Nature and civilization

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Languge and nature in the classical Roman world

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"A familiar theme in Greek philosophy, largely due to the influence of Plato's Cratylus, linguistic naturalism (the notion that linguistic facts, structures or behaviour are in some significant sense determined by nature) constitutes a major but under-studied area of Roman lingu…

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Language and nature in the classical Roman world

fromLanguage and nature in the classical Roman world

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A familiar theme in Greek philosophy, largely due to the influence of Plato's Cratylus, linguistic naturalism (the notion that linguistic facts, structures or behaviour are in some significant sense determined by nature) constitutes a major but under-studied area of Roman lingui…

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Mastery of non-mastery in the age of meltdown

by Taussig, Michael T.

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For a long time, we humans have excelled in mimicking nature with the goal of exploiting it. Now, with the existential threat of global climate change on the horizon, the ever-provocative Michael Taussig asks what it would take to change ourselves so as to save our world. Acknow…

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Mastery of non-mastery in the age of meltdown

by Taussig, Michael T.

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"For a long time, we humans have excelled in mimicking nature with the goal of exploiting it. Now, with the existential threat of global climate change on the horizon, the ever-provocative Michael Taussig asks what it would take to change ourselves so as to save our world. Ackno…

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Mastery of non-mastery in the age of meltdown

by Taussig, Michael T.

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"For a long time, we humans have excelled in mimicking nature with the goal of exploiting it. Now, with the existential threat of global climate change on the horizon, the ever-provocative Michael Taussig asks what it would take to change ourselves so as to save our world. Ackno…

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Mastery of non-mastery in the age of meltdown

by Taussig, Michael T.

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Smoke and Mirrors -- Mimetic excess -- The exposition of the non-dogmatic cannot be dogmatic -- Nietzsche's tuning fork, Kafka's sirens -- Twilight of the idols -- Catastrophe : the solar inversion of satanic denial -- Metamorphic sublimity -- Re-enchantment of nature -- In your…

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Mastery of non-mastery in the age of meltdown

by Taussig, Michael T.

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Smoke and Mirrors -- Mimetic excess -- The exposition of the non-dogmatic cannot be dogmatic -- Nietzsche's tuning fork, Kafka's sirens -- Twilight of the idols -- Catastrophe : the solar inversion of satanic denial -- Metamorphic sublimity -- Re-enchantment of nature -- In your…

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Mastery of non-mastery in the age of meltdown

by Taussig, Michael T.

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For centuries, humans have excelled at mimicking nature in order to exploit it. Now, with the existential threat of global climate change on the horizon, Michael Taussig asks what function a newly invigorated mimetic faculty might exert along with such change. This book is not s…

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Mastery of non-mastery in the age of meltdown

by Taussig, Michael T.

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"For a long time, we humans have excelled in mimicking nature with the goal of exploiting it. Now, with the existential threat of global climate change on the horizon, the ever-provocative Michael Taussig asks what it would take to change ourselves so as to save our world. Ackno…

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Mastery of non-mastery in the age of meltdown

by Taussig, Michael T., Walter de Gruyter & Co

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"For a long time, we humans have excelled in mimicking nature with the goal of exploiting it. Now, with the existential threat of global climate change on the horizon, the ever-provocative Michael Taussig asks what it would take to change ourselves so as to save our world. Ackno…

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The Space of Culture - the Place of Nature in Estonia and Beyond

by Peil ,Tiina

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This volume sets out to construct a tentative bridge between the physical and perceived (academic) worlds, between the understandings of culture and nature, their spatiality and temporality by tackling the spatiality of culture phenomena across disciplinary boundaries. The contr…

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The space of culture: the place of nature in Estonia and beyond

fromApproaches to culture theory series

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This volume sets out to construct a tentative bridge between the physical and perceived (academic) worlds, between the understandings of culture and nature, their spatiality and temporality by tackling the spatiality of culture phenomena across disciplinary boundaries. The contr…

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The space of culture: the place of nature in Estonia and beyond

fromApproaches to culture theory series

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This volume sets out to construct a tentative bridge between the physical and perceived (academic) worlds, between the understandings of culture and nature, their spatiality and temporality by tackling the spatiality of culture phenomena across disciplinary boundaries. The contr…

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The space of culture: the place of nature in Estonia and beyond

fromApproaches to culture theory series

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This volume sets out to construct a tentative bridge between the physical and perceived (academic) worlds, between the understandings of culture and nature, their spatiality and temporality by tackling the spatiality of culture phenomena across disciplinary boundaries. The contr…

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The Space of Culture - the Place of Nature in Estonia and Beyond

by Peil ,Tiina

fromApproaches to culture theory series

0 Type: Book

This volume sets out to construct a tentative bridge between the physical and perceived (academic) worlds, between the understandings of culture and nature, their spatiality and temporality by tackling the spatiality of culture phenomena across disciplinary boundaries. The contr…