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The Musician and the Senator - The Microhistory of a Friendship (Hardcover): Vincenzo Barra The Musician and the Senator - The Microhistory of a Friendship (Hardcover)
Vincenzo Barra
R4,213 Discovery Miles 42 130 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The study of these letters is particularly valuable in highlighting the relationship between society and the intimate life of an individual, but also in underlining the active role that Prisco an individual was able to play / This volume will be of great use to upper-level graduates, postgraduates and experienced scholars interested in microhistory, history of migrations, history of Self, and in the develop of theoretical approaches and methodologies when using letters as sources in inter-disciplinary historical research.

Law and the Medieval Village Community - Reinvigorating Historical Jurisprudence (Hardcover): Lorren Eldridge Law and the Medieval Village Community - Reinvigorating Historical Jurisprudence (Hardcover)
Lorren Eldridge
R4,346 Discovery Miles 43 460 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book expands on established doctrine in legal history and sets out a challenge for legal philosophers. The English medieval village community offers a historical and philosophical lens on the concept of custom, which challenges accepted notions of what law is. The book traces the study of the medieval village community from early historical works in the nineteenth century through to current research. It demonstrates that some law-making can and has been 'bottom-up' in English law, with community-led decision-making having a particularly important role in the early common law. The detailed consideration of law in the English village community reveals alternative ways of making and conceiving of law which are not dependent on state authority, particularly in relation to customary and communal property rights. Acknowledging this poses challenges for legal theory: the legal positivism that dominates Western legal philosophy tends to reject custom as a source of law. However, this book argues that medieval customary law ought to be considered 'law' if we are ever going to fully understand law - both then and now. The book will be a valuable resource for researchers and academics working in the areas of Legal History, Legal Theory, and Jurisprudence.

The Palgrave Handbook of Humour, History, and Methodology (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Daniel Derrin, Hannah Burrows The Palgrave Handbook of Humour, History, and Methodology (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Daniel Derrin, Hannah Burrows
R4,334 Discovery Miles 43 340 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This handbook addresses the methodological problems and theoretical challenges that arise in attempting to understand and represent humour in specific historical contexts across cultural history. It explores problems involved in applying modern theories of humour to historically-distant contexts of humour and points to the importance of recognising the divergent assumptions made by different academic disciplines when approaching the topic. It explores problems of terminology, identification, classification, subjectivity of viewpoint, and the coherence of the object of study. It addresses specific theories, together with the needs of specific historical case-studies, as well as some of the challenges of presenting historical humour to contemporary audiences through translation and curation. In this way, the handbook aims to encourage a fresh exploration of methodological problems involved in studying the various significances both of the history of humour and of humour in history.

A Post-Nationalist History of Television in Ireland (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019): Edward Brennan A Post-Nationalist History of Television in Ireland (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Edward Brennan
R2,447 Discovery Miles 24 470 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book explores the question of how society has changed with the introduction of private screens. Taking the history of television in Ireland as a case study due to its position at the intersection of British and American media influences, this work argues that, internationally, the transnational nature of television has been obscured by a reliance on institutional historical sources. This has, in turn, muted the diversity of audience experiences in terms of class, gender and geography. By shifting the focus away from the default national lens and instead turning to audience memories as a key source, A Post-Nationalist History of Television in Ireland defies the notion of a homogenous national television experience and embraces the diverse and transnational nature of watching television. Turning to people's memories of past media, this study ultimately suggests that the arrival of the television in Ireland, and elsewhere, was part of a long-term, incremental change where the domestic and the intimate became increasingly fused with the global.

Thinking History Globally (Hardcover): Diego Olstein Thinking History Globally (Hardcover)
Diego Olstein
R2,698 Discovery Miles 26 980 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The book brings together many recent trends in writing history under a common framework: thinking history globally. By thinking history globally, the book explains, applies, and exemplifies the four basic strategies of analysis, the big C's: comparing, connecting, conceptualizing, and contextualizing, using twelve different branches of history.

