Chimera Principle - An Anthropology of Memory and Imagination, Paperback - Carlo Severi

Presents a fresh theoretical ground for the study of ritual, iconographic technologies, and oral traditions among nonliterate peoples. The author u...

An anthropological perspective on the devastating environmental consequences of global capital's growth imperative.

This invaluable text, written by one of the world's most influential black scholars, re-imagines the communal ideal from a broader perspective that...

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons LtdNumber of pages: 180Collection: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Special Issue Book SeriesPublicati...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 31 colour and 53 bw illusNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 162 x 241 x 24C...

A major new intervention on the overarching challenges of modernity from one of the world's leading anthropologistsPublisher: Pluto PressAuthor(s):...

This book gives an eye-opening account of the ways various political and intellectual projects have appropriated the medieval past for their own en...

From the 2019/2020 Gifford Lectures at the University of Edinburgh In God's Image describes how centering our culture on the human and divine spiri...

Ritual is one of the most discussed cultural practices, yet its treatment in anthropological terms has been seriously limited, characterized by a h...

Tails of Wonder and Imagination features more than forty stories in which cats are heroes and stories in which they're villains.Publisher: Night Sh...

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In Magic's Reason, Graham M. Jones tells the entwined stories of anthropology and entertainment magic. The two pursuits are not as separate as they...

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How to bring out the true creativity in you and apply it with imagination and confidence in your work and life.

In this unique and compelling book, the author examines side by side the works of Eastern mystical philosophers and poets and some of their Western...

This collection of essays by leading American historians explains how and why the fight against unionism has long been central to the meaning of co...

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In The Cow in the Elevator Tulasi Srinivas explores a wonderful world where deities jump fences and priests ride in helicopters to present a joyful...

Reducere. Few people have experienced Yellowstone National Park as thoroughly as Michael Yochim, a former Yellowstone ranger and guide. From visits to the pa...

Publisher: Arcturus Publishing LtdAuthor(s): Dr Gareth MooreIllustration(s): FlexibackNumber of pages: 256Collection: Arcturus Themed PuzzlesPublic...

Artistic residency has recently become popular and well-supported within Taiwan. This book explores the challenges that this form of art practice f...

Publisher: AutonomediaAuthor(s): David GraeberNumber of pages: 122Publication date: 2012Dimensions: 156 x 229 x 8Cover type: Paperback / softbackRe...

Anthropocene Ecologies examines anthropocenic imaginaries across several critical themes in social science studies of tourism such as gender, healt...

Reducere. DescriptionAs the book's title suggests, this book uses anthropological methods and insights to study the practice of anthropology as an academic d...

Reducere. In 2009, Rachael Cerrotti, a college student pursuing a career in photojournalism, asked her grandmother, Hana, if she could record her story. Rach...

In the same easy to understand and fun to experience style as Perspective Made Easy, Robbie Lee shows readers, step by step, the basic drawing skil...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A fascinating exploration of the intricacies of how we remember, why we forget, and what we can do to protect our memor...

A moving and personal anthology from the Sunday Times bestseller, encompassing melancholy, morality, mortality and morePublisher: Canongate Books L...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Professor Thomas A. CarlsonIllustration(s): 21 halftonesNumber of pages: 240Collection: TRIOSP...

Publisher: Alfred A. KnopfAuthor(s): Beverly LowryIllustration(s): 8 photographs in textNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 242 x...

Rapunzel. Hansel and Gretel. Cinderella. Sleeping Beauty. Snow White. We've known these characters since we were children, but in this elegant new ...

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Gathering oral stories and visual art from Haiti and two of its 'motherlands' in Africa, Istwa across the Water recovers the submerged histories of...

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This interdisciplinary collection examines Tokyo in the cultural imagination. The contributors analyze how Tokyo has been perceived and experienced...

Reducere. During the global Black Lives Matter protests of 2020, many called upon the United States to finally face its painful past. Tim Gruenewald's new bo...

In a new reading of Immanuel Kant's work, this book interrogates his notions of the imagination and anthropology, identifying these - rather than t...

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This book offers a unique account of the role imagination plays in advancing the course of freedom's actualization. It draws on Ricoeur's philosoph...

Malthus's Essay looks at the perennial tendency of humans to outstrip their resources: reproduction always exceeds food production. Today Malthus r...

DescriptionAs the world's population continues to grow at a frighteningly rapid rate, Malthus's classic warning against overpopulation gains increa...