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Focussing on Leibniz's principle: 'nothing is without reason', this book shows that the principle of reason is in fact a principle of being. It also contains discussions of language, translation, reason, objectivity, and technology - as well as readings of Leibniz, Kant, Aristotle, and Goethe.

A newly translated epic about the premier leader of the Songhay Empire.

Reprint of a classic work in folklore and literature by a famous scholar.

Engages in an interdisciplinary investigation of the political technologies of the body in the wake of postmodernity, technologies apparent in film, medicine, entertainment industries, politics, and the arts. This book reflects the growing concern with interfaces between humans and computer and bio-medical technologies.

Covers the field of semiotics from Aesthetics to Zoosemiotics. This work contains sixty-five encyclopedic articles, a consolidated bibliography of almost 3,000 titles, an index of names, and an index of terms. It is intended for those who desire a comprehensive survey of this diverse field.

Contains some of Heidegger's most crucial statements about temporality, ontological difference and dialectic, and being and time in Hegel. This title is suitable for students of Heidegger and Hegel and of contemporary Continental philosophy.

Documents Dorothy Arzner's film career, her work as a film editor, her directorial debut, and her departure from Hollywood in 1943. This book analyzes a number of Arzner's films, and discusses how feminist preoccupations shape them. It treats Arzner's lesbianism and the role that desire between women played in her career, her life, and her films.

Cultural studies at the intersections of global media and everyday life: the Gulf War, the Beijing massacre, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the stock market crash of 1987.

A sensitive analysis of the spiritual significance of ancient Greek religion.

The definitive study of the great filmmaker, set in the context of Russian cultural history.

Re-reads Freud and articulates a fresh model of "perverse" desire.

Tells the story of the most famous unit in the Union Army - the Iron Brigade. The brigade was initially made up of the 2nd, 6th, and 7th Wisconsin and the 19th Indiana Volunteers; later it was reinforced by the 24th Michigan Volunteers.

A ground-breaking interpretation of Russian culture from prehistory to the present, dealing with the feminine myth as a central cultural force

A chronological consideration of Heidegger's texts that assesses his achievement as a thinker, while pointing to the sources of his political and ethical failure. This work addresses the religious significance of Heidegger's thought.

Traces the cultural and social transformations and interventions that created a sense of Armenian nationality in the 19th and 20th centuries. This book shows that while the limits of Armenia excluded the diaspora, at a time of state renewal, the boundaries have been expanded to include Armenians who live beyond the borders of the republic.

A child of both the French and Industrial revolutions, Flora Tristan (1803-1844) became a social critic and political activist. The authors reflect the experiences that shaped Tristan's politics and philosophy, and their introduction and headnotes trace Tristan's life and describe the social and intellectual milieu of nineteenth-century France.

Explores the question of the kind of canon, privileged status, or Logos, the Torah actually has for the post-modern Western Jew. This book documents the intellectual and spiritual odyssey of one of North America's foremost Jewish biblical scholars.

Sets the pieces of the story that are known to historians into their cultural, religious, and political context. This book explores important questions about the period and about historical memory that is of interest to both the general reader and students of the period.

Represents the broad appreciation for jazz as poetic inspiration, not only from the Beat movement but from writers across the decades and around the world

Takes a fresh view of the culture of consumption. This book examines the interplay of culture and consumer behavior from the anthropologist's point of view and provides new insights into the way we view ourselves and our society.

Describes the growth and development of the resistance movement and armed struggle against the wider historical background and the development of clandestine communal activities in the ghetto

"In Albert Hofstadter's excellent translation, we can listen in as Heidegger clearly and patiently explains ... the ontological difference." Hubert L. Dreyfus, Times Literary Supplement

Attempts to do for the sound-track what feminist film theory has done for the image-track - to locate the points at which it is productive of sexual difference. This work focuses on the female voice understood not merely as spoken dialogue, narration, and commentary, but as a fantasmatic projection, and as a metaphor for authorship.

Interrogates some of the classic essays from the last fifteen years of feminist social science literature

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In this collection of nine essays, Umberto Eco sets forth a dialectic between 'open' and 'closed' texts, between a work of art that actively involves the 'addressee' in its production and one that holds the 'addressee' at bay and seeks to evoke a limited and predetermined response. He investigates the contributions of contemporary semantics to the study of narrative, and connects the modalities of textual interpretation with the problem of possible worlds.

Presents a study in feminism and film.

The essays in this landmark volume highlight the achievements of "Shakespeare's sisters," including Emily Bronte, Emily Dickinson, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Christina Rossetti, and others