Exploring the theme of enchantment in art, this book delves into various forms of expression, including painting, music, fiction, and poetry. It examines how wonder in art interacts with the pervasive trend of disenchantment, utilizing insights from philosophers, artists, and sociological theorists. Through these studies, it seeks to illuminate the intricate dynamics between artistic experience and societal attitudes toward enchantment.
Patrick Curry Books
This author delves into the nature of enchantment as a shared, yet often overlooked, human experience. Their work weaves through diverse domains, touching upon nature, erotic communion, art, divination, and spirituality. Influenced by critical theorists and literary figures alike, the author engages with questions of truth, metaphor, embodied phenomenology, and post-secularism. Their exploration is deeply rooted in an interdisciplinary approach, connecting psychology, philosophy, and cultural studies.
Introducing Machiavelli. Machiavelli, englische Ausgabe
- 176 pages
- 7 hours of reading
Illustrated guide to the crucial Italian philosopher and author of The Prince
Introducing Postmodernism
- 189 pages
- 7 hours of reading
Postmodernism seemed to promise an end to the grim Cold War era of nuclear confrontation and oppressive ideologies. This expanded edition brilliantly elucidates this hall of mirrors with Richard Appignanesi's witty and easy-to-follow text and the inspired cartoonist Chris Garratt.
The official encyclopedia of Manchester United
- 349 pages
- 13 hours of reading
This new and absorbing encyclopedia is the definitive work on the story of Manchester United. With all the facts and figures, league tables, over 130,000 words of text and more than 400 photographs throughout, it provides the most comprehensive and authoritative overview of the club. Including a season-by-season look at United's progress, with special features on the Reds' trophy-winning campaigns, this book tells the complete story of the Red Devils. Of special value is a section profiling all the club's most significant players throughout its history. With timecharts, easy-to-follow design features and many other special entries, this book is an essential purchase for any fan.
What are millions of readers all over the world getting out of reading The Lord of the Rings? Newly reissued with a new afterword, Patrick Curry's Defending Middle-earth argues, in part, that Tolkien has found a way to provide something close to spirit in a secular age. His focus is on three main aspects of Tolkien's fiction: the social and political structure of Middle-earth and how the varying cultures within it find common cause in the face of a shared threat; the nature and ecology of Middle-earth and how what we think of as the natural world joins the battle against mindless, mechanized destruction; and the spirituality and ethics of Middle-earth, for which Curry provides a particularly insightful and resonant examination that will deepen the understanding of the millions of fans who have taken The Lord of the Rings to heart.