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When young Eddie is falsely accused of destroying the Judge's chicken coop, he is given one day to find the true culprit. Guided by logic, but entranced by the poetry of the paranormal, Eddie seeks to solve the mystery, along the way meeting Captain Mephisto, a darkly unusual magician who has tricks up his sleeve--and maybe a demon on his back.

When young Eddie is falsely accused of destroying the Judge's chicken coop, he is given one day to find the true culprit. Guided by logic, but entranced by the poetry of the paranormal, Eddie seeks to solve the mystery, along the way meeting Captain Mephisto, a darkly unusual magician who has tricks up his sleeve--and maybe a demon on his back.

What is the boundary between what we believe and what is actually real? ​In a world filled with diverse spiritual traditions and rapidly advancing scientific discoveries, the gap between faith and fact has never been more debated. "The Difference Between Religion VS Reality" by Md RABIUL ALAM provides a profound analysis of how religious doctrines shape our perception of existence and where they stand when confronted with tangible reality. ​This book is not just a comparison; it is a journey into the psychology of faith and the foundations of human belief systems. By bridging the gap between philosophy, science, and theology, it offers readers a clear perspective on: ​The Origin of Belief: How cultural and historical contexts shape religious views. ​Science vs. Scripture: Analyzing where modern discoveries align or clash with traditional teachings. ​The Human Condition: Why we seek comfort in the supernatural and how reality often provides a different answer. ​Critical Thinking: Tools for evaluating personal faith in an era dominated by logic and evidence. ​Whether you are a believer, a skeptic, or a curious seeker of truth, this book invites you to look past the surface and discover the core of human existence. Prepare to have your perspectives shifted and your curiosity ignited.

A landmark study of abstraction in architectural history, theory, and practice that challenges our assumptions about the meaning of abstract forms. In this theoretical study of abstraction in architecture—the first of its kind—Pier Vittorio Aureli argues for a reconsideration of abstraction, its meanings, and its sources. Although architects have typically interpreted abstraction in formal terms—the purposeful reduction of the complexities of design to its essentials—Aureli shows that abstraction instead arises from the material conditions of building production. In a lively study informed by Walter Benjamin, Karl Marx, Alfred Sohn-Rethel, and other social theorists, this book presents abstraction in architecture not as an aesthetic tendency but as a movement that arises from modern divisions of labor and consequent social asymmetries.   These divisions were anticipated by the architecture of antiquity, which established a distinction between manual and intellectual labor, and placed the former in service to the latter. Further abstractions arose as geometry, used for measuring territories, became the intermediary between land and money and eventually produced the logic of the grid. In our own time, architectural abstraction serves the logic of capitalism and embraces the premise that all things can be exchanged—even experience itself is a commodity. To resist this turn, Aureli seeks a critique of architecture that begins not by scaling philosophical heights, but by standing at the ground level of material practice.

Everyday Ayurveda is the perfect lifestyle guide designed to maximize health, longevity, and happiness the natural way. Do you sometimes feel tired, lethargic and spiritless? How can Ayurveda help in a simple, practisable manner? Time is scarce and precious in today's world, and we seek solutions that are quick. While allopathic medicine tends to focus on the management of disease, the ancient study of dinacharya provides us with holistic knowledge of preventing disease and eliminating its root cause. Taking us through a day in the life of Ayurveda living, Dr Bhaswati Bhattacharya illustrates the core principles of Ayurveda and shows us how to incorporate these in our routine. She explains the logic behind the changes she recommends and how they benefit us. Informative and accessible, Everyday Ayurveda is the perfect lifestyle guide designed to maximize health, longevity and happiness the natural way.

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Everyday Ayurveda is the perfect lifestyle guide designed to maximize health, longevity, and happiness the natural way. Do you sometimes feel tired, lethargic and spiritless? How can Ayurveda help in a simple, practisable manner? Time is scarce and precious in today's world, and we seek solutions that are quick. While allopathic medicine tends to focus on the management of disease, the ancient study of dinacharya provides us with holistic knowledge of preventing disease and eliminating its root cause. Taking us through a day in the life of Ayurveda living, Dr Bhaswati Bhattacharya illustrates the core principles of Ayurveda and shows us how to incorporate these in our routine. She explains the logic behind the changes she recommends and how they benefit us. Informative and accessible, Everyday Ayurveda is the perfect lifestyle guide designed to maximize health, longevity and happiness the natural way.

