1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783739703321

Autore

Baudrillard Jean <1929-2007., >

Titolo

Baudrillard live : selected interviews / / edited by Mike Gane

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1993

ISBN

1-134-91241-2

1-280-04603-1

1-134-91242-0

0-585-44725-X

0-203-41585-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GaneMike

Disciplina

301/.092

Soggetti

Sociologists - France

Postmodernism

France Intellectual life

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. 211-215) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; I DON'T BELONG TO THE CLUB, TO THE SERAGLIO; I LIKE THE CINEMA; BAUDRILLARD'S SEDUCTIONS; THE 'LOOK' GENERATION; THE MANNERISM OF A WORLD WITHOUT MANNERS; THE POWER OF REVERSIBILITY THAT EXISTS IN THE FATAL; THE REVENGE OF THE CRYSTAL; IS AN IMAGE NOT FUNDAMENTALLY IMMORAL?; INTELLECTUALS, COMMITMENT AND POLITICAL POWER; GAME WITH VESTIGES; FORGET BAUDRILLARD; AMERICA AS FICTION; THE EVIL DEMON OF IMAGES; THE WORK OF ART IN THE ELECTRONIC AGE; THE POLITICS OF SEDUCTION; THE END OF THE END; FRACTAL THEORY

WRITING HAS ALWAYS GIVEN ME PLEASURETHIS BEER ISN'T A BEER; SUBLUNAR AND ATONAL LANDSCAPE; BAUDRILLARD: THE INTERVIEW; AFTERWORD; Suggested further reading; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

In this collection of Baudrillard's most important interviews the reader gains a unique and accessible overview of his key ideas.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910958848103321

Autore

Stratton Michael <1953-1999, >

Titolo

Twentieth century industrial archaeology / / Michael Stratton and Barrie Trinder

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-74808-3

1-138-14051-1

1-315-02507-8

1-136-74801-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

TrinderBarrie Stuart

Disciplina

609.41

Soggetti

Industrial archaeology - Great Britain

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 and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. A new material culture -- ch. 3. Industrial revolutions : energy -- ch. 4. The international transfer of technology : the case of the food industries -- ch. 5. Cars, ships and aircraft -- ch. 6. The age of science -- ch. 7. The century of total war -- ch. 8. The great rebuildings -- ch. 9. Changing horizons : the archaeology of transport -- ch. 10. Expanding services -- ch. 11. Reaching conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the industrial monuments of twentieth- century Britain. Each chapter takes a specific theme and examines it in the context of the buildings and structure of the twentieth century. The authors are both leading experts in the field, having written widely on various aspects of the subject. In this new and comprehensive survey they respond to the growing interest in twentieth-century architecture and industrial archaeology. The book is well illustrated with superb and unique illustrations drawn from the archives of the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. It



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910971324103321

Autore

Mahmutćehajić Rusmir <1948->

Titolo

The mosque : the heart of submission / / Rusmir Mahmutcehajic

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Fordham University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-8232-3715-X

0-8232-4817-8

0-8232-2586-0

1-4294-7894-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (121 p.)

Collana

The Abrahamic dialogues series, , 1548-4130 ; ; no. 3

Disciplina

297.2

Soggetti

Mosques

Salat

Islam - Essence, genius, nature

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. [81]-96) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The self and the self -- The self that speaks -- The world -- Humankind -- The book -- Dignity -- Arrival and return -- Space -- Time -- Nature -- The opening -- The debt -- Poverty -- Mary -- "Purify my house" -- The ascension -- The holy -- The name -- The peace.

Sommario/riassunto

Argues that the mosque is not an analogue of the Christian church. Rather, every Muslim is his or her own priest, and most religious obligations are performed in the home. This book seeks to rebuild the spirit and majesty of each mosque that was destroyed.