Social Anthropology

Existe uma forma de leveza e de graça no simples fato de existir, que vai além das ocupações, dos sentimentos poderosos e dos engajamentos políticos. É sobre isso que este livro fala. Sobre esse pequeno plus que nos é dado a todos: O SAL DA VIDA. Nesta meditação, nesta espécie de poema em prosa em homenagem à vida, totalmente íntimo e sensorial, a renomada antropóloga Françoise Héritier vai atrás das pequenas coisas agradáveis (às vezes nem tanto) às quais aspira o mais profundo do nosso ser.

Das erste Sachhörbuch des Bestsellerautors: die Menschheitsgeschichte von Tastaturen über Hotdogs bis zur Schönheit des Sonnenuntergangs in der Review. John Green verbindet sein eigenes Leben mit den großen Fragen der Menschheit: Was hat ein Teddybär mit Macht und Ohnmacht zu tun oder das Googeln mit unserer Endlichkeit? Mit seinem Blick für Seltsames, Wichtiges und Überraschendes bewertet John Green die menschengemachte Gegenwart auf einer Skala von 1 bis 5. Das Anthropozän ist das aktuelle Erdzeitalter, in dem wir den Planeten grundlegend verändern.

Humans now live longer and better than ever before, and we are the most populous big animal on earth. Meanwhile, our closest living relatives, the now-endangered chimpanzees, continue to live as they have for millions of years. We are not like the other animals, yet we evolved through the same process. What are we, then? And now we have remade the world, what are we becoming? Setting out to answer this question, Gaia Vince tells a remarkable evolution story about us.

In this fascinating and vivid account, Peter M. Gardner takes us along with him on his anthropological field research trips. Usually, the author's family is there, too, either with him in the field or somewhere nearby. Family adventures are part of it all. Travel into the unknown can be terrifying yet stimulating, and Gardner describes his own adventures, sharing medical and travel emergencies, magical fights, natural dangers, playful friends, and satisfying scientific discoveries.

"Conquer the CLEP Social Sciences and History Exam" is a comprehensive study guide designed to help students prepare thoroughly for the CLEP exam. The guide covers a wide range of topics within the social sciences and history, including sociology, psychology, political science, economics, anthropology, geography, and both world and United States history. Each chapter delves deeply into these subjects, providing detailed explanations, real-life examples, and key concepts to enhance understanding. The guide begins with an introduction to the exam, offering valuable study strategies and tips ...

How functional medicine leverages systems biology and epigenetic science to treat the microbiome and reverse chronic disease. Each body is a system within a system—an ecology within the larger context of social, political, economic, cultural, and environmental factors. This is one of the lessons of epigenetics, whereby structural inequalities are literally encoded in our genes.

In We, Hominids, one of Holland’s greatest nonfiction writers hunts down answers to humanity’s most fundamental questions: who are we? What makes us different from animals? With an ancient skull as his starting point, he travels the globe, tracing the search for the first human being - the missing link between humans and apes.

Die grüne Wiege der Menschheit: Die faszinierende Geschichte der Menschen und des Dschungels. Das Schicksal der Menschheit ist schon immer mit dem der Tropenwälder verbunden. Der Anthropologe und Archäologe Patrick Roberts nimmt uns mit auf eine spannende Reise durch die Jahrmillionen. Er schildert, wie die Wälder entstanden und das Aussehen unseres Planeten entscheidend prägten. Erst durch sie fanden Amphibien den Weg an Land, entwickelten sich neue Pflanzen- und Tierarten - und schließlich der Mensch.

Humans have used cannabis for thousands of years, since Neolithic peoples sought out its medicinal benefits. But for the past century, its use has been largely criminalized. Stigma around cannabis has made it difficult for people of all ages to get straightforward answers about how to minimize health risks related to cannabis consumption or to understand how the plant has shaped and continues to shape society today. In Weed: Cannabis Culture in the Americas, culture writer Caitlin Donohue crafts a comprehensive and thought-provoking review of cannabis in the Western Hemisphere.

