As one of their great figures, the Dogon of Mali honor Abire, a singer and prophet from the nineteenth century who composed the principal mourning songs. This book examines how these prophecies and songs form a poignant expression of ethnic Dogon philosophy.
This is the first book-length work to focus on the philosophical and anthropological contribution of Mabogo More, a prominent and influential black South African existentialist thinker.
This book propels Sudanese intellectuals into the global intellectual milieu and argues for their place in world intellectual history. The book explores the history and evolution of Sudanese thought, knowledge production, and cultural capital from the fifth century to the twenty-first century.
Belfast Imaginary depicts the work of artists and policy makers as they imagine and perform a new urban identity for Belfast in the liminal time between the Good Friday Agreement and Brexit.
Big-Time Women's College Basketball and the Future of College Sports
Buying In: Big-Time Women's College Basketball and the Future of College Sports juxtaposes the rise of women's college sports with the historical transformations that set the stage for contemporary big-time college sports. Aaron Miller draws on positive psychology to create a new framework he calls "positive anthropology." He uses this lens to ......
An Anthropological Inquiry into Confucianism provides a new lens to revisit Confucianism. Drawing upon anthropological theories, perspectives, and empirical studies, Guo Wu argues that Confucianism is distinctive and valuable in its balancing of the three titular ideas: emotion, ritual, and rational principle in theory and in real-life.
OEzlem OEgut Yazicioglu's Shamanism in the Contemporary Novel examines how shamanism is used as a significant trope in a selection of novels. Yazicioglu contends that the shamanic figures and societies featured in these works have been subjected to marginalization, dislocation, and dispossession through imperialist, colonialist, and capitalist ......
Big-Time Women's College Basketball and the Future of College Sports
Buying In: Big-Time Women's College Basketball and the Future of College Sports juxtaposes the rise of women's college sports with the historical transformations that set the stage for contemporary big-time college sports. Aaron Miller draws on positive psychology to create a new framework he calls "positive anthropology." He uses this lens to ......
Methodology of a Holistic Research Approach of Humans, Animals, Nature,
This book extends the ethnographic approach to animals and animate and inanimate natures. The focus is on developing a method suitable for holistic and interdisciplinary research, and to fulfill this goal, elements of Human-Animal Studies and NaturesCultures are combined and Indigenous approaches are incorporated.
