David Carrasco: 6 books
by David Carrasco
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2011
This book presents a very short introduction to the Aztecs using interpretive tools from religious studies and anthropology to uncover the paradox of Aztec life; on the one hand a people highly skilled in sculpture, astronomy, city planning, poetry and philosophic rhetoric while on the other hand...
Blockheads!
Essays on Ned Block's Philosophy of Mind and Consciousness
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2019
New essays on the philosophy of Ned Block, with substantive and wide-ranging responses by Block.
Perhaps more than any other philosopher of mind, Ned Block synthesizes philosophical and scientific approaches to the mind; he is unique in moving back and forth across this divide, doing so with...
Identities on the Move
Contemporary Representations of New Sexualities and Gender Identities
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2014
The development of new sexualities and gender identities has become a crucial issue in the field of literary and cultural studies in the first years of the twenty-first century. The roles of gender and sexual identities in the struggle for equality have become a major concern in both fields. The legacy...
by Menene Gras Balaguer, Menene Gras Balaguer, David Almazán Tomás
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 23, 2015
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 23, 2015
El jardín japonés como construcción cultural del paisaje natural no es un fenómeno aislado, pese a tratarse de un hecho de cultura que ha conservado su individualidad en el transcurso de los siglos desde su implantación en Japón procedente de China. Más bien al contrario, la necesidad de comprenderlo...
by Francisca Pérez Carreño, María José Alcaraz León, Matilde Carrasco Barranco
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 18, 2013
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 18, 2013
Estética reúne ocho ensayos sobre temas cruciales de estética filosófica, escritos por prestigiosos investigadores españoles y británicos que repasan el estado de la cuestión y ofrecen puntos de vista originales sobre las cuestiones centrales de la disciplina en la actualidad. Son temas del...
En defensa del estado de derecho
Estudios sobre las tensiones entre la seguridad y la libertad en el mundo de hoy
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 2, 2016
La amenaza del terrorismo, probablemente, es uno de los grandes problemas que afronta el siglo XXI, y no está supeditado a un territorio específico sino, por el contrario es un mal que se extiende por varios continentes. Esta obra, resultado de un trabajo interdisciplinario de la Red interuniversitaria...