wyszukanych pozycji: 2
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The Polynesian Iconoclasm: Religious Revolution and the Seasonality of Power
ISBN: 9781782384137 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. "The book is blessed with an intrinsically interesting subject matter: the way in which the religious basis of societies all across Polynesia was suddenly torn up and deliberately rejected within a decade or two. The author succeeds in highlighting how extraordinary and dramatic the 'Polynesian Iconoclasm' was, drawing our attention to it as a coherent phenomenon, and penetrating these convulsions more deeply than other scholars have managed hitherto." - Alan Strathern, University of Oxford "The book is an ethnographic tour de force describing in great detail the conversion to... "The book is blessed with an intrinsically interesting subject matter: the way in which the religious basis of societies all across Polynesia was s... |
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506,25 |
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First Peoples: Indigenous Cultures and their Futures
ISBN: 9781861892416 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. It is widely assumed that indigenous cultures are under threat: they are rooted in landscapes that have undergone radical transformations, and the opposing forces of business corporations and ruling political powers only seem to grow stronger. Yet Jeff Sissons argues here in First Peoples that, far from collapsing in the face of global capitalism, indigenous cultures today are as diverse and alive as they ever were.
First Peoples explores how, instead of being absorbed into a homogeneous modernity, indigenous cultures are actively shaping alternative futures for themselves... It is widely assumed that indigenous cultures are under threat: they are rooted in landscapes that have undergone radical transformations, and the opp...
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100,40 |