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Brazil and the Dialectic of Colonization (Hardcover): Alfredo Bosi Brazil and the Dialectic of Colonization (Hardcover)
Alfredo Bosi; Translated by Robert Patrick Newcomb
R2,745 Discovery Miles 27 450 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A classic of Brazilian literary criticism and historiography, Brazil and the Dialectic of Colonization explores the unique character of Brazil from its colonial beginnings to its emergence as a modern nation. This translation presents the thought of Alfredo Bosi, one of contemporary Brazil's leading intellectuals, to an English-speaking audience. Portugal extracted wealth from its Brazilian colony. Slaves--first indigenous peoples, later Africans--mined its ore and cut its sugarcane. From the customs of the colonists and the aspirations of the enslaved rose Brazil. Bosi scrutinizes signal points in the creation of Brazilian culture--the plays and poetry, the sermons of missionaries and Jesuit priests, the Indian novels of Jose de Alencar and the Voices of Africa of poet Castro Alves. His portrait of the country's response to the pressures of colonial conformity offers a groundbreaking appraisal of Brazilian culture as it emerged from the tensions between imposed colonial control and the African and Amerindian cults--including the Catholic-influenced ones--that resisted it.

Indigenous Churches - Anthropology of Christianity in Lowland South America (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022): Elise Capredon, Cesar... Indigenous Churches - Anthropology of Christianity in Lowland South America (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
Elise Capredon, Cesar Ceriani Cernadas, Minna Opas
R4,577 Discovery Miles 45 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book raises the question of what an Indigenous church is and how its members define their ties of affiliation or separation. Establishing a pioneering dialogue between Amazonian and Gran Chaco studies on Indigenous Christianity, the contributions address historical processes, cosmological conceptions, ritual practices, leadership dynamics, and material formations involved in the creation and diversification of Indigenous churches. Instead of focusing on the study of missionary ideologies and praxis, the book explores Indigenous peoples' interpretations of Christianity and the institutional arrangements they make to create, expand, or dismantle their churches. In doing so, the volume offers a South American contribution to the theoretical project of the anthropology of Christianity, especially as it relates to the issue of denominationalism and inter-denominational relations.

A Condensed History of Mount Vernon Lodge, No. 3, of Ancient York Masons, A.L. 5765 to A.L. 5874 - Containing Sketches, Lists... A Condensed History of Mount Vernon Lodge, No. 3, of Ancient York Masons, A.L. 5765 to A.L. 5874 - Containing Sketches, Lists of Members and Officers, and the By-laws of A.L. 5765 and A.L. 5874: Instituted February XXI, A.L. 5765: Incorporated March... (Hardcover)
Anonymous
R857 Discovery Miles 8 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Household Tales With Other Traditional Remains - Collection in the Counties of York, Lincoln, Derby, and Nottingham... Household Tales With Other Traditional Remains - Collection in the Counties of York, Lincoln, Derby, and Nottingham (Hardcover)
Sidney Oldall 1848-1933 Addy
R894 Discovery Miles 8 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Khmer Lands of Vietnam - Environment, Cosmology and Sovereignty (Paperback): Philip Taylor The Khmer Lands of Vietnam - Environment, Cosmology and Sovereignty (Paperback)
Philip Taylor
R900 R844 Discovery Miles 8 440 Save R56 (6%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The indigenous people of Southern Vietnam, known as the Khmer Krom, occupy territory over which Vietnam and Cambodia have competing claims. Regarded with ambivalence and suspicion by nationalists in both countries, these in-between people have their own claims on the place where they live and a unique perspective on history and sovereignty in their heavily contested homelands. To cope with wars, environmental re-engineering and nation-building, the Khmer Krom have selectively engaged with the outside world in addition to drawing upon local resources and self-help networks. This groundbreaking book reveals the sophisticated ecological repertoire deployed by the Khmer Krom to deal with a complex river delta, and charts their diverse adaptations to a changing environment. In addition, it provides an ethnographically grounded exposition of Khmer mythic thought that shows how the Khmer Krom position themselves within a landscape imbued with life-sustaining potential, magical sovereign power and cosmological significance. Offering a new environmental history of the Mekong River delta this book is the first to explore Southern Vietnam through the eyes of its indigenous Khmer residents. Winner of the inaugural European Association for Southeast Asiean Studies (EuroSEAS) Social Science Book Prize. Shortlisted for the ICAS Book Prize 2015 for Best Study in the Social Sciences

Intercultural and Interfaith Dialogues for Global Peacebuilding and Stability (Hardcover): Samuel Peleg Intercultural and Interfaith Dialogues for Global Peacebuilding and Stability (Hardcover)
Samuel Peleg
R5,288 Discovery Miles 52 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Communication is vital to the prosperity and survival of the community, with the quality of communication amongst its members directly improving or worsening the value of the community. However, with the increase in immigration and relocation of refugees, the need to accommodate diverse cultural groups becomes imperative for the viability and survivability of a community while posing challenges to communication. Intercultural and interfaith dialogue can be used constructively to cultivate, manage, and sustain diversity and wellbeing in particularly deeply divided communities. Intercultural and Interfaith Dialogues for Global Peacebuilding and Stability is a critical research publication that explores the importance of conflict resolution strategies among populations that include a varied amalgamation of cultural and religious backgrounds. With the increasing emphasis on intercultural understanding promoted by governments, civil societies, and international mediators, this book offers relevant remedies for major afflictions in the world today, such as exclusion, marginalization, xenophobia, and racism. It is ideal for government officials, policymakers, activists, diplomats, lawyers, international trade and commerce agencies, religious institutions, academicians, researchers, and students working in a variety of disciplines including political science, international relations, law, communication, sociology, and cultural studies.

