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The Humble Ethnographer: Lodewijk Schmidt's Accounts from Three Voyages in Amazonian Guiana (Hardcover): Renzo Duin The Humble Ethnographer: Lodewijk Schmidt's Accounts from Three Voyages in Amazonian Guiana (Hardcover)
Renzo Duin
R4,560 Discovery Miles 45 600 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Thanks to Renzo Duin's annotated translation, the voice of Lodewijk Schmidt-an Afrodiasporic Saramaka Maroon from Suriname-is finally available for Anglophone audiences worldwide. More than anything else, Schmidt's journals constitute meticulous ethnographic accounts telling the tragic story of the Indigenous Peoples of the Eastern Guiana Highlands (northern Brazil and southern French Guiana and Suriname). Schmidt's is a story that takes account of the pathological mechanisms of colonialism in which Indigenous Peoples and African Diaspora communities-both victims of colonialism-vilify each other, falling privy to the divide-and-conquer mentality mechanisms of colonialism. Moreover, silenced in the original 1942 publication, Schmidt was sent on a covert mission to determine if the Nazis had established bases and airfields at the southern border of Suriname. Schmidt described the precariousness of the Amazonian forest and the Indigenous Peoples and African Diasporic people who lived and continue to live there, drawing on language that foreshadows our current anthropic and ecological concerns. Duin's profound knowledge of the history, geography, and ecology of the region contextualizes Schmidt's accounts in a new introduction and in his analysis and afterthought forces us to take account of the catastrophe that is deforestation and ethnocide of the Indigenous Peoples of Amazonian Guiana. Lodewijk J. Schmidt (1898-1992) Saramaka from Gansee (modern Saamaka spelling: Ganze; pronounced Ganze), upper Suriname river, Suriname, South America. The Saramaka are one of the largest African Diaspora communities in Suriname. He was educated by the Herrnhutters in the school of the Moravian Church, and during the mid-twentieth century he took part in several momentous expeditions, such as the 1935-38 Border Expedition between Suriname and Brazil. The present work is the annotated translation of his accounts of a tri-partite expedition conducted between 1940 and 1942 at and across the southern border of Suriname. Renzo S. Duin (1974) obtained a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Florida (USA). Between 1996 and 2019 he conducted over 40 months of fieldwork in the Guianas (Suriname, French Guiana, and Guyana). His research and publications cover a broad range of topics: socio-political landscape studies; material culture; intangible heritage; social memory; oral history; identity; ethno-astronomy; historical ecology; decolonization; and the intertwining nature of these topics, and as such offers an alternative to the twentieth century model of tropical forest cultures in Amazonia.

Aryan & Non-Aryan in South Asia - Evidence, Interpretation & Ideology (Hardcover): Johannes Bronkhorst, Madhav M. Deshpande Aryan & Non-Aryan in South Asia - Evidence, Interpretation & Ideology (Hardcover)
Johannes Bronkhorst, Madhav M. Deshpande
R2,227 R1,853 Discovery Miles 18 530 Save R374 (17%) Out of stock

The volume deals with the history of the concept of Arya and Aryans in East and West, with the linguistic, textual and archaeological evidence in South Asia and beyond. The terms Aryan and Non-Aryan, corresponding to Sanskrit arya and anarya, can readily be shown that among the literary traditions indigenous to South Asia have always evoked strong responses, both positive and negative, as they continue to do even today; but it can also be shown that while they designate a boundary that is in some sense an ethnic one in the Veda, in other literatures the distinction has a religious or moral character. There have been reconsiderations and reinterpretations of the terms within and outside of the academy. There is on the one hand the established view of a migration of Aryans into South Asia; on the other hand there are new voices calling the whole endeavour fanciful, motivated by colonialism, "Orientalism", nationalism, or something else. What is startling is that the criticism of the status quo comes from completely different directions.

