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A depressive illness or a passing feeling? Mental detachment or a precursor to genius? Melancholy is a critical part of what it is to be human, yet everything from Prozac to self help psychology books seems intent on removing all signs of sadness from contemporary existence. Com…
A depressive illness or a passing feeling? Mental detachment or a precursor to genius? Melancholy is a critical part of what it is to be human, yet everything from Prozac to self-help psychology books seems intent on removing all signs of sadness from contemporary existence. A F…
"A depressive illness or a passing feeling? Mental detachment or a precursor to genius? Melancholy is a critical part of what it is to be human, yet everything from Prozac to self-help psychology books seem intent on removing all signs of sadness from contemporary existence. Com…
Le plus insupportable dans la perte, serait-ce la perte de vue? Annoncerait-elle, chez l'autre, l'absolu retrait d'amour et, en nous, l'inquiétude d'une infirmité : ne pas être capable d'aimer l'invisible? Si la psychanalyse est convoquée ici, ce n'est pas comme regard théorique…
Apresenta narrativa desdobrada em três momentos : a antiguidade clássica, a renascença e o Brasil na transição para a modernidade. Elabora um grande painel histórico apresentando uma obra original sobre um tema pouco explorado mas de grande importância para o entendimento da con…
Apresenta narrativa desdobrada em três momentos : a antiguidade clássica, a renascença e o Brasil na transição para a modernidade. Elabora um grande painel histórico apresentando uma obra original sobre um tema pouco explorado mas de grande importância para o entendimento da con…
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This book is a psychological study of the impulses behind the creation of androids. Exploring three imaginative figures{u2014}the mummy, the golem, and the automaton{u2014}and their appearances in myth, religion, literature, and film, Wilson tracks the development of android-bui…
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A case for literary critics and other humanists to stop wallowing in their aestheticized helplessness and instead turn to poetry, comedy, and love.Literary criticism is an agent of despair, and its poster child is Walter Benjamin. Critics have spent decades stewing in his melanc…
A case for literary critics and other humanists to stop wallowing in their aestheticized helplessness and instead turn to poetry, comedy, and love.Literary criticism is an agent of despair, and its poster child is Walter Benjamin. Critics have spent decades stewing in his melanc…
"With her mega-bestseller Quiet, Susan Cain urged our society to cultivate space for the undervalued, indispensable introverts among us, thereby revealing an untapped power hidden in plain sight. Now, she employs the same mix of research, storytelling, and memoir to explore why …