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  • Companion Species

    Saints, Animals and Ordinary Humans in the Middle Ages

    Edición de Mathilde van Dijk ...
    This book explores the connection between saints and animals, and how the power over animals has been a characteristic of saints from their beginnings in the Early Church.The connection between saints and humans is examined, with the saint as a human rising beyond humanity, touching the divine, and the non-human animal as a creature, which is connected to and yet removed from humanity and which ... Leer más

    $55.99 USD

  • First Contact

    Aliens and Humans in Contemporary Science Fiction

    Edición de Frank G. Bosman, Mathilde van Dijk, Kjelda Glimmerveen ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    Are we alone in the universe? Or are there more planets like ours, which support life, including intelligent life? What will be the impact of the encounter with extraterrestrial life on us and vice versa? From the 16th century, scientists and authors have imagined extraterrestrial life and our encounters with it. In science fiction, a genre which became increasingly popular from the 19th century, ... Leer más

    $152.99 USD

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  • Facing Gaia

    Eight Lectures on the New Climatic Regime

    de Bruno Latour ...
    Traducido por Catherine Porter ...
    The emergence of modern sciences in the seventeenth century profoundly renewed our understanding of nature. For the last three centuries new ideas of nature have been continually developed by theology, politics, economics, and science, especially the sciences of the material world.The situation is even more unstable today, now that we have entered an ecological mutation of unprecedented scale. ... Leer más

    $22.00 USD

  • Stranger Than We Can Imagine

    Making Sense of the Twentieth Century

    de John Higgs ...
    **“An illuminating work of massive insight” on the complex ideas and events that initiated the historical shift between the 19th and 20th centuries (Alan Moore, author of V for Vendetta and Watchmen).“An always-provocative view of an era that many people would just as soon forget . . . an absorbing tour of the 20th century.” —Kirkus Reviews**In Stranger Than We Can Imagine, John Higgs argues that ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • Anime and Philosophy

    Wide Eyed Wonder

    de Josef Steiff, Tristan D. Tamplin ...
    Series Libro 47 - Popular Culture and Philosophy
    Anime and Philosophy focuses on some of the most-loved, most-intriguing anime films and series, as well as lesser-known works, to find what lies at their core. Astro Boy, Dragon Ball Z, Ghost in the Shell, and Spirited Away are just a few of the films analyzed in this book. In these stories about monsters, robots, children, and spirits who grapple with the important questions in life we find ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Science Fiction

    A Very Short Introduction

    de David Seed ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Science Fiction has proved notoriously difficult to define. It has been explained as a combination of romance, science and prophecy; as a genre based on an imagined alternative to the reader's environment; and as a form of fantastic fiction and historical literature. It has also been argued that science fiction narratives are the most engaged, socially relevant, and responsive to the modern ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

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    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction

    Edición de Edward James, Farah Mendlesohn ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    Science fiction is at the intersection of numerous fields. It is a literature which draws on popular culture, and which engages in speculation about science, history, and all types of social relations. This volume brings together essays by scholars and practitioners of science fiction, which look at the genre from these different angles. After an introduction to the nature of science fiction, ... Leer más

    $36.99 USD

  • Green Planets

    Ecology and Science Fiction

    Edición de Gerry Canavan, Kim Stanley Robinson ...
    Contemporary visions of the future have been shaped by hopes and fears about the effects of human technology and global capitalism on the natural world. In an era of climate change, mass extinction, and oil shortage, such visions have become increasingly catastrophic, even apocalyptic. Exploring the close relationship between science fiction, ecology, and environmentalism, the essays in Green ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Seven Beauties of Science Fiction

    de Istvan Csicsery-Ronay ...
    This major critical work from one of the preeminent voices in science fiction scholarship reframes the genre as a way of understanding today's world.As the application of technoscience increasingly transforms every aspect of life, science fiction has become an essential mode of imagining the horizons of possibility. Though the broad scope of science fiction may vary in artistic quality and ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Revolt Against Humanity

    Imagining a Future Without Us

    de Adam Kirsch ...
    Should we welcome the end of humanity?In this blistering book about the history of an idea, one of our leading critics draws on his dazzling range and calls our attention to a seemingly inconceivable topic that is being seriously discussed: that the end of humanity’s reign on earth is imminent, and that we should welcome it. Kirsch journeys through literature, philosophy, science, and popular ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Truth

    What It Is, How to Find It, and Why It Still Matters

    de Michael Shermer ...
    A clear-eyed look at thinking straight in a world crowded with noise, bias, and misinformation."Fake news." "Alternative facts." "Post-truth." Misinformation is everywhere, sparking public confusion and polarization. In Truth, best-selling author Michael Shermer cuts through the noise to argue that not only does truth still matter—but also that it's essential to our individual and collective ... Leer más

    $27.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction

    Edición de Mark Bould, Sherryl Vint, Andrew M. Butler, Adam Roberts ...
    Series series Routledge Literature Companions
    The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction is a comprehensive overview of the history and study of science fiction. It outlines major writers, movements, and texts in the genre, established critical approaches and areas for future study. Fifty-six entries by a team of renowned international contributors are divided into four parts which look, in turn, at:history – an integrated chronological ... Leer más

    $72.99 USD