Interviews are a very rare genre in literary criticism. However, Salusinszky created an astounding gathering of the top critics in the U.S. The book is not based necessarily on individual interviews, because the points of view of one critic about the others are included. This, of course, allows a clear, direct source on the opinions that Said has on Bloom or Lentricchia on Hartman. A must have for anybody looking for a comprehensive and personal approach to contemporary critics.

¡Hola a todos! No creo que hayan llegado hasta aquí por casualidad. Si alguna vez ven este libro, cómprenlo, les juro que no se van a arrepentir. Jacques Sagot es un pianista y escritor costarricense que se nota que ama lo que hace. De veras lo recomiendo.

This is one of my earliest and most valuable finds, an excellent resource for the study and/or reenactment of the period. The first several chapters detail city life, social classes, housing, cooking and personal grooming. The later chapters cover the broader subjects of life cycle (birth, marriage and death rituals), and the yearly cycle (festivals, religions observances). Detailed and well footnoted.

Damage is an impressive collection of brief, free-verse poetry by Jacque Vaught Brogan (Professor of English and American Literature, University of Notre Dame) commemorating simple ideas and thoughts, with an open honesty that offers the refreshing charm of directness in its musings. "My memories of the many Octobers / I have held our love / have been rewritten, / have fallen now like the brown dried leaves / scurrying across dead ground, / as if loss leaves no trace of having happened- / as if damage isn't a slow fire / that continues to smoulder underground."

Dr. Gansler submits that in order to create a responsive and cost-effective defense industrial base to support the XXI force structure there must be revolutionary movement to a civil/military integration. This would mirror the cost cutting and downsizing achieved by the commercial sector in the early nineties.

However, this would entail a complete review of the defense industrial base to determine which areas should remain governmental (see GAO report [NSIAD-99-31] Army Industrial Facilities: Workforce Requirements and Related Issues Affecting Depots and Arsenals).

The only approved governmental process to privatize the defense base is OMB's A-76 process. Historically, the government agency has proven to be more cost-effective 50% of the time. Gansler's assertion would be received coldly by unions and its congressional allies.

An example of the difficulty to reach this integration is the production of a modern day cannon. The Watervliet Arsenal, (a government owned and operated facility) in Watervliet, NY is the sole producer of this commodity in the country. Instead of trying to integrate it into some sort of civilian status would it not be smarter to increase the workload and maintain the skill base.

Overall, Gansler provides decisive insight into the workings and relationships of the military/industrial complex. Obviously a must read for anyone involved with defense-related policy.

Lecercle had written a book a while back, "Philosophy Through the Looking-Glass," in which he traced 'delire' through all sorts of quirky stuff, eventually coming to Deleuze and The Logic of Sense, which he readily admitted perplexed him to no end. It was still brilliant, for he faced up to difficult problems alot of Deleuzeans shy away from.
Years later, Lecercle has let Deleuze ferment, releasing this book, the only significant treatment of Deleuze and language that I am aware of. And what a treatment it is.
Lecercle walks us through each stage of Deleuze's development with verve and humor, and the result is utterly satisfying. The price tag is ridiculous, of course, and may mislead some into thinking this a pedagogical text, composed by an academic linguist for academic linguists. Not so, thank Jove. Lecercle is, and always has been, an engaging writer and it's a blessing not only that he takes such care in crafting his prose but also that he's dedicated so much time (30 years he says) to consideration of Deleuze and his take on linguistics.
There's no details I can give except that you will learn from this book. It is one of those rarities that sticks out in the head as a gold nugget among the dark morass of Deleuze scholarship (A lot of it is excellent, don't get me wrong, but there is a LOT of it).
Like it, love it, want some more of it.

Jacques Derrida was famously asked a few years ago, by a newspaper journalist, to explain deconstruction "in a nutshell". Derrida's response, whether a wry smile or a volley of foul language (the latter unlikely as Derrida is, by all accounts, a very gracious man) is unrecorded but in all likelihood the reporter was left in little doubt as to the impossibility of such a task.

Our soundbite obsessed journalist friend might have been better advised to consult Christopher Johnson's excellent book. At just 55 pages this is about as close to a "nutshell" as he could hope to find. In by far the best "Derrida for beginners" book I've read, Johnson focuses on Derrida's critique of a text by Levi-Strauss in order to provide a clear, detailed, and thorough demonstration of what deconstruction is, how it works, and its implications for many of our most deeply held beliefs and assumptions regarding language, signification, consciousness and reality.

A book of this length cannot, of course, hope to provide a complete overview of Derrida's work, but the central idea - that the entire Western tradition of philosophy/metaphysics is based on fundamentally flawed and unsustainable principles (of "presence", moments of "originary truth" etc.) - is clearly explained. Much light is also shed on why Derrida himself is often difficult to read, especially in English translation.

Highly readable and fascinating throughout, this book is an essential buy for anyone interested in understanding the thought of one of our world's most radical and original thinkers. And it costs almost nothing. Buy it!

Excellent discourse. This book discusses some of the rudiments of the history of inequality and how its self supporting and ever existing in human nature. I recommend this book for those readers who either want to increase their knowledge on Jean-Jacques Rousseau or historical development of inequality

For those who want to further their command over Rousseau's life- I suggest them to read 'Confessions' by Rousseau.

The most wonderful collection fo illustrations by Sempe