The end of the world [[electronic resource] ] : apocalypse and its aftermath in Western culture / / Maria Manuel Lisboa |
Autore | Lisboa Maria Manuel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, : OpenBook Publishers, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxv, 194 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 809.93382 |
Soggetto topico |
End of the world
Apocalypse in art Apocalypse in literature Apocalypse in motion pictures |
Soggetto non controllato |
literature
oryx and crake margaret atwood cultural studies douglas adams terminator blade runner george orwell apocalypse aldous huxley john wyndham nineteen eighty-four 1984 brave new world film studies armageddon harry potter Utopia |
ISBN |
1-906924-61-9
1-906924-50-3 2-8218-1708-8 1-906924-52-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents --List of Illustrations --Prologue --1. Apocalypse Now and Again --2. The World Gone M.A.D. --3. And Then There Was Nothing: Is the End Ever Really the End? --4. Falling Out with Hal and Hester --5. Dying of Happiness: Utopia at the End of this World --Afterword: Libera Me, Domine, De Vita Æterna --Bibliography --Index"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910139052603321 |
Lisboa Maria Manuel | ||
Cambridge, : OpenBook Publishers, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The end of the world [[electronic resource] ] : apocalypse and its aftermath in Western culture / / Maria Manuel Lisboa |
Autore | Lisboa Maria Manuel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, : OpenBook Publishers, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxv, 194 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 809.93382 |
Soggetto topico |
End of the world
Apocalypse in art Apocalypse in literature Apocalypse in motion pictures |
Soggetto non controllato |
literature
oryx and crake margaret atwood cultural studies douglas adams terminator blade runner george orwell apocalypse aldous huxley john wyndham nineteen eighty-four 1984 brave new world film studies armageddon harry potter Utopia |
ISBN |
1-906924-61-9
1-906924-50-3 2-8218-1708-8 1-906924-52-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents --List of Illustrations --Prologue --1. Apocalypse Now and Again --2. The World Gone M.A.D. --3. And Then There Was Nothing: Is the End Ever Really the End? --4. Falling Out with Hal and Hester --5. Dying of Happiness: Utopia at the End of this World --Afterword: Libera Me, Domine, De Vita Æterna --Bibliography --Index"" |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996205295203316 |
Lisboa Maria Manuel | ||
Cambridge, : OpenBook Publishers, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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We are amphibians : Julian and Aldous Huxley on the future of our species / / R. S. Deese |
Autore | Deese R. S. <1964-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (627 p.) |
Disciplina | 599.93/8 |
Soggetto topico |
Human evolution
Human ecology |
Soggetto non controllato |
biology
brave new world comparative religion conservation conservationism dystopia ecology evolutionary biology future of our species future human consciousness human progress humanity huxley brothers international politics modern synthesis political science politics precarious situation religion religious studies responsibility transhumanism two brothers unesco united nations educational scientific and cultural organization united nations world wildlife fund |
ISBN | 0-520-95956-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction: "The Question of Questions for Mankind" -- 1. Late Victorians -- 2. Twilight of Utopias -- 3. Spiritual Biology -- 4. Ape and Essence -- 5. We Are Amphibians -- Epilogue: The Future of Our Species -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787171603321 |
Deese R. S. <1964-> | ||
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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We are amphibians : Julian and Aldous Huxley on the future of our species / / R. S. Deese |
Autore | Deese R. S. <1964-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (627 p.) |
Disciplina | 599.93/8 |
Soggetto topico |
Human evolution
Human ecology |
Soggetto non controllato |
biology
brave new world comparative religion conservation conservationism dystopia ecology evolutionary biology future of our species future human consciousness human progress humanity huxley brothers international politics modern synthesis political science politics precarious situation religion religious studies responsibility transhumanism two brothers unesco united nations educational scientific and cultural organization united nations world wildlife fund |
ISBN | 0-520-95956-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction: "The Question of Questions for Mankind" -- 1. Late Victorians -- 2. Twilight of Utopias -- 3. Spiritual Biology -- 4. Ape and Essence -- 5. We Are Amphibians -- Epilogue: The Future of Our Species -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820809203321 |
Deese R. S. <1964-> | ||
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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