Author: Umberto Eco

Best-selling author Umberto Eco’s latest work unlocks the riddles of history in an exploration of the ‘linguistics of the lunatic, ‘ stories told by scholars, scientists, poets, fanatics, and ordinar …

‘ . . . the greatest contribution to [semiotics] since the pioneering work of C. S. Peirce and Charles Morris.’ —Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism ‘ . . . draws on philosophy, linguistics, soci …

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 ph …

Das Buch: Die größte Erfindung der Menschheit. Zu diesem Schluss kommen Umberto Eco und Jean-Claude Carriere, Autoren aus Italien und Frankreich, die zusammenkamen, um sich über die Zukunft des Buche …

Der Italiener Simone Simonini lebt in Paris, und er erlebt aus nächster Nähe eine dunkle Geschichte: geheime Militärpapiere, die der jüdische Hauptmann Dreyfus angeblich an die deutsche Botschaft ver …

Umberto Eco ist berühmt geworden durch seinen Welterfolg ‘Der Name der Rose’: 1327 kommt Bruder William von Baskerville in eine Abtei im Apennin, um ein Treffen zwischen den ketzerischen Minoriten un …

Wir befinden uns im 12. Jahrhundert, zur Zeit der Kreuzzüge. Baudolino, ein gewitzter Bauernsohn aus dem Piemont, wird Adoptivsohn des Kaisers Friedrich I. Barbarossa. Den Kopf voller Flausen, Phanta …

Wir schreiben das Jahr 1643, und in Europa tobt der Dreißigjährige Krieg. Wider Willen wird Roberto de La Grive zum Entdeckungsreisenden auf der Suche nach dem Nullmeridian, dem zur exakten Navigatio …

Drei Mailänder Verlagslektoren geraten zufällig an eine Geheimbotschaft des legendenumwitterten Templerordens. Sie machen sich an die Entzifferung, bauen aus zahllosen Elementen ein gigantisches Puzz …

Wozu braucht man Feinde? Umberto Eco beschäftigt sich in seinen kurzen, pointierten Texten mit den aktuellen Fragen unserer Gegenwart – aber auch mit dem Mythos der einsamen Insel und der imaginären …

Mailand, 6. Juni 1992, nachts. Bei dem Journalisten Colonna ist eingebrochen worden. Die Diskette mit brisanten Informationen hat man nicht gefunden, Colonna sieht jetzt sein eigenes Leben bedroht. A …

Neueste Streichholzbriefe von Umberto Eco. Ob der große italienische Schriftsteller über den Verlust der Privatheit in den Zeiten sozialer Netzwerke philosophiert, zu einer produktiven Kritik des Int …

Menschen, die ihre Handys verschlingen, Bücher, die die Existenz Napoleons bestreiten und Seeräuber, die vorbildliche Kapitalisten abgeben – so absurd die Phänomene der modernen Gesellschaft erschein …

Lügner, die die Wahrheit sagen, der Klimawandel als apokalyptischer Weltenbrand, die Literatur und das Unsichtbare – kaum jemand kombinierte seine Beobachtungen zu Gesellschaft, Politik und Kultur zu …

Sein erster Roman ‘Der Name der Rose’ wurde ein Welterfolg. Jetzt, vor seinem achtzigsten Geburtstag, blickt Umberto Eco zurück auf seine Karriere als Theoretiker und Romancier. Warum sind wir zu Trä …

Die Königs Erläuterung zu Umberto Eco: Der Name der Rose ist eine verlässliche und bewährte Textanalyse und Interpretationshilfe für Schüler und weiterführende Informationsquelle für Lehrer und ander …

Una extraordinaria novela que abarca desde los inicios del siglo XIX hasta los primeros años del siglo XX.   Marzo, 1897. París. Un hombre de sesenta y siete años escribe sentado a una mesa, en …

The acclaimed author examines our contemporary world—from technology to politics and pop culture—in this collection of essays written for L’Espresso.Umberto Eco was an international …

How we create and organize knowledge is the theme of this major achievement by Umberto Eco. Demonstrating once again his inimitable ability to bridge ancient, medieval, and modern modes of thought, h …

“Los perdedores y los autodidactas siempre saben mucho más que los ganadores. Si quieres ganar, tienes que concentrarte en un solo objetivo, y más te vale no perder el tiempo en saber más: el placer …

In this book Umberto Eco argues that translation is not about comparing two languages, but about the interpretation of a text in two different languages, thus involving a shift between cultures. An a …

In this book Umberto Eco argues that translation is not about comparing two languages, but about the interpretation of a text in two different languages, thus involving a shift between cultures. An a …

Serendipities is an iconoclastic, dazzlingly erudite and witty demonstration, by one of the world’s most brilliant thinkers, of how myths and lunacies can produce historical developments of no small …

