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1Kitsch

The World of Bad Taste

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“Kitsch” Metadata:

  • Title: Kitsch
  • Author:
  • Languages: English - fre
  • Number of Pages: Median: 313
  • Publisher: ➤  Studio Wasmuth - Studio Vista - Mazzotta - Olympic Marketing Corp - Gabriele Mazzotta Editore - Prisma - Bell Publishing Co. - Universe Books - Éditions Complexe - Editions Complexe - St Martins Press - Bell Pub. Co. - Bell
  • Publish Date: ➤  
  • Publish Location: ➤  Tübingen - Gütersloh, Germany - Milan - New York - Bruxelles - Milano - London

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  • First Year Published: 1969
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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2La fine della modernità

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“La fine della modernità” Metadata:

  • Title: La fine della modernità
  • Author:
  • Languages: ➤  Spanish; Castilian - español, castellano - English - ita
  • Number of Pages: Median: 189
  • Publisher: ➤  Polity Press in association with B. Blackwell - Gedisa - Garzanti - The Johns Hopkins University Press - Seuil - Reclam, Ditzingen - Johns Hopkins University Press - Editorial Gedisa - John Hopkins University Press - Gedisa Editorial - GEDISA
  • Publish Date: ➤  
  • Publish Location: ➤  Cambridge, UK - Baltimore - Barcelona, Spain - Milano

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First Setence:

"This book is a study of the relationship that links the conclusions reached by Nietzsche and Heidegger in their respective works (to which I shall constantly refer) to more recent discourses on the end of the modern era and on post-modernity."
"The question of nihilism is not principally a historiographical problem."

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  • First Year Published: 1985
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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3Being Modern in Japan

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“Being Modern in Japan” Metadata:

  • Title: Being Modern in Japan
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 224
  • Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
  • Publish Date:

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  • First Year Published: 2000
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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4The problem of being modern, or, The German pursuit of Enlightenment from Leibniz to the French Revolution

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  • Title: ➤  The problem of being modern, or, The German pursuit of Enlightenment from Leibniz to the French Revolution
  • Author:
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 370
  • Publisher: Wayne State University Press
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: Detroit, Mich

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  • First Year Published: 1997
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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5Habermas, modernity, and public theology

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“Habermas, modernity, and public theology” Metadata:

  • Title: ➤  Habermas, modernity, and public theology
  • Authors:
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 258
  • Publisher: Crossroad
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: New York, USA

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Access and General Info:

  • First Year Published: 1992
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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6Global shadows

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“Global shadows” Metadata:

  • Title: Global shadows
  • Authors:
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 272
  • Publisher: ➤  Duke University Press Books - Duke University Press
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: Durham [N.C.] - Durham, NC

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  • First Year Published: 2006
  • Is Full Text Available: No
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: No_ebook

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7Modernismus

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“Modernismus” Metadata:

  • Title: Modernismus
  • Author: ➤  
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 185
  • Publisher: ➤  Macmillan - Macmillan and co., limited
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: London

“Modernismus” Subjects and Themes:

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  • First Year Published: 1934
  • Is Full Text Available: No
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: No_ebook

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8Mexico

a study of two Americas

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“Mexico” Metadata:

  • Title: Mexico
  • Author:
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 338
  • Publisher: Macmillan - The Literary Guild
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: New York

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  • First Year Published: 1931
  • Is Full Text Available: No
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: No_ebook

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9Reading Habermas

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“Reading Habermas” Metadata:

  • Title: Reading Habermas
  • Author:
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 146
  • Publisher: ➤  Blackwell Pub - Blackwell - Blackwell Publishers
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: ➤  Cambridge, MA, USA - Oxford, UK - Cambridge, USA - Oxford, England

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Access and General Info:

  • First Year Published: 1990
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Printdisabled

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    10Contextualizing family planning

    truth, subject, and the other in the US government

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    “Contextualizing family planning” Metadata:

    • Title: ➤  Contextualizing family planning
    • Author:
    • Language: English
    • Number of Pages: Median: 244
    • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
    • Publish Date:
    • Publish Location: New York, USA

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    Access and General Info:

    • First Year Published: 2009
    • Is Full Text Available: No
    • Is The Book Public: No
    • Access Status: No_ebook

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      11The Media and Modernity

      A Social Theory of the Media

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      “The Media and Modernity” Metadata:

      • Title: The Media and Modernity
      • Author:
      • Language: English
      • Number of Pages: Median: 314
      • Publisher: Stanford University Press
      • Publish Date:

      “The Media and Modernity” Subjects and Themes:

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      First Setence:

      "In all societies human beings engage in the production and exchange of information and symbolic content."
      "'I have said that, in my opinion, all was chaos, that is, earth, air, water, and fire were mixed together; and out of that bulk a mass formed - just as cheese is made out of milk - and worms appeared in it, and these were the angels."

