PDF-(BOOS)-A Mind of Its Own: A Cultural History of the Penis

Whether enemy or ally demon or god the source of satisfaction or the root of all earthly troubles the penis has forced humanity to wrestle with its enduring mysteries Here in an enlightening and entertaining cultural study is a book that gives context to the central role of the penis in Western civilization A man can hold his manhood in his hand but who is really gripping whom Is the penis the best in man or the beast How is man supposed to use it And when does that use become abuse Of all the bodily organs only the penis forces man to confront such contradictions something insistent yet reluctant a tool that creates but also destroys a part of the body that often seems apart from the body This is the conundrum that makes the penis both hero and villain in a drama that shapes every man and mankind along with itIn A Mind of Its Own David M Friedman shows that the penis is more than a body part It is an idea a conceptual but fleshandblood measuring stick of mans place in the world That men have a penis is a scientific fact how they think about it feel about it and use it is not It is possible to identify the key moments in Western history when a new idea of the penis addressed the larger mystery of mans relationship with it and changed forever the way that organ was conceived of and put to use A Mind of Its Own brilliantly distills this complex and largely unexamined storyDeified by the pagan cultures of the ancient world and demonized by the early Roman church the organ was later secularized by pioneering anatomists such as Leonardo da Vinci After being measured scientifically in an effort to subjugate some races whileelevating others the organ was psychoanalyzed by Sigmund Freud As a result the penis assumed a paradigmatic role in psychology whether the patient was equipped with the organ or envied those who were Now after being politicized by feminism and exploited in countless ways by pop culture the penis has been medicalized As no one has before him Friedman shows how the arrival of erection industry products such as Viagra is more than a health or business story It is the latest and perhaps final chapter in one of the longest sagas in human history the story of mans relationship with his penisA Mind of Its Own charts the vicissitudes of that relationship through its often amusing occasionally alarming and never boring course With intellectual rigor and a healthy dose of wry humor David M Friedman serves up one of the most thoughtprovoking significant and readable cultural works in years. 13 From Mind-Share Branding to Cultural Branding how is cultural branding different? how is cultural branding different? how is cultural branding different? 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Here, in an enlightening and entertaining cultural study, is a book that gives context to the central role of the penis in Western civilization. A man can hold his manhood in his hand, but who is really gripping whom? Is the penis the best in man -- or the beast? How is man supposed to use it? And when does that use become abuse? Of all the bodily organs, only the penis forces man to confront such contradictions: something insistent yet reluctant, a tool that creates but also destroys, a part of the body that often seems apart from the body. This is the conundrum that makes the penis both hero and villain in a drama that shapes every man -- and mankind along with it.In A Mind of Its Own, David M. Friedman shows that the penis is more than a body part. It is an idea, a conceptual but flesh-and-blood measuring stick of man\'s place in the world. That men have a penis is a scientific fact how they think about it, feel about it, and use it is not. It is possible to identify the key moments in Western history when a new idea of the penis addressed the larger mystery of man\'s relationship with it and changed forever the way that organ was conceived of and put to use. A Mind of Its Own brilliantly distills this complex and largely unexamined story.Deified by the pagan cultures of the ancient world and demonized by the early Roman church, the organ was later secularized by pioneering anatomists such as Leonardo da Vinci. After being measured scientifically in an effort to subjugate some races whileelevating others, the organ was psychoanalyzed by Sigmund Freud. As a result, the penis assumed a paradigmatic role in psychology -- whether the patient was equipped with the organ or envied those who were. Now, after being politicized by feminism and exploited in countless ways by pop culture, the penis has been medicalized. As no one has before him, Friedman shows how the arrival of erection industry products such as Viagra is more than a health or business story. It is the latest -- and perhaps final -- chapter in one of the longest sagas in human history: the story of man\'s relationship with his penis.A Mind of Its Own charts the vicissitudes of that relationship through its often amusing, occasionally alarