Daniel Heller-Roazen - Böcker

This book collects fifteen major philosophical essays written over a period of more than twenty years by acclaimed Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben. The volume opens with an introduction in which the editor situates Agamben's work with respect ...

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Few works of literature are as familiar and beloved as The Arabian Nights. Yet few remain also as unknown. In English, The Arabian Nights is a literary work of relatively recent datethe first versions of the tales appeared in English barely two hu...

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Arguably the single most influential literary work of the European Middle Ages, the Roman de la Rose of Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun has traditionally posed a number of difficulties to modern critics, who have viewed its many interruptions...

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This book collects fifteen major philosophical essays written over a period of more than twenty years by acclaimed Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben. The volume opens with an introduction in which the editor situates Agamben's work with respect ...

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A far-reaching philosophical investigation into the persistence and disappearance of speech, in individuals and in linguistic communities. Just as speech can be acquired, so can it be lost. Speakers can forget words, phrases, even entire languages...

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A far-reaching philosophical investigation into the persistence and disappearance of speech, in individuals and in linguistic communities. Just as speech can be acquired, so can it be lost. Speakers can forget words, phrases, even entire languages...

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An original, elegant, and far-reaching philosophical inquiry into what it means to feel alive. The Inner Touch presents the archaeology of a single sense: the sense of being sentient. Aristotle was perhaps the first to define this faculty when in ...

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An original, elegant, and far-reaching philosophical inquiry into what it means to feel alive. The Inner Touch presents the archaeology of a single sense: the sense of being sentient. Aristotle was perhaps the first to define this faculty when in ...

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The philosophical genealogy of a remarkable antagonist: the pirate, the key to the contemporary paradigm of the universal foe. The pirate is the original enemy of humankind. As Cicero famously remarked, there are certain enemies with whom one may ...

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How the ordering of the sensible world continues to suggest a reality that no notes or letters can fully transcribe. An ancient tradition holds that Pythagoras discovered the secrets of harmony within a forge when he came across five men hammering...

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An exploration of secret languages, moving among hermetic artificial tongues as diverse as criminal jargons and divine speech. Dark Tongues constitutes a sustained exploration of a perplexing fact that has never received the attention it deserves....

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From Homer's Outis-"No One," or "Non-One," "No Man," or "Non-Man"-to "soul," "spirit," and the unnamable. Homer recounts how, trapped inside a monster's cave, with nothing but his wits to...

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A revolutionary history and theory of harmony from music to metaphysics An ancient tradition holds that Pythagoras invented harmony. It is said that one day, he wandered by a forge and, hearing a wondrous sound come from within, ventured in to inv...

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Es war vermutlich Aristoteles, der als Erster einen dem Menschen eigentümlichen Sinn entdeckte: den Sinn wahrzunehmen, dass man wahrnimmt. Daniel Heller-Roazen unternimmt in seinem Buch nun dessen Archÿologie: In 25 Kapiteln zeichnet er die vers...

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Sprache dient der Verstÿndigung. Doch immer wieder hat es Menschen gegeben, die nicht wollten, dass alle sie verstehen. Deshalb haben sie Geheimsprachen entwickelt. Daniel Heller-Roazen unternimmt in seinem Buch einen Streifzug durch die Geschich...

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In seinem Notizbuch wirft der Philosoph und Schriftsteller Daniel Heller-Roazen die Frage auf, »ob [?] die Sprache etwas ihr Eigenes, in allem Gesagten Verstecktes birgt«. Mit meisterhafter Beherrschung der Sprache und ihrer rÿtselhaft verschlÃ...

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På samma sätt som att man en gång lärt sig att tala, kan man under vissa omständigheter glömma bort hur man talar. Individer kan glömma enstaka ord, meningar och ibland även hela språk. Över tid kan detsamma ske för ett helt folks språk. Vissa spr...

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