Cultural Anthropology
Showing 17–32 of 74 results
| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
From  Spineless AdmirationOn Anti-Nostalgia From: On Nostalgia |
The author details how nostalgia is regarded with suspicion from academic to widespread cultural use. Advocates of dismissing the past, and their perpective of the world as just and meritocratic … | David Berry | 19 | 2020 | $1.90 Add |
|
From  The Machine That Can DieFrom: The Biology of Wonder |
In this chapter, the author explores "holistic biology," which considers both bodily and inner experiences as biological phenomena. | Andreas Weber | 34 | 2016 | $3.40 Add |
|
From  The Mild WestThe Myth of RCMP From: National Dreams |
For a hundred years the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has occupied a special place in Canadian history and our imaginations. The story of how they drove out the American whiskey peddlers and … | Daniel Frances | 49 | 1997 | $1.96 Add |
|
From  NEW! The Most Important Relationship in Your LifeFrom: The Web of Meaning |
How the "I" and the "self" split apart early in human evolution is viewed as a defining characteristic of humanity. The differences between I and self are discussed, along … | Jeremy Lent | 26 | 2021 | $2.60 Add |
|
From  Arctic Research and Publicity, 1883-1885: Articles in Germany and the United States / Life with Inuit and Whalers, 1883-1884: “I am now truly just like a typical Eskimo”Chapters 3 and 4 From: The Franz Boas Enigma |
Chapter 3 looks at the leadup to Boas’ trip to the Arctic, exploring how he organized and funded this trip. It also looks at the articles he wrote before his trip and their impact. Chapter … | Ludger Müller-Wille | 26 | 2014 | $2.60 Add |
|
From I’m Just So Tired of All These Star WarsOn Art and Nostalgia From: On Nostalgia |
Modern nostalgia in novel and flim is discussed, using examples of Ready Player One, Back to the Future, American Graffitti, Indiana Jones, and the introduction of prequels with Star Wars. … | David Berry | 22 | 2020 | $2.20 Add |
|
From NEW! The Patterns of the UniverseFrom: The Web of Meaning |
The chapter begins with the paradox of the Ship of Theseus, and continues with the the philosophy of flux of the Pre-Socratics and of the Song Dynasty of China. How things can be in constant flux … | Jeremy Lent | 31 | 2021 | $3.10 Add |
|
From The Physics of CreationFrom: The Biology of Wonder |
In this chapter, Weber examines how complex natural patterns reveal the interrelated nature of life and the anorganic environment. | Andreas Weber | 18 | 2016 | $1.80 Add |
|
From Your Majesty’s RealmThe Myth of the Master Race From: National Dreams |
Canadian schoolchildren, who were taught to venerate Great Britain and its empire pledged allegiance to the monarch and sang "Rule Britannia" and "Soldiers of the Queen." … | Daniel Frances | 63 | 1997 | $3.78 Add |
|
From Great AgainOn Political Nostalgia From: On Nostalgia |
This chapter examines nostalgia in modern democracies, where generalized nostalgia binds individuals into a mass movement through its vagueness. The dissonance between nostlagia and how politics … | David Berry | 23 | 2020 | $2.30 Add |
|
From Pathways in Geography and Ethnology, 1884-1886: Inuit, Environment, and Beliefs / The American Period, September 1884 – March 1885: Searching for Scientific Grounding and ResponsesChapters 5 and 6 From: The Franz Boas Enigma |
Chapter 5 looks at the aftermath of his sojourn with the Inuit and whalers, as he travelled between the USA and Europe, until his immigration to the United States. Chapter 6 discusses Boas’ … | Ludger Müller-Wille | 10 | 2014 | $1.00 Add |
|
From  Smashing Heads Doesn’t Open MindsMorality Binds and Blinds with Jonathan Haidt |
Ingrained, tribal behaviors can bind and blind us, and shut down open-minded thinking. Looking at the dynamic of polarization from the point of view of tribes and teams is enlightening and useful … | James Hoggan | 9 | 2016 | $0.90 Add |
|
From NEW! The Harmonic Dance of LifeFrom: The Web of Meaning |
Competition in the development of life is contrasted with the far more important role co-operation has had in producing the breathtaking diversity and beauty of life. Darwinism, the discovery of … | Jeremy Lent | 27 | 2021 | $2.70 Add |
|
From The Infantilization of QuebecThe Myth of Unity From: National Dreams |
The author presents the opposing view points on the Battle of Quebec. For generations, while Quebec historians characterized the Battle of Quebec as a catastrophe, English-Canadian historians … | Daniel Frances | 49 | 1997 | $1.96 Add |
|
From World InscapeFrom: The Biology of Wonder |
This chapter discusses how emotions are embodied, and how the inward feelings of organisms are accessible through their bodily presence. | Andreas Weber | 20 | 2016 | $2.00 Add |
|
From A Breath of Relief From This Fast-Paced WorldOn Consumed Nostalgia From: On Nostalgia |
Both nostalgia and consumerism satisfy a longing, an attempt to satisfy impossible desires. Consumerism, as in the most important role for a person is somone who buys things, and a history of … | David Berry | 23 | 2020 | $2.30 Add |
