Der Florentiner Philosoph und Humanist Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499) hat der Nachwelt u.a. eine umfangreiche Sammlung lateinischer Briefe hinterlassen, die seine Studien, aber auch sein Selbstverständnis als Lehrer und Fürstenberater illustrieren. Das vorliegende Buch führt in die…
"Style of dress has always been a way for Americans to signify their politics, but perhaps never so overtly as in the 1960s and 1970s. Whether participating in presidential campaigns or Vietnam protests, hair and dress provided a powerful cultural tool for social activists to di…
"This book focuses on one of the most attractive yet poorly understood features of late-medieval manuscript illumination: the portrait of the book owner at prayer within the pages of her own prayer-book"--
What accounts for the persistence of the figure of the black criminal in popular culture created by African Americans? Unearthing the overlooked history of art that has often seemed at odds with the politics of civil rights and racial advancement, Under a Bad Sign explores the r…
Introduction -- The philosophy of self -- The psychology of self -- Brain -- Brain + hardware -- Brain + software -- Avatars -- Virtual worlds -- Software selves -- Conclusion. "This book is about who we are and who we might be, given our current and future interactions with te…