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Browsing Cornell University Lecture Tape Collection by Title
Now showing items 82-101 of 234
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Ideas on the philosophy of science
Weizsäcker, Carl Friedrich, Freiherr von, 1912-2007 (1987-11-17)Von Weizsacker explains his personal view of philosophy and the philosophy of science. -
Ideology and the production of meaning
Hays, K. Michael (1990-10-17) -
Imagination as faith
Bishop, Jonathan (1982-11-30)Bishop discusses contemporary literature from Fitzgerald to Diddeon as a frame for absolution. -
Indian architecture and the mythological imagination
MacDougall, Bonnie G. (1990-07-25) -
Intellectual history: a reconsideration
LaCapra, Dominick, 1939- (1980-04-24)After explaining that a feeling of crises within the field of intellectual history has motivated introspection into the nature and objectives of the field, LaCapra discusses existing approaches and outlines alternative ... -
Invention in the nuclear age--no apocalypse, not now
Derrida, Jacques (1984-04-20)Derrida distinguishes between the fiction and reality of nuclear war, places the nuclear age within the context of history, and clarifies the role of the critic in nuclear discourse. -
Invention of the truth
Derrida, Jacques (1984-04-18)Derrida discusses different ideas of, feelings about, and cultural groupings of inventions and invention methods. -
Is America on the decline?
LaFeber, Walter; Katzenstein, Peter J. (1988-04-05)LaFeber and Katzenstein both address the question of America on the decline, with LaFeber providing a historical account of how the decline has happened and Katzenstein suggesting some solutions to it. -
Is my death possible? (part I)
Derrida, Jacques (1992-10-06)Derrida attempts to more closely define death and some of the semantics that surround it. Quoting extensively from Heiddeger, he discusses the limitations on knowledge of death and death's transferable, ever-pervasive ... -
Is my death possible? (part II)
Derrida, Jacques (1992-10-07)Derrida examines the concept of death and of Dasein as analyzed by Heidegger in his his text Being and Time. In exploring the various constructions of death, he incorporates linguistical analyses as well as a comparison ... -
Is this democracy: 1988 presidential campaign forum
Keene, David A.; Chapman, Irv; Ginsberg, Benjamin; Frankovic, Kathleen; Yepsen, David (1988-04-11)Discussants address the question is this democracy? in relation to the 1988 presidential election. -
James McCourt reads from Time Out of Mind
McCourt, James, 1941- (1984-11-06)McCourt reads from his work in progress, Time Out of Mind. -
James Tate reads his poetry
Tate, James, 1943-2015 (1988-04-19) -
Jazz and literary culture in Czechoslovakia today
Škvorecký, Josef, 1924-2012 (1984-10-04)Skovorecky discusses the Communist repression of the Czech government, especially in the literary and musical fields, since 1968. Particular attention is paid to the development of jazz and punk rock music in Czechoslovakia, ... -
Katerina Anghelaki-Hook reads her own poetry
Angelak?-Rouk, Katerina (1983-11-07)Anghelaki-Rooke's poems recall her Greek ancestry. -
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. lectures about his work
Vonnegut, Kurt (1983-04-17)Vonnegut describes life as a Cornell undergraduate and the way to become a successful writer. -
La cultura caribena en la Cuba actual: continuidad versus reptura
Benítez Rojo, Antonio, 1931-2005 (1983-03-17)Benitez-Rojo describes the Caribbean influence on Cuban culture. -
Language, literature, and national consciousness
Anderson, Benedict R. O'G, (Benedict Richard O'Gorman), 1936-2015; Weiss, John Hubbel; Kramnick, Isaac; Cohen, Walter, 1949- (1984-09-21)Panel members discuss the interrelationship between language, literature and nationalism. -
Latin America and the West: historical origins and cultural contexts--#4: The West we knew
Fuentes, Carlos (1986-02-24)Fuentes looks at the Spanish legacy of Latin America and the situation at the end of the 15th century and beginning of the 16th century. -
Latin America and the West: historical origins and cultural contexts--#8: The revolutions of independence
Fuentes, Carlos (1986-03-31)Fuentes describes the turmoil and reforms of 18th century Spain and how they contributed to a loss of power over Spanish lands in the New World, resulting in the wars leading to the independence of Latin America from Spain.