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Terrorism for Self-glorification

Author : Albert Borowitz
Publisher : Kent State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780873388184
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (881 download)

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Download or read book Terrorism for Self-glorification written by Albert Borowitz and published by Kent State University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this timely study of the roots of terrorism, author Albert Borowitz deftly assesses the phenomenon of violent crime motivated by a craving for notoriety or self-glorification. He traces this particular brand of terrorism back to 356 BCE and the destruction of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus by arsonist Herostratos and then examines similar crimes through history to the present time, detailing many examples of what the author calls the Herostratos Syndrome, such as the attempted explosion of the Greenwich Observatory in 1894, the Taliban's destruction of the giant Buddhas in Afghanistan, the assassination of John Lennon, the Unabomber strikes, and the attacks on the World Trade Center buildings. terrorism cannot be the exclusive focus of a single field of scholarship, Borowitz presents this complex subject using sources based in religion, philosophy, history, Greek mythology, and world literature, including works of Chaucer, Cervantes, Mark Twain, and Jean-Paul Sartre. Terrorism for Self-Glorification, written in clear and direct prose, is original, thorough, and thought provoking. Scholars, specialists, and general readers will find their understanding of terrorism greatly enhanced by this book.

At Zero Point

Author : Rose A. Zimbardo
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813158583
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book At Zero Point written by Rose A. Zimbardo and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-10-17 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At Zero Point presents an entirely new way of looking at Restoration culture, discourse, and satire. The book locates a rupture in English culture and epistemology not at the end of the eighteenth century (when it occurred in France) but at the end of the seventeenth century. Rose Zimbardo's hypothesis is based on Hans Blumenberg's concept of "zero point"—the moment when an epistemology collapses under the weight of questions it has itself raised and simultaneously a new epistemology begins to construct itself. Zimbardo demonstrates that the Restoration marked both the collapse of the Renaissance order and the birth of modernism (with its new conceptions of self, nation, gender, language, logic, subjectivity, and reality). Using satire as the site for her investigation, Zimbardo examines works by Rochester, Oldham, Wycherley, and the early Swift for examples of Restoration deconstructive satire that, she argues, measure the collapse of Renaissance epistemology. Constructive satire, as exemplified in works by Dryden, has at its discursive center the "I" from which all order arises to be projected to the external world. No other book treats Restoration culture or satire in this way.

Legend Of Helike

Author : Lacy Warfel
Publisher : Lacy Warfel
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (661 download)

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Download or read book Legend Of Helike written by Lacy Warfel and published by Lacy Warfel. This book was released on 2023-11-08 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LARP or Live Action Role Play is a game of immersion where players take on a role in an adventure. The Legend of Helike LARP has an in game Library where players and prospective players- or merely the curious who want to be entertained- can learn more about ancient classical Greece and the Legend of Helike Universe. Was Helike Atlantis? Did it all end in the subduction or was their something more? What did a day in the life of a citizen of Helike look like? What about that Cetus (kraken)? Imagine these shorts as scrolls in the Library, just waiting for you to read them...

Writing and Reading Differently

Author : George Douglas Atkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Writing and Reading Differently written by George Douglas Atkins and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Gore Vidal

Author : Jay Parini
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231072083
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Gore Vidal written by Jay Parini and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gore Vidal, known for such best-sellers as The City and the Pillar, Burr, Lincoln, and Myra Breckinridge, is a household name. The controversial Vidal ran for Congress in 1960, and set sparks flying with his public debates challenging William F. Buckley and Norman Mailer. Although one of America's most admired and prolific writers, Vidal has been steadfastly ignored or impugned by many critics. This is partly owing to the vast scope of his writings, which include more than twenty novels, half a dozen plays, dozens of screenplays, countless essays and book reviews, political commentary, and short stories; how do the critics approach such a writer? There has also been backlash against Vidal, whose radical polemics and undisguised contempt for those whom he has called "the hacks and hicks of academe" have hardly endeared him to the critical establishment.Gore Vidal: Writer Against the Grain is the first collection of critical essays to approach this important American writer in an attempt to rectify the unwarranted underestimation of his work. Jay Parini has drawn from the best of previously published criticism and commissioned fresh articles by leading contemporary critics to construct a comprehensive portrait of Vidal's multifaceted and memorable career. Writers as diverse as Harold Bloom, Stephen Spender, Catharine R. Stimpson, Richard Poirier, and Italo Calvino examine Vidal's work in their own highly individual ways, and each finds a different Vidal to celebrate, chide, recollect, or view close up. Also included is a recent interview with Parini in which Vidal discusses his career and his troubled relationship with the reviewers.The Vidal that finally emerges from these essays is a writer of undeniable weight and importance. As readers will agree, Gore Vidal: Writer Against the Grain establishes his rightful role as one of the premier novelists and leading critical observers of this century.

