{"title":"Secondhand","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"fragments-portraits-from-the-inside","title":"Fragments : Portraits from the Inside","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is the memoir of film director Andre de Toth. The book opens amidst the enchanted cafe society of pre-war Budapest - a world shattered forever by the Nazi onslaught which propelled de Toth on his odessey, first to England and then Hollywood. It is a unique chronicle of a life lived among many of the most turbulent events of the 20th century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in 1900, de Toth's life spans the history of movies. Best known for his film noirs in the 40s and 50s, he is also the director of the cult classic 3-D movie \"House of Wax\". He also worked in production capacities on Alexander Korda's \"Jungle Book\" and Ken Russell's first film, \"Billion Dollar Brain\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis last film, \"Play Dirty\", is one of Martin Scorsese's favorite films.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSECONDHAND BOOK, out of print, very good condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gmail_default\"\u003ehed: UK, 1994\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gmail_default\"\u003eer:  Faber \u0026amp; Faber\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages: 446\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage: English \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: 9780571172221\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Andre de Toth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56581012062539,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/8755\/1819\/files\/IMG_3567.jpg?v=1771672932"},{"product_id":"from-the-tree-to-the-labyrinth-historical-studies-on-the-sign-and-interpretation","title":"From the Tree to the Labyrinth : Historical Studies on the Sign and Interpretation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe way we create and organize knowledge is the theme of From the Tree to the Labyrinth, a major achievement by one of the world’s foremost thinkers on language and interpretation. Umberto Eco begins by arguing that our familiar system of classification by genus and species derives from the Neo-Platonist idea of a “tree of knowledge.” He then moves to the idea of the dictionary, which—like a tree whose trunk anchors a great hierarchy of branching categories—orders knowledge into a matrix of definitions. In Eco’s view, though, the dictionary is too rigid: it turns knowledge into a closed system.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA more flexible organizational scheme is the encyclopedia, which—instead of resembling a tree with finite branches—offers a labyrinth of never-ending pathways. Presenting knowledge as a network of interlinked relationships, the encyclopedia sacrifices humankind’s dream of possessing absolute knowledge, but in compensation we gain the freedom to pursue an infinity of new connections and meanings. Moving effortlessly from analyses of Aristotle and James Joyce to the philosophical difficulties of telling dogs from cats, Eco demonstrates time and again his inimitable ability to bridge ancient, medieval, and modern modes of thought.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the Tree to the Labyrinth is a brilliant illustration of Eco’s longstanding argument that problems of interpretation can be solved only in historical context.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSECONDHAND COPY, excellent condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Hardcover \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gmail_default\"\u003ehed: USA, 2014\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gmail_default\"\u003eer: \u003cstrong\u003eHarvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ePages: 640\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage: English \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: 9780674049185\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Umberto Eco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56581037424971,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/8755\/1819\/files\/IMG_3570.jpg?v=1771674275"},{"product_id":"samo-tomsic-the-labour-of-enjoyment-towards-a-critique-of-libidinal-economy","title":"Samo Tomsic : The Labour of Enjoyment. Towards a Critique of Libidinal Economy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA new theory of libidinal economy―the intersection between desire and capitalism―from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Capitalist Unconscious\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fourth book in Slavoj Žižek's \u003ci\u003eLacanian Explorations\u003c\/i\u003e series, \u003ci\u003eThe Labour of Enjoyment\u003c\/i\u003e sees Slovenian philosopher Samo Tomšic continue his exploration of the connections between capitalism and psychoanalysis that he began in his 2015 book \u003ci\u003eThe Capitalist Unconscious\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this new text, Tomšic critiques the use of psychoanalysis to discuss political economy, focusing specifically on the concept of \"libidinal economy,\" the intersection between desire and capitalism most famously proposed by Jean-François Lyotard.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContrasting Marxist and Freudian thought with the philosophies of Aristotle and Adam Smith, Tomšic suggests that in the age of modernity, political and economic theory should reflect the driving force of alienation rather than narcissism. With this in mind, Tomšic also analyzes the problems of labor and resistance and the \"psychoanalytic deadlocks\" they present in a traditional understanding of libidinal economy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSECONDHAND COPY, out of print, excellent condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gmail_default\"\u003ehed: Germany, 2019\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gmail_default\"\u003eer: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.gardnerseu.com\/Search?Publisher=Verlag%20der%20Buchhandlung%20Walther%20Konig\u0026amp;fq=14120\"\u003eVerlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gmail_default\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages: 260\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage: