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The Utopia of Film: Cinema and Its Futures in Godard, Kluge, and Tahimik by Christopher Pavsek
52.95 AUD
Category: Film & Music | Series: Film and Culture Series
The German filmmaker Alexander Kluge has long promoted cinema's relationship with the goals of human emancipation. Jean-Luc Godard and Filipino director Kidlat Tahimik also believe in cinema's ability to bring about what Theodor W. Adorno once called a "redeemed world," even in the face of new cultural ...Show more
The Warrior, the Voyager, and the Artist - Three Lives in an Age of Empire by Kate Fullagar
73.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: The\Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History Ser.
A portrait of empire through the biographies of a Native American, a Pacific Islander, and the British artist who painted them bothThree interconnected eighteenth-century lives offer a fresh account of the British Empire and its intrusion into Indigenous societies. This engaging history brings together ...Show more
Trap Door - Trans Cultural Production and the Politics of Visibility by Reina Gossett (Editor); Eric A. Stanley (Editor); Johanna Burton (Editor)
89.99 AUD
Category: Culture & Ideas | Series: Critical Anthologies in Art and Culture Ser.
Essays, conversations, and archival investigations explore the paradoxes, limitations, and social ramifications of trans representation within contemporary culture. The increasing representation of trans identity throughout art and popular culture in recent years has been nothing if not paradoxical. ...Show more
Use of Weapons (#3 Culture) by Iain M. Banks
19.99 AUD
Category: Fantasy Science Fiction Horror | Series: Culture Ser. | Reading Level: good
The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks or military action. The woman known as Diziet Sma had plucked him from obscurity and pushed him towards his present eminence, but des ...Show more
Ways of Eating: Exploring Food through History and Culture by Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft, Merry White
55.00 AUD
Category: Food | Series: California Studies in Food and Culture Ser.
What we learn when an anthropologist and a historian talk about food. From the origins of agriculture to contemporary debates over culinary authenticity, Ways of Eating introduces readers to world food history and food anthropology. Through engaging stories and historical deep dives, Benjamin A. Wurga ...Show more
Where Film Meets Philosophy: Godard, Resnais, and Experiments in Cinematic Thinking by Hunter Vaughan
56.95 AUD
Category: Film & Music | Series: Film and Culture Series
Closely reading the films of Jean-Luc Godard and Alain Resnais, Hunter Vaughan establishes a connection between phenomenology and image-philosophy to analyze the moving image and its challenge to conventional modes of thought. Striving to establish a clear foundation for the recent field of inquiry call ...Show more
Why Liberalism Failed by Patrick J. Deneen
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Category: No Category | Series: Politics and Culture Ser.
Has liberalism failed because it has succeeded? Of the three dominant ideologies of the 20th century - fascism, communism, and liberalism - only the last remains. This has created a peculiar situation in which liberalism's proponents tend to forget that it is an ideology and not the natural end-state o ...Show more
Why Veganism Matters - the Moral Value of Animals by Gary Francione
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Category: Culture & Ideas | Series: Critical Perspectives on Animals: Theory, Culture, Science, and Law Ser.
Most people care about animals, but only a tiny fraction are vegan. The rest often think of veganism as an extreme position. They certainly do not believe that they have a moral obligation to become vegan. Gary L. Francione--the leading and most provocative scholar of animal rights theory and law--d ...Show more