Blaž Lukan:

Theatre Concepts for Young People

Age Group: 14+

Illustrations: Edo Podreka, and approx. 120 photos

Year of publication: 1996, reprinted

Format: 16.5 x 24 cm

Pages: 112

Binding: Dutch binding

Price: 14.60 EUR

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The purpose of the Concepts collection is to help make subjects in the arts and humanities accessible to young readers by using a modern and different approach. The collection is suitable primarily for gymnasium students, and for a preliminary informative view of the subject area at the outset of university studies.

Theatre Concepts shows the theatre not through the traditional historical overview of the development of drama but rather treats it as an independent type of art, at the centre of which are primarily the actor, the theatre space, and lighting. It is written primarily for the young reader who has “no clue” about the theatre, since he finds sports, rock music, and the internet more interesting. To this reader the author attempts to explain the concept of the theatre, its essence and a number of other concepts which are associated with it. The author enters into the theatre space, unveils the actor, his body and acting techniques, presents the development of the theatre through history and its types, dramatic genres, the most important playwrights and directors, the process of how a performance comes into being, theatre professions, stage techniques and much more about the theatre which usually remains hidden from the viewer. “Only rarely do we come across such an informative and witty, detailed and yet uncomplicated book!”(from a review in the newspaper Delo)

The examples, which are taken from Slovenian theatre, are found just in the illustrations and in some names on the list of playwrights and directors, and could easily be replaced by examples from the theatres of a different nation or country.

The author

Blaž Lukan (1955) is involved in theatre at both the theoretical and practical levels. He is one of the most highly respected theatre critics in Slovenia and lecturer in practical dramaturgy at the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television in Ljubljana.

Olga Markič:

Concepts in Logic for Young People

Age Group: 14+

Illustrations: Izar Lunaček

Year of publication: 2000

Format: 16.5 x 24 cm

Pages: 144

Binding: Dutch binding

Price: out of print, reprinting planned in 2009

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The purpose of the Concepts collection is to help make subjects in the arts and humanities accessible to young readers by using a modern and different approach. The collection is suitable primarily for gymnasium students, and for a preliminary informative view of the subject area at the outset of university studies.

In this book Olga Markič lays out the fundamentals of critical thinking and practical logic for young people. Her book acquaints the reader with the secrets of how to construct, analyze, and evaluate arguments, how to present good definitions, and how to recognize common fallacies. Drawing on a number of interesting and entertaining examples from everyday life, literature, and science, the book is an excellent tool for teaching independent thinking and rational decision-making in life.

Sound logical thinking is a skill which anyone can acquire, according to three friends whose conversations permeate the book. Their conversations are accompanied by an owl who summarizes rules along the way and at the end of each chapter provides the reader with additional problems to solve.

How the famous detective Sherlock Holmes reached his conclusions; how to counter your mother’s argument if you want to get out of washing the dishes; why you’re not rich if you’re not Bill Gates; can the largest number in the world really exist; why eating bananas doesn’t make you a monkey; why Achilles will never catch up to the tortoise, and is it really love when you’re in love, and more.

The author

Olga Markič (1959) is an assistant professor of philosophy and logic at the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ljubljana.

Friderik Klampfer:

Concepts in Ethics for Young People

Age Group: 14+

Illustrations: Izar Lunaček

Year of publication: 2003

Format: 16.5 x 24 cm

Pages: 128

Binding: Dutch binding

Price: out of print

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The purpose of the Concepts collection is to help make subjects in the arts and humanities accessible to young readers by using a modern and different approach. The collection is suitable primarily for gymnasium students, and for a preliminary informative view of the subject area at the outset of university studies.

This book introduces young readers to fundamental moral concepts and their application. The author attempts to initiate the reader into the world of rational and well-reasoned moral judgments and positions by drawing on hypothetical cases or those drawn from everyday life (abortion, bullying, drug-dealing, cloning, lying, addictions to idols, shopping, smoking, or food, etc.) – in short, to convince the reader that moral disagreements are not so much about irreconcilable differences in the tastes or prejudices of individuals with different upbringings, but rather that moral judgments can also have shades of gray and varying degrees of truthfulness and accuracy.

The author

Fruderik Klampfer (1966) is lecturer in philosophy and ethics at the Faculty of Arts at the University of Maribor.

Stojan Pelko:

Concepts in Film for Young People

Age Group: 14+

Illustrations: Izar Lunaček, and approx. 100 photos

Year of publication: 2005

Format: 16.5 x 24 cm

Pages: 144

Binding: Dutch binding

Price: 24.60 EUR

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The purpose of the Concepts collection is to help make subjects in the arts and humanities accessible to young readers by using a modern and different approach. The collection is suitable primarily for gymnasium students, and for a preliminary informative view of the subject area at the outset of university studies.

Concepts in Film for Young People presents film as a media for our times, in which of particular interest is the place occupied by film viewers, and it is according to this original approach that it differs significantly from ordinary books about film. Through stories which are edited as a film sequence, the text relates how film images arise, how legends are born and movements shaped, what are film’s expressive means and professions, who are the most important authors, genres, stars and best films of all time, where the film industry is heading, how film is written about and how film can help the world think.

A brief chapter at the end is devoted to Slovenian film, but this could be omitted or replaced with a text about the film of a different nation or country.

The author

Stojan Pelko (1964) is a writer about film who has pursued audiovisual studies at the Universite de la Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris III, among other places. He lectures on the theory and history of film at the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana.