First published in 1925, and frequently compared to T.S. Eliots The Waste Land, A Fool i the Forest is a modernists poetic expression of his ongoing struggles with overcoming the trauma of military service in the First World War. Taking its title from Shakespeares phantasmagoric As You Like It, A Fool surveys three aspects of one character I, Mezzetin and the Conjuror as they struggle, and ultimately fail, to find a way to reconcile their differences and live with one another. Enriched with a fascinating introduction and explanatory notes by leading Aldington scholars Michael Copp and Elizabeth Vandiver, this centenary edition seeks to place A Fool firmly back into the canon of postwar poetry, from which it has been missing for too long. <br><br> Autorid: Richard Aldington, Elizabeth Vandiver, Michael Copp <br>
"I will build a car for the great multitude," stated Henry Ford, and so he did. The Ford Model T, or the Tin Lizzie and the Flivver as it was also known, transformed American society, bringing mobility through car ownership to millions of middle-class Americans at a time when the horse and the railroad were the only real viable means of transport. Using moving assembly lines and the best possible materials, between October 1908 and May 1927, Ford built around 16.5 million examples of this extraordinary car. By 1918, half of all cars built in America were Model Ts and by 1925 around 8,000 a day were being produced, making Henry Ford one of the worlds best-known manufacturers of automobiles. The selection of body styles varied from two- and four-seat open and closed models tourers, town cars, runabouts, landaulettes and cabriolets to vans and pick-up trucks, and customers could also have colours other than black! This guide provides an insight into the design and construction of the Model T and many of its numerous variants, and the uses to which they were put, along with details of the background to Henry Ford himself and the car. <br><br> Autorid: Chas Parker <br>
Translated and with an Introduction by Daniel W. Smith Afterword by Tom Conley Gilles Deleuze had several paintings by Francis Bacon hanging in his Paris apartment, and the painter's method and style as well as his motifs of seriality, difference, and repetition influenced Deleuze's work. This first English translation shows us one of the most original and important French philosophers of the twentieth century in intimate confrontation with one of that century's most original and important painters. In considering Bacon, Deleuze offers implicit and explicit insights into the origins and development of his own philosophical and aesthetic ideas, ideas that represent a turning point in his intellectual trajectory. First published in French in 1981, "Francis Bacon" has come to be recognized as one of Deleuze's most significant texts in aesthetics. Anticipating his work on cinema, the baroque, and literary criticism, the book can be read not only as a study of Bacon's paintings but also as a crucial text within Deleuze's broader philosophy of art. In it, Deleuze creates a series of philosophical concepts, each of which relates to a particular aspect of Bacon's paintings but at the same time finds a place in the "general logic of sensation." Illuminating Bacon's paintings, the nonrational logic of sensation, and the act of painting itself, this work--presented in lucid and nuanced translation--also points beyond painting toward connections with other arts such as music, cinema, and literature. "Francis Bacon" is an indispensable entry point into the conceptual proliferation of Deleuze's philosophy as a whole. Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) was professor of philosophy at theUniversity of Paris, Vincennes-St. Denis. He coauthored "Anti-Oedipus" and "A Thousand Plateaus" with Felix Guattari. These works, as well as "Cinema 1, Cinema 2, The Fold, Proust and Signs," and others, are published in English by Minnesota. Daniel W. Smith teaches in th
Frantz Fanon (1925-1961) was a visionary thinker whose legacy continues to shape conversations on identity, power, and resistance. Here, leading Fanon scholar Azzedine Haddour explores themes of gender, revolutionary struggle, and the decolonization of the mind in the first comprehensive study of Fanons lesser-known work, Studies in a Dying Colonialism (1959). Drawing on archival material, the author explores the historical developments that determined the colonial consensus and the social transformation prompted by the Algerian liberation struggle. Haddour engages with the biopolitics of French colonialism to support Fanons claim that the medical establishment acted in complicity with colonialism. He recounts various assimilationist laws that resulted in the gendering of colonial space and shows how the wars altered the perception of the colonized population through modern Western technologies like the radio. In an era where global struggles for independence and self-determination persist, this book is an essential journey into the mind of a groundbreaking philosopher and icon of revolution. A groundbreaking study of Fanon's role in the Algerian liberation struggle <br><br> Autorid: Azzedine Haddour <br>
