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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456699803321

Autore

Farley Edward <1929->

Titolo

Deep symbols [[electronic resource] ] : their postmodern effacement and reclamation / / Edward Farley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Valley Forge, PA, : Trinity Press International, c1996

ISBN

1-283-27112-5

9786613271129

0-567-48655-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (158 p.)

Disciplina

302.2/22

Soggetti

Signs and symbols - Social aspects

Language and languages - Religious aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1. DEEP SYMBOLS: The Legacy; 2. DEEP SYMBOLS: Atrophy and Recovery; 3. THE LAND OF FORGETFULNESS: Rethinking Tradition; 4. OBLIGATION: The Deep Symbol of Other Relation; 5. FOR ONCE THEN SOMETHING: Confronting the Real; 6. WRITTEN ON THE HEART: The Idea of the Law; 7. CROSSING OVER INTO CAMPGROUND: The Matter of Hope; 8. ENTANGLEMENTS; NOTES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

""Here is an absorbing and exceptionally perceptive account of how deep symbols or words of power (which tend to be a culture's normaltive language) have undergone diminishment in a contemporary postmodern society. Edward Farley explains that such diminishment does not necessarily imply their demise since traces of these symbols remain and invite their rethinking. Two introductory chapters spell out the character and prospect of deep symbols in postmodern society. Then follow five chapters, each of which considers a particular deep symbol: tradition, obligation (duty), reality, law, and hope.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782089403321

Autore

Foote Thelma Wills <1956->

Titolo

Black and white Manhattan : the history of racial formation in colonial New York City / / Thelma Wills Foote

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004

ISBN

0-19-987173-6

1-4294-0026-9

1-280-53391-9

0-19-803703-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 p.)

Disciplina

305.8/009747/1

Soggetti

Slavery - New York (State) - New York - History

African Americans - New York (State) - New York - History

Racism - New York (State) - New York - History

New York (N.Y.) Race relations

Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) Race relations

New York (N.Y.) History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

New York (N.Y.) History Revolution, 1775-1783

Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-320) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction. "The Angel Would Like to Stay, Awaken the Dead, and Make Whole What Has Been Smashed": Awaking to History on Manhattan Island; Part I. From Frontier Outpost to Settler Colony: The Project of Colony Building on Manhattan Island; Part II. Racial Formation and the Art of Colonial Governance; Part III. Subaltern Insurgency and the Breakdown of Colonial Governance; Epilogue. "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" The Aporia of American Democracy and the Permanence of Racism; Appendix A: Elias Neau's Short Question-and-Answer Catechism; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Presenting a study of Dutch and English New York, this book demonstrates that racial domination was a key foundation of society and culture in the seaport community and examines the



interrelationship of racial tensions and breakdowns in colonial governance.