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Anthropology and Development: Culture, Morality and Politics in a Globalised World (Crewe Emma)In recent decades international development has grown into a world-shaping industry. But how do aid agencies work and what do they achieve? How does aid appear to the adults and children who receive it? And why has there been so little improvement in the position of the poor? Viewing aid and develop... |
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Nomadic Pathways in Social Evolution (Kradin Nikolay N.)The book is written by anthropologists, historians, and archaeologists specializing in nomadic studies. All the chapters presented here discuss various aspects of one significant problem: how could small nomadic peoples at the outskirts of agricultural civilizations subjugate vast territories betwee... |
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RitualWINNER OF THE CAROL R. EMBER BOOK PRIZE FOR SCIENTIFIC ANTHROPOLGYSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE From fire walking to funerals, the hidden science of the rituals that give life meaningRitual is perhaps the oldest, and certainly the most enigmatic, thread in human culture. Appare... |
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Twinkind (William Viney)The first illustrated global exploration of the cultural significance of twins. The birth of twins is unusual. Throughout history they have been revered as gods and reviled as monsters; they have been adored as amusing music hall double acts and feared as duplicitous criminals; and they have been st... |
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Lexical Layers of Identity (Sipka Danko)Provides a systematic approach to lexical indicators of cultural identity, drawing on data from Slavic languages. Sipka addresses issues of interest to both Slavic and general linguists, cross-cultural anthropologists, and psychologists. Some sections will also be of interest to historians and polit... |
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Magic: A Very Short Introduction (Davies Owen)Magic is a much-used term with a complex and controversial history. As a concept and a practice, it has attracted the attention of theologians, anthropologists, psychologists, sociologists, artists, and historians over the centuries. This Very Short Introduction explains why. Magic has been defined ... |
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The Ecology of Others (Descola Philippe)Since the end of the nineteenth century, the division between nature and culture has been fundamental to Western thought. In this groundbreaking work, renowned anthropologist Philippe Descola seeks to break down this divide, arguing for a departure from the anthropocentric model and its rigid dualis... |
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Material Hermeneutics: Reversing the Linguistic Turn (Ihde Don)Material Hermeneutics explores the ways in which new imaging technologies and scientific instruments have changed our notions about ancient history. From the first lunar calendar to the black hole image, and from an ancient mummy in the Italian Alps to the irrigated valleys of Mesopotamia, this book... |
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Anthropology and Nature (Hastrup Kirsten)On the basis of empirical studies, this book explores nature as an integral part of the social worlds conventionally studied by anthropologists. The book may be read as a form of scholarly edgework, resisting institutional divisions and conceptual routines in the interest of exploring new modalities... |
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Anthropology and Ethnography Are Not Equivalent: Reorienting Anthropology for the Future (Ahmad Irfan)In recent years, crucial questions have been raised about anthropology as a discipline, such as whether ethnography is central to the subject, and how imagination, reality and truth are joined in anthropological enterprises. These interventions have impacted anthropologists and scholars at large. Th... |
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Mother Earth Spirituality: Native American Paths to Healing Ourselves and Our World (McGaa Ed)A rich panorama of our native heritage which allows the seeker access to the heart of the Path of Beauty. Ed McGaa has walked this path so that all people may live in harmony. Samie Sams, Hancoka Olowanpi, author of Midnight Song: Quest for the Vanished Ones Ed McGaa is one of the first persons wh... |
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Guyana (Smock Kirk)This new third edition of Bradts Guyana remains the only guidebook available to this South American gem, a jungle-clad country teeming with exotic wildlife. Thoroughly researched, easy to use and interesting to read, Bradts Guyana is written and updated by writers who have lived in and promoted Guya... |
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The Oxford Handbook of Christmas (Larsen)The Oxford Handbook of Christmas provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary account of all aspects of Christmas across the globe, from the specifically religious to the purely cultural. The contributions are drawn from a distinguished group of international experts from across numerous disciplines,... |
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Vatican Museums: 100 Works Not to Be Missed (Musei Vaticani)Here is an extraordinary illustrated art book that showcases the one hundred masterpieces that present the legacy of culture, history, and beauty that the Roman pontiffs have collected and guarded for centuries. The artworks have been selected by specialists: archaeologists, art historians, archite... |
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Frazer J. G.)Published originally in two volumes in 1890, this extraordinary study of primitive myth and magic, collected from sources around the world, led Frazer to identify parallel patterns of ritual, symbols and belief across many centuries and many different cultures. Frazers learning inspired a whole gen... |
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Keeping Quiet: Sixteen Essays on Silence (Paramo Adriana)Keeping Quiet is a combination of the anthropologists keen eye and the language of a storyteller. In Keeping Quiet, Pramo has collected essays addressing what it is like to live in a world of silence or the absence thereof. This collection covers a wide range of angles and experiences, from an expl... |
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Two NightsSunnie has spent years running from her past, burying secrets and building a life in which she needs no one and feels nothing. But a girl has gone missing, lost in the chaos of a bomb explosion, and the family needs Sunnie’s help. Is the girl dead? Did someone take her? If she is out there, why does... |
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Reflections on Fieldwork in Morocco (Rabinow Paul)In this landmark study, now celebrating thirty years in print, Paul Rabinow takes as his focus the fieldwork that anthropologists do. How valid is the process? To what extent do the cultural data become artifacts of the interaction between anthropologist and informants? Having first published a more... |
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Myth, Ritual and the Oral (Goody Jack)In Myth, Ritual and the Oral Jack Goody, one of the worlds most distinguished anthropologists, returns to the related themes of myth, orality and literacy, subjects that have long been a touchstone in anthropological thinking. Combining classic papers with recent unpublished work, this volume brings... |
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The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion (Haidt Jonathan)Why cant our political leaders work together as threats loom and problems mount? Why do people so readily assume the worst about the motives of their fellow citizens? In The Righteous Mind, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores the origins of our divisions and points the way forward to mutual ... |
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