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Myth, History and Culture in Republican Rome
In this collection of essays, an international team of outstanding scholars engage with the ideas and methods of Professor Peter Wiseman's past and present work. They provide a sustained response to the work of one of the most widely respected Roman historians of this generation. The contributions range over myth (Corialanus and Remus), the interplay between historiography, literature and myth-making (on Cleopatra, for instance), and art and story-telling at Boscoreale. They explore Roman drama (Pacuvius) and links between drama and Virgil's Aeneid; they discuss Catullus in Bithynia and Cicero on Greek and Roman culture. Professor Wiseman has been at the forefront of innovative research in Roman history, historiography, literature in context, drama and myth, for many years. His work is marked by the combination of a powerful historical imagination with an acute sense of the limitations of our knowledge and of the need to negotiate with the complexity of our sources.
The Lives of Michel Foucault
The classic biography of the radical French philosopher with a new afterword by acclaimed Foucault scholar Stuart Elden. When he died of an AIDS-related condition in 1984, Michel Foucault had become the most influential French philosopher since the end of World War II. His powerful studies of the creation of modern medicine, prisons, psychiatry, and other methods of classification have had a lasting impact on philosophers, historians, critics, and novelists the world over. But as public as he was in his militant campaigns on behalf of prisoners, dissidents, and homosexuals, he shrouded his personal life in mystery. In The Lives of Michel Foucault -- written with the full cooperation of Daniel Defert, Foucault's former lover -- David Macey gives the richest account to date of Foucault's life and work, informed as it is by the complex issues arising from his writings. In this new edition, Foucault scholar Stuart Elden has contributed a new afterword assessing the contribution of the biography in the light of more recent literature.
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The Villain's Journey
The villain's journey is rare in popular culture--most characters are fully-formed tyrants with little to no story arc. However, a few particularly epic series take the time to develop complex villains, including Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, Smallville, Babylon 5, Game of Thrones, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Increasingly, villains' origin stories have found new popularity through films like Wicked, Maleficent, and Despicable Me, alongside shows starring serial killers and Machiavellian schemers. This book examines the villain's decline and subsequent struggle toward redemption, asking why these characters are willing to cross moral lines that "good" characters are not. The first half follows characters like Loki, Jessica Jones and Killmonger through the villain's journey: an inverse or twisted version of scholar Joseph Cambell's hero's journey. The remainder of this book examines the many different villainous archetypes such as the trickster, the outcast, the tyrant, or the misunderstood hero in greater detail. Written for writers, creators, fans, and mythologists, this book offers a peek into the minds of some of fiction's greatest villains.
Michel Foucault
When he died in 1984, Michel Foucault was widely regarded as one of the most powerful minds of this century. Hailed by historians and lionized in America, he continues to provoke lively debate. This meticulously documented narrative debunks the many myths and rumors surrounding the brilliant philosopher to consider that all Foucault's books are "fragments of an autobiography".
Homo Viralis
Los buenos libros abren discusiones, no las cierran. Esta obra de Zirulnik ofrece una ventaja adicional: durante su lectura, muchas veces levantamos la mirada, señal de que nos hace reflexionar, según decía Barthes. Por eso se trata de un texto filosófico en el sentido socrático, pues “una vida sin reflexión no merece ser vivida”. Este libro nos introduce en autores de la envergadura de Sontag, Foucault y Baudrillard con una claridad meridiana pero también con un sentido crítico propio de una mente como la de Zirulnik, que reflexiona sobre lo no dicho en lo ya dicho, sobre lo no escrito en lo ya escrito; en este sentido el autor es un hermeneuta. El diálogo imaginario con Hanna ...
O biografie
Volumul este oglinda pe care regizorul și omul Andrei Șerban și-o pune în față la mijlocul vieții: un parcurs uimitor, plin de succese, de experiențe inedite și exotice, dar și de muncă zdrobitoare și dezamăgiri. Experiența emigrantului picat din lumea cenușie a comunismului românesc în „jungla“ boemei newyorkeze, momentele deosebite petrecute alături de Peter Brook și de discipolii săi, exercițiile de meditație zazen într-o mănăstire de lîngă Tokyo, întîlnirea cu regina Farah a Iranului și cu numeroase personaje ieșite din comun sînt doar cîteva dintre punctele de interes ale acestei (auto)biografii. Nu lipsite de picanterie sînt poveștile legate de Ro...
How to Misunderstand Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien is an author beloved by many, but people forget the hostile reception of his work from several literary critics, who despised (and some who continue to despise) him and his readers. Other intellectuals and critics have a more positive opinion of his work, but some read aspects of his books or his beliefs to fit their own agendas. Over the decades, scholars have claimed that Tolkien represents a myriad of (sometimes contradictory) political positions. Whether these scholars act out of disdain for Tolkien or from a simple misread of his works, the outcome is a muddled distortion of who Tolkien really was. This book peels back the discourse in an attempt to reveal the true nature of an author who so often defies categorization. Using all possible nuance, chapters explore the villains of Lord of the Rings, its female heroines and its moral compass, as well as its definitions of heroism and failure. This book hopes to provide a uniquely accurate and objective assessment of one of the most misunderstood writers of our time.
