The Resource The city of words, Alberto Manguel
The city of words, Alberto Manguel
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- Summary
- "In the 2007 CBC Massey Lectures, author Alberto Manguel takes a fresh look at the rise of violent intolerance in our societies. Many of us agree that the end of ethnic nationalism is a good idea. We strive to build societies that promote civic nationalism, with sets of values all citizens can agree on. But something has gone wrong: race riots in France, political murder in the Netherlands, bombings in Britain - are these symptoms of a multicultural experiment gone awry? Why is it so difficult for us to live together when the alternatives are demonstrably horrifying?" "Alberto Manguel suggests a fresh approach: We should look at what visionaries, poets, novelists, essayists, and filmmakers have to say about building societies. Perhaps the stories we tell hold secret keys to the human heart. From Cassandra to Jack London, the Epic of Gilgamesh to the computer Hal in 2001: A Space Odyssey, Don Quixote to Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, Manguel draws fascinating and revelatory parallels between the personal and political realities of our present-day word and those of myth, legend, and story."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (166 pages).
- Contents
-
- Lecture 1: The voice of Cassandra
- Lecture 2: The Tablets of Gilgamesh
- Lecture 3: The bricks of Babel
- Lecture 4: The books of Don Quixote
- Lecture 5: The screen of Hal
- Isbn
- 9780887848490
- Link
-
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- Label
- The city of words
- Title
- The city of words
- Statement of responsibility
- Alberto Manguel
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In the 2007 CBC Massey Lectures, author Alberto Manguel takes a fresh look at the rise of violent intolerance in our societies. Many of us agree that the end of ethnic nationalism is a good idea. We strive to build societies that promote civic nationalism, with sets of values all citizens can agree on. But something has gone wrong: race riots in France, political murder in the Netherlands, bombings in Britain - are these symptoms of a multicultural experiment gone awry? Why is it so difficult for us to live together when the alternatives are demonstrably horrifying?" "Alberto Manguel suggests a fresh approach: We should look at what visionaries, poets, novelists, essayists, and filmmakers have to say about building societies. Perhaps the stories we tell hold secret keys to the human heart. From Cassandra to Jack London, the Epic of Gilgamesh to the computer Hal in 2001: A Space Odyssey, Don Quixote to Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, Manguel draws fascinating and revelatory parallels between the personal and political realities of our present-day word and those of myth, legend, and story."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- TEFOD
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Manguel, Alberto
- Dewey number
- 809/.93358
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PN51
- LC item number
- .M2678 2007eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- CBC Massey lecture series
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Literature and society
- Sociolinguistics
- Toleration in literature
- Violence in literature
- Litterature et societe
- Sociolinguistique
- Tolerance
- Violence
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- Literature and society
- Sociolinguistics
- Toleration in literature
- Violence in literature
- Label
- The city of words, Alberto Manguel
- Link
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- https://archive.org/details/cityofwords0000mang
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- http://site.ebrary.com/id/10376480
- http://books.google.com/books?id=99i5AAAAIAAJ
- http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/2016-1/7E7/67E/63/CityofWords.epub
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Lecture 1: The voice of Cassandra -- Lecture 2: The Tablets of Gilgamesh -- Lecture 3: The bricks of Babel -- Lecture 4: The books of Don Quixote -- Lecture 5: The screen of Hal
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (166 pages).
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780887848490
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- c
- Publisher number
- EB00366270
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)708581919
- Label
- The city of words, Alberto Manguel
- Link
-
- http://celarc.ca/covers/427/427325.gif
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- https://www.overdrive.com/search?q=7E767E63-FB98-4EA2-B3DD-A513463E618C
- https://openlibrary.org/books/OL11265299M
- http://rbdigital.oneclickdigital.com
- https://archive.org/details/cityofwords0000mang
- https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11380380
- http://site.ebrary.com/id/10376480
- http://books.google.com/books?id=99i5AAAAIAAJ
- http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/2016-1/7E7/67E/63/CityofWords.epub
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Lecture 1: The voice of Cassandra -- Lecture 2: The Tablets of Gilgamesh -- Lecture 3: The bricks of Babel -- Lecture 4: The books of Don Quixote -- Lecture 5: The screen of Hal
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (166 pages).
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780887848490
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- c
- Publisher number
- EB00366270
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)708581919
Subject
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary
- Electronic books
- Literature and society
- Literature and society
- Litterature et societe
- Sociolinguistics
- Sociolinguistics
- Sociolinguistique
- Tolerance
- Toleration in literature
- Toleration in literature
- Violence
- Violence in literature
- Violence in literature
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