Irresistible Signs

Author : Paola Gambarota
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781442642980

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Irresistible Signs by Paola Gambarota Pdf

Language is now understood as a key component of cultural identity, but discourses on linguistic nationalism are only a few centuries old. In Irresistible Signs, Paola Gambarota investigates the connection between Italian language and national identity over four hundred years, from late-Renaissance linguistic theories to nineteenth-century nationalist myths. Challenging the consensus that linguistic nationalism originated with nineteenth century German philosophers, Irresistible Signs advances a more nuanced theory of how culture and language become inextricably linked through literary and rhetorical elements. Gambarota combines Anglo-American theories of the nation with the most advanced Italian scholarship on language ideology and delves into ideas from Giambattista Vico, Giacomo Leopardi, and Melchiorre Cesarotti. Irresistible Signs also explores how images of national communities are represented within vernaculars, affirming their influence in shaping contemporary models of monolingual nationhood.

Author : Adam Alter
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780698402638

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Irresistible by Adam Alter Pdf

“Irresistible is a fascinating and much needed exploration of one of the most troubling phenomena of modern times.” —Malcolm Gladwell, author of New York Times bestsellers David and Goliath and Outliers “One of the most mesmerizing and important books I’ve read in quite some time. Alter brilliantly illuminates the new obsessions that are controlling our lives and offers the tools we need to rescue our businesses, our families, and our sanity.” —Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take Welcome to the age of behavioral addiction—an age in which half of the American population is addicted to at least one behavior. We obsess over our emails, Instagram likes, and Facebook feeds; we binge on TV episodes and YouTube videos; we work longer hours each year; and we spend an average of three hours each day using our smartphones. Half of us would rather suffer a broken bone than a broken phone, and Millennial kids spend so much time in front of screens that they struggle to interact with real, live humans. In this revolutionary book, Adam Alter, a professor of psychology and marketing at NYU, tracks the rise of behavioral addiction, and explains why so many of today's products are irresistible. Though these miraculous products melt the miles that separate people across the globe, their extraordinary and sometimes damaging magnetism is no accident. The companies that design these products tweak them over time until they become almost impossible to resist. By reverse engineering behavioral addiction, Alter explains how we can harness addictive products for the good—to improve how we communicate with each other, spend and save our money, and set boundaries between work and play—and how we can mitigate their most damaging effects on our well-being, and the health and happiness of our children. Adam Alter's previous book, Drunk Tank Pink: And Other Unexpected Forces that Shape How We Think, Feel, and Behave is available in paperback from Penguin.

Author : Linn Holmberg,Maria Simonsen
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783030643003

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Stranded Encyclopedias, 1700–2000 by Linn Holmberg,Maria Simonsen Pdf

In Stranded Encyclopedias, 1700–2000: Exploring Unfinished, Unpublished, Unsuccessful Encyclopedic Projects, fourteen scholars turn to the archives to challenge the way the history of modern encyclopedism has long been told. Rather than emphasizing successful publications and famous compilers, they explore encyclopedic enterprises that somehow failed. With a combined attention to script, print, and digital cultures, the volume highlights the many challenges facing those who have pursued complete knowledge in the past three hundred years. By introducing the concepts of stranded and strandedness, it also provides an analytical framework for approaching aspects often overlooked in histories of encyclopedias, books, and learning: the unpublished, the unfinished, the incomplete, the unsuccessfully disseminated, and the no-longer-updated. By examining these aspects in a new and original way, this book will be of value to anyone interested in the history of encyclopedism and lexicography, the history of knowledge, language, and ideas, and the history of books, writing, translating, and publishing. Chapters 1 and 4 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Author : Lord Henry Home Kames
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1830
Category : Criticism
ISBN : UVA:X002614668

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An Abridgment of Elements of Criticism by Lord Henry Home Kames Pdf

Author : Kim Rogers-Gallagher
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Astrology
ISBN : 9780738721552

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2014 Sun Sign Book by Kim Rogers-Gallagher Pdf

Be prepared for what’s ahead in the near future and take advantage of huge opportunities with Llewellyn’s Sun Sign Book. Filled with practical planetary wisdom, this easy-to-use guide will answer your questions about money, success, career, relationships, and more—for the whole year. In addition to horoscopes for every sign by popular astrologer Kim Rogers-Gallagher, you’ll discover which areas in your life have potential for great success, and which require extra attention. Included are rewarding/challenging days for each month and a guide to the best dates to find a job, begin a romance, take a vacation, move, and plan other important endeavors.

Author : Homiletic magazine
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555026194

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The Homiletic quarterly [afterw.] magazine by Homiletic magazine Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Gas
ISBN : NYPL:33433109955124

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Gas Appliance Merchandising by Anonim Pdf

Author : Charles John Vaughan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 894 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600088600

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The family prayer and sermon book by Charles John Vaughan Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1174 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:35112103933943

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The Law Magazine and Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1204 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11185155

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Law magazine and review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555007038

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The Wesleyan Sunday-school magazine [afterw.] The Wesleyan methodist Sunday school magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Heup Young Kim
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725209961

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Christ and the Tao by Heup Young Kim Pdf

This volume is a collection of six essays that Dr. Kim published in various journals over the past several years. They represent the early period of Dr. Kim's theological journey into Christian faith as a Korean Christian or, more broadly, an East Asian Christian. These essays deal primarily with religio-cultural themes related to my existential situation. - from the Preface

Author : Henry Norris Bernard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:AH435W

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The Mental Characteristics of the Lord Jesus Christ by Henry Norris Bernard Pdf

Author : Ann E. Moyer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781108495479

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The Intellectual World of Sixteenth-Century Florence by Ann E. Moyer Pdf

This study provides an overview of Florentine intellectual life and community in the late Renaissance. It shows how studies of language helped Florentines to develop their own story as a people distinct from ancient Greece or Rome.

Author : Martin Eisner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107041660

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Boccaccio and the Invention of Italian Literature by Martin Eisner Pdf

This book examines Boccaccio's pivotal role in legitimizing the vernacular literature of Dante, Petrarch and Cavalcanti through argument, narrative and transcription.