An ever-increasing proportion of our lives is spent in supermarkets, airports and hotels, on motorways or in front of TVs, computer and cash machines. This invasion of the world by what Marc Auge calls 'non-space' results in a profound alteration of awareness: something we perceive, but only in a partial and incoherent manner. Auge uses the concept of 'supermodernity' to describe the logic of these late-capitalist phenomena - a logic of excessive information and excessive space. In this fascinating and lucid essay he seeks to establish and intellectual armature for an anthropology of supermodernity. Starting with an attempt to disentangle anthropology from history, Auge goes on to map the distinction between place, encrusted with historical monuments and creative social life, and non-place, to which individuals are connected in a uniform manner and where no organic social life is possible. Unlike Baudelairean modernity, where old and new are interwoven, supermodernity is self-contained: from the motorway or aircraft, local or exotic particularities are presented two-dimensionally as a sort of theme-park spectacle. Auge does not suggest that supermodernity is all-encompassing: place still exist outside non-place and tend to reconstitute themselves inside it. But he argues powerfully that we are in transit through non-place for more and more of our time, as if between immense parentheses, and concludes that this new form of solitude should become the subject of an anthropology of its own.

An ever-increasing proportion of our lives is spent in supermarkets, airports and hotels, on motorways or in front of TVs, computer and cash machines. This invasion of the world by what Marc Auge calls 'non-space' results in a profound alteration of awareness: something we perceive, but only in a partial and incoherent manner. Auge uses the concept of 'supermodernity' to describe the logic of these late-capitalist phenomena - a logic of excessive information and excessive space. In this fascinating and lucid essay he seeks to establish and intellectual armature for an anthropology of supermodernity. Starting with an attempt to disentangle anthropology from history, Auge goes on to map the distinction between place, encrusted with historical monuments and creative social life, and non-place, to which individuals are connected in a uniform manner and where no organic social life is possible. Unlike Baudelairean modernity, where old and new are interwoven, supermodernity is self-contained: from the motorway or aircraft, local or exotic particularities are presented two-dimensionally as a sort of theme-park spectacle. Auge does not suggest that supermodernity is all-encompassing: place still exist outside non-place and tend to reconstitute themselves inside it. But he argues powerfully that we are in transit through non-place for more and more of our time, as if between immense parentheses, and concludes that this new form of solitude should become the subject of an anthropology of its own.

One of the greatest philosophical works of all time, in a new translation for the twenty-first century A Penguin Classic Widely regarded as one of the most influential philosophical works of the twentieth century, Ludwig Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus is a succinct yet wide-ranging exploration of language and logic, science and mysticism, which has inspired generations of thinkers, artists and poets. In a series of short, bold statements, Wittgenstein seeks to define the limits of language, its relation to logic, its power and its inherent failings. Originally published in the early 1920s, it is the only book-length work the renowned philosopher published in his lifetime. In this thrilling new translation, Alexander Booth displays an extraordinary sensitivity to the subtle influence on Wittgenstein's gem-like prose--at once specialist and, often, remarkably plain-spoken--considering his background in mechanical engineering, while highlighting the underlying poetry of this seminal text. Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2018 im Fachbereich Medien / Kommunikation - Film und Fernsehen, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: One prevalent topic surrounding the question regarding the current rise in American anger is the debate over postmodern methods of cultural analysis in context to subjects such as film as well as a divide regarding the topic of race-relations. This analysis will explore the internal dialectics of American political ideology as a backdrop for the discussion on race in post-racial American culture. By viewing the 2011 French film "The Intouchables" as an example of synthesis and a representation of a methodological application of postmodern ideals in context to the dialectic of approaches to racism in a transcultural setting, the analysis seeks to critically assess both ideologies and show how the radicalization of either neglects to follow postmodern methods and fails to maintain the internal logic necessary to create actual political change. Thereby the analysis establishes causes and possible problematic side-effects of this cultural radicalization as well as possible solutions and access points for further investigation.

