Umberto Eco

Del encuentro extraordinario entre un narrador -e intelectual, ensayista, fil sofo...-(Umberto Eco) y un artista (Eugenio Carmi), nacen estas tres historias sobre el respeto y la esperanza, escritas e ilustradas para los amantes de las f bulas. Ahora ya sab an que en la Tierra como en los dem s planetas, para gustos est n los colores, y lo importante es que nos entendamos. La bomba y el general Los tomos encerrados en una bomba nuclear se rebelan ante el general que quiere desencadenar una guerra con el arsenal acumulado en su buhardilla. Los tres cosmonautas Tres cosmonautas, un estadounidense, un ruso y un chino, compiten entre s por ser los mejores en su misi n a Marte. No se entienden ni se gustan hasta que un marciano de seis manos les hace entrar en raz n. Los gnomos de Gn Un emperador presuntuoso env a a un explorador con la misi n de civilizar a un peque o planeta inocente y feliz. Un libro especial y bell simo que es un homenaje a Umberto Eco, una joya nica de su universo creativo, ilustrada por el artista Eugenio Carmi. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION From an extraordinary meeting between a storyteller - Intellectual, essayist, and philosopher- (Umberto Eco), and an artist (Eugenio Carmi), these three stories about respect and hope come alive, written and illustrated especially for those who love fables."Now they knew that on Earth as in any other planet, there are different strokes for different folks, the important thing is to get along." In "The Bomb and the General, " the atoms living inside a nuclear bomb rebel against the general who wants to start a war with the arsenal he stores in his attic. In "The Three Astronauts," an American, a Russian, and a Chinese astronaut compete to see which one of them is the best on their missions to Mars. They don't get along or even like each other, until a six-handed Martian makes them all recapitulate. In "The Gnomes of Gnu," an arrogant emperor sends an explorer with the mission of civilizing an innocent and happy little planet. A beautiful book which is a tribute to Umberto Eco, a unique treasure from his creative universe illustrated by the artist Eugenio Carmi.

V nastojaschem izdanii predstavlen pervyj polnyj perevod na russkij jazyk knigi Umberto Eko "Ot dreva k labirintu. Istoricheskie issledovanija znaka i interpretatsii". Eko izvesten otechestvennomu chitatelju prezhde vsego kak pisatel, kak avtor originalnykh rabot po srednevekovoj estetike, kak shiroko erudirovannyj istorik-medievist. V etoj knige mysl Eko raskryvaetsja v novoj grani: on predstaet pered nami kak glubokij znatok istorii semiotiki, problemy kotoroj on rassmatrivaet v shirokom kontekste razvitija evropejskoj filosofskoj mysli ot Srednikh vekov do nashikh dnej. Kniga predstavljaet soboj seriju ocherkov, v kotorykh osveschajutsja naibolee vazhnye, s tochki zrenija Eko, problemy istorii i teorii znaka i semiozisa. Izdanie budet polezno filosofam, kulturologam, religiovedam, a takzhe vsem interesujuschimsja istoriej evropejskoj filosofskoj mysli.

The gripping new conspiracy thriller by the bestselling author of The Name of the Rose1945, Lake Como. Fuelled by conspiracy theories, Mafiosi, love, corruption and murder, Numero Zero reverberates with the clash of forces that have shaped Italy since the Second World War.

"Eco combines his delight in suspense with astute political satire in this brainy, funny, neatly lacerating thriller." --Booklist 1945, Lake Como. Mussolini and his mistress are captured and shot by local partisans. The precise circumstances of Il Duce's death remain controversial.1992, Milan. Colonna, a depressed hack writer, is offered a fee he can't resist to ghostwrite a book. His subject: a fledgling newspaper, which happens to be financed by a powerful media magnate. As Colonna gets to know the team, he learns of the editor's paranoid theory that Mussolini's corpse was a body double and part of a wider Fascist plot. It's the scoop the newspaper desperately needs. The evidence? He's working on it.It's all there: media hoaxes, Mafiosi, the CIA, the Pentagon, blackmail, love, gossip, and murder. A clash of forces that have shaped Italy since World War II--from Mussolini to Berlusconi. Numero Zero is the work of a master storyteller. "Although Numero Zero takes place in 1992, Eco may as well be describing our current journalistic landscape of hot takes and click bait." --Los Angeles Times"Readers of Elena Ferrante or Rachel Kushner will likely catch the barbs in Eco's] clever absurdities." --Vulture

