Tag: Writings

Free Download Zygmunt Bauman, "Culture and Art: Selected Writings, Volume 1"
English | ISBN: 1509545441 | 2021 | 280 pages | PDF | 14 MB
The sociological imagination and the artistic imagination have been historically intertwined, at once reciprocal and conflicting, complementary and tensional. This connection is nowhere more apparent than in the work of Zygmunt Bauman. His conception and practice of sociology were always infused with a literary and artistic sensibility. He wrote extensively on the relationship between sociology and the arts, and especially on sociology and literature; he frequently drew on literary writers in his exploration and elucidation of sociological problems; and he was an avid and passionate consumer and practitioner of art, especially film and photography.

Free Download Francois Hemsterhuis, "The Early Writings of Francois Hemsterhuis, 1762-1773 "
English | ISBN: 1474486657 | 2022 | 182 pages | PDF | 4 MB
This critical edition publishes Hemsterhuis’ ‘Letter on an Antique Gemstone’, ‘Letter on Sculpture’, ‘Letter on Desires’, ‘Letter on Man and his Relations’ and ‘Philosophical Description of the Character of the Late Mr. F. Fagel’ chronologically to gradually reveal Hemsterhuis’ complete systematic vision. These letters are supplemented by three introductions. The first by Peter Sonderen pinpoints the significance of Hemsterhuis’ remarkably influential aesthetics. The second by Jacob van Sluis provides the context to ‘Letter on Man and his Relations’. And the third by Gabriel Trop focuses on the importance of these writings in the history of ideas, especially Herder’s translation and ‘Postscript’ to the ‘Letter on Desires’, Diderot’s commentary on the ‘Letter on Man and his Relations’ and Goethe’s incorporation of Hemsterhuis’ definition of beauty into his aesthetic reflections.

Free Download Hamilton: Selected Writings (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B08H6VLWNW | 2023 | 6 hours and 10 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 342 MB
Author: Corey Brettschneider
Narrator: Caleb Summers

Free Download Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen, "Logic of the Future: Writings on Existential Graphs. Part 2: The 1903 Lowell Lectures"
English | 2021 | ASIN: B09C4LK2P4 | EPUB | pages: 452 | 25.4 mb
In three comprehensive volumes, Logic of the Future presents a full

Free Download Subaltern Studies: Writings on South Asian History and Society, Vol. 8: Essays in Honour of Ranajit Guha By David Arnold (editor), David Hardiman (editor)
1995 | 254 Pages | ISBN: 019563411X | PDF | 37 MB
This volume contains essays in honor of Ranajit Guha, the founder of Subaltern Studies, by five members of the original editorial group. The essays take up themes from Guha’s own work, linking subaltern experience and mentality with colonial knowledge and power and the cultural and political processes of Indian elites.

Free Download William Penn: Political Writings By Andrew R. Murphy
2020 | 390 Pages | ISBN: 1108497128 | PDF | 3 MB
William Penn (1644-1718) – Quaker activist, theorist of liberty of conscience, and colonial founder and proprietor – played a central role in the movement for religious liberty on both sides of the Atlantic for more than four decades. This volume presents, for the first time, a fully annotated scholarly edition of Penn’s political writings over the course of his long public career, tracing his thinking from his early theorisation of religious toleration and liberty of conscience in England, as a leading member of the Society of Friends during the 1670s, to his colonial undertaking in Pennsylvania a decade later, his controversial role in the years leading up to the 1688 Revolution, and the ongoing consequences of that Revolution to his future prospects. Penn’s political writings provide an illuminating window into the increasingly sophisticated and influential movement for liberty of conscience in the early modern world.

Free Download Jean-Luc Nancy, "Corpus III: Cruor and Other Writings "
English | ISBN: 1531501117 | 2023 | 128 pages | PDF | 356 KB
A beautiful, profound series of reflections on the body by one of the most prominent and consequential philosophers of continental Europe

Free Download The Antonio Gramsci Reader: Selected Writings 1916-1935 By David Forgacs (editor)
2000 | 447 Pages | ISBN: 0814727107 | PDF | 22 MB
with a new introduction by ERIC J. HOBSBAWM "Very usefully pulls the key passages from Gramsci’s writings into one volume, which allows English-language readers an overall view of his work. Particularly valuable are the connections it draws across his work and the insights which the introduction and glossary provide into the origin and development of some key Gramscian concepts."–Stuart Hall, Professor of Sociology, Open University The most complete one-volume collection of writings by one of the most fascinating thinkers in the history of Marxism, The Antonio Gramsci Reader fills the need for a broad and general introduction to this major figure. Antonio Gramsci was one of the most important theorists of class, culture, and the state since Karl Marx. In the U.S., where his writings were long unavailable, his stature has lately so increased that every serious student of Marxism, political theory, or modern Italian history must now read him. Imprisoned by the Fascists for much of his adult life, Gramsci wrote brilliantly on a broad range of subjects: from folklore to philosophy, popular culture to political strategy. Still the most comprehensive collection of Gramsci’s writings available in English, it now features a new introduction by leading Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawm, in addition to its biographical introduction, informative introductions to each section, and glossary of key terms.

Free Download Kent Koppelman, Dale Lund, "Wrestling with the Angel: Literary Writings and Reflections on Death, Dying and Bereavement"
English | 2010 | ISBN: 0895033925, 041578543X | PDF | pages: 167 | 1.9 mb
Wrestling with the Angel addresses the human struggle to cope with death, dying, grief, and bereavement. The book includes essays, a one-act play, a short story, and poetry, including shape poems, rhyming, structured verse, and free verse. In the one-act play, an angel of death comes for a man who has lived an unexamined life and wants to explain why he is not prepared to leave. The short story offers a humorous look at a man who resists aging by continuing to view himself as the young man he once was. The diverse genres allow for different ways of exploring these issues, but all are intended to engage the reader’s emotions as well as intellect. The writings incorporate reflections and quotations addressing common human issues related to our mortality and explore reactions to the loss of a loved one-whether expected, such as the death of an aging parent or someone with a terminal illness, or unexpected, such as accidental death. The final chapters examine how aging causes us to assess our lives and why preparing ourselves for death can enhance the quality of our life. This is a book with many more questions than answers, but the reader is invited to share in the process of finding answers. It is a book that requires the reader to be comfortable with ambiguity, because the reality it describes is often ambiguous-a reality that presents us with many choices but few certainties. Intended Audience: Scholars, hospice workers, funeral home directors, hospital chaplains, ministers, and others who work with bereavement issues; classes in death education and classes for mental health professionals in death and grief; general readers who have suffered the loss of a loved one.

Free Download The Future of Ritual: Writings on Culture and Performance By Richard Schechner
1995 | 296 Pages | ISBN: 0415046904 | PDF | 17 MB
A brilliant examination of cultural expression and communal action, The Future of Ritual asks pertinent questions about art, theatre and the changing meaning of ‘culture’ in today’s intercultural world.