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Author : David Simpson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781934435540
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (355 download)
Download or read book David Simpson written by David Simpson and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes essays by Louis Grachos, Jonathan Keats, and Kenneth Baker and an interview between the artist and Kenneth Baker.
Author : David Simpson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022660022X
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (266 download)
Download or read book States of Terror written by David Simpson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2019-03-08 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How have we come to depend so greatly on the words terror and terrorism to describe broad categories of violence? David Simpson offers here a philology of terror, tracking the concept’s long, complicated history across literature, philosophy, political science, and theology—from Plato to NATO. Introducing the concept of the “fear-terror cluster,” Simpson is able to capture the wide range of terms that we have used to express extreme emotional states over the centuries—from anxiety, awe, and concern to dread, fear, and horror. He shows that the choices we make among such words to describe shades of feeling have seriously shaped the attribution of motives, causes, and effects of the word “terror” today, particularly when violence is deployed by or against the state. At a time when terror-talk is widely and damagingly exploited by politicians and the media, this book unpacks the slippery rhetoric of terror and will prove a vital resource across humanistic and social sciences disciplines.
Author : David Simpson
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781493559343
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (593 download)
Download or read book The God Killers written by David Simpson and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this edgy thriller, a creature pretending to be God tricks dying people with a heavenly white light — only to consume their souls forever. But Cipher, Han, Natalie, and Father Hurley know the truth — can they save humanity from its terrifying fate?
Author : David Simpson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226922359
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (269 download)
Download or read book Romanticism and the Question of the Stranger written by David Simpson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In our post-9/11 world, the figure of the stranger—the foreigner, the enemy, the unknown visitor—carries a particular urgency, and the force of language used to describe those who are “different” has become particularly strong. But arguments about the stranger are not unique to our time. In Romanticism and the Question of the Stranger, David Simpson locates the figure of the stranger and the rhetoric of strangeness in romanticism and places them in a tradition that extends from antiquity to today. Simpson shows that debates about strangers loomed large in the French Republic of the 1790s, resulting in heated discourse that weighed who was to be welcomed and who was to be proscribed as dangerous. Placing this debate in the context of classical, biblical, and other later writings, he identifies a persistent difficulty in controlling the play between the despised and the desired. He examines the stranger as found in the works of Coleridge, Austen, Scott, and Southey, as well as in depictions of the betrayals of hospitality in the literature of slavery and exploration—as in Mungo Park's Travels and Stedman's Narrative—and portrayals of strange women in de Staël, Rousseau, and Burney. Contributing to a rich strain of thinking about the stranger that includes interventions by Ricoeur and Derrida, Romanticism and the Question of the Stranger reveals the complex history of encounters with alien figures and our continued struggles with romantic concerns about the unknown.
Author : David Simpson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226759466
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)
Download or read book Romanticism, Nationalism, and the Revolt Against Theory written by David Simpson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1993-06 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why has Anglo-American culture for so long regarded "theory" with intense suspicion? In this important contribution to the history of critical theory, David Simpson argues that a nationalist myth underlies contemporary attacks on theory. Theory's antagonists, Simpson shows, invoke the same criteria of common sense and national solidarity as did the British intellectuals who rebelled against "theory" and "method" during the French Revolution. Simpson demonstrates the close association between "theory" and "method" and shows that by the mid-eighteenth century, "method" had acquired distinctly subversive associations in England. Attributed increasingly to the French and the Germans, "method" paradoxically evoked images both of inhuman rationality and unbridled sentimentality; in either incarnation, it was seen as a threat to what was claimed to be authentically British. Simpson develops these paradigms in relation to feminism, the gendering of Anglo-American culture, and the emergence of literature and literary criticism as antitheoretical discourses. He then looks at the Romantic poets' response to this confining ideology of the cultural role of literature. Finally, Simpson considers postmodern theory's claims for the radical energy of nonrational or antirationalist positions. This is an essential book not only for students of the Romantic period and intellectual historians concerned with the idea of "method," but for anyone interested in the historical background of today's debates over the excesses and possibilities of "theory."
