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The End of Modern Medicine: Biomedical Science under a Microscope - Laurence Foss - Google Books
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The End of Modern Medicine chronicles the work of a small, influential band of medical theorists and clinicians who over the past decade have sought to redress the physical fundamentalism of the biomedical model that shaped their professional training.…
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A Mongolian Living Buddha: Biography of the Kanjurwa Khutughtu - Paul Hyer, Sechin Jagchid - Google Books
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The Khutughtus were highly ranked in the Lama Buddhist hierarchy. Considered equal to or higher than secular princes, they wielded great influence in both ecclesiastical and secular life in Inner Mongolia until the end of World War II. The career of the…
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Precarious Liberation: Workers, the State, and Contested Social Citizenship ... - Franco Barchiesi - Google Books
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Millions of black South African workers struggled against apartheid to redeem employment and production from a history of abuse, insecurity, and racial despotism. Almost two decades later, however, the prospects of a dignified life of wage-earning work…
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Body of Text: The Emergence of the Sunni Law of Ritual Purity - Marion Holmes Katz - Google Books
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Ritual purity is one of the least understood aspects of Islamic law and practice, yet it enjoys a prominent place in traditional legal texts and permeates the daily life of ordinary believers. Body of Text examines the emergence and crystallization of the…
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Myth From the Ice Age to Mickey Mouse: Community Service, Service-Learning ... - Robert W. Brockway - Google Books
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Brockway exposes Western mythic thought from Paleolithic times to the present. Myth and mythic thinking did not cease with the rise of science and philosophy during the Enlightenment, but continue to flourish in modern times. The author shows how mythic…
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Kurdish Notables and the Ottoman State: Evolving Identities, Competing ... - Hakan Ozoglu, Hakan Özo?lu - Google Books
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Kurdish nationalism remains one of the most critical and explosive problems of the Middle East. Despite its importance, the topic remains on the margins of Middle East Studies. Bringing the study of Kurdish nationalism into the mainstream of Middle East…
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Sparks Will Fly: Benjamin and Heidegger - Google Books
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Collected essays consider points of affinity and friction between Walter Benjamin and Martin Heidegger.Despite being contemporaries, Walter Benjamin and Martin Heidegger never directly engaged with one another. Yet, Hannah Arendt, who knew both men,…
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Feminism, Bakhtin, and the Dialogic - Google Books
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Feminism, Bakhtin, and the Dialogic assembles thirteen essays on the intersection of Bakhtin's narrative theory, especially his concept of dialogism. The book explores the dimensions of using Bakhtin for a feminist analysis and discerns the connections…
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German Feminism: Readings in Politics and Literature - Google Books
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Rich, diverse, and complex, this anthology presents the new prose fiction of women from both Germanys and Austria and the working papers of the German women s movement since the late 1960s. The alternation of an inner and outer focus in these selections…
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Conspiracy Panics: Political Rationality and Popular Culture - Jack Z. Bratich - Google Books
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While most other works focus on conspiracy theories, this book examines conspiracy panics, or the anxiety over the phenomenon of conspiracy theories. Jack Z. Bratich argues that conspiracy theories are portals into the major social issues defining U.S. and…