Honor and Shame in Western History (Hardcover): Joerg Wettlaufer, David Nash, Jan Frode Hatlen Honor and Shame in Western History (Hardcover)
Joerg Wettlaufer, David Nash, Jan Frode Hatlen
R4,062 Discovery Miles 40 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book covers a wide range of topics related to honor and shame in European historical societies: history of law and literature, social and ancient history, as well as theoretical contributions on the state of research and the importance of honor and shame in traditional societies. Honor and shame in Western History brings together 14 texts of interdisciplinary scholars from Europe and North America. It covers a wide range of topics related to honor and shame in historical societies. The contributions cover periods of Western history from Greek and Roman times to the nineteenth century and many of them integrate the concept of a "deep history" of honor and shame in social interaction. The book is essential for a broad audience interested in social history and the history of emotions.

Generations of Women Historians - Within and Beyond the Academy (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Hilda L. Smith, Melinda S. Zook Generations of Women Historians - Within and Beyond the Academy (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Hilda L. Smith, Melinda S. Zook
R3,150 Discovery Miles 31 500 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This collection focuses on generations of early women historians, seeking to identify the intellectual milieu and professional realities that framed their lives. It moves beyond treating them as simply individuals and looks to the social and intellectual forces that encouraged them to study history and, at the same time, would often limit the reach and define the nature of their study. This collection of essays speaks to female practitioners of history over the past four centuries that published original histories, some within a university setting and some outside. By analysing the values these early women scholars faced, readers can understand the broader social values that led women historians to exist as a unit apart from the career path of their male colleagues.

Genres of Recollection - Archival Poetics and Modern Greece (Hardcover, 2005 ed.): P. Papalias, Penelope Papailias Genres of Recollection - Archival Poetics and Modern Greece (Hardcover, 2005 ed.)
P. Papalias, Penelope Papailias
R1,426 Discovery Miles 14 260 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Genres of Recollection brings to life the social and textual worlds in which the representation of contemporary Greek historical experience has been passionately debated. Building on contemporary research in history and anthropology concerning the social production of the past, this study considers how people who admit they are "not historians"--from a housewife to an award-winning novelist, a farmer to an aristocratic lady of leisure--mediate their personal, family and community histories by compiling archives and writing diverse genres of historical texts. "Re-collecting" the recent Greek past of labor migration, refugee flight, civil war and urbanization is shown to powerfully shape contemporary social relations and political culture, but also to open a captivating field for imagining redemptive futures.

Pragmatic Reason - Christopher Hookway and the American Philosophical Tradition (Hardcover): Robert Talisse, Paniel Reyes... Pragmatic Reason - Christopher Hookway and the American Philosophical Tradition (Hardcover)
Robert Talisse, Paniel Reyes Cardenas, Daniel Herbert
R4,064 Discovery Miles 40 640 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Christopher Hookway has been influential in promoting engagement with pragmatist and naturalist perspectives from classical and contemporary American philosophy. This book reflects on Hookway's work on the American philosophical tradition and its significance for contemporary discussions of the understanding of mind, meaning, knowledge, and value.

History from Loss - A Global Introduction to Histories written from defeat, colonization, exile, and imprisonment (Hardcover):... History from Loss - A Global Introduction to Histories written from defeat, colonization, exile, and imprisonment (Hardcover)
Marnie Hughes-Warrington, Daniel Woolf
R4,205 Discovery Miles 42 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Shows how and why history has been made from loss around the world, challenging the oft-received view that history is written by the 'victors', showing readers how diverse the writing of history can be. All students of history have to study historiography, and this volume offers a new lens through which to investigate that historiography as well as forming part of the cannon that students will study in these courses. There are lots of historiography books out there, but few that engage properly with the idea of history written from loss, from exile, from imprisonment as History From Loss does.

History from Loss - A Global Introduction to Histories written from defeat, colonization, exile, and imprisonment (Paperback):... History from Loss - A Global Introduction to Histories written from defeat, colonization, exile, and imprisonment (Paperback)
Marnie Hughes-Warrington, Daniel Woolf
R1,270 Discovery Miles 12 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Shows how and why history has been made from loss around the world, challenging the oft-received view that history is written by the 'victors', showing readers how diverse the writing of history can be. All students of history have to study historiography, and this volume offers a new lens through which to investigate that historiography as well as forming part of the cannon that students will study in these courses. There are lots of historiography books out there, but few that engage properly with the idea of history written from loss, from exile, from imprisonment as History From Loss does.

