure and justify his own authority. Along with new interpretations of Ambrose's election as bishop, his controversies over the faith, and his clashes with the imperial court, this book provides a new understanding of the nature and significance of heretical communities in Late Antiquity. In place of rival congregations inflexibly committed to doctrinal beliefs, it envisages a world of more fluid allegiances in which heresy - but also consensus - could be a matter of deploying the right rhetorical frame.

The Brain, the Mind and the Self

Author : Arnold Goldberg
Publisher : Routledge
Release Date : 2015-05-01
ISBN 10 : 9781317657972
Pages : 164 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (797 downloads)

Download The Brain, the Mind and the Self in PDF Full Online Free by Arnold Goldberg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychoanalysis enjoyed an enormous popularity at one time, but has recently fallen out of favor as new psychiatric medications have dominated the treatment of mental illness and a new interest in the brain and neuroscience begins to dominate the theory as to the cause and cure of mental illness. How do we distinguish between the brain, the mind and the self? In his new book, Arnold Goldberg approaches this question from a psychoanalytic perspective, and examines how recent research findings can shed light on it. He repositions psychoanalysis as an interpretive science that is a different activity to most other sciences that are considered empirical. Giving clear coverage of the various psychoanalytic models of the mind and the self, Goldberg examines how these theories fare against neuroscientific evidence, and what implications these have for psychoanalytic clinical practice. The Brain, the Mind and the Self: A psychoanalytic road map sets up evidence-based, robust psychoanalytic theory and practice that will give psychoanalysts, social workers and practicing psychologists a valuable insight into the future of psychoanalysis. Arnold Goldberg, M.D. was born and raised in Chicago and trained at the University of Illinois, Michael Reese Hospital and the Institute for Psychoanalysis in Chicago. He is recently retired from the Cynthia Oudejans Harris MD chair, and Professor of Psychiatry at Rush Medical Center.

Travels in Hyperreality

Author : Umberto Eco
Publisher : HMH
Release Date : 2014-06-24
ISBN 10 : 9780547545967
Pages : 324 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (596 downloads)

Download Travels in Hyperreality in PDF Full Online Free by Umberto Eco and published by HMH. This book was released on 2014-06-24 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “scintillating collection” of essays on Disneyland, medieval times, and much more, from the author of Foucault’s Pendulum (Los Angeles Times). Collected here are some of Umberto Eco’s finest popular essays, recording the incisive and surprisingly entertaining observations of his restless intellectual mind. As the author puts it in the preface to the second edition: “In these pages, I try to interpret and to help others interpret some ‘signs.’ These signs are not only words, or images; they can also be forms of social behavior, political acts, artificial landscapes.” From Disneyland to holography and wax museums, Eco explores America’s obsession with artificial reality, suggesting that the craft of forgery has in certain cases exceeded reality itself. He examines Western culture’s enduring fascination with the middle ages, proposing that our most pressing modern concerns began in that time. He delves into an array of topics, from sports to media to what he calls the crisis of reason. Throughout these travels—both physical and mental—Eco displays the same wit, learning, and lively intelligence that delighted readers of The Name of the Rose and Foucault’s Pendulum. Translated by William Weaver

The Philosophy of Umberto Eco

Author : Sara G. Beardsworth
Publisher : Open Court Publishing
Release Date : 2017-05-09
ISBN 10 : 9780812699654
Pages : 768 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (965 downloads)

Download The Philosophy of Umberto Eco in PDF Full Online Free by Sara G. Beardsworth and published by Open Court Publishing. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Philosophy of Umberto Eco stands out in the Library of Living Philosophers series as the volume on the most interdisciplinary scholar hitherto and probably the most widely translated. The Italian philosopher’s name and works are well known in the humanities, both his philosophical and literary works being translated into fifteen or more languages. Eco is a founder of modern semiotics and widely known for his work in the philosophy of language and aesthetics. He is also a leading figure in the emergence of postmodern literature, and is associated with cultural and mass communication studies. His writings cover topics such as advertising, television, and children’s literature as well as philosophical questions bearing on truth, reality, cognition, language, and literature. The critical essays in this volume cover the full range of this output. This book has wide appeal not only because of its interdisciplinary nature but also because of Eco’s famous “high and low” approach, which is deeply scholarly in conception and very accessible in outcome. The short essay “Why Philosophy?” included in the volume is exemplary in this regard: it will appeal to scholars for its wit and to high school students for its intelligibility.

