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  • 1
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    Cambridge :Open Book Publishers,
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    almahu_9948353306102882
    Format: 1 online resource (394 pages) : , colour illustrations, music.
    ISBN: 9781783747283 , 9781783747290 , 9781783747306 , 9781783747313
    Content: "Our contemporary culture is communicating ever-increasingly through the visual, through film, and through music. This makes it ever more urgent for theologians to explore the resources of art for enriching our understanding and experience of the Judeo-Christian tradition. Annunciations: Sacred Music for the twenty-First Century, edited by George Corbett, answers this need, evaluating the relationship between the sacred and the composition, performance, and appreciation of music. Through the theme of 'annunciations', this volume interrogates how, when, why, through and to whom God communicates in the Old and New Testaments. In doing so, it tackles the intimate relationship between Scriptural reflection and musical practice in the past, its present condition, and what the future might hold. Annunciations comprises three parts. Part I sets out flexible theological and compositional frameworks for a constructive relationship between the sacred and music. Part II presents the reflections of theologians and composers involved in collaborating on new pieces of sacred choral music, alongside the six new scores and links to the recordings. Part III considers the reality of programming and performing sacred works today. This volume provides an indispensable resource for scholars and artists working at the interface between theology and the arts, and for those involved in sacred music. However, it will also be of interest to anyone concerned with the ways in which the Divine communicates through word and artistry to humanity."--Publisher's website.
    Note: Available through Open Book Publishers. , Includes 16 audio files (MP3). , Acknowledgements -- Notes on the Contributors -- Introduction George Corbett -- Part I: Compositional and Theological Perspectives. 1. The Most Spiritual of the Arts: Music, Modernity, and the Search for the Sacred / James MacMillan -- 2. The Surrogate Priest: Reflecting on Vocation with Welsh Composer Paul Mealor / Margaret McKerron with Paul Mealor -- 3. Mary as a Model for Creative People: Establishing Theologian-Composer Partnerships with James MacMillan / George Corbett -- 4. When Gods Talk to Men: Reading Mary with the Annunciations of the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East / Madhavi Nevader -- 5. Old Testament Typology: The Gospel Canticles in the Liturgy and Life of the Church / William P. Hyland -- Composing for a Non-Professional Chapel Choir: Challenges and Opportunities / Tom Wilkinson -- Part II: 'Annunciations' in the Hebrew Bible. 7.1. 'Where are you?': The Temptation of Adam and Eve (Genesis 3) / Margaret McKerron -- 7.2. Composer's Reflections / Anselm McDonnell -- 7.3. 'Hinneni' -- 8.1. Jacob Wrestling (Genesis 32.22-32) / Marian Kelsey 8.2. Composer's Reflections / Dominic de Grande -- 8.3. 'Whilst falling asleep, Savta told me of Jacob' -- 9.1. Setting Fire to Music: Theological and Aesthetic Approaches (Exodus 3) / R Rebekah Dyer -- 9.2. Composer's Reflections / Kerensa Briggs -- 9.3. 'Exodus III' -- 10.1. A Dark Dream: God's Calling of Samuel and the Ministry of Eli (1 Samuel 3) / Caleb Froehlich -- 10.2. Composer's Reflections / Seán Doherty -- 10.3. 'God Calls Samuel' -- 11.1. Elijah's Silent Annunciation (1 Kings 19.8-15) / Mary Stevens -- 11.2. Composer's Reflections / Lisa Robertson -- 11.3. 'The Silent Word Sounds' -- 12.1. Musical Arguments and Gender Performance (Song of Songs 3.6-11) / Kimberley Jane Anderson -- 12.2. Composer's Reflections / Stuart Beatch -- 12.3. 'The Annunciation of Solomon' -- Part III: Programming and Performing Sacred Music. 13. Sacred Art Music in the Catholic Liturgy: Perspectives from the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland / Michael Ferguson -- 14. Commissioning and Performing Sacred Music in the Anglican Church: A Perspective from Wells Cathedral / Matthew Owens -- 15. Music at the Borders of the Sacred: Handel, Elgar and Poulenc / Michael Downes -- 16. Sacred Music in Secular Spaces / Jonathan Arnold -- 17. Music and Theology: Some Reflections on 'the Listener's Share' / Gavin Hopps -- Index -- Bibliography. , Mode of access: World Wide Web.