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      • First Year Published: 1996
      • Is Full Text Available: No
      • Is The Book Public: No
      • Access Status: No_ebook

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        12Visions of Japanese Modernity

        Articulations of Cinema, Nation, and Spectatorship, 1895-1925

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        “Visions of Japanese Modernity” Metadata:

        • Title: Visions of Japanese Modernity
        • Author:
        • Number of Pages: Median: 334
        • Publisher: University of California Press
        • Publish Date:
        • Publish Location: Berkeley, CA

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        Access and General Info:

        • First Year Published: 2010
        • Is Full Text Available: Yes
        • Is The Book Public: No
        • Access Status: Printdisabled

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          13Paul Mersmann - Diffusion der Moderne

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          “Paul Mersmann - Diffusion der Moderne” Metadata:

          • Title: ➤  Paul Mersmann - Diffusion der Moderne
          • Authors:
          • Language: ger
          • Number of Pages: Median: 206
          • Publisher: ➤  Manutius Verlag Heidelberg - Manutius
          • Publish Date:
          • Publish Location: ➤  Heidelberg - Heidelberg, Germany

          “Paul Mersmann - Diffusion der Moderne” Subjects and Themes:

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          Access and General Info:

          • First Year Published: 2008
          • Is Full Text Available: No
          • Is The Book Public: No
          • Access Status: No_ebook

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            14Kinder der Freiheit

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            “Kinder der Freiheit” Metadata:

            • Title: Kinder der Freiheit
            • Author:
            • Language: ger
            • Number of Pages: Median: 403
            • Publisher: Suhrkamp Verlag
            • Publish Date:
            • Publish Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany

            “Kinder der Freiheit” Subjects and Themes:

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            Access and General Info:

            • First Year Published: 1997
            • Is Full Text Available: No
            • Is The Book Public: No
            • Access Status: No_ebook

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              15Rene Del Risco Y Bermudez

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              “Rene Del Risco Y Bermudez” Metadata:

              • Title: Rene Del Risco Y Bermudez
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              • Language: ➤  Spanish; Castilian - español, castellano
              • Number of Pages: Median: 212
              • Publisher: Editora Manatí
              • Publish Date:

              “Rene Del Risco Y Bermudez” Subjects and Themes:

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              Access and General Info:

              • First Year Published: 2003
              • Is Full Text Available: No
              • Is The Book Public: No
              • Access Status: No_ebook

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                16The well-tempered self

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                “The well-tempered self” Metadata:

                • Title: The well-tempered self
                • Author:
                • Language: English
                • Number of Pages: Median: 290
                • Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
                • Publish Date:
                • Publish Location: Baltimore, Md

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                Access and General Info:

                • First Year Published: 1993
                • Is Full Text Available: Yes
                • Is The Book Public: No
                • Access Status: Printdisabled

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                  17Life in the Lanes

                  Documenting Chennai — Images and Insights

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                  “Life in the Lanes” Metadata:

                  • Title: Life in the Lanes
                  • Publisher: Mint Street Press
                  • Publish Date:
                  • Publish Location: Chennai

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                  • First Year Published: 2024
                  • Is Full Text Available: No
                  • Is The Book Public: No
                  • Access Status: No_ebook

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                  18Spirals

                  Some Essays in Criticism

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                  “Spirals” Metadata:

                  • Title: Spirals
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                  • Language: English
                  • Number of Pages: Median: 125
                  • Publisher: Chand Publishers , Lahore
                  • Publish Date:
                  • Publish Location: Lahore, Pakistan

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                  Access and General Info:

                  • First Year Published: 1992
                  • Is Full Text Available: No
                  • Is The Book Public: No
                  • Access Status: No_ebook

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                    19Ma xue yu xian dai xing = Marxology & Modernity

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                    “Ma xue yu xian dai xing = Marxology & Modernity” Metadata:

