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Anthropology - Why It Matters by Tim Ingold
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Category: Reference | Series: Companions to Linguistics Series (CLNZ) Ser.
Humanity is at a crossroads. We face mounting inequality, escalating political violence, warring fundamentalisms and an environmental crisis of planetary proportions. How can we fashion a world that has room for everyone, for generations to come? What are the possibilities, in such a world, of collectiv ...Show more
Classics - Why it Matters by Neville Morley
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Category: Reference | Series: Companions to Linguistics Series (CLNZ) Ser.
For generations, the study of Greek and Latin was used to train the elites of the western world. Knowledge of classical culture, it was believed, produced more cultivated, creative individuals; Greece and Rome were seen as pinnacles of civilization, and the origins of western superiority over the rest o ...Show more
Geography - Why It Matters by Alexander B. Murphy
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Category: Science | Series: Companions to Linguistics Series (CLNZ) Ser.
Ever since humans sketched primitive maps in the dirt, the quest to understand our surroundings has been fundamental to our survival. Studying geography revealed that the earth was round, showed our ancestors where to plant crops, and helped them appreciate the diversity of the planet. Today, the physic ...Show more
History - Why it Matters by Lynn Hunt
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Category: History | Series: Companions to Linguistics Series (CLNZ) Ser.
We justify our actions in the present through our understanding of the past. But we live in a time when politicians lie brazenly about historical facts and meddle with the content of history books, while media differ wildly in their reporting of the same event. Frequently, new discoveries force us to re ...Show more
Linguistics - Why It Matters by Geoffrey K. Pullum
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Category: Reference | Series: Companions to Linguistics Series (CLNZ) Ser.
Language is the medium in which we humans compose our thoughts, explain our thinking, construct our arguments, and create works of literature. Without language, societies as complex as ours could not exist. Geoffrey Pullum offers a stimulating introduction to the many ways in which linguistics, as the s ...Show more
Literature - Why It Matters by Robert Eaglestone
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Category: Reference | Series: Companions to Linguistics Series (CLNZ) Ser.
'Facts alone are wanted in life, ' exclaims Mr Gradgrind at the beginning of Dickens' Hard Times. Literature is not about facts alone, and - despite two and a half thousand years of arguments - no one can agree on what it is, or how to study it. But, argues Robert Eaglestone, it is precisely the open-en ...Show more
Philosophy - Why It Matters by Helen Beebee; Michael Rush
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Companions to Linguistics Series (CLNZ) Ser.
We constantly disagree with each other on issues of fundamental importance. Does God exist? Should the latest scientific findings be trusted? Are there innate psychological differences between men and women? In four lively chapters, Beebee and Rush explain philosophy's role in addressing such questions ...Show more
Politics - Why It Matters by Andrew Gamble
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Category: Politics | Series: Companions to Linguistics Series (CLNZ) Ser.
People so often focus on the negative aspects of politics, like greed and corruption, but without politics we would be lost. It frames everything we do, and it has the power to bring about real and positive change. Politics, Andrew Gamble reminds us, defeated slavery and secured equal rights for women ...Show more
Theology and Religion - Why It Matters by Graham Ward
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Category: Religion | Series: Companions to Linguistics Series (CLNZ) Ser.
Graham Ward argues that the study of theology and religion, as a single academic discipline, plays a vital role in helping us to understand politics, world affairs, and the nature of humanity itself. Religion can be used to justify inhumane actions, but it also feeds dreams, inspires hopes, and shapes a ...Show more
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