Ron Rosenbaum Libri

È possibile che, oltre mezzo secolo dopo la morte di Hitler, continuiamo a tentare di decifrare il passato, cercando invano di scoprire la verità sulla sua natura umana? Ron Rosenbaum, scrittore e saggista, affronta molti aspetti controversi della personalità di Hitler, delle sue origini, della sua sessualità e delle radici del suo acceso antisemitismo. Cerca risposte in archivi dimenticati, nei ricordi e negli articoli di giornalisti oppositori dell'epoca di Weimar. Intraprende un lungo viaggio sulle tracce di Hitler e partecipa a numerosi incontri, talvolta drammatici, con alcuni dei più noti studiosi contemporanei: storici, filosofi, teologi e autorità sul tema dell'Olocausto, da Alan Bullock e Hugh Trevor-Roper a Daniel Goldhagen, George Steiner e Claude Lanzmann, fino a David Irving.

Focusing on Shakespearean scholarship and theatrical practices, this book provides a critical examination of how we interpret and perform the works of the Bard. It delves into the myriad controversies and questions surrounding Shakespeare, offering insights into the evolving perspectives on his plays and their relevance. The author draws from extensive research to highlight the complexities of understanding Shakespeare's legacy in both literary and performance contexts.

"From the bestselling author of The Shakespeare Wars and Explaining Hitler comes a stirring manifesto on love in the modern age. From one generation to the next, our understanding of love is constantly evolving, be it courtship, sex, or romantic relationships. The science of love is advancing, too, from the study of chemicals responsible for our behavior in love to the mining of data generated using dating apps. Now, more than ever, we find ourselves asking: what is love? Is it a diffuse feeling or a quantifiable chemical reaction? What is lust? What is a chance meeting and what is fate? And why have we become so obsessed with codifying love through science? Ron Rosenbaum interrogates love's role in the public imagination over centuries to uncover its age old-and newer-secrets. Rosenbaum's research pulls from centuries of the arts and sciences as well as his own lived experience, illuminating the loves that have marked his life and the sacrifices he has made for each. He argues for the beauty and specialness of love, and for its capacity to make us kinder, wiser, and more generous. He shows us the feeling of breath being taken away and the skipping of a heartbeat. In essence, he argues for the very capacity that makes us human. A Defense of Love is more than a primer on the intersection of love with literature and science-it is a guide to a deeply noble pursuit: the power of surrendering to love"--