Philip Smith Boeken

Exploring the intersection of art and societal madness, the book argues that Art Spiegelman's comics reveal the deep-seated insanity in post-Enlightenment society, positing that the Holocaust was a tragic outcome of modernization. The author analyzes Spiegelman's key works—Breakdowns, Maus, and In the Shadow of No Towers—while employing comic scholarship terminology and theories of madness and trauma. This critical examination sheds light on the profound implications of Spiegelman's art in relation to Holocaust literature and modernity.

In this book, Philip Smith examines not only aEmile Durkheim's founding texts of sociology, but also reveals how he inspired more than a century of theoretical innovations, identifying the key paths, bridges, and dead ends -- as well as the tensions and resolutions -- in what has been a remarkably complex intellectual history--

Focusing on Clifford Geertz as a theorist, this volume explores his significant influence across various disciplines beyond Anthropology. It offers a comprehensive and impartial examination of his contributions, filling the gap for an authoritative work on this pivotal intellectual figure.

Growing up in 1960s Miami, the author recounts his life with a decorator father who unexpectedly gains the ability to communicate with the dead and heal the sick. This memoir blends humor and the supernatural, capturing the eccentricities of family life and the challenges of navigating a unique upbringing. The narrative promises a captivating exploration of personal and familial dynamics against a backdrop of unusual gifts and the vibrant culture of the era.

Popular, well-known poetry: "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love," "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" "Death, be not proud," "The Raven," "The Road Not Taken," plus works by Blake, Wordsworth, Byron, Coleridge, Shelley, Emerson, Browning, Keats, Kipling, Sandburg, Pound, Auden, Thomas, and many others. Includes 13 selections from the Common Core State Standards Initiative: "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening," "Fog," "Chicago," "Jabberwocky," "O Captain! My Captain!" "The Road Not Taken," "Musee des Beaux Arts," "Ozymandias," "Sonnet 73," "The Raven," "Because I Could Not Stop for Death," "Ode on a Grecian Urn," and "The River Merchant's Wife: A Letter."

Denies that punishment is about justice, reason, and law. This book shows that punishment is an essentially irrational act founded in ritual as a means to control evil without creating more of it in the process. It looks at issues ranging from public executions and the development of the prison to the invention of the guillotine.

The author's famous work on his time living on the shores of Walden Pond and ruminating on nature, life, and human existence.

This book analyses everyday encounters with rudeness and asks what can be done to improve civic life in a world of strangers. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Redirecting incivility research; 2. The fundamentals of the incivil encounter; 3. Everyday incivility and the everyday round; 4. Emotions and sequences; 5. Gender, age and class: divergent experiences?; 6. After the event: coping, avoiding and changing; 7. General attitudes towards the stranger: exploring fear and trust; 8. How to confront incivility; 9. Twenty questions and answers.