This book is a theoretical essay that lays foundations on which to build an anthropology directly focusing on human units. In the first chapter, the […]
Plots and Plotters. Double Agents and Villains in Spy Fictions
The aim of this collection of essays is to explore “negative characters” in the espionage narratives of some of the most esteemed English writers, such […]
Aesthetic resistance and dis-interest. That Which Will Not Allow Itself to Be Said
The collusion of galleries, collectors and curators, following the model of studio film and network TV, has equated popularity with quality. The problem then is […]
Limits of Knowledge. The Nineteenth-Century Epistemological Debate and Beyond
Ignorabimus! We will never know! With this statement and his talk on the limits of natural knowledge in 1872, Emil du Bois-Reymond stirred up a […]
A History of Cinema Without Names. A Research Project
A Research Project FilmForum/2015 XXII Convegno Internazionale di Studi sul Cinema XXII International Film Studies Conference University of Udine Atti del Convegno Internazionale di Studi […]
Chiasmi International 17
La plasticité au poétique, à travers l’herméneutique de Paul Ricoeur From plasticity to the poetic, through Ricoeur’s Hermeneutics Dalla plasticità al poetico attraverso l’ermeneutica di Paul Ricoeur **** […]
David Sylvian as a philosopher. A foray into postmodern rock
David Sylvian may be seen as a philosopher, in accordance with the postmodern spirit, who invalidates identity, preserving it at the level of nosound, in […]
Political audiences. A reception history of early italian television
This book deals with the popular reception of early Italian television during the years of the socalled long “economic boom” (1954-1969). To do so, the […]
Nihilism and destiny
“Two souls live within us”: one is nihilism and the other is destiny. In this collection of essays, Emanuele Severino, one of the most important […]