1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457803303321

Autore

Paasonen Susanna <1975->

Titolo

Carnal resonance [[electronic resource] ] : affect and online pornography / / Susanna Paasonen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, 2011

ISBN

0-262-29793-0

1-283-32176-9

9786613321763

0-262-29881-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (332 p.)

Disciplina

306.77

Soggetti

Internet pornography - Research

Internet research

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : carnal appeal -- Bad taste, miasmic forces, and the ubiquity of online porn -- Amateur wives and the attraction of authenticity -- The literal and the hyperbolic : mapping the modalities of porn -- Visual pleasures : from gaze to grab and resonance -- Absolutely disgusting : shock sites, extremity, and the forbidden fruit -- Conclusions : the tactile grab of online pornography.

Sommario/riassunto

Here, Susanna Paasonen moves beyond the usual debates over the legal, political, and moral aspects of pornography to address online porn in a media historical framework, investigating its modalities, its affect, and its visceral and disturbing qualities.



2.

Record Nr.

UNICAMPANIAVAN0012113

Titolo

Introduzione alla storiografia greca / a cura di Marco Bettalli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Roma, : Carocci, stampa 2007

ISBN

978-88-430-2039-3

Descrizione fisica

215 p. ; 22 cm.

Soggetti

Storiografia greca

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777923603321

Autore

Biderman Shlomo

Titolo

Crossing horizons [[electronic resource] ] : world, self, and language in Indian and Western thought / / Shlomo Biderman ; translated by Ornan Rotem

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Columbia University Press, c2008

ISBN

1-282-79633-X

9786612796333

0-231-51159-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RotemOrnan

Disciplina

181/.4

Soggetti

Philosophy, Comparative

Philosophy, Indic

Self (Philosophy)

Transcendence (Philosophy)

Language and languages - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-346) and index.



Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Far and Beyond -- 2. Transcendence in two cultures -- 3. My-Self -- 4.No-Self -- 5. "It's All in the Mind" -- Notes -- Bibliographical Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, Shlomo Biderman examines the views, outlooks, and attitudes of two distinct cultures: the West and classical India. He turns to a rich and varied collection of primary sources: the Rg Veda, the Upanishads, and texts by the Buddhist philosophers Någårjuna and Vasubandhu, among others. In studying the West, Biderman considers the Bible and its commentaries, the writings of such philosophers as Plato, Descartes, Berkeley, Kant, and Derrida, and the literature of Kafka, Melville, and Orwell. Additional sources are Mozart's Don Giovanni and seminal films like Ingmar Bergman's Persona.Biderman uses concrete examples from religion and literature to illustrate the formal aspects of the philosophical problems of transcendence, language, selfhood, and the external world and then demonstrates their plausibility in actual situations. Though his method of analysis is comparative, Biderman does not adopt the disinterested stance of an "ideal" spectator. Rather, Biderman approaches ancient Indian thought and culture from a Western philosophical standpoint to uncover cultural presuppositions that can be difficult to expose from within the culture in question. The result is a fascinating landmark in the study of Indian and Western thought. Through his comparative prism, Biderman explores the most basic ideas underlying human culture, and his investigation not only sheds light on India's philosophical traditions but also facilitates a deeper understanding of our own.