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Sonic Modernity: Representing Sound In Literature, Culture And The Arts
Sam Halliday - Hardback - Edinburgh University Press
Drawing on a wealth of primary and secondary source materials, this book describes the distinctive nature of modernity's sonic cultures, arguing controversially that they are not reducible to sound alone. In fact, they encompass representations of sound in 'other' media as well, particularly within literature yet also within cinema and painting.
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Scottish Philosophy In America
- Paperback - Imprint Academic
The Scottish Enlightenment provided the fledgling United States of America and its emerging universities with a philosophical orientation. This volume demonstrates the remarkable extent of this influence.
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Spectres Of False Divinity: Hume's Moral Atheism
Thomas Anand Holden - Paperback - Oxford University Press
Thomas Holden presents a historical & critical interpretation of Hume's rejection of the existence of a deity with moral attributes. Hume's 'moral atheism' is a central plank both of his naturalistic agenda in metaphysics & his secularizing program in moral theory.
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Symbols Of Eternity: Landmarks For A Soul Journey
Malcolm Stewart - Paperback - Floris
Symbols play an extraordinary role in human culture and belief around the world. This book explores the megaliths, the ancient stones of the Bible, the lingams on India and the Black Stone of Mecca. He goes on to consider questions of harmony and value in the Flower of Life, the Enneagram and the controversial area of the swastika.
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Starting With Hume
Charlotte Randall Brown - Paperback - Continuum
'Starting With Hume' provides an accessible introduction to the ideas of this significant thinker. Clearly structured according to Hume's central ideas, the book leads the reader through a thorough review of the development of his thought, resulting in a better understanding of the roots of his philosophical concerns.
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Starting With Hume
Charlotte R. Brown - Hardback - Continuum
'Starting With Hume' provides an accessible introduction to the ideas of this significant thinker. Clearly structured according to Hume's central ideas, the book leads the reader through a thorough review of the development of his thought, resulting in a better understanding of the roots of his philosophical concerns.
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Scotland As We Know It: Representations Of National Identity In Literature, Film And Popular Culture
Richard Zumkhawala-Cook - Paperback - McFarland
Linking a range of nationalist discourses of Scottish culture, including poetry, film, folklore studies, clan organizations, and popular fiction, this volume shows the importance of Scotland in our contemporary understandings of class, gender, race, and national identity.
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Scottish Life And Society: A Compendium Of Scottish Ethnology
- Hardback - John Donald
As well as outlining the history of settlement and work, this volume considers the working lives of those engaged in feeding, housing and protecting the population, those who work to keep the population healthy, and those who are engaged in work of the imagination rather than work to meet material needs.
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Scots We Ken
Julia Davidson - Hardback - Luath
Natives know them and visitors soon get to know them. Some, like the golf club captain and the last real barman, have been part of the landscape for years; others - such as the rural commuter and the celebrity chieftain - are more recent types. 'Scots We Ken' looks at some of the country's most obvious stereotypes.
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Scottish Philosophical Theology
- Paperback - Imprint Academic
This volume concentrates on the period from the beginning of the 18th century to the latter part of the 20th.
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