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Hardback. This first English translation of lectures Claude Levi-Strauss delivered in Tokyo in 1986 synthesizes his ideas about structural anthropology, critiques his earlier writings on civilization, and assesses the dilemmas of cultural and moral relativism, including economic inequality, religious fundamentalism, and genetic and reproductive engineering. Translator(s): Todd, Jane Marie. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBLW; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 116 x 16. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674072909
- ISBN
- 9780674072909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.41
€ 26.99
€ 23.41
Paperback. Series: Routledge Great Minds. Num Pages: 72 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; HRA; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 6. Weight in Grams: 92.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 72
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415854696
- ISBN
- 9780415854696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.11
€ 28.11
Hardback. Gathering all of Claude Levi-Strauss's writings on Japan, this sustained meditation follows his dictum that to understand one's own culture, one must see it from another's point of view. For Levi-Strauss, Japan occupied a unique place among world cultures. This English translation presents one of France's most public figures at his most personal. Translator(s): Todd, Jane Marie. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JHBT; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 189 x 19. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674072923
- ISBN
- 9780674072923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.06
€ 47.99
€ 39.06
Paperback. In addresses written for a wide general audience, one of the twentieth century's most prominent thinkers, Claude Levi-Strauss, here offers the insights of a lifetime on the crucial questions of human existence. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 84.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415253949
- ISBN
- 9780415253949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.41
€ 16.99
€ 16.41
Paperback. Writing involves risks - the risk of being persecuted, the risks of being made a champion for causes in which one does not believe, and the risk of inadvertently supporting a reader's prejudices. This title illuminates the process by which writers negotiate difficult path to free themselves from the ideological and contextual traps. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions / Latin America in Translation. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822325208
- ISBN
- 9780822325208
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.33
€ 31.99
€ 30.33
Hardback. A thorough reference to the many deities, magical beings, mythical places, and ancient customs of the Norse and Germanic regions of Europe Num Pages: 352 pages, 109 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DNN; HRKP5; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 237 x 29. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620554807
- ISBN
- 9781620554807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 21.68
€ 33.99
€ 21.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; HBTR; HBTV; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Baraka Books Canada
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781771860390
- ISBN
- 9781771860390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.02
€ 25.99
€ 23.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 68 pages. BIC Classification: G; HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 7. Weight in Grams: 127.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 68
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761813583
- ISBN
- 9780761813583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.58
€ 52.58
Paperback. Infinite regress arguments are part of a philosopher's tool kit. But how sharp or strong is this tool? The author has collected and evaluated a host of infinite regress arguments, comparing and contrasting many of the formal and non-formal properties. Series: Argumentation Library. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; HPL; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 321.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400731516
- ISBN
- 9789400731516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.48
€ 119.48
Hardback. Infinite regress arguments are part of a philosopher's tool kit. But how sharp or strong is this tool? The author has collected and evaluated a host of infinite regress arguments, comparing and contrasting many of the formal and non-formal properties. Series: Argumentation Library. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; HPL; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1090.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048133406
- ISBN
- 9789048133406
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.04
€ 123.04
Paperback. Philosophers have often reflected on the Ancient Greeks' concepts of time, but an anthropological approach is necessary to understand their practical concept of time as tied to space. This work shows how the Ancient Greeks' collective memory was based on a remarkable faculty for the creation of ritual and narrative symbols. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 275 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780674021242
- ISBN
- 9780674021242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.29
€ 23.99
€ 20.29
Hardback. Offers an analysis of various accounts of the foundation of that most "mythical" of the Greek colonies - Cyrene, in eastern Libya. This book examines the Greeks' symbolic discourse to show that these modern concepts arose much later than commonly believed. Translator(s): Berman, Daniel W. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; HRKP; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691114583
- ISBN
- 9780691114583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.80€ 67.97
€ 88.80
€ 67.97
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764344596
- ISBN
- 9780764344596
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.00
€ 37.99
€ 25.00
Hardcover. A traveller's observations of a nation emerging from war Editor(s): Grant, H. Roger. Translator(s): Veenendaal, Augustus J. Num Pages: 208 pages, 13 b&w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253356093
- ISBN
- 9780253356093
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.11
€ 33.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, hal. BIC Classification: BGA; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 213 x 23. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Shambhala Publications Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590302712
- ISBN
- 9781590302712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.75
€ 19.99
€ 17.75
paperback. This major study is based on a detailed analysis of a range of Ibn 'Arabi's own writings as well as a vast amount of secondary literature in Arabic and Persian. The result is the first-ever attempt to reconstruct a double itinerary: the journey that took Ibn 'Arabi from his native Andalusia to Damascus, and the journey of his mystical quest. Translator(s): Kingsley, Peter. Num Pages: 348 pages, glossary, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: BG; HRAB; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- Islamic Texts Society
- Number of pages
- 348
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780946621453
- ISBN
- 9780946621453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 20.57
€ 27.99
€ 20.57
Paperback. BIC Classification: HRCV4; JFSJ1. Dimension: 226 x 150. Weight in Grams: 0.55.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781496408327
- ISBN
- 9781496408327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.87
€ 13.99
€ 13.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJ; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349063680
- ISBN
- 9781349063680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.84
€ 66.84
hardcover. Examining a selection of major types of theory explaining religion - religious, philosophical, sociological, socio-economic and psychological - this book treats the presuppositions behind such theories and the grounds of their necessity and validity. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1993rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333538418
- ISBN
- 9780333538418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.05
€ 119.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761809227
- ISBN
- 9780761809227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 96.23
€ 96.23