An ever-increasing proportion of our lives is spent in supermarkets, airports and hotels, on motorways or in front of TVs, computer and cash machines. This invasion of the world by what Marc Auge calls 'non-space' results in a profound alteration of awareness: something we perceive, but only in a partial and incoherent manner. Auge uses the concept of 'supermodernity' to describe the logic of these late-capitalist phenomena - a logic of excessive information and excessive space. In this fascinating and lucid essay he seeks to establish and intellectual armature for an anthropology of supermodernity. Starting with an attempt to disentangle anthropology from history, Auge goes on to map the distinction between place, encrusted with historical monuments and creative social life, and non-place, to which individuals are connected in a uniform manner and where no organic social life is possible. Unlike Baudelairean modernity, where old and new are interwoven, supermodernity is self-contained: from the motorway or aircraft, local or exotic particularities are presented two-dimensionally as a sort of theme-park spectacle. Auge does not suggest that supermodernity is all-encompassing: place still exist outside non-place and tend to reconstitute themselves inside it. But he argues powerfully that we are in transit through non-place for more and more of our time, as if between immense parentheses, and concludes that this new form of solitude should become the subject of an anthropology of its own.

This audiobook has been recorded using Text to speech (TTS). From the very beginning, mankind has been fascinated with the world of the occult – the unseen. From the first cave paintings to the Bible, magic can be found everywhere. From secret societies to Victorian occult spiritualists, from influential masters of the black arts to Disney films, Magic holds a spell over us. But what is magic? Magic is not the trickery of a conjurer. True magic is much more. True magic is the focus on the mystical world, the non-material world, the strange and wonderful. True magic explains the inexplicable. It is revelation beyond science and logic. True magic will make you question reality itself. In fact it will show you reality and help you understand that you have been living in a false world all along. If you seek answers to the big questions of conscious existence then you need to enter the realm of real magic. If you wish to understand the mysteries of the universe, then you need magic.

The Gateless Gate stands as one of the central works of Zen literature, a collection of forty-nine koans compiled in the thirteenth century by the Japanese Zen master Mumon Ekai. Long studied in monastic halls and whispered across centuries of meditation practice, these enigmatic dialogues between teacher and disciple challenge the seeker to penetrate beyond logic into direct experience. This Reprint of the 1934 First Edition marks one of the earliest English translations, introducing Western readers to the heart of Zen practice with clarity and reverence. Each koan is paired with Mumon's sharp, poetic commentary-at once humorous, paradoxical, and profound-pointing beyond words to the living essence of enlightenment. More than a book, The Gateless Gate is an invitation to encounter the wordless truth for oneself. Its koans have become enduring touchstones for those drawn to the discipline, mystery, and quiet illumination of Zen. Rare and historic, this edition captures the moment when East and West first met on the field of Zen, opening the gate that, in Mumon's words, "is not a gate at all."

In the future, a heroic captain and his crew explore the Galaxy in a really fast spacecraft. The crew's standing orders are: "...to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before."(t) Simple, straightforward -- that's Star Trek.(r) So what's all the fuss? Why do news crews always seem to find someone, somewhere dressed up in a Star Trek costume? What could be so interesting to so many people? Star Trek 101 is the answer. You'll learn just a little about the heroes (Captain Kirk believes that man wasn't meant to live in paradise), the villains (Klingons have a thirst for conquest), and the important aliens (Vulcans live their lives by logic). In the handy recaps for all things Star Trek, you'll discover that the television shows and movies run the gamut from action-adventure to comedy. Just want to sample? The ten essential episodes are offered for your consideration. Star Trek 101 is a quick primer of the television shows and movies that carry the Star Trek name.

