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1. |  | Title: Hegel's ethics of recognitionAuthor: Williams, Robert R 1939- Published: University of California Press, 1998 Subjects: Philosophy | EthicsPublisher's Description: In this significant contribution to Hegel scholarship, Robert Williams develops the most comprehensive account to date of Hegel's concept of recognition ( Anerkennung ). Fichte introduced the concept of recognition as a presupposition of both Rousseau's social contract and Kant's ethics. Williams sh . . . [more]Similar Items | 2. |  | Title: The unity of the common law: studies in Hegelian jurisprudence Author: Brudner, Alan Published: University of California Press, 1995 Subjects: Philosophy | Law | Social and Political Thought | Political TheoryPublisher's Description: Countering the influential view of Critical Legal Studies that law is an incoherent mixture of conflicting political ideologies, this book forges a new paradigm for understanding the common law as being unified and systematic. Alan Brudner applies Hegel's legal and moral philosophy to fashion a comp . . . [more]Similar Items | 3. |  | Title: The vestal and the fasces: Hegel, Lacan, property, and the feminine Author: Schroeder, Jeanne Lorraine Published: University of California Press, 1998 Subjects: Law | Philosophy | Gender StudiesPublisher's Description: In this feminist exploration of the erotics of the marketplace, Hegel's notion of property and Lacan's idea of the phallus serve parallel functions in creating the subjectivity necessary for self-actualization. Subjectivity requires intersubjective relationships mediated through a regime of possessi . . . [more]Similar Items | 4. |  | Title: The possessed and the dispossessed: spirits, identity, and power in a Madagascar migrant town Author: Sharp, Lesley Alexandra Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: Anthropology | African Studies | Medical Anthropology | Women's Studies | Indigenous ReligionsPublisher's Description: This finely drawn portrait of a complex, polycultural urban community in Madagascar emphasizes the role of spirit medium healers, a group heretofore seen as having little power. These women, Leslie Sharp argues, are far from powerless among the peasants and migrant laborers who work the land in this . . . [more]Similar Items | 5. |  | Title: Deeply into the bone: re-inventing rites of passageAuthor: Grimes, Ronald L 1943- Published: University of California Press, 2000 Subjects: Religion | Anthropology | Social SciencePublisher's Description: Over the past two decades, North Americans have become increasingly interested in understanding and reclaiming the rites that mark significant life passages. In the absence of meaningful rites of passage, we speed through the dangerous intersections of life and often come to regret missing an opport . . . [more]Similar Items | 6. |  | Title: Jewish passages: cycles of Jewish lifeAuthor: Goldberg, Harvey E Published: University of California Press, 2003 Subjects: Jewish Studies | Middle Eastern Studies | AnthropologyPublisher's Description: American or Middle Eastern, Ashkenazi or Sephardi, insular or immersed in modern life - however diverse their situations or circumstances, Jews draw on common traditions and texts when they mark life's momentous events and rites of passage. The interplay of past and present, of individual practice a . . . [more]Similar Items | 7. |  | Title: Spirit wars: Native North American religions in the age of nation buildingAuthor: Niezen, Ronald Published: University of California Press, 2000 Subjects: Religion | Cultural Anthropology | Native American Studies | Religion | American Studies | AnthropologyPublisher's Description: Spirit Wars is an exploration of the ways in which the destruction of spiritual practices and beliefs of native peoples in North America has led to conditions of collective suffering--a process sometimes referred to as cultural genocide. Ronald Niezen approaches this topic through wide-ranging case . . . [more]Similar Items | 8. |  | Title: In quest of spirit: thoughts on musicAuthor: Harvey, Jonathan 1939- Published: University of California Press, 1999 Subjects: Music | Composers | Contemporary Music | ReligionPublisher's Description: The interests of the British composer Jonathan Harvey are wide and varied, embracing Christianity, Buddhism, eastern and western philosophy, aesthetics, science, and mysticism. All affect his musical thinking and are a part of this unusual and personal book, which is accompanied by a compact disc fe . . . [more]Similar Items | 9. |  | | 10. |  | Title: True gardens of the gods: Californian-Australian environmental reform, 1860-1930Author: Tyrrell, Ian R Published: University of California Press, 1999 Subjects: History | California and the West | Environmental StudiesPublisher's Description: One of the most critical environmental challenges facing both Californians and Australians in the 1860s involved the aftermath of the gold rushes. Settlers on both continents faced the disruptive impacts of mining, grazing, and agriculture; in response to these challenges, environmental reformers at . . . [more]Similar Items | 11. |  | | 12. |  | Title: Christian souls and Chinese spirits: a Hakka community in Hong Kong Author: Constable, Nicole Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: Anthropology | Cultural Anthropology | Christianity | ChinaPublisher's Description: How do the people of a village that is both Chinese and Christian reconcile the contradictions between their religious and ethnic identities? This ethnographic study explores the construction and changing meanings of ethnic identity in Hong Kong. Established at the turn of the century by Hakka Chris . . . [more]Similar Items | 13. |  | Title: Himalayan voices: an introduction to modern Nepali literature Author: Hutt, Michael Published: University of California Press, 1991 Subjects: Literature | Literature in Translation | South AsiaPublisher's Description: While the natural splendor of Nepal has been celebrated in many books, very little of the substantial body of Nepali literature has appeared in English translation. Himalayan Voices provides admirers of Nepal and lovers of literature with their first glimpse of the vibrant literary scene in Nepal to . . . [more]Similar Items | 14. |  | Title: Tropical forests and the human spirit: journeys to the brink of hopeAuthor: Stone, Roger D Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: EcologyEvolutionEnvironment | Ecology | Conservation | AnthropologyPublisher's Description: Tropical forests are vanishing at an alarming rate. This book, based on extensive international field research, highlights one solution for preserving this precious resource: empowering local people who depend on the forest for survival. Synthesizing a vast amount of information that has never been . . . [more]Similar Items | 15. |  | Title: The spirit of freedom: South African leaders on religion and politics Author: Villa-Vicencio, Charles Published: University of California Press, 1996 Subjects: Religion | Politics | African StudiesPublisher's Description: This collection of interviews explores the role of religion in the lives of eminent South Africans who led the struggle against apartheid. Nelson Mandela, Chris Hani, Desmond Tutu, Nadine Gordimer, and seventeen other political, religious, and cultural leaders share the beliefs and values that infor . . . [more]Similar Items | 16. |  | Title: Pivot of the universe: Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar and the Iranian Monarchy, 1831-1896Author: Amanat, Abbas Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: History | Middle Eastern History | Middle Eastern Studies | Autobiographies and BiographiesPublisher's Description: When he was assassinated in 1896, Nasir al-Din Shah had occupied the Peacock throne for nearly half a century. A colorful, complex figure, he is frequently portrayed as indolent and indulgent. Yet he was in many ways an effective ruler who displayed remarkable resilience in the face of dilemmas and . . . [more]Similar Items | 17. |  | Title: Toward a new poetics: contemporary writing in France: interviews, with an introduction and translated texts Author: Gavronsky, Serge Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: Literature | Poetry | European Literature | Literary Theory and Criticism | Writing | French StudiesPublisher's Description: A quiet revolution is taking place in avant-garde French poetry and prose. In this collection of twelve interviews with some of France's most important poets and writers, Serge Gavronsky introduces American readers to these exciting new developments.As Gavronsky explains, a neolyricism is now replac . . . [more]Similar Items | 18. |  | Title: Becoming Chinese: passages to modernity and beyond Author: Yeh, Wen-Hsin Published: University of California Press, 2000 Subjects: History | China | Asian Literature | Asian HistoryPublisher's Description: This volume evaluates the dual roles of war and modernity in the transformation of twentieth-century Chinese identity. The contributors, all leading researchers, argue that war, no less than revolution, deserves attention as a major force in the making of twentieth-century Chinese history. Further, . . . [more]Similar Items | 19. |  | Title: Birth as an American rite of passageAuthor: Davis-Floyd, Robbie Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: Anthropology | Medical Anthropology | Women's Studies | Cultural Anthropology | Medicine | Gender StudiesPublisher's Description: Why do so many American women allow themselves to become enmeshed in the standardized routines of technocratic childbirth - routines that can be insensitive, unnecessary, and even unhealthy? And why, in spite of the natural childbirth movement, has hospital birth become even more intensely technolog . . . [more]Similar Items | 20. |  | Title: From the soil, the foundations of Chinese society: a translation of Fei Xiaotong's Xiangtu Zhongguo ; with an introduction and epilogue by Gary G. Hamilton and Wang ZhengAuthor: Fei, Xiaotong Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: Sociology | China | Asian HistoryPublisher's Description: This classic text by Fei Xiaotong, China's finest social scientist, was first published in 1947 and is Fei's chief theoretical statement about the distinctive characteristics of Chinese society. Written in Chinese from a Chinese point of view for a Chinese audience, From the Soil describes the contr . . . [more]Similar Items |
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