4575 results for '"Prem Ramburuth (Editor)'

The long Pax Tokugawa was founded on the blood of 40,000 severed enemy heads. Indeed, 1600 marked the end of the period of wars that saw the defeat of the troops opposed to General Ieyasu Tokugawa. ...

Recoding Metaphysics: The New Italian Philosophy presents for the first time in English the work of many leading Italian contemporary thinkers. It suggests a third way in the hitherto almost...

Essays by leading anthropologists illuminate the role of witchcraft, black magic, and related magical beliefs in primitive societies

Since the Mexican Revolution of 1910-1920, Mexico's rebellious peasant has become a subject not only of history but of literature, film, and paintings. With his sombrero, his machete, and his rifle,...

For nearly three decades, feminist scholars have examined how the female body and ideas about the female body affect women's lives. The Politics of Women's Bodies: Sexuality, Appearance, and...

Essays discuss the social aspects of the period, the works of Spenser, Sidney, Marlowe, Jonson, Chapman, and Shakespeare, and Elizabethan acting, stagecraft, comedy, and language

In Arab culture, tradition often dictates an individual's role in a family, with personal desires subsumed in favour of unity. So, what happens when Queer Arabs challenge and re-imagine these...

A spirited abecedarium-style book that shows how architects have engaged with animals as references and metaphors in modern and postmodern architecture.Through an examination of 26 case studies (26...

This volume represents a vital resource - a new edition of the highly successful collection of classic and contemporary articles in philosophy of mind and cognition.

This is an unsurpassed collection of 500 superb images that represent the world's best photographers from the mid-19th century to today, arranged alphabetically by photographer, from pioneers such as...

A midwife is awoken one night to help a djinn give birth (Yemen). Ghosts of "loose-haired" women wander the newly erected border after the fall of the Soviet Union (Uzbekistan). A water ghost bound...

During the past half century, Latin America has evolved from a region of political instability and frequent dictatorships into one of elected governments. Although its societies and economies have...

Machine generated contents note: Abbreviations -- I. Introduction -- NINO LURAGHI -- 2. Herodotus and Oral History -- OSWYN MURRAY -- 3. Ancestors of Historiography in Early Greek Elegiac and --...

"The classic and recent essays gathered here will challenge scholars in the natural sciences, philosophy, sociology, anthropology, and women's studies to examine the role of racism in the...

Byzantine philosophy is an almost unexplored field. Being regarded either as mere scholars or as primarily religious thinkers, Byzantine philosophers have not been studied on their own philosophical...

These provocative essays by leading philosophers of science exemplify and illuminate the contemporary uncertainty and excitement in this changing field. The papers are rich in new perspectives, and...

The first comprehensive English-language survey of contemporary art from Korea, showcasing 120 artists, museum and gallery directors, curators, and collectorsDespite its small geographical size,...

The extraordinary personal collection of Gaston-Louis Vuitton, grandson of the founder of one of the world’s most famous luxury brandsA collector since his childhood, Gaston-Louis Vuitton...

Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones was Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford University from 1960 to 1989. He has made important contributions to our knowledge of ancient Greece. In September 1997 a group of former...

Mission accomplished: this collection presents the 100 most loved and successful films of the 1990s, complete with stills, synopses, analysis, and trivia. In the 90s, rising directors Steven...