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Elevations The Height of the Good in Rosenzweig and Levinas
ISBN: PB: 9780226112756, ISBN: HB: 9780226112749, University of Chicago Press, December 1994
364 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 4 line drawings, 1 table
"Elevations" is a series of closely related essays on the ground-breaking philosophical and theological work of Emmanuel Levinas and Franz Rosenzweig, two of the twentieth century's most important Jewish philosophers. Focusing on the concept of trans...
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£28,00
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£70,00
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Tom Gibson False Evidence Appearing Real
ISBN: PB: 9780888845672, University of Chicago Press, August 1994
109 pp., 30.5x20.3 cm, 46 halftones
"Tom Gibson: False Evidence Appearing Real" features forty-four photographs, an interview with Gibson, and critical commentary. Gibson's photographs depict cities and their inhabitants in Europe, Canada, and the United States. In many images, the cit...
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£19,00
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Writings/Interviews
ISBN: PB: 9780226748801, University of Chicago Press, August 1994
286 pp., 22.9x15.6 cm, 32 halftones
One of the most important sculptors of this century, Richard Serra has been a spokesman on the nature and status of art in our day. Best known for site-specific works in steel, Serra has much to say about the relation of sculpture to place, whether u...
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£28,50
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Simple and Direct A Rhetoric for Writers (Revised Edition)
ISBN: PB: 9780226038681, University of Chicago Press, June 1994
314 pp., 20.4x13.6 cm
In "Simple and Direct", Jacques Barzun, celebrated author and educator, distills from a lifetime of writing and teaching his thoughts about the craft of writing. In chapters on diction, syntax, tone, meaning, composition, and revision, Barzun describ...
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Breaking the Silence The German Who Exposed the Final Solution
ISBN: PB: 9780874516722, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, June 1994
320 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
Through unparalleled historical detective work, noted scholars Walter Laqueur and Richard Breitman reveal the inspiring tale of Eduard Schulte, the Breslau business leader who risked his life to gather information about such Nazi activities as the re...
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£28,00
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One Book/Five Ways The Publishing Procedures of Five University Presses
ISBN: PB: 9780226030241, University of Chicago Press, May 1994
344 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 10 halftones, 10 line drawings
A testament to the ingenuity of scholarly presses, "One Book/Five Ways" is a fascinating experiment in comparative publishing. This book records the history of a single manuscript, entitled "No Time for Houseplants", submitted to five different unive...
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£28,00
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American Philosopher Conversations with Quine, Davidson, Putnam, Nozick, Danto, Rorty, Cavell, MacIntyre, Kuhn
ISBN: PB: 9780226066486, University of Chicago Press, March 1994
192 pp., 20.3x12.7 cm
In this lively look at current debates in American philosophy, leading philosophers talk candidly about the changing character of their discipline. In the spirit of Emerson's "The American Scholar", this book explores the identity of the American phi...
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£24,00
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To Destroy Painting
ISBN: PB: 9780226505350, ISBN: HB: 9780226505343, University of Chicago Press, March 1994
196 pp., 22.9x15.6 cm, 22 halftones
The work of the eminent French cultural critic Louis Marin (1931-1992) is becoming increasingly important to English-speaking scholars concerned with issues of representation".To Destroy Painting", first published in France in 1977, marks a milestone...
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£21,00
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£60,00
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Making the Modern Industry, Art, and Design in America
ISBN: PB: 9780226763477, University of Chicago Press, January 1994
528 pp., 24.1x16.4 cm, 156 halftones
In this ambitious book, Terry Smith chronicles the modernist revolution in American art and design between the world wars – from its origins in the new industrial age of mass production, automation, and corporate culture to its powerful and transform...
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£47,50
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