The African Origin of Civilization
Author | : Cheikh Anta Diop |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Africans |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Cheikh Anta Diop |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Africans |
ISBN | : |
Author | : James Henry Breasted |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 142 |
Release | : 1919 |
Genre | : Civilization |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Sir John Lubbock |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 470 |
Release | : 1871 |
Genre | : Anthropology |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Sir Grafton Elliot Smith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1923 |
Genre | : Egypt |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Phillip Campbell |
Publisher | : TAN Books |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2016-03-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1505105684 |
Author | : Sue Blundell |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 2016-02-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317751108 |
It has been much disputed to what extent thinkers in Greek and Roman antiquity adhered to ideas of evolution and progress in human affairs. Did they lack any conception of process in time, or did they anticipate Darwinian and Lamarckian hypotheses? The Origins of Civilization in Greek and Roman Thought, first published in1986, comprehensively examines this issue. Beginning with creation myths – Mother Earth and Pandora, the anti-progressive ideas of the Golden Age, and the cyclical theories of Orphism – Professor Blundell goes on to explore the origins of scientific speculation among the Pre-Socratics, its development into the teleological science of Aristotle, and the advent of the progressivist views of the Stoics. Attention is also given to the ‘primitivist’ debate, involving ideas about the noble savage and reflections of such speculation in poetry, and finally the relationship between nature and culture in ancient thought is investigated.
Author | : John M. Hobson |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 2004-06-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521547246 |
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Author | : Jacques Gernet |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 836 |
Release | : 1996-05-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521497817 |
When published in 1982, this translation of Professor Jacques Gernet's masterly survey of the history and culture of China was immediately welcomed by critics and readers. This revised and updated edition makes it more useful for students and for the general reader concerned with the broad sweep of China's past.
Author | : Sigmund Freud |
Publisher | : Courier Dover Publications |
Total Pages | : 81 |
Release | : 1994-01-01 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 0486282538 |
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Author | : Vaclav Smil |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 564 |
Release | : 2018-11-13 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0262536161 |
A comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society throughout history, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel–driven civilization. "I wait for new Smil books the way some people wait for the next 'Star Wars' movie. In his latest book, Energy and Civilization: A History, he goes deep and broad to explain how innovations in humans' ability to turn energy into heat, light, and motion have been a driving force behind our cultural and economic progress over the past 10,000 years. —Bill Gates, Gates Notes, Best Books of the Year Energy is the only universal currency; it is necessary for getting anything done. The conversion of energy on Earth ranges from terra-forming forces of plate tectonics to cumulative erosive effects of raindrops. Life on Earth depends on the photosynthetic conversion of solar energy into plant biomass. Humans have come to rely on many more energy flows—ranging from fossil fuels to photovoltaic generation of electricity—for their civilized existence. In this monumental history, Vaclav Smil provides a comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel–driven civilization. Humans are the only species that can systematically harness energies outside their bodies, using the power of their intellect and an enormous variety of artifacts—from the simplest tools to internal combustion engines and nuclear reactors. The epochal transition to fossil fuels affected everything: agriculture, industry, transportation, weapons, communication, economics, urbanization, quality of life, politics, and the environment. Smil describes humanity's energy eras in panoramic and interdisciplinary fashion, offering readers a magisterial overview. This book is an extensively updated and expanded version of Smil's Energy in World History (1994). Smil has incorporated an enormous amount of new material, reflecting the dramatic developments in energy studies over the last two decades and his own research over that time.