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  • The Works of Claudio Magris: Temporary Homes, Mobile Identities, European Borders

    by N. Pireddu ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Italian scholar, novelist, journalist, and philosopher Claudio Magris is among the most prominent of living European intellectuals. This study is the first comprehensive critical analysis of Magris's corpus for an English-speaking audience and addresses the crucial question of the return to humanism that is moving literature and theory forward. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Physiology of Love and Other Writings

    by Paolo Mantegazza, Nicoletta Pireddu ...
    Series series Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Library
    Physician, anthropologist, travel writer, novelist, politician, Paolo Mantegazza (1831-1910) was probably the most eclectic figure in late-nineteenth century Italian culture. A prolific writer, Mantegazza can be seen as a forerunner of what has come to be known as cultural studies on account of his interdisciplinary approach, his passionate blend of scientific and literary elements in his writings ... Read more

    $86.39 USD

  • We Cannot Escape from Ourselves

    P.E.C.c. Le Regole Nascoste della Vita® (The Hidden Rules of Life)

    by Francesco Peraro-Pireddu ...
    What drives a person to pursue perfection, to submit to the will of others, or to follow a road already marked out that leads straight to failure? It is the Hidden Rules that we have generated since pregnancy and that now condition our existence without us realising it. The P.E.C.c. Le Regole Nascoste della Vita® (The Hidden Rules of Life) method explains how these Rules influence our current ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Year 3000

    A Dream

    by Paolo Mantegazza ...
    Translated by David Jacobson ...
    Series series Bison Frontiers of Imagination
    First published in 1897, The Year 3000 is the most daring and original work of fiction by the prominent Italian anthropologist Paolo Mantegazza. A futuristic utopian novel, the book follows two young lovers who, as they travel from Rome to the capital of the United Planetary States to celebrate their “mating union,” encounter the marvels of cultural and scientific advances along the way. ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • The Criminal Crowd and Other Writings on Mass Society

    by Scipio Sighele ...
    Translated by Andrew Robbins ...
    Series series Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Library
    The Criminal Crowd and Other Writings on Mass Society is the first collection in English of writings by Italian jurist, sociologist, and cultural and literary critic Scipio Sighele (1868-1913). In post-unification Italy and internationally Sighele was an important figure in contemporary debates on such issues as popular unrest, the problematic borders between individual and collective ... Read more

    $96.49 USD

  • Migrating Minds

    Theories and Practices of Cultural Cosmopolitanism

    Edited by Didier Coste, Christina Kkona, Nicoletta Pireddu ...
    Series series Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature
    Awarded the 2023 "René Wellek Prize for the Best Edited Essay Collection" by the American Comparative Literature Association, Migrating Minds contributes to the prominent interdisciplinary domain of Cosmopolitan Studies with 20 innovative essays by humanities scholars from all over the world that re-examine theories and practices of cosmopolitanism from a variety of perspectives. The volume ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Reframing Critical, Literary, and Cultural Theories

    Thought on the Edge

    Edited by Nicoletta Pireddu ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book participates in the ongoing debate about the alleged “death of theory” and the current post-theoretical condition, arguing that the “finitude” of theoretical projects does not mean “end”, but rather contingency and transformation of thinking, beyond irreconcilable doctrines. Contributors from different cultural and scholarly backgrounds and based in three different continents propose new ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

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  • The Uses Of Literature

    by Italo Calvino ...
    In these widely praised essays, Calvino reflects on literature as process, the great narrative game in the course of which writer and reader are challenged to understand the world. Calvino himself made the selection of pieces to be included in this volume. Translated by Patrick Creagh. A Helen and Kurt Wolff BookIn this essential collection, one of the 20th century’s finest minds asks the ultimate ... Read more

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  • Power vs. Force

    The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior

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  • Madness and Civilization

    A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason

    by Michel Foucault ...
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  • Pedagogy of the Oppressed

    50th Anniversary Edition

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