Encyclopedia of World Writers, Beginnings To 20th Century presents a list of the world’s visionaries and their masterpieces, covering many centuries from the earliest recorded writings. Entries include discussions of poetry, fiction, religious writings, drama, epics, history, political science, maxims, biography, philosophy, and nonfiction. Each entry is followed by the suggestion of a translation in English of the original work whenever available. The main considerations that ruled the selection of writers and works were their intrinsic value, their interest for young contemporary scholars, and their geographic and linguistic diversity.
Louis Althusser is perhaps better remembered for strangling his wife to death during a fit of temporary insanity than for most of his writings (with the possible exception of his essay on the "ideological state apparatus," an explication of normalizing social institutions that has become standard fare in academic postmodernism), but he was one of the key figures in postwar French philosophy. Writings on Psychoanalysis is a collection of essays, article drafts, and correspondence that displays the extent of his intellectual grappling with Freud's writings and with contemporary psychoanalytic theorist Jacques Lacan, a former friend whom Althusser would gradually come to view as a "magnificent and pitiful Harlequin." (Two of the pieces here deal with the 1980 conference at which Althusser vehemently broke with Lacan, ostensibly over the latter's stifling position of dominance among their colleagues.) Writings on Psychoanalysis is a bit heavy-going and theoretical in places, but of unique historical interest.
An essential guide to understanding the issues which characterize post-colonialism. A comprehensive glossary has extensive cross-referencing, a bibliography of essential writings and an easy-to-use A-Z format.
This small book contains notes for lectures given by the author, and even propositions for student exercises.
Ezra Pound's comments on language, poetry, drama and music are very astute and actual.
Everyone who writes must read this book. Everyone who reads
literature or other writings must read this book. This is the owner's
manual to any other book, to any attempt at writing, and it helps us greatly and generously at every step.
The writings of Luigi Einaudi (1874-1961) testify to the author's
outstanding contribution to economics during his long career as
economist, historian and policy-maker. Of special note is his work on
the taxation of consumption rather than income.
Throughout his career Einaudi argued the economic and political case
for European unity, anticipating the need for a common market and
monetary union. His writings on money and on political and economic
liberalism are enlivened by a down-to-earth conception of the market
and grounded in profound historical and institutional knowledge. This
book makes an important selection of his works available in English for
the first time.
