The Tombs of Pompeii: Organization, Space, and Society
ISBN: 9781138809192 / Angielski / Twarda / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book offers a comprehensive overview of the tombs of Pompeii and its immediate environs, examining the funerary culture of the population, delving into the importance of social class and self-representation, and developing a broad understanding of Pompeii's funerary epigraphy and business. The Pompeian corpus of evidence has heretofore been studied in a piecemeal fashion, not conducive to assessing trends and practices. Here, a holistic approach to the funerary monuments allows for the integration of data from five different necropoleis and analysis of greater accuracy and... This book offers a comprehensive overview of the tombs of Pompeii and its immediate environs, examining the funerary culture of the population, del... |
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Destruction and Human Remains CB: Disposal and Concealment in Genocide and Mass Violence
ISBN: 9780719096020 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Destruction and human remains investigates a crucial question frequently neglected in academic debate in the fields of mass violence and genocide studies: what is done to the bodies of the victims after they are killed? In the context of mass violence, death does not constitute the end of the executors' work. Their victims' remains are often treated and manipulated in very specific ways, amounting in some cases to true social engineering with often remarkable ingenuity. To address these seldom-documented phenomena, this volume includes chapters based on extensive primary and archival research...
Destruction and human remains investigates a crucial question frequently neglected in academic debate in the fields of mass violence and genocide stud...
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Governing the Dead: Sovereignty and the Politics of Dead Bodies
ISBN: 9780719096082 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In most of the world, the transition from life to death is a time of intense presence of states and other forms of authority. Focusing on the relationship between bodies and sovereignty, Governing the dead explores how, by whom and with what effects dead bodies are governed in conflict and non-conflict contexts across the world, including an analysis of the struggles over 'proper burials'; the repatriation of dead migrants; abandoned cemeteries; exhumations; 'feminicide'; the protection of dead drug-lords; and the disappeared dead. Mapping theoretical and empirical terrains, this volume...
In most of the world, the transition from life to death is a time of intense presence of states and other forms of authority. Focusing on the relation...
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Of Relations and the Dead: Four Societies Viewed from the Angle of Their Exchanges
ISBN: 9780854969531 / Angielski / Twarda / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Exchanges are fundamental to human societies. The authors show that the study of exchanges not only serves as a key to understanding particular societies as totalities but also helps to frame a comparative mode of analysis expressed in terms of a hierarchy of values. Starting with a comparative analysis of the different vocabularies used when dealing with exchange, the authors go on to provide a detailed account of how each society's exchanges form a genuine value-oriented system. Their conclusions shed light on important issues in anthropology such as the difference between subject and... Exchanges are fundamental to human societies. The authors show that the study of exchanges not only serves as a key to understanding particular soc... |
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Erkenne Die Wahrheit Und Sei Frei
ISBN: 9788360280881 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 546 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Książkę tę kieruję do wszystkich ludzi, bez względu na kolor ich skóry czy wyznanie, bowiem każdy z nas zetknie się kiedyś ze śmiercią własną lub cudzą. Do wydarzenia tego trzeba się odpowiednio przygotować, a w szczególności, gdy jest się chorym, w podeszłym wieku lub gdy ma się w rodzinie kogoś, kto wielkimi krokami zbliża się do przejścia nazywanego potocznie "śmiercią".
Jeżeli utraciłeś kogoś bliskiego i jesteś w żałobie, to książka ta jest w sam raz dla ciebie. Mądrość tu zawarta pomoże ci również uleczyć traumatyczne przeżycia z przeszłości... Książkę tę kieruję do wszystkich ludzi, bez względu na kolor ich skóry czy wyznanie, bowiem każdy z nas zetknie się kiedyś ze śmiercią wł...
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Śmierć i Zmartwychwstanie ciała człowieka
ISBN: 9788377202685 / Polski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Książka stanowi cenny przyczynek do współczesnej debaty o człowieku. Czytelnik znajdzie w niej wnikliwą, a zarazem dostępną analizę zjawiska umierania i koncepcji duszy. Subtelnym przewodnikiem i inspiracją prezentowanych tez jest krakowski profesor filozofii przyrody ks. Tadeusz Wojciechowski. Lektura książki pozwala szybko zorientować się, jak niegdyś kontrowersyjne poglądy prof. Wojciechowskiego, nabierają dzisiaj znaczenia w świetle postępującej wiedzy naukowej, filozoficznej i teologicznej."
Z recenzji wydawniczej ks prof. Roberta Woźniaka Książka stanowi cenny przyczynek do współczesnej debaty o człowieku. Czytelnik znajdzie w niej wnikliwą, a zarazem dostępną analizę zjawiska...
