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Author |
: Antonio Negri |
Publisher |
: Verso |
Total Pages |
: 352 |
Release |
: 2005-10-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1844670341 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781844670345 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis Books for Burning by : Antonio Negri
Subversive political writings by the acclaimed author of Empire.
Author |
: Richard Ovenden |
Publisher |
: Harvard University Press |
Total Pages |
: 321 |
Release |
: 2020-10-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780674241206 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0674241207 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis Burning the Books by : Richard Ovenden
The director of the famed Bodleian Libraries at Oxford narrates the global history of the willful destruction—and surprising survival—of recorded knowledge over the past three millennia. Libraries and archives have been attacked since ancient times but have been especially threatened in the modern era. Today the knowledge they safeguard faces purposeful destruction and willful neglect; deprived of funding, libraries are fighting for their very existence. Burning the Books recounts the history that brought us to this point. Richard Ovenden describes the deliberate destruction of knowledge held in libraries and archives from ancient Alexandria to contemporary Sarajevo, from smashed Assyrian tablets in Iraq to the destroyed immigration documents of the UK Windrush generation. He examines both the motivations for these acts—political, religious, and cultural—and the broader themes that shape this history. He also looks at attempts to prevent and mitigate attacks on knowledge, exploring the efforts of librarians and archivists to preserve information, often risking their own lives in the process. More than simply repositories for knowledge, libraries and archives inspire and inform citizens. In preserving notions of statehood recorded in such historical documents as the Declaration of Independence, libraries support the state itself. By preserving records of citizenship and records of the rights of citizens as enshrined in legal documents such as the Magna Carta and the decisions of the US Supreme Court, they support the rule of law. In Burning the Books, Ovenden takes a polemical stance on the social and political importance of the conservation and protection of knowledge, challenging governments in particular, but also society as a whole, to improve public policy and funding for these essential institutions.
Author |
: Jessica Bruder |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 376 |
Release |
: 2007-08-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781416928249 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1416928243 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (49 Downloads) |
Synopsis Burning Book by : Jessica Bruder
Jessica Bruderis a reporter for theOregonian.Her writing has also appeared in theNew York Times,theWashington Post,and theNew York Observer.She lives in Portland, Oregon.
Author |
: M. Fishburn |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 239 |
Release |
: 2008-05-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780230583665 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0230583660 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (65 Downloads) |
Synopsis Burning Books by : M. Fishburn
This provocative new work examines the years between the Nazi book fires and the publication of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 (1953), a period when book burning captured the popular imagination. It explores how embedded the myths of book burning have become in our cultural history, and illustrates the enduring appeal of a great cleansing bonfire.
Author |
: Rachel Strauss |
Publisher |
: Quarto Publishing Group USA |
Total Pages |
: 147 |
Release |
: 2020-08-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781631598937 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1631598937 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Wood Burn Book by : Rachel Strauss
The Wood Burn Book teaches you everything you need to know to master the art of pyrography.
Author |
: Laura Bates |
Publisher |
: Sourcebooks, Inc. |
Total Pages |
: 251 |
Release |
: 2020-04-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781728206745 |
ISBN-13 |
: 172820674X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Burning by : Laura Bates
"A smart, explosive examination of gender discrimination and its ramifications." — Publishers Weekly From Laura Bates, internationally renowned feminist and founder of the Everyday Sexism Project, comes a realistic novel for the #metoo era. The Burning will prompt all readers to consider the implications of sexism and the role we can each play in ending it What happens when you can't run or hide from a mistake that goes viral? New school. Check. New town. Check. New last name. Check. Social media profiles? Deleted. Anna and her mother have moved hundreds of miles to put the past behind them. Anna hopes to make a fresh start and escape the harassment she's been subjected to. But then rumors and whispers start, and Anna tries to ignore what is happening by immersing herself in learning about Maggie, a local woman accused of witchcraft in the seventeenth century. A woman who was shamed. Silenced. And whose story has unsettling parallels to Anna's own. The Burning is a powerful call to action, perfect for readers looking for: feminist novels for teens young adult realistic fiction books contemporary novels with historical fiction elements books that deal with current events and issues Praise for The Burning: "A haunting rallying cry against sexism and bullying." —Kirkus Reviews "Emotionally charged...powerful." —Booklist "A painfully realistic, spellbinding novel." —Shelf Awareness "Bates's twist on a cautionary tale will take readers on an emotional roller coaster". —School Library Journal
Author |
: Danielle Rollins |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages |
: 371 |
Release |
: 2017-06-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781681192055 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1681192055 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis Burning by : Danielle Rollins
Orange is the New Black meets Carrie in this uniquely creepy story of the darkness that dwells in each of us.