                    • Title: ➤  Ma xue yu xian dai xing = Marxology & Modernity
                    • Author:
                    • Language: chi
                    • Number of Pages: Median: 206
                    • Publisher: ➤  Yun chen wen hua shi ye gu fen you xian gong si
                    • Publish Date:
                    • Publish Location: Taibei Shi

                    “Ma xue yu xian dai xing = Marxology & Modernity” Subjects and Themes:

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                    Access and General Info:

                    • First Year Published: 2001
                    • Is Full Text Available: No
                    • Is The Book Public: No
                    • Access Status: No_ebook

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                    20Habermas and modernity

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                    “Habermas and modernity” Metadata:

                    • Title: Habermas and modernity
                    • Author:
                    • Language: English
                    • Number of Pages: Median: 243
                    • Publisher: MIT Press
                    • Publish Date:
                    • Publish Location: Cambridge, MA

                    “Habermas and modernity” Subjects and Themes:

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                    Access and General Info:

                    • First Year Published: 1985
                    • Is Full Text Available: Yes
                    • Is The Book Public: No
                    • Access Status: Printdisabled

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                      21Critical Terms for the Study of Buddhism (Committee on Publications in Biology and Medicine)

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                      • Title: ➤  Critical Terms for the Study of Buddhism (Committee on Publications in Biology and Medicine)
                      • Author:
                      • Language: English
                      • Number of Pages: Median: 344
                      • Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
                      • Publish Date:

                      “Critical Terms for the Study of Buddhism (Committee on Publications in Biology and Medicine)” Subjects and Themes:

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                      Access and General Info:

                      • First Year Published: 2005
                      • Is Full Text Available: No
                      • Is The Book Public: No
                      • Access Status: Unclassified

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                        22Shariʻa politics

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                        “Shariʻa politics” Metadata:

                        • Title: Shariʻa politics
                        • Author:
                        • Language: English
                        • Number of Pages: Median: 329
                        • Publisher: Indiana University Press
                        • Publish Date:
                        • Publish Location: Bloomington

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                        Access and General Info:

                        • First Year Published: 2011
                        • Is Full Text Available: No
                        • Is The Book Public: No
                        • Access Status: No_ebook

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                        23Out of place

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                        “Out of place” Metadata:

                        • Title: Out of place
                        • Author:
                        • Language: English
                        • Number of Pages: Median: 241
                        • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
                        • Publish Date:
                        • Publish Location: New York

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                        • First Year Published: 2013
                        • Is Full Text Available: No
                        • Is The Book Public: No
                        • Access Status: No_ebook

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                        24Women of 'Little Paris'

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                        “Women of 'Little Paris'” Metadata:

                        • Title: Women of 'Little Paris'
                        • Authors:
                        • Language: English
                        • Number of Pages: Median: 256
                        • Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
                        • Publish Date:
                        • Publish Location: London and New York

                        “Women of 'Little Paris'” Subjects and Themes:

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                        First Setence:

                        "Bucharest exists in the plural."

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                        • First Year Published: 2024
                        • Is Full Text Available: No
                        • Is The Book Public: No
                        • Access Status: No_ebook

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                          25Guide pour l'inculturation de l'evangile

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                          “Guide pour l'inculturation de l'evangile” Metadata:

                          • Title: ➤  Guide pour l'inculturation de l'evangile
                          • Author:
                          • Language: fre
                          • Number of Pages: Median: 382
                          • Publisher: ➤  Editrice Pontificia Università gregoriana
                          • Publish Date:
                          • Publish Location: Roma

                          “Guide pour l'inculturation de l'evangile” Subjects and Themes:

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                          Access and General Info:

                          • First Year Published: 1997
                          • Is Full Text Available: No
                          • Is The Book Public: No
                          • Access Status: No_ebook

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                          26A Pilgrimage of Faith

                          The Mennonite Brethren Church in Russia and North America, 1860-1990

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                          “A Pilgrimage of Faith” Metadata:

                          • Title: A Pilgrimage of Faith
                          • Author:
                          • Language: English
                          • Number of Pages: Median: 376
                          • Publisher: Kindred Press
                          • Publish Date:
                          • Publish Location: ➤  Winnipeg, MB, Canada - Hillsboro, KS, USA

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                          Access and General Info:

                          • First Year Published: 1993
                          • Is Full Text Available: Yes
                          • Is The Book Public: Yes
                          • Access Status: Public

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