Social Value: A Study in Economic Theory, Critical and Constructive is a rigorous intervention in early twentieth-century value theory, examining how individual valuations become socially significant prices, costs, and institutions. Anderson writes in a dense but lucid argumentative style, moving from critique to reconstruction as he challenges both classical cost theories and narrowly psychological marginal utility accounts. Situated amid American institutionalism, Austrian subjectivism, and neoclassical price analysis, the book seeks a more adequate theory of value as an objective social phenomenon. Benjamin M. Anderson, later known as a monetary economist and banking theorist, brought to this work the ambitions of a young scholar trained in philosophy as well as economics. His concern with logic, social psychology, and market coordination helps explain the book's breadth: Anderson wished not merely to refine price theory, but to clarify the conceptual foundations on which economic science rested. This book is recommended for readers interested in the history of economic thought, especially debates over value, utility, and social institutions. Though demanding, it rewards careful reading with a powerful account of how economic meanings emerge within society.

Social Value: A Study in Economic Theory, Critical and Constructive is a rigorous intervention in early twentieth-century value theory, examining how individual valuations become socially significant prices, costs, and institutions. Anderson writes in a dense but lucid argumentative style, moving from critique to reconstruction as he challenges both classical cost theories and narrowly psychological marginal utility accounts. Situated amid American institutionalism, Austrian subjectivism, and neoclassical price analysis, the book seeks a more adequate theory of value as an objective social phenomenon. Benjamin M. Anderson, later known as a monetary economist and banking theorist, brought to this work the ambitions of a young scholar trained in philosophy as well as economics. His concern with logic, social psychology, and market coordination helps explain the book's breadth: Anderson wished not merely to refine price theory, but to clarify the conceptual foundations on which economic science rested. This book is recommended for readers interested in the history of economic thought, especially debates over value, utility, and social institutions. Though demanding, it rewards careful reading with a powerful account of how economic meanings emerge within society.

All developed human beings possess a practical mastery of a vast range of concepts, including such basic structural notions as those of identity, truth, existence, material objects, mental states, space, and time; but a practical mastery does not entail theoretical understanding. It is thatunderstanding which philosophy seeks to achieve. In this book, one of the most distinguished of living philosophers, assuming no previous knowledge of the subject on the part of the reader, sets out to explain and illustrate a certain conception of the nature of analytical philosophy. Strawsondraws on his many years of teaching at Oxford University, during which he refined and developed what he regards as the most productive route to understanding the fundamental structure of human thinking. Among the distinctive features of his exposition are the displacement of an older, reductiveconception of philosophical method (the ideal of "analyzing" complex ideas into simpler elements) in favor of elucidating the interconnections between the complex but irreducible notions which form the basic structure of our thinking; and the demonstration that the three traditionally distinguisheddepartments of metaphysics (ontology), epistemology, and logic are but three aspects of one unified enquiry. Strawson has produced an elegant work that will be invaluable to students and stimulating for professional philosophers and general readers alike.

Official figures classify some fifty million of the world's people as 'victims of forced displacement'. Refugees, asylum seekers, disaster victims, the internally displaced and the temporarily tolerated - categories of the excluded proliferate, but many more are left out of count. In the face of this tragedy, humanitarian action increasingly seems the only possible response. On the ground, however, the 'facilities' put in place are more reminiscent of the logic of totalitarianism. In a situation of permanent catastrophe and endless emergency, 'undesirables' are kept apart and out of sight, while the care dispensed is designed to control, filter and confine. How should we interpret the disturbing symbiosis between the hand that cares and the hand that strikes? After seven years of study in the refugee camps, Michel Agier reveals their 'disquieting ambiguity' and stresses the imperative need to take into account forms of improvisation and challenge that are currently transforming the camps, sometimes making them into towns and heralding the emergence of political subjects. A radical critique of the foundations, contexts, and political effects of humanitarian action.

