The Categorical Impulse

The Categorical ImpulseClassification, as an object of recent anthropological scrutiny came to prominence during the 1960s, exemplified in the British (constructionist) tradition by the writings of Mary Douglas, and in the American ethno semantics (cognitive) tradition by the likes of Harold Conklin and Brent Berlin. At the time, these approaches seemed by turns to contradict each other, or even to exist in parallel universes. However, over the last 30 years we have

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in which the donor's name was routinely inscribed in the colophon

This unique and refreshing text imbues lifespan development theories

and critical thinking questions in each chapter

this book is the product of years of heartfelt

and of the events that surrounded this work

even as it opens the prospects for the future of critical reading of Yeats and modern poetry

Spectral Dickens posits a spectral dimension of literary character

Human understanding of the rapidly changing environments of the North and South Poles – and the realities of climate change – has been radically transformed by a host of innovations afforded by the digital technologies

Bridging disciplines

Translations of a number of his works are included