Автор: Berman Morris Название: Genio ISBN: 164837039X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781648370397 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 2019.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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A Fascinating Look at Italian Creative Genius
Italian culture might rightly be described as the pride and glory of the Western world. But how did this come about? What is the secret of Italian creative genius? In this short but captivating study, Morris Berman argues that the key to it is the Italian ability to inject "space," or movement, into static situations--whether in art, film, politics, or religion. In doing so, Italians from St. Francis to Federico Fellini were able to revolutionize their arenas of activity, and in so doing, the worlds in which they lived. And all of these legacies, as Professor Berman demonstrates, are still with us today.
"Morris Berman's Genio: The Story of Italian Genius is an intriguingly adroit introduction to some important facets of Italian genius. Eschewing the traditional names we so often see listed in these types of books, Berman has chosen those names of individuals who, famous that they are, may not be the first to come to mind. Hence Bernini and Caravaggio instead of Michelangelo and Leonardo; Fellini for sure, but we also now have Marinetti; Machiavelli, of course, but now we also have Gramsci; and, dulcis in fundo, St. Francis is here to represent a more kinder Catholicism. With this book, the English speaker is introduced to a more broad panorama of Italy's history of its genio!"
-Anthony Julian Tamburri, Dean, John D. Calandra Italian American Institute
Other thoroughly engaging works by Morris Berman, available from Echo Point Books, include Spinning Straw Into Gold: Straight Talk for Troubled Times-one man's meditation on the meaning of his life to date (ISBN 1635610532 hardcover); Coming to Our Senses-a provocative analysis of the relationship between culture, mind, and body in the history of Western society (ISBN 1626542929 hardcover; 1626542910 paperback), Are We There Yet ?-which analyzes what has gone wrong with the United States since its inception, and the problems we now face as a result (ISBN 1635610567 hardcover), and The Heart of the Matter-a serendipitous romp through historical milestones that will thoroughly amuse you (ISBN 1635619319).
Genio is also available from Echo Point Books in hardcover (ISBN 1626548838).
Автор: Berman Morris Название: The Heart of the Matter ISBN: 1635619319 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781635619317 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 2019.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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The Heart of the Matter
Morris Berman wrote one of the best works of cultural history (the "Consciousness" trilogy) and one of the best works of political history (the "American Decline" trilogy) in recent decades. Since retiring, his output has been equally impressive: essays, memoirs, fiction, broad-gauged appraisals of Japanese and Italian culture. The stories in The Heart of the Matter, especially the title story, are astonishingly, even maniacally inventive. His imagination almost tires you out.
--George Scialabba, author of The Modern Predicament, How To Be Depressed, and other works
A group of would-be moon travelers takes a time machine back to Los Alamos in 1945, disrupts the Manhattan Project, and heads off the Cold War. A woman of 24, and a man of 85, copy Gandhi's practice of lying together naked without having sex. An archivist at the Met stumbles across a manuscript of Anaximenes, 6th century BC, which contains material that Plato apparently plagiarized. A 7-year-old boy gives his parents the slip and joins a traveling circus act, where he learns about love and magic. These are just a few of the delightfully fresh stories in Morris Berman's new collection of page-turners, which are at once funny, erotic, droll, and politically incorrect. Guaranteed to have you laughing out loud on cold winter nights.
Morris Berman is the author of a number of books. His latest works, published by Echo Point Books, include Genio: The Story of Italian Genius; Coming to Our Senses: Body and Spirit in the Hidden History of the West; Are We There Yet?--Essays and Reflections, 2010 to 2017; and Spinning Straw into Gold: Straight Talk for Troubled Times.
Автор: Berman, Morris Название: Reenchantment of the world ISBN: 0801492254 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780801492259 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 4803.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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The Reenchantment of the World is a perceptive study of our scientific consciousness and a cogent and forceful challenge to its supremacy. Focusing on the rise of the mechanistic idea that we can know the natural world only by distancing ourselves from it, Berman shows how science acquired its controlling position in the consciousness of the West. He analyzes the holistic, animistic tradition—destroyed in the wake of Scientific Revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries—which viewed man as a participant in the cosmos, not as an isolated observer. Arguing that the holistic world view must be revived in some credible form before we destroy our society and our environment, he explores the possibilities for a consciousness appropriate to the modern era. Ecological rather than animistic, this new world view would be grounded in the real and intimate connection between man and nature.
Автор: Berman Morris Название: Coming to Our Senses ISBN: 1626542929 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781626542921 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 2938.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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An ambitious and provocative analysis of the relationship between culture, mind, and body in the history of Western society, Morris Berman's influential classic Coming to our Senses has been engrossing audiences with its carefully-researched and thoughtful exploration of somatic experience for decades. Finally back in print for a new generation of readers, Berman's treatise on the West's historic denial of physicality is relevant as ever in a society increasingly plagued by addiction, depression, and distraction. Berman deftly weaves threads of history, philosophy, and psychoanalysis into an elegant and accessible argument about the ways our physical experience of the world relates to the culture in which we exist.
