Search Results - "cultural history"

Explaining creativity the science of human innovation / by Sawyer, R. Keith (Robert Keith)

Table of Contents: “…Conceptions of creativity -- Personality psychology -- The second wave : cognitive psychology -- Biology -- Computational approaches -- Sociology -- Culture -- History -- Visual creativity -- Writing -- Music -- Acting -- Science -- Business creativity -- How to be more creative.…”
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Explaining creativity the science of human innovation / by Sawyer, R. Keith (Robert Keith)

Table of Contents: “…Conceptions of creativity -- Personality psychology -- The second wave : cognitive psychology -- Biology -- Computational approaches -- Sociology -- Culture -- History -- Visual creativity -- Writing -- Music -- Acting -- Science -- Business creativity -- How to be more creative.…”
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A short history of African philosophy by Hallen, B.

Table of Contents: “…The historical perspective -- Twentieth-century origins -- Rationality as culturally universal -- Rationality as culturally relative -- Ethnophilosophy and philosophical sagacity -- Phenomenology and hermeneutics -- Socialism and Marxism -- Philosophy and culture -- Histories, anthologies, introductions to African philosophy, journals, and Web sites.…”
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Antiquity and modernity by Morley, Neville

Table of Contents: “…Untimely knowledge -- The great transformation : ancient and modern economics -- Before alienation : the classical critique of modern society -- An aesthetic education : the failings of modern culture -- History as nightmare : conceptions of progress and decline -- Allusion and appropriation : the rhetorical uses of antiquity.…”
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A short history of African philosophy by Hallen, B.

Table of Contents: “…The historical perspective -- Twentieth-century origins -- Rationality as culturally universal -- Rationality as culturally relative -- Ethnophilosophy and philosophical sagacity -- Phenomenology and hermeneutics -- Socialism and Marxism -- Philosophy and culture -- Histories, anthologies, introductions to African philosophy, journals, and Web sites.…”
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Antiquity and modernity by Morley, Neville

Table of Contents: “…Untimely knowledge -- The great transformation : ancient and modern economics -- Before alienation : the classical critique of modern society -- An aesthetic education : the failings of modern culture -- History as nightmare : conceptions of progress and decline -- Allusion and appropriation : the rhetorical uses of antiquity.…”
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Strong hearts, Native lands the cultural and political landscape of Anishinaabe anti-clearcutting activism / by Willow, Anna J.

Table of Contents: “…Anishinaabe Cultural History and Land-Based Subsistence -- From Aboriginal Policy to Indigenous Empowerment -- A World Transformed -- Phases of the Grassy Narrows Blockade -- Beginnings -- The Blockade -- Blockade Life -- Negotiations and Networks -- Beyond the Blockade -- Conclusion: The Blockade is Still There.…”
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Strong hearts, Native lands the cultural and political landscape of Anishinaabe anti-clearcutting activism / by Willow, Anna J.

Table of Contents: “…Anishinaabe Cultural History and Land-Based Subsistence -- From Aboriginal Policy to Indigenous Empowerment -- A World Transformed -- Phases of the Grassy Narrows Blockade -- Beginnings -- The Blockade -- Blockade Life -- Negotiations and Networks -- Beyond the Blockade -- Conclusion: The Blockade is Still There.…”
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The Swift Creek gift vessel exchange on the Atlantic Coast / by Wallis, Neill J.

Table of Contents: “…-- The Swift Creek cultures -- Cultural history and archaeological overview -- Instrumental neutron activation analysis : patterns of Swift Creek interaction -- Petrographic analysis : patterns of Swift Creek interaction -- The form, technology, and function of Swift Creek pottery -- The Swift Creek gift.…”
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The Swift Creek gift vessel exchange on the Atlantic Coast / by Wallis, Neill J.

