Eco Umberto — Knigausa Bookstore: Russian Books

How to Spot a Fascist

Aleksandr Malyshev — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 19:49:16 +0000

We are here to remember what happened and to declare solemnly that ‘they’ must never do it again. But who are ‘they’?How to Spot a Fascist is a selection of three thought-provoking essays on freedom and fascism, censorship and tolerance — including Eco’s iconic essay ‘Ur-Fascism’, which lists the fourteen essential characteristics of fascism, and draws on his own personal experiences growing up in the shadow of Mussolini.Umberto Eco remains one of the greatest writers and cultural commentators of the last century. In these pertinent pieces, he warns against prejudice and abuses of power and proves a wise and insightful guide for our times.If we strive to learn from our collective history and come together in challenging times, we can hope for a peaceful and tolerant future.

Baudolino

Aleksandr Malyshev — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 04:12:40 +0000

‘A totally compelling journey into a lost world — a masterpiece’ Sunday TelegraphAn extraordinary epic, brilliantly-imagined, new novel from a world-class writer and author of The Name of the Rose. Discover the Middle Ages with Baudolino — a wondrous, dazzling, beguiling tale of history, myth and invention.It is 1204, and Constantinople is being sacked and burned by the knights of the fourth Crusade. Amid the carnage and confusion Baudolino saves a Byzantine historian and high court official from certain death at the hands of the crusading warriors, and proceeds to tell his own fantastical story.

Kant And The Platypus

Sun, 28 Jan 2024 13:45:11 +0000

A playful collection of philosophical critiques from the internationally acclaimed and bestselling author of The Name of the Rose and The Prague CemeteryHow much do our perceptions of things depend on our cognitive ability, and how much on our linguistic resources? Where, and how, do these two questions meet? Umberto Eco undertakes a series of idiosyncratic and typically brilliant explorations, starting from the perceived data of common sense, from which flow an abundance of ‘stories’ or fables, often with animals as protagonists, to expound a clear critique of Kant, Heidegger and Peirce. And as a beast designed specifically to throw spanners in the works of cognitive theory, the duckbilled platypus naturally takes centre stage.Игривый сборник философских критических замечаний от всемирно известного автора бестселлеров «Имя розы» и «Пражское кладбище».Насколько наше восприятие вещей зависит от наших когнитивных способностей и насколько от наших лингвистических ресурсов? Где и как пересекаются эти два вопроса? Умберто Эко предпринимает серию своеобразных и, как правило, блестящих исследований, отталкиваясь от воспринимаемых данных здравого смысла, из которых вытекает множество «историй» или басен, часто с животными в качестве главных героев, чтобы изложить четкую критику Канта, Хайдеггера и Пирса. И как зверь, созданный специально для того, чтобы метать гаечные ключи в работах по когнитивной теории, утконос с утиным клювом, естественно, занимает центральное место.Книга на английском языке.