Rosens navn er den enestående thriller, der gjorde Umberto Eco verdensberømt for langt mere end blot en velkonstrueret mordgåde. Historien udspiller sig omkring et lille italiensk kloster i 1300-tallet, hvor franciskanermunken Broder William og hans lærling Adso hidkaldes for at bistå opklaringen af et mystisk mord blandt munkene. Værket centrerer sig omkring middelalderens religiøse magtkampe og sociale udvikling og har ligeledes de komplekse forbindelser mellem det 14. og det 20. århundrede som et centralt tema i dette postmoderne mesterstykke. Pressen skriver: »Rosens navn er både indtagende og betagende.« – Kristian Ditlev Jensen, Weekendavisen

In the tradition of his books On Beauty and On Ugliness and The Infinity of Lists, Umberto Eco presents an enthralling illustrated tour of the fabled places that have awed and eluded us through the ages."Eco is one of the most influential thinkers of our time" Los Angeles Times From the epic poems of Homer to contemporary science fiction, from the Holy Scriptures to modern mythology and fairy tale, literature and art are full of illusory places we have at some time believed are real, and onto which we have projected our dreams, ideals and fears. Umberto Eco leads us on an illuminating journey through these legendary lands - Atlantis, Thule and Hyperborea, the Earth's interior and the Land of Cockaigne - and explores utopias and dystopias where our imagination can confront concepts that are too incredible, or too challenging, for our limited real world. In The Book of Legendary Lands the author's text is accompanied by several hundred carefully assembled works of art and literature; the result is a beautifully illustrated volume with broad and enduring appeal.Translated from Italian by Alastair McEwen

En novemberdag i 1327 ankommer broder William fra Baskerville et kloster i de norditalienske fjellene. Han er utsendt for å megle i maktkampen mellom paven i Avignon og keiser Ludvig IV, men snart får han annet å tenke på. I løpet av syv skrekkfylte døgn blir den ene munken etter den andre funnet drept, og William forvandler seg til en etterforsker, bevæpnet med Aristoteles sin logikk, Thomas av Aquinas sin teologi og Francis Bacons vitenskapelige skepsis. Rosens navn er blitt en moderne klassiker, og siden utgivelsen i 1984 har den solgt millioner av eksemplarer. Boken kan leses som en kriminalhistorie, men også som en storslagen skildring av middelalderen, som en underholdningsroman av beste merke, eller som en kjærlighetsfortelling til Boken og Ordet.

En mäktig och inflytelserik man bestämmer sig för att starta en tidning. Vad bara några få känner till är att den aldrig kommer att gå i tryck. Det hela är bara ett listigt projekt för att få mer makt. Men när Braggadocio, en av journalisterna, börjar gräva i en historia kommer han något på spåren som kastar nytt ljus över en kedja mörka händelser i Italien. Det handlar om maktspel och påvemord, hemliga högerorganisationer och frimurarloger - och inte minst uppenbarar sig frågan: dog verkligen Mussolini 1945? När Braggadocio hittas mördad tätnar mystiken ytterligare. Upplaga noll är en roman där berättelsen inramas av verkliga händelser, men som i sann Eco-anda kryddas med författarens outsinliga fabuleringskonst.

En mäktig och inflytelserik man bestämmer sig för att starta en tidning. Vad bara några få känner till är att den aldrig kommer att gå i tryck. Det hela är bara ett listigt projekt för att få mer makt. Men när Braggadocio, en av journalisterna, börjar gräva i en historia kommer han något på spåren som kastar nytt ljus över en kedja mörka händelser i Italien. Det handlar om maktspel och påvemord, hemliga högerorganisationer och frimurarloger - och inte minst uppenbarar sig frågan: dog verkligen Mussolini 1945? När Braggadocio hittas mördad tätnar mystiken ytterligare. Upplaga noll är en roman där berättelsen inramas av verkliga händelser, men som i sann Eco-anda kryddas med författarens outsinliga fabuleringskonst.