The Modern Art of Making Love - a Complete Manual of Etiquette, Love, Courtship and Matrimony ... (Hardcover): James S. Wilson The Modern Art of Making Love - a Complete Manual of Etiquette, Love, Courtship and Matrimony ... (Hardcover)
James S. Wilson
R799 Discovery Miles 7 990 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
South Asia's Christians - Between Hindu and Muslim (Hardcover): Chandra Mallampalli South Asia's Christians - Between Hindu and Muslim (Hardcover)
Chandra Mallampalli
R3,061 Discovery Miles 30 610 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

South Asia is home to more than a billion Hindus and half a billion Muslims. But the region is also home to substantial Christian communities, some dating almost to the earliest days of the faith. The stories of South Asia's Christians are vital for understanding the shifting contours of World Christianity, precisely because of their history of interaction with members of these other religious traditions. In this broad, accessible overview of South Asian Christianity, Chandra Mallampalli shows how the faith has been shaped by Christians' location between Hindus and Muslims. Mallampalli begins with a discussion of South India's ancient Thomas Christian tradition, which interacted with West Asia's Persian Christians and thrived for centuries alongside their Hindu and Muslim neighbours. He then underscores efforts of Roman Catholic and Protestant missionaries to understand South Asian societies for purposes of conversion. The publication of books and tracts about other religions, interreligious debates, and aggressive preaching were central to these endeavours, but rarely succeeded at yielding converts. Instead, they played an important role in producing a climate of religious competition, which ultimately marginalized Christians in Hindu-, Muslim-, and Buddhist-majority countries of post-colonial South Asia. Ironically, the greatest response to Christianity came from poor and oppressed Dalit (formerly "untouchable") and tribal communities who were largely indifferent to missionary rhetoric. Their mass conversions, poetry, theology, and embrace of Pentecostalism are essential for understanding South Asian Christianity and its place within World Christianity today.

Bushido - The Soul of Japan (Hardcover): Inazo Nitobe Bushido - The Soul of Japan (Hardcover)
Inazo Nitobe
R681 Discovery Miles 6 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
How Generations Remember (Hardcover): Monika Palmberger How Generations Remember (Hardcover)
Monika Palmberger
R1,431 Discovery Miles 14 310 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Worlds in Miniature (Hardcover): Jack Davy, Charlotte Dixon Worlds in Miniature (Hardcover)
Jack Davy, Charlotte Dixon
R1,123 Discovery Miles 11 230 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Made in Niugini - Technology in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea (Hardcover, 2nd New edition): Paul Sillitoe Made in Niugini - Technology in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea (Hardcover, 2nd New edition)
Paul Sillitoe
R4,013 Discovery Miles 40 130 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This impressive and inspiring volume has as its modest origins the documentation of a contemporary collecting project for the British Museum. Informed by curators' critiques of uneven collections accompanied by highly variable information, Sillitoe set out with the ambition of recording the totality of the material culture of the Wola of the southern highlands of Papua New Guinea, at a time when the study of artefacts was neglected in university anthropology departments. His achievements, presented in this second edition of Made in Nuigini with a new contextualizing preface and foreword, brought a new standard of ethnography to the incipient revival of material culture studies, and opened up the importance of close attention to technology and material assemblages for anthropology. The `economy' fundamentally concerns the material aspects of life, and as Sillitoe makes clear, Wola attitudes and behaviour in this regard are radically different to those of the West, with emphasis on `maker users' and egalitarian access to resources going hand in hand with their stateless and libertarian principles. The project begun in Made in Niugini, which necessarily restricted itself to moveable artefacts, is continued and extended by the newly published companion volume Built in Niugini, which deals with immoveable structures and buildings. It argues that the study of material constructions offers an unparalleled opportunity to address fundamental philosophical questions about tacit knowledge and the human condition.