To make his case, Berman draws on studies of infant behavior with mirrors; analyzes symbolic expressions of human-animal relationships ranging from cave-wall etchings to Disney cartoons; investigates esoteric breathing techniques and occult rituals; and examines the nature of creativity. Berman also illuminates Christianity's origins in early Jewish meditation techniques, explains how the notion of romantic love evolved out of medieval Christian heresy, how modern science grew out of Renaissance mysticism, and how Nazism was the most recent episode in a recurring cycle of orthodoxy and heresy. A demanding and radical work of history, social criticism, and philosophy, Coming to our Senses is a beautifully-written and vastly important book.
Readers interested in related titles from Morris Berman will also want to see: Are We There Yet (ISBN: 1635610567), Spinning Straw Into Gold (ISBN: 1635610532).
Автор: Berman Morris Название: Neurotic Beauty: An Outsider Looks at Japan ISBN: 1621342107 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781621342106 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 4046.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Neurotic Beauty is a remarkable reevaluation of Japan's role in the modern world.
It includes a new assessment of the events leading up to the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima, and of the potential role of Japanese philosophy in creating a dynamic
approach to human nature and our understanding of reality. The book also shows the
interrelatedness of various facets of Japanese history and society, including psychological orientation, pop culture, and Japan's vibrant craft tradition. Finally, it concludes with a possible prediction, that whereas the United States will not be able to escape from its neoliberal economic categories and its commitment to a self-defeating philosophy of "growth," Japan might surprise us, and turn out to be the frontrunner in the development of post-capitalist alternatives in the 21stcentury. Written in a personal and accessible style, the book is likely to provide a focus for debate about issues of economy, ecology, and sustainability for years to come.
Автор: Berman Morris Название: Genio: The Story of Italian Genius ISBN: 1626548838 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781626548831 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 2662.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In this short but captivating study, Morris Berman argues that the key to it is the Italian ability to inject "space," or movement, into static situations-whether in art, film, politics, or religion. In doing so, Italians were able to revolutionize their arenas of activity, and in so doing, the worlds in which they lived.
Автор: Berman Morris Название: Destiny ISBN: 1456531840 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781456531843 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2586.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Berman Morris Название: Coming to Our Senses ISBN: 1626542910 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781626542914 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 2019.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
An ambitious and provocative analysis of the relationship between culture, mind, and body in the history of Western society, Morris Berman's influential classic Coming to our Senses has been engrossing audiences with its carefully-researched and thoughtful exploration of somatic experience for decades. Finally back in print for a new generation of readers, Berman's treatise on the West's historic denial of physicality is relevant as ever in a society increasingly plagued by addiction, depression, and distraction. Berman deftly weaves threads of history, philosophy, and psychoanalysis into an elegant and accessible argument about the ways our physical experience of the world relates to the culture in which we exist.
To make his case, Berman draws on studies of infant behavior with mirrors; analyzes symbolic expressions of human-animal relationships ranging from cave-wall etchings to Disney cartoons; investigates esoteric breathing techniques and occult rituals; and examines the nature of creativity. Berman also illuminates Christianity's origins in early Jewish meditation techniques, explains how the notion of romantic love evolved out of medieval Christian heresy, how modern science grew out of Renaissance mysticism, and how Nazism was the most recent episode in a recurring cycle of orthodoxy and heresy. A demanding and radical work of history, social criticism, and philosophy, Coming to our Senses is a beautifully-written and vastly important book.
Readers interested in related titles from Morris Berman will also want to see: Are We There Yet (ISBN: 1635610567), Spinning Straw Into Gold (ISBN: 1635610532).
Автор: Berman Morris Название: A Question of Values ISBN: 1453722882 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781453722886 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2586.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Berman Morris Название: Are We There Yet? ISBN: 1635610567 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781635610567 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 1835.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Are We There Yet? is a collection of essays grouped around three major themes: the collapse of the American empire; the question of individual identity; and some thoughts regarding the nature of a post-collapse world. The book analyzes what has gone wrong with the United States since its inception, and the problems we now face as a result. It discuss the elements of a healthy human identity--elements that are largely absent from the American scene. And it poses alternatives to all of this, models already present in the consciousness of a few, and which, post-collapse, may possibly be realized several decades down the line. In the course of this discussion, the author reviews the pathology of smart phones and related electronic gadgets; the phenomenon of Hillary Clinton as an archetypal American disaster, and of Joe Bageant as an unsung hero; and the visionary work of scholars such as Pitirim Sorokin and Lewis Mumford. All in all, Are We There Yet? will have you thinking about what the possibilities are for achieving some semblance of sanity in a world completely out of kilter.
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