Who Will Remember You?

Author : Israel B. Bitton
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0761872817
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (618 download)

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Download or read book Who Will Remember You? written by Israel B. Bitton and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-10-06 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memory. A word so often said, often thought of, and continuously studied. Yet, we know relatively so little other than how vast and magnificent it is. In Who Will Remember You? A Philosophical History and Theory of Memory and Will, Israel B. Bitton, offers an interdisciplinary perspective that unifies philosophy of memory with history, neuroscience, culture and ethics, yielding novel insights into the elusive phenomena of memory, namely its universality. Bitton posits that the current and typical “misunderstanding of memory” stems from over-specialization in scientific research, a compartmentalization that does not support reaching holistic conclusions which are necessary for fully appreciating the totality of memory phenomena. No longer should memory be thought of as residing only in the brain, for the body is known to have memory too, but neither should it be thought of as exclusively human since it inheres in all matter as a physical and biological fact. Indeed, Bitton extends the philosophical and practical meanings of memory furthest in great detail, employing the latest research in neuroscience to support his case. In this work, Bitton traces the kernels of these ideas from the ancient Egyptians and Israelites all the way through to the modern period in philosophy, science and popular culture, demonstrating that his philosophical formulation has always been and remains accepted de facto by society as can easily be detected in various social trends. Upon offering his holistic account that considers the magnitude of memory phenomena across several disciplines, Bitton presents a novel theory that postulates the primary human drive as categorized by a will to significance, which, because of the universality of memory becomes a will to memorability. By placing the individual at the center of their own memory-reality, they can be empowered to safeguard, enhance, and extend the universal force of memory within and around them. From that vantage point, this book provides its audience with ideas meant to provoke and incite the readers’ own reflections on memory’s meaning and import as well as what it takes to be an ethical “memory agent” in an era of hyper-fake news.

University of Florida Monographs

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book University of Florida Monographs written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Three Spanish Philosophers

Author : Jose Ferrater Mora
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 079148694X
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)

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Download or read book Three Spanish Philosophers written by Jose Ferrater Mora and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection provides an excellent introduction to three of the most important names in twentieth-century Spanish philosophy: Miguel de Unamuno (1864–1936), José Ortega y Gasset (1883–1955), and José Ferrater Mora (1912–1991). The thought-provoking work of these great contemporary philosophers offers a rich and penetrating insight into human existence. Originally written by Ferrater Mora in the middle of the last century, his interpretations of Unamuno and Ortega are considered classics, and the chapter on his own thought reflects his mature thinking about being and death. Each essay is introduced by noted Ferrater Mora scholar J. M. Terricabras and contains updated biographical and bibliographic information.

The History of Old St. David's Church

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History of Old St. David's Church written by and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

University of Florida Monographs

Author : University of Florida
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book University of Florida Monographs written by University of Florida and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Chaucer and Fame

Author : Isabel Davis
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1843844079
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Chaucer and Fame written by Isabel Davis and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2015 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fama, or fame, is a central concern of late medieval literature. Where fame came from, who deserved it, whether it was desirable, how it was acquired and kept were significant inquiries for a culture that relied extensively on personal credit and reputation. An interest in fame was not new, being inherited from the classical world, but was renewed and rethought within the vernacular revolutions of the later Middle Ages. The work of Geoffrey Chaucer shows a preoccupation with ideas on the subject of fama, not only those received from the classical world but also those of his near contemporaries; via an engagement with their texts, he aimed to negotiate a place for his own work in the literary canon, establishing fame as the subject-site at which literary theory was contested and writerly reputation won. Chaucer's place in these negotiations was readily recognized in his aftermath, as later writers adopted and reworked postures which Chaucer had struck, in their own bids for literary place. This volume considers the debates on fama which were past, present and future to Chaucer, using his work as a centre point to investigate canon formation in European literature from the late Middle Ages and into the Early Modern period. Isabel Davis is Senior Lecturer in Medieval Literature at Birkbeck, University of London; Catherine Nall is Senior Lecturer in Medieval Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London. Contributors: Joanna Bellis, Alcuin Blamires, Julia Boffey, Isabel Davis, Stephanie Downes, A.S.G. Edwards, Jamie C. Fumo, Andrew Galloway, Nick Havely, Thomas A. Prendergast, Mike Rodman Jones, William T. Rossiter, Elizaveta Strakhov.