From the world-famous author of THE NAME OF THE ROSE, an illuminating and humorous study on the pleasures and pitfalls of translation.’Translation is always a shift, not between two languages but bet …

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This volume contains the contributions to the workshop "The Semiotics of Cellular Communication in The Immune System" which took place at "11 Ciocco" in the hills north of Lucca, …

Pendulul lui Foucault este un roman elaborat cu ingeniozitate inginerească, în care misterul ia naștere printr-o banală întîmplare. Trei redactori ai unei edituri de texte ezoterice construiesc, prin …

În 1327, într-o mănăstire izolată de lume, călugării sunt pe cale de a fi învinuiți de erezie. Singura lor speranță este ajutorul unui faimos franciscan, fratele Guglielmo. Când lucrurile par să se l …

Umberto Eco a reunit textele din acest volum pentru a demonstra preocuparea sa continuă pentru filosofie, estetică şi semiotica medievală încă din anii facultăţii, când a început să fie interesat de …

Criza ideologiilor, criza partidelor, individualism excesiv – așa arată societatea în care trăim. O societate lichidă, unde nu e deloc ușor să-ți găsești reperele. O societate cu multe măști: măștile …

Interpretarea este una dintre temele fundamentale ale semioticii, hermeneuticii, teoriei comunicării şi studiilor media. Care sunt limitele şi criteriile ei, ce libertăţi îşi poate lua cititorul? Pe …

„În Kant și ornitorincul Eco revine asupra unor concepte fundamentale pe care le elaborase în Tratatul de semiotică generală (1975), dovedind că gândirea semiotică evoluează și ea în funcție de noile …

Pentru a se putea defini, o societate are nevoie de un duşman care să fie complet diferit de ea. O dovedesc regimurile rasiste, în frunte cu naziştii şi fasciştii, care şi-au inventat un inamic monst …

Un reprezentant de marcă al culturii laice, Umberto Eco, şi un reprezentant al Bisericii, cardinalul Carlo Maria Martini, îşi susţin propriile puncte de vedere privind etica şi problemele noului mile …

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 …

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The worldwide bestselling novel about the murky world of media politics, conspiracy, and murder from the acclaimed author of The Name of the Rose and The Prague Cemetery #1 bestseller in Italy 1945, …

A self-confessed liar spins a fascinating tale of his life in this “comic and brilliantly baffling” historical novel by the author of The Name of the Rose (The Guardian, UK).  Consta …

A literary prank leads to deadly danger in this “endlessly diverting” intellectual thriller by the author of The Name of the Rose (Time).   Bored with their work, three Milanese book …

“Impishly witty and ingeniously irreverent” essays on topics from cell phones to librarians, by the author of The Name of the Rose and Foucault’s Pendulum (The Atlantic Monthly). &# …

A wide-ranging collection of essays on the importance and meaning of literature by “one of the most influential thinkers of our time” (Los Angeles Times).   In this collection of ess …

A “scintillating collection” of essays on Disneyland, medieval times, and much more, from the author of Foucault’s Pendulum (Los Angeles Times).   Collected here are some of Um …

How do we know a cat is a cat . . . and why do we call it a cat? An “intriguing and often fascinating” look at words, perceptions, and the relationship between them (Newark …

A 17th century Italian nobleman is marooned on an empty ship in this “astonishing intellectual journey" by the author of Foucault’s Pendulum (San Francisco Chronicle). …

In this prescient essay collection, the acclaimed author of Foucault’s Pendulum examines the cultural trends and perils at the dawn of the 21st century.In the last decade of the …

An international sensation and winner of the Premio Strega and the Prix Mdicis Etranger awards, this enthralling medieval murder mystery "explodes with pyrotechnic inventions, literally as well …

This essay collection by the revered public intellectual displays his “profound erudition, lively wit, and passion for ideas of all shapes and sizes” (Booklist).   In these fourteen …

The Prague Cemetery is the #1 international bestselling historical novel from the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco.Nineteenth-century Europe&#8 …

After the Cold War, the ‘Hot War’ has made its comeback in Afghanistan and Iraq. Exhuming Kipling’s ‘Great Game’, we have gone back to the clash between Islam and Christianity. The ghost of the Yello …

‘The book is like the spoon: once invented, it cannot be bettered’ – Umberto Eco.These days it is impossible to get away from discussions of whether the book will survive the digital revolution. Blog …

Nineteenth-century Europe abounds with conspiracy both ghastly and mysterious. Jesuits plot against Freemasons. Italian priests are strangled with their own intestines. French criminals plan bombings …

The final collection of essays from the internationally acclaimed and bestselling author of The Name of the Rose and The Prague Cemetery, on the subjects of art and culture.In this collection of essa …