Today some six million Freemasons around the world continue to perform their rituals regularly - an enormous legacy of spiritual endeavour, kept largely in secret. In Britain alone there are over 7,000 Lodges, with a quarter of a million members. What is this wealth, this appeal, and how did the philosopher and spiritual scientist Rudolf Steiner reinterpret or reconstruct Freemasonry's time-worn legacy? Unless one is a Freemason, the masonic world, with its arcane conventions and language, remains largely unknown: an obscurity that is almost impossible to fathom. Yet understanding its traditions and style are invaluable when approaching Goethe, Mozart, Herder, Lessing and Novalis - as well as Rudolf Steiner. Steiner himself renewed the 'Royal Art' of Freemasonry from 1906 to 1914 through his ritual work known as Mystica AEterna. When Steiner invigorated education, medicine, the social order and religion, he fully intended that committed and professional individuals should assume responsibility for the new initiatives. But this was not the case with the Masonic Order he founded, whose leadership he took upon himself. Even the celebration of his passing in 1925, led by Marie Steiner, was entirely Masonic in character. In the context of continuing resistance and misrepresentation, N.V.P. Franklin uncovers the living heart of Freemasonry and reveals why it was - and still is - immensely relevant to anthroposophy. With profound research into its older rituals and teachings, this detailed and conscientious study is a unique contribution to comprehending freemasonry and anthroposophy - both historically and in the present day. <br><br> Autorid: N.V.P. Franklin <br>
GTIN: 9780812694604History of philosophy, philosophical traditions
What is the number one? How can we be sure that 2+2=4? These apparently ssimple questions have perplexed philosophers for thousands of years, but discussion of them was transformed by the German philosopher Gottlob Frege (1848-1925).Frege (pronounced Fray-guh)believed that arithmetic and all mathematics are derived from logic, and to prove this he developed a completely new approach to logic and numbers. Joan Weiner presents a very clear outline of Frege's life and ideas, showing how his thinking evolved through successive books and articles.
A New York Times-bestselling author's personal examination of how the experiences, art, and disabilities of Frida Kahlo shaped her life as an amputee.Frida Kahlo was an amputee in the last part of her life, and long before that her right leg was forever compromised by a childhood bout with polio. Since adolescence, Emily Rapp, herself an amputee since the age of four, felt that there were many things she had in common with Frida Kahlo. From the first sight of Kahlo's painting of the devastating bus crash that almost killed her, Rapp felt a sense of kinship with the artist. They both endured numerous operations; both alternately hid and revealed their altered bodies; and both found a way to live and create despite physical and emotional pain. In this riveting read, Rapp gets to the essence of Frida Kahlo through her art, her letters and her diaries. She tells her own story of losing a child to Tay-Sachs; finding love, and becoming pregnant with her daughter; and of how Kahlo's life and work helped her to find a way forward when all seemed lost. Containing several full colour images of Kahlo's art and clothing, Rapp offers a unique perspective on the artist and the challenges she faced. "I want to know and remember what it was like to walk as Frida once walked: before polio at six years old shrunk her right leg; before the infamous bus crash on September 17, 1925 when the pole pierced her pelvis; then the casts, the saws, the stitches woven into the skin and then carefully twisted out, the scars gone white and silent and sealed. I am one-legged, like Frida, but I am also unlike her, and there in our essential difference is where my fascination lies, and there lies also my devotion, my despair, my revulsion, my resentment, my desire." --Emily Rapp <br><br> Autorid: Emily Rapp Black <br>
Una declaración de amor al arte, a la feminidad, a la libertad y al valor de luchar por ella. México, 1925. El gran deseo de Frida es ser médico, pero un terrible accidente le impide vivir su sueño El azar la une a Diego, una de las grandes figuras en el mundo de la pintura. Frida y Diego se enamoran al instante y él la convence para que se convierta en artista.Frida sigue sus propias ideas, intuiciones y sueños, y consigue triunfar con un estilo único, con una fuerza nunca vista. Pero el dolor del amor fallido es insoportable y ella, que superó las limitaciones de su propio cuerpo, se tambalea ante las infidelidades de Diego. Hasta que llega el día en el que tiene que tomar la decisión más importante de su vida. Y al hacerlo comienza a forjar su leyenda y a alzar la voz en nombre de las mujeres que permanecen a la sombra de cualquier varón.
