Reflections on Exile and Other Essays, Paperback - Edward W. Said

Reducere. With their powerful blend of political and aesthetic concerns, Edward W. Said's writings have transformed the field of literary studies. This long-...

A compilation of 35 years' worth of critical essays from one of the boldest and most articulate cultural theorists of our time

For generations now, Edward W. Said's "Orientalism" has defined our understanding of colonialism and empire, and this "Penguin Modern Classics" edi...

Edward Said's classic treatise on the role of the intellectual and the goal of criticism, which encompasses the great thinkers and writers of the l...

A political and personal history of the aclaimed writer, academic and critic, which reveals the influences which have informed ground-breaking work...

Reducere. Cu prefata autorului O opera fundamentala si revolutionara, o piatra de temelie a postcolonialismului, probabil una dintre cele mai influente lucra...

Reducere. DescriptionThe renowned literary and cultural critic Edward Said was one of our era's most provocative and important thinkers. This comprehensive c...

Builds on Said's abiding interest in the psychoanalyst's work to examine Freud's assumption that Moses was an Egyptian and from there explore the l...

Reducere. Publicada originalmente en 1993, Cultura e imperialismo / Culture and Imperialism es una obra indispensable que restablece el di logo entre la lite...

Reducere. Since the 1948 war which drove them from their heartland, the Palestinian people have consistently been denied the most basic democratic rights. Bl...

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Reducere. Lithuanian born anarchist Emma Goldman emigrated to the United States at the age of sixteen. She first became attracted to anarchism following the ...

Destruction and violence How is the ordinary man to know that the most violent element in society is ignorance; that it's power of destruction is t...

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Reducere. Anarchism and Other Essays, is many of the old classic books which have been considered important throughout the human history. They are now extrem...

Reducere. Orientalism - Edward W. Said

Reducere. O opera fundamentala si revolutionara, o piatra de temelie a postcolonialismului, probabil una dintre cele mai influente lucrari teoretice ale seco...

Virginia Woolf began writing reviews for the Guardian 'to make a few pence' from her father's death in 1904, and continued until the last decade of...

Reducere. Follow the thoughts of essayist, poet and American Transcendentalism founder Ralph Waldo Emerson as he discovered his own belief system in the anth...

Civil Disobedience and Other Essays is a collection of some of Henry David Thoreau's most important essays. Contained in this volume are the follow...

Author of How Fiction Works James Wood has long established himself as the leading critic of his generation. With The Fun Stuff, he confirms his pr...

This collection chronicles the fiction and non fiction classics by the greatest writers the world has ever known. The inclusion of both popular as ...

Reducere. The six essays and one address in this volume outline the great transcendentalist's moral idealism as well as hinting at the later scepticism that ...

DescriptionAn irresistible collection of favorite writings from an author celebrated for his bravura style and sheer unpredictability Francis Spuff...

Publisher: Beacon PressAuthor(s): Monique WittigNumber of pages: 132Publication date: 1992Dimensions: 142 x 216 x 10Cover type: Paperback / softbac...

Following The Broken Estate, The Irresponsible Self, and How Fiction Works - books that established James Wood as the leading critic of his generat...

Reducere. In these fourteen essays Andre Aciman, one of the most poignant stylists of his generation, dissects the experience of loss, moving from his forced...

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Calling on diverse examples from Ancient Greek sculpture to contemporary paintings, this title creates a witty, paradoxical world in which the only...

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Reducere. Natural philosopher and rugged poet Henry David Thoreau has inspired many generations through Thoreau's popular essays included here: Civil Disobed...

Reducere. As a remedy to sleeplessness, Charles Dickens used to take to wandering the streets of London at night for long stretches of time. On those walks, ...

Reducere. In Eating Lightbulbs and Other Essays, Steve Fellner traces the seriocomic absurdities of his own mind and its obsessions with family, mental illne...

Reducere. The continuing war in Iraq, Hurricane Katrina, the political sniping engendered by the Supreme Court nominations, Terry Schiavo -- contemporary Ame...

DescriptionOne of the most important nineteenth-century schools of thought, Utilitarianism propounds the view that the value or rightness of an act...

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The essays in How Not to Be a Doctor combine erudition with humour, candour, and the human touch. They show how, in medicine, you cannot separate p...

Reducere. Among the men and women prominent in the public life of America there are but few whose names are mentioned as often as that of Emma Goldman. Yet t...

Reducere. A beautiful new edition of the most important writings of America's greatest philosopher, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Includes "The American Scholar, " "D...

Philosopher, naturalist, poet and rugged individualist, Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) has inspired generations of readers to think for themselves...

The Western Ideology brings together for the first time Andrew Gamble's writings on political ideas and ideologies, which illustrate the main theme...

After Brexit brings together Gamble's most influential writings on British politics and political economy from the last 40 years, reflecting on iss...