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Why It's OK to Love Bad Movies

Why It's OK to Love Bad Movies

Most people are too busy to keep up with all the good movies they’d like to see so why should anyone spend their precious time watching the bad ones? In Why It’s OK to Love Bad Movies philosopher and cinematic bottom feeder Matthew Strohl enthusiastically defends a fondness for disreputable films. Combining philosophy of art with film criticism Strohl flips conventional notions of good and bad on their heads and makes the case that the ultimate value of a work of art lies in what it can add to our lives. By this measure some of the worst movies ever made are also among the best. Through detailed discussions of films such as Troll 2 The Room Batman & Robin Twilight Ninja III: The Domination and a significant portion of Nicolas Cage’s filmography Strohl argues that so-called bad movies are the ones that break the rules of the art form without the aura of artistic seriousness that surrounds the avant-garde. These movies may not win any awards but they offer rich opportunities for creative engagement and enable the formation of lively fan communities and they can be a key ingredient in a fulfilling aesthetic life. Key Features: Written in a humorous approachable style appealing to readers with no background in philosophy. Elaborates the rewards of loving bad movies such as forming unlikely social bonds and developing refinement without narrowness. Discusses a wide range of beloved bad movies including Plan 9 from Outer Space The Core Battlefield Earth and Freddy Got Fingered. Contains the most extensive discussion of Nicolas Cage ever included in a philosophy book. | Why It's OK to Love Bad Movies

GBP 19.99
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Mourning and Metabolization Close Readings in the Psychoanalytic Literature of Loss

Mourning and Metabolization Close Readings in the Psychoanalytic Literature of Loss

By bringing together perspectives from psychoanalysis and literary studies and considering the reciprocal relation between ideas about mourning and our internal worlds this book provides a guide to thinking theoretically about loss and how we deal with it. Rael Meyerowitz conceptualizes the work of psychic internalization required by loss in terms of bodily digestion and metabolization. In this way successful mourning can be likened to the proper processing of physical sustenance while failed mourning is akin to indigestion as expressed in various forms of melancholia mania depression and anxiety. Borrowing from the methodology of literary criticism the book conducts a detailed treatment of these themes by drawing on a series of psychoanalytic works including those of Freud Ferenczi Karl Abraham Klein Loewald Torok Nicolas Abraham and Green while paying close critical attention to a selection of literary works such as those by William Faulkner Wallace Stevens and Sylvia Plath. Aimed at clinicians as well as readers with a more academic interest in psychoanalytic theory and language the close-reading format offered by this book will also enable students in psychoanalytic and psychotherapy courses to engage deeply with some central texts and key concepts in psychoanalysis. | Mourning and Metabolization Close Readings in the Psychoanalytic Literature of Loss

GBP 29.99
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Security Defense Discourse and Identity in NATO and Europe How France Changed Foreign Policy

Security Defense Discourse and Identity in NATO and Europe How France Changed Foreign Policy

Analyzing changes in the role and place of NATO European integration and Franco-American relations in foreign policy discourse under Presidents Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy this book provides an original perspective on French foreign policy and its identity construction. The book employs a novel research design for the analysis of foreign policies which can be used beyond the case of France by combining the discourse theory of the Essex School with Interpretive Policy Analysis to examine political ideas and how they are organized into a foreign policy identity. On these grounds the volume undertakes a comparative analysis of parliamentary and executive discourse of President Chirac’s failed attempt at NATO reintegration in the 1990s Sarkozy’s successful attempt in the 2000s and the Libyan War. Ostermann depicts French foreign policy and identity as turning away from the European Union atlanticizing and losing its American nemesis. As a result France uses a much more pragmatic de-unionized and pro-American strategy to implement foreign policy objectives than before. Offering a new and innovative explanation for a major change in French foreign policy and grand strategy this book will be of great interest to scholars of NATO European defense cooperation and foreign policy. | Security Defense Discourse and Identity in NATO and Europe How France Changed Foreign Policy

GBP 38.99
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Handmade Electronic Music The Art of Hardware Hacking

Handmade Electronic Music The Art of Hardware Hacking

Handmade Electronic Music: The Art of Hardware Hacking provides a long-needed practical and engaging introduction to the craft of making—as well as creatively cannibalizing—electronic circuits for artistic purposes. With a sense of adventure and no prior knowledge the reader can subvert the intentions designed into devices such as radios and toys to discover a new sonic world. You will also learn how to make contact microphones pickups for electromagnetic fields oscillators distortion boxes mixers and unusual signal processors cheaply and quickly. At a time when computers dominate music production this book offers a rare glimpse into the core technology of early live electronic music as well as more recent developments at the hands of emerging artists. This revised and expanded third edition has been updated throughout to reflect recent developments in technology and DIY approaches. New to this edition are chapters contributed by a diverse group of practitioners addressing the latest developments in technology and creative trends as well as an extensive companion website that provides media examples tutorials and further reading. This edition features: Over 50 new hands-on projects. New chapters and features on topics including soft circuitry video hacking neural networks radio transmitters Arduino Raspberry Pi data hacking printing your own circuit boards and the international DIY community A new companion website at www. HandmadeElectronicMusic. com containing video tutorials video clips audio tracks resource files and additional chapters with deeper dives into technical concepts and hardware hacking scenes around the world With a hands-on experimental spirit Nicolas Collins demystifies the process of crafting your own instruments and enables musicians composers artists and anyone interested in music technology to draw on the creative potential of hardware hacking. | Handmade Electronic Music The Art of Hardware Hacking

GBP 35.99
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The New Psychology of Leadership Identity Influence and Power

The New Psychology of Leadership Identity Influence and Power

This groundbreaking book provides a refreshing introduction to the field of leadership and is jam-packed with theoretical and practical insights derived from a wealth of applied scientific research conducted by the authors and their colleagues around the world over the last three decades. It starts from the premise that leadership is never just about leaders. Instead it is about leaders and followers who are joined together as members of a social group that provides them with a sense of shared social identity – a sense of us-ness. In these terms leadership is understood as the process through which leaders work with followers to create represent advance and embed this sense of shared social identity. The new edition of this award-winning book presents a wealth of evidence from historical organizational political and sporting contexts to provide an expanded exploration of these processes of identity leadership in action. In particular it builds upon the success of the first edition by examining the operation of identity leadership in contemporary society and fleshing out practical answers to key organizational and institutional challenges. Drawing on real-world examples and rich data sources this book will appeal to academics researchers and students of psychology business and management as well as to practitioners policy makers and anyone interested in the workings of leadership influence and power. | The New Psychology of Leadership Identity Influence and Power

GBP 31.99
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One-Week Dungeons Diaries of a Seven-Day Roguelike Challenge

One-Week Dungeons Diaries of a Seven-Day Roguelike Challenge

An entertaining race-against-time narrative. —Kobo review A fast-paced look into seven-day roguelikes something so niche most people wouldn't have heard about but the book is well written and shows how important it is to get your thoughts down so you can sort out your ideas. —Goodreads review Eleven game designers. Eight grand ideas. Seven days to will them into reality. Every year programmers around the world compete in the 7-day roguelike challenge or 7DRL a weeklong game jam where participants endeavor to design and program a roguelike role-playing game. Their obstacles: day jobs family responsibilities sleep deprivation and visionary concepts too big for 168 hours to contain. Told over a series of daily journal logs One-Week Dungeons: Diaries of a Seven-Day Roguelike Challenge chronicles the journeys of eleven 7DRL participants as they race to build their dream games before the clock expires. David L. Craddock writes fiction nonfiction and grocery lists. He is the author of over a dozen nonfiction books about video game development and culture including the bestselling Stay Awhile and Listen series and Arcade Perfect: How Pac-Man Mortal Kombat and Other Coin-Op Classics Invaded the Living Room and fiction for young adults including The Dumpster Club and Heritage: Book One of the Gairden Chronicles. Find him online @davidlcraddock on Twitter. | One-Week Dungeons Diaries of a Seven-Day Roguelike Challenge

GBP 28.99
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