An Obsession With History
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An Obsession With History
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Author : Andrew Baruch Wachtel
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 1995
An Obsession With History written by Andrew Baruch Wachtel and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Literary Criticism categories.
Providing a theoretical paradigm for understanding the relationship of history and literature in Russia, this book traces how major Russian writers of the past 200 years defined the nation's past through creating fictional and non-fictional works on historical themes.
Obsession
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Author : Lennard J. Davis
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2009-05-15
Obsession written by Lennard J. Davis and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05-15 with Psychology categories.
We live in an age of obsession. Not only are we hopelessly devoted to our work, strangely addicted to our favorite television shows, and desperately impassioned about our cars, we admire obsession in others: we demand that lovers be infatuated with one another in films, we respond to the passion of single-minded musicians, we cheer on driven athletes. To be obsessive is to be American; to be obsessive is to be modern. But obsession is not only a phenomenon of modern existence: it is a medical category—both a pathology and a goal. Behind this paradox lies a fascinating history, which Lennard J. Davis tells in Obsession. Beginning with the roots of the disease in demonic possession and its secular successors, Davis traces the evolution of obsessive behavior from a social and religious fact of life into a medical and psychiatric problem. From obsessive aspects of professional specialization to obsessive compulsive disorder and nymphomania, no variety of obsession eludes Davis’s graceful analysis.
Perpetual Motion
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Author : Arthur W. J. G. ORD-HUME
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
Perpetual Motion written by Arthur W. J. G. ORD-HUME and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with categories.
Phallus
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Author : Michael Hone
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-03-29
Phallus written by Michael Hone and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-29 with categories.
As hard as marble, upright like a spur, a sword, a dagger, the giver of infinite pleasure and unique procreator, a source of immense comfort at boyhood, perhaps even a boy's very first true happiness, free, disinterested and supremely loyal. In dark moments, who better to turn to for solace? Stress vanishes, the body is wracked by a wondrous sensation, and the visible proof of manhood, the lakes and rivers covering the still-shuddering abdomen, glisten amidst the sweat. It is a boy's first and only true mate, one the boy will share with glee, but even after an evening of wild debauch, it'll return home with the guy that brought him. Always. The fixation on the male member, the answer to the ''Whys'' of our obsession concerning it, and that throughout the ages, is the basis of this book. We'll examine it through historical figures, Alcibiades for the Greeks, Priapus for the Romans, François I for France, Casanova for Venice, Byron will guide us through English Romanticism and Howard Hughes will represent America. We'll learn how to lengthen it, to really lengthen it, and how to restore the foreskin of those mutilated in infancy. We'll discover the benefits of that purest of elixirs, semen. Male nudity throughout time will be developed--how boys displayed their assets in Greek gymnasiums and Roman baths, baths in which men generously endowed were applauded, to the Renaissance where boys were the most brazen in their public eroticism, followed by pre-Elizabethan codpieces, and today's jocks and briefs. Phallic worship begins at birth, when the child in ancient times was laid at the father's feet and the tiny blanket opened. At the sight of the scepter the father would gratefully raise the boy above his head, to the full approval of those attending, for the scepter was the incontestable emblem that the child would grow into an oak, tall, strong and virile, who would be the power over the household were he born in a village, over a domain were his parents noble, or over the world itself, as was the destiny of Cyrus, Alexander and Caesar. He had the potential of becoming the intellectual Nietzsche had been, an artist like da Vinci and Michelangelo, an historian as was Herodotus, a writer like Homer and Shakespeare, a mathematician, an explorer, the first man to step foot on Mars. The father would now live eternally--a man's single and only true promise of an afterlife--through the thighs of the son in his arms, a boy who will perpetuate his name and his place in the universe, until the universe no longer exists. It is this, the covenant of the boy and his scepter, in times barbarous and in times enlightened. It is this the immutable promise of the phallus. This book is written about men and is for men, especially omnisexual men.
Character
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Author : Marjorie Garber
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Release Date : 2020-07-14
Character written by Marjorie Garber and has been published by Macmillan + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-14 with Philosophy categories.
What is “character”? Since at least Aristotle’s time, philosophers, theologians, moralists, artists, and scientists have pondered the enigma of human character. In its oldest usage, “character” derives from a word for engraving or stamping, yet over time, it has come to mean a moral idea, a type, a literary persona, and a physical or physiological manifestation observable in works of art and scientific experiments. It is an essential term in drama and the focus of self-help books. In Character: The History of a Cultural Obsession, Marjorie Garber points out that character seems more relevant than ever today, omnipresent in discussions of politics, ethics, gender, morality, and the psyche. References to character flaws, character issues, and character assassination and allegations of “bad” and “good” character are inescapable in the media and in contemporary political debates. What connection does “character” in this moral or ethical sense have with the concept of a character in a novel or a play? Do our notions about fictional characters catalyze our ideas about moral character? Can character be “formed” or taught in schools, in scouting, in the home? From Plutarch to John Stuart Mill, from Shakespeare to Darwin, from Theophrastus to Freud, from nineteenth-century phrenology to twenty-first-century brain scans, the search for the sources and components of human character still preoccupies us. Today, with the meaning and the value of this term in question, no issue is more important, and no topic more vital, surprising, and fascinating. With her distinctive verve, humor, and vast erudition, Marjorie Garber explores the stakes of these conflations, confusions, and heritages, from ancient Greece to the present day.
