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Author : Von Del Chamberlain
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015039023984
Author : Theodor Adorno
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-23
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781000159059
The Stars Down to Earth shows us a stunningly prescient Adorno. Haunted by the ugly side of American culture industries he used the different angles provided by each of these three essays to showcase the dangers inherent in modern obsessions with consumption. He engages with some of his most enduring themes in this seminal collection, focusing on the irrational in mass culture - from astrology to new age cults, from anti-semitism to the power of neo-fascist propaganda. He points out that the modern state and market forces serve the interest of capital in its basic form. Stephan Crook's introduction grounds Adorno's arguments firmly in the present where extreme religious and political organizations are commonplace - so commonplace in fact that often we deem them unworthy of our attention. Half a century ago Theodore Adorno not only recognised the dangers, but proclaimed them loudly. We did not listen then. Maybe it is not too late to listen now.
Author : Robert Brown
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780578140858
From the streets of Shanghai to the plains of Texas, a cast of characters fighting over land and identity must sift through the cracks between myth and truth, revealing relationships and plots hidden for most of a century. Ê The key is in a strange, century-old map of the stars carried by a drifter traveling with a young bison named Bill who is more than he appears to be. In this fusion of legend and history, a narrator recalling his 12th birthday chronicles what followed the drifterÕs appearanceÑa series of events from opposite ends of the earth that evolved in extraordinary ways to shape his coming of age. When the racing prowess of the bison endangers his life, he and the boy escape together on a final, desperate journey across the plains.
Author : Rebecca Tinsley
Publisher : eBookIt.com
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780979718465
This is a novel about people who find themselves in the middle of a horrific conflict and how they survive. Their choices affect their families, the people they love, and the course of their lives. Their stories start before the events in Sudan touch them, following them through challenges and triumphs, as they rebuild their lives. What they have in common with the rest of us is that their journeys are about finding out what kind of people they are: Should they try to draw strength from their anger or should they let it go? Is it better to stick with what you know or find the courage to change?
Author : Anonim
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781458718570
Author : Clive L.N. Ruggles
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 549 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2005-10-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781851096169
An authoritative introduction to the fascinating topic of archaeoastronomy—ancient peoples' understanding and use of the skies. Ancient Astronomy: An Encyclopedia of Cosmologies and Myth draws on archaeological evidence and oral traditions to reveal how prehistoric humans perceived the skies and celestial phenomena. With over 200 entries, it offers a number of ways to approach ancient astronomy, from key examples and case studies worldwide (Stonehenge; Mexican and Egyptian pyramids; Chaco Canyon, New Mexico; the Nazca lines in Peru) to general themes (cosmologies, calendars, ancient ideas of space and time, origin myths), to fundamental concepts and methods (how the sky has changed over the centuries, how to survey a site), and to the field's most frequently asked questions (How did ancient peoples navigate the ocean using the stars? How does astrology relate to ancient astronomy? Can ancient sites be dated astronomically?) By revealing the astronomical significance of some of the world's most famous ancient landmarks and enduring myths and by showing how different themes and concepts are connected, Ancient Astronomy: An Encyclopedia of Cosmologies and Myth brings a unique authoritative perspective to an area too often left to speculation and sensationalism.
Author : David J. Wishart
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780803298620
Until the last two centuries, the human landscapes of the Great Plains were shaped solely by Native Americans, and since then the region has continued to be defined by the enduring presence of its Indigenous peoples. The Encyclopedia of the Great Plains Indians offers a sweeping overview, across time and space, of this story in 123 entries drawn from the acclaimed Encyclopedia of the Great Plains, together with 23 new entries focusing on contemporary Plains Indians, and many new photographs. ø Here are the peoples, places, processes, and events that have shaped lives of the Indians of the Great Plains from the beginnings of human habitation to the present?not only yesterday?s wars, treaties, and traditions but also today?s tribal colleges, casinos, and legal battles. In addition to entries on familiar names from the past like Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, new entries on contemporary figures such as American Indian Movement spiritual leader Leonard Crow Dog and activists Russell Means and Leonard Peltier are included in the volume. Influential writer Vine Deloria Sr., Crow medicine woman Pretty Shield, Nakota blues-rock band Indigenous, and the Nebraska Indians baseball team are also among the entries in this comprehensive account. Anyone wanting to know about Plains Indians, past and present, will find this an authoritative and fascinating source.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Ev Cochrane
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780977285129
Author : James F. Brooks
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781458718617
This sweeping, richly evocative study examines the origins and legacies of a flourishing captive exchange economy within and among native American and Euramerican communities throughout the Southwest Borderlands from the Spanish colonial era to the end of the nineteenth century. Indigenous and colonial traditions of capture, servitude, and kinship met and meshed in the borderlands, forming a ''slave system'' in which victims symbolized social wealth, performed services for their masters, and produced material goods under the threat of violence. Slave and livestock raiding and trading among Apaches, Comanches, Kiowas, Navajos, Utes, and Spaniards provided labor resources, redistributed wealth, and fostered kin connections that integrated disparate and antagonistic groups even as these practices renewed cycles of violence and warfare. Always attentive to the corrosive effects of the ''slave trade'' on Indian and colonial societies, the book also explores slavery's centrality in intercultural trade, alliances, and ''communities of interest'' among groups often antagonistic to Spanish, Mexican, and American modernizing strategies. The extension of the moral and military campaigns of the American Civil War to the Southwest in a regional ''war against slavery'' brought differing forms of social stability but cost local communities much of their economic vitality and cultural flexibility.