A Mixed Race

Author : Frank Shuffelton
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195075234
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book A Mixed Race written by Frank Shuffelton and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1993 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the 18th century and colonial American values, this collection of essays explores the subject of ethnicity in the USA. Moving from questions of race and ethnicity to varieties of ethnic representation, it sheds light on the confrontations of ethnically different peoples.

Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1914 pages
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Download or read book Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by Copyright Office, Library of Congress. This book was released on 1979 with total page 1914 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome

Author : E. M. Berens
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3955800008
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (558 download)

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Download or read book The Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome written by E. M. Berens and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2013-01-20 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of ancient myths and legends. Contains chapters on the various deities, Roman and Greek festivals and forms of worship. Originally published in 1894.

The Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome

Author : E. M. Berens
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (66 download)

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Download or read book The Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome written by E. M. Berens and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome " is a comprehensive mythology collection, presenting all the major and minor gods of Rome and Greece, with descriptions of festivals and retellings of major mythological stories. The author, thoroughly details each Greek and Roman god, goddess, hero, demi-god and creature and gives the reader a clear and succinct idea of the religious beliefs of the ancients. An exceptional book for those interested in Greek or Roman mythology.

An Everlasting Name

Author : Maoz Azaryahu
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110723018
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book An Everlasting Name written by Maoz Azaryahu and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-03-08 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ever-growing interest in cultural memory has generated an impressive body of academic literature on public commemoration, but not enough attention has been paid until now to the power and appeal of names to transcend death. This book is the first to investigates onymic commemoration as a technology of immortality. Bringing together issues as diverse as casualty lists on public display and honorific street-names, the inquiry expands on the commemorative capacity of an “everlasting name” as a site of remembrance. It explores how notions about names, being, fame and an afterlife have coalesced into prestigious and time-honored commemorative practices and traditions that demonstrate the cultural power of an “everlasting name” to confer immortality through remembrance. By linking ancient traditions and modern practices, this book offers a cross-cultural analysis of onymic commemoration that is broad in scope and covers a wide time frame, encompassing diverse historical periods, cultural contexts and geopolitical settings.

Authority in Crisis in French Literature, 1850–1880

Author : Seth Whidden
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317176987
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Authority in Crisis in French Literature, 1850–1880 written by Seth Whidden and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the 1850s, the expansion of printing and distribution technologies provided writers with more readers and literary outlets than ever before, while the ever-changing political contexts occasioned by the revolutions of 1830 and 1848 brought about differing degrees of political, social, and literary censure and pressure. Seth Whidden examines crises of literary authority in nineteenth-century French literature, both in response to the attempts of the Second Empire (1852-1870) to restore the unquestioned imperial authority that had been established by Napoleon I and in the aftermath of the bloody Paris Commune of 1871. In each of his chapters, Whidden offers a representative case study highlighting one of several phenomena-literary collaboration, parody, destabilized poetic form, the substitution of one poetic or narrative voice with that of the man-that enabled challenges to the traditional status of the writer and, by extension, the political authority that it reflected. Whidden focuses on the play Le Supplice d’une femme (1865); the Cercle Zutiste, a group of writers, musicians, and artists who met regularly in the fall of 1871, only months after the fall of the Second Empire; Arthur Rimbaud’s Commune-era poems; and Jules Verne’s 1851 ’Un voyage en ballon,’ later reprinted as ’Un drame dans les airs’ in 1874. Whidden concludes with a futuristic look at authority and auctority as it pertains to midcentury writers taking stock of the weakened authority still possible in a post-Second Empire France and envisioning what kind of auctority is still to come.