Zbirka: Kulturne študije
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Food Words(2015) JACKSON, PETER (UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD, UK)Featuring a series of highly original and lively essays, Food Words traces the multiple meanings of the most important keywords in the fast-moving field of food studies. This is essential reading for all food scholars and students.Vezava: Mehka44,89 € -
Artist, The Philosopher and The Warrior(2010) STRATHERN, PAULIn the autumn of 1502 three giants of the Renaissance period - Cesare Borgia, Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolò Machiavelli - set out on one of the most treacherous military campaigns of the period.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Postmodernism(2002) BUTLER, CHRISTOPHER (, PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE AND A FELLOW OF CHRIST CHURCH COLLEGE, OXFORD UNIVERSITY)Postmodernism has been a buzzword of contemporary society for the last decade. But how can it be defined? In this Very Short Introduction Christopher Butler challenges and explores the key ideas of postmodernists, and their engagement with theory, literatVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Art and Agency(1998) GELL, ALFRED (LATE READER IN SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY, LATE READER IN SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY, LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS)Completed just before Alfred Gell's death in January 1997, this book embodies the characteristics for which he was admired. The book aims to challenge the basis of the way art has been viewed in the human sciences. It presents a fundamental theory for anVezava: Mehka226,99 € -
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Dada and Surrealism(2004) HOPKINS, DAVID (, LECTURER IN ART HISTORY AT GLASGOW UNIVERSITY)Explores the range of media employed by both Dada and Surrealism, whilst at the same time establishing the aesthetic differences between the movements. This book also examines the Dadaist obsession with the body-as-mechanism in relation to the SurrealistsVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Who Paid The Piper?(2000) SAUNDERS, FRANCES STONOR'Frances Stonor Saunders has almost single-handedly started off a branch of sub-history; the cultural cold war. Who Paid The Piper? is an extraordinarily good book and I do recommend it to anyone who's remotely interested in the period'- Ian McEwan authorVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Archaic and Classical Greek Art(1998) OSBORNE, ROBIN (PROFESSOR OF ANCIENT HISTORY, PROFESSOR OF ANCIENT HISTORY, CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE, OXFORD)An introduction to the art of archaic and classical Greece. Looking at the social and cultural contexts in which the rich diversity of Greek arts were produced, Robin Osborne shows how artistic developments were both a product of, and contributed to, theVezava: Mehka34,33 € -
Madness(2003) PORTER, ROY (, FORMER PROFESSOR OF THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF MEDICINE, WELLCOME TRUST CENTRE FOR THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON)What has it been like to be insane? How have the mad been treated? Is madness real or is it just a label? This fascinating story of madness reveals the radically different perceptions of madness and approaches to its treatment, from antiquity to the preseVezava: Mehka20,31 € -
Dutch Republic(1998) ISRAELThe Dutch Golden Age was one of the most spectacularly creative episodes in world history. The age of Grotius, Spinoza, Rembrandt, and Vermeer, it was also remarkable for its immense impact in the spheres of commerce, finance, shipping, and technology. ThVezava: Mehka106,75 € -
American Holocaust(1994) STANNARDArguing that the European and white American destruction of the native American people was the most massive act of genocide in the history of the world, Stannard attempts to set the records straight on what befell American Indians over the last five centuVezava: Mehka50,04 € -
David Hume: A Treatise of Human Nature: Volume 1: Texts(2010) DAVID FATE NORTONVezava: Mehka76,02 € -
Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy: Curiouser and Curiouser(2010) WILLIAM IRWINVezava: Mehka28,43 € -
True Law of Kingship(1996) BURNS, J. H. (PROFESSOR EMERITUS, HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT, PROFESSOR EMERITUS, HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON)In the 16th century, commoners were told to fear God and honour the King. But what if the King ordered one thing and God's law said another? In this study, the author examines the dilemma by focusing on the Scottish response to monarchial government durinVezava: Trda471,70 €