Author |
: Zhi Li |
Publisher |
: Columbia University Press |
Total Pages |
: 409 |
Release |
: 2016-06-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780231541534 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0231541538 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Book to Burn and a Book to Keep (Hidden) by : Zhi Li
Li Zhi's iconoclastic interpretations of history, religion, literature, and social relations have fascinated Chinese intellectuals for centuries. His approach synthesized Confucian, Buddhist, and Daoist ethics and incorporated the Neo-Confucian idealism of such thinkers as Wang Yangming (1472–1529). The result was a series of heretical writings that caught fire among Li Zhi's contemporaries, despite an imperial ban on their publication, and intrigued Chinese audiences long after his death. Translated for the first time into English, Li Zhi's bold challenge to established doctrines will captivate anyone curious about the origins of such subtly transgressive works as the sixteenth-century play The Peony Pavilion or the eighteenth-century novel Dream of the Red Chamber. In A Book to Burn and a Book to Keep (Hidden), Li Zhi confronts accepted ideas about gender, questions the true identity of history's heroes and villains, and offers his own readings of Confucius, Laozi, and the Buddha. Fond of vivid sentiment and sharp expression, Li Zhi made no distinction between high and low literary genres in his literary analysis. He refused to support sanctioned ideas about morality and wrote stinging social critiques. Li Zhi praised scholars who risked everything to expose extortion and misrule. In this sophisticated translation, English-speaking readers encounter the best of this heterodox intellectual's vital contribution to Chinese thought and culture.
Author |
: Marcos Antonio Hernandez |
Publisher |
: Algorithmic Global |
Total Pages |
: 498 |
Release |
: 2021-03-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 173680670X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781736806708 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (0X Downloads) |
Synopsis Where They Burn Books, They Also Burn People by : Marcos Antonio Hernandez
Two standalone books with alternating chapters-the way the combination is meant to be read. One pulled from the pages of history, the other imagining its implications for the present. They're devoted to God. But will doing the Lord's work lead them into darkness? 1549. Convinced he's destined to fulfill a whispered prophecy, Friar Diego de Landa labors to convert the Maya of the Yucatán Peninsula. Discovering a brutal Spanish landowner persecuting the native population, Friar Diego determines to protect them and punish the cruel man. But when he repatriates thousands of Maya and uproots centuries of indigenous traditions, the priest's obsession may end up destroying them all. 2010. Cortez Vuscar is convinced his father will return if he can grow their church's congregation. Certain he's found his true love and believing they can attract churchgoers together, Cortez sets out to win her from her wealthy and unfaithful boyfriend. But his fascination with the famous literature she's reading infects his mind with a deadly descent into madness... Can these men save their religion without destroying what they love? Where They Burn Books, They Also Burn People is the gripping combination of two books in the Hispanic American Heritage Stories series, based on historical events. If you like indigenous revenge, villain origin stories, and the consuming force of religious fervor, then you'll love this illuminating tale about Catholicism's shadowed past. Buy Where They Burn Books, They Also Burn People to spark karmic retribution today!
Author |
: Dirk Rohmann |
Publisher |
: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages |
: 369 |
Release |
: 2016-07-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783110486070 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3110486075 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
Synopsis Christianity, Book-Burning and Censorship in Late Antiquity by : Dirk Rohmann
It is estimated that only a small fraction, less than 1 per cent, of ancient literature has survived to the present day. The role of Christian authorities in the active suppression and destruction of books in Late Antiquity has received surprisingly little sustained consideration by academics. In an approach that presents evidence for the role played by Christian institutions, writers and saints, this book analyses a broad range of literary and legal sources, some of which have hitherto been little studied. Paying special attention to the problem of which genres and book types were likely to be targeted, the author argues that in addition to heretical, magical, astrological and anti-Christian books, other less obviously subversive categories of literature were also vulnerable to destruction, censorship or suppression through prohibition of the copying of manuscripts. These include texts from materialistic philosophical traditions, texts which were to become the basis for modern philosophy and science. This book examines how Christian authorities, theologians and ideologues suppressed ancient texts and associated ideas at a time of fundamental transformation in the late classical world.