Remarkably accessible and unfailingly stimulating, this collection of essays exhibits the diversity of interests and the depth of knowledge that made Umberto Eco one of the world’s leading writers. F …

Read the enthralling medieval murder mystery. The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his del …

Three book editors, jaded by reading far too many crackpot manuscripts on the mystic and the occult, are inspired by an extraordinary conspiracy story told to them by a strange colonel to have some f …

‘Between a bottle of Epsom salts or one of twenty-year-old cognac, which would you choose? Would you rather spend your vacation with an eighty-year old leper or with Demi Moore? Do you prefer being s …

The year is 1643. Roberto, a young nobleman, survives war, the Bastille, exile and shipwreck as he voyages to a Pacific island straddling the date meridian. There he waits now, alone on the mysteriou …

How much do our perceptions of things depend on our cognitive ability, and how much on our linguistic resources? Where, and how, do these two questions meet? Umberto Eco undertakes a series of idiosy …

Holography, wax museums, the secret meaning of spectator sports, Superman and the intellectual effects of over-tight jeans are just a few of the subjects covered in this collection of witty, entertai …

An extraordinary epic, brilliantly-imagined, new novel from a world-class writer and author of The Name of the Rose. Discover the Middle Ages with Baudolino – a wondrous, dazzling, beguiling tale of …

Embracing the web of multi-culturalism that has become a fact of contemporary life from New York to New Delhi, Eco argues that we are more connected to people of other traditions and customs than eve …

The gripping new conspiracy thriller by the bestselling author of The Name of the Rose1945, Lake Como. Mussolini and his mistress are captured and shot by local partisans. The precise circumstances o …

Discover the final book from one of Europe’s cultural giants.In this entertaining collection of essays about the modern world the celebrated author of The Name of the Rose explores everything from un …

The final collection from the internationally acclaimed and bestselling author of The Name of the Rose and The Prague Cemetery, on the subjects of art and culture.In this collection of essays we find …

„Eco zeigt, was für ein riesiger Fehler es ist, Faschismus als ausschließlich historisches Phänomen zu begreifen.“ Roberto Saviano zum Buch Faschismus und Totalitarismus, Integration und Intoleranz, …

Coordinado por Umberto Eco, Castillos, mercaderes, poetas, el tercer tomo de La Edad Media, ofrece un compendio de algunos de los asuntos más relevantes en Europa durante los siglos XIII Y XIV en cam …

La Edad Media, II. Catedrales, caballeros y ciudades abarca los eventos más característicos de los siglos xi y xii. La primera parte de este segundo volumen, que continúa el recorrido por la Edad Med …

We are here to remember what happened and to declare solemnly that ‘they’ must never do it again. But who are ‘they’?HOW TO SPOT A FASCIST is a selection of three thought-provoking essays on freedom …

Diese Anleitung für die Planung, Gliederung und Niederschrift wissenschaftlicher Arbeiten von Umberto Eco, Professor an der Universität Bologna, ist ebenso gründlich wie virtuos. Nach Ecos eigenen Wo …

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La Edad Media es un esfuerzo coordinado por Umberto Eco que nos muestra todas las esferas de un periodo que duró poco más de un milenio. El tiempo abarcado en este primer volumen va desde la caída de …

Coordinado por Umberto Eco, Exploraciones, intercambio comerciales y utopías, el cuarto tomo de La Edad Media, ofrece un compendio de algunos de los asuntos más relevantes en Europa durante el siglo …

La comunicación: De los orígenes a Internet aparece en un escenario de aceleradas trasformaciones de nuestra sociedad. En los diversos capítulos de esta obra, Tecumseh Fitch analiza la evolución biol …

Ante la actual situación de masificación de nuestras universidades, Umberto Eco destina este libro sobre todo a los estudiantes con pocos recursos y apoyos, a los que viven lejos de los grandes centr …

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În 1204, în timpul asediului Constantinopolului, un oarecare Baudolino îl salvează de la moarte pe istoricul Nicetas Choniates, căruia îi spune povestea uimitoare a vieții sale. Pe când era copil, a …

Cimitirul din Praga are în centru aventurile misteriosului Simonini, un personaj ciudat, cu lacune de memorie și dublă personalitate. Nu se știe exact cu ce anume se ocupă – cel mai probabil, cu fals …

Wie funktionieren Verschwörungstheorien? Umberto Eco über die historischen Wurzeln von Querdenkern und Co. Der Verschwörungskult um QAnon fabuliert von einer Elite, die das Blut gefolterter Kinder tr …

Soll man eher auf die Philosophen hören oder auf die Philosophinnen? Soll man Bücher sammeln oder lesen? Oder soll man einfach nur noch ins Kino gehen? Umberto Eco, einer der markantesten und unterha …

