Erotica Pompeiana
Erotica Pompeiana

Author: Antonio Varone

Publisher: L'ERMA di BRETSCHNEIDER

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 9788882651244

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"The modern visitor, who approaches Pompeii two thousand years later, coming not only from another region but from quite another world, can still sense the subtle magic of love that emanates from the wall-paintings of the houses, from the bas-reliefs along the streets, from the graffiti scribbled on the walls of the buildings among which he wanders." -- Introduction.

A Commentary on Cicero, De Legibus
A Commentary on Cicero, De Legibus

Author: Andrew Roy Dyck

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 712

ISBN-13: 9780472113248

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"Andrew R. Dyck's full commentary on this work is the first to appear in English or any other language for over a century. Whereas previous commentaries focused primarily on grammar and textual criticism, this one, while not neglecting those areas, insightfully relates the text to the trends, political, philosophical, and religious, of Cicero's times; identifies the influences on Cicero's thinking; and analyzes the relation of this theoretical treatise to his other utterances, public and private, of the time."--BOOK JACKET.

Republics and Kingdoms Compared
Republics and Kingdoms Compared

Author: Aurelio Lippo Brandolini

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9780674033986

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A Socratic dialogue set in the court of King Mattias Corvinus of Hungary (the book was written ca. 1490), the work depicts a debate between the king himself and a Florentine merchant. This is the first critical edition and the first translation into any language. --publisher's description.

Love and Rage
Love and Rage

Author: Kelley Tatro

Publisher: Wesleyan University Press

Published: 2022-10-04

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 0819580953

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Love and Rage is a deeply ethnographic account of punk in Mexico City as it is lived and practiced, connecting the sounds of punk music to different styles of political action. Through compelling first-person accounts, ethnographer Kelley Tatro shows that punk is more than music. It is a lifestyle choice that commits scene participants to experimentation with anarchist politics. Key to that process is the concept of autogestión ("self-management"), a term with deep history in local leftist politics. In detailed vignettes, grounded in historical, social, and political frames, the book shows how punk-scene sounds and practices foster autogestión through intensely affective experiences, understood as manifestations of love and rage. Drawing on the history of anarchism in Mexico City, as well as social movement scholarship, Love and Rage details the pleasures and problems of using music as a tool for creating an autonomous politics. Includes 25 photographs from photographer Yaz "Punk" Núñez.

Connected
Connected

Author: Roberto J. González

Publisher: University of California Press

Published: 2020-08-10

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 0520344200

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This is the true story of how, against all odds, a remote Mexican pueblo built its own autonomous cell phone network—without help from telecom companies or the government. Anthropologist Roberto J. González paints a vivid and nuanced picture of life in a Oaxaca mountain village and the collective tribulation, triumph, and tragedy the community experienced in pursuit of getting connected. In doing so, this book captures the challenges and contradictions facing Mexico's indigenous peoples today, as they struggle to wire themselves into the 21st century using mobile technologies, ingenuity, and sheer determination. It also holds a broader lesson about the great paradox of the digital age, by exploring how constant connection through virtual worlds can hinder our ability to communicate with those around us.