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Nietzsche’s Nihilism in Walter Benjamin

By: Mauro Ponzi

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Nietzsche’s Nihilism in Walter Benjamin

By: Mauro Ponzi

This book reconstructs the lines of nihilism that Walter Benjamin took from Friedrich Nietzsche that define both his theory of art and the avant-garde, and his approach to political action. It retraces the eccentric route of Benjamin's philosophical discourse in the representation of the modern as a place of “permanent catastrophe”, where he attempts to overcome the Nietzschean nihilism through messianic hope. Using conventions from literary criticism this book explores the many sources of Benjamin's thought, demonstrating that behind the materialism which Benjamin incorporates into his Theses on the Concept of History is hidden Nietzsche's nihilism. Mauro Ponzi analyses how Benjamin’s Arcades Project uses figures such as Baudelaire, Marx, Aragon, Proust and Blanqui as allegories to explain many aspects of modernity. The author argues that Benjamin uses Baudelaire as a paradigm to emphasize the dark side of the modern era, offering us a key to the interpretation of communicative and cultural trends of today.

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3319392670

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Feeling the Words

Neuropsychoanalytic Understanding of Memory and the Unconscious

By: Mauro Mancia

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Feeling the Words

Neuropsychoanalytic Understanding of Memory and the Unconscious

By: Mauro Mancia

How are the implicit memory and the unrepressed unconscious related? Feeling the Words incorporates a thorough review of essential psychoanalytic concepts, a clear critical history of analytical ideas and an assessment of the contribution neuroscience has to offer. Mauro Mancia uses numerous detailed clinical examples to demonstrate how insights from neuroscience and infant development research can change how the analyst responds to his or her patient. Major topics such as the transference, the Oedipus complex, the interpretation of dreams and the nature of mental pain are reviewed and refined in the light of these recent developments. The book is divided into three parts, covering: Memory and the unconscious The dream: between neuroscience and psychoanalysis Further reflections on narcissism and other clinical topics Feeling the Words offers an original perspective on the connection between memory and the unconscious. It will be welcomed by all psychoanalysts interested in investigating new ways of working with patients.

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Routledge

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1317724240

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Macroeconomics from the Bottom-up

By: Domenico Delli Gatti,Saul Desiderio,Edoardo Gaffeo,Pasquale Cirillo,Mauro Gallegati

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Macroeconomics from the Bottom-up

By: Domenico Delli Gatti,Saul Desiderio,Edoardo Gaffeo,Pasquale Cirillo,Mauro Gallegati

This book arose from our conviction that the NNS-DSGE approach to the analysis of aggregate market outcomes is fundamentally flawed. The practice of overcoming the SMD result by recurring to a fictitious RA leads to insurmountable methodological problems and lies at the root of DSGE models’ failure to satisfactorily explain real world features, like exchange rate and banking crises, bubbles and herding in financial markets, swings in the sentiment of consumers and entrepreneurs, asymmetries and persistence in aggregate variables, and so on. At odds with this view, our critique rests on the premise that any modern macroeconomy should be modeled instead as a complex system of heterogeneous interacting individuals, acting adaptively and autonomously according to simple and empirically validated rules of thumb. We call our proposed approach Bottom-up Adaptive Macroeconomics (BAM). The reason why we claim that the contents of this book can be inscribed in the realm of macroeconomics is threefold: i) We are looking for a framework that helps us to think coherently about the interrelationships among two or more markets. In what follows, in particular, three markets will be considered: the markets for goods, labor and loanable funds. In this respect, real time matters: what happens in one market depends on what has happened, on what is happening, or on what will happen in other markets. This implies that intertemporal coordination issues cannot be ignored. ii) Eventually, it’s all about prices and quantities. However, we are mostly interested in aggregate prices and quantities, that is indexes built from the dispersed outcomes of the decentralized transactions of a large population of heterogeneous individuals. Each individual acts purposefully, but she knows anything about the levels of prices and quantities which clear markets in the aggregate. iii) In the hope of being allowed to purport scientific claims, BAM relies on the assumption that individual purposeful behaviours aggregates into regularities. Macro behaviour, however, can depart radically from what the individual units are trying to accomplish. It is in this sense that aggregate outcomes emerge from individual actions and interactions.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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8847019710