Bulletin; v.5 (1903-1907) (Hardcover): India) Government Museum (Madras Bulletin; v.5 (1903-1907) (Hardcover)
India) Government Museum (Madras
R862 Discovery Miles 8 620 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Record of a Prehistoric Industry in Tabular Flint at Bambridge and Highfiled Near Southampton (Hardcover): R.E. Nicholas Record of a Prehistoric Industry in Tabular Flint at Bambridge and Highfiled Near Southampton (Hardcover)
R.E. Nicholas; Robert 1835-1920 Munro
R760 Discovery Miles 7 600 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Manners and Rules of Good Society - or, Solecisms to Be Avoided (Hardcover): Member of the Aristocracy Manners and Rules of Good Society - or, Solecisms to Be Avoided (Hardcover)
Member of the Aristocracy
R865 Discovery Miles 8 650 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Secret Societies in Detroit (Hardcover): Bill Loomis Secret Societies in Detroit (Hardcover)
Bill Loomis
R684 Discovery Miles 6 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Modern Greece (Hardcover): Elaine Thomopoulos Modern Greece (Hardcover)
Elaine Thomopoulos
R3,207 R2,864 Discovery Miles 28 640 Save R343 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume provides an overview of the history of Greece, while also focusing on contemporary Greece. Coverage includes such 21st-century challenges as the economic crisis and the influx of immigrants and refugees that is changing the country's character. This latest volume in the Understanding Modern Nations series explores Greece, the birthplace of democracy and Western philosophical ideas. This thematic encyclopedia is one-of-its kind in its down-to-earth approach and comprehensive analysis of complex issues now facing Greece. It analyzes such topics as government and economics without jargon and brings a lighthearted approach to chapters on such topics as etiquette (e.g., what gestures to avoid so as not to offend), leisure (how Greeks celebrate holidays), and language (the meaning of "opa"). No other book on Greece is organized like this thematic encyclopedia, which has more than 200 entries on topics ranging from Archimedes to refugees. Unique to this encyclopedia is a "Day in the Life" section that explores the actions and thoughts of a high school student, a bank employee, a farmer in a small village, and a retired couple, giving readers a vivid snapshot of life in Greece. "Day in the Life" features portray the specific daily activities of various people in Greece, from teenagers to working adults in different fields, thereby providing readers with insight into daily life in the country Key terms related to the reading are defined in a Glossary appendix A chart of national holidays provides at-a-glance information about Greece's important religious and secular holidays Photos and sidebars illuminate the text, helping to illustrate key topics and allow students to dive more deeply into ideas Sidebars provide fun facts and anecdotal information that help to engage readers

To Live Woke - Thoughts to Carry in Our Struggle to Save the Soul of America (Hardcover): Rupert Nacoste To Live Woke - Thoughts to Carry in Our Struggle to Save the Soul of America (Hardcover)
Rupert Nacoste
R786 R733 Discovery Miles 7 330 Save R53 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Fitful Histories and Unruly Publics: Rethinking Temporality and Community in Eurasian Archaeology (Hardcover): Kathryn O.... Fitful Histories and Unruly Publics: Rethinking Temporality and Community in Eurasian Archaeology (Hardcover)
Kathryn O. Weber, Emma Hite, Lori Khatchadourian, Adam T Smith
R4,863 Discovery Miles 48 630 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Fitful Histories and Unruly Publics re-examines the relationship between Eurasia's past and its present by interrogating the social construction of time and the archaeological production of culture. Traditionally, archaeological research in Eurasia has focused on assembling normative descriptions of monolithic cultures that endure for millennia, largely immune to the forces of historical change. The papers in this volume seek to document forces of difference and contestation in the past that were produced in the perceptible engagements of peoples, things, and places. The research gathered here convincingly demonstrates that these forces made social life in ancient Eurasia rather more fitful and its publics considerably more unruly than archaeological research has traditionally allowed. Contributors are Mikheil Abramishvili, Paula N. Doumani Dupuy, Magnus Fiskesjoe, Hilary Gopnik, Emma Hite, Jean-Luc Houle, Erik G. Johannesson, James A. Johnson, Lori Khatchadourian, Ian Lindsay, Maureen E. Marshall, Mitchell S. Rothman, Irina Shingiray, Adam T. Smith, Kathryn O. Weber and Xin Wu.

Race and Racisms: A Critical Approach - Brief Third Edition (Paperback, 3rd ed.): Tanya Golash-Boza Race and Racisms: A Critical Approach - Brief Third Edition (Paperback, 3rd ed.)
Tanya Golash-Boza
R2,092 Discovery Miles 20 920 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Miscellaneous Remarks Upon the Government, History, Religions, Literature, Agriculture, Arts, Trades (Hardcover): John R. Peters Miscellaneous Remarks Upon the Government, History, Religions, Literature, Agriculture, Arts, Trades (Hardcover)
John R. Peters
R828 Discovery Miles 8 280 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Hong Kong Foodways (Paperback): Sidney C.H. Cheung Hong Kong Foodways (Paperback)
Sidney C.H. Cheung
R367 Discovery Miles 3 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Spelling Dictionary Or, a Collection of All the Common Words and Proper Names of Persons and Places, Made Use of in Yhe... The Spelling Dictionary Or, a Collection of All the Common Words and Proper Names of Persons and Places, Made Use of in Yhe English Tongue. ... By Thomas Dyche, .. (Hardcover)
Thomas Dyche
R862 Discovery Miles 8 620 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Africa Reimagined - Reclaiming A Sense Of Abundance And Prosperity (Paperback): Hlumelo Biko Africa Reimagined - Reclaiming A Sense Of Abundance And Prosperity (Paperback)
Hlumelo Biko; Foreword by Malusi Mpumlwana
R300 R268 Discovery Miles 2 680 Save R32 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Africa Reimagined is a passionately argued appeal for a rediscovery of our African identity. Going beyond the problems of a single country, Hlumelo Biko calls for a reorientation of values, on a continental scale, to suit the needs and priorities of Africans. Building on the premise that slavery, colonialism, imperialism and apartheid fundamentally unbalanced the values and indeed the very self-concept of Africans, he offers realistic steps to return to a more balanced Afro-centric identity.