मूलनिवासी ही संकल्पना वसाहतवादी जगांत आक्रमक गोरे लोकांनी सोयीसाठी व

धर्मप्रसारासाठी मांडली. त्यांना नेटिव्हज् अदिवासी संबोधले. आर्य बाहेरुन आलेले आहेत आणि म्हणून

वांशिक, सांस्कृतिक दृष्ट्या भिन्न आहेत असे त्यांनी मांडले. वस्तुस्थिती वेगळी आहे ते आपले

समाजबांधवच आहेत. युनो, बाबासाहेब आंबेडकर आणि भारतीय धुरिणांचे संदर्भ देऊन या पुस्तिकेत

सांगितले आहे.

Der Code des Bösen. Es entlädt sich in spektakulären Verbrechen, abscheulichen Gräueltaten, Gewalt, Sadismus, Vergewaltigung, Schul-Amokläufen oder sogenannten "Familientragödien". Doch wie entsteht das Böse? Und: Existiert es in jedem von uns? Der Gerichtspsychiater Reinhard Haller hat sich auf die Suche nach den Wurzeln des Bösen begeben. Tausende Stunden saß er im Gefängnis Schwerstverbrechern gegenüber, nur mit Notizblock und Stift bewaffnet: Sexualmörder und Serienkiller, Terroristen, Räuber und Kinderschänder, alte NS-Verbrecher und junge Amokläufer.

Discover the fascinating details of life under the pharaohs—and their extraordinary legacy—in this comprehensive guide to Egypt's ancient civilization.

Race is one of the most elusive phenomena of social life. While we generally know it when we see it, it's not an easy concept to define. Social science literature has argued that race is a Western concept that emerged with the birth of modern imperialism, whether in the 16th century or the 18th century. This book points out that there is a disjuncture between the way race is conceptualized in the social sciences and in recent natural science literature. In the view of some proponents of natural-scientific perspectives, race has a biological - and not just a purely social-dimension.

With insight into the historical, cultural, political, legal, and economic processes that shape our use of animals as food, Fitzgerald provides a holistic picture and explicates the connections in the supply chain that are obscured in the current mode of food production. Bridging the distance in animal agriculture between production, processing, consumption, and their associated impacts, this analysis envisions ways of redressing the negative effects of the use of animals as food.

Die Archäologie ist ein faszinierendes Abenteuer, das uns die Türen zur Vergangenheit öffnet und die Geschichten längst vergangener Zivilisationen ans Licht bringt. Dieses Buch nimmt dich mit auf eine Reise, die weit über staubige Ausgrabungsstätten hinausgeht. Es zeigt dir, wie die Werkzeuge der Vergangenheit unsere Gegenwart formen und warum die Geschichte kein statisches Gebilde, sondern ein lebendiges Puzzle ist.

What is it that makes you distinct from me? Identity is a term much used but hard to define. For that very reason, it has long been a topic of fascination for philosophers but has been regarded with aversion by neuroscientists - until now. Susan Greenfield takes us on a journey in search of a biological interpretation of this most elusive of concepts, guiding us through the social and psychiatric perspectives and ultimately to the heart of the physical brain.

Can’t Tell Me Nothing is a critical anthology that helps us to talk about things that hurt when it comes to Black hair; what makes us uncomfortable and squeamish with pain as we recall our personal history with hair care from the kitchen to the salon. Sixteen brave Black women have poured out their souls in this book. They share about their unspoken pains and hair traumas; the things we don’t like to talk about when it comes to Black hair, but they impact us just the same. My hope is that this anthology will serve as a guide, helping Black women to become comfortable in their truths ...

La femme est-elle l'avenir de l'homme ? Au présent, elle a du mal à se faire entendre sans élever la voix... Qu'en était-il dans le passé ? Paléoanthropologue, Pascal Picq enquête ici sur la femme des origines. Dans ce livre audio, il ne se contente pas de présenter ce que l'on sait des rapports entre hommes et femmes dans les premières sociétés humaines, il entend placer l'histoire et la préhistoire humaines dans la perspective de l'évolution.

A clash between cultures has happened many times throughout history. Events from 1979 to this point is leading the Western and Muslim cultures into a crusade with no present way out. The reason for all this fighting for the past 37 years has no simple answer and history has a way of always repeating itself.

From the family to the workplace to the marketplace, every facet of our lives is shaped by cooperative interactions. Yet everywhere we look, we are confronted by proof of how difficult cooperation can be - snarled traffic, polarized politics, overexploited resources, social problems that go ignored. The benefits to oneself of a free ride on the efforts of others mean that collective goals often are not met. But compared to most other species, people actually cooperate a great deal. Why is this?