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Explains how and why Margaret Mead became the best-known anthropologist and female public intellectual in twentieth-century America. Using photographs, films, television appearances, and materials from newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals, this title explores the ways in which Mead became an American cultural heroine.

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Addresses the mythical figure of Europe that is often taken to be the original site of modernity in many histories of capitalist transition in non-Western countries. This book proposes that every case of transition to capitalism is a case of translation as well and categories into the categories and self-understandings of capitalist modernity.

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Regarded as one of the great Aboriginal leaders of the modern era, Rob Riley was at the centre of debates that have polarised views on race relations in Australia. Drawing on perspectives from politics and psychology, this title explores Rob's life as a moral protester and the challenges he confronted in trying to change the destiny of a nation.

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Explores four meanings of the Tagai myth in the life of the Islanders since the mid-nineteenth century. This title examines the social issues involved in the historic Mabo case and to give a picture of the fabric of life of the Mariam people of the Murray Islands, a subgroup of the Torres Strait Islanders.

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This is a powerful cross-disciplinary approach to the topic of the power of knowledge and the resonance of tradition as they relate to indigenous studies. This collection covers diverse topics such as art practice, pastoralism, sea laws, native title, culture, change and tradition.

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Integrating modern science with traditional wisdom, The Web of Meaning investigates humanity's age-old questionsWho am I Why am I How should I livefrom a fresh perspective, laying down the foundation for a new worldview of interconnectedness that could foster sustainable flourishing on a thriving Earth.

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Argues that violent confrontation goes against human physiological hardwiring. This book challenges standard views about the root causes of violence and offers solutions for confronting it in the future. It guides readers into the disturbing world of human discord - from domestic abuse and schoolyard bullying to muggings, and armed conflicts.

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Using the new theoretical cultural critique of 'whiteness' as an object of research, Whitening Race engages with relations between migration, Indigenous dispossession and whiteness in Australia. It creates a new intellectual space that investigates the nature of racialised conditions and their role in reproducing colonising relations in Australia.

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Surveying humanity's impact on the planet, with contributions from Donna Haraway, Bill McKibben, Greta Thunberg, Bruno Latour, Alice Waters and others

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Exposes the damage the culture wars have brought and how we've bred a generation of under-educated Australians. Renowned education expert Donnelly gets to the heart of the problem, debunking the current culture of narcissism and demonstrating the perils of non-competitive assessment and the current anti-academic approach to the curriculum.

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"First published in Great Britain in 2017 as Think like an anthropologist by the Penguin Group"--Copyright page.

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A provocative study of the 'non-space' which defines our age's love for excess of information and space

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In what many consider to be his masterwork, Evola contrasts the characteristics of the modern world with those of traditional societies, from politics and institutions to views on life and death.

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A chance encounter irrevocably links a university student to an older man he simply calls Sensei ('Teacher'). Intrigued by Sensei's aloofness, the student visits him with increasing frequency, and Sensei and his beautiful wife eventually open their home and lives to him. The student graduates and is called home to care for his dying father, but Sen

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Widely acknowledged as one of the definitive texts on art theory, The Gift brilliantly argues for the importance of creativity in our increasingly money-driven society, reaching deep into literature, anthropology and psychology.