Out of the Ruins 9781629632391, 2016948145

Out of Ruins of Europe [1 ed.] 9780912050010, 0912050012

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Ruins of Modernity 9780822390749

This interdisciplinary work uses the concept of the ruin as an approach to the study of modernity, asking whether there

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Holocaust Testimonies: The Ruins of Memory 9780300173710

This important an original book is the first sustained analysis of the unique ways in which oral testimony of survivors

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The Ruins 9780814728833

Set among the spinning cogs and wheels of a lavish dinner club for the "gastronomical Elect," The Ruins is a b

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Mythopoetic Cinema: On the Ruins of European Identity 9780231544108

Mythopoetic Cinema explores how contemporary European filmmakers question the constant need to provide new identities, a

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Utopian Ruins: A Memorial Museum of the Mao Era 9781478012764

Jie Li traces the creation, preservation, and elision of memories about China's Mao era by envisioning a virtual mu

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Christo-Fiction: The Ruins of Athens and Jerusalem 9780231538961

François Laruelle's lifelong project of "nonphilosophy" thinks past the theoretical limits of Western phi

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The University in Ruins 0674929527, 0674929535

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Beautiful Terrible Ruins: Detroit and the Anxiety of Decline 9780813574097

Once the manufacturing powerhouse of the nation, Detroit has become emblematic of failing cities everywhere—the paradigm

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Spenser's Ruins and the Art of Recollection 9781442660571

Beginning with the origins of mnemonic strategies in epic tales, Helfer examines how the art of memory speaks to debates

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