18 books like Horizons of Anthropology

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Civilization Edward Carpenter · 1889 · 175p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Preface to complete edition.--Civilisation: its cause and cure.--Modern science: a criticism.--The science of the future: a forecast.--Defence of criminals: a criticism of morality.--Exfoliation: Lamarck versus Darwin.--Custom.--A rational and humane science.--The new morality.--Appendix--being notes on some of the characteristics and customs of pre-civilised peoples. Shares Cultural Policy, Cultural, Public Policy, Anthropology

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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism Shoshana Zuboff · 2018 · ★ 4.1 · 704p · ≈ 23h · Moderate "Shoshana Zuboff, named "the true prophet of the information age" by the Financial Times, has always been ahead of her time. Her seminal book In the Age of the Smart Machine foresaw the consequences of a then-unfolding era of computer technology. Now, three decades later she asks why the once-celebrated miracle of digital is turning into a nightmare. Zuboff tackles the social, political,… Shares Cultural Policy, Cultural, Public Policy, Anthropology

Authority and the Individual Bertrand Russell · 1949 · ★ 3.9 · 101p · ≈ 3h · Moderate From Ancient Greek philosophy to the French Revolution to the modern welfare state, in Authority & the Individual Bertrand Russell tackles the perennial questions about the balance between authority & human freedom. With characteristic clarity & deep understanding, he explores the formation & purpose of society, education, moral evolution & social, economical & intellectual progress. First of the… Shares Cultural Policy, Cultural, Public Policy, Anthropology

Artificial knowing Alison Adam · 1997 · 216p · ≈ 7h · Moderate "In Artificial Knowing, Alison Adam boldly challenges the Artificial Intelligence (AI) view of the world which prescribes the masculine as the norm and excludes other knowers and knowledge, specifically women. Adam fills a large gap in science and technology studies by showing us how gender is inscribed in AI-based computer systems." "By locating feminist theory in relation to science and… Shares Cultural Policy, Public Policy, Anthropology, Political science

Illustrations of universal progress Herbert Spencer · 1864 · 451p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Shares Political science, Essays with this book.

Hovels to Highrise Anne Power · 1993 · 464p · ≈ 15h · Moderate This takes the historical, political and social changes relating to housing in five European countries, and considers the housing history and traditions which have lead to growing tensions within their most disadvantaged communities. Shares Social Science, Political science

And Even Now Sir Max Beerbohm · 1920 · 150p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares Essays with this book.

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Hausblätter F. W. Hackländer · 1855 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Challenging Shares Essays with this book.

The thread of gold Arthur Christopher Benson · 1905 · 271p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares Essays with this book.

Revolutionist's Handbook and Pocket Companion George Bernard Shaw · 1900 · 58p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Shares Essays with this book.

Escape, and other essays Arthur Christopher Benson · 1915 · ★ 5.0 · 302p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares Essays with this book.

Yet again Sir Max Beerbohm · 1909 · 86p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Shares Essays with this book.

Psychology and the human dilemma Rollo May · 1967 · 221p · ≈ 7h · Moderate The development of an existential psychology in America is in good part the work of Rollo May. He helped bring existentialism to psychology some fifteen years ago, and since then his impact has increased each year. As he says here, he isn't an existentialist in a cultist sense. In American psychology, the existential approach is part of a wider trend which includes many views" (Eugene T. Gendlin,… Shares Addresses, Essays

Social Sciences Kath Woodward · 2003 · 210p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Shares Social Science, Political science, Essays with this book.

Science and the human temperament Erwin Schrödinger · 1935 · 223p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Shares Addresses, Essays with this book.

The Dogma of Christ Erich Fromm · 1963 · ★ 4.0 · 212p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Shares Humanities textbooks, Addresses, Essays with this book.

The flamingo's smile Stephen Jay Gould · 1985 · ★ 4.2 · 476p · ≈ 15h · Moderate "THE FLAMINGO'S SMILE is about history," writes the author in this volume of essays, "...and about what it means to say that life is the product of a contingent past, not the inevitable and predictable result of simple, timeless laws of nature. Quirkiness and meaning are my two not-so-contradictory themes." Flamingos that feed upside down; flowers and snails that change from male to female;… Shares Aufsatzsammlung, Addresses, Essays

Argonauts of the western Pacific Bronisław Malinowski · 1922 · ★ 3.8 · 626p · ≈ 20h · Challenging "Bronislaw Malinowski's pathbreaking Argonauts of the Western Pacific is at once a detailed account of exchange in the Melanesian islands and a manifesto of a modernist anthropology. Malinowski argued that the goal of which the ethnographer should never lose sight is 'to grasp the native's point of view, his relation to life, to realise his vision of his world.' Through vivid evocations of Kula… Shares Ethnologie, Anthropology

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