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“catalin avramescu”

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  • An Intellectual History of Cannibalism

    by Catalin Avramescu ...
    Translated by Alistair Ian Blyth ...
    The cannibal has played a surprisingly important role in the history of thought--perhaps the ultimate symbol of savagery and degradation-- haunting the Western imagination since before the Age of Discovery, when Europeans first encountered genuine cannibals and related horrible stories of shipwrecked travelers eating each other. An Intellectual History of Cannibalism is the first book to ... Read more

    $31.69 USD

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  • Guerrillas of Peace

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  • A Brief History of Analytic Philosophy

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  • A Short Life of Kierkegaard (New in Paperback)

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  • Making Monte Carlo

    A History of Speculation and Spectacle

    by Mark Braude ...
    “A brisk historical tour of the marketing and selling of the small principality of Monaco and its famous city…A well-researched, dramatic rags-to-riches urban tale” (Kirkus Reviews) of Monte Carlo’s rise from small principality to prosperous resort town of the 1920s.Monte Carlo has long been known as a dazzling playground for the rich and famous. The “vivid, entertaining” (The Wall Street Journal) ... Read more

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  • Convention

    A Philosophical Study

    by David Lewis ...
    Convention was immediately recognized as a major contribution to the subject and its significance has remained undiminished since its first publication in 1969. Lewis analyzes social conventions as regularities in the resolution of recurring coordination problems-situations characterized by interdependent decision processes in which common interests are at stake. Conventions are contrasted with ... Read more

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    Oil, Democracy and the Sands of Time and Space

    by Geo Takach ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This volume explores how to engage audiences both beyond and within the academy more deeply in environmental research through arts-based forms. It builds on a multi-pronged case study of scripts for documentary film, audio-visual and stage formats, focusing on how the identity of a place is constructed and contested in the face of environmental concerns around fossil-fuel extraction in a ... Read more

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  • The Concept of Presocratic Philosophy

    Its Origin, Development, and Significance

    by André Laks ...
    Translated by Glenn W. Most ...
    "A work of remarkable subtlety and depth of thought . . . provocative . . . powerful. . . . compels us to be more reflective about the Presocratic period" —John Palmer, Bryn Mawr Classical ReviewWhen we talk about Presocratic philosophy, we are speaking about the origins of Greek philosophy and Western rationality itself. But what exactly does it mean to talk about "Presocratic philosophy" in the ... Read more

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  • The First World War (2)

    The Western Front 1914–1916

    by Peter Simkins ...
    Series series Guide to...
    More than 80 years on, the Great War - and particularly the great battles such as the Somme and Verdun - continues to fascinate us and to cast long shadows over the world in which we live.For Britain, the effort and sacrifice involved in creating and sustaining its first-ever and biggest-ever mass citizen army, and in helping to defeat the main enemy in the decisive theatre of operations, left ... Read more

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  • Karl Marx and the Postcolonial Age

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    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book seeks to explicitly engage Marxist and post-colonial theory to place Marxism in the context of the post-colonial age. Those who study Marx, particularly in the West, often lack an understanding of post-colonial realities; conversely, however, those who fashion post-colonial theory often have an inadequate understanding of Marx. Many think that Marx is not relevant to critique ... Read more

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  • Anne Frank House Amsterdam

    Anne's Secret Annex turned into Museum

    by Marko Kassenaar ...
    Series Book 2 - Amsterdam Museum Guides
    Want to visit the Anne Frank House? Must read before you visit AmsterdamOne of the most popular museums in Amsterdam, the Anne Frank House, attracts over 1.2 million visitors a year. A museum you should definitely see when you are in Amsterdam (Holland). It was the hiding place during the Second World War of Anne Frank to escape deportation by the Nazis. Discover the secret annex behind the ... Read more

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