The Gateless Gate stands as one of the central works of Zen literature, a collection of forty-nine koans compiled in the thirteenth century by the Japanese Zen master Mumon Ekai. Long studied in monastic halls and whispered across centuries of meditation practice, these enigmatic dialogues between teacher and disciple challenge the seeker to penetrate beyond logic into direct experience. This Reprint of the 1934 First Edition marks one of the earliest English translations, introducing Western readers to the heart of Zen practice with clarity and reverence. Each koan is paired with Mumon's sharp, poetic commentary-at once humorous, paradoxical, and profound-pointing beyond words to the living essence of enlightenment. More than a book, The Gateless Gate is an invitation to encounter the wordless truth for oneself. Its koans have become enduring touchstones for those drawn to the discipline, mystery, and quiet illumination of Zen. Rare and historic, this edition captures the moment when East and West first met on the field of Zen, opening the gate that, in Mumon's words, "is not a gate at all."

Official figures classify some fifty million of the world's people as 'victims of forced displacement'. Refugees, asylum seekers, disaster victims, the internally displaced and the temporarily tolerated - categories of the excluded proliferate, but many more are left out of count. In the face of this tragedy, humanitarian action increasingly seems the only possible response. On the ground, however, the 'facilities' put in place are more reminiscent of the logic of totalitarianism. In a situation of permanent catastrophe and endless emergency, 'undesirables' are kept apart and out of sight, while the care dispensed is designed to control, filter and confine. How should we interpret the disturbing symbiosis between the hand that cares and the hand that strikes?   After seven years of study in the refugee camps, Michel Agier reveals their 'disquieting ambiguity' and stresses the imperative need to take into account forms of improvisation and challenge that are currently transforming the camps, sometimes making them into towns and heralding the emergence of political subjects.   A radical critique of the foundations, contexts, and political effects of humanitarian action.

From the series: YOGA – The Science of the SoulCan the mind ever solve the deepest questions of life—or must we go beyond it?While Yoga is widely practiced today for physical health, flexibility, and stress reduction, its original purpose reaches far beyond the body. Patanjali's Yoga is a science of consciousness, pointing toward a state beyond thought, beyond conflict, and beyond the restless activity of the mind.In the series of talks titled **Yoga – The Science of the Soul**, Osho explores Patanjali's original Yoga Sutras, revealing their timeless relevance for modern seekers. The complete series consists of ten volumes, each containing ten extraordinary talks that illuminate different dimensions of meditation, awareness, and inner transformation.In this volume, Osho focuses on one of the central challenges of the spiritual journey: the nature of the mind itself. The mind constantly searches, compares, calculates, and moves from one desire to another. It can analyze endlessly, yet it cannot discover the peace and fulfillment it seeks. According to Osho, meditation is the art of "un-minding"—moving beyond the constant activity of thought into a state of direct awareness.One of the chapters from this audiobook gives the volume its subtitle: "The Spiritual Search Is a Sudden Jump; It Is Courage, Not Calculation." Osho explains that the deepest transformation cannot be achieved through logic or gradual accumulation of knowledge. The spiritual search is a leap into the unknown, requiring trust, awareness, and the courage to move beyond the limitations of the calculating mind.These talks explore meditation, consciousness, the nature of thought, inner silence, and the mysterious dimension that opens when the mind is no longer in control. Through his characteristic blend of insight, humor, and clarity, Osho brings Patanjali's ancient wisdom alive for contemporary listeners, showing that Yoga is ultimately a path to freedom rather than merely a system of physical practice.This remarkable OSHO Classic audiobook belongs in every library of listeners interested in meditation, Yoga, consciousness, and the exploration of human potential.Chapters:1. Dropping Out of the Wheel2. I Teach Only Awareness3. The Center and the Periphery4. Man Is a Journey5. The Pure Mind6. Man Is in a Hurry7. Going beyond This Mind8. When You Are Ready... 9. The Fall of the Idiots10. Seriousness: The Disease of the EgoCopyright © 1975, ℗ 2026 Osho International Foundation