Author : David Simpson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226759393
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)
Download or read book 9/11 written by David Simpson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2006-05-15 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, a general sense that the world was different—that nothing would ever be the same—settled upon a grieving nation; the events of that day were received as cataclysmic disruptions of an ordered world. Refuting this claim, David Simpson examines the complex and paradoxical character of American public discourse since that September morning, considering the ways the event has been aestheticized, exploited, and appropriated, while “Ground Zero” remains the contested site of an effort at adequate commemoration. In 9/11, Simpson argues that elements of the conventional culture of mourning and remembrance—grieving the dead, summarizing their lives in obituaries, and erecting monuments in their memory—have been co-opted for political advantage. He also confronts those who labeled the event an “apocalypse,” condemning their exploitation of 9/11 for the defense of torture and war. In four elegant chapters—two of which expand on essays originally published in the London Review of Books to great acclaim—Simpson analyzes the response to 9/11: the nationally syndicated “Portraits of Grief” obituaries in the New York Times; the debates over the rebuilding of the World Trade Center towers and the memorial design; the representation of American and Iraqi dead after the invasion of March 2003, along with the worldwide circulation of the Abu Ghraib torture photographs; and the urgent and largely ignored critique of homeland rhetoric from the domain of critical theory. Calling for a sustained cultural and theoretical analysis, 9/11 is the first book of its kind to consider the events of that tragic day with a perspective so firmly grounded in the humanities and so persuasive about the contribution they can make to our understanding of its consequences.
Author : David Simpson
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 082238373X
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)
Download or read book Situatedness, or, Why We Keep Saying Where We re Coming From written by David Simpson and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2002-01-09 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Let me tell you where I'm coming from . . .”—so begins many a discussion in contemporary U.S. culture. Pressed by an almost compulsive desire to situate ourselves within a definite matrix of reference points (for example, “as a parent of two children” or “as an engineer” or “as a college graduate”) in both scholarly inquiry and everyday parlance, we seem to reject adamantly the idea of a universal human subject. Yet what does this rhetoric of self-affiliation tell us? What is its history? David Simpson’s Situatedness casts a critical eye on this currently popular form of identification, suggesting that, far from being a simple turn of phrase, it demarcates a whole structure of thinking. Simpson traces the rhetorical syndrome through its truly interdisciplinary genealogy. Discussing its roles within the fields of legal theory, social science, fiction, philosophy, and ethics, he argues that the discourse of situatedness consists of a volatile fusion of modesty and aggressiveness. It oscillates, in other words, between accepting complete causal predetermination and advocating personal agency and responsibility. Simpson’s study neither fully rejects nor endorses the present-day language of self-specification. Rather it calls attention to the limitations and opportunities of situatedness—a notion whose ideological slippage it ultimately sees as allowing late-capitalist liberal democracies to function. Given its wide scope and lively rendering, Situatedness will attract a range of scholars in the humanities and legal studies. It will also interest all those for whom the politics of subjectivity pose real problems of authority, identity, and belief.
Author : David Simpson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521898773
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)
Download or read book Wordsworth, Commodification, and Social Concern written by David Simpson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-02-19 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Simpson's reading of Wordsworth examines Wordsworth's reaction to changes in the modern world at the turn of the century.
Author : David Raubenheimer
Publisher : Harvest
ISBN 13 : 1328587851
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (285 download)
Download or read book Eat Like the Animals written by David Raubenheimer and published by Harvest. This book was released on 2020 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our evolutionary ancestors once possessed the ability to intuit what food their bodies needed, in what proportions, and ate the right things in the proper amounts--effortlessly balanced. When and why did we lose this ability, and how can we get it back? David Raubenheimer and Stephen Simpson answer these questions in a compelling narrative, based upon five "eureka" moments they experienced in the course of their groundbreaking research. The book shares their colorful scientific journey--from the foothills of Cape Town, to the deserts of Australia--culminating in a unifying theory of nutrition that has profound implications for our current epidemic of metabolic diseases and obesity. The authors ultimately offer useful prescriptions to understand the unwanted side effects of fad diets, gain control over one's food environment, and see that delicious and healthy are integral parts of proper eating.
Author : David Bender
Publisher : Berkley Trade
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Confession of O.J. Simpson written by David Bender and published by Berkley Trade. This book was released on 1997 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fictional account, O.J. Simpson accepts Fred Goldman's challenge to confess to the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Gaoldman in exchange for Goldman's civil settlement.