Studies on Aby Warburg, Fritz Saxl and Gertrud Bing (Hardcover): Dorothea McEwan Studies on Aby Warburg, Fritz Saxl and Gertrud Bing (Hardcover)
Dorothea McEwan
R4,067 Discovery Miles 40 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Originally published in German, Italian and French these articles have been translated into English for the first time by the author, the former archivist of The Warburg Institute, London. Aby Warburg's research and writings centred on images, their origins and metamorphoses, and their explanations and interpretations.

Media Archaeologies, Micro-Archives and Storytelling - Re-presencing the Past (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Martin Pogacar Media Archaeologies, Micro-Archives and Storytelling - Re-presencing the Past (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Martin Pogacar
R2,653 Discovery Miles 26 530 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book argues that today we live in the culture of the past that delimits our world and configures our potentialities. It explores how the past invades our presents and investigates the affective uses of the past in the increasingly elusive present. Remembering and forgetting are part of everyday life, popular culture, politics, ideologies and mythologies. In the time of the ubiquitous digital media, the ways individuals and collectivities re-presence their pasts and how they think about the present and the future have undergone significant changes. The book focuses on affective micro-archives of the memories of the socialist Yugoslavia and investigates their construction as part of the media archaeological practices. The author further argues that these affective practices present a way to reassemble the historical and relegitimize individual biographies which disintegrated along with the country in 1991.

Post-Yugoslav Metamuseums - Reframing Second World War Heritage in Postconflict Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia... Post-Yugoslav Metamuseums - Reframing Second World War Heritage in Postconflict Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
Natasa Jagdhuhn
R1,527 Discovery Miles 15 270 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book analyzes how Second World War heritage is being reframed in the memorial museums of the post-socialist, post-conflict states of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia. It argues that in all three countries, a reluctance to confront undesirable parts of their national histories is the root cause explaining why the state-funded Second World War memorial museums remain stuck in the postsocialist transition. In most cases, Second World War museums, exhibitions, and displays conceived in the Yugoslav period have been left unchanged. However, there are also examples where new sections were added to the old ones and there are a small number of completely reconceptualized permanent exhibitions. The transitional position of the Second World War museums has made it possible to view these institutions as historical formations in their own right. The book will appeal to students and academics working in the fields of heritage and museums studies, memory studies, and cultural history of Southeast-Europe.

Rationalities in History - A Weberian Essay in Comparison (Hardcover): D.L. D'Avray Rationalities in History - A Weberian Essay in Comparison (Hardcover)
D.L. D'Avray
R1,496 R1,413 Discovery Miles 14 130 Save R83 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In Rationalities in History the distinguished historian David d'Avray writes a new comparative history in the spirit of Max Weber. In a strikingly original reassessment of seminal Weberian ideas, d'Avray applies value rationality to the comparative history of religion and the philosophy of law. Integrating theories of rational choice, anthropological reflections on relativism, and the recent philosophy of rationality with Weber's conceptual framework, d'Avray seeks to disengage 'rationalisation' from its enduring association with Western 'modernity'. This mode of analysis is contextualised through the examples of Buddhism, Imperial China and sixteenth-century Catholicism - in the latter case building upon unpublished archival research. This ambitious synthesis of social theory and comparative history will engage social scientists and historians from advanced undergraduate level upwards, stimulating interdisciplinary discourse, and making a significant contribution to the methodology of history. D'Avray explores the potential of this new Weberian analysis further in his companion volume, Medieval Religious Rationalities.

Academia and Trade - The Numismatic World in the Long Nineteenth Century, Volume 1 (Hardcover): Stefan Krmnicek, Hadrien Rambach Academia and Trade - The Numismatic World in the Long Nineteenth Century, Volume 1 (Hardcover)
Stefan Krmnicek, Hadrien Rambach
R4,065 Discovery Miles 40 650 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This first part of a 2 volume collection compromises a collection of essays in English by leading scholars on 19th century academia and trade presenting the latest developments in international scholarship on the numismatic world in the long 19th century. In the 19th century, developments in the study and collection of coins set the cornerstone for modern numismatics. This volume compromises a collection of essays in English by international leading scholars that highlight significant figures of 19th century research and the state of the numismatic trade in their time. Centering around collectors and scholars of ancient, medieval, modern, as well as on non-Western coinage and medals against the backdrop of the political, cultural, economic, and social changes of the era, this book presents the latest scholarship on numismatics' contribution to the cultural history of the 19th century. This volume is essential for students and scholars alike interested in 19th century history and the history of coins.