    Language: English
    Subjects: Musicology
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  • 2
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    Online Resource
    Cambridge :Open Book Publishers,
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    almahu_9948353302302882
    Format: 1 online resource (510 pages) : , 81 colour illustrations.
    ISBN: 9781783747580 , 9781783747597 , 9781783747603 , 9781783747610
    Content: "In these powerful and stylishly written essays, Maria Manuel Lisboa dissects the work of Paula Rego, the Portuguese-born artist considered one of the greatest artists of modern times. Focusing primarily on Rego's work since the 1980s, Lisboa explores the complex relationships between violence and nurturing, power and impotence, politics and the family that run through Rego's art. Taking a historicist approach to the evolution of the artist's work, Lisboa embeds the works within Rego's personal history as well as Portugal's (and indeed other nations') stories, and reveals the interrelationship between political significance and the raw emotion that lies at the heart of Rego's uncompromising iconographic style. Fundamental to Lisboa's analysis is an understanding that apparent opposites - male and female, sacred and profane, aggression and submissiveness - often co-exist in Rego's work in a way that is both disturbing and destabilising. This collection of essays brings together both unpublished and previously published work to make a significant contribution to scholarship about Paula Rego. It will also be of interest to scholars and students of contemporary painting, Portuguese and British feminist art, and the political and ideological aspects of the visual arts."--Publisher's website.
    Note: Available through Open Book Publishers. , Acknowledgments -- A Note on Images -- Prologue: A Patriot for Me -- 1. Past History and Deaths Foretold: A Map of Memory -- 2. (He)art History or a Death in the Family: The Late 80s -- 3. The Sins of the Fathers: Mother and Land Revisited in the Late 90s -- 4. An Interesting Condition: The Abortion Pastels -- 5. Brave New Worlds: The Birthing of Nations in First Mass in Brazil -- 6. I Am Coming to Your Kingdom, Prince Horrendous: Scary Stories for Baby, Perfect Stranger and Me -- 7. Paula and the Madonna: Who's That Girl? -- 8. Epilogue: Let Me Count the Ways I Love You -- Appendix A. Translation of Alexandre Herculano's A Dama Pé de Cabra (The Lady with a Cloven Hoof) -- Appendix B. Translation of Hélia Correia's 'Fascinação' ('Enchantment') -- Works Cited -- List of Illustrations -- E-figures -- Index. , Mode of access: World Wide Web.
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books. ; Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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  • 3
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    Format: 1 online resource (216 pages) : , 18 illustrations.
    ISBN: 9781783744961 , 9781783744978 , 9781783744985
    Content: "The ANZUS Alliance was a defence arrangement between Australia, New Zealand and the United States that shaped international policy in the aftermath of the Second World War and the early stages of the Cold War. Forged by influential individuals and impacting on global events including the Japanese Peace Treaty, the Korean War and the Suez Crisis, the ANZUS Alliance was a crucial factor in the seismic changes that took place in the second half of the twentieth century. In this compact and accessible study, Andrew Kelly lays out the tensions that underpinned the formation of the Alliance, as each power sought to extract maximum influence and prestige. He examines how the ANZUS powers worked together (or failed to do so) when responding to massive global events including the rise of the People's Republic of China and the waning of the British Empire. Kelly comprehensively explores the reasons why Australia and New Zealand disagreed so regularly about mutual security issues, how US global leadership shaped ANZUS, and the British impact on the trilateral relationship, and outlines how these issues set the foundations for today's world order. ANZUS and the Early Cold War is essential reading for historians of Australian, New Zealand and American international relations in the twentieth century. Its concise format and readable style will also appeal to general readers interested in the history and foreign policies of these nations, and to anyone who wants to know more about the individual and geopolitical tensions that beset any major alliance."--Publisher's website.
