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Category : Voyages and travels
Languages : en
Pages : 258
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The World Displayed; Or, A Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, Selected from the Writers of All Nations
Author: Arthur Young's Travels in France
Author: Arthur YoungPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 446
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African Textiles and Decorative Arts
Author: Roy SieberA Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament for the Use of Biblical Students
Author: Frederick Henry Ambrose ScrivenerPublisher:
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Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 446
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The Ecology of Freedom
Author: Murray BookchinPublisher: Black Rose Books Limited
ISBN: 9780921689720
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Using a synthesis of ecology, anthropology, philosophy and political theory, this book traces our society's conflicting legacies of freedom and domination, from the first emergence of human culture to today's global capitalism. The theme of Murray Bookchin's grand historical narrative is straightforward: environmental, economic and political devastation are born at the moment that human societies begin to organize themselves hierarchically. And, despite the nuance and detail of his arguments, the lesson to be learned is just as basic: our nightmare will continue until hierarchy is dissolved and human beings develop more sane, sustainable and egalitarian social structures.
Columbus and the Ends of the Earth
Author: Djelal KadirPublisher: University of California Presson Demand
ISBN: 9780520074422
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Columbus is the first blazing star in a constellation of European adventurers whose right to claim and conquer each land mass they encountered was absolutely unquestioned by their countrymen. How a system of religious beliefs made the taking of the New World possible and laudable is the focus of Kadir's timely review of the founding doctrines of empire. The language of prophecy and divine predestination fills the pronouncements of those who ventured across the Atlantic. The effects of such language and their implications for current theoretical debates about colonialism and decolonization are legion. Kadir suggests that in this supposedly postcolonial era, richer nations and the privileged still manipulate the rhetoric of conquest to justify and serve their own worldly ends. For colonized peoples who live today at the "ends of the earth," the age of exploitation may be no different from the age of exploration. Columbus is the first blazing star in a constellation of European adventurers whose right to claim and conquer each land mass they encountered was absolutely unquestioned by their countrymen. How a system of religious beliefs made the taking of the New World possible and laudable is the focus of Kadir's timely review of the founding doctrines of empire. The language of prophecy and divine predestination fills the pronouncements of those who ventured across the Atlantic. The effects of such language and their implications for current theoretical debates about colonialism and decolonization are legion. Kadir suggests that in this supposedly postcolonial era, richer nations and the privileged still manipulate the rhetoric of conquest to justify and serve their own worldly ends. For colonized peoples who live today at the "ends of the earth," the age of exploitation may be no different from the age of exploration.
The Arcane Schools
Author: John YarkerPublisher: Cosimo, Inc.
ISBN: 1602061424
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 553
Book Description
This hardbound edition of Yarker's classic opus is not merely another facsimile edition. It has been completely reformatted, yet retains a look and feel that is comparable to the original 1909 edition, right down to the blue cloth binding and gold stamped spine. From Alchemy to Zoroaster, and everything in between, The Arcane Schools continues to be one of the most comprehensive and authoritative works concerning the history and migration of the Western Mystery Tradition. Students of Freemasonry, Rosicrucianism, and Theosophy will find this to be an indispensable addition to their collection.
The Planetary Turn
Author: Amy J. EliasPublisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 0810130742
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
A groundbreaking essay collection that pursues the rise of geoculture as an essential framework for arts criticism, The Planetary Turn shows how the planet—as a territory, a sociopolitical arena, a natural space of interaction for all earthly life, and an artistic theme—is increasingly the conceptual and political dimension in which twenty-first-century writers and artists picture themselves and their work. In an introduction that comprehensively defines the planetary model of art, culture, and cultural-aesthetic interpretation, the editors explain how the living planet is emerging as distinct from older concepts of globalization, cosmopolitanism, and environmentalism and is becoming a new ground for exciting work in contemporary literature, visual and media arts, and social humanities. Written by internationally recognized scholars, the twelve essays that follow illustrate the unfolding of a new vision of potential planetary community that retools earlier models based on the nation-state or political “blocs” and reimagines cultural, political, aesthetic, and ethical relationships for the post–Cold War era.
The Historical Geography of Asia Minor
Author: Sir William Mitchell RamsayPublisher:
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Category : Turkey
Languages : en
Pages : 542
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Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan
Author: James TodPublisher:
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Category : Rajasthan (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 694
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