Cultural Anthropology
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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 |
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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 |
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From  The Mighty Tool of Public NarrativePsychic Numbing with Paul Slovic |
When numbers soar, our consistency with basic values and concerns collapses. Most people are caring and highly responsive when they hear of an individual’s desperate plight, yet are numbly … | James Hoggan | 10 | 2016 | $1.00 Add |
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From The Mighty Tool of Public NarrativeSometimes David Wins with Marshall Ganz |
Resourcefulness — fueled by courage, commitment and imagination — can overcome nominally powerful resources, as well as the arrogance that often goes with them. | James Hoggan | 12 | 2016 | $1.20 Add |
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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 |
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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 |
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From NEW! The Nameless Uncarved WoodFrom: The Web of Meaning |
Traditional Chinese and Greek philosophy of mind is discussed, along with the insights of modern neuroscience. The chapter describes the role of the pre-frontal cortex as the executive function, … | Jeremy Lent | 19 | 2021 | $1.90 Add |
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From NEW! The Original AIAnimate Intelligence From: The Web of Meaning |
This chapter links the European loss of seeing the world as connected with the Scientific Revolution, and how that view has continued uninterrupted in Indigenous ways of seeing and knowing. … | Jeremy Lent | 26 | 2021 | $2.60 Add |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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From The Question in the Eyes of the WolfFrom: The Biology of Wonder |
In this chapter, the author describes his journey to study the Ethiopian wolf; this story is the basis for Weber’s meditation on the connections between living beings. | Andreas Weber | 21 | 2016 | $2.10 Add |
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From The Silvery SeaFrom: The Biology of Wonder |
In this chapter, Weber explores metaphorphosis, and the idea that juvenile forms of animals may actually belong to different species than adults. | Andreas Weber | 17 | 2016 | $1.70 Add |
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From NEW! The Tao in My Own NatureFrom: The Web of Meaning |
This chapter overturns much conventional thinking and points out that the natural world, our own nature, and the culture in which we are embedded, are all subject to the same principles. … | Jeremy Lent | 22 | 2021 | $2.20 Add |
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NEW! The Web of MeaningIntegrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find our Place in the Universe |
This book lays out an entirely different foundation for a civilization that could lead us sustainably through this century and beyond. It reveals the flaws hidden within the current worldview, … | 530 | View | ||
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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 |