    Note: Available through Open Book Publishers. , Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Disharmonious Allies -- Part One: Origins. 1. Defence Problems in the Pacific ; 2. Japan, ANZAM, and the Bomb ; 3. Movement Toward an Alliance ; 4. ANZUS Negotiations -- Part Two: ANZUS in Force. 5. Post-Treaty Issues ; 6. Crisis in Southeast Asia ; 7. A Horrible Dilemma in the Taiwan Straits ; 8. Suez -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- List of Illustrations -- Index. , Mode of access: World Wide Web.
    Language: English
    Keywords: Hochschulschrift ; Electronic books. ; Electronic books. ; Electronic books.
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  • 4
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    Cambridge :Open Book Publishers,
    UID:
    almahu_9948353304602882
    Format: 1 online resource (694 pages) : , 223 colour illustrations.
    ISBN: 9781783747528 , 9781783747535 , 9781783747542 , 9781783747559
    Content: "Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa comprehensively explores the challenges and potential solutions to key conservation issues in Sub-Saharan Africa. Easy to read, this lucid and accessible textbook includes fifteen chapters that cover a full range of conservation topics, including threats to biodiversity, environmental laws, and protected areas management, as well as related topics such as sustainability, poverty, and human-wildlife conflict. This rich resource also includes a background discussion of what conservation biology is, a wide range of theoretical approaches to the subject, and concrete examples of conservation practice in specific African contexts. Strategies are outlined to protect biodiversity whilst promoting economic development in the region. Boxes covering specific themes written by scientists who live and work throughout the region are included in each chapter, together with recommended readings and suggested discussion topics. Each chapter also includes an extensive bibliography. Conservation Biology in Sub-Saharan Africa provides the most up-to-date study in the field. It is an essential resource, available on-line without charge, for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as a handy guide for professionals working to stop the rapid loss of biodiversity in Sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere. Visit the 'Additional Resources' section to find out more about how to download individual chapters and images, upload material to the teaching platform that will be launched in the forthcoming months or join the textbook's discussion forum."--Publisher's website.
    Note: Available through Open Book Publishers. , Additional material including teaching resources and updates will be made available on the publisher's website. , Contents -- List of Boxes -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Acronyms -- Chapter 1. What is Conservation Biology? -- Chapter 2. Introduction to Sub-Saharan Africa -- Chapter 3. What is Biodiversity? -- Chapter 4. Why Should We Protect Biodiversity? -- Chapter 5. The Scramble for Space -- Chapter 6. Our Warming World -- Chapter 7. Pollution, Overharvesting, Invasive Species, and Disease -- Chapter 8. Extinction is Forever -- Chapter 9. Applied Population Biology -- Chapter 10. Conserving Ecosystems -- Chapter 11. Preventing Extinctions -- Chapter 12. Biodiversity and the Law -- Chapter 13. The Importance of Protected Areas -- Chapter 14. Conservation on Unprotected Lands -- Chapter 15. An Agenda for the Future -- Appendix A. Selected Sources of Information -- Appendix B. Selected Environmental Organisations -- Appendix C. Obtaining Conservation Funding -- Appendix D. Environmental Calendar -- Glossary -- Index. , Mode of access: World Wide Web.
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books. ; Electronic books. ; Textbooks. ; Textbooks. ; Electronic books.
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  • 5
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    Online Resource
    Cambridge :Open Book Publishers,
    UID:
    almahu_9949089445502882
    Format: 1 online resource (184 pages) : , colour illustrations.
    ISBN: 9781800641778
    Content: "Inventory Analytics provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the theory and practice of inventory control - a significant research area central to supply chain planning. The book outlines the foundations of inventory systems and surveys prescriptive analytics models for deterministic inventory control. It further discusses predictive analytics techniques for demand forecasting in inventory control and also examines prescriptive analytics models for stochastic inventory control. Inventory Analytics is the first book of its kind to adopt a practicable, Python-driven approach to illustrating theories and concepts via computational examples, with each model covered in the book accompanied by its Python code. Originating as a collection of self-contained lectures, Inventory Analytics will be an indispensable resource for practitioners, researchers, teachers, and students alike."--Publisher's website.
