| Penguin Group USA

20,720원  | 20030605  | 9780140276053

베스트셀러 작가인 Stephen Pinker의 “The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature”은 천성과 교육, 그리고 인간의 행동양식을 둘러싼 미신을 깨뜨릴 것이다. 우리는 환경에 의해 만들어진다고 많은 사람들은 짐작해왔다. 즉, 아무것도 새겨지지 않은 깨끗한 석판(blank slate)이 교육과 문화, 그리고 약간의 타고난 능력 등에 의해 채워지는 것처럼. “The Blank Slate”는 이러한 관점이 인간의 본성을 부정하고 있다고 말한다. 폭력이 단지 사회적 산물이 아니며, 남자와 여자의 생각이 다르고, 자녀들에게 물려주는 유전적 요소는 양육보다 더 많은 비중을 차지한다. 우리의 본성을 인식하는 것은 불평등을 용납하는 것이 아니라 인간본성의 토대를 이해하는 것이라고 저자는 주장한다. '훌륭하고 시의 적절하다.’ - Sunday Telegraph ‘인간본성이 가진 항구적인 힘에 대한 열정 넘치는 방어이다.

스티븐 핑커  | Penguin Books

21,700원  | 20120904  | 9780142003343

In The Blank Slate, Steven Pinker, one of the world's leading experts on language and the mind, explores the idea of human nature and its moral, emotional, and political colorings. With characteristic wit, lucidity, and insight, Pinker argues that the dogma that the mind has no innate traits-a doctrine held by many intellectuals during the past century-denies our common humanity and our individual preferences, replaces objective analyses of social problems with feel-good slogans, and distorts our understanding of politics, violence, parenting, and the arts. Injecting calm and rationality into debates that are notorious for ax-grinding and mud-slinging, Pinker shows the importance of an honest acknowledgment of human nature based on science and common sense.

Craigie, Cordelia  | Gestalten Verlag

55,890원  | 20130708  | 9783899554656

Blank Slate provides graphic designers and advertisers with photographic dummies for the true-to-life and convincing presentation of their corporate designs. Every graphic designer and advertising professional knows the drill. After a logo or corporate design has been created, it needs to be presented and sold to a client. Showing preliminary drafts on paperboard isn't adequate. In order to communicate the idea behind the design, it is much more effective to present it in the application for which it is meant--whether on a shopping bag, on a company car, in a brochure, or on a variety of other products. This method of presentation makes designs come to life and gives the client a real idea of how they will work and why. Blank Slate is a compilation of 400 photographic dummies of everyday objects that are depicted in the book and can also be downloaded for free as digital files. With the help of these dummies, any designer can present his or her work in the way that gives clients the most concrete grasp of how their corporate designs will function in the real world. Until now, hardly any suitable dummies existed for creating such presentations. The few that did exist were of moderate quality and high prices. In a similar fashion to our bestseller Neubau Welt, the handbook Blank Slate provides designers with inspiring examples and practical digital tools that will make the implementation, presentation, and sale of their work much easier.

Czyz, Vincent  | Blank Slate Press

40,160원  | 20170110  | 9781943075041

A suspicious death in Istanbul leaves one ancient scroll and clues to finding another in the hands of Drew Korchula, a 32-year-old American expat, and a Turkish dwarf named Kadir. Drew is desperate to turn everything over to the academic community, and in the process redeem himself in the eyes of his estranged wife, but Kadir is only interested in what they can get for their scroll on the black market.