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"The Elementary Forms of Religious Life: Illustrated" is a seminal work by the French sociologist Émile Durkheim, offering a groundbreaking exploration of the nature and function of religion in human societies. In this illustrated edition, Durkheim's complex theories...
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Andrii Ponomarenko
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2024-03-13
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In "Freedom and Civilization," Bronislaw Malinowski, a renowned anthropologist, delves into the intricate relationship between freedom and the development of civilization. Drawing on ethnographic studies and theoretical analyses, Malinowski explores the cultural...
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Andrii Ponomarenko
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2024-03-07
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"The Classic Collection of Bronislaw Malinowski: Illustrated" showcases a compilation of influential works by the renowned anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski. This anthology includes illustrated editions of some of Malinowski's most seminal writings, such as "Argonauts...
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Andrii Ponomarenko
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2024-03-07
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"Magic, Science and Religion and Other Essays" is a collection of thought-provoking essays by Bronislaw Malinowski, a pioneering figure in anthropology. Originally published in 1948, the compilation addresses the interplay between magic, science, and religion in human...
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Andrii Ponomarenko
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2024-03-05
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"Myth in Primitive Psychology" by Bronislaw Malinowski is a significant anthropological work that delves into the role of myths in shaping the psychology of primitive societies. Published in 1926, the book draws on Malinowski's extensive fieldwork, particularly among...
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Andrii Ponomarenko
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2024-03-05
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"Argonauts of the Western Pacific" is a seminal anthropological work penned by Bronislaw Malinowski. Published in 1922, the book presents an ethnographic study of the Trobriand Islanders, inhabitants of the western Pacific region. Malinowski explores the intricate...
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Andrii Ponomarenko
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2024-03-04
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"Crime and Custom in Savage Society" is a notable anthropological work authored by Bronislaw Malinowski. Published in 1926, the book explores the relationship between crime and societal norms in primitive or "savage" societies. Malinowski draws on his extensive...
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Andrii Ponomarenko
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2024-03-04
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This scholarly work explores the pioneering research of Bronislaw Malinowski on the concept of "Baloma" – the spirits of the dead in the Trobriand Islands. Through meticulous ethnographic studies conducted during the early 20th century, Malinowski unveils the intricate...
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Andrii Ponomarenko
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2024-03-04
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Sex and Repression in Savage Society first published in 1927 is the book by anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski (died 1942) considered "a famous critique of psychoanalysis, arguing that the 'Oedipus complex' described by Freud is not universal." Malinowski gives a...
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Rare Treasure Editions
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2024-01-05
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This book examines Marius Barbeau’s career at Canada’s National Museum (now the Canadian Museum of History), in light of his education at Oxford and in Paris (1907–1911).Based on archival research in England, France and Canada, Marius Barbeau’s Vitalist Ethnology...
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Mercury-Mercure
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2023-03-28
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"You don’t have to use the exact same words.… But it has to mean exactly what I said.” Thus began the ten-year collaboration between Innu elder and activist Tshaukuesh Elizabeth Penashue and Memorial University professor Elizabeth Yeoman that produced the celebrated...
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University of Manitoba Press
Parution :
2022-05-13
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Words of the Inuit is an important compendium of Inuit culture illustrated through Inuit words. It brings the sum of the author’s decades of experience and engagement with Inuit and Inuktitut to bear on what he fashions as an amiable, leisurely stroll through words and...
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University of Manitoba Press
Parution :
2020-09-18
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An enthralling collection of traditional Blackfoot stories revealing the frailty of mankind and the enduring power of narrative.Napi, the Old Man of the Blackfoot Nation, appears prominently in mythology, sometimes as a quasi-Creator, sometimes a fool, and sometimes a...
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Heritage House
Parution :
2018-04-16
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Accessible and entertaining, Road Through Time begins with the story of how anatomically modern humans left Africa to populate the world. She then carries us along the Silk Road in Central Asia, and tells of roads built for war in Persia, the Andes, and the Roman...
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U of R Press
Parution :
2017-04-15
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Accessible and entertaining, Road Through Time begins with the story of how anatomically modern humans left Africa to populate the world. She then carries us along the Silk Road in Central Asia, and tells of roads built for war in Persia, the Andes, and the Roman...
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U of R Press
Parution :
2017-04-15
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Gandhi in a Canadian Context examines a range of intriguing and under-studied connections between India’s greatest nationalist leader, MahatmaGandhi (1869–1948), and facets of life in Canada, including Gandhi’s interest in and contact with Canada and Canadians early in...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2017-01-05
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What is Europe? Who is European? What do Europe and European identity mean in the twenty-first century? This collection of sixteen essays seeks to answer these questions by focusing on Europe as it is seen through its own eyes and through the eyes of others across a...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2014-04-23
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Cultural Studies
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How did Franz Boas become the central founder of anthropology and a driving force promoting science in public life in North America? To answer this question, linguistic and cultural barriers must be overcome to grasp the importance of Boas’s personal background and...
Editeur :
Baraka Books
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2014-03-01
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Bridging Two Peoples tells the story of Dr. Peter E. Jones, who in 1866 became one of the first status Indians to obtain a medical doctor degree from a Canadian university. He returned to his southern Ontario reserve and was elected chief and band doctor. As secretary...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2012-06-01
Collection :
Indigenous Studies
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Since the first edition of the No-Nonsense Guide to Indigenous Peoples was published in 2003, much has changed. The United Nations General Assembly has adopted the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Indigenous rights have become an increasingly...
Editeur :
Between the Lines
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2012-04-01
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