1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452211603321

Autore

Peterson Christopher <1972->

Titolo

Kindred specters [[electronic resource] ] : death, mourning, and American affinity / / Christopher Peterson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2007

ISBN

0-8166-5394-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Disciplina

810.9/3548

Soggetti

Death in literature

Mourning customs in literature

Kinship in literature

Electronic books.

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 index.

Nota di contenuto

Giving up the geist -- Beloved's claim -- The haunted house of kinship -- The kinship of strangers, or beyond affiliation.

Sommario/riassunto

Probing Derrida's notion of spectrality as well as Orlando Patterson's concept of Òsocial death,Ó Christopher Peterson examines how death, mourning, and violence condition all kinship relations.Tracing the connections between kinship and mourning in American literature and culture, Peterson argues that socially dead ÒothersÓ can be reanimated only if we avow the mortality and mourning that lie at the root of all kinship relations.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910788860703321

Titolo

Chomsky notebook / / edited by Jean Bricmont, Julie Franck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Chichester, England : , : Columbia University Press, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

0-231-51778-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (360 pages)

Collana

Columbia Themes in Philosophy

Classificazione

ER 560

Altri autori (Persone)

ChomskyNoam

Disciplina

410/.92

Soggetti

Linguistics

World politics - 1989-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- PART I. CHOMSKY -- 1. The Mysteries of Nature: How Deeply Hidden? / Chomsky, Noam -- 2. The Great Soul of Power: Said Memorial Lecture / Chomsky, Noam -- PART II. INTRODUCTIONS -- 3. Chomsky, France, Reason, Power / Bricmont, Jean / Franck, Julie -- 4. An Interview with Noam Chomsky / Bricmont, Jean -- PART III. LINGUISTIC THEORY AND LANGUAGE PROCESSES -- 5. The Varying Aims of Linguistic Theory / Boeckx, Cedric / Hornstein, Norbert -- 6. Language, Thought, and Reality After Chomsky / Chierchia, Gennaro -- 7. Generative Syntax in the Brain / Grodzinsky, Yosef -- PART IV. COGNITIVE SCIENCE AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF MIND -- 8. Learning Organs / Gallistel, Charles R. -- 9. Innateness, Choice, and Language / Spelke, Elizabeth -- 10. The Scope and Limits of Chomsky's Naturalism / Jacob, Pierre -- PART V. CHOMSKY AND THE INTELLIGENTSIA -- 11. Conspiracy: When Journalists (and Their Favorites) Misrepresent the Critical Analysis of the Media / Halimi, Serge / Rindel, Arnaud -- 12. Noam Chomsky and the University / Guerlain, Pierre -- 13. The Practice of Intellectual Self-Defense in the University / Baillargeon, Normand -- 14. Chomsky, Faurisson, and Vidal-Naquet / Bricmont, Jean -- 15. Chomsky and Bourdieu: A Missed Encounter / Delorca, Frédéric -- PART VI. POLITICS: THEORY AND PRACTICE -- 16. Chomsky in France: The Resistance to Pragmatic Anti-Authoritarianism / Portis, Larry -- 17. Testimony / George, Susan --



18. Truth, Balance, and Freedom / Bilgrami, Akeel -- Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

Noam Chomsky applies a rational, scientific approach to disciplines as diverse as linguistics, ethics, and politics. His best-known innovations involve a groundbreaking theory of generative grammar, the revolution it initiated in cognitive science, and a radical encounter with political theory and practice.In Chomsky Notebook, Cedric Boeckx and Norbert Hornstein tackle the evolution of Chomsky's linguistic theory. Akeel Bilgrami revisits Chomsky's work on freedom and truth, and Pierre Jacob analyzes his naturalism. Chomsky's own contributions include an interview with Jean Bricmont and an essay each on Edward Said and the natural world. Altogether, these works reveal the penetrating insight of a remarkable intellectual whose thought extends into a number of fields within and outside of academia. For the uninitiated reader and longtime fan, this anthology attests to the power of Chomsky's rationalism and the dexterity of his critical investigations.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910895507003321

Titolo

Statistische Berichte / Information und Technik Nordrhein-Westfalen, Geschäftsbereich Statistik . B . VI Organisation, Personal und Geschäftsanfall bei den Gerichten der ordentlichen Gerichtsbarkeit und den Staatsanwaltschaften in Nordrhein-Westfalen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Düsseldorf, : Information und Technik Nordrhein-Westfalen, Geschäftsbereich Statistik, 2009-2013

Descrizione fisica

Online-Ressource

Classificazione

01446030

Disciplina

310

340

Soggetti

Gericht

Arbeitsorganisation

Zeitschrift

Statistik

Nordrhein-Westfalen

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

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