This treatise represents the culmination of Deleuze's lifelong work in philosophy. Philosophy for Deleuze and Guattari concerns itself not with the actual but with the virtual - a domain of problems and possibilities. The book begins by detailing Deleuze's and Guattari's conception of philosophy. It then develops their understanding of the ...
Written by an ASE Master Technician and Master Machinist, the second edition of "Automotive Service: Inspection, Maintenance and Repair" has been thoroughly reviewed for technical accuracy to go along with the hundreds of full-colour photographs that have been added to maintain the reader's interest and improve comprehension. The book begins by ...
This history of the rise of fundamentalist Islam in the late 20th century focuses on its politics and ideology. The author, a French academic, evaluates the Islamist movement's success in attracting and keeping followers, and its somewhat less successful record in acquiring and keeping political power--resulting in a split into moderate and ...
The events of September 11, 2001, forever changed the world as we knew it. In their wake, the quest for international order has prompted a reshuffling of global aims and priorities. In a fresh approach, Gilles Kepel focuses on the Middle East as a nexus of international disorder and decodes the complex language of war, propaganda, and terrorism ...
This second volume of erotic imagery features works created to illustrate works of literature. Artists featured include: Boucher; Dali; and Fragonard, with each image being reproduced in full and with its accompanying text.
A major work in the development of critical theory in the late 20th century, ANTI-OEDIPUS is an essential text for feminists, literary theorists, social scientists, philosophers, and other interested in the problems of contemporary Western culture. "An important text in the rethinking of sexuality and sexual politics spurred by the feminist and ...
Walker Evans ranks with Steiglitz, Steichen and Strand as an artist of the highest calibre. His images captured forever the harshness of the Depression, the beauty of 19th-century brownstone architecture, the very essence of American life. Evans began photographing regularly in 1927, and came to specialize in street life - views of buildings, of ...
With more than 600 spectacular full-color photos and an illuminating text, "Caribbean Style" brings home the houses, gardens, and buoyant lifestyle of this enchanting region.
There are many monographs on Matisse, but his works are among the most difficult to reproduce satisfactorily. Tachen's "Matisse" will be an essential work of reference for many years due to the extraordinary care that has gone into each reproduction. The collaboration of Matisse's grandson, Claude Duthuit, has ensured the greatest possible tonal ...
The study of capillarity is in the midst of a veritable explosion. Hence the temptation to write a new book, aiming at an audience of students. What is offered here is not a comprehensive review of the latest research but rather a compendium of principles. How does one turn a hydrophilic surface into one that is hydrophobic, and vice versa? We ...
Picasso called Dali "an outboard motor that's always running." Dali thought himself a genius with a right to indulge in whatever lunacy popped into his head. Painter, sculptor, writer, and filmmaker, Salvador Dali (1904-1989) was one of the century's greatest exhibitionists and eccentrics - and was rewarded with fierce controversy wherever he went ...
Caravaggio - A genius beyond his time Notorious bad boy of Italian Baroque painting, Caravaggio (1571-1610) is finally getting the recognition he deserves. Though his name may be familiar to all of us, his work has been habitually detested and forced into obscurity. Not only was his theatrical realism unfashionable in his time, but his ...
During the Renaissance, the great homosexuals, from Leonardo da Vinci and Botticelli to Michelangelo and Raphael, transformed the history of art, attaining to ever closer imitation of nature whilst altering it to their taste. From their art, ambiguous beings were born, half man, half woman; female breasts were planted on male busts and a young man ...
Since 2001, two dominant worldviews have clashed in the global arena: a neoconservative nightmare of an insidious Islamic terrorist threat to civilized life, and a jihadist myth of martyrdom through the slaughter of infidels. Across the airwaves and on the ground, an ill-defined and uncontrollable war has raged between these two opposing scenarios ...
Wonderfully indecent pictures from famous scribblers and anonymous talents alike (TASCHEN's 25th anniversary special edition) From the dawn of time, ever since Adam and Eve, all artists of every age - whether the Egyptian, Greek and Roman artists of Antiquity, or more recent famous names as Rembrandt, Courbet, Degas or Picasso - have succumbed to ...
Intrepid traveler and Dominican Republic expert Christopher J. Baker takes a fascinating tour of this up-and-coming eco-destination. Beginning in the bustling, historic capital city of Santo Domingo, Baker moves on to the southwest, land of the Taino people, the old sugar-processing town of Barahona, wildlife-rich Lago Enriquillo, and magnificent ...
This revered guide to French restaurants, gourmet shops, cafes, and bars is available in English for the first time. Parisians rely on this book as the most informed, sophisticated, and up-to-date guide published today.
Part autobiography, part interview, and part essay, this text traces the intellectual journey of a man often acclaimed as one of the most important philosophers in France. A guide to Deleuze by Deleuze, it explains the life and work of this figure in contemporary philosophy, tying together the strands of his long and prolific career. This guide ...
This book has set the agenda for contemporary Continental philosophy, arguing for a new theory of radical democracy in politics and art. A Thousand Plateaus completes the landmark philosophical project, Capitalism and Schizophrenia, which Deleuze and Guattari began with Anti-Oedipus. Together, the two volumes are widely regarded as the single most ...
Tricia Guild's approach to life in the city is about much more than mere decorating - it is part of the general shift in attitudes that is affecting us all as we edge towards the end of the century. The mood in interior design is evolving into something softer, more soulful and individual than we have seen in recent years. Tricia Guild reveals, ...
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