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An impassioned case for argument's central role in human life, by one of America's most distinguished cultural critics

In this dazzling reformulation of argument, renowned critic Lee Siegel portrays the true art of argument as much deeper and far more embracing than mere quarrel, dispute, or debate. It is the supreme expression of humanity's longing for a better life, born of empathy and of care for the world and those who inhabit it.

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A trenchant examination of an iconic American figure that explores the cultural and psychological roots of his comic genius

A "What We're Reading This Summer" Pick by The AtlanticThe Draw is a "spellbinding, coming-of-age tour de force" (New York Times Book Review) about a boy striving to make his way up through society and out of a family that has been emotionally and psychologically devastated by economic misfortune. Lee Siegel's father, Monroe, a kind and decent man, accumulates a crushing debt to the company he works for, a real estate firm that has been paying...

Homo interneticus" prova a mettere in discussione il mezzo tecnologico più esaltato e venduto degli ultimi dieci anni: Internet. La retorica di democrazia e libertà che circonda la rete viene sfidata nelle sue questioni fondamentali: che tipo di interessi nasconde la rete? Come e quanto sta influenzando la cultura e la vita sociale? Come stiamo imparando a relazionarci agli altri on line? Qual è il costo psicologico, emotivo e sociale della no...

Weil er im Auftrag des örtlichen Sheriffs einen flüchtigen Verbrecher zurück nach Arizona eskortieren soll, macht sich Hilfssheriff Coogan erstmals in die anonyme Großstadt New York auf. Zusammen mit Sozialarbeiterin Julia setzt sich der vermeintliche Hinterwäldler gegen alle Widerstände durch, um den Gangster endlich zur Strecke zu bringen. In ähnlicher Manier wie sein filmischer Nachfolger Callahan...

Intends to demonstrate that hynotism is an essential aspect of our most significant relationships, an inherent dimension of love, religion, medicine, politics, and literature, a fundamental dynamic between lover and beloved, deity and votary, physician and patient, ruler and subject, and, indeed, reader and listener.

Intends to demonstrate that hynotism is an essential aspect of our most significant relationships, an inherent dimension of love, religion, medicine, politics, and literature, a fundamental dynamic between lover and beloved, deity and votary, physician and patient, ruler and subject, and, indeed, reader and listener.

A trenchant examination of an iconic American figure that explores the cultural and psychological roots of his comic genius

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This volume brings together the best of Siegel's essays, all rich with the trademark wit and intelligence that have won him many friends and a few enemies.