With works ranging from 14th century Islamic calligraphy to Andres Serrano's Piss Christ and Theo van Gogh's Submission, this book takes a broad view of what has been perceived as controversial, idolatrous or obscene.Black Dog Publ., 2006; 189 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hbVan/List Price € 49,95 Voor/Our Price € 21,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 56 %
This multidisciplinary book explores the social practice of dining over 2000 years, examining the archaeological, documentary, material culture and art historical evidence for the consumption of food and drink in various contexts.Trafalgar Square, 2005; 188 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; pbVan/List Price € 35,00 Voor/Our Price € 9,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 71 %
When Hitler invaded Vienna in 1938, Sigmund Freud, old and ill, was among the city's 175,000 Jews dreading Nazi occupation. Edmundson traces the oddly converging lives of Hitler and Freud, and probes Freud's ideas about death, facism, fundamentalism. Bloomsbury, 2007; 276 pp.; EN; index; hbVan/List Price € 32,95 Voor/Our Price € 10,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 67 %
In 1877, a young Sigmund Freud met an established physician named Josef Breuer and they began a collaboration that would lead to the publication of the classic work Studies on Hysteria. Freud subsequently minimized Breuer's contributions, betraying his former mentor and benefactor. Breger reveals the story behind the creation of Studies as well as the case of Anna O., showing how Freud's own self-mythologizing also helped shape his beliefs about psychoanalysis.Basic Books, 2009; 146 pp.; EN; index; hbVan/List Price € 23,95 Voor/Our Price € 9,90Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 59 %
Why do we eat animals. And would we eat them if we knew how they got to our dinner plates. Jonathan Safran Foer here offers a provocative exploration of what we eat and why. Foer was inspired by the impending birth of his first child to decide once and for all how best to eat, not just nutritionally but also morally. His quest led him to visit factory farms, dissect the emotional components of meals from his childhood, and probe some of his basic thoughts about right and wrong.Little, Brown, 2009; 341 pp.; EN; index; hbVan/List Price € 25,99 Voor/Our Price € 9,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 62 %
How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything.Here Daniel Goleman reveals why so many of the products that are labelled green are far from it, and illuminates our wild inconsistencies in response to the ecological crisis. He explains why we as shoppers are kept in the dark over the hidden impactsof the goods and services we make and consume, and how a new generation of technologies will inform us of the ecological facts about products at the point of purchase.Broadway Books, 2009; 276 pp.; EN; index; hbVan/List Price € 26,00 Voor/Our Price € 8,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 66 %
The publication of Germaine Greer's The Female Eunuch in 1970 was a landmark event, raising eyebrows while creating a shock wave of recognition in women around the world with its steadfast assertion that sexual liberation is the key to women's liberation.Harper Perennial, 2006; 397 pp.; EN; pbVan/List Price € 15,95 Voor/Our Price € 7,50Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 53 %
Here Joseph Stiglitz -winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics- traces the origins of the Great Recession of 2007-2009 and looks at its global impact, eschewing easy answers and demolishing the contention that America needs billion-dollar bailouts and free passes to those too big to fail, while also outlining the alternatives and revealing that there are still choices ahead that can make a difference.Norton, 2010; 361 pp.; EN; hbVan/List Price € 27,95 Voor/Our Price € 10,90Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 61 %
In 1859, Charles Darwin's masterpiece On the Origin of Species, shook society to its core. Evolution is accepted as scientific fact, yet millions of people continue to question its veracity. The Greatest Show on Earth is a stunning counterattack on advocates of Intelligent Design, explaining the evidence for evolution while exposing the absurdities of the creationist argument.Free Press, 2009; 480 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hbVan/List Price € 30,00 Voor/Our Price € 12,50Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 58 %
This book examines the broad range of social and intellectual responses to technology in the first four decades of the 20th century, the terms of the ongoing debate and underlines both the potential dangers of technology and its centrality to modern life.MIT, 1998; 287 pp.; EN; index; pbVan/List Price € 25,00 Voor/Our Price € 9,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 60 %
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