A new beautiful edition of the Communist Manifesto, combined with Lenin’s key revolutionary tract It was the 1917 Russian Revolution that transformed the scale of the Communist Manifesto, making it the key text for socialists everywhere. On the centenary of this upheaval, this volume pairs Marx and Engels’s most famous work with Lenin’s own revolutionary manifesto, “The April Theses,…
o the complete novice, learning about philosophy can be a cause for dread. The Philosophy Book uses innovative graphics and creative typography to help demystify hard-to-grasp concepts for those new to philosophy, cutting through the haze of misunderstanding, untangling knotty theories, and shedding light on abstract concepts. Aimed at anyone with a general interest in how our social, political…
"Saya sendiri berpandangan bahwa kita menghargai kehidupan karena kematian menghentikan semua prestasi dan konsumsi manusia. Jadi, diskusi tentang kematian adalah selalu dalam konteks mengevaluasi pretasi dan konsumsi manusia. Dalam jalan pikiran itu saya mengantarkan buku ini." - Rocky Gerung, Dosen Filsafat UI
The first full-length translation in English of an essential work of postmodernist thought
Impressive in both scope and imagination, it uses the example of perception to return the body to the forefront of philosophy for the first time since Plato.
In a fascinating account of how technology is altering our postmodern consciousness, Celia Lury shows how the manipulation of photographic images and ways of seeing can so redefine the relation between consciousness, the body and memory as to create a 'prosthetic culture' whose capacities both extend and threaten our humanity. We live in a society in which body parts are traded commodities, …
A collection of meditations like polished stones--painstakingly worded, tough-minded yet partial to mystery, and peerless when it comes to injecting larger resonances into the natural world.'-- 'Kirkus Reviews' 'A collection of meditations like polished stones--painstakingly worded, tough-minded, yet partial to mystery, and peerless when it comes to injecting larger resonances into the natural …
�Bila seseorang yang baru mendengar nama L�vi-Strauss meminta saya menjelaskan seperti apa dia, akan saya ambil Mitos dan Makna dan membacanya keras-keras.�� Wendy Doniger, Universitas Chicago Modernitas membuat kita menampik mitos sebagai suatu produk pemikiran primitif yang kualitasnya jauh di bawah pemikiran manusia modern. Namun benarkah demikian? Antropolog terkemuka …
Heritage has burgeoned over the past quarter of a century from a small �lite preoccupation into a major popular crusade. Everything from Disneyland to the Holocaust Museum, from the Balkan wars to the Northern Irish Troubles, from Elvis memorabilia to the Elgin Marbles bears the marks of the cult of heritage. In this acclaimed book David Lowenthal explains the rise of this new obsession with …
In a book that is both groundbreaking and accessible, Daniel C. Dennett, whom Chet Raymo of The Boston Globe calls 'one of the most provocative thinkers on the planet,' focuses his unerringly logical mind on the theory of natural selection, showing how Darwin's great idea transforms and illuminates our traditional view of humanity's place in the universe. Dennett vividly describes the…
Interpreting Visual Culture brings together the writings of some of the leading experts in art history, philosophy, sociology and cultural studies to look at the role of perception and the 'visual' in our understanding of the contemporary human condition. Ranging from an analysis of the role of vision in current critical discourse to a discussion of specific examples taken from the visua…
A much needed and clear investigation of why and how science has so powerfully shaped the way we understand ourselves, our behaviour towards others and our place in the world.
Buku ini menjajikan pergulatan pemikiran yang berkembang di Prancis. Di dalamnya anda akan menemukan banyak aliran pemikiran dari para pemikir yang terkenal secara luas seperti Henri Bergson, Blondel, Teilhard de Chardin, Gabriel Marcel, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, Bachelard, Paul Ricoeur, Levinas, Foucault, Derrida dan Lyotard berikut beberapa aliran dari deretan tokoh pemikir Prancis abad keduapul…
Elida Rahmi Muzdalifah *) (22/01/2008 - 10:36 WIB) Jurnalnet.com (Surabaya): Judul: Masyarakat Terbuka dan Musuh-musuhnya Penulis: Karl R. Popper Penerbit: Pustaka Pelajar, Yogyakarta Cetakan: I, 2002 Tebal: xv + 943 halaman Karl Raimund Popper dilahirkan di Wina pada 1902. Orang tuanya keturunan Yahudi, tetapi tidak lama sesudah menikah mereka berdua dibaptis dalam Gereja …
The first full-length translation in English of an essential work of postmodernist thought