Cultural Anthropology
Showing 49–64 of 74 results
| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
From  Great White HopeThe Myth of North From: National Dreams |
There have been writers, politicians, intellectuals who believed that it was its northernness which made Canada distinct. The "cult of the North" gained coherent expression for the … | Daniel Frances | 46 | 1997 | $1.84 Add |
|
From  Inuit Tales and Lexicon, Arctic Ice and Climate, 1887-1894: Assessing Culture, Language, and Nature / Lasting Contributions by Franz Boas: Knowledge, Science, and Universality of EqualityChapters 11 and 12 From: The Franz Boas Enigma |
Chapter 11 details how Boas continued the study Inuit language, tales, and beliefs and continued to publish studies and give lectures. Chapter 12 looks at the character of Franz Boas and his … | Ludger Müller-Wille | 17 | 2014 | $1.70 Add |
|
From  Learning to ThinkMirroring the Other From: The Biology of Wonder |
This chapter explores cognition in infants, toddlers, and animals. | Andreas Weber | 30 | 2016 | $3.00 Add |
|
From  On Being a BiophilistAn Injection of Nature Relatedness |
We need deep exploration of the tiniest ecosystems in the gut. We need far more detail on the interactions between our nerve cells and the immune system. We are talking about connectivity to life … | Alan C. Logan; Susan L. Prescott | 27 | 2017 | $2.70 Add |
|
From  On Nature’s Limits and the Human ConditionParrots and Peoples From: Peak Everything |
People who live a civilized life are like birds in a cage. As long as we stay within well-defined social bounds (and assuming we are lucky enough to have been born in a wealthy parasitic society, … | Richard Heinberg | 17 | 2010 | $1.70 Add |
|
From ConclusionHistory in an Age of Anxiety From: National Dreams |
Many Canadians are afflicted by perseveration of memory. They repeat the familiar myths of our history even as they must know that they no longer explain much about us. History is a … | Daniel Frances | 29 | 1997 | $0.58 Add |
|
From  NEW! Cultivating Integrated ValuesFrom: The Web of Meaning |
This chapter contrasts an inborn moral sense with beliefs in humanity’s intrinsic malevolence. The way values have evolved towards empathy, altruistic behaviours, cooperation, and fairness … | Jeremy Lent | 27 | 2021 | $2.70 Add |
|
From Melody of the SoulFrom: The Biology of Wonder |
In this chapter, Weber explores natural beauty through birdsong and music | Andreas Weber | 25 | 2016 | $2.50 Add |
|
From NEW! Human/NatureFrom: The Web of Meaning |
The chapter begins with the absurdity of anthropocentrism, continuing with the European thirst for domination overseas and over nature. The Great Acceleration is described as the commodification … | Jeremy Lent | 29 | 2021 | $2.90 Add |
|
From  Rites of PassageSelf Formation in Liminal Space From: The Power Manual |
Rites of Passage, highlights Victor Turner’s thinking on liminality, the space of transformation, the ritual of transitioning from one state to another. One leaves behind previous … | Cyndi Suarez | 8 | 2018 | $0.80 Add |
|
From The Principle of BeautyFrom: The Biology of Wonder |
In this chapter, the author provides a critique of the Darwinian notion of "nature as a survival machine." | Andreas Weber | 32 | 2016 | $3.20 Add |
|
From NEW! Everything Is ConnectedFrom: The Web of Meaning |
This chapter contrasts the European tradition of a self-contained individual and consciousness with the Buddhist (and other) traditions of the boundaries separating the self from others as all … | Jeremy Lent | 30 | 2021 | $3.00 Add |
|
From The Body of the SeaFrom: The Biology of Wonder |
This chapter explores why we must focus on a multiplicity of species to understand the enigma of life. | Andreas Weber | 19 | 2016 | $1.90 Add |
|
From Theater as Interaction and Identity CreationHigh Status and Low Status Characters From: The Power Manual |
Theater as Interaction and Identity Creation, explores the first of two social spaces that at their core are about the exchange of power — theater and games. Fundamentally, to act is to … | Cyndi Suarez | 11 | 2018 | $1.10 Add |
|
From NEW! From Fixed Self to Infinite LThe Fractal Nature of Identity From: The Web of Meaning |
This chapter asserts that once the reality of a connected universe is embraced, new forms of identity naturally emerge. Rejecting dualism and reductionism, paradigm shifts, pantheism, Buddhism, … | Jeremy Lent | 21 | 2021 | $2.10 Add |
|
From Not One, But AllFrom: The Biology of Wonder |
This chapter examines the connections between microbial ecosystems in the ocean and human symbiosis with microbes. | Andreas Weber | 20 | 2016 | $2.00 Add |
