CHEES(Source: www.amazon.com.tr) Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) was an Austrian writer. His mother was a daughter of a Jewish banking family, and his father was a wealthy Jewish textile manufacturer. Zweig studied philosophy at the University of Vienna, and earned his doctoral degree with his thesis on ‘The Philosophy of Hippolyte Taine’. Zweig was a well-known writer in the 1920s and 1930s. His output...
THE GRAY CLOTH(Source: www.amazon.com.tr) Paul Scheerbart (1863-1915) was a Danzig born German author and artist. Much of his work revolved around architectural themes, with dozens of fictional utopian narratives related to glass architecture. Stuart writes in the introduction that, ‘Along with younger contemporaries, such as Bruno Taut, Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe...
ON WAR(Source: www.amazon.com.tr) Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831) was a Prussian general and military theorist. Clausewitz’s bracing theory with practicality, emphasis of the centrality of politics in the acts of war, emphasis of the importance of the moral forces (psychological forces) in war are among the prominent aspects of his work which add to the continuing relevance of his theories...
THE WORK OF ART IN THE AGE OF MECHANICAL REPRODUCTION(Source: www.amazon.com.tr) Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) was a German philosopher, cultural critic and author. He was born into a wealthy Jewish family; his uncle was the child psychologist who developed the concept of IQ, his cousin another philosopher who studied with Husserl and Heidegger. He studied philosophy during which time...
SOUND WITHIN SOUND(Source: www.amazon.com.tr) Kate Molleson is a Scottish journalist, broadcaster and commentator specializing in contemporary classical music. She presents BBC Radio 3’s New Music Show and Music Matters, and her articles have been published in the Guardian, Herald, BBC Music Magazine, and Gramophone among others. Her BBC documentaries have focused on music in Greenland, opera in...
TIME OF THE ASSASSINS(Source: www.amazon.com.tr) Henry Miller (1891-1980) was an American author who also painted around 2000 watercolors, as well as writing about them. His mostly autobiographical novels which included ample sexual content made him a liberating influence at the time, although most of his fame came later in his life. In 1924 Miller left his personnel management job...
MARCEL DUCHAMP(Source: www.amazon.com.tr) Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) was a French painter, ‘sculptor’, ‘anti-artist’, chess player and writer whose influence contributed to the developments in Cubism, Dadaism, Surrealism and conceptual arts. The original book was published in 1959. Design and layout was by Duchamp and A. Fawens, text was compiled by R.Lebel after 10 years...
SIMIANS, CYBORGS AND WOMEN(Source: www.amazon.com) Donna Haraway (1944- ) is an American scholar and author known for her contributions in the fields of feminist theory, animal, science and technology studies. She was taught by Catholic nuns in her earlier life. She majored in zoology, and studied evolutionary philosophy and theology before receiving her PhD at Yale University. Her dissertation...
FOOTBALL AGAINST THE ENEMY(Source: www.amazon.com) Simon Kuper (1969- ) is a Uganda born British, naturalized French author and journalist. He studied history and German at the Oxford University, and studied at the Harvard University as a Kennedy Scholar. He was born to South African parents, spent most of his early life living and traveling all over the world, and now lives in France with...
HOW BUILDINGS LEARN (Source www.amazon.com) Stewart Brand (1938-) is an American project developer and author. He studied biology at Stanford University, and served in the army as an infantry officer. Later he studied design, photography, and participated in a scientific study of then-legal LSD. Since 1982, he has been living in a working 20m long tugboat with his wife. He has founded...