Archaeology of Babel: The Colonial Foundation of the Humanities, Paperback - Siraj Ahmed

For more than three decades, preeminent scholars in comparative literature and postcolonial studies have called for a return to philology as the in...

In The Value of the Humanities prize-winning critic Helen Small assesses the value of the Humanities, eloquently examining five historical argument...

This analysis of writings about the experiences of black Christians in seventeenth-century Peru and New Granada shows that black linguistic and spi...

This volume, the first of its kind, launches a conversation amongst humanities scholars doing fieldwork on the global south. It both offers indispe...

Contributors: David J. Alworth, Anders Blok, Claudia Breger, Dipesh Chakrabarty, Yves Citton, Steven Connor, Gerard de Vries, Simon During, Rita Fe...

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Contains five lectures concerning the discussion of the relation of science and the humanities, focusing on the work of thinkers such as James B. C...

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Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdIllustration(s): 0; 4 Line drawings, black and whiteNumber of pages: 184Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 152 x 229 ...

Publisher: Edinburgh University PressAuthor(s): Sam DurrantIllustration(s): 20 Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 544Publication date: ...

Publisher: Indiana University PressIllustration(s): 3 Halftones, black and whiteNumber of pages: 624Collection: Studies in AntisemitismPublication ...

The remarkable conclusion to the highly acclaimed Books of Babel series, following Senlin Ascends, Arm of the Sphinx and The Hod KingPublisher: Lit...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Christian RaffenspergerAs scholarship continues to expand the idea of medieval Europe beyond "the West, " the Rus' remain t...

DescriptionIn Cents and Sensibility, an eminent literary critic and a leading economist make the case that the humanities--especially the study of ...

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Currently, the most influential sociolinguistic model for the evolution of 'Post-Colonial Englishes' is the Dynamic Model. In this Element, I outli...

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'The empires of the future would be the empires of the mind' declared Churchill in 1943, envisaging universal empires living in peaceful harmony. R...

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In this short and powerful book, celebrated philosopher Martha Nussbaum makes a passionate case for the importance of the liberal arts at all level...

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DescriptionThis timely and lucid guide is intended for students and scholars working on all historical periods and topics in the humanities and soc...

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Taming Babel examines the role of language in the making of modern postcolonial Asian nations. Focusing on one of the most linguistically diverse t...

Bal's focus for this book is the idea that interdisciplinarity in the humanities - necessary, exciting, serious - must seek its heuristic and metho...

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*Includes pictures *Profiles important figures like John Winthrop, Roger Williams, and others *Includes online resources and a bibliography for fur...

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Description'To express in the language of Sufism, that is, Islamic mysticism, some of the universal truths which lie at the heart of all religions'...

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After decades of bloodshed and political terror, many lament the rise of the left in Latin America. With Guatemala as the case study, this title ar...

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Publisher: University of Texas PressAuthor(s): Angelica Jimena Afanador-PujolIllustration(s): 26 color and 51 b&w photos, 11 b&w illus.Number of pa...

Reducere. Following the historic publication of Norton's The Complete Works of Isaac Babel in the fall of 2001, The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel appears ...

The story of Seville's Archive of the Indies reveals how current views of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries are based on radical historical r...

Publisher: Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, U.S.Illustration(s): 181 color photos, 15 illus., 19 color illus., 1 map, 5 color maps, 30 ta...

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