Richard Osborne Libri

Herbert von Karajan was one of the twentieth century's most prodigiously gifted performing artists. Richard Osborne knew him and had many conversations with him. These, however, were only the starting point for a biography which draws on interviews with those who worked with Karajan during his sixty year career, and on a vast array of primary archive material which has never been previously examined. This biography explores Karajan's life and music-making against the background of European music and politics in the years 1908 - 1989. The Austrian theatre producer Otto Schenk once said of Karajan: 'He is not only a musician. He is a whole period. When I was a boy he was already a period in our history'. This epic biography explores that period, and the enigma of the man who made it.

Owning the Masters provides the first in-depth history of sound recording copyright. It is this form of intellectual property that underpins the workings of the recording industry. Rather than being focused on the manufacture of goods, this industry is centred on the creation, exploitation and protection of rights. The development and control of these rights has not been straightforward. This book explores the lobbying activities of record the principal creators, owners and defenders of sound recording copyright. It addresses the counter-activity of recording artists, in particular those who have fought against the legislative and contractual practices of record companies to claim these master rights for themselves. In addition, this book looks at the activities of the listening public, large numbers of whom have been labelled 'pirates' for trespassing on these rights. The public has played its own part in shaping copyright legislation. This is an essential subject for an understanding of the economic, artistic and political value of recorded sound.

With innovative graphics, "Introducing Sociology" traces the discipline's history, and explains the intricacies of its major thinkers from Comte and Marx to Baudrillard and beyond.

From Paleolithic cave-painting to postmodernism, Art Theory For Beginners/i> is a concise and entertaining survey of the major historical and current debates on art. Painters, theorists and philosophers are all included to show how the idea of art has developed over the last 5,000 years. Art is a visual representation of a range of concepts, stories and emotions, including curiosity, humanity, political statements, and the Self. Art Theory for Beginners examines and explains the development of the different ways in which people study, interpret and appreciate art in its rich variety of forms. Art Theory For Beginners is a clear and entertaining introduction to the complex questions that stem from the simple idea of 'art'.

This book describes in detail a culture and way of thinking which predates Western philosophy by several centuries. It is an ideal guide for the Western reader to the historical and philosophical basis of Eastern cultures.

Why does philosophy give some people a headache, others a real buzz, and yet others a feeling that it is subversive and dangerous? Why do a lot of people think philosophy is totally irrelevant? What is philosophy anyway? The ABCs of philosophy - easy to understand but never simplistic. Beginning with basic questions posed by the ancient Greeks - What is the world made of? What is a man? What is knowledge? What is good and evil? - Philosophy For Beginners traces the development of these questions as the key to understanding how Western philosophy developed over the last 2,500 years.

"Disenchantment with the underlying materialism of much of present-day society is driving many Westerners towards the integrated approach of Eastern philosophy, but often in a vague and generalized form." "In this introduction to the world's oldest philosophies, Richard Osborne and Borin Van Loon brilliantly elucidate the complex strands of Eastern thought from Confucius to Buddha and Islam to Tao. They explain the emphasis on the "nature of being", and on ethical and communal principles." "They also illuminate the search for Enlightenment, showing how these ideas are set within a cosmic whole rather than a framework of practical, scientific, and individual thought."--Jacket

Yeni Başlayanlar İçin Freud kitabı, psikanaliz fikirleri için açık bir giriş niteliği taşımaktadır ve psikanalizin nasıl oluşturulduğunu açıklamaktadır. Kitap, 20. yüzyılın başlarında Freud’un bilinç ve rüya hakkındaki düşüncelerine nasıl ulaştığını ve psikanalizi nasıl geliştirdiğini göstermektedir. Freud’un çalışmalarının başlıca alanlarını bu konular oluşturmaktadır. Kitapta bu konuların yanısıra Freud eleştirileri ve onun ölümünden sonra psikanalizin gelişimi de anlatılmaktadır. Freud’un 20. yüzyıl kültürü üzerindeki tespitleri gösterilmiş ve kültürel çalışmaları; feminizm, film kuramı ve sanat üzerindeki etkileri anlatılmıştır. Bu kitap, basit bir içerikle değil, anlaşılır bir dille ciddi konuları okuyucuya sunmaktadır. 20. yüzyıl, insan kültürünün ve varoluşunun dönüşüm yaşadığı bir dönem olmuştur ve Freud’un fikirleri hem bu değişiklikleri açıklamış hem de onların nedenlerini ortaya koymuştur. Cinsellik, savaş, reklam,sinema ve popüler kültür Freud’un bakış açısına çok şey borçludur. Onun fikirleri pek çok alanda etkin olmuştur. Yeni Başlayanlar İçin Freud kitabı, geniş bir çalışma alanında okuyuculara bilgiler sunmaktadır. Osborne ve Mechan, uzun yıllar süren bir çalışmanın sonucunda bu kitabı ortaya çıkarmışlardır. Bu kitap Freud’u ve psikanalizi anlamak için iyi bir başlangıçtır.