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Community and Identity in Ancient Egypt: The Old Kingdom Cemetery at Qubbet El-Hawa
ISBN: 9781107027602 / Angielski / Twarda / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines a group of twelve ancient Egyptian tombs (ca. 2300 BCE) in the elite Old Kingdom cemetery of Elephantine at Qubbet el-Hawa in modern Aswan. It develops an interdisciplinary approach to the material drawing on methods from art history, archaeology, anthropology, and sociology, including agency theory, the role of style, the reflexive relationship between people and landscape, and the nature of locality and community identity. A careful examination of the architecture, setting, and unique text and image programs of these tombs in context provides a foundation for considering...
This book examines a group of twelve ancient Egyptian tombs (ca. 2300 BCE) in the elite Old Kingdom cemetery of Elephantine at Qubbet el-Hawa in moder...
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The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures
ISBN: 9781559364898 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Offers the chance to banquet on rich and delectable passions and ideas, washed down with lashings of wit. . . . Its big argumentative poetry screams out that history matters." The Nation "A brainy, brawny, thematically expansive work, stuffed with challenging sociopolitical ideas and dialectical fireworks. . . . Kushner's social engagement and his intellectualism are balanced, as always, by his penetrating humanism." Hollywood Reporter Gus Marcantonio, a retired longshoreman, summons his adult children home to the family's Brooklyn brownstone to discuss his... "Offers the chance to banquet on rich and delectable passions and ideas, washed down with lashings of wit. . . . Its big argumentative poetry screa... |
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Dealing with Death and the Eternal Life - Radical Approaches to the Afterlife
ISBN: 9781680320343 / Angielski / Miękka / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While death is the ultimate outcome for any living being, the afterlife is a much more ephemeral situation. While every culture and religion has its own personal comprehension of an afterlife, the multitude of answers to this question means that the curious individual should do some research on those different states, such as Heaven, Purgatory, Hell, Nirvana, Valhalla, the Elysian Fields, et cetera, and then to look inward and see what that individual feels to be true. In more practical terms, you can always prepare for your passing. If you have a lot of possessions or you want to make things...
While death is the ultimate outcome for any living being, the afterlife is a much more ephemeral situation. While every culture and religion has its o...
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Spiritualism and Society (Routledge Revivals)
ISBN: 9780415714631 / Angielski / Miękka / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1969, this title explores the origins of Spiritualism as a religion movement. The first part is a history of Spiritualism, with a focus on its origins within America and the development of the organisation within itself. Next, Nelson considers the rise of Spiritualism in Britain, using evidence taken from contemporary journals, other publications and interviews. Finally, the Spiritualist movement is analysed in terms of sociological theory, looking at the Church and the definition of the Cult, as well as concepts of authority and leadership. This is a fascinating work,...
First published in 1969, this title explores the origins of Spiritualism as a religion movement. The first part is a history of Spiritualism, with a f...
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The Removers: A Memoir
ISBN: 9781476761220 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "A darkly funny memoir about family reckonings" (O, The Oprah Magazine)--the story of a young man who, by handling the dead, makes peace with the living. Andrew Meredith's father, a literature professor at La Salle University, was fired after unspecified allegations of sexual misconduct. It's a transgression that resulted in such long-lasting familial despair that Andrew cannot forgive him. In the wake of the scandal, he frantically treads water, stuck in a kind of suspended adolescence--falling in and out of school, moving blindly from one half-hearted relationship to the next....
"A darkly funny memoir about family reckonings" (O, The Oprah Magazine)--the story of a young man who, by handling the dead, makes peace with t...
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Legal Executions in Georgia: A Comprehensive Registry, 1866-1964
ISBN: 9780786498697 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the state of Georgia, 1025 men and women are known to have been hanged or electrocuted for capital crimes in the century after the Civil War. Based on more than twenty years of investigative research, this chronological record of these legal executions was pieced together from diverse sources in and outside of the state, with many details never before made public. The author documents the facts as they occurred without delving into the politics of capital punishment.
In the state of Georgia, 1025 men and women are known to have been hanged or electrocuted for capital crimes in the century after the Civil War. Based...
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Legal Executions in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky and Missouri: A Comprehensive Registry, 1866-1965
ISBN: 9780786498703 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the five state region of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky and Missouri, 1027 men and women are known to have been legally hanged, gassed or electrocuted for capital crimes during the century after the Civil War. Drawing on thousands of hours of research, this comprehensive record covers each execution in chronological order, filling numerous gaps in a largely forgotten story of the American experience. The author presents each case dispassionately with the main focus given to essential facts.
