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 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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Spectacular in scope yet intimate in detail, The Way We Live transcends the archetypal style book to reveal global connections and patterns in home decoration. This unique body of detailed design inspiration encompasses the full range of options, from climate, location, and size to surfaces, arrangements, and colors. Whether you’re ...
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.
Taoism and the use of the five elemental forces of nature for healing, says Gilles Marin, are esoteric, understandable only through daily experience with a knowledgeable mentor. Marin's 25 years of clinical practice teaching the ancient Taoist method of Chi Nei Tsang, which uses hands-on techniques and Taoist meditations to help clients heal, ...
"The Way We Think is a dazzling tour of the complexities of human imagination. "--George Lakoff, co-author of Philosophy in the Flesh and Where Mathematics Comes From. . In its first two decades, much of cognitive science focused on such mental functions as memory, learning, symbolic thought, and language acquisition --the functions in which the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
With the restoration of the Pompadour apartments at Versailles, there is a renewed interest in the opulent fashions in interior decoration of the eighteenth century. The use of turquoise with gold accents, the lush velvet upholstery and the expensive iridescent wall hangings all bear witness to a style that indulged in spite of revolutions, wars, ...
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 ...
In the 1960s and 1970s, photography in America reached a peak of invention and achievement. Freed from the constraints of modernist limits, photographers such as Lee Friedlander, Garry Winogrand, Robert Mapplethorpe, William Eggleston, Diane Arbus, Stephen Shore and Sherrie Levine pushed the envelope of visual expression in critical ways. In the ...
The history of Catholicism is the history of Christian faith. Anthony E. Gilles traces its development -- from its beginnings in hushed gatherings within the Roman Empire to its current size and influence -- in an accessible and enjoyable style. A revised and updated compilation of the history volumes from his best-selling People of God series, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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