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Umberto Ecos Weltbestseller wird 40 – eine Jubiläumsausgabe Ecos legendärer Roman, 40 Jahre nach Erscheinen in einer Prachtausgabe mit Zeichnungen des Autors: Italien, 1327. In einem Benediktinerklos …

In der Nachschrift läßt Eco die Leser einen Blick hinter die Kulissen werfen. Er zeigt, daß hinter seinem großen literarischen Erfolg nicht die geniale Idee, sondern präzise Planung, Recherche und ko …

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 t …

Aus diesem Buch lernen wir, wie man auf intelligente Weise Ferien verbringt, einen Pornofilm erkennt, sich vor Witwen hütet und vieles andere mehr. Kurzum, das Buch bietet eine Fülle an verblüffenden …

Thought-provoking and lyrical, The Notebook records the last year in the life of Jos� Saramago. In these pages, beginning on the eve of the 2008 US presidential election, he evokes life in his belove …

Shortly after the hostilities of the Iraq War were declared to have come to an end, the renowned philosopher Jurgen Habermas, with the endorsement of Jacques Derrida, published a manifesto invoking t …

BAUDOLINO gravita em torno dos prazeres da corte de Federico Hohenstaufen, conhecido como Barbarossa, à época da Terceira Cruzada. A história engloba justamente o período entre 1152 e 1204, começando …

Pinóquio, um bonequinho de madeira fabricado pelo velho carpinteiro Gepeto, deseja de todo o coração ser um menino de verdade. Mas Pinóquio terá muito a aprender em inúmeras aventuras travessas, maro …

Nesta edição de Peixe-elétrico: Dossiê Terror Três ensaios abrem a Peixe-elétrico #04 formando um complexo mosaico sobre um tema central deste início de século XXI: o terrorismo. Radicado na França, …

Enfoque revolucionário e atual dos problemas da estética e da teoria da informação, este livro é uma leitura obrigatória para todo aquele que, de algum modo, se ocupa da literatura, do teatro, da crí …

Conhecido por haver revolucionado a semiologia com Obra Aberta, em que propunha a primazia da interpretação, Umberto Eco, nestes ensaios escritos entre 1985 e 1990, agora defende os diretos do texto: …

Eco soruyor: ‘Yeni binyılda tarih geriye mi ilerliyor?’ Dünyaca ünlü İtalyan yazar ve düşünür Umberto Eco’nun Yengeç Adımlarıyla adlı yeni kitabı, günümüz dünyasıyla ilgili önemli soruları gündeme ta …

Kısa sürede imparatora danışman olan Baudolino, onunla Üçüncü Haçlı Seferi’ne katılır. Latinlerin 1204 yılında İstanbul’u yakıp yıktığı, her yeri talan ettiği döneme ve İmparator Friedrich’in kuşku u …

Tarihin en büyük komplo teorisi… 19. yüzyılda Paris: Komün Günleri; hançer darbeleri; absent dumanları arasında hazırlanan cinayetler; kanalizasyonda yatan cesetler; patlamalar; isyanlar; takma sakal …

Umberto Eco published his first novel, The Name of the Rose, in 1980, when he was nearly fifty. In these "confessions, " the author, now in his late seventies, looks back on his long career …

Umberto Eco’nun yeni romanı: Kötü gazetecilik konusunda bir rehber Tam bir ‘kaybeden’ olan Colonna (50), gazeteci Simei’den iyi bir iş teklifi alıyor: ‘Yazı işleri sorumlusu ya da benzeri bir şey’ sı …

Geçmişte yaşayanlar bize oranla devdiler, ama bizler cüce olsak da omuzlarına oturarak, yani onların bilgeliğinden yararlanarak onlardan daha iyi görebiliyorduk. Devlerin Omuzlarında, 2016 yılında ar …

Diese Anleitung für die Planung, Gliederung und Niederschrift wissenschaftlicher Arbeiten von Umberto Eco, Professor an der Universität Bologna, ist ebenso gründlich wie virtuos. Nach Ecos eigenen Wo …

In this stimulating dialogue these two great men, who stand on opposite sides of the church door, discuss some of the most controversial issues of the day.One is a respected scholar and one of the pr …

A posthumous collection of essays by one of our greatest contemporary thinkers that provides a towering vision of Western culture.In Umberto Eco’s first novel, The Name of the Rose, Nicholas of Morim …

Umberto Eco published his first novel, The Name of the Rose, in 1980, when he was nearly fifty. In these "confessions, " the author, now in his late seventies, looks back on his long career …

In Six Walks in the Fictional Woods Umberto Eco shares with us his Secret Life as a reader-his love for MAD magazine, for Scarlett O’Hara, for the nineteenth-century French novelist Nerval’s Sylvie, …

The way we create and organize knowledge is the theme of From the Tree to the Labyrinth, a major achievement by one of the world’s foremost thinkers on language and interpretation. Umberto Eco begins …