wyszukanych pozycji: 8
Children of Strangers
ISBN: 9780877222408 / Angielski / Miękka / 1981 / 122 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Collecting her family's own stories and photographs, the author has brought to life the attempts of five generations of black women to cope with the fears, angers, and anxieties of life in a hostile white society.
Collecting her family's own stories and photographs, the author has brought to life the attempts of five generations of black women to cope with the f...
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119,94 zł |
Pindar and the Construction of Syracusan Monarchy in the Fifth Century B.C.
ISBN: 9780199366859 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This groundbreaking book attempts a fully contextualized reading of the poetry written by Pindar for Hieron of Syracuse in the 470s BC. It argues that the victory odes and other occasional songs composed by Pindar for the Sicilian tyrant were part of an extensive cultural program that included athletic competition, coinage, architecture, sanctuary dedication, city foundation, and much more. In the tumultuous years following the Persian invasion of Greece in 480, elite Greek leaders and their cities struggled to capitalize on the Greek victory and to define themselves as free peoples who...
This groundbreaking book attempts a fully contextualized reading of the poetry written by Pindar for Hieron of Syracuse in the 470s BC. It argues that...
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525,25 zł |
Myth and Philosophy from the Presocratics to Plato
ISBN: 9780521621809 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book explores the complex relationship between myth and philosophy in writings by Greek intellectuals between the late-sixth and mid-fourth centuries BC. Although philosophy may seem far removed from mythological stories, closer examination reveals that Plato and others realized that philosophic accounts too were "stories" about reality. Kathryn Morgan shows how these philosophers used myth to express philosophic problems. Her book traces a tradition of strictly rational and philosophical myth through two centuries.
This book explores the complex relationship between myth and philosophy in writings by Greek intellectuals between the late-sixth and mid-fourth centu...
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451,11 zł |
Myth and Philosophy from the Presocratics to Plato
ISBN: 9780521033282 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This book explores the complex relationship between myth and philosophy in writings by Greek intellectuals between the late-sixth and mid-fourth centuries BC. Although philosophy may seem far removed from mythological stories, closer examination reveals that Plato and others realized that philosophic accounts too were "stories" about reality. Kathryn Morgan shows how these philosophers used myth to express philosophic problems. Her book traces a tradition of strictly rational and philosophical myth through two centuries.
This book explores the complex relationship between myth and philosophy in writings by Greek intellectuals between the late-sixth and mid-fourth centu...
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257,34 zł |
Popular Tyranny: Sovereignty and Its Discontents in Ancient Greece
ISBN: 9780292722316 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The nature of authority and rulership was a central concern in ancient Greece, where the figure of the king or tyrant and the sovereignty associated with him remained a powerful focus of political and philosophical debate even as Classical Athens developed the world's first democracy. This collection of essays examines the extraordinary role that the concept of tyranny played in the cultural and political imagination of Archaic and Classical Greece through the interdisciplinary perspectives provided by internationally known archaeologists, literary critics, and historians. The book... The nature of authority and rulership was a central concern in ancient Greece, where the figure of the king or tyrant and the sovereignty associate... |
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146,02 zł |
Street Life in London: Context and Commentary
ISBN: 9781910144015 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 556 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This book examines the 1877-78 publication Street Life in London, by journalist Adolphe Smith and photographer John Thomson. Street Life in London aimed to reveal, through the innovative use of photography and essays, the conditions of a life of poverty in London. Now regarded as a pioneering photo-text and a foundational work of socially conscious photography - "one of the most significant and far-reaching photobooks in the medium's history" (The Photobook: A History) - Street Life in London did not achieve commercial success in its own time. In Street Life in London we see the start, but...
This book examines the 1877-78 publication Street Life in London, by journalist Adolphe Smith and photographer John Thomson. Street Life in London aim...
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569,60 zł |
The Gender Question In Education : Theory, Pedagogy, And Politics
ISBN: 9780813325637 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In this innovative book, four prominent philosophers of education introduce readers to the central debates about the role of gender in educational practice, policymaking, and theory. More a record of a continuing conversation than a statement of a fixed point of view, The Gender Question in Education enables students and practicing teachers to think through to their own conclusions and to add their own voices to the conversation.Throughout, the authors emphasize the value of a gender-sensitive perspective on educational issues and the relevance of an ethics of care for educational...
In this innovative book, four prominent philosophers of education introduce readers to the central debates about the role of gender in educational pra...
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260,80 zł |
Living Out Loud
ISBN: 9781922954084 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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109,01 zł |