Anthropology
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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 |
 The Truth About StoriesA Native Narrative |
"Stories are wondrous things," award-winning author and scholar Thomas King declares in his 2003 CBC Massey Lectures. "And they are dangerous." Beginning with a traditional … | Thomas King | 184 | 2003 | View |
 The WayfindersWhy Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World |
Every culture is a unique answer to a fundamental question: What does it mean to be human and alive? In The Wayfinders, renowned anthropologist, winner of the prestigious Samuel Johnson Prize, … | Wade Davis | 274 | 2009 | View |
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From The WayfindersFrom: The Wayfinders |
From The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World | Wade Davis | 44 | 2009 | $4.40 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 |
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From  Traditional Nutrition |
We will explore the ways in which foundational nutrition — the solid nutritional framework upon which health sits — can support resilience, influence mental outlook and motivation, … | Alan C. Logan; Susan L. Prescott | 38 | 2017 | $3.80 Add |
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From  Vagaries of Arctic Geography, 1886: Landscapes and Human Occupancy / Getting settled in the United States, 1886-1888: Ethnological and Geographical WritingsChapters 9 and 10 From: The Franz Boas Enigma |
Chapter 9 begins after the publication of Baffin-Land, discussing its author’s enthusiasm, reception of the book, its structure/contents (chapter by chapter). It also comments on his … | Ludger Müller-Wille | 21 | 2014 | $2.10 Add |
