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  • Becoming Other

    Heterogeneity and Plasticity of the Self

    by David Berliner ...
    Most of us are conscious of having a single and stable self, but the self is more fragmented and plastic than we care to think. David Berliner explores the captivating world of identity through an array of astonishing experiences. From Napoleon doppelgangers to Philip Roth's alter-ego Nathan Zukerman and Wonder Woman cosplayers to anthropologists going native, he delves into the kaleidoscopic ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • Anthropology and Nostalgia

    Edited by Olivia Angé, David Berliner ...
    Nostalgia is intimately connected to the history of the social sciences in general and anthropology in particular, though finely grained ethnographies of nostalgia and loss are still scarce. Today, anthropologists have realized that nostalgia constitutes a fascinating object of study for exploring contemporary issues of the formation of identity in politics and history. Contributors to this volume ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Losing Culture

    Nostalgia, Heritage, and Our Accelerated Times

    by David Berliner ...
    Translated by Dominic Horsfall ...
    We’re losing our culture… our heritage… our traditions… everything is being swept away.Such sentiments get echoed around the world, from aging Trump supporters in West Virginia to young villagers in West Africa. But what is triggering this sense of cultural loss, and to what ends does this rhetoric get deployed?To answer these questions, anthropologist David Berliner travels around the world, from ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Learning Religion

    Anthropological Approaches

    Edited by David Berliner, Ramon Sarró ...
    Series Book 17 - Methodology & History in Anthropology
    As we enter the 21st century, it becomes increasingly difficult to envisage a world detached from religion or an anthropology blind to its study. Yet, how people become religious is still poorly studied. This volume gathers some of the most distinguished scholars in the field to offer a new perspective for the study of religion, one that examines the works of transmission and innovation through ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Ecological Nostalgias

    Memory, Affect and Creativity in Times of Ecological Upheavals

    Edited by Olivia Angé, David Berliner ...
    Series Book 26 - Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology
    Introducing the study of econostalgias through a variety of rich ethnographic cases, this volume argues that a strictly human centered approach does not account for contemporary longings triggered by ecosystem upheavals. In this time of climate change, this book explores how nostalgia for fading ecologies unfolds into the interstitial spaces between the biological, the political and the social, ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • World Heritage on the Ground

    Ethnographic Perspectives

    Edited by Christoph Brumann, David Berliner ...
    Series Book 28 - EASA Series
    The UNESCO World Heritage Convention of 1972 set the contemporary standard for cultural and natural conservation. Today, a place on the World Heritage List is much sought after for tourism promotion, development funding, and national prestige. Presenting case studies from across the globe, particularly from Africa and Asia, anthropologists with situated expertise in specific World Heritage sites ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

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  • The Quest for Meaning

    Developing a Philosophy of Pluralism

    by Tariq Ramadan ...
    In The Quest for Meaning: Developing a Philosophy of Pluralism, Tariq Ramadan embarks on a journey to uncover the profound truths that bind us together.In a world so full of different beliefs and viewpoints, how can we find peace in our shared humanity?Acclaimed thinker and philosopher Tariq Ramadan explores universal ideas such as love, respect, truth and tolerance, and examines questions such as ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Social and Cultural Anthropology

    A Very Short Introduction

    by John Monaghan, Peter Just ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    If you want to know what anthropology is, look at what anthropologists do. This Very Short Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology combines an accessible account of some of the disciplines guiding principles and methodology with abundant examples and illustrations of anthropologists at work. Peter Just and John Monaghan begin by discussing anthropologys most important contributions to ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • Foucault For Beginners

    by Lydia Alix Fillingham ...
    Series series For Beginners
    Michel Foucault’s work has profoundly affected the teaching of such diverse disciplines as literary criticism, criminology, and gender studies. Arguing that definitions of abnormal behavior are culturally constructed, Foucault explored the unfair division between those who meet and those who deviate from social norms. Foucault’s deeply visual sense of scenes such as ritual public executions, lends ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • The Missing Myth

    A New Vision of Same-Sex Love

    by Gilles Herrada ...
    If homosexual behavior is an aberration from the standpoint of reproduction, why is it widespread among humans, primates, and a myriad of other animal species, and why has it been favored by evolution? And if homosexuality is considered a moral problem based on religious beliefs, why were more homosexuals exterminated under the brief reigns of such secular regimes as the Communists and the Nazis ... Read more

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  • Know-It-All Anthropology

    The 50 Extraordinary Human Innovations and Events, Each Explained in Under a Minute

    Edited by Simon Underdown ...
    An informative reference containing concise explanations for the major anthropological discoveries in human physical, cultural, and social history.Who are we? What is it about our species that sets us apart from every other living creature, past and present, on this planet?These are perennially compelling questions about human evolution and development that continue to cudgel the best brains on ... Read more

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  • Radical Botany

    Plants and Speculative Fiction

    by Natania Meeker, Antónia Szabari ...
    "Succeeds beautifully in discovering and entwining an entire tradition of speculative botany that will reshape plant studies and posthumanist theory." —Stacy Alaimo, author of Exposed: Environmental Politics and Pleasures in Posthuman TimesScience Fiction & Technoculture Studies Book Prize WinnerRadical Botany excavates a tradition in which plants participate in the effort to imagine new worlds ... Read more

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