1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990002016440203316

Autore

VITIELLO, Giuseppe

Titolo

Alessandrie d'Europa : storie e visioni di biblioteche nazionali / Giuseppe Vitiello ; postfazione di Attilio Mauro Caproni

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano, : Sylvestre Bonnard, 2002

ISBN

88-86842-37-6

Descrizione fisica

260 p. : ill. ; 21 cm

Collana

Il sapere del libro

Disciplina

027.5

Soggetti

Biblioteche nazionali

Collocazione

I.2.B. 381 (XIII D 412)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910795435203321

Autore

Serres Michel

Titolo

Rome : the first book of foundations / / Michel Serres ; translated by Randolph Burks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Bloomsbury Academic an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, , 2020

London, England : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2020

ISBN

1-4742-5972-3

1-4725-9016-3

1-4725-9017-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 pages)

Collana

The foundations triology

Classificazione

PHI019000PHI001000

Disciplina

937/.01

Soggetti

Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500

Rome History To 510 B.C

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

The Greatness of the Romans: the Fable of the Termites -- THE BLACK AND WHITE: THE COVERING OVER -- I. BLACK BOX: The Trampled Multiplicity -- II. CITY OF ALBA: The White Multiplicity -- THE EMPIRE AND SUFFRAGE: DEATH III. EMPIRE: The Fragmented Multiplicity -- IV. SUFFRAGE: The Assembled Multiplicity -- THE EXCLUDED MIDDLE OR THIRD -- V. AENEAS, SABINES TARQUINS, CORIOLANUS: The Composite Multiplicity -- VI. WAR AND PLAGUE: The Multiplicity in Representation CROWDS -- VII. IN THE CITY: The Agitated Multiplicity -- VIII. IN THE FIELD: The Multiplicity in Peace.

Sommario/riassunto

"Michel Serres first book in his 'foundations trilogy' is all about beginnings. The beginning of Rome but also about the beginning of society, knowledge and culture. Rome is an examination of the very foundations upon which contemporary society has been built. With characteristic breadth and lyricism, Serres leads the reader on a journey from a meditation the roots of scientific knowledge to set theory and aesthetics. He explores the themes of violence, murder, sacrifice and hospitality in order to urge us to avoid the repetitive violence of founding. Rome also provides an alternative and creative reading of



Livy's Ab urbe condita which sheds light on the problems of history, repetition and imitation. First published in English in 1991, re-translated and introduced in this new edition, Michel Serres' Rome is a contemporary classic which shows us how we came to live the way we do"--