wyszukanych pozycji: 10
A Cultural History of the Human Body in the Medieval Age
ISBN: 9781472554635 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The Christian, Jewish, and Muslim communities of medieval western Europe conceived of the human body in manifold ways. The body was not a fixed or unmalleable mass of flesh, but an entity that changed its character depending on its age, its interactions with its environment, and its diet. For example, a slave would have been marked by her language, her name, her religion, or even by a sign burned onto her skin, not by her color alone. Covering the period from 500 to 1500 and using sources that range across the full spectrum of medieval literary, scientific, medical, and artistic... The Christian, Jewish, and Muslim communities of medieval western Europe conceived of the human body in manifold ways. The body was not a fixed or ... |
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156,46 zł |
The Oxford Handbook of Animal Studies
ISBN: 9780199927142 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 640 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Intellectual struggles with the "animal question"-- how humans can rethink and reconfigure their relationships with other animals-- first began to take hold in the 1970s. Over the next forty years, scholars from a wide range of fields would make sweeping reevaluations of the relationship between humans and other animals.
The Oxford Handbook of Animal Studies brings these diverse evaluations together for the first time, paying special attention to the commodification of animals, the degradation of the natural world and a staggering loss of animal habitat and species extinction,... Intellectual struggles with the "animal question"-- how humans can rethink and reconfigure their relationships with other animals-- first began to tak...
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772,37 zł |
Introduction to Social Statistics: The Logic of Statistical Reasoning
ISBN: 9781405169028 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Introduction to Social Statistics is a basic statistics text with a focus on the use of models for thinking through statistical problems, an accessible and consistent structure with ongoing examples across chapters, and an emphasis on the tools most commonly used in contemporary research.
Introduction to Social Statistics is a basic statistics text with a focus on the use of models for thinking through statistical problems, an ac...
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219,39 zł |
The Animals Reader: The Essential Classic and Contemporary Writings
ISBN: 9781350066885 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 586 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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192,97 zł |
A Cultural History of Animals in Antiquity
ISBN: 9781847888174 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2008. Animals had an ubiquitous and central presence in the ancient world. A Cultural History of Animals In Antiquity presents an extraordinarily broad assessment of animal cultures from 2500 BC to 1000 AD, describing how animals were an intrinsic part of the spiritual life of ancient society, how they were hunted, domesticated and used for entertainment, and the roles animals played in ancient science and philosophy. Since much of what we know about animals in antiquity is gleaned from the images left by our ancestors, the book presents a wealth... Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2008. Animals had an ubiquitous and central presence in the ancient world. A Cultural History of Animals In A... |
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A Cultural History of the Human Body in the Renaissance
ISBN: 9781472554642 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The Renaissance was a time of immense change in the social, political, economic, intellectual, and artistic arenas of the Western world.The cultural construction of the human body occupied a pivotal role in those transformations. The social and cultural meanings of embodiment revolutionized the intellectual, political, and emotional ideologies of the period. Covering the period from 1400 to 1650, this volume examines the flexible and shifting categories of the body at an unparalleled time of growth in geographical exploration, science, technology, and commerce. A Cultural History... The Renaissance was a time of immense change in the social, political, economic, intellectual, and artistic arenas of the Western world.The cultura... |
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156,46 zł |
The Animals Reader: The Essential Classic and Contemporary Writings
ISBN: 9781350066878 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 586 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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The Earthscan Reader in Environmental Values
ISBN: 9781844071678 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This comprehensive reader offers in-depth analyses of critical developments in environmental values, bringing together in one volume the most influential scholarship in the field. Each carefully selected contribution assesses some of the most pressing questions of our time, such as: what is the relationship between human values, worldviews and preferences, and the natural world? As the first reader of its kind in a rapidly expanding multidisciplinary field, this text provides students with a valuable framework for understanding the intellectual progress and future development of the study of...
This comprehensive reader offers in-depth analyses of critical developments in environmental values, bringing together in one volume the most influent...
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224,28 zł |
Introduction to Social Statistics: The Logic of Statistical Reasoning + CD
ISBN: 9781405196369 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Introduction to Social Statistics is a basic statistics text with a focus on the use of models for thinking through statistical problems, an accessible and consistent structure with ongoing examples across chapters, and an emphasis on the tools most commonly used in contemporary research.
Introduction to Social Statistics is a basic statistics text with a focus on the use of models for thinking through statistical problems, an ac...
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Evaluating Social Science Research
ISBN: 9780195079708 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. We often decide what to believe and what to question on the basis of a simple rule of thumb like believe the trustworthy source or trust the expert. Sometimes, however, reliable and well-informed sources support both sides of the controversy. Whom are we to trust? How can we make a decision on the issue at hand? The second edition of Evaluating Social Science Research provides methods for thinking critically about claims of factual knowledge and drawing appropriate conclusions.
The authors have added new sections to the book to reflect the new developments in the field since the appearance... We often decide what to believe and what to question on the basis of a simple rule of thumb like believe the trustworthy source or trust the expert. S...
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914,70 zł |