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'Africa Forms the Key' : Alex Du Toit and the History of Continental Drift / / by Suryakanthie Chetty
| 'Africa Forms the Key' : Alex Du Toit and the History of Continental Drift / / by Suryakanthie Chetty |
| Autore | Chetty Suryakanthie |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2021.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XI, 271 p. 6 illus.) |
| Disciplina |
016.55113
968.03 |
| Collana | Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Science - History
Africa, Sub-Saharan - History Imperialism Intellectual life - History History of Science History of Sub-Saharan Africa Imperialism and Colonialism Intellectual History |
| ISBN |
9783030527112
3030527115 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1 Introduction -- 2 In the Beginning...: Geology in South Africa and the Early Years of Alex Du Toit.-3 A World in a Grain of Sand: A Brief History of Geology and the Origins of Continental Drift Theory -- 4 Bedrock: Geology and the Shaping of a Nation -- 5 On the Shoulders of Giants: Early Drift Theorists -- 6 Looking Through ... the Keyhole of Nature: Du Toit and Early Continental Drift -- 7 And Yet It Moves...: Du Toit's South American Journey -- 8 The Cradle of Humankind: A Pivotal Decade for Science in South Africa -- 9 Our Wandering Continents: Du Toit's Definitive Work, Controversy and Consensus -- 10 A Frozen History of the Past: Antarctica, Gondwana and an Unfulfilled Dream -- 11 The Final Years -- 12 Pale Blue Dot: Conclusions. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910483591203321 |
Chetty Suryakanthie
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021 | ||
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A. L. Morton and the radical tradition / / by James Crossley
| A. L. Morton and the radical tradition / / by James Crossley |
| Autore | Crossley James G. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2024 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 432 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 303.4840941 |
| Collana | Palgrave studies in utopianism |
| Soggetto topico |
Socialists - Great Britain
Utopian socialism - Great Britain - History Radicalism - Great Britain - History - 20th century Political science - Philosophy Intellectual life - History History, Modern World politics Literature - History and criticism History of Britain and Ireland Political Philosophy Intellectual History Modern History Political History Literary History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Biographies. |
| ISBN |
9783031735882
3031735889 9783031735875 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Growing Up -- Chapter 3: Steyning and Summerhill, 1924 1928 -- Chapter 4: Class against Class: London, 1929 1934 -- Chapter 5: "Something to Do with the Daily Worker": 1934 1937 -- Chapter 6: History Progresses on the Popular Front: A People's History of England -- Chapter 7: Early Receptions of A People's History of England -- Chapter 8: East of England: The War Years -- Chapter 9: Towards Utopia -- Chapter 10: The Communist Party Historians' Group -- Chapter 11: The English Utopia.p -- Chapter 12: England and the USA -- Chapter 13: From Sedgemoor to Netherwood: History from Below -- Chapter 14: 1956 -- Chapter 15: Civil Wars after 1956 -- Chapter 16: Ranters, Sects, and Utopians: Local and Beyond -- Chapter 17: Invoking the Muse of British Socialism -- Chapter 18: Turning 60 -- Chapter 19: The Matter of Britain -- Chapter 20: Ranters of '68 -- Chapter 21: The Seventies -- Chapter 22: The Party Is Not Always Right -- Chapter 23: Reflections: Intellectuals. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910951802203321 |
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Crossley James G.