Obsession
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Author : Lennard J. Davis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Obsession written by Lennard J. Davis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Compulsive behavior categories.
From the Publisher: We live in an age of obsession. Not only are we hopelessly devoted to our work, strangely addicted to our favorite television shows, and desperately impassioned about our cars, we admire obsession in others: we demand that lovers be infatuated with one another in films, we respond to the passion of single-minded musicians, we cheer on driven athletes. To be obsessive is to be American; to be obsessive is to be modern. But obsession is not only a phenomenon of modern existence: it is a medical category-both a pathology and a goal. Behind this paradox lies a fascinating history, which Lennard Davis tells in Obsession. Beginning with the roots of the disease in demonic possession and its secular successors, Davis traces the evolution of obsessive behavior from a social and religious fact of life into a medical and psychiatric problem. From obsessive aspects of professional specialization to obsessive sex and nymphomania, no variety of obsession eludes Davis's graceful analysis. Obsession also considers the clinical definition of the condition: Davis investigates the huge increase (estimates suggest up to 600-fold) in diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder over the past thirty years. Surveying the many ways in which doctors today treat OCD, he points out the limitations of and contradictions within the biological definitions of the disease. Impassioned, witty, and learned, Obsession is for anyone-from compulsive hand washers to professional psychologists-who has been fascinated by, struggled with, or cultivated obsession.
Sex And Death In Protozoa
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Author : Graham Bell
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1988
Sex And Death In Protozoa written by Graham Bell and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Science categories.
Is ageing inevitable, or can senescence and death be evaded? Large animals and plants always age if they live long enough; even individual cells from their bodies cannot continue living and dividing indefinitely. Whether or not single-celled organisms also age and die, and what relation sex bore to the process of senescence, was the subject of vigorous debate and experimentation early in the last century. In this book, Dr Bell disinters and reanalyzes these forgotten experiments, and argues that protozoan lineages do indeed senesce, as the result of an accumulated load of mutations that can be shed only through sexual reproduction. This unexpected connection between sex and death is the central theme of a book that will interest all students of evolutionary biology, sexuality and senescence.
The Power Of Gold
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Author : Peter L. Bernstein
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2005-12-13
The Power Of Gold written by Peter L. Bernstein and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-12-13 with Business & Economics categories.
Incorporating myth, history and contemporary investigation, Bernstein tells the story of how human beings have become intoxicated, obsessed, enriched, impoverished, humbled and proud for the sake of gold. From the past to the future, Bernstein's portrayal of gold is intimately linked to the character of humankind.
The History Of An Obsession
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Author : Klaus P. Fischer
language : en
Publisher: Burns & Oates
Release Date : 1998
The History Of An Obsession written by Klaus P. Fischer and has been published by Burns & Oates this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with History categories.
The state-sponsored genocide known as the Holocaust was the greatest crime of this century and a seminal event of modern times. In this major work, Klaus Fischer unravels the complex history of Judeophobia in its four essential forms: Christian, nationalistic, social-discriminatory, and biological-racial. He argues that German defeat in World War I cleared the way for the pathological Judeophobia that formed the core of Nazism. When Hitler turned Germany into a racist totalitarian state, Jews changed from "Christ-killers" or alien outsiders to racial subhumans, or deadly bacilli. Fischer carefully explores the German-Jewish relationship in modern times in all its dimensions. He reveals how the Nazis' anti-Jewish prejudices became public policy in the Third Reich, and traces the interaction between ideological obsession and bureaucratic decisions that led to the Final Solution. Finally, Fischer shows the global implications of the Holocaust by exploring how collectivized and aberrant thinking, when it becomes institutionalized in a modern technological state, can cause even greater horrors in the future.
Perpetual Motion
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Author : D. A. Pitts
language : en
Publisher: FriesenPress
Release Date : 2024-04-18
Perpetual Motion written by D. A. Pitts and has been published by FriesenPress this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-04-18 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In Perpetual Motion, Dana slows down long enough to detail his dash through a fast-paced life. This is the inspirational and moving saga of how—historical, cultural, and environmental events influenced a fertile mind, driving him forward on a quest for personal growth and self-expression, in the face of adversity. With remarkable candour and sparkling humour, he relays his coming of age in small-town Southwestern Ontario in the ’60s and ’70s; through his family hardships; struggles with anxiety, depression, and PTSD; and the surprising journey to the creative arts, that resurrected the indelible spirit in him today. Perpetual Motion is infused with love, empathy, and wisdom; culminating in twenty-three life lessons, including “Embrace the Music,” “Take Time to Grieve,” and “Learn How to Make Soup.” Stories told of grief and tragedy but promising a lighted path forward, this memoir will comfort, delight, and inspire readers of all stripes to consider their own life journeys.