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9788847019713

Complex Agent-Based Models

By: Mauro Gallegati

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Complex Agent-Based Models

By: Mauro Gallegati

This book offers a thorough introduction to the highly promising complex agent-based approach to economics, in which agent-based models (ABMs) are used to represent economic systems as complex and evolving systems composed of heterogeneous agents of limited rationality who interact with each other, generating the system’s emergent properties in the process. This approach represents a response to the limitations of the dominant theory in economics, which does not consider the possibility of a major crisis, and to the inability of dynamic stochastic general equilibrium theory to generate empirically falsifiable propositions. In the new perspective, the focus is on identifying the elements of instability rather than the triggering event. As the theory of complexity demonstrates, the interactions of heterogeneous agents produce non-linearity: this puts an end to the age of certainties. With ABMs, the methodology is “from the bottom up”. The individual parameters and their distribution are estimated, and then evaluated to verify whether aggregate regularities emerge on the whole. In short, not only micro, but also meso and macro empirical validation are employed. Moreover, it shows that the mantra of growth should be supplanted by the concept of a growth. Given its depth of coverage, the book will enable students at the undergraduate and Master’s level to gain a firm grasp of this important emerging approach. “This book is flower blossomed by one of the two greatest Italian economists.” Bruce Greenwald, Columbia University “The author’s - the ABM prophet’s - thoughts on economics have been at the forefront of the world. Without a firm belief in and dedication to human society, it is impossible to write such a book. This is a work of high academic value, which can help readers quickly understand the history and current situation of complex economic theory. In particular, we can understand the basic viewpoints, academic status, advantages and shortcomings of various schools of economic theory.” Jie Wu, Guangzhou Milestone Software Co., China

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3319938584

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Jubilee 2016 with a Guide of Rome For Dummies

By: Mauro Morellini,Maurizio Boiocchi

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Jubilee 2016 with a Guide of Rome For Dummies

By: Mauro Morellini,Maurizio Boiocchi

A quick guide to the Jubilee of Mercy. The Jubilee in Rome is one of the most important spiritual events in the world. Over 25 million visitors are expected to participate in this extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy proclaimed by Pope Francis. Here are the best suggestions to learn about the history of the Jubilee, the popes, the religious pilgrimages, sacred destinations, and so much more, with all the greatest insider advice to discover the city, its not to be missed tours, hidden gems and little secrets to explore Rome by day and night. The best of the Eternal City!

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HOEPLI EDITORE

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8820373130

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9788820373139

From Jesus to his First Followers: Continuity and Discontinuity

Anthropological and Historical Perspectives

By: Adriana Destro,Mauro Pesce

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From Jesus to his First Followers: Continuity and Discontinuity

Anthropological and Historical Perspectives

By: Adriana Destro,Mauro Pesce

From Jesus to His First Followers examines to what extent early Christian groups were in continuity or discontinuity with respect to Jesus. Adriana Destro and Mauro Pesce concentrate on the transformation of religious practices. Their anthropological-historical analysis focuses on the relations between discipleship and households, on the models of contact with the supernatural world, and on cohabitation among distinct religious groups. The book highlights how Matthew uses non-Jewish instruments of legitimation, John reformulates religious experiences through symbolized domestic slavery, Paul adopts a religious practice diffused in Roman-Hellenistic environments. The book reconstructs the map of early Christian groups in the Land of Israel and explains their divergences on the basis of an original theory of the local origin of Gospels’ information.

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BRILL

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9004337660

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9789004337664

Color the Green Movement Blue

A Remedy for Environmental Health

By: Anthony P. Mauro, Sr.

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Color the Green Movement Blue

A Remedy for Environmental Health

By: Anthony P. Mauro, Sr.

Conservationist Anthony P. Mauro, Sr. wants to color the green movement blue. Instead of trying to sell any industrialize environmental ideals, it's essential to follow blue-collar principles in a bid to restore ecosystems to their natural glory. In this vision of a healthy world, you'll discover: the principles of intelligent design and why they are important; how anglers and hunters have united to change New Jersey policies; opportunities to touch and be touched by extraordinary wildlife; how to participate in grassroots movements.

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Dorrance Publishing

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0874260817

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9780874260816

Nietzsche’s Nihilism in Walter Benjamin

By: Mauro Ponzi

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Nietzsche’s Nihilism in Walter Benjamin

Nietzsche’s Nihilism in Walter Benjamin

Feeling the Words

Feeling the Words

Macroeconomics from the Bottom-up

Macroeconomics from the Bottom-up

Complex Agent-Based Models

Complex Agent-Based Models

Jubilee 2016 with a Guide of Rome For Dummies

Jubilee 2016 with a Guide of Rome For Dummies

From Jesus to his First Followers: Continuity and Discontinuity

From Jesus to his First Followers: Continuity and Discontinuity

Color the Green Movement Blue

Color the Green Movement Blue

Nietzsche’s Nihilism in Walter Benjamin

Nietzsche’s Nihilism in Walter Benjamin

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