wyszukanych pozycji: 3
The Histories
ISBN: 9780887486227 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. Jason Whitmarsh's The Histories is an extravagantly funny and deeply affecting work of the imagination. With an obsessive precision, Whitmarsh catalogs our misunderstandings, our absurdities, our joys, and, above all, our sorrows. This is a world of stunning invention and lyric beauty: horsemen without horses, miniature Manhattan Projects, meditating kings and arguing gods, Wallace Stevens love songs and Kafka singing the blues. Though fragmented and incomplete, these histories get much of our experience--our hopes, our heartbreak--exactly right.
Jason Whitmarsh's The Histories is an extravagantly funny and deeply affecting work of the imagination. With an obsessive precision, Whitmarsh catalog...
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Ordering Knowledge in the Roman Empire
ISBN: 9780521859691 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Romans commanded the largest and most complex empire the world had ever seen, or would see until modern times. The challenges, however, were not just political, economic and military: Rome was also the hub of a vast information network, drawing in worldwide expertise and refashioning it for its own purposes. This fascinating collection of essays considers the dialogue between technical literature and imperial society, drawing on, developing and critiquing a range of modern cultural theories (including those of Michel Foucault and Edward Said). How was knowledge shaped into textual forms,...
The Romans commanded the largest and most complex empire the world had ever seen, or would see until modern times. The challenges, however, were not j...
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451,11 zł |
Ordering Knowledge in the Roman Empire
ISBN: 9780521296939 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Romans commanded the largest and most complex empire the world had ever seen, or would see until modern times. The challenges, however, were not just political, economic and military: Rome was also the hub of a vast information network, drawing in worldwide expertise and refashioning it for its own purposes. This fascinating collection of essays considers the dialogue between technical literature and imperial society, drawing on, developing and critiquing a range of modern cultural theories (including those of Michel Foucault and Edward Said). How was knowledge shaped into textual forms,...
The Romans commanded the largest and most complex empire the world had ever seen, or would see until modern times. The challenges, however, were not j...
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251,10 zł |