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Author: Joseph Campbell
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Published: 1983
Total Pages: 136
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David H. Kelley
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2011-02-16
Total Pages: 622
ISBN-13: 1441976248
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExploring Ancient Skies brings together the methods of archaeology and the insights of modern astronomy to explore the science of astronomy as it was practiced in various cultures prior to the invention of the telescope. The book reviews an enormous and growing body of literature on the cultures of the ancient Mediterranean, the Far East, and the New World (particularly Mesoamerica), putting the ancient astronomical materials into their archaeological and cultural contexts. The authors begin with an overview of the field and proceed to essential aspects of naked-eye astronomy, followed by an examination of specific cultures. The book concludes by taking into account the purposes of ancient astronomy: astrology, navigation, calendar regulation, and (not least) the understanding of our place and role in the universe. Skies are recreated to display critical events as they would have appeared to ancient observers--events such as the supernova of 1054 A.D., the "lion horoscope," and the Star of Bethlehem. Exploring Ancient Skies provides a comprehensive overview of the relationships between astronomy and other areas of human investigation. It will be useful as a reference for scholars and as a text for students in both astronomy and archaeology, and will be of compelling interest to readers who seek a broad understanding of our collective intellectual history.
Author: Betty Harper Fussell
Publisher: UNM Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9780826335920
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn an authoritative, wise, and wholly original blend of social history, art, science, and anthropology, Fussell tells the story of corn in a narrative that is as uniquely hybrid as her subject. The great epic of this amazing grain makes clear that all the civilizations of the Western hemisphere have been built on corn. 250 photos and line drawings.
Author: Jesse Sleeman
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 0646552163
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSince the 1950s the prevalence of the so-called 'diseases of civilisation' has continued to skyrocket in Western countries. Today, as the same story is beginning to be repeated in newly industrialised nations, modern diseases are reaching pandemic proportions. Why has this happened? The medical profession's spin is that the culprit is the aging of the population. But, as Cry for Health (Vol 1) reveals, there is overwhelming evidence for why our populations are ailing, evidence health authorities and governments have chosen to ignore, or have refused to acknowledge, or have kept hidden from the public to keep them clueless to the real culprits: many modern technologies and our modern lifestyles.
Author: Joseph Campbell
Publisher: New World Library
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 365
ISBN-13: 1577315944
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThese 12 eclectic essays explore the topic for which Campbell was best known: myth and its fascinating context within the human imagination in the arts, literature, and culture, as well as in everyday life.
Author: Joseph Campbell
Publisher: New World Library
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 1577314050
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSince its publication in 1939, countless would-be readers of "Finnegans Wake" - James Joyce's masterwork, which consumed a third of his life - have given up after a few pages, dismissing it as a "perverse triumph of the unintelligible." In 1944, a young professor of mythology and literature named Joseph Campbell, working with Henry Morton Robinson, wrote the first "key" or guide to entering the fascinating, disturbing, marvelously rich world of "Finnegans Wake." The authors break down Joyce's "unintelligible" book page by page, stripping the text of much of its obscurity and serving up thoughtful interpretations via footnotes and bracketed commentary. They outline the book's basic action, and then simplify -- and clarify -- its complex web of images and allusions. "A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake" is the latest addition to the "Collected Works of Joseph Campbell" series.
Author: Joseph Campbell
Publisher: New World Library
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9781577314035
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis previously unpublished title shows Campbell's remarkable mind engaged with a favorite topic, the myths and metaphors of Asian religions. The book collects seven lectures and articles ranging from the ancient Hindu Vedas to Zen koans, Tantric yoga, and the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Campbell conveys complex insights through warm, accessible storytelling, revealing the intricacies and secrets of his subjects with his typical enthusiasm.--From publisher description.
Author: Joseph Campbell
Publisher: New World Library
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9781577314066
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe mythographer who has command of scholarly literature, the analytic ability and the lucid prose and the staying power.
Author: Joseph Campbell
Publisher: New World Library
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 179
ISBN-13: 1577312090
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSuggests that the laws of physics that govern the universe are also at play within the human consciousness.
Author: Nidesh Lawtoo
Publisher: MSU Press
Published: 2016-09-01
Total Pages: 391
ISBN-13: 1628952768
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWestern thought has often dismissed shadows as fictional, but what if fictions reveal original truths? Drawing on an anti-Platonic tradition in critical theory, Lawtoo adopts ethical, anthropological, and philosophical lenses to offer new readings of Joseph Conrad’s novels and the postcolonial and cinematic works that respond to his oeuvre. He argues that Conrad’s fascination with doubles urges readers to reflect on the two sides of mimesis: one side is dark and pathological, and involves the escalation of violence, contagious epidemics, and catastrophic storms; the other side is luminous and therapeutic, and promotes communal survival, postcolonial reconciliation, and plastic adaptations to changing environments. Once joined, the two sides reveal Conrad as an author whose Janus-faced fictions are powerfully relevant to our contemporary world of global violence and environmental crisis.