Historically, African values were shaped by a sense of abundance, in material and mental terms, and by strong ties of community. The intrusion of religious, economic and legal systems imposed by conquerors, traders and missionaries upset this balance, and the African identity was subsumed by the values of the newcomers. Biko shows how a reimagining of Africa can restore the sense of abundance and possibility, and what a rebirth of the continent on Pan-African lines might look like. This is not about the churn of the news cycle or party politics – although he identifies the political party as one of the most pernicious legacies of colonialism. Instead, drawing on latest research, he offers a practical, pragmatic vision anchored in the here and now.

By looking beyond identities and values imposed from outside, and transcending the divisions and frontiers imposed under colonialism, it should be possible for Africans to develop fully their skills, values and ingenuity, to build institutions that reflect African values, and to create wealth for the benefit of the continent as a whole.

Dialogue and the New Cosmopolitanism - Conversations with Edward Demenchonok (Hardcover): Fred Dallmayr Dialogue and the New Cosmopolitanism - Conversations with Edward Demenchonok (Hardcover)
Fred Dallmayr
R3,675 Discovery Miles 36 750 Ships in 10 - 15 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.

The Pertinence of Exodus - Philosophical Questions on the Contemporary Symbolism of the Biblical Story (Hardcover): Sandro... The Pertinence of Exodus - Philosophical Questions on the Contemporary Symbolism of the Biblical Story (Hardcover)
Sandro Gorgone, Laurin Mackowitz; Preface by Caterina Resta
R1,650 Discovery Miles 16 500 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Weaving Our Dreams - The Tboli People of the Philippines (Hardcover): Sandie Oreta Gillis Weaving Our Dreams - The Tboli People of the Philippines (Hardcover)
Sandie Oreta Gillis; Illustrated by Francis Herradura
R776 Discovery Miles 7 760 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Plural and Shared: The Sociology of a Cosmopolitan World (Paperback): Vincenzo Cicchelli Plural and Shared: The Sociology of a Cosmopolitan World (Paperback)
Vincenzo Cicchelli
R1,572 Discovery Miles 15 720 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

We live in a globalized world in which a person in Burkina Faso can identify with Star Wars heroes, and in which a New York trader drinks the same Starbucks coffee as his Taiwanese counterpart. How are individuals socialized in Rome, Bombay, and Tokyo? To answer this question, a unique investigation has been carried out using two scales of analysis usually tackled separately by global studies: the scale of the cosmopolitan world and its global narratives, imaginaries, iconographies; as well as the scale of everyday life and socialization to otherness. This two-fold perspective constitutes the innovative approach of this volume that endeavors to address an operationalization of the cosmopolitan perspective and reacts to current debates and new research findings. With a Foreword by Natan Sznaider. This book was first published in 2016 as Pluriel et commun. Sociologie d'un monde cosmopolite by Les Presses de Sciences Po, Paris. Other editions: the book is also published in Italian as Plurale e comune. Sociologia di un mondo cosmopolita by Morlacchi editore, Perugia, 2018; and in Brazilian as Plural e comum. Sociologia de um mundo cosmopolita by Edicoes Sesc, Sao Paulo, 2018.

The Singing Earth - Adventures From A World Of Music (Hardcover): Barrett Martin The Singing Earth - Adventures From A World Of Music (Hardcover)
Barrett Martin
R780 Discovery Miles 7 800 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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