Twin Peaks in the Rearview Mirror: Appraisals and Reappraisals of the Show That Was Supposed to Change TV
Added by: drazhar | Karma: 1455.89 | Other | 11 October 2014
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In 1994 Wayne State University Press published David Lavery's collection Full of Secrets: Critical Approaches to TWIN PEAKS. The book proved to be an international success, instrumental to the serious study of contemporary television series. WSUP encouraged a second volume on David Lynch and Mark Frost's influential series, but then decided not to publish it.
Plato,mathematician, philosopher and founder of the Academy in Athens, is, together with his teacher,Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, universally considered to have laid thefoundations of Western philosophy. His philosophical dialogues remain among themost widely read and influential of all philosophical texts and his enduringinfluence on virtually every area of philosophical enterprise cannot be exaggerated.
Much has been written on the role of causal notions and causal reasoning in the so-called 'special sciences' and in common sense. But does causal reasoning also play a role in physics? Mathias Frisch argues that, contrary to what influential philosophical arguments purport to show, the answer is yes.
Added by: avro | Karma: 1098.18 | Other | 24 September 2014
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Shashi Tharoor delivers an incisive biography of the great secularist who—alongside his spiritual father, Mahatma Gandhi—led the movement for India’s independence from British rule and ushered his newly independent country into the modern world. The man who would one day help topple British rule and become India’s first prime minister started out as a surprisingly unremarkable student. Born into a wealthy, politically influential Indian family in the waning years of the Raj, Jawaharlal Nehru was raised on Western secularism and the humanist ideas of the Enlightenment.
"At long last a chance for those outside the profession to discover that there is so much more to psychology than just Freud and Jung. 50 Psychology Classics offers a unique opportunity to become acquainted with a dazzling array of the key works in psychological literature almost overnight." --Dr Raj Persaud, Gresham Professor for Public Understanding of Psychiatry "This delightful book provides thoughtful and entertaining summaries of 50 of the most influential books in psychology. It's a 'must read' for students contemplating a career in psychology." --VS Ramachandran, Director, Center for Brain and Cognition, University of California, San Diego