Die Biographie aus der Feder des bekannten Historikers und Publizisten Wolfgang Venohr (geb. 15. April 1925, gest. 26. Januar 2005). Seine Darstellung, die sich durch großes Einfühlungsvermögen, Detailtreue und Sympathie gegenüber Friedrich II. auszeichnet, ohne jedoch in kritiklose Bewunderung zu verfallen, versucht, die Persönlichkeit dieses Königs in all ihren Facetten auszuleuchten, die Widersprüche in seinem Charakter herauszuarbeiten und ein Porträt dieses Mannes zu zeichnen, das zu einem neuen, an den historischen Tatsachen orientierten Bild führt.§"...ein Lesegenuß höchsten Ranges" DIE WELT
Many people who are drawn to Buddhism today are seeking for spiritual knowledge as opposed to simple faith or sectarian belief. Hermann Beckh had a profound personal connection to the Buddhist path and the noble truths it contains, yet he was also dedicated to a radical renewal of Christianity. Assimilating the groundbreaking research of Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925), Beckh's comprehension of Buddhism was neither limited to historical documents nor scholarly research in philology. Rather, from his inner meditation and spiritual understanding, he saw the earlier great world religions as waymarks for humanity's evolving consciousness. In the modern world, the apprehension of Christianity needed to be grounded firmly in a universally-valid, inner cognition and experience: `In this light, knowledge becomes life.' Hermann Beckh - Professor of Tibetan Studies and Sanskrit in Berlin, subsequently a founding priest of The Christian Community - first published this mature study in 1925. Having already produced the comprehensive Buddha's Life and Teaching in 1916, Beckh's sweeping perspectives combined with his extensive academic knowledge provided a unique grounding for authoring this work. As he notes, From Buddha to Christ follows a path of development, `both of method and goal'. Thus, studying this book is itself a path of knowledge and potential initiation. Beckh's universal insights remain relevant - and if anything have gained in value - to twenty-first century readers. This edition features an additional essay, `Steiner and Buddha: Neo-Buddhist Spiritual Streams and Anthroposophy' (1931), in which Beckh, for the first and last time, explains his lifelong personal connection to the Buddhist path. `Christianizing the Buddha's impulse at the same time broadens the Christian horizon...' - Hermann Beckh <br><br> Autorid: Hermann Beckh <br>
The Fur Trader is a critical edition of Einar Odd Mortensen Sr.'s personal narrative detailing the years (19251928) he spent as a free trader at posts in Pine Bluff and Oxford Lake in Manitoba during the waning days of the fur trade. Mortensen's original narrative has been translated from Norwegian to English, and supplemented with a scholarly introduction, thorough annotations, a bibliography, and a reading guide. This additional material presents the author as a product of Norwegian culture at the time, and guides the reader through a close reading of Mortensen's interpretations of his work and travels, the people he encountered, the Indian Residential School system, and Indigenous participation in the First World War. Mortensen's insights and experiences will be of interest to scholars, students, and enthusiasts of the fur trade and contribute to literary, Indigenous, and Scandinavian studies.This personal narrative details the years (1925-28) that Norwegian Einar Odd Mortensen spent as a free trader at posts in Pine Bluff and Oxford Lake in Manitoba. There are not many published first-hand accounts by free traders, making this a key primary resource.Mortensen Sr. left behind notes, a draft manuscript, and pictures. Gerd Kjustad Mortensen, his daughter-in-law, brought them together into a book, published in Norwegian in 2007. There is also an edition in Finnish.Mortensen's original narrative has been translated from Norwegian to English, and supplemented with a scholarly introduction, thorough annotations, and a bibliography. There is also a reading/study guide with questions for use in class discussions and writing assignments. Some of the questions focus on literature and history, while others are interdisciplinary in nature. These questions are also suitable as a reading guide for book clubs and individual readers.This additional material presents the author as a product of Norwegian culture at the time, and is intended to guide the reader through Mortensen's interpretations of the Indian Residential School system, the people he encounters, and Indigenous participation in the First World War. There are discussions of race, gender, and class.Mortensen's insights and experiences will be of interest to scholars and students in literary, Indigenous, and Scandinavian studies. It will be accessible and of interest to a general audience as well, especially enthusiasts of the fur trade. A critical edition of a Norwegian free trader’s account of the fur trade in Manitoba. The Fur Trader is a critical edition of Einar Odd Mortensen Sr.’s personal narrative detailing the years (1925–1928) he spent as a free trader at posts in Pine Bluff and Oxford Lake in Manitoba during the waning days of the fur trade. Mortensen’s original narrative has been translated from Norwegian to English, and supplemented with a scholarly introduction, thorough annotations, a bibliography, and a reading guide. This additional material presents the author as a product of Norwegian culture at the time, and guides the reader through a close reading of Mortensen’s interpretations of his work and travels, the people he encountered, the Indian Residential School system, and Indigenous participation in the First World War. Mortensen’s insights and experiences will be of interest to scholars, students, and enthusiasts of the fur trade and contribute to literary, Indigenous, and Scandinavian studies. <br><br> Autorid: Einar Odd Mortensen, Gerd Kjustad Mortensen, Ingrid Urberg, Daniel Sims <br>
