La historia de Gilgamesh

In een Chinees provinciestadje komt in 1979 een groepje mensen in opstand tegen de executie van een jonge afvallige communiste, die na tien jaar gevangenisstraf gek is geworden.

This trilingual volume examines the extent to which myths are affected by the crises of the 20th and 21st centuries. It brings together four theoretical studies which analyse both the crisis of structure – implying the distortion or disappearance of myth – and the crisis of concepts and terminology that currently threaten the study of mythology. The largest section of the volume focuses on the crises that have affected ancient, medieval and modern literary myths from a global perspective, taking into account psychology, ethics, politics and contemporary meta-literature. The final section...

This volume of collected essays explores the premise that Plutarch's work, notwithstanding its amazing thematic multifariousness, constantly pivots on certain ideological pillars which secure its unity and coherence. So, unlike other similar books which, more or less, concentrate on either the Lives or the Moralia or on some particular aspect(s) of Plutarch's oeuvre, the articles of the present volume observe Plutarch at work in both Lives and Moralia, thus bringing forward and illustrating the inner unity of his varied literary production. The subject-matter of the volume is uncommonly...

The Zizek Reader - which includes a Foreword by Zizek and a new, previously unpublished essay on cyberspace - provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the flamboyant work of a figure who has been variously described as 'one of the most arresting, insightful and scandalous thinkers in recent memory' and 'the Giant of Ljubljana'. Collects work by one of the most arresting and scandalous thinkers of our time. Aids the reader to understand the often complex thinking of both Lacan and Zizek .

Un ensayo provocativo e inteligente, que tiende puentes de comunicación entre las mujeres de Oriente y Occidente. «Querido lector: Permítame que le advierta ya desde el principio: no tengo fama de facilitar la vida de nadie. Por lo tanto, si busca aquí verdades que cree saber y pruebas que cree tener ya; si desea ver corroboradas sus opiniones orientalistas, o quiere reafirmar sus prejuicios antiárabes; si espera oír el soniquete interminable acerca del choque de civilizaciones, entonces es mejor que no siga leyendo. En este libro haré todo cuanto esté en mi mano por defraudarle....