Paradigm debates in the educational research community are a frequent if not common occurrence. How do paradigm debates in other educational fields, such as curriculum and supervision, shape educators' understanding and practice? In this volume, it is suggested that educators' adherence to particular views of curriculum and supervision is influential in guiding their beliefs and subsequent actions. For example, a widely accepted belief is that if an individual adopts a mechanistic view of the curriculum, then s/he is likely to deliver a curriculum grounded in pre-established objectives and evaluate student achievement in relationship to formulated objectives. Postmodernists contend that such educators are bound by rigid bifurcation and a constrictive linear logic. In supervision, educational leaders who favor leadership styles comprised by autocratic behaviors, tend to create school climates that favor a top-down approach to human relationships. Autocratic leaders rely on hierarchical organizational structures and styles that seek to instill compliance and subordinance. Yet prospective administrators who want concrete proposals put in practice find modern perspectives of supervision helpful. In contrast, postmodern supervisors allege that such leaders disallow the emergence of relevant and authentic relationships that might occur when conventional hierarchical structures are diminished and open lines of communication between teachers, students, administrators become normative. The chapters in this book present an in-depth analysis of how an individual's predisposition towards modern and postmodern views of curriculum and supervision are likely to influence: (1) curriculum development, (2) teaching styles, (3) leadership styles, (4) teacher and student evaluation, and (5) the missions intrinsic to the creation of professional preparation programs that serve to promulgate existing practice or create a new order of teachers and administrator.

LOCUS FINALIST FOR BEST TRANSLATED NOVEL 2026 A Trans-Siberian odyssey through political, criminal, scientific, philosophical and amorous intrigues, and into an endless winter to confront something utterly alien. 14th July 1924: In a Warsaw buried under feet of snow and Russian rule, Benedykt Gieroslawski, a dissolute young Polish mathematician, is roused from his bed by two officials from the Ministry of Winter and dispatched to Siberia, on the Trans-Siberian Express, to track down his long-exiled father. The catalyst for this frosty metamorphosis of 20th century history is the impact of the Tunguska asteroid, deep in Siberia, in 1908. From this Ground Zero, emerge the Gleissen, silent harbingers of an eternal winter that follows in their ponderous wake. As they spread across the continent, agriculture collapses and people flock to cities as they seek protection from the deadly cold. As the land freezes, so does history: the Tsar still rules Russia, the Belle Époque endures, and the First World War never happened. But out there, on the ice, a new world is being forged. The extreme, alien cold has transmuted elements into strange new forms, a ',black physics', that is the catalyst for a new industrial and scientific revolution. At the heart of it lies Siberia - a ',Wild East',, a magnet for all the political, religious and scientific fevers shaking the world at the dawn of the 20th century, the crucible where black physics, shamanic lore and the cold logic of winter combine. And Benedykt',s final destination. Will he embrace the ice, or destroy it?

LOCUS FINALIST FOR BEST TRANSLATED NOVEL 2026 A Trans-Siberian odyssey through political, criminal, scientific, philosophical and amorous intrigues, and into an endless winter to confront something utterly alien. 14th July 1924: In a Warsaw buried under feet of snow and Russian rule, Benedykt Gieroslawski, a dissolute young Polish mathematician, is roused from his bed by two officials from the Ministry of Winter and dispatched to Siberia, on the Trans-Siberian Express, to track down his long-exiled father. The catalyst for this frosty metamorphosis of 20th century history is the impact of the Tunguska asteroid, deep in Siberia, in 1908. From this Ground Zero, emerge the Gleissen, silent harbingers of an eternal winter that follows in their ponderous wake. As they spread across the continent, agriculture collapses and people flock to cities as they seek protection from the deadly cold. As the land freezes, so does history: the Tsar still rules Russia; the Belle Époque endures; and the First World War never happened. But out there, on the ice, a new world is being forged. The extreme, alien cold has transmuted elements into strange new forms, a 'black physics' that is the catalyst for a new industrial and scientific revolution. At the heart of it lies Siberia - a 'Wild East', a magnet for all the political, religious and scientific fevers shaking the world at the dawn of the 20th century, the crucible where black physics, shamanic lore and the cold logic of winter combine. And Benedykt's final destination. Will he embrace the ice, or destroy it?

