How Forests Think: Toward an Anthropology Beyond the Human, Paperback

Reducere. Can forests think? Do dogs dream? In this astonishing book, Eduardo Kohn challenges the very foundations of anthropology, calling into question our...

Martin Crowley argues that a new conception of agency as both distributed and decisive is necessary in the Anthropocene. A major intervention into ...

This pioneering volume explores the critical interface between animal and animality studies, marking out the terrain in relation to twentieth-centu...

Ghost, Android, Animal challenges the notion that trauma literature functions as a healing agent for victims of pain and loss by bringing trauma st...

Catalyzed by Sylvia Wynter's questioning of modern/colonial descriptions of the human person, the essays in Beyond the Doctrine of Man interrogate ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Editor: Faye V. Harrison"provides a most-needed analysis of the benefits and limitations of the new cultural anthropology." Bolles ...

Tens of thousands of women and families every year lose a baby to miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant death. The statistics are sobering--between 10...

Reducere. First published in 1986 Mary Douglas’ theory of institutions uses the sociological theories of Emile Durkheim and Ludwig Fleck to determine not onl...

'Subtle and self-reflexive. . . an excellent overview of the debates and issues that have shaped this hugely influential social science' - Guardian...

Why does knowing more mean believing--and doing--less? A prescription for change The more facts that pile up about global warming, the greater the ...

Reducere. Discover 21 Fundamental Principles Of Human Psychology To Understand People And Influence Their ActionsHuman psychology itself is a vast topic that...

Reducere. Images of the Human, Paperback

Reducere. DescriptionThis book describes how hydroponic technologies contribute to solving some of the most challenging problems we face in today's world. It...

DescriptionEconomists and theologians usually inhabit different intellectual worlds. Economists investigate the workings of markets and tend to set...

Publisher: Beacon PressAuthor(s): Mary DalyIllustration(s): illustrationsNumber of pages: 225Publication date: 1992Dimensions: 138 x 202 x 22Cover ...

Reducere. "Sylvia Wynter's work is distinctively Caribbean. From her exciting and rigorous interventions on 'folk culture' and its profound meaning for the s...

A funny manual on keeping happy and calm, with Wax drawing on the help of a monk and a neuroscientist to advise on emotions, the body, addictions, ...

Nigeria is a country shaped by internal diversity and transnational connections, past and present. Leading Nigerian writers have portrayed these Ni...

DescriptionThe most important work by a key figure in German thought, Helmuth Plessner's Levels of Organic Life and the Human, originally published...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

How to Think Like an Activist is the first step in your life as an activistIllustrations: Full colour throughout

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

An argument in favor of finding a place for humans (and humanness) in the future digital economy.In the digital economy, accountants, baristas, and...

A beautifully history of imaginary animals from Palaeolithic art to Harry Potter.Publisher: Reaktion BooksAuthor(s): Boria SaxIllustration(s): 194 ...

Reducere. "Not only profound in its analysis, but also so passionately inspired by sympathy for the downtrodden and their struggle for liberation. . ."--Dani...

Millions of people around the world today spend portions of their lives in online virtual worlds. Second Life is one of the largest of these virtua...

Reducere. Ever since Darwin and The Descent of Man, the existence of humans has been attributed to our intelligence and adaptability. But in Catching Fire, r...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Judith Still analyses Derrida's late writings on animals, especially his seminars The Beast and the Sovereign, to explore ethical questions of how ...

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Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. This first English translation of Pierre Manent's profound and strikingly original book La loi naturelle et les droits de l'homme is a reflection o...

An engaging business novel, Winning Innovation dives into the art and science of innovation; the thrills of the European bike-racing circuit; the v...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 10 bw illusNumber of pages: 296Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 22Cover type: Pap...

Designed to help students understand the multiple levels at which human populations respond to their surroundings, this essential text offers the m...