Wie der Alte Orient dem Westen die Zukunft weist.Unsere heutige Welt hat ihren Ursprung im Alten Orient und in Ägypten. David Wengrow zeigt anschaulich, wie die Zukunft des Westens untrennbar mit der ungeheuren Dynamik der alten Zivilisationen verbu...Loe edasi...
Why read non-fiction? Is it just to find things out? Or is it for pleasure, challenge, adventure, meaning? Here, in seventy new pieces, some of the most original writers and thinkers of our time give their answers.From Hilton Als on reading as writin...Loe edasi...
Faszinierend, provozierend, bahnbrechend. Ein Buch, das in den kommenden Jahren für Diskussionen sorgen wird.  Rutger Bregman, Autor von »Utopien für Realisten«Ein großes Buch von gewaltiger intellektueller Bandbreite, neugierig, visionär,...Loe edasi...
"e;An all-encompassing treatise on modern civilization, offering bold revisions to canonical understandings in sociology, anthropology, archaeology and political philosophy that led to where we are today."e; - The New York Times A dramatical...Loe edasi...
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND SUNDAY TIMES, OBSERVER AND BBC HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEARFINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2022Pacey and potentially revolutionary Sunday Times Iconoclastic and irreverent ... an exhilarating read...Loe edasi...
Brought to you by Penguin.For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike - either free and equal, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told, could be achieved only by sacrificing those original freedoms or, a...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Jun-2016, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Left Coast Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9781315430881)
Commodity branding did not emerge with contemporary global capitalism. In fact, the authors of this volume show that the cultural history of branding stretches back to the beginnings of urban life in the ancient Near East and Egypt, and can be found...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Jun-2016, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Left Coast Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9781315430874)
Commodity branding did not emerge with contemporary global capitalism. In fact, the authors of this volume show that the cultural history of branding stretches back to the beginnings of urban life in the ancient Near East and Egypt, and can be found...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 24-Nov-2013, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9781400848867)
It has often been claimed that "e;monsters"e;--supernatural creatures with bodies composed from multiple species--play a significant part in the thought and imagery of all people from all times. The Origins of Monsters advances an alternative...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 24-Nov-2013, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9781400848867)
It has often been claimed that "e;monsters"e;--supernatural creatures with bodies composed from multiple species--play a significant part in the thought and imagery of all people from all times. The Origins of Monsters advances an alternative...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 22-Jul-2010, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780191613494)
The targeted destruction of ancient sites and monuments in the Middle East provokes widespread outrage in the West. But what is our connection to the ancient Near East? In this updated edition of What Makes Civilization? archaeologist David Wengrow i...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 22-Jul-2010, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780191585036)
The targeted destruction of ancient sites and monuments in the Middle East provokes widespread outrage in the West. But what is our connection to the ancient Near East? In this updated edition of What Makes Civilization? archaeologist David Wengrow i...Loe edasi...