Table of Contents: “…-- The Swift Creek cultures -- Cultural history and archaeological overview -- Instrumental neutron activation analysis : patterns of Swift Creek interaction -- Petrographic analysis : patterns of Swift Creek interaction -- The form, technology, and function of Swift Creek pottery -- The Swift Creek gift.…”
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Founding gods, inventing nations conquest and culture myths from antiquity to Islam / by McCants, William Faizi, 1975-

Table of Contents: “…Gifts of the gods : the origins of civilization in ancient Near Eastern and Greek mythology -- The beneficent sky god : cultural history in the Qur'an -- Who was first? : protography and discovery catalogs -- Inventing nations : postconquest native histories of civilization's origins -- "The sciences of the ancients" : speculation on the origins of philosophy, medicine, and the exact sciences.…”
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Status update : celebrity, publicity, and branding in the social media age / by Marwick, Alice Emily

Table of Contents: “…A Cultural History of Web 2.0 -- Leaders and Followers : Status in the Tech Scene -- Fabulous Lives of Micro-Celebrities -- Self-Branding : The (Safe for Work) Self -- Lifestreaming : We Live in Public -- Designed in California : Entrepreneurship and the Myths of Web 2.0 -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Cast of Characters.…”
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Romantic anatomies of performance / by Davies, J. Q., 1973-

Table of Contents: “…Veluti in speculum : the twilight of the castrato -- Reflecting on reflex : a touching fact about Chopin -- The Sontag-Malibran stereotype -- Boneless hands/Thalberg's ready-made soul/velvet fingers -- In search of voice : Nourrit's voix mixte, Donzelli's bari-tenor -- Liszt's metapianism and the cultural history of the hand.…”
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Founding gods, inventing nations conquest and culture myths from antiquity to Islam / by McCants, William Faizi, 1975-

Table of Contents: “…Gifts of the gods : the origins of civilization in ancient Near Eastern and Greek mythology -- The beneficent sky god : cultural history in the Qur'an -- Who was first? : protography and discovery catalogs -- Inventing nations : postconquest native histories of civilization's origins -- "The sciences of the ancients" : speculation on the origins of philosophy, medicine, and the exact sciences.…”
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Status update : celebrity, publicity, and branding in the social media age / by Marwick, Alice Emily

Table of Contents: “…A Cultural History of Web 2.0 -- Leaders and Followers : Status in the Tech Scene -- Fabulous Lives of Micro-Celebrities -- Self-Branding : The (Safe for Work) Self -- Lifestreaming : We Live in Public -- Designed in California : Entrepreneurship and the Myths of Web 2.0 -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Cast of Characters.…”
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Romantic anatomies of performance / by Davies, J. Q., 1973-

Table of Contents: “…Veluti in speculum : the twilight of the castrato -- Reflecting on reflex : a touching fact about Chopin -- The Sontag-Malibran stereotype -- Boneless hands/Thalberg's ready-made soul/velvet fingers -- In search of voice : Nourrit's voix mixte, Donzelli's bari-tenor -- Liszt's metapianism and the cultural history of the hand.…”
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The prehistory of the Tuxtlas by Santley, Robert S.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The contemporary setting, natural environment, and geologic history of the Tuxtlas -- The culture history of the Tuxtlas -- Classic period ceramics production and distribution -- Classic period obsidian production and distribution -- Teotihuacán, Matacapan, and the Tuxtlas -- The classic period political economy of the Tuxtlas -- The rise and demise of complex society in the Tuxtlas -- Summary and conclusions.…”
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Mapping identity and identification processes : approaches from cultural studies /

Table of Contents: “…Film, music and the glocalization of identities -- part V. Nationhood and cultural history at the crossroads.…”
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The prehistory of the Tuxtlas by Santley, Robert S.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The contemporary setting, natural environment, and geologic history of the Tuxtlas -- The culture history of the Tuxtlas -- Classic period ceramics production and distribution -- Classic period obsidian production and distribution -- Teotihuacán, Matacapan, and the Tuxtlas -- The classic period political economy of the Tuxtlas -- The rise and demise of complex society in the Tuxtlas -- Summary and conclusions.…”
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Mapping identity and identification processes : approaches from cultural studies /

Table of Contents: “…Film, music and the glocalization of identities -- part V. Nationhood and cultural history at the crossroads.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view