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Dreamland of Humanists - Warburg, Cassirer, Panofsky, and the Hamburg School (Hardcover): Emily Levine Dreamland of Humanists - Warburg, Cassirer, Panofsky, and the Hamburg School (Hardcover)
Emily Levine
R2,683 Discovery Miles 26 830 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Called by Heinrich Heine a city of dull and culturally limited merchants where poets only go to die, Hamburg would seem an improbable setting for a major new intellectual movement. Yet it was there, at a new university in an unintellectual banking city at the end of World War I, that a trio of innovative thinkers emerged. Together, Aby Warburg, Ernst Cassirer, and Erwin Panofsky developed new avenues of thought in cultural theory, art history, and philosophy, changing the course of cultural and intellectual history not just in Weimar Germany, but throughout the world. In Dreamland of Humanists, Emily J. Levine considers not just these men, but the historical significance of the time and place where their ideas first took form. Shedding light on the origins of their work in the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, Levine clarifies the social, political, and economic pressures faced by German-Jewish scholars on the periphery of Germany's intellectual world. And by examining the role that this context plays in our analysis of their ideas, Levine confirms that great ideas - like great intellectuals - must come from somewhere.

Dreamland of Humanists - Warburg, Cassirer, Panofsky, and the Hamburg School (Paperback): Emily Levine Dreamland of Humanists - Warburg, Cassirer, Panofsky, and the Hamburg School (Paperback)
Emily Levine
R828 Discovery Miles 8 280 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Deemed by Heinrich Heine a city of merchants where poets go to die, Hamburg was an improbable setting for a major intellectual movement. Yet it was there, at the end of World War I, at a new university in this commercial center, that a trio of twentieth-century pioneers in the humanities emerged. Working side by side, Aby Warburg, Ernst Cassirer, and Erwin Panofsky developed new avenues in art history, cultural history, and philosophy, changing the course of cultural and intellectural history in Weimar Germany and throughout the world. In Dreamland of Humanists, Emily J. Levine considers not just these men but also the historical significance of the time and place where their ideas took form. Shedding light on the origins of their work on the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, Levine clarifies the social, political, and economic pressures faced by German-Jewish scholars on the periphery of Germany's intellectual world. By examining the role that context plays in our analysis of ideas, Levine confirms that great ideas-like great intellectuals-must come from somewhere.

Witness - A Hunkpapha Historian's Strong-Heart Song of the Lakotas (Hardcover, New): Josephine Waggoner Witness - A Hunkpapha Historian's Strong-Heart Song of the Lakotas (Hardcover, New)
Josephine Waggoner; Edited by Emily Levine; Foreword by Lynne Daphne Allen
R2,564 R2,362 Discovery Miles 23 620 Save R202 (8%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

During the 1920s and 1930s, Josephine Waggoner (1871-1943), a Lakota woman who had been educated at Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute in Virginia, grew increasingly concerned that the history and culture of her people were being lost as elders died without passing along their knowledge. A skilled writer, Waggoner set out to record the lifeways of her people and correct much of the misinformation about them spread by white writers, journalists, and scholars of the day. To accomplish this task, she traveled to several Lakota and Dakota reservations to interview chiefs, elders, traditional tribal historians, and other tribal members, including women.

Published for the first time and augmented by extensive annotations, "Witness "offers a rare participant's perspective on nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Lakota and Dakota life. The first of Waggoner's two manuscripts presented here includes extraordinary firsthand and as-told-to historical stories by tribal members, such as accounts of life in the Powder River camps and at the agencies in the 1870s, the experiences of a mixed-blood Huŋkpapȟa girl at the first off-reservation boarding school, and descriptions of traditional beliefs. The second manuscript consists of Waggoner's sixty biographies of Lakota and Dakota chiefs and headmen based on eyewitness accounts and interviews with the men themselves. Together these singular manuscripts provide new and extensive information on the history, culture, and experiences of the Lakota and Dakota peoples.

