"The Czech-Brazilian philosopher Vilem Flusser (1920-1991) has been recognized as a decisive past master in the emergence of contemporary media theory and media archeology. His work engages and also rethinks several mythologies of modernity, devising new methodologies, experimen…
This collection of essays treats the development of modern architecture in the Middle East, ranging from Jerusalem at the turn of the 20th century to Libya under Italian colonial rule, and on to present-day Iraq. The essays cohere around the encounter between the politics of nat…
This collection of essays treats the development of modern architecture in the Middle East, ranging from Jerusalem at the turn of the 20th century to Libya under Italian colonial rule, and on to present-day Iraq. The essays cohere around the encounter between the politics of nat…
In this timely new book Wellmer intervenes in the highly topical debates on modernity and post-modernity. Discussing the work of Adorno, Habermas, Peter Burger and Jean-François Lyotard, among others, he offers a penetrating analysis of the aesthetic, ethical and philosophical d…
by Rodríguez Magda, Rosa María
fromPensamiento crítico/pensamiento utópico
This one-stop reference to the "Jazz Age"--The period that began after the First World War and ended with the stock market crash of 1929-digs into the cultural, historical, and literary contexts of the era. Author Linda De Roche examines the writing of the time to look beyond th…
"This intriguing study examines the truth behind the myths and misconceptions that defined the Roaring Twenties, as portrayed through the popular literary works of the time" "The Historical Explorations of Literature series is designed to help students to understand key works o…
"This intriguing study examines the truth behind the myths and misconceptions that defined the Roaring Twenties, as portrayed through the popular literary works of the time"-- "The Historical Explorations of Literature series is designed to help students to understand key works…
"Author Linda De Roche examines the writing of the time to look beyond the common conceptions of the Roaring Twenties and instead reflect on the era's complexities and contradictions, including how gender and race influenced social mores. The book profiles key American literatur…
by Garratt, Chris, Rodrigues, Chris
fromIntroducing (Thriplow, England)
Graphic tour through 20th-century culture which interprets modernism as a set of responses to the phenomenon of modernity itself - the political and social upheavals presented by industrialization and the rise of consumer capitalism (and the command economies of socialism); mass…