    Note: Available through Open Book Publishers. , Preface -- Introduction / Roberto Rossi -- Inventory Systems / Roberto Rossi -- Deterministic Inventory Control / Roberto Rossi -- Demand Forecasting / Roberto Rossi -- Stochastic Inventory Control / Roberto Rossi -- Multi-echelon Inventory Systems / Roberto Rossi -- Appendix / Roberto Rossi -- Bibliography -- Index. , Mode of access: World Wide Web.
    Language: English
    Subjects: Economics
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  • 6
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    Cambridge :Open Book Publishers,
    UID:
    almahu_9949231311902882
    Format: 1 online resource (172 pages) : , 6 colour illustrations.
    ISBN: 9781800642805 , 9781800642812 , 9781800642829 , 9781800642836
    Content: "Coping is a collection of philosophical essays on how we deal with life's challenges. We hope for better times, but what is hope, and is it a good thing to hope? How do we look back and make sense of our lives in the face of death? What is the nature of love, and how do we deal with its hardships? What makes for a genuine apology, and is there too much or too little apologizing in this world? Can we bring about changes in ourselves to adapt to our circumstances? How can we make sense of all the good advice-such as, count your blessings, don't cry over spilled milk-that people have on offer? Coping is a perfect companion text for a moral psychology course, a resilience course, or part of an ethics course. The material is written for readers who are new to philosophy and progresses in short self-contained sections. It draws on literature, music, podcasts, and news items. Each chapter has questions for discussion or essay writing and suggestions for material to explore the topic further."--Publisher's website.
    Note: Available through Open Book Publishers. , Acknowledgments -- Author and Illustrator Biographies -- Why This Book? / Luc Bovens -- 1. Hope Download Luc Bovens -- 2. Death / Luc Bovens -- 3. Love / Luc Bovens -- 4. Reconciliation / Luc Bovens -- 5. Self-Management / Luc Bovens -- 6. Counsel / Luc Bovens Final Words / Luc Bovens -- Additional Teaching Materials / Luc Bovens -- Discussion Questions / Luc Bovens -- Links / Luc Bovens -- Index. , Mode of access: World Wide Web.
    Language: English
    Subjects: Philosophy
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  • 7
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    Cambridge :Open Book Publishers,
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    almahu_9949275240502882
    Format: 1 online resource (322 pages) : , 9 colour illustrations.
    ISBN: 9781800643581 , 9781800643598 , 9781800643604 , 9781800643611
    Content: "A Short History of Transport in Japan from Ancient Times to the Present is a unique study: the first by a Western scholar to place the long-term development of Japanese infrastructure alongside an analysis of its evolving political economy. Drawing from New Institutional Economics, Black offers an historically informed critique of contemporary planning using the example of Japan's historical institutions, their particular biases, and the power they have exerted over national and local transport, to identify how reformed institutional arrangements might develop more sustainable and equitable transport services. With chapters addressing each major form of transport, Black examines the predominant role of institutions and individuals - from seventeenth-century shoguns to post-war planners - in transforming Japan's maritime infrastructure, its roads and waterways, and its adoption of rail and air transport. Using a multidisciplinary, comparative, and chronological approach, the book consults a range of technical, cultural, and political sources to tease out these interactions between society and technology. This spirited new contribution to transport studies will attract readers interested in institutional power, the history of transport, and the development of future infrastructure, as well as those with a general interest in Japan."--Publisher's website.
    Note: Available through Open Book Publishers. , Table of Contents -- Foreword -- 序文 -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction / John Andrew Black -- 2. Japanese Institutions and Organisations / John Andrew Black -- 3. Ports and Shipping / John Andrew Black -- 4. Canals, Rivers and Lakes / John Andrew Black -- 5. Roads / John Andrew Black -- 6. Railways / John Andrew Black -- 7. Civil Aviation and Airports / John Andrew Black -- 8. Urban Planning Institutions and the Integration of Land Use and Transport / John Andrew Black -- 9. Conclusions / John Andrew Black -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Index -- About the Cover -- About the Team. , Mode of access: World Wide Web.
