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The Unanswered Question
Leonard Bernstein's Norton Lectures on the future course of music drew cheers from his Harvard audiences and television viewers. In the re-creation of his talks, the author considers music ranging from Hindu ragas through Mozart and Ravel to Copland, Shoenberg, and Stravinsky.
Pragmatism and the Forms of Sense
Making sense of the world around us is a process involving both semiotic and material mediation--the use of signs and sign systems (preeminently language) and various kinds of tools (technics). As we use them, we experience them subjectively as extensions of our bodily selves and objectively as instruments for accessing the world with which we interact. Emphasizing this bipolar nature of language and technics, understood as intertwined "forms of sense," Robert Innis studies the multiple ways in which they are rooted in and transform human perceptual structures in both their individual and social dimensions. The book foregrounds and is organized around the notion of "semiotic embodiment." Lan...
Leonard Bernstein
Beginning with an introductory essay on his achievements, it continues with annotations on Bernstein's voluminous writings, performances, educational work, and major secondary sources.
The Harvard Century
The Harvard Century tells how America's oldest institution of higher learning has become synonymous with the nation, their goals and standards reflecting each other, each setting the other's agenda. It is also a colorful narrative of the individual achievements of its leaders and of the power struggles that have shaped the university.
The Theory of Architecture
The Theory of Architecture Concepts, Themes & Practices Paul-Alan Johnson Although it has long been thought that theory directs architectural practice, no one has explained precisely how the connection between theory and practice is supposed to work. This guide asserts that architectural theory does not direct practice, but is itself a form of reflective practice. Paul-Alan Johnson cuts through the jargon and mystery of architectural theory to clarify how it relates to actual applications in the field. He also reveals the connections between new and old ideas to enhance the reader's powers of critical evaluation. Nearly 100 major concepts, themes, and practices of architecture--as well as th...
The Prall Family
Arendt Jansen Prall (ca. 1647-1725) was living at Wiltwyck, New Netherlands (Kingston, New York) by 1663. He married Maria Billiou, niece of Louis DuBois of Wiltwyck, there in 1670. They had eight children. The family moved to Staten Island in 1675, probably to be near Maria's father, Peter Billiou. He died on Staten Island, New York. Known descendants lived in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Iowa, and elsewhere.
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Philosophy of Meaning, Knowledge and Value in the 20th Century
The twentieth century brought enormous change to subjects such as language, metaphysics, ethics and epistemology. This volume covers the major developments in these areas and more.
