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Shamans, Spirituality, and Cultural Revitalization: Explorations in Si...
Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer
Paperback. Many voices clamour to be heard in debates about whether shamans cure, and whether shamanic spirituality is worth continuing or recovering in the twenty-first century. This book provides new insights into the fascinating resurgence of shamanism through an exploration of the political repression of religion and its transcendence. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FCS; HRA; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137005564
- ISBN
- 9781137005564
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. It's hard to imagine a good life without friends. But why is friendship so valuable? What is friendship at all? What unites friends and distinguishes them from others? Is the preference given to friends rationally and morally justifiable? This collection examines answers given by classic philosophers and offers new answers by contemporary thinkers. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137003980
- ISBN
- 9781137003980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Hardcover. This book explores the discourse and practice of anti-racism in the first two decades following World War II, uncovering the ways scientific and cultural discourses of 'race' continued to circulate in the early period of contemporary globalization through the lens on UNESCO. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137003836
- ISBN
- 9781137003836
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardcover. This book provides a broad overview of the main features of Spanish Milan and their transformations during the 16th and 17th centuries. At the same time, it addresses an important and long-lasting historiographical debate that traditionally interpreted the Spanish period as one of decline for Italian cities in general and Milan in particular. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DST; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137003829
- ISBN
- 9781137003829
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137003799
- ISBN
- 9781137003799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
Hardcover. The New Atheists' claim that religion always leads to fanaticism is baseless. State-backed religion results in tyranny. Sacred humanists work to implement their highest values that will improve this world; separation of church and state, eliminating denigration of nonbelievers, assuring just governance, and preventing human trafficking. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRAC; HRQA5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137003614
- ISBN
- 9781137003614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Hardcover. This book aims to fill some of the gaps in historical narrative about labor unions, Nigerian leftists, and decolonization during the twentieth century. It emphasizes the significance of labor union education in British decolonization, labor unionism, and British efforts at modernizing the human resources of Nigeria. Num Pages: 196 pages, 4 black & white tables, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTR; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137003584
- ISBN
- 9781137003584
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48
The Politics of Sex Trafficking: A Moral Geography (Critical Criminolo...
O'Brien, Erin, Hayes, Sharon, Carpenter, Beli...
Hardcover. This book offers a unique insight into the moral politics behind human trafficking policy in Australia and the USA, including rare interviews with key political actors, and a critical account of Congressional and Parliamentary hearings. Series: Critical Criminological Perspectives. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MBF; HPQ; JFMX; JKVM; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137003386
- ISBN
- 9781137003386
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.37
€ 67.37
Hardcover. This book provides three categories of investigation: 1) The Typology and Context of the Greco-Roman Banquet, 2) Who Was at the Greco-Roman Banquets, and 3) The Culture of Reclining. Together these studies establish festive meals as an essential lens into social formation in the Greco-Roman world. Editor(s): Taussig, Hal. Num Pages: 326 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBLA1; HRCR; HRCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137002884
- ISBN
- 9781137002884
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.49
€ 161.49
Hardcover. This work is concerned with the way Black Christian formation, because of the acceptance of universal, absolute, and exclusive Christian doctrines, seems to justify and even encourage anti-African sentiment. Series: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 166 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2012 ed.
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137002822
- ISBN
- 9781137002822
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.39
€ 138.39
Hardcover. Dustin McWherter defends the possibility of critical ontology by pitting Roy Bhaskar's attempt to rehabilitate ontology in the philosophy of science against Kant's attempt to replace traditional ontology with an account of cognitive experience. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137002716
- ISBN
- 9781137002716
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. This book offers a comprehensive political biography of Kingsley Ozuomba Mbadiwe, (1915-1990), a central figure in Nigerian political history for more than forty years. Num Pages: 294 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; BGH; HBJH; HBLW; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137002617
- ISBN
- 9781137002617
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.31
€ 67.31
Hardcover. This book explores the French Enlightenment's use of cross-cultural comparisons - particularly the figures of the Chinese mandarin and American and Polynesian savage - to praise of critique aspects of European society and to draw general conclusions regarding human nature, natural law, and the rise and decline of civilizations. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indianapolis Bobbs Merrill 1966
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137002532
- ISBN
- 9781137002532
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.99
€ 138.99
Paperback. The essays in this volume seek to confront some of the charged meeting points of European - especially German - and Jewish history. All, in one way or another, explore the entanglements, the intertwined moments of empathy and enmity, belonging and estrangement, creativity and destructiveness that occurred at these junctions. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HBG; HBJD; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137002280
- ISBN
- 9781137002280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. The Medieval Fold presents a theory of the medieval subject from 1050-1215, informed by contemporary theories of subjection and power from Freud, Nietzsche, Foucault, Lacan, and Deleuze. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; HBLC1; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137000972
- ISBN
- 9781137000972
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
* Presents and discusses a new perspective in vision science, and formalises a field of study that will become increasingly significant to researchers in visual science and beyond * The contributors are outstanding scholars in their fields with impeccable academic credentials, including Jan J. Num Pages: 560 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: HP; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 171 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1236.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119954682
- ISBN
- 9781119954682
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 250.63
€ 250.63
The Aftermath of Genocide. Psychological Perspectives.
. Ed(S): Vollhardt, Johanna Ray; Bilewicz, Mi...
Paperback. The issue explores psychological consequences of past genocide. It uses a multiplicity of theoretical approaches to understand how historical genocide affects current intergroup relations and psychological well-being. . Editor(s): Vollhardt, Johanna Ray; Bilewicz, Michal; Levy, Sheri R. Series: Journal of Social Issues (JOSI). Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ; JFF; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118691564
- ISBN
- 9781118691564
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.49
€ 60.49
Paperback. This is a collection of papers on action theory, very broadly conceived. It contains cutting-edge work by some of the most important contributors in the field. . Editor(s): Sosa, Ernest; Villanueva, Enrique. Series: Philosophical Issues: A Supplement to Nous. Num Pages: 300 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118545324
- ISBN
- 9781118545324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.75
€ 62.75
Paperback. * New edition maintains the book s acclaimed level of research, analysis, and readability * Explores topics including urbanization, ethnicity, class, sport in educational institutions, women in sport, and sport s role in manifesting city, regional, and national pride. Series: The American History Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118537718
- ISBN
- 9781118537718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.93
€ 43.93
Hardcover. This new work clarifies Aquinas concept of natural law through his biblical commentaries, and explores its applications to U.S. constitutional law. * The first time the use of Aquinas on the U.S. Series: Challenges in Contemporary Theology. Num Pages: 326 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCG1; HRCM; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118391167
- ISBN
- 9781118391167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.44
€ 110.44