Institutions and Individuals - The Numismatic World in the Long Nineteenth Century, Volume 2 (Hardcover): Stefan Krmnicek,... Institutions and Individuals - The Numismatic World in the Long Nineteenth Century, Volume 2 (Hardcover)
Stefan Krmnicek, Hadrien Rambach
R4,064 Discovery Miles 40 640 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This second part of the 2 volume collection compromises a collection of essays in English by leading scholars on 19th century academia and trade presenting the latest developments in international scholarship on the numismatic world in the long 19th century. In the 19th century, developments in the study and collection of coins set the cornerstone for modern numismatics. This volume compromises a collection of essays in English by international leading scholars that highlight significant figures of 19th century research and the state of the numismatic trade in their time. Centering around collectors and scholars of ancient, medieval, modern, as well as on non-Western coinage and medals against the backdrop of the political, cultural, economic, and social changes of the era, this book presents the latest scholarship on numismatics' contribution to the cultural history of the 19th century. This volume is essential for students and scholars alike interested in 19th century history and the history of coins.

Studies in English Official Historical Documents (Paperback): Hubert Hall Studies in English Official Historical Documents (Paperback)
Hubert Hall
R1,329 Discovery Miles 13 290 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This 1908 book was a ground-breaking guide for historians in the use and interpretation of official documentary sources. Hubert Hall examines the topic under three headings - archives, diplomatics, and palaeography. In the first part he treats the history, classification and analysis of English archives. He argues that the user should take into account what once existed as well as what survives. The second part deals with diplomatics, from Anglo-Saxon to the sixteenth century. He calls for greater critical analysis of the different types of official documents, something lacking in England when compared to European scholarship. The final part introduces the student to palaeography, and the different kinds of handwriting and contractions met with in official documents. While the book makes no claim to be the definitive work on the subject, it raised the profile of a neglected tool of scholarship, and offers a starting point for further research.

Hesitant Histories on the Romanian Screen (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Laszlo Strausz Hesitant Histories on the Romanian Screen (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Laszlo Strausz
R3,312 Discovery Miles 33 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book argues that hesitation as an artistic and spectatorial strategy connects various screen media texts produced in post-war Romania. The chapters draw a historical connection between films made during the state socialist decades, televised broadcasts of the 1989 Romanian revolution, and films of the new Romanian cinema. The book explores how the critical attitude of new Romanian cinema demonstrates a refusal to accept limiting, binary discourses rooted in Cold War narratives. Strausz argues that hesitation becomes an attempt to overcome restrictive populist narratives of the past and present day. By employing a performative and mobile position, audiences are encouraged to consider conflicting approaches to history and social transformation.

Amos Oz's Two Pens - Between Literature and Politics (Hardcover): Arie M. Dubnov Amos Oz's Two Pens - Between Literature and Politics (Hardcover)
Arie M. Dubnov
R4,062 Discovery Miles 40 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Hebrew novelist and political essayist, Amoz Oz (1939-2018), arguably Israel's leading intellectual, was fond of describing himself as using two different pens - the first used to write works of prose and fiction, and the other to criticize the government and advocate for a political change. This volume revisits the two pens parable. It brings together scholars from various disciplines who assess Amos Oz's dual role in Israeli culture and society as an immensely popular novelist and a leading public intellectual. Next to offering an intellectual portrait, the chapters in this book highlight some of Oz's seminal works, examine their reception, evaluate key political and literary debates he was involved in, as well as trace some of the connections between the two realms of his activity. This book is a fascinating read for students, researchers, and academics of Israeli politics, history, literature, and culture. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Israeli History and are accompanied by a new afterword by the Israeli novelist Lilach Nethanel.

Nation and State in Max Weber - Politics as Sociology (Hardcover): Jack Barbalet Nation and State in Max Weber - Politics as Sociology (Hardcover)
Jack Barbalet
R3,915 Discovery Miles 39 150 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book shows how Max Weber's perceptions of the social and political world he inhabited in Wilhelmine Germany were characterized by a nationalist commitment which coloured practically every aspect of his thought, including his social scientific writings and the formulations they expound. Exploring the consequences of Weber's ardent nationalism in a manner seldom acknowledged in existing scholarship, it considers the alignment of his commitment to liberalism and democracy with his devotion to the ideal of the German people as an ethno-racial community supported by a power-state, with the purpose of realizing the national interest of future generations of Germans. Through an analysis of a range of texts, the author contends that Weber's liberalism is not based on universalistic principles and that Weber considered the liberty he espoused to play an important role in securing the position of a political elite trained in parliamentary institutions, which are used to shape the citizenry in the pursuit of a patriotic commitment to an expansionist, imperial state. It will therefore appeal to scholars with interests in the history of sociology and classical social theory.