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| Cham : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2024 | ||
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A. S. Byatt and Intellectual Women : Fictions, Histories, Myths / / by Leanne Bibby
| A. S. Byatt and Intellectual Women : Fictions, Histories, Myths / / by Leanne Bibby |
| Autore | Bibby Leanne |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2022.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (242 pages) |
| Disciplina |
305.4
823.914 |
| Collana | Palgrave Studies in Contemporary Women’s Writing |
| Soggetto topico |
Literature, Modern - 20th century
Literature, Modern - 21st century Literature - Philosophy Feminism and literature Intellectual life - History Prose literature Contemporary Literature Feminist Literary Theory Intellectual History Narrative Text and Prose |
| ISBN |
9783031086717
3031086716 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1 Introduction -- 2 Cultural Histories of the Intellectual: From Patriarchal Myth to Feminist Mythopoeia -- 3 A. S. Byatt: Creating the Intellectual Woman -- 4 Minds and Bodies -- 5 Intellectuals and Sexual Specificity -- 6 Women Intellectuals, Private Intellectuals? -- 7 Future Histories of Intellectual Women -- 8 Afterword: Mythopoeia: Beyond Torment. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910590047203321 |
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Bibby Leanne
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Adlai E. Stevenson and American Intellectuals : The Terms of Endearment / / by C. Baars Bultman
| Adlai E. Stevenson and American Intellectuals : The Terms of Endearment / / by C. Baars Bultman |
| Autore | Bultman C. Baars |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2025.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2025 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (142 pages) |
| Disciplina | 973.9092 |
| Soggetto topico |
United States - History
History, Modern Intellectual life - History World politics Civilization - History International relations - History US History Modern History Intellectual History Political History Cultural History Diplomatic and International History |
| ISBN |
9783031806483
3031806484 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Ch 1: Introduction -- Ch 2: American Intellectuals and the Presidency -- Ch 3: Adlai Stevenson and American Intellectuals -- Ch 4: The Terms of Endearment -- Ch 5: Adlai Stevenson and Archibald MacLeish -- Ch 6: Adlai Stevenson and John Steinbeck -- Ch 7: Conclusion. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910983354303321 |
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Bultman C. Baars
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| Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2025 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The adventure of the human intellect : self, society, and the divine in ancient world cultures / / edited by Kurt A. Raaflaub
| The adventure of the human intellect : self, society, and the divine in ancient world cultures / / edited by Kurt A. Raaflaub |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | West Sussex, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (307 p.) |
| Disciplina | 180 |
| Collana |
Ancient World: Comparative Histories
THEi Wiley ebooks |
| Soggetto topico |
Philosophy, Ancient
Intellect - History Intellectual life - History Self - History Thought and thinking - History |
| ISBN |
1-119-16261-0
1-119-16262-9 1-119-16259-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | A critique of the cognitive-historical thesis of the intellectual adventure / Francesca Rochberg -- The intellectual adventure of ancient man : revisiting a classic / Peter Machinist -- The world of ancient Egyptian thought / James P. Allen -- On speculative thought in ancient Mesopotamia / Benjamin R. Foster -- Self, substance, and social metaphysics : the intellectual adventures of Israel and Judah / Ryan Byrne -- Ancient Greece : man the measure of all things / Kurt A. Raaflaub -- The thought-world of ancient Rome: a delicate balancing act / Robert A. Kaster and David Konstan -- Self, cosmos, and agency in early China / Lisa Raphals -- Vedic India : thinking and doing / Stephanie W. Jamison -- 'Chronosophy' in classic Maya thought / Stephen Houston -- The word, sacrifice, and divination : Aztec man in the realm of the gods / Guilhem Olivier -- Night thoughts and spiritual adventures : native North America / Peter Nabokov. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910136759703321 |
| West Sussex, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The adventure of the human intellect : self, society, and the divine in ancient world cultures / / edited by Kurt A. Raaflaub
| The adventure of the human intellect : self, society, and the divine in ancient world cultures / / edited by Kurt A. Raaflaub |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | West Sussex, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (307 p.) |
| Disciplina | 180 |
| Collana |
Ancient World: Comparative Histories
THEi Wiley ebooks |
| Soggetto topico |
Philosophy, Ancient
Intellect - History Intellectual life - History Self - History Thought and thinking - History |
| ISBN |
1-119-16261-0
1-119-16262-9 1-119-16259-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | A critique of the cognitive-historical thesis of the intellectual adventure / Francesca Rochberg -- The intellectual adventure of ancient man : revisiting a classic / Peter Machinist -- The world of ancient Egyptian thought / James P. Allen -- On speculative thought in ancient Mesopotamia / Benjamin R. Foster -- Self, substance, and social metaphysics : the intellectual adventures of Israel and Judah / Ryan Byrne -- Ancient Greece : man the measure of all things / Kurt A. Raaflaub -- The thought-world of ancient Rome: a delicate balancing act / Robert A. Kaster and David Konstan -- Self, cosmos, and agency in early China / Lisa Raphals -- Vedic India : thinking and doing / Stephanie W. Jamison -- 'Chronosophy' in classic Maya thought / Stephen Houston -- The word, sacrifice, and divination : Aztec man in the realm of the gods / Guilhem Olivier -- Night thoughts and spiritual adventures : native North America / Peter Nabokov. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996441551603316 |
