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Medicine
Antiquity and Its Legacy
Häftad, 2019
252 kr
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The extent to which classical theories about, and practices of, medical knowledge have shaped and continue to define medicine today is remarkable: but not always widely appreciated. Caroline Petit here offers a concise yet comprehensive account of medicine in antiquity which explores precisely that …
Slavery
Antiquity and its Legacy
Av Page DuBois
E-bok, 2021
314 kr
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'Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness' is perhaps the most famous phrase of all in the American Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson's momentous words are closely related to the French concept of 'liberte, egalite, fraternite'; and both ideas incarnate a notion of freedom as …
Slavery
Antiquity and its Legacy
Av Page DuBois
E-bok, 2021
321 kr
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'Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness' is perhaps the most famous phrase of all in the American Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson's momentous words are closely related to the French concept of 'liberte, egalite, fraternite'; and both ideas incarnate a notion of freedom as …
Race
Antiquity and its Legacy
E-bok, 2021
275 kr
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How do different cultures think about race? In the modern era, racial distinctiveness has been assessed primarily in terms of a person's physical appearance. But it was not always so. As Denise McCoskey shows, the ancient Greeks and Romans did not use skin colour as the basis for categorising …
Race
Antiquity and its Legacy
E-bok, 2021
281 kr
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How do different cultures think about race? In the modern era, racial distinctiveness has been assessed primarily in terms of a person's physical appearance. But it was not always so. As Denise McCoskey shows, the ancient Greeks and Romans did not use skin colour as the basis for categorising …
Death
Antiquity and its Legacy
Av Mario Erasmo
E-bok, 2021
312 kr
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Personal and yet utterly universal, inevitable and yet unknowable, death has been a dominant theme in all cultures, since earliest times. Different societies address death and the act of dying in culturally diverse ways; yet, remarkably, across the span of several millennia, we can recognize in the …
Death
Antiquity and its Legacy
Av Mario Erasmo
E-bok, 2021
312 kr
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Personal and yet utterly universal, inevitable and yet unknowable, death has been a dominant theme in all cultures, since earliest times. Different societies address death and the act of dying in culturally diverse ways; yet, remarkably, across the span of several millennia, we can recognize in the …
Art of the Body
Antiquity and its Legacy
E-bok, 2011
409 kr
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The art of the human body is arguably the most important and wide-ranging legacy bequeathed to us by Classical antiquity. Not only has it directed the course of western image-making, it has shaped our collective cultural imaginary - as ideal, antitype, and point of departure. This book is the first …
Luck, Fate and Fortune
Antiquity and its Legacy
E-bok, 2011
314 kr
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The impulse to try to anticipate the future, and make sense of apparently random events, is irrepressible. Why and how the ancient Greeks tried to foretell the outcome of the present is the subject of Esther Eidinow's lively appraisal, which explores the legacy of ancient Greek notions of luck, …
Gender
Antiquity and its Legacy
E-bok, 2012
314 kr
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Gender has now become a pervasive topic in the humanities and social sciences. Yet despite its familiarity within universities and colleges, some have argued that the radical debates which first characterized gender studies have become ghettoized or marginalized - so that gender no longer makes the …
Politics
Antiquity and its Legacy
E-bok, 2009
305 kr
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Ancient Greece is famous as the civilization which 'gave' the world democracy. Democracy has in modern times become the rallying cry of liberation from supposed totalitarianism and dictatorship. And the desire by the western powers, especially America, to foment (or impose) democracy across the …
War
Antiquity and its Legacy
E-bok, 2014
321 kr
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Over 2600 years ago the Parian poet Archilochus wrote "we chased seven and killed them.. the thousand of us." In all parts of the world, and in all civilizations, the history of warfare, as well as the ironic humour of those who fight and die, can be traced back to the earliest records. But the …
Sex
Antiquity and its Legacy
E-bok, 2015
303 kr
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Sex is fundamental to society. We cannot think about politics, power, identity or culture without also thinking about sexuality. Despite this, the scientific study of sexual behaviour is a relatively recent phenomenon. Doctors, legal experts and other intellectuals have all pondered challenging …
Science
Antiquity and its Legacy
E-bok, 2015
409 kr
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Ancient science is a subject that commands extensive general interest. This is the first non-technical survey of the interface between ancient and modern science. It is aimed at crossover student sales in classics, the history of ideas and the history and philosophy of science. Modern science and …
War
Antiquity and its Legacy