The Routledge Handbook on Crime and International Migration

Author : Sharon Pickering
Publisher : Routledge
Release Date : 2017-07-14
ISBN 10 : 9781135924331
Pages : 448 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (433 downloads)

Download The Routledge Handbook on Crime and International Migration in PDF Full Online Free by Sharon Pickering and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-14 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook on Crime and International Migration is concerned with the various relationships between migration, crime and victimization that have informed a wide criminological scholarship often driven by some of the original lines of inquiry of the Chicago School. Historically, migration and crime came to be the device by which Criminology and cognate fields sought to tackle issues of race and ethnicity, often in highly problematic ways. However, in the contemporary period this body of scholarship is inspiring scholars to produce significant evidence that speaks to some of the biggest public policy questions and debunks many dominant mythologies around the criminality of migrants. The Routledge Handbook on Crime and International Migration is also concerned with the theoretical, empirical and policy knots found in the relationship between regular and irregular migration, offending and victimization, the processes and impact of criminalization, and the changing role of criminal justice systems in the regulation and enforcement of international mobility and borders. The Handbook is focused on the migratory ‘fault lines’ between the Global North and Global South, which have produced new or accelerated sites of state control, constructed irregular migration as a crime and security problem, and mobilized ideological and coercive powers usually reserved for criminal or military threats. Offering a strong international focus and comprehensive coverage of a wide range of border, criminal justice and migration-related issues, this book is an important contribution to criminology and migration studies and will be essential reading for academics, students and practitioners interested in this field.

Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity

Author : Newton Lee
Publisher : Springer
Release Date : 2015-04-07
ISBN 10 : 9783319172446
Pages : 489 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (244 downloads)

Download Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity in PDF Full Online Free by Newton Lee and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 9/11 to Charlie Hebdo along with Sony-pocalypse and DARPA's $2 million Cyber Grand Challenge, this book examines counterterrorism and cyber security history, strategies and technologies from a thought-provoking approach that encompasses personal experiences, investigative journalism, historical and current events, ideas from thought leaders and the make-believe of Hollywood such as 24, Homeland and The Americans. President Barack Obama also said in his 2015 State of the Union address, "We are making sure our government integrates intelligence to combat cyber threats, just as we have done to combat terrorism. In this new edition, there are seven completely new chapters, including three new contributed chapters by healthcare chief information security officer Ray Balut and Jean C. Stanford, DEF CON speaker Philip Polstra and security engineer and Black Hat speaker Darren Manners, as well as new commentaries by communications expert Andy Marken and DEF CON speaker Emily Peed. The book offers practical advice for businesses, governments and individuals to better secure the world and protect cyberspace.

Brill's Companion to Statius

Author : William J. Dominik
Publisher : BRILL
Release Date : 2015-03-20
ISBN 10 : 9789004284708
Pages : 722 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (47 downloads)

Download Brill's Companion to Statius in PDF Full Online Free by William J. Dominik and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-03-20 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Brill’s Companion to Statius, thirty-four newly commissioned chapters from internationally recognized experts provide a comprehensive overview of various approaches to arguably the most important poet of the Flavian period in Rome.

Inventing the Public Enemy

Author : David E. Ruth
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1996-04-15
ISBN 10 : 9780226732183
Pages : 217 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (218 downloads)

Download Inventing the Public Enemy in PDF Full Online Free by David E. Ruth and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1996-04-15 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ruth shows that the media gangster was less a reflection of reality than a projection created from Americans' values, concerns, and ideas about what would sell.

How to Spot a Fascist

Author : Umberto Eco
Publisher : Random House
Release Date : 2020-08-13
ISBN 10 : 9781473585485
Pages : 64 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (548 downloads)

Download How to Spot a Fascist in PDF Full Online Free by Umberto Eco and published by Random House. This book was released on 2020-08-13 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are here to remember what happened and to declare solemnly that ‘they’ must never do it again. But who are ‘they’? HOW TO SPOT A FASCIST is a selection of three thought-provoking essays on freedom and fascism, censorship and tolerance – including Eco’s iconic essay ‘Ur-Fascism’, which lists the fourteen essential characteristics of fascism, and draws on his own personal experiences growing up in the shadow of Mussolini. Umberto Eco remains one of the greatest writers and cultural commentators of the last century. In these pertinent pieces, he warns against prejudice and abuses of power and proves a wise and insightful guide for our times. If we strive to learn from our collective history and come together in challenging times, we can hope for a peaceful and tolerant future. Freedom and liberation are never-ending tasks. Let this be our motto: ‘Do not forget.’