Limes(21)

Představy společenství

This book by an American political scientist and historian, a specialist in the cultures of southeast Asia (Thailand, Indonesia, the Phil...

Úvahy o původu a šíření nacionalismu

Prostory vzpomínání

Individuals as well as entire cultures maintain memories, creating their "memory.” This allows them to define their identity and legitima...

Podoby a proměny kulturní paměti

Vlastní Bůh

In the contemporary globalized world marked by a mixing of cultures and worldviews, the necessity to seek modes of coexistence, especiall...

Mírotvorný a násilný potenciál náboženství

Rituály souhlasu

This synthetic work of a leading Jewish-American literary and cultural historian focuses on the rise and transformation of "America” as a...

Symbolická konstrukce Ameriky a její proměny

Společnost a vědění

This book by a renowned Cambridge historian, a leading representative of the "new history" wave, addresses the changes in the status of k...

Od Gutenberga k Diderotovi

Společnost a vědění II.

Peter Burke, professor emeritus of the history of culture at Cambridge University, continues his first work of synoptic contemplations on...

Od Encyklopedie k Wikipedii

Závažná těla

In her book, Bodies that Matter, philosopher and gender theoretician Judith Butler addresses objections raised after the publication of h...

O materialitě a diskursivních mezích „pohlaví“

Světová republika literatury

This book, translated into more than twelve languages, presents an original analysis of how to understand the rise, spreading and world-w...

Logika smyslu

Gilles Deleuze’s The Logic of Sense, fist published in 1969, is one of the main works by this French philosopher, before he started to co...

Poetika postmodernismu

Historie, teorie, beletrie

Fiktivní a imaginární

This classical work written by the famous professor of English and literary science associated with the Constance School demonstrates two...

Perspektivy literární antropologie

Gramofon. Film. Typewriter

Kittler’s book interprets the history of media technology related to three inventions (gramophone, film and typewriter), spanning the per...