E-bok, 2014
321 kr
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Over 2600 years ago the Parian poet Archilochus wrote "we chased seven and killed them.. the thousand of us." In all parts of the world, and in all civilizations, the history of warfare, as well as the ironic humour of those who fight and die, can be traced back to the earliest records. But the …
Politics
Antiquity and its Legacy
E-bok, 2009
312 kr
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Ancient Greece is famous as the civilization which 'gave' the world democracy. Democracy has in modern times become the rallying cry of liberation from supposed totalitarianism and dictatorship. And the desire by the western powers, especially America, to foment (or impose) democracy across the …
Art of the Body
Antiquity and its Legacy
E-bok, 2011
418 kr
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The art of the human body is arguably the most important and wide-ranging legacy bequeathed to us by Classical antiquity. Not only has it directed the course of western image-making, it has shaped our collective cultural imaginary - as ideal, antitype, and point of departure. This book is the first …
Sex
Antiquity and its Legacy
E-bok, 2015
303 kr
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Sex is fundamental to society. We cannot think about politics, power, identity or culture without also thinking about sexuality. Despite this, the scientific study of sexual behaviour is a relatively recent phenomenon. Doctors, legal experts and other intellectuals have all pondered challenging …
Science
Antiquity and its Legacy
E-bok, 2015
405 kr
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Ancient science is a subject that commands extensive general interest. This is the first non-technical survey of the interface between ancient and modern science. It is aimed at crossover student sales in classics, the history of ideas and the history and philosophy of science. Modern science and …
Science
Antiquity and its Legacy
Av Philippa Lang, Phiroze Vasunia
Häftad, 2019
376 kr
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Ancient science is a subject that commands extensive general interest. This is the first non-technical survey of the interface between ancient and modern science. It is aimed at crossover student sales in classics, the history of ideas and the history and philosophy of science. Modern science and …
Race
Antiquity and Its Legacy
Av Denise Eileen McCoskey, Phiroze Vasunia
Häftad, 2019
263 kr
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How do different cultures think about race? In the modern era, racial distinctiveness has been assessed primarily in terms of a person's physical appearance. But it was not always so. As Denise McCoskey shows, the ancient Greeks and Romans did not use skin colour as the basis for categorising …
Sport
Antiquity and Its Legacy
Av Peter J. Miller, Phiroze Vasunia
Inbunden, 2023
668 kr
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Modern sport cannot be understood without ancient sport. Sport saturates contemporary society and the global reach of sport and its intense popularity characterizes the modern world. But, at the same time, sport is one of the most ancient human pursuits. In the globalized sport of today, the type …
Sport
Antiquity and Its Legacy
Av Peter J. Miller, Phiroze Vasunia
Häftad, 2023
313 kr
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Modern sport cannot be understood without ancient sport. Sport saturates contemporary society and the global reach of sport and its intense popularity characterizes the modern world. But, at the same time, sport is one of the most ancient human pursuits. In the globalized sport of today, the type …
Sport
Antiquity and its Legacy
E-bok, 2022
337 kr
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Modern sport cannot be understood without ancient sport. Sport saturates contemporary society and the global reach of sport and its intense popularity characterizes the modern world. But, at the same time, sport is one of the most ancient human pursuits. In the globalized sport of today, the type …
Sport
Antiquity and its Legacy
E-bok, 2022
337 kr
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Modern sport cannot be understood without ancient sport. Sport saturates contemporary society and the global reach of sport and its intense popularity characterizes the modern world. But, at the same time, sport is one of the most ancient human pursuits. In the globalized sport of today, the type …
Music
Antiquity and Its Legacy
Av Eleonora Rocconi, Phiroze Vasunia
Inbunden, 2023
1031 kr
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This book explores the pivotal role played by ancient mousike¯ – in all its facets – in the development of musical practices and ideas throughout history. Since antiquity, music has consistently played a significant role in social and cultural life, and although the terms in which it is expressed …
Music
Antiquity and Its Legacy
Av Eleonora Rocconi, Phiroze Vasunia
Häftad, 2023
314 kr
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This book explores the pivotal role played by ancient mousike—in all its facets—in the development of musical practices and ideas throughout history. Since antiquity, music has consistently played a significant role in social and cultural life, and although the terms in which it is expressed and …
Music
Antiquity and its Legacy
E-bok, 2023
337 kr
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This book explores the pivotal role played by ancient mousik e -in all its facets-in the development of musical practices and ideas throughout history. Since antiquity, music has consistently played a significant role in social and cultural life, and although the terms in which it is expressed and …