Author : Trudy Griffin-Pierce
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Art
ISBN : 0826316344
Explores the circularity of Navajo thought through studies of sandpaintings, chantway myths, and stories reflected in the constellations.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Kronos Press
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780917994500
Phaethon offers a comparative study of the Phaethon myth.
Author : Edouard Ponist
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-22
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781665543910
Shemsu Hor, the Followers of Horus is a journey taking us in Ancient Egypt and the Hopi Nation. Two cultures separated by thousands of miles yet both have similar connections from the deep past regarding spiritual burial practices and reeds. Reeds are central connecting both cultures, reeds which were used to construct the first temple is Ancient Egypt and the reed depicted in the emergence story of the Hopi from the third to the fourth world. The first mound of the Ancient Egyptian temple and the sand ridge of Hopi ceremonial practice in their Kivas is explored and more including DNA. The journey then takes us to the here and now, how the Shemsu Hor have planted clues in stone for us to decipher regarding events unfolding today. Perhaps, we are not alone as well on our journey as human beings.
Author : Ev Cochrane
Publisher : Ev Cochrane
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0557389437
Fossil Gods offers a comparative analysis of some of the greatest gods of antiquity, including Inanna, Horus, and Thor. The basic thesis holds that many mythological traditions surrounding these gods can only be understood by reference to extraordinary planetary events.
Author : S. Böhme,Prof. Dr. Walter Fricke,H. Hefele,I. Heinrich,W. Hofmann,D. Krahn,V. R. Matas,Dr. Lutz D. Schmadel,G. Zech
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 825 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783662111840
Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts aims to present a comprehensive documen tation of the literature concerning all aspects of astronomy, astrophysics, and their border fields. It is devoted to the recording, summarizing, and indexing of the relevant publications throughout the world. Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts is prepared by a special department of the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut under the auspices of the International Astronomical Union. Volume 33 records literature published in 1983 and received before August 1, 1983. Some older documents which we received late and which are not surveyed in earlier volumes are included too. We acknowledge with thanks contributions of our colleagues all over the world. We also express our gratitude to all organizations, observatories, and publishers which provide us with complimentary copies of their publications. Starting with Volume 33, all the recording, correction, and data processing work was done by means of computers. The recording was done by our technical staff members Ms. Helga Ballmann, Ms. Mona El-Choura, Ms. Monika Kohl, and Ms. Sylvia Matyssek. Mr. Martin Schlotelburg and Mr. Ulrich Uberall supported our task by careful proofreading. It is a pleasure to thank them all for their encouragement. Heidelberg, September 1983 The Editors Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Concordance Relation: ICSU-AB-AAA 3 Abbreviations 10 Periodicals, Proceedings, Books, Activities 001 Periodicals . . . . . . . . . . . 15 002 Bibliographical Publications, Documentation, Catalogues, Atlases 47 003 Books ...... . 51 004 History of Astronomy 58 005 Biography . . 64 006 Personal Notes 65 007 Obituaries . . .
Author : Dale A. Ostlie
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 913 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780192560223
Since humans first looked up at the stars, astronomy has had a particular ability to stir the imagination and challenge the thinking of scientists and non-scientists alike. Astronomy: The Human Quest for Understanding is an introductory astronomy textbook specifically designed to relate to non-science majors across a wide variety of disciplines, nurture their curiosity, and develop vital science-based critical-thinking skills. This textbook provides an introduction to how science operates in practice and what makes it so successful in uncovering nature's secrets. Given that the study of astronomy dates back thousands of years, it is the ideal subject for tracing the development of the physical sciences and how our evolving understanding of nature has influenced, and been influenced by, mathematics, philosophy, religion, geography, politics, and more. This historical approach also illustrates how wrong turns have been taken, and how the inherent self-correcting nature of science through constant verification and the falsifiability of truly scientific theories ultimately leads us back to a more productive path in our quest for understanding. This approach also points out why, as a broadly educated citizenry, students of all disciplines must understand how scientists arrive at conclusions, and how science and technology have become central features of modern society. In discussing this fascinating and beautiful universe of which we are a part, it is necessary to illustrate the fundamental role that mathematics plays in decoding nature's mysteries. Unlike other similar textbooks, some basic mathematics is integrated naturally into the text, together with interpretive language, and supplemented with numerous examples; additional tutorials are provided on the book's companion website. Astronomy: The Human Quest for Understanding leads the reader down the path to our present-day understanding of our Solar System, stars, galaxies, and the beginning and evolution of our universe, along with profound questions still to be answered in this ancient, yet rapidly changing field.
