On Benjamin's concept of historical materialism , see in particular section I of his essay " Eduard Fuchs , Collector and Historian , " in Selected Writings , Volume 3 : 1935-1938 ( Cambridge , Mass .: Harvard University Press , 2002 ) ...
Selected Writings
Organized chronologically, this collection begins with his early writings, including a thundering account of his political imprisonment in Cuba at age sixteen.
Writings: Young Torless, Three Women, The Perfecting of a Love and other Writings, by Musil by Robert Musil>
The Sarah Kofman Reader is a comprehensive anthology of significant essays and book excerpts by the postwar French philosopher and theorist Sarah Kofman (1934-1994).
Profiles the twelfth-century German who became a nun and founded her own convent at Ruperstberg, and includes selections of her musical compositions, sermons, correspondence, and ideas in science, art, and...
The Selected Writings is not only a tribute to Humboldt's important role in environmental history and science, but also to his ability to fashion powerfully poetic narratives out of scientific observations.
Leseur (1866-1914) was a French lay women whose work touched suffering, devotions, and lay and feminist spirituality. Contains selections from her entire corpus, including her letters, which have never before appeared in English.
Fusing philosophy and religion with vivid originality and metaphysical passion, these works have intrigued and inspired philosophers and theologians from Hegel to Heidegger and beyond.
LE CIMETIÈRE MARIN Ce toit tranquille , où marchent des colombes , Entre les pins palpite , entre les tombes ; Midi le juste y compose de feux La mer , la mer , toujours recommencée! O récompense après une pensée Qu'un long regard sur ...
The book also includes an introduction and notes by Alan Shelston. Thomas Carlyle was born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, in 1795.
William Hazlitt (1778-1830) developed a variety of identities as a writer: essayist, philosopher, critic of literature, drama and art, biographer, political commentator, and polemicist. Praised for his eloquence, he was...
"Writing at a time of great social and intellectual turmoil, William Hazlitt (1778-1830) was uncompromising in his defence of truth, liberty and justice, and in his championship of the inarticulate...
For suppose that over Ludgate Hill the sky had indeed suddenly become blue instead of black; and that a flight of twelve angels, 'covered with silver wings, and their feathers with gold,'* had alighted on the cornice ...
This generous selection from Galileo's writings contains all the essential texts.
Brings together sermons, commentary responses to criticism, and substantial extracts from the "Summa Theologiae," arranged chronologically.
Selected Writings
A comprehensive selection from the whole range of Marx's writings, including some material that has never before been published in English, as well as passages from Marx's letters and substantial...
This collection of the Founding Father’s public and private writings introduces his life, personality, and political career as well as his influence on early American history.
'There are few situations in life which are more difficult to cope with than an adolescent son or daughter during the attempt to liberate themselves' Anna Freud was one of the most creative and innovative thinkers in the history of ...