English \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: 9783941360563\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Samo Tomsic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56581197791563,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/8755\/1819\/files\/IMG_3575.jpg?v=1771677760"},{"product_id":"undoing-gender","title":"Undoing Gender","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUndoing Gender constitutes Judith Butler's recent reflections on gender and sexuality, focusing on new kinship, psychoanalysis and the incest taboo, transgender, intersex, diagnostic categories, social violence, and the tasks of social transformation. In terms that draw from feminist and queer theory, Butler considers the norms that govern--and fail to govern--gender and sexuality as they relate to the constraints on recognizable personhood. The book constitutes a reconsideration of her earlier view on gender performativity from Gender Trouble.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this work, the critique of gender norms is clearly situated within the framework of human persistence and survival. And to \"do\" one's gender in certain ways sometimes implies \"undoing\" dominant notions of personhood. She writes about the \"New Gender Politics\" that has emerged in recent years, a combination of movements concerned with transgender, transsexuality, intersex, and their complex relations to feminist and queer theory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eThis is secondhand copy, very good condition. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: P\u003cspan class=\"gmail_default\"\u003eaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gmail_default\"\u003ehed: UK, 2004\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gmail_default\"\u003eer: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis Ltd\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages: 288\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage: English\u003cspan class=\"gmail-Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: 9780415969239\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Judith Butler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56718207320395,"sku":null,"price":19.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/8755\/1819\/files\/9780415969239.jpg?v=1772880761"},{"product_id":"pauline-kael-on-the-best-film-ever-made","title":"Pauline Kael on the Best Film Ever Made","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePauline Kael was an American film critic who wrote for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e magazine from 1968 to 1991. She was known for her \"witty, biting, highly opinionated, and sharply focused\" movie reviews. She approached movies emotionally, with a strongly colloquial writing style. She is often regarded as the most influential American film critic of her day and made a lasting impression on other major critics including Armond White and Roger Ebert, who has said that Kael \"had a more positive influence on the climate for film in America than any other single person over the last three decades.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"description\" class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--large\" data-testid=\"contentContainer\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\"\u003ePauline Kael discusses Citizen Kane in great detail, from the inception of the story through the critical analysis since its release.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a secondhand book, in an excellent condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eFormat: P\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gmail_default\"\u003eaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003ePublis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gmail_default\"\u003ehed: UK, 2002\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gmail_default\"\u003eer: Methuen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages: 149\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage: English \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Pauline Kael","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56787977339211,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/8755\/1819\/files\/IMG_4609.jpg?v=1773401283"},{"product_id":"shade-an-anthology-of-fiction-by-gay-men-of-african-descent","title":"Shade: An Anthology of Fiction by Gay Men of African Descent","description":"\u003cdiv data-testid=\"description\" class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--large\" data-testid=\"contentContainer\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\"\u003eIn the Black gay literary tradition that includes such gifted American writers as James Baldwin, Langston Hughes, and Countee Cullen, Shade is the first anthology devoted exclusively to fiction by contemporary Black gay writers. Powerful and often stunning, the stories in Shade are so brilliant they will cast a long shadow for years to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is a secondhand book, very good condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eFormat: P\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gmail_default\"\u003eaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003ePublis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gmail_default\"\u003ehed:  1996\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gmail_default\"\u003eer: HarperPerennial\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage: English \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.abebooks.de\/9780380783052\/Shade-Anthology-Fict-0380783053\/plp\" title=\"ISBN-13 9780380783052\" data-csa-c-type=\"action\" data-csa-c-action=\"navigate\" data-csa-c-navigate=\"plp\" data-csa-c-navigate-identifier=\"ISBN10-9780380783052\" class=\"link-primary\" data-csa-c-id=\"9inl4i-pxtfgf-sa8eio-xart6q\"\u003e9780380783052\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bruce Morrow (ed), Charles H. Rowell (ed)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56855049535819,"sku":null,"price":16.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/8755\/1819\/files\/IMG_5080.jpg?v=1774102642"}],"url":"https:\/\/desirelinesbookstore.com\/collections\/secondhand.oembed","provider":"desirelines books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}