On the Shoulders of Giants: Milanesiana, Lectures 2001-2015
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On the Shoulders of Giants: Milanesiana, Lectures 2001-2015
49.99 €
"On the Shoulders of Giants" is a feast for readers of Umberto Eco. For fifteen years, taking time off from teaching, scientific symposia and awards, he wrote lectures designed to entertain the audience (each time crowded to his performances) at the annual festival "Milanesiana", the idea of which belongs to its permanent organizer Elisabetta Zgarbi. In most of these texts, the author, starting from the theme of the festival, discusses in detail various questions of philosophy, literature and aesthetics, talks about ethics and the problems of mass media. In other words, this is the quintessence of Umberto Eco's world, presented in an accessible language, imbued with irony, sometimes humorous, and when necessary - extremely sharp. The origins of our civilization, the changing canons of beauty, lies becoming truth and changing the course of history, conspiracy mania, the heroes of great novels that have entered our lives, various forms of art, aphorisms and parodies - this is an incomplete list of exciting topics in this book. It is supplemented with illustrations selected by the author - Umberto Eco demonstrated them during his lectures. Umberto Eco (1932-2016) - philosopher, specialist in semiotics and medieval aesthetics, culturologist, publicist, critic. He is the author of the bestsellers History of Beauty, History of Ugliness, History of Illusions, Vertigio, On the Shoulders of Giants, How to Travel with Salmon, Plant Memory, Superman for the Masses, Sketch of a New Cat, The Black Box and Other Unnecessary Things, Italia nostra. Italians at Home (Book I), published by SLOVO/SLOVO, and many others.
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- All books by the author