Author : David Simpson (photographer.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780982870402
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Glass House of Dreams written by David Simpson (photographer.) and published by . This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glass House of Dreams celebrates the City of Baltimore's landmark Victorian glass palace, one of the surviving architectural treasures in historic Druid Hill Park. An extensive collection of original lithographic postcards illustrate the history of this 1888 botanical conservatory, the second oldest glass house in America. The book's author, Margaret Haviland Stansbury, is founder of the non-profit Baltimore Conservatory Association that worked with the City to bring this Victorian jewel back to life. The original Palm House featuring 175 glass windows, many of them curved, is once again packed with exotic flora from around the world. The real excitement of this book is a portfolio of stunning new photographs by David Simpson. Simpson's cutting-edge photographs not only capture the elegance of this architectural gem, but also present us with intimate images that portray the beauty of its individual plants and flowers. This book, celebrating the past, present and future of The Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatory and Botanic Gardens, will be released in Fall 2010.
Author : David Simpson
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781481809184
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Trans-Human written by David Simpson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-02-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this sequel to Post-Human, humanity will be forced to face a future more advanced than it could have imagined if it wants to survive. Nineteen months have passed since the A.I. turned against humanity and was subsequently destroyed. In the meantime, James Keats has turned over the A.I.'s powers to a non-intelligent, easily controlled operating system. He and Thel have left the planet and spent six months vacationing on Venus, which has been newly terraformed without the consent or knowledge of the Governing Council. The A.I. has been deleted, but the message it sent out into the abyss of space in search of a companion has been answered. An alien force dwarfing the Earth is on its way to find out why the A.I. has stopped communicating. Keats and company can only assume its intentions will be hostile when it finds out the truth. Only one thing is for sure: nothing will ever be the same again. Welcome to the Trans-Human era. Welcome to the singularity."A thought-provoking, energetic sci-fi book, with a robust dose of high-octane exploits." -By A.F. Stewart, author of Chronicles of the Undead
Author : David Simpson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780195056433
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (564 download)
Download or read book The Politics of American English, 1776-1850 written by David Simpson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1988 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overview: Language, its nature, and its uses have always been controversial topics. This engaging study brings into focus those highly charged years in America Between 1776 and 1850 when questions of language mirrored the social and political arguments of the time and generated even more arguments on both sides of the Atlantic over what American English was, what it might become, and what it ought to be. With a strong narrative line, The Politics of American English shows that by the middle of the 19th century, America had a version of English recognizably its own. To explain how this happened and why, Simpson alternates between theoretical questions of language and the way these questions make themselves felt in literature. His premise, that language is an important organizing principle in the life of human beings, one that is experienced individually as well a collectively, is brilliantly set forth.
Author : David Simpson
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781478343981
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (439 download)
Download or read book Sub-Human written by David Simpson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-10-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before he was Old-timer, he was Craig Emilson, a young doctor, sucked into military service at the outbreak of World War III. Enlisting to become a Special Forces suborbital paratrooper, Craig is selected to take part in the most important mission in American military history-a sortie into enemy territory to eliminate the world's first strong Artificial Intelligence. The mission is only the beginning of Craig's story, and for the story of humanity as well, as they accelerate towards a world that is post-human.
Author : David Simpson
Publisher : David Simpson
ISBN 13 : 9781440136870
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)
Download or read book Post-Human written by David Simpson and published by David Simpson. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The future should have been perfect. Microscopic robots known as nans could repair any damage to your body, keep you young by resetting your cellular clocks, and allow you to download upgrades like intelligence, muscle strength, and eyesight. You were supposed to be able to have anything you wanted with a simple thought, to be able to fly without the aid of a machine, to be able to live forever. But when a small group of five terraformers working on Venus return to Earth, they discover that every other human in the solar system has been gruesomely murdered. Now, James Keats and his four companions must discover what happened to the rest of humanity and fight back if they wish to avoid the same, horrifying fate. Welcome to the post-human era.
Author : David Simpson
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781493558285
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (582 download)
Download or read book Human Plus written by David Simpson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-10-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human Plus is Book 4 in the smash hit science fiction series. Not exactly a sequel, not exactly a prequel, Human Plus will defy expectations. No matter what you thought was coming next, you're in for a surprise!
Author : David Simpson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781530853748
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (537 download)
Download or read book Dawn of the Singularity written by David Simpson and published by . This book was released on 2016-04-12 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The singularity: the point in human history when we begin to enhance our own intelligence with the intelligent technology we're creating. As humanity merges with its machines, will we forget what it means to be human? Meet Haalee, the artificial intelligence charged with taking humanity on the road to the singularity. But will the future turn out the way she expects? Dawn of the Singularity is the intelligent, action-packed science fiction thriller you've been waiting for. From award-winning and best-selling scifi author, David Simpson, get ready for the mystery, the thrills, and the adventure of the future to come.
