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Che Guevara's death began a legend and closed an era. This book shows how, in theory, immense disparity in local wealth combined with the heavy hand of "Yankee imperialism" laid the ground for revolution. It tells that in practice, however, circumstances conspired to thwart the plans of the revolutionary guerrillas.

In the autumn of 1924, just before Andre Breton published the "Manifeste du surrealisme, " two young men met in Paris for the first time. Georges Bataille, 27, starting work at the Bibliotheque Nationale, Michel Leiris, 23, beginning his studies in ethnology. Within a few months they were both members of the Surrealist group, although their adherence to Surrealism (unlike their affinities with it) would not last long: in 1930 they were among t...

In 1965 Indonesia had the largest communist movement. This title describes that though Aidit's attempt to replace the anti-communist army leadership was organized without the knowledge of the communist party, the army launched a subsequent propaganda campaign against the communist movement.

Translation of: Viktor Halbnarr: ein Winterm'archen.

This screenplay by Swiss playwright and novelist Max Frisch was developed from an episode in his 1964 novel "Gantenbein, " or "A Wilderness of Mirrors." At the center of both works is Theo Ehrismann, a man who cannot seem to change his life no matter how many times he resolves to do so. Chance comes to Theo one day upon returning from a trip abroad--he arrives home to read his own obituary in the paper. He shows up just on time for his own fun...

(The author) explores the complex relations between art, politics and ethics in the two essays"--Front jacket flap.

Argues that the economic boom that accelerated in the 1990s and crashed so spectacularly in 2008 was based largely on an immaterial consumption of symbols and ideas, as capitalism tried to overcome the crisis of the formally industrial regime by throwing itself into a new, so-called knowledge economy.

Includes dialogues with theorists, curators, activists, and fellow artists - such as Lisa Wolford Wylam, Tim Miller, Felipe Ehrenberg, Orlando Britoo Jinorio, Silvana Straw, and Rafael Lozano-Hemmer that explore the terrain between art and theory.

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In this collection of essays, Ashis Nandy uses the metaphor of the future -- imagined utopias, conceptions of cultural possibilities, social critiques of things to come - to redefine the present. Nandy's effort is to demonstrate that, in a world increasingly dominated by a narrow range of ideologies, one must affirm that social ethics and a more humane society can be based on grounds other than those framed for the past 200 years by political ...

Celebrates the tenacity of the normal and routine in everyday life, where the survival of the objects we use without thinking - a pair of scissors, perhaps - is both a small, human victory and a quiet reminder of our own ephemeral nature.

Ken Murai is a young officer in the Japanese ministry of finance who one day discovers a plot by one of his superiors to organize a group, known as the Kyoto List, of corrupt officials, bankers, businessmen, and journalists from the United States, Europe, and Asia.

The Austrian playwright, novelist, and poet Thomas Bernhard (1931-89) is acknowledged as one of the major writers of our time. This collection includes seven stories that capture Bernhard's distinct darkly comic voice and vision - often compared to Kafka and Musil - commenting on a corrupted world.

A study of the Bengali gajan festival dedicated to Dharmaraj, a village god in the Rarh region of Bengal. It explains that one of the most fascinating aspects of the gajan is its approach to gender. It is of interest to scholars of South Asian religions, folklore, and gender studies.

Over the centuries, observances of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, have traveled far from their origins at Karbala. This title describes many of the Muharram rituals that were exported to other lands over time. It explores the social, political, cultural, artistic, and religious significance of Muharram rituals.

Deals with many of the author's most important ideas concerning the significance of language and the relationship between the technological and the social.