Umberto Eco's wise and witty guide to researching and writing a thesis, published in English for the first time. By the time Umberto Eco published his best-selling novel The Name of the Rose, he was one of Italy's most celebrated intellectuals, a distinguished academic and the author of influential works on semiotics. Some years before that, in 1977, Eco published a little book for his students, How to Write a Thesis, in which he offered useful advice on all the steps involved in researching and writing a thesis—from choosing a topic to organizing a work schedule to writing the final draft. Now in its twenty-third edition in Italy and translated into seventeen languages, How to Write a Thesis has become a classic. Remarkably, this is its first, long overdue publication in English. Eco's approach is anything but dry and academic. He not only offers practical advice but also considers larger questions about the value of the thesis-writing exercise. How to Write a Thesis is unlike any other writing manual. It reads like a novel. It is opinionated. It is frequently irreverent, sometimes polemical, and often hilarious. Eco advises students how to avoid “thesis neurosis” and he answers the important question “Must You Read Books?” He reminds students “You are not Proust” and “Write everything that comes into your head, but only in the first draft.” Of course, there was no Internet in 1977, but Eco's index card research system offers important lessons about critical thinking and information curating for students of today who may be burdened by Big Data.How to Write a Thesis belongs on the bookshelves of students, teachers, writers, and Eco fans everywhere. Already a classic, it would fit nicely between two other classics: Strunk and White and The Name of the Rose.ContentsThe Definition and Purpose of a Thesis • Choosing the Topic • Conducting Research • The Work Plan and the Index Cards • Writing the Thesis • The Final Draft

Una redazione raccogliticcia che prepara un quotidiano destinato, più che all'informazione, al ricatto, alla macchina del fango, a bassi servizi per il suo editore. Un redattore paranoico che, aggirandosi per una Milano allucinata (o allucinato per una Milano normale), ricostruisce la storia di cinquant'anni sullo sfondo di un piano sulfureo costruito intorno al cadavere putrefatto di uno pseudo Mussolini. E nell'ombra Gladio, la P2, l'assassinio di papa Luciani, il colpo di stato di Junio Valerio Borghese, la Cia, i terroristi rossi manovrati dagli uffici affari riservati, vent'anni di stragi e di depistaggi, un insieme di fatti inspiegabili che paiono inventati sino a che una trasmissione della BBC non prova che sono veri, o almeno che sono ormai confessati dai loro autori. E poi un cadavere che entra in scena all'improvviso nella più stretta e malfamata via di Milano. Un'esile storia d'amore tra due protagonisti perdenti per natura, un ghost writer fallito e una ragazza inquietante che per aiutare la famiglia ha abbandonato l'università e si è specializzata nel gossip su affettuose amicizie, ma ancora piange sul secondo movimento della Settima di Beethoven. Un perfetto manuale per il cattivo giornalismo che il lettore via via non sa se inventato o semplicemente ripreso dal vivo. Una storia che si svolge nel 1992 in cui si prefigurano tanti misteri e follie del ventennio successivo, proprio mentre i due protagonisti pensano che l'incubo sia finito. Una vicenda amara e grottesca che si svolge in Europa dalla fine della guerra ai giorni nostri.

Mirovuju slavu Umberto Eko obrel kak avtor shesti romanov, stavshikh vechnoj klassikoj. Odnako sam on schitaet kuda bolee vazhnoj svoju nauchnuju rabotu. Vydajuschijsja semiolog, medievist, kulturolog i massmediolog, pochetnyj professor mnogikh universitetov, v akademicheskoj srede Eko figura ne menee masshtabnaja, chem v khudozhestvennoj literature.Odna iz glavnykh sfer ego nauchnoj dejatelnosti - medievistika, i v etoj knige Eko znakomit nespetsialistov s rabotami krupnejshikh myslitelej Srednevekovja - takikh kak Foma Akvinskij, sv. Bonaventura, Dune Skot i Uiljam Okkam, -zanimavshikhsja problemami estetiki. Chto takoe krasota? Iz chego ona skladyvaem sja - v prirode, v iskusstve, v Boge, v cheloveke? Suschestvuet li krasota istinnaja, obektivnaja, nezavisimaja ot sozertsatelja? Poisk otvetov na eti voprosy v Srednie veka pozvoljaet glubzhe ponjat nashe sobstvennoe chuvstvo prekrasnogo i po-no-vomu otsenit raznoobraznye projavlenija krasoty v okruzhajuschem nas mire.

