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  • The Mexican Transition

    Politics, Culture and Democracy in the Twenty-first Century

    by Roger Bartra ...
    Series series Iberian and Latin American Studies
    This book is a collection of essays on the Mexican transition to democracy that offers reflections on different aspects of civic culture, the political process, electoral struggles, and critical junctures. They were written at different points in time and even though they have been corrected and adapted, they have kept the tension and fervour with which they were originally created. They provide ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Shamans and Robots

    On Ritual, the Placebo Effect, and Artificial Consciousness

    by Roger Bartra ...
    Translated by Gusti Gould ...
    Series series Univocal
    A profound exploration of the external influences that shape human consciousness, from healing rituals to digital devicesIn this voyage through thousands of years of psychosomatic healing, distinguished anthropologist and sociologist Roger Bartra examines the placebo effect as a key to our understanding of human consciousness. Shamans and Robots demonstrates how biology and technology become ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Myth of the Werewolf

    by Roger Bartra ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This is a historical and anthropological study of the myth of the werewolf aimed at reflecting on the metamorphoses of evil and understanding the long evolution of a mythical structure. Legends and folklore allow us to explore the brutal bestiality of a figure loaded with sexuality, eroticism, and desire. From ancient times to the present day, the tragic narrative universe of a strange and ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

  • Anthropology of the Brain

    Consciousness, Culture, and Free Will

    by Roger Bartra ...
    In this unique exploration of the mysteries of the human brain, Roger Bartra shows that consciousness is a phenomenon that occurs not only in the mind but also in an external network, a symbolic system. He argues that the symbolic systems created by humans in art, language, in cooking or in dress, are the key to understanding human consciousness. Placing culture at the centre of his analysis, ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Blood, Ink, and Culture

    Miseries and Splendors of the Post-Mexican Condition

    by Roger Bartra ...
    Translated by Mark A. Healey ...
    Pens and swords, words and blows: for Roger Bartra, the culture of ink and the culture of blood offer two contrasting approaches to the political transformations of our time. In this compilation of essays, Bartra thinks through these transformations by tracing the complex interplay between popular culture, nationalist ideology, civil society, and the state in contemporary Mexico.Written with verve ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Angels in Mourning

    Sublime Madness, Ennui and Melancholy in Modern Thought

    by Roger Bartra ...
    Sublime madness and ennui: melancholy is a condition of imbalance, chaotic and desolate, and a keystone of modern Western thought. In Angels in Mourning, Roger Bartra explores how three lucid European thinkers – Immanuel Kant, Max Weber and Walter Benjamin – addressed the irrational and the dolorous, drawing attention to some apparently marginal aspects of their work in order to illuminate the way ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

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    Shamans and Robots

    On Ritual, the Placebo Effect, and Artificial Consciousness

    by Roger Bartra ...
    Narrated by Asa Siegel ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 22 min

    This book is a profound exploration of the external influences that shape human consciousness, from healing rituals to digital devices. In this voyage through thousands of years of psychosomatic healing, distinguished anthropologist and sociologist Roger Bartra examines the placebo effect as a key to our understanding of human consciousness. Shamans and Robots demonstrates how biology and ... Read more

    $15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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  • A World Appears

    A Journey into Consciousness

    by Michael Pollan ...
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  • Harry Potter and History

    by Nancy Reagin ...
    Series Book 3 - Wiley Pop Culture and History Series
    A guide to the history behind the world of Harry Potter--just in time for the last Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part II)Harry Potter lives in a world that is both magical and historical. Hogwarts pupils ride an old-fashioned steam train to school, notes are taken on parchment with quill pens, and Muggle legends come to life in the form of werewolves, witches, and ... Read more

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  • Being You

    A New Science of Consciousness

    by Anil Seth ...
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  • How to Live

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