A Pictographic History of the Oglala Sioux (Hardcover, Special edition, 50th Anniversary Edition): Helen H. Blish A Pictographic History of the Oglala Sioux (Hardcover, Special edition, 50th Anniversary Edition)
Helen H. Blish; Introduction by Mari Sandoz, Candace S. Greene, Emily Levine
R2,660 R2,458 Discovery Miles 24 580 Save R202 (8%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1967, this remarkable pictographic history consists of more than four hundred drawings and script notations by Amos Bad Heart Bull, an Oglala Lakota man from the Pine Ridge Reservation, made between 1890 and the time of his death in 1913. The text, resulting from nearly a decade of research by Helen H. Blish and originally presented as a three-volume report to the Carnegie Institution, provides ethnological and historical background and interpretation of the content. This 50th anniversary edition provides a fresh perspective on Bad Heart Bull's drawings through digital scans of the original photographic plates created when Blish was doing her research. Lost for nearly half a century-and unavailable when the 1967 edition was being assembled-the recently discovered plates are now housed at the Smithsonian's National Anthropological Archives. Readers of the volume will encounter new introductions by Emily Levine and Candace S. Greene, crisp images and notations, and additional material that previously appeared only in a limited number of copies of the original edition.

With My Own Eyes - A Lakota Woman Tells Her People's History (Paperback): Susan Bordeaux Bettelyoun, Josephine Waggoner With My Own Eyes - A Lakota Woman Tells Her People's History (Paperback)
Susan Bordeaux Bettelyoun, Josephine Waggoner; Introduction by Emily Levine
R486 R404 Discovery Miles 4 040 Save R82 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"With My Own Eyes" tells the history of the nineteenth-century Lakotas. Susan Bordeaux Bettelyoun (1857-1945), the daughter of a French-American fur trader and a Brule Lakota woman, was raised near Fort Laramie and experienced firsthand the often devastating changes forced on the Lakotas. As Bettelyoun grew older, she became increasingly dissatisfied with the way her people's history was being represented by non-Natives. "With My Own Eyes" represents her attempt to correct misconceptions about Lakota history. Bettelyoun's narrative was recorded during the 1930s by another Lakota historian, Josephine Waggoner. This detailed, insightful account of Lakota history was never previously published.

Pain Neurosurgery (Paperback): Oren Sagher, Emily Levin, Julie Pilitsis Pain Neurosurgery (Paperback)
Oren Sagher, Emily Levin, Julie Pilitsis
R4,080 Discovery Miles 40 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Part of the Neurosurgery by Example series, this volume on pain neurosurgery presents exemplary cases in which renowned authors guide readers through the assessment and planning, decision making, surgical procedure, after care, and complication management of common and uncommon disorders. The cases explore the spectrum of clinical diversity and complexity within pain neurosurgery, including trigeminal neuralgia, postherpetic neuralgia, occipital neuralgia, percutaneous cordotomy for cancer-associated pain, chronic lumbar radiculopathy, and more. Each chapter also contains 'pivot points' that illuminate changes required to manage patients in alternate or atypical situations, and pearls for accurate diagnosis, successful treatment, and effective complication management. Containing a focused review of medical evidence and expected outcomes, Pain Neurosurgery is appropriate for neurosurgeons who wish to learn more about a subspecialty, and those preparing for the American Board of Neurological Surgery oral examination.

Current Issues and Research in Veterinary Behavioral Medicine - Papers Presented at the 5th International Veterinary Behavior... Current Issues and Research in Veterinary Behavioral Medicine - Papers Presented at the 5th International Veterinary Behavior Meeting (Paperback)
Daniel Mills, Emily Levine, Gary Landsberg, Debra Horwitz
R2,053 R1,604 Discovery Miles 16 040 Save R449 (22%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume illustrates the diversity of ongoing research in the field of veterinary behavioral medicine and includes the current findings of scientists, veterinarians and practitioners. The materials included provide new additions to the growing knowledge base, refine or confirm current opinions, provide avenues for further research, and increase the appreciation and understanding of the different approaches used internationally within the discipline.

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