This book sheds light on the most philosophically interesting of contemporary objects: the cell phone. "Where are you?"—a question asked over cell phones myriad times each day—is arguably the most philosophical question of our age, given the transformation of presence the cell phone has wrought in contemporary social life and public space. Throughout all public spaces, cell phones are now a ubiquitous prosthesis of what Descartes and Hegel once considered the absolute tool: the hand. Their power comes in part from their ability to move about with us—they are like a computer, but we can carry them with us at all times—in part from what they attach to us (and how), as all that computational and connective power becomes both handy and hand-sized. Quite surprisingly, despite their name, one might argue, as Ferraris does, that cell phones are not really all that good for sound and speaking. Instead, the main philosophical point of this book is that mobile phones have come into their own as writing machines—they function best for text messages, e-mail, and archives of all kinds. Their philosophical urgency lies in the manner in which they carry us from the effects of voice over into reliance upon the written traces that are, Ferraris argues, the basic stuff of human culture. Ontology is the study of what there is, and what there is in our age is a huge network of documents, papers, and texts of all kinds. Social reality is not constructed by collective intentionality; rather, it is made up of inscribed acts. As Derrida already prophesized, our world revolves around writing. Cell phones have attached writing to our fingers and dragged it into public spaces in a new way. This is why, with their power to obliterate or morph presence and replace voice with writing, the cell phone is such a philosophically interesting object.

This book sheds light on the most philosophically interesting of contemporary objects: the cell phone. "Where are you?"—a question asked over cell phones myriad times each day—is arguably the most philosophical question of our age, given the transformation of presence the cell phone has wrought in contemporary social life and public space. Throughout all public spaces, cell phones are now a ubiquitous prosthesis of what Descartes and Hegel once considered the absolute tool: the hand. Their power comes in part from their ability to move about with us—they are like a computer, but we can carry them with us at all times—in part from what they attach to us (and how), as all that computational and connective power becomes both handy and hand-sized. Quite surprisingly, despite their name, one might argue, as Ferraris does, that cell phones are not really all that good for sound and speaking. Instead, the main philosophical point of this book is that mobile phones have come into their own as writing machines—they function best for text messages, e-mail, and archives of all kinds. Their philosophical urgency lies in the manner in which they carry us from the effects of voice over into reliance upon the written traces that are, Ferraris argues, the basic stuff of human culture. Ontology is the study of what there is, and what there is in our age is a huge network of documents, papers, and texts of all kinds. Social reality is not constructed by collective intentionality; rather, it is made up of inscribed acts. As Derrida already prophesized, our world revolves around writing. Cell phones have attached writing to our fingers and dragged it into public spaces in a new way. This is why, with their power to obliterate or morph presence and replace voice with writing, the cell phone is such a philosophically interesting object.

The international bestseller A masterful gothic thriller set against the turbulence of medieval Italy. The Name of the Rose The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. But his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths that take place in seven days and nights of apocalyptic terror. Brother William turns detective, and a uniquely deft one at that. His tools are the logic of Aristotle, the theology of Aquinas, the empirical insights of Roger Bacon--all sharpened to a glistening edge by his wry humor and ferocious curiosity. He collects evidence, deciphers secret symbols and coded manuscripts, and digs into the eerie labyrinth of the abbey where "the most interesting things happen at night." As Brother William goes about unraveling the mystery of what happens at the abbey by day and by night, listeners step into a brilliant re-creation of the fourteenth century, with its dark superstitions and wild prejudices, its hidden passions and sordid intrigues. Virtuoso storyteller Umberto Eco conjures up a gloriously rich portrait of this world with such grace, ease, wit and love that you will become utterly intoxicated with the place and time, in The Name of the Rose.