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“dimitrina spencer”

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  • Emotions in the Field

    The Psychology and Anthropology of Fieldwork Experience

    Edited by James Davies, Dimitrina Spencer ...
    As emotion is often linked with irrationality, it's no surprise researchers tend to underreport the emotions they experience in the field. However, denying emotion altogether doesn't necessarily lead to better research. Methods cannot function independently from the personalities wielding them, and it's time we questioned the tendency to underplay the scientific, personal, and political ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

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  • Religion Explained

    by Pascal Boyer ...
    Why are there religious beliefs in all cultures? Do they have features in common and why does religion persist in the face of science? Pascal Boyer shows how experimental findings in cognitive science, evolutionary biology and cultural anthropology are now providing precise answers to these general questions, and providing, for the first time, real answers to the question: Why do we believe? ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • The Geography of Morals

    Varieties of Moral Possibility

    by Owen Flanagan ...
    The Geography of Morals is a work of extraordinary ambition: an indictment of the parochialism of Western philosophy, a comprehensive dialogue between anthropology, empirical moral psychology, behavioral economics, and cross-cultural philosophy, and a deep exploration of the opportunities for self, social, and political improvement provided by world philosophy. We live in multicultural, ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD

  • Sociolinguistics

    The Study of Speakers' Choices

    by Florian Coulmas ...
    Why do we speak the way we do? What are the social factors that influence our choices of expression? This best-selling introduction to the study of language and society encourages students to think about these fundamental questions, asking how and why we select from the vast range of different words, accents, varieties and languages available to us. In this new and updated edition, students are ... Read more

    $55.99 CAD

  • Living Language

    An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology

    by Laura M. Ahearn ...
    Series Book 7 - Primers in Anthropology
    Accessible and clearly written, Living Language: An Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology introduces readers to the study of language in real-life social contexts around the world through the contemporary theory and practice of linguistic anthropology.A highly accessible introduction to the study of language in real-life social contexts around the worldCombines classic studies on language and ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Religious Experience Reconsidered

    A Building-Block Approach to the Study of Religion and Other Special Things

    by Ann Taves ...
    How the sciences of the mind can advance the study of religionThe essence of religion was once widely thought to be a unique form of experience that could not be explained in neurological, psychological, or sociological terms. In recent decades scholars have questioned the privileging of the idea of religious experience in the study of religion, an approach that effectively isolated the study of ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • Philosophy and the Study of Religions

    A Manifesto

    by Kevin Schilbrack ...
    Series series Wiley-Blackwell Manifestos
    Philosophy and the Study of Religions: A Manifesto advocates a radical transformation of the discipline from its current, narrow focus on questions of God, to a fully global form of critical reflection on religions in all their variety and dimensions.Opens the discipline of philosophy of religion to the religious diversity that characterizes the world todayBuilds bridges between philosophy of ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • Religion

    What It Is, How It Works, and Why It Matters

    by Christian Smith ...
    A groundbreaking new theory of religionReligion remains an important influence in the world today, yet the social sciences are still not adequately equipped to understand and explain it. This book builds on recent developments in science, theory, and philosophy to advance an innovative theory of religion that goes beyond the problematic theoretical paradigms of the past.Drawing on the philosophy ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • Translating Happiness

    A Cross-Cultural Lexicon of Well-Being

    by Tim Lomas ...
    How embracing untranslatable terms for well-being—from the Finnish sisu to the Yiddish mensch—can enrich our emotional understanding and experience.Western psychology is rooted in the philosophies and epistemologies of Western culture. But what of concepts and insights from outside this frame of reference? Certain terms not easily translatable into English—for example, nirvāṇa (from Sanskrit), or ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • The Importance of Religion

    Meaning and Action in our Strange World

    by Gavin Flood ...
    The Importance of Religion reveals the significance of religion in modern times, showing how it provides people with meaning to their lives and helps guide them in their everyday moral choicesProvides readers with a new understanding of religion, demonstrating how in its actions, texts and world views religion is enduring and vividly engages with the mystery of the worldOffers striking arguments ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • The Global Intercultural Communication Reader

    Edited by Molefi Kete Asante, Yoshitaka Miike, Jing Yin ...
    The Global Intercultural Communication Reader is the first anthology to take a distinctly non-Eurocentric approach to the study of culture and communication. In this expanded second edition, editors Molefi Kete Asante, Yoshitaka Miike, and Jing Yin bring together thirty-two essential readings for students of cross-cultural, intercultural, and international communication. This stand-out collection ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • The Subject of Virtue

    An Anthropology of Ethics and Freedom

    by James Laidlaw ...
    Series series New Departures in Anthropology
    The anthropology of ethics has become an important and fast-growing field in recent years. This book argues that it represents not just a new subfield within anthropology but a conceptual renewal of the discipline as a whole, enabling it to take account of a major dimension of human conduct which social theory has so far failed adequately to address. An ideal introduction for students and ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD