Editorial Columbia
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First published in 1996, James Shapiro's pathbreaking analysis of the portrayal of Jews in Elizabethan England challenged readers to recognize the significance of Jewish questions in Shakespeare's day. From accounts of Christians masquerading as Jews to fantasies of settling foreign Jews in Ireland, Shapiro's work delves deeply into the cultural insecurities of Elizabethans while illuminating ...
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- Columbia, 2016
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 416 páginas
PVP: 29,95 €
ISBN 978-0-231-17425-1
EAN 9780231174251
A sensation upon its publication in 1970, Sexual Politics documents the subjugation of women in great literature and art. Kate Millett's analysis targets four revered authors-D. H.Lawrence, Henry Miller, Norman Mailer, and Jean Genet-and builds a damning profile of literature's patriarchal myths and their extension into psychology, philosophy, and politics. Her eloquence and popular examples ...
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What is Relativity?
An Intuitive Introduction to Einstein's Ideas, and Why They Matter
- Columbia, 2016
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 208 páginas
PVP: 25,40 €
ISBN 978-0-231-16727-7
EAN 9780231167277
It is commonly assumed that if the Sun suddenly turned into a black hole, it would suck Earth and the rest of the planets into oblivion. Yet, as prominent author and astrophysicist Jeffrey Bennett points out, black holes don't suck. With that simple idea in mind, Bennett begins an entertaining introduction to Einstein's theories of ...
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- Columbia, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 528 páginas
PVP: 21,15 €
ISBN 978-0-231-17017-8
EAN 9780231170178
Monopolies, mismanagement, app development, Google delivery drones, trouble in the retail sector--2015 was another year of profound changes in the world of business and finance. Featuring articles that range from clear-eyed assessments of new developments in business and finance to muckraking reports on corruption, these incisive stories are a must-read for those interested in the ...
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Reimagining the Sacred
Richard Kearney debates God with James Wood, Catherine Keller, Charles Taylor, Julia Kristeva, Gianni Vattimo, Simon Critchley, Jean-Luc Marion, John Caputo, Da
- Columbia, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 288 páginas
PVP: 31,45 €
ISBN 978-0-231-16103-9
EAN 9780231161039
Leading philosopher Richard Kearney engages Julia Kristeva, Gianni Vattimo, James Wood, Charles Taylor, Catherine Keller, Simon Critchley, Jean-Luc Marion, and John Caputo on the place of religion in a secular world.Contemporary conversations about religion and culture are framed by two reductive definitions of secularity. In one, multiple faiths and nonfaiths coexist free from a dominant ...
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- Columbia, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 176 páginas
PVP: 24,40 €
ISBN 978-0-231-17596-8
EAN 9780231175968
Addressing the most fundamental themes defining our humanity: the uniquely human capacity for language, the nature and limits of the human mind, and the possibilities for the common good in human society and politics.Noam Chomsky is widely known and deeply admired for being the founder of modern linguistics, one of the founders of the field ...
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Worlds without Ends
The Many Lives of the Multiverse
- Columbia, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 360 páginas
PVP: 28,85 €
ISBN 978-0-231-15663-9
EAN 9780231156639
"Multiverse" cosmologies imagine our universe as just one of a vast number of others. While this idea has captivated philosophy, religion, and literature for millennia, it is now being considered as a scientific hypothesis--with different models emerging from cosmology, quantum mechanics, and string theory.Beginning with ancient Atomist and Stoic philosophies, Mary-Jane Rubenstein links contemporary models ...
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Marx after Marx
History and Time in the Expansion of Capitalism
- Columbia, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 304 páginas
PVP: 39,20 €
ISBN 978-0-231-17480-0
EAN 9780231174800
Revisiting Marx's seminal conception of capital and production to better critique our diverse global economies.Harry Harootunian questions the claims of "Western Marxism" and its presumption of the final completion of capitalism. If this shift in Marxism reflected the recognition that the expected revolutions were not forthcoming in the years before World War II, its Cold ...
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Greenwald, Bruce C.; Stiglitz, Joseph E.
Creating a Learning Society
A New Approach to Growth, Development, and Social Progress
- Columbia, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 400 páginas
PVP: 30,75 €
ISBN 978-0-231-17549-4
EAN 9780231175494
Creating a Learning Society explains how the countries of the world went from centuries of stagnation to the enormous increases in standards of living that have marked the last two hundred and fifty years: they have learned how to learn. Yet, as Stiglitz and Greenwald make clear, markets won't succeed on their own in creating ...
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Inventing English
A Portable History of the English Language
- Columbia, 2015
Encuadernación en tapa blanda · 352 páginas
PVP: 21,80 €
ISBN 978-0-231-17447-3
EAN 9780231174473
Seth Lerer tells a masterful history of the English language from the age of Beowulf to the rap of Eminem. Many have written about the evolution of grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary, but only Lerer situates these developments within the larger history of English, America, and literature. This edition features a new chapter on the influence ...
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Pope Francis among the Wolves
The Inside Story of a Revolution
- Columbia, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 288 páginas
PVP: 32,55 €
ISBN 978-0-231-17414-5
EAN 9780231174145
One of Italy's leading Vatican watchers reports on the major shakeup remaking the Catholic Church in our time.Marco Politi takes us deep inside the power struggle roiling the Roman Curia, beginning with Benedict XVI, the pope who famously resigned in 2013, and intensifying with the contested and unexpected election of Jorge Maria Bergoglio, archbishop of ...
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- Columbia, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 224 páginas
PVP: 29,10 €
ISBN 978-0-231-17098-7
EAN 9780231170987
This book presents the essential steps of Munger's investing strategy, condensed here for the first time from interviews, speeches, writings, and shareholder letters, and paired with commentary from fund managers, value investors, and business-case historians. Munger's approach is straightforward enough that ordinary investors can apply it to their portfolios. This book is not simply about ...
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- Columbia, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 176 páginas
PVP: 32,65 €
ISBN 978-0-231-17300-1
EAN 9780231173001
The final work of a brilliant historian urges a long view of human civilization and greater skepticism toward what we call revolution.We have long thought of the Renaissance as a luminous era that marked a decisive break with the past, but the idea of the Renaissance as a distinct period arose only during the nineteenth ...
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Beyond Individualism
The Challenge of Inclusive Communities
- Columbia, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 208 páginas
PVP: 32,65 €
ISBN 978-0-231-17428-2
EAN 9780231174282
In many places around the globe, relations between ethnic and religious groups that once coexisted more or less amicably are now fraught with aggression and violence. This troubling trend has profound international implications, threatening efforts to protect the Earth's ecosystem and narrow the gap between rich and poor. Underscoring the need for immediate action, George ...
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Who made Early Christianity?
The Jewish Lives of the Apostle Paul
- Columbia, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 208 páginas
PVP: 37,20 €
ISBN 978-0-231-17404-6
EAN 9780231174046
In this philosophical and theological study, John Gager undermines the Apostle Paul's rejection of Judaism, conversion to Christianity, and founding of Christian anti-Judaism. Through meticulous research and well-supported argument, he finds that the rise of Christianity occurred well after Paul's death and attributes the distortion of the Apostle's views to early and later Christians. Though ...
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- Columbia, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 128 páginas
PVP: 22,75 €
ISBN 978-0-231-17241-7
EAN 9780231172417
How should we evaluate the success of each person's life? Countering the prevalent philosophical perspective on the subject, Steven M. Cahn and Christine Vitrano defend the view that our well-being is dependent not on particular activities, accomplishments, or awards but on finding personal satisfaction while treating others with due concern.The authors suggest that moral behavior ...
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Human Kindness and the Smell of Warm Croissants
An Introduction to Ethics
- Columbia, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 240 páginas
PVP: 33,45 €
ISBN 978-0-231-16923-3
EAN 9780231169233
A beloved best-seller in France, Human Kindness and the Smell of Warm Croissants makes philosophy fun, tactile, and popular. Moral thinking is simple, Ruwen Ogien argues, and as inherent as the senses. In our daily experiences, in the situations we confront and the scenes we witness, we develop an understanding of right and wrong as ...
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Violence and Civility
On the Limits of Political Philosophy
- Columbia, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 224 páginas
PVP: 33,45 €
ISBN 978-0-231-15398-0
EAN 9780231153980
In this impassioned argument, Étienne Balibar boldly confronts the insidious causes of violence, racism, nationalism, and ethnic cleansing worldwide. Through a novel synthesis of theory and empirical studies of violence drawn from contemporary life, Balibar tests the limits of political philosophy to formulate new, productive conceptions of war, revolution, sovereignty, and class.Using the pathbreaking thought ...
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- Columbia, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 256 páginas
PVP: 40,00 €
ISBN 978-0-231-15356-0
EAN 9780231153560
Winner of the prestigious Prix Goncourt award for biography, this remarkable portrait sheds new light on Virginia Woolf's relationships with her family and friends and how they shaped her work. Forrester's biography draws on revelations about the author that often remain buried and carefully applies them to a narrative of her development and influence.Virginia Woolf: ...
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Loxton, Daniel; Prothero, Donald R.
Abominable Science!
Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids
- Columbia, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 432 páginas
PVP: 25,30 €
ISBN 978-0-231-15321-8
EAN 9780231153218
Throughout our history, humans have been captivated by mythic beasts and legendary creatures. Tales of Bigfoot, the Yeti, and the Loch Ness monster are part of our collective experience. Now comes a book from two dedicated investigators that explores and elucidates the fascinating world of cryptozoology. Daniel Loxton and Donald R. Prothero have written an ...
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