| West Sussex, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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The adventure of the human intellect : self, society, and the divine in ancient world cultures / / edited by Kurt A. Raaflaub
| The adventure of the human intellect : self, society, and the divine in ancient world cultures / / edited by Kurt A. Raaflaub |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | West Sussex, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (307 p.) |
| Disciplina | 180 |
| Collana |
Ancient World: Comparative Histories
THEi Wiley ebooks |
| Soggetto topico |
Philosophy, Ancient
Intellect - History Intellectual life - History Self - History Thought and thinking - History |
| ISBN |
1-119-16261-0
1-119-16262-9 1-119-16259-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | A critique of the cognitive-historical thesis of the intellectual adventure / Francesca Rochberg -- The intellectual adventure of ancient man : revisiting a classic / Peter Machinist -- The world of ancient Egyptian thought / James P. Allen -- On speculative thought in ancient Mesopotamia / Benjamin R. Foster -- Self, substance, and social metaphysics : the intellectual adventures of Israel and Judah / Ryan Byrne -- Ancient Greece : man the measure of all things / Kurt A. Raaflaub -- The thought-world of ancient Rome: a delicate balancing act / Robert A. Kaster and David Konstan -- Self, cosmos, and agency in early China / Lisa Raphals -- Vedic India : thinking and doing / Stephanie W. Jamison -- 'Chronosophy' in classic Maya thought / Stephen Houston -- The word, sacrifice, and divination : Aztec man in the realm of the gods / Guilhem Olivier -- Night thoughts and spiritual adventures : native North America / Peter Nabokov. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821485203321 |
| West Sussex, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Affective and Emotional Economies in Medieval and Early Modern Europe / / edited by Andreea Marculescu, Charles-Louis Morand Métivier
| Affective and Emotional Economies in Medieval and Early Modern Europe / / edited by Andreea Marculescu, Charles-Louis Morand Métivier |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (X, 278 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.09 |
| Collana | Palgrave Studies in the History of Emotions |
| Soggetto topico |
Civilization - History
Europe - History - 476-1492 Europe - History - 1492- Intellectual life - History Cultural History History of Medieval Europe History of Early Modern Europe Intellectual History |
| ISBN |
9783319606699
3319606697 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | I: Introduction; Andreea Marculescu and Charles-Louis Morand Métivier -- II: Subverting Emotional Norms -- Passionate Politics: Emotion and Identity Formation Among the Menu Peuple in Early Fifteenth-Century France; Emily J. Hutchison -- Pity as a Political Emotion in Early Modern Europe; Natalia Wawrzyniak -- Issuing from the great flame of this joy": Louise of Savoy, Marguerite of Navarre and Emotional Intimacy; Tracy Adams -- Histories of Emotion and Power: Catherine de Medici's Advice to her Sons; Susan Broomhall -- III: Affective Encounters -- Emotional Contagion: Évrart de Conty and Compassion; Beatrice Delaurenti -- Love Conventional/Love Singular: Desire in Middle English Lyric; Sarah Kathryn Moore -- Internal Theatre and Emotional Scripts in French Jesuit Meditative Literature; Jennifer Hillman -- IV: Authoring Emotions -- Cruelty and Empathy in Théodore Agrippa d'Aubigné's Les Tragiques: The Gaze of and on the Reader; Kathleen Long -- Narrating a Massacre: the Writing of History and Emotions as Response to the Battle of Nicopolis (1396); Charles-Louis Morand Métivier -- 'Doel' in situ: The Contextual and Corporeal Landscape of Grief in La Chanson de Roland; Angela Warner -- Performing Chivalric Masculinity: Morality, Restraint, and Emotional Norms in the Libro del Cavallero Zifar; Kim Bergqvist -- V: Afterword; Stephanie Trigg. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910299794503321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Afterdeath of the Holocaust / / by Lawrence L. Langer
| The Afterdeath of the Holocaust / / by Lawrence L. Langer |
| Autore | Langer Lawrence L. |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2021.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xx, 247 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 940.5318072 |
| Collana | The Holocaust and its Contexts |
| Soggetto topico |
World War, 1939-1945
Historiography History - Methodology Intellectual life - History Collective memory History of World War II and the Holocaust Historiography and Method Intellectual History Memory Studies |
| ISBN |
9783030661397
3030661393 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. The Afterdeath of the Holocaust -- 2. My Life with Holocaust Death -- 3. Redemptive and Unredemptive Holocaust Memory -- 4. Representing and Misrepresenting the Holocaust -- 5. Charlotte Delbo's Auschwitz and After -- 6. Holocaust Fact and Holocaust Fiction: The Dual Vision of H.G. Adler -- 7. Beyond Testimony: The Literary Design of Primo Levi's If This is a Man. 8. The Legacy of Holocaust Deathscapes -- 9. Memory and Invention in Olga Lengyel's Five Chimneys -- 10. Ner Ot: The Memorial Candle as Symbol in the Art of Samuel Bak. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910483285803321 |
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Langer Lawrence L.