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books. ; History.
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  • 8
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    Cambridge :Open Book Publishers,
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    almahu_9949089444702882
    Format: 1 online resource (264 pages) : , colour illustrations.
    ISBN: 9781800641846 , 9781800641853 , 9781800641860 , 9781800641877
    Content: "What does it mean to be media literate in today's world? How are we transformed by the many media infrastructures around us? We are immersed in a world mediated by information and communication technologies (ICTs). From hardware like smartphones, smartwatches, and home assistants to software like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat, our lives have become a complex, interconnected network of relations. Scholarship on media literacy has tended to focus on developing the skills to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media messages without considering or weighing the impact of the technological medium-how it enables and constrains both messages and media users. Additionally, there is often little attention paid to the broader context of interrelations which affect our engagement with media technologies. This book addresses these issues by providing a transdisciplinary method that allows for both practical and theoretical analyses of media investigations. Informed by postphenomenology, media ecology, philosophical posthumanism, and complexity theory the author proposes both a framework and a pragmatic instrument for understanding the multiplicity of relations that all contribute to how we affect-and are affected by-our relations with media technology. The author argues persuasively that the increased awareness provided by this posthuman approach affords us a greater chance for reclaiming some of our agency and provides a sound foundation upon which we can then judge our media relations. This book will be an indispensable tool for educators in media literacy and media studies, as well as academics in philosophy of technology, media and communication studies, and the post-humanities."--Publisher's website.
    Note: Available through Open Book Publishers. , Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: Problematizing our Relations with Media Technologies / Richard S. Lewis -- Part I. Situating the Interdisciplinary Concepts. 2. Situating Media Literacy Download Richard S. Lewis ; 3. Understanding the Medium Through the Technological Relation / Richard S. Lewis ; 4. The Posthuman: Situating the Subject in Human-Tech Relations / Richard S. Lewis -- Part II. Developing a Posthuman Approach: A Framework and Instrument 5. Developing the Intrasubjective Mediating Framework / Richard S. Lewis -- 6. Developing an Instrument to Leverage the Framework / Richard S. Lewis ; 7. Conclusion / Richard S. Lewis -- References -- List of Tables and Illustrations -- Index. , Mode of access: World Wide Web.
    Language: English
    Subjects: Engineering , Sociology
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  • 9
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    Cambridge :Open Book Publishers,
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    almahu_9948353416402882
    Format: 1 online resource (410 pages) : , 46 colour illustrations.
    ISBN: 9781783743650 , 9781783743667 , 9781783743674 , 9781783744879
    Content: "This collection of essays from world-renowned scholar Hans Walter Gabler contains writings from a decade and a half of retirement spent exploring textual criticism, genetic criticism, and literary criticism. In these sixteen stimulating contributions, he develops theories of textual criticism and editing that are inflected by our advance into the digital era; structurally analyses arts of composition in literature and music; and traces the cultural implications discernible in book design, and in the canonisation of works of literature and their authors. Distinctive and ambitious, these essays move beyond the concerns of the community of critics and scholars. Gabler responds innovatively to the issues involved and often endeavours to re-think their urgencies by bringing together the orthodox tenets of different schools of textual criticism. He moves between a variety of topics, ranging from fresh genetic approaches to the work of James Joyce and Virginia Woolf, to significant contributions to the theorisation of scholarly editing in the digital age. Written in Gabler's fluent style, these rich and elegant compositions are essential reading for literary and textual critics, scholarly editors, readers of James Joyce, New Modernism specialists, and all those interested in textual scholarship and digital editing under the umbrella of Digital Humanities."--Publisher's website.