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell is one of the most influential dystopian novels ever written, offering a chilling vision of a future where freedom, truth, and individuality are systematically destroyed by an all-powerful state. First published in 1949, the novel imagines a totalitarian society in which the government exercises absolute control over every aspect of human life, from public behavior to private thoughts. The story takes place in the superstate of Oceania, where the ruling Party, led by the mysterious and possibly mythical figure of Big Brother, constantly monitors its citizens through telescreens, propaganda, and a vast network of surveillance. The Party's slogan—"War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength"—captures the disturbing logic of a regime that manipulates language and reality to maintain power. At the center of the novel is Winston Smith, an ordinary man who works at the Ministry of Truth, where his job is to rewrite historical records so that the Party always appears correct. Secretly disillusioned with the regime, Winston begins to question the system and longs for truth, freedom, and genuine human connection. His quiet rebellion leads him into a dangerous struggle against a government that seeks not only to control actions but also to dominate the human mind itself. Through its powerful themes of surveillance, censorship, propaganda, and psychological control, Nineteen Eighty-Four remains deeply relevant today. Orwell's haunting portrayal of a world where truth can be manufactured and individuality erased continues to serve as a warning about the dangers of authoritarian power and the fragility of freedom.

This book analyses Russian cinema movies that became blockbusters among home-produced motion pictures of the 1990s, and the plots of which refer to the Soviet past. The study seeks to establish the nature and function of the particular past that the post-Soviet films of the 1990s portrayed. This recent past is reproduced today primarily through the stereotype of a "Soviet man." The study is located within the field of modern cultural and anthropological studies. For the first time, the post-Soviet film-industry is scrutinized with methods of cultural anthropology. The analysis reveals heavy borrowings from structural elements of Soviet culture in the movies scripts of the 1990s. The themes of "trial" and "proof" reflect the evaluation of a person’s destiny primarily through its correspondence with the life of the country or community that were normative for Soviet culture. The book discovers the mechanisms of forming the "new Soviet man" represented in the Soviet film-production, and demonstrates the logic and notion of the "Soviet destiny" in the thematic variants of post-Soviet motion-pictures. The study also explores theoretical approaches to the analysis of Soviet anthropology such as the development of a specialized language for describing images of collectiveness and of the system of instruments for de-individualization in Soviet culture.

All developed human beings possess a practical mastery of a vast range of concepts, including such basic structural notions as those of identity, truth, existence, material objects, mental states, space, and time; but a practical mastery does not entail theoretical understanding. It is thatunderstanding which philosophy seeks to achieve. In this book, one of the most distinguished of living philosophers, assuming no previous knowledge of the subject on the part of the reader, sets out to explain and illustrate a certain conception of the nature of analytical philosophy. Strawsondraws on his many years of teaching at Oxford University, during which he refined and developed what he regards as the most productive route to understanding the fundamental structure of human thinking. Among the distinctive features of his exposition are the displacement of an older, reductiveconception of philosophical method (the ideal of "analyzing" complex ideas into simpler elements) in favor of elucidating the interconnections between the complex but irreducible notions which form the basic structure of our thinking; and the demonstration that the three traditionally distinguisheddepartments of metaphysics (ontology), epistemology, and logic are but three aspects of one unified enquiry. Strawson has produced an elegant work that will be invaluable to students and stimulating for professional philosophers and general readers alike.

This book analyses Russian cinema movies that became blockbusters among home-produced motion pictures of the 1990s, and the plots of which refer to the Soviet past. The study seeks to establish the nature and function of the particular past that the post-Soviet films of the 1990s portrayed. This recent past is reproduced today primarily through the stereotype of a "Soviet man." The study is located within the field of modern cultural and anthropological studies. For the first time, the post-Soviet film-industry is scrutinized with methods of cultural anthropology. The analysis reveals heavy borrowings from structural elements of Soviet culture in the movies scripts of the 1990s. The themes of "trial" and "proof" reflect the evaluation of a person’s destiny primarily through its correspondence with the life of the country or community that were normative for Soviet culture. The book discovers the mechanisms of forming the "new Soviet man" represented in the Soviet film-production, and demonstrates the logic and notion of the "Soviet destiny" in the thematic variants of post-Soviet motion-pictures. The study also explores theoretical approaches to the analysis of Soviet anthropology such as the development of a specialized language for describing images of collectiveness and of the system of instruments for de-individualization in Soviet culture.