Mutiny! Why We Love Pirates, And How They Can Save Us - Couverture souple

Brewin, Mr Kester F

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0993562841 ISBN 13 : 9780993562846

Editeur : Vaux, 2016

Synopsis

'Startlingly original, subtle and substantive, written in a prose that is as lyrical as it is lucid' - Third Way Magazine

'Brilliantly riffs and mashes across literary genres' - Simon Nash

'A stimulating, entertaining, and ultimately profound meditation on what pirates can teach us about living in the real world' - Dr Gladys Ganiel

Somali fishermen, costumed children, digital hackers...Pirates surround us, and their skull and crossed bones motif is plastered on everything from skateboards to executive ties to feeding bottles for babies.

Why have we become so fascinated by violent mutineers who lived over 200 years ago?

In this dazzling and highly original book, reknowned author and speaker Kester Brewin explores the central place of piracy in history and culture and, calling on a huge cast of outlaws, from Blackbeard to Luke Skywalker, Odysseus and Peter Pan, chases our pirate obsession through film and literature, and on into the deepest realms of our beliefs.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

A mathematics teacher working in South East London, Kester Brewin has also become one of the leading thinkers on the philosophy of religion and technology. The power of his work lies in the synthesis of ideas from disparate fields, playing the history of piracy off a psychotherapeutic reading of Star Wars, or pushing Harry Potter to play alongside both Batman and Shakespeare's Prospero. Accessible, challenging and richly rewarding, his work has been hailed on both sides of the Atlantic as some of the most courageous and unflinching theological writing of recent years, charting his own path from the orthodox belief of his childhood to a radical death-of-God reading of Christian atheism. Brewin is a sought-after speaker, and has presented at festivals throughout mainland Europe, the UK and the US. In 2013 he presented at the prestigious TEDx Exeter event on his work exploring our enduring fascination with pirates. He has also written and presented for BBC Radio 4, and is a regular contrbutor on technology in the Huffington Post. He has also written for Adbusters Magazine and the national education press in the UK.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Vaux
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0993562841
• ISBN 13: 9780993562846
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 182
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