Big Data in History (Hardcover, New): P. Manning Big Data in History (Hardcover, New)
P. Manning
R1,726 Discovery Miles 17 260 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Big Data in History introduces a project to create a world-historical archive that will trace the last four centuries of historical dynamics and change. The archive will link research on social, economic, and political affairs, plus health and climate, for societies throughout the world. The care, detail, and advanced technology that go into building such an archive are outlined in this book, and the benefits of gathering and disseminating data from our long history are clearly mapped out. Chapters address the archive's overall plan, how to interpret the past through a global archive, how to organize historical research on five continents, and the missions of gathering widespread records, linking local data into global patterns, and exploring the results. The concluding chapters summarize project plans and compare it with two major and successful projects in worldwide data: the modelling of climate and documenting the human genome.

The Legacy of Thorstein Veblen (Hardcover): Rick Tilman The Legacy of Thorstein Veblen (Hardcover)
Rick Tilman
R27,171 Discovery Miles 271 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Veblen was an original thinker, responsible for introducing and popularising a host of important concepts and insights. He ignited controversy not only in economics, but also in sociology, history and political science. The number and quality of the responses to his work provide evidence of the novelty and explanatory power of his ideas. These comprehensive volumes will enable the reader to sample the broad spectrum of Veblen's thought and that of his critics and interpreters. They include critical appraisals of the corpus of his published work as well as reinterpretations of his life and influence on the social sciences particularly economics, political science and sociology. This authoritative collection includes reprints of materials previously published by leading scholars on nearly every aspect of Veblen's life and work. It will be invaluable to professional scholars and graduate students who wish to heighten their understanding of the alternatives to formalism in the social studies.

The Routledge Handbook of Memory Activism (Hardcover): Yifat Gutman, Jenny Wustenberg The Routledge Handbook of Memory Activism (Hardcover)
Yifat Gutman, Jenny Wustenberg
R6,073 Discovery Miles 60 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This Handbook is the first systematic effort to map the fast-growing phenomenon of memory activism and to delineate a new field of research that lies at the intersection of memory and social movement studies. From Charlottesville to Cape Town, from Santiago to Sydney, we have recently witnessed protesters demanding that symbols of racist or colonial pasts be dismantled and that we talk about histories that have long been silenced. But such events are only the most visible instances of grassroots efforts to influence the meaning of the past in the present. Made up of more than 80 chapters that encapsulate the rich diversity of scholarship and practice of memory activism by assembling different disciplinary traditions, methodological approaches, and empirical evidence from across the globe, this Handbook establishes important questions and their theoretical implications arising from the social, political, and economic reality of memory activism. Memory activism is multi-faceted, takes place in a variety of settings, and has diverse outcomes - but it is always crucial to understanding the constitution and transformation of our societies, past and present. This volume will serve as a guide and establish new analytic frameworks for scholars, students, policymakers, journalists, and activists alike.

Music, Nostalgia and Memory - Historical and Psychological Perspectives (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019): Sandra Garrido, Jane W... Music, Nostalgia and Memory - Historical and Psychological Perspectives (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Sandra Garrido, Jane W Davidson
R2,375 Discovery Miles 23 750 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

How are our personal soundtracks of life devised? What makes some pieces of music more meaningful to us than others? This book explores the role of memory, both personal and cultural, in imbuing music with the power to move us. Focusing on the relationship between music and key life moments from birth to death, the text takes a cross-disciplinary approach, combining perspectives from a 'history of emotions' with modern day psychology, empirical surveys of modern-day listeners and analysis of musical works. The book traces the trajectory of emotional response to music over the past 500 years, illuminating the interaction between personal, historical and contextual variables that influence our hard-wired emotional responses to music, and the key role of memory and nostalgia in the mechanisms of emotional response.

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