Van Gross, M.D. of Philadelphia - A Shadow Presidency If There Ever Was One (Hardcover): Kenneth Bruce Van Gross Van Gross, M.D. of Philadelphia - A Shadow Presidency If There Ever Was One (Hardcover)
Kenneth Bruce Van Gross
R681 Discovery Miles 6 810 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Assertiveness Training - 10 Simple Steps How to Become an Assertive Leader, Stand Up, speak up, and Take Control of Your Life... Assertiveness Training - 10 Simple Steps How to Become an Assertive Leader, Stand Up, speak up, and Take Control of Your Life (Hardcover)
Luke Caldwell
R611 Discovery Miles 6 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Oxford Handbook of Migration Crises (Hardcover): Cecilia Menj ivar, Marie Ruiz, Immanuel Ness The Oxford Handbook of Migration Crises (Hardcover)
Cecilia Menj ivar, Marie Ruiz, Immanuel Ness
R5,039 Discovery Miles 50 390 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The objective of The Oxford Handbook of Migration Crises is to deconstruct, question, and redefine through a critical lens what is commonly understood as "migration crises." The volume covers a wide range of historical, economic, social, political, and environmental conditions that generate migration crises around the globe. At the same time, it illuminates how the media and public officials play a major role in framing migratory flows as crises. The volume brings together an exceptional group of scholars from around the world to critically examine migration crises and to revisit the notion of crisis through the context in which permanent and non-permanent migration flows occur. The Oxford Handbook of Migration Crises offers an understanding of individuals in societies, socio-economic structures, and group processes. Focusing on migrants' departures and arrivals in all continents, this comprehensive handbook explores the social dynamics of migration crises, with an emphasis on factors that propel these flows as well as the actors that play a role in classifying them and in addressing them. The volume is organized into nine sections. The first section provides a historical overview of the link between migration and crises. The second looks at how migration crises are constructed, while the third section contextualizes the causes and effects of protracted conflicts in producing crises. The fourth focuses on the role of climate and the environment in generating migration crises, while the fifth section examines these migratory flows in migration corridors and transit countries. The sixth section looks at policy responses to migratory flows, The last three sections look at the role media and visual culture, gender, and immigrant incorporation play in migration crises.

Conviviality at the Crossroads (Hardcover): Per-Markku Ristilammi, Maja Povrzanovic Frykman, Oscar Hemer Conviviality at the Crossroads (Hardcover)
Per-Markku Ristilammi, Maja Povrzanovic Frykman, Oscar Hemer
R1,559 Discovery Miles 15 590 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Canadian Boy Scout [microform] - a Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship (Hardcover): Robert Steph Baden-Powell of... The Canadian Boy Scout [microform] - a Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship (Hardcover)
Robert Steph Baden-Powell of Gilwell
R973 Discovery Miles 9 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Anger Management - 13 Powerful Steps to Take Complete Control of Your Emotions, For Men and Women, Self-Help Guide for Self... Anger Management - 13 Powerful Steps to Take Complete Control of Your Emotions, For Men and Women, Self-Help Guide for Self Control, Psychology Behind Anger (Hardcover)
Tony Bennis
R640 Discovery Miles 6 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Folk-tales of Hindustan (Hardcover): Srisa Chandra 1861-1918? Vasu Folk-tales of Hindustan (Hardcover)
Srisa Chandra 1861-1918? Vasu
R927 Discovery Miles 9 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
History of Lodge St. George of Bombay, No. 549 on the Registry of the United Grand Lodge of Antient Free and Accepted Masons of... History of Lodge St. George of Bombay, No. 549 on the Registry of the United Grand Lodge of Antient Free and Accepted Masons of England (Hardcover)
Isaac M. Shields
R828 Discovery Miles 8 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Essays on Suicide and Self-Immolation (Hardcover): A.M. Shah, Lancy Lobo Essays on Suicide and Self-Immolation (Hardcover)
A.M. Shah, Lancy Lobo
R1,497 Discovery Miles 14 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Reinventing craft in China - The Contemporary Politics of Yixing Zisha Ceramics (Hardcover): Geoffrey Gowlland Reinventing craft in China - The Contemporary Politics of Yixing Zisha Ceramics (Hardcover)
Geoffrey Gowlland
R1,829 Discovery Miles 18 290 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

