Added by: krashen | Karma: 237.46 | Non-Fiction, Other | 9 May 2010
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Masters & Masterpieces of Iranian Cinema
The rise of Iranian cinema to world prominence over the last few decades is one of the most fascinating cultural stories of our time. There is scarcely an international film festival anywhere that does not honor the aesthetic and political explorations of Iranian artists.
Study of the rhetorical codes and conventions in terms of which debates were conducted is currently a major area of historical and literary enquiry, and Peter Mack’s Elizabethan Rhetoric provides a wealth of new information about what was taught and how these conventions were exploited in a range of Elizabethan prose texts, personal memoranda, court depositions, sermons and political and religious pamphlets. This important book will be invaluable for all those interested in the culture, literature and political history of the period.
Much has been written on the contradictory interpretations of Machiavelli's political opinions. This book guides the reader through the maze of interpretations, arguing that the ambiguities of Machiavelli's work contribute to these contradictions. In addition to analyzing the intellectual and social roots of Machiavellian thought and presenting it in a biographical and cultural context, Femia demonstrates the relevance of Machiavelli for the modern worker and his impact on 20th-century thought for both classical and Marxist thinkers.
Added by: susan6th | Karma: 3133.44 | Fiction literature | 16 April 2010
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Sita And the Forest Bandits
A naive ten-year-old. Two proclaimed bandits. A cow. a parrot. Hardly an alliance to speak of. Yet, when they get together , their camaraderie moves heaven on earth! Well... almost... A noven set in the old, old days when girls were married at eight, when caste differences were very much rampant, when the Moon Godsent down healing powers, when the political scenario was not quite homely... Amidst this superstitious, high-low environment, bred personal vendetta. The result, a high-end drama with a befitting finale!
Philosophical and Political WritingsHere is the essential Heidegger, a most controversial figure. Following a cogent introduction by Manfred Stassen, this collection is divided into three sections: The Man - Politics and Ideology; The Method - Philosophy from Phenomenology to "Thanking"; and The Message - From "Being" to "Beyng." All but one of the translations is a classic rendition. Among the content: "The Jewish Contamination of German Spiritual Life" (1929); "Follow the Fnhrer!" (1934); "The Thinker as Poet" (1947); "The Task of Destructuring of the History of Ontology (1927);
