LIBROS DEL AUTOR: william s allen

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  • Adorno, Aesthetics, Dissonance
    William S. Allen
    Adorno’s aesthetics are one of the most important philosophical analyses of the 20th century, but their development remains unclear. Adorno, Aesthetics, Dissonanceis the first book to provide a detailed study of how Adorno’s thinking of aesthetics developed and to show the different dimensions that came together to make it uniquely powerful. Principal among these dimensions are...
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    50,96 €

  • The Life and Times of Robert F. Massie
    William H.S. Allen
    The Revolutionary War is a recent memory for all early settlers of America, and the War of 1812 looms. The trials and triumphs of the Massie family are chronicled here. Establishing a Southeastern Virginia farm in the late Eighteenth century, follow generations of the family as they experience the hardships of life in colonial America. High seas adventure, racial strife, slaver...
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    16,07 €

  • Illegibility
    William S. Allen
    The philosophical significance of Maurice Blanchot’s writings has rarely been in doubt. Specifying the nature and implications of his thinking has proved much less easy, particularly in reference to the key figure of G. W. F. Hegel. Examination reveals that Blanchot’s thinking is persistently oriented towards a questioning of the terms of Hegel’s thought, while nevertheless rem...
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    51,02 €

  • Noir and Blanchot
    William S. Allen
    In dark or desperate times, the artwork is placed in a difficult position. Optimism seems naïve, while pessimism is no better. During some of the most demanding years of the 20th century two distinctive bodies of work sought to respond to this problem: the writings of Maurice Blanchot and American film noir. Both were seeking not only to respond to the times but also to critica...
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    52,64 €

  • Blanchot and the Outside of Literature
    William S. Allen
    Maurice Blanchot’s writings have played a critical role in the development of 20th-century French thought, but the implicit tension in this role has rarely been addressed directly. Reading Blanchot involves understanding how literature can have an effect on philosophy, to the extent of putting philosophy itself in question by exposing a different and literary mode of thought. H...
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    55,07 €

  • Without End
    William S. Allen
    The reputation of the Marquis de Sade is well-founded. The experience of reading his works is demanding to an extreme. Violence and sexuality appear on almost every page, and these descriptions are interspersed with extended discourses on materialism, atheism, and crime. In this bold and rigorous study William S. Allen sets out the context and implications of Sade’s writings in...
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    57,72 €

  • A Collection Of Sermons By Various Authors (1835)
    James S. M. Anderson / James SMAnderson / Samuel James Allen / William Borrows
    A Collection of Sermons by Various Authors is a book compiled by Samuel James Allen in 1835. The book contains a collection of sermons from different authors, covering a wide range of topics related to Christianity. The sermons are written in a clear and concise language, making them easy to understand for readers of all ages and backgrounds. The authors of the sermons are not ...
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    39,61 €