In the five state region of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky and Missouri, 1027 men and women are known to have been legally hanged, gassed or electr...
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Organ Donation in Japan: A Medical Anthropological Study
ISBN: 9781498515665 / Angielski / Twarda / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Organ Donation in Japan: A Medical Anthropological Study by Maria-Keiko Yasuoka reveals insight into Japan as the country with the most severe organ shortages and the lowest numbers of organ donations among medically advanced countries. The history of organ transplantation in Japan is a unique and troubled one. Many academic hypotheses such as cultural barriers, the Japanese concept of the dead body, traditional beliefs, and so on have been advanced to explain the situation. However, little research has yet revealed the truth behind the world of Japanese organ transplantation. Yasuoka...
Organ Donation in Japan: A Medical Anthropological Study by Maria-Keiko Yasuoka reveals insight into Japan as the country with the most severe organ s...
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Other Realities?: The Enigma of Franek Kluski's Mediumship
ISBN: 9781910121399 / Angielski / Miękka / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Franek Kluski produced what might justifiably be described as the widest and most striking range of phenomena in the history of physical mediumship. A Pole whose professions included banking and journalism, his involvement with psychical research lasted for a brief period between 1918 and 1925. During that time he took part in meticulously documented seances devised and attended by eminent researchers. Much of the information about him has until now been available only in Polish, and today references to him in English tend to be restricted to the famous 'Kluski hands', the paraffin wax moulds...
Franek Kluski produced what might justifiably be described as the widest and most striking range of phenomena in the history of physical mediumship. A...
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The French Revelation: Voice to Voice Conversations With Spirits Through the Mediumship of Emily S. French
ISBN: 9781910121467 / Angielski / Miękka / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Emily S.French (1830-1912), was one of the greatest American independent voice mediums. She was investigated by the famous Buffalo attorney, Edward C.Randall (1860-1935), who intended to expose her as a fraud but was over time, and after completing many exacting experiments testing her powers, completely convinced that she was genuine. Mr.Randall became a champion for the cause of survival of death and communication with spirits. During the seances, which were held in complete darkness, the spirit voices would manifest apart from and totally independent of Mrs.French, who was not in trance....
Emily S.French (1830-1912), was one of the greatest American independent voice mediums. She was investigated by the famous Buffalo attorney, Edward C....
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Spiritual Care with Sick Children and Young People: A Handbook for Chaplains, Paediatric Health Professionals, Arts Therapists and Youth Workers
ISBN: 9781849053891 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A comprehensive introduction to best practice in spiritual support for sick children and young people, this research-based handbook covers both principles and practice. It includes a wide range of examples and suggestions for thoughtful and engaging activities to facilitate spiritual interaction and support.
A comprehensive introduction to best practice in spiritual support for sick children and young people, this research-based handbook covers both princi...
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Ryan House: In the Heart of Phoenix
ISBN: 9780990515777 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ryan House: In the Heart of Phoenix was written to share the possibility of your community being able to create a sustainable model of world-class caregiving that provides respite, palliative and hospice care for children and their families who are navigating life-limiting or end-of-life journeys. Award winning author, Mark Tabb, and the Cottor family, take you on a tour from the germination of the vision, to the building, opening and then a glimpse of the full operation today. Holly and Jonathan Cottor, Ryan's parents, understand the incredible demands and special care that is required from...
Ryan House: In the Heart of Phoenix was written to share the possibility of your community being able to create a sustainable model of world-class car...
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Dead Matter: The Meaning of Iconic Corpses
ISBN: 9780816694334 / Angielski / Twarda / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Taking as its starting point the significant role of the photograph in modern mourning practices--particularly those surrounding public figures--Dead Matter theorizes the connections between the body and the image by looking at the corpse as a special instance of a body that is simultaneously thing and representation. Arguing that the evolving cultural understanding of photographic realism structures our relationship to the corpse, the book outlines a new politics of representation in which some bodies are more visible (and vulnerable) in death than others. To begin... Taking as its starting point the significant role of the photograph in modern mourning practices--particularly those surrounding public figures-- |
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399,14 zł |
Dead Matter: The Meaning of Iconic Corpses
ISBN: 9780816694341 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Taking as its starting point the significant role of the photograph in modern mourning practices--particularly those surrounding public figures--Dead Matter theorizes the connections between the body and the image by looking at the corpse as a special instance of a body that is simultaneously thing and representation. Arguing that the evolving cultural understanding of photographic realism structures our relationship to the corpse, the book outlines a new politics of representation in which some bodies are more visible (and vulnerable) in death than others. To begin... Taking as its starting point the significant role of the photograph in modern mourning practices--particularly those surrounding public figures-- |
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122,77 zł |