How does a craft reinvent itself as `traditional' following cultural, social and political upheaval? In the township of Dingshu, Jiangsu province of China, artisans produce zisha or Yixing teapots that have been highly valued for centuries. Yet in twentieth-century socialist imagination, handicrafts were an anomaly in a modern society. The Maoist government had clear ambitions to transform the country by industrialization, replacing craft with mechanized methods of production. Four decades later, some of the same artisans identified as `backward' handicraft producers in the 1950s and made to join workers' cooperatives, were now encouraged to set up private workshops, teach their children and become entrepreneurs. By the 2000s ceramic production in Dingshu is booming and artisans are buying their first cars, often luxury brands. However, many involvements of the Chinese state are apparent, from the control of raw materials, to the inscription of the craft on China's national list of intangible cultural heritage. In this perceptive study, Gowlland argues that this re-evaluation of heritage is no less inherently political than the collectivism of the communist regime. Reflecting that the craft objects, although produced in very different contexts, have remained virtually the same over time and that it is the artisans' subjectivities that have been transformed, he explores the construction of mastery and its relationship to tradition and authenticity, bringing to the fore the social dimension of mastery that goes beyond the skill of simply making things, to changing the way these things are perceived, made and talked about by others.

The History of Freemasonry - Its Legends and Traditions, Its Chronological History; 5 (Hardcover): Albert Gallatin 1807-1881... The History of Freemasonry - Its Legends and Traditions, Its Chronological History; 5 (Hardcover)
Albert Gallatin 1807-1881 Mackey, William James 1841-1911 Hughan; Created by William Reynolds 1819-1901 Singleton
R938 Discovery Miles 9 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Making Sense of Race (Hardcover): Edward Dutton Making Sense of Race (Hardcover)
Edward Dutton
R999 R861 Discovery Miles 8 610 Save R138 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Recollections of a Pioneer (Hardcover): J. Watt Gibson Recollections of a Pioneer (Hardcover)
J. Watt Gibson
R897 Discovery Miles 8 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Soul Consciousness - A New Vision of Community Empowerment and Cultural Transformation (Hardcover): Stephen Vick Soul Consciousness - A New Vision of Community Empowerment and Cultural Transformation (Hardcover)
Stephen Vick
R737 R653 Discovery Miles 6 530 Save R84 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Secret Societies in Detroit (Hardcover): Bill Loomis Secret Societies in Detroit (Hardcover)
Bill Loomis
R723 Discovery Miles 7 230 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Dialogue and the New Cosmopolitanism - Conversations with Edward Demenchonok (Hardcover): Fred Dallmayr Dialogue and the New Cosmopolitanism - Conversations with Edward Demenchonok (Hardcover)
Fred Dallmayr
R3,051 Discovery Miles 30 510 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Dialogue and the New Cosmopolitanism: Conversations with Edward Demenchonok stands in opposition to the doctrine that might makes right and that the purpose of politics is to establish domination over others rather than justice and the good life for all. In the pursuit of the latter goal, the book stresses the importance of dialogue with participants who take seriously the views and interests of others and who seek to reach a fair solution. In this sense, the book supports the idea of cosmopolitanism, which-by contrast to empire-involves multi-lateral cooperation and thus the quest for a just cosmopolis. The international contributors to this volume, with their varied perspectives, are all committed to this same quest. Edited by Fred Dallmayr, the chapters take the form of conversations with Edward Demenchonok, a well-known practitioner of international and cross-cultural philosophy. The conversations are structured in parts that stress the philosophical, anthropological, cultural, and ethical dimensions of global dialogue. In our conflicted world, it is inspiring to find so many authors from different places agreeing on a shared vision.

Opuscula, Essays Chiefly Philological and Ethnographical [microform] (Hardcover): R G (Robert Gordon) 1812-1 Latham Opuscula, Essays Chiefly Philological and Ethnographical [microform] (Hardcover)
R G (Robert Gordon) 1812-1 Latham
R1,042 Discovery Miles 10 420 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Landscapes of the Itza - Archaeology and Art History at Chichen Itza and Neighboring Sites (Hardcover): Linnea Wren, Cynthia... Landscapes of the Itza - Archaeology and Art History at Chichen Itza and Neighboring Sites (Hardcover)
Linnea Wren, Cynthia Kristan-Graham, Travis Nygard, Kaylee Spencer
R2,870 Discovery Miles 28 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Chichen Itza, the legendary capital and trading hub of the late Maya civilization, continues to fascinate visitors and researchers with unanswered questions about its people, rulers, rituals, and politics. Addressing many of these current debates, Landscapes of the Itza asks when the city's construction was completed, what the purposes of its famous pyramid and other buildings were, how the city's influence was felt in smaller neighboring settlements, and whether the city maintained strict territorial borders. Special attention is given to the site's visual culture, including its architecture, ceramics, sculptures, and murals. This volume is a much-needed update on recent archaeological and art historical work being done at Chichen Itza, offering new ways of understanding the site and its role in the Yucatan landscape.

The Theory of the Leisure Class (Hardcover): Thorstein Veblen The Theory of the Leisure Class (Hardcover)
Thorstein Veblen
R956 Discovery Miles 9 560 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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