    Note: Available through Open Book Publishers. , Foreword -- 1. The Rocky Road to Ulysses -- 2. 'He chronicled with patience': Early Joycean Progressions Between Non-Fiction and Fiction -- 3. James Joyce Interpreneur -- 4. Structures of Memory and Orientation: Steering a Course Through Wandering Rocks -- 5. Editing Text-Editing Work -- 6. Theorizing the Digital Scholarly Edition -- 7. Thoughts on Scholarly Editing -- 8. Beyond Author-Centricity in Scholarly Editing -- 9. Sourcing and Editing Shakespeare: The Bibliographical Fallacy -- 10. The Draft Manuscript as Material Foundation for Genetic Editing and Genetic Criticism -- 11. A Tale of Two Texts: Or, How One Might Edit Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse -- 12. Auto-Palimpsests: Virginia Woolf's Late Drafting of Her Early Life -- 13. From Memory to Fiction: An Essay in Genetic Criticism -- 14. Johann Sebastian Bach's Two-Choir Passion -- 15. Argument into Design: Editions as a Sub-Species of the Printed Book -- 16. Cultural versus Editorial Canonising:The Cases of Shakespeare, of Joyce -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- Index. , Mode of access: World Wide Web.
    Language: English
    Subjects: Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
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  • 10
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    Format: 1 online resource (290 pages) : , 10 colour illustrations.
    ISBN: 9781800642089 , 9781800642096 , 9781800642102 , 9781800642119
    Content: "This volume brings together a collection of seven articles previously published by the author, with a new introduction reframing the articles in the context of past and present questions in anthropology, psychology and human evolution. It promotes the perspective of 'integrated' social science, in which social science questions are addressed in a deliberately eclectic manner, combining results and models from evolutionary biology, experimental psychology, economics, anthropology and history. It thus constitutes a welcome contribution to a gradually emerging approach to social science based on E. O. Wilson's concept of 'consilience'. Human Cultures through the Scientific Lens spans a wide range of topics, from an examination of ritual behaviour, integrating neuro-science, ethology and anthropology to explain why humans engage in ritual actions (both cultural and individual), to the motivation of conflicts between groups. As such, the collection gives readers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the applications of an evolutionary paradigm in the social sciences. This volume will be a useful resource for scholars and students in the social sciences (particularly psychology, anthropology, evolutionary biology and the political sciences), as well as a general readership interested in the social sciences."--Publisher's website.
    Note: Available through Open Book Publishers. , The Naturalness of (Many) Social Institutions: Evolved Cognition as their Foundation / Pascal Boyer and Michael Bang Petersen -- Why Ritualized Behavior?: Precaution Systems and Action Parsing in Developmental, Pathological and Cultural Rituals / Pascal Boyer and Pierre Liénard -- Safety, Threat, and Stress in Intergroup Relations: A Coalitional Index Model / Pascal Boyer, Rengin Firat and Florian van Leeuwen -- Folk-Economic Beliefs: An Evolutionary Cognitive Model / Pascal Boyer and Michael Bang Petersen -- 1. Anthropology, Useful and Scientific: An Introduction / Pascal Boyer -- 2. Institutions and Human Nature / Pascal Boyer -- The Naturalness of (Many) Social Institutions: Evolved Cognition as their Foundation / Pascal Boyer and Michael Bang Petersen -- Why Ritualized Behavior? / Pascal Boyer -- Why Ritualized Behavior?: Precaution Systems and Action Parsing in Developmental, Pathological and Cultural Rituals / Pascal Boyer and Pierre Liénard -- 4. Social Groups and Adapted Minds / Pascal Boyer -- Safety, Threat, and Stress in Intergroup Relations: A Coalitional Index Model / Pascal Boyer, Rengin Firat and Florian van Leeuwen -- 5. How People Think about the Economy / Pascal Boyer -- Folk-Economic Beliefs: An Evolutionary Cognitive Model / Pascal Boyer and Michael Bang Petersen -- 6. Detecting Mental Disorder / Pascal Boyer -- Intuitive Expectations and the Detection of Mental Disorder: A Cognitive Background to Folk-Psychiatries / Pascal Boyer -- 7. The Ideal of Integrated Social Science / Pascal Boyer -- Modes of Scholarship in the Study of Culture / Pascal Boyer -- List of Tables and Illustrations. , Mode of access: World Wide Web.
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books. ; Electronic books.
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