This is a new English translation of a classic of medieval Islamic learning, which illuminates the intellectual debates of its age and speaks vividly to the concerns of our own. It is the most famous work of the Brethren of Purity, a tenth-century esoteric fraternity based in Basra and Baghdad. In this rich allegorical fable the exploited and oppressed animals pursue a case against humanity. They are granted the gift of speech and presented as subjects with views and interests of their own. Over the course of the hearing they rebuke and criticise human weakness, deny man's superiority, and...
This is a new English translation of a classic of medieval Islamic learning, which illuminates the intellectual debates of its age and speaks vividly ...
China's secret rulers are the largest political organisation in the world. But who are they and how do they operate? Richard McGregor has spent 20 years reporting on this region of the world and he has used all of his experience to uncover the true story of the Chinese Communist Party.
China's secret rulers are the largest political organisation in the world. But who are they and how do they operate? Richard McGregor has spent 20 yea...
"As a composer one forgets, in time, the fine detail of composition processes which produced past work...it must be left to scholars to recreate, slowly and painstakingly, earlier creative processes." Peter Maxwell Davies. In the eight essays presented here, leading scholars of the music of Peter Maxwell Davies explore some of the composer's creative processes. David Roberts, Peter Owens and Richard McGregor examine Davies's employment of pitch-class sets and other models evident in his sketch material, while Joel Lester looks at the serial elements that produce structure and effect in the...
"As a composer one forgets, in time, the fine detail of composition processes which produced past work...it must be left to scholars to recreate, slow...
