Most of us fear and avoid real violence. So why do representations of violence form such a significant part of our art and entertainment? Norms that control our attitudes towards violence have to be negotiated against the uncanny fascination of observing violence, both real and fictional. Representa[...]
Väkivallan kuvat ja kuvaukset ovat erottamaton osa kulttuuriamme, sekä taidetta että viihdettä. Parhaimmillaan ne auttavat tulemaan toimeen väkivallan todellisuuden kanssa, pahimmillaan niistä muodostuu osa väkivallan ongelmaa.Henry Bacon tarkastelee elokuvaväkivallan toimintatapoja ja muoto[...]
A unique edition of three early modern utopian texts, using a contemporary translation of More's Utopia and examining the Renaissance world view as shown by these writers. The edition includes the illustrative material that accompanied early editions of Utopia, full chronologies of the authors, not[...]
A unique edition of three early modern utopian texts, using a contemporary translation of More's Utopia and examining the Renaissance world view as shown by these writers. The edition includes the illustrative material that accompanied early editions of Utopia, full chronologies of the authors, not[...]
Thomas More: Utopia/ Francis Bacon: New Atlantis/Henry Neville: The Isle of Pines With the publication of Utopia (1516), Thomas More introduced into the English language not only a new word, but a new way of thinking about the gulf between what ought to be and what is. His Utopia is at once a scath[...]