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021 | ||
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Allegorical Form and Theory in Hildegard of Bingen’s Books of Visions / / by Dinah Wouters
| Allegorical Form and Theory in Hildegard of Bingen’s Books of Visions / / by Dinah Wouters |
| Autore | Wouters Dinah |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2022.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (298 pages) |
| Disciplina |
398.2109481
282.092 |
| Collana | The New Middle Ages |
| Soggetto topico |
Literature, Medieval
European literature - Renaissance, 1450-1600 Hermeneutics Philosophy, Medieval Europe - History - 476-1492 Intellectual life - History Medieval Literature Early Modern and Renaissance Literature Medieval Philosophy History of Medieval Europe Intellectual History |
| ISBN |
9783031171925
3031171926 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1 Introduction -- Integumental Hermeneutics and Prescholastic Philosophy -- Allegory, Language, and Cognition -- Linking Allegorical Form to Allegorical Theory.-References.-2 Vision and Explanation -- Vision and Explanation.-The Function of the Allegory.-The Formal Interplay of Allegory and Allegoresis -- Allegory and Symbol.-References.-3 Allegory as Form and Concept -- Distinguishing Between Allegory and Allegoresis.-Prejudiced Distinctions in Modern Theory.-Blurred Distinctions in Medieval Hermeneutics -- Interactions Between Allegoresis and Allegory.-Allegory as Form: Figurative Language and Levels of Meaning.-Metaphor -- Pun.-Personification.-Metonymy -- Allegory as Idea: A Vital Belief and Conceptions of Allegory.-Language: Suprarealism and Self-Consciousness.-Reality: Fabulism and Figuralism -- Reversal of Values.-References.-4 Exegetical Form: The Eccentric Exegesis of the Homilies.-Creative Allegoresis in the Expositiones.-Multiple Interpretations and Narrative Continuity -- A Formal Definition for the Literal Level.-A Narrative Definition for the Senses of Scripture.-Creating a Narrative -- Exegetical Method: The Miraculous Catch of Allegory?.-The Allegoresis of the Expositionesand the Allegory of the Visions.-References -- 5 Allegorical form: Narrative, the Cosmos, and the End of Time.-The Narrative of the Parables.-The Reality of the Cosmos -- The Textuality of Visionary Reality.-The Reality of the Textual Cosmos.-The End of Time -- References.-6 Allegorical Cognition through Words.-Hildegard’s Model of the Mind -- Other Models of Cognition.-The Circular Mind.-Perceptions as Cognitive Agents -- The Absence of Mental Images.-The Essential Role of Words.-The Promotion of Words Over Images -- Hildegard’s Turn to Language.-Exegetical Cognition.-From Hermeneutics to Epistemology -- Allegorical Creation from Exegetical Method.-Glossing and Properties.-Allegorical Handbooks -- The Cognitive Dynamics of Reading Allegorically.-References.-7 Allegorical Revelation through Prophecy -- Allegorical Interpretation as an Essential Part of Revelation History.-The Old, the New, and the Interpretation of Each.-Allegory in Deeds and in Words -- Veils and Illumination.-Allegory and Forms of Prophecy.-Clarity, Obscurity, and Hildegard’s Prophetic Goals -- Different Kinds of Prophecy in Hildegard’s Works.-Cognition and Forms of Visionary Experience.-Augustine’s Theory of Vision -- Hildegard’s Visio Spiritualis/Intellectualis.-Augustine’s Cognitive Visions.-The Continuity Between Vision and Cognition in Medieval Texts -- Becoming a Prophet.-The Prophet and the Reader.-References -- 8 Beliefs about Language and the Construction of Allegorical Form.-Allegorical Visions and Scripture.-Exceptional Language and the Reference to Nature -- Reversal of Allegory and Allegoresis.-Allegorical Form and Truth.-Allegorical Language -- The Origin and Fall of Language.-In Search of a Theological Language.-A Sphere of Literary Symbolism? -- Hildegard’s Faith in Language.-Conclusion.-References. |
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Wouters Dinah
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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