Notre monde est peuplé d'écrans : ceux du cinéma, de la télévision, des ordinateurs et désormais des téléphones et tablettes qui nous permettent d'accéder aux réseaux. Vivons-nous dès lors dans le monde de la caverne décrit par Platon, prenant des ombres pour le monde réel? De f…
The image of the future
by Polak, Fred
fromThe Jossey-Bass/Elsevier international series
Monograph presenting a theoretical framework for the projection of future western civilization and culture based on an understanding of the religions and philosophys of the past and its relationship to social change - comprises a condensed version of the 1955 Dutch edition. Refe…
"For anyone forced to wrestle with the likes of Derrida, Barthes, and Kristeva during their college days, Terry Eagleton needs no introduction. His primer on literary theory was (and remains) an indispensable guide to the postmodern era in the humanities. Now he argues that the …
'Globalization' is a word that is currently much in use. This book is an attempt to show that there is far more to globalization than its surface manifestations. Unpacking the social roots and social consequences of globalizing processes, this book tries to disperse some of the …