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Roger Bartra
A profound exploration of the external influences that shape human consciousness, from healing rituals to digital devices
In this voyage through thousands of years of psychosomatic healing, distinguished anthropologist and…
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This unique book shows that consciousness is a phenomenon that occurs not only in the mind but also in an external network, a symbolic system. He argues that the symbolic…
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In this surprising and insightful study, Roger Bartra explores how three lucid European thinkers - Immanuel Kant, Max Weber and Walter Benjamin - addressed melancholy, a condition of imbalance, chaotic…
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Bartra offers commentary on connections between popular culture, national ideology, and the state, assessing socio-cultural events and processes in Mexico and analyzing Mexico’s cultural and political relationship to the US.
This volume presents original writings and interviews with prominent thinkers on the front lines of an international intellectual effort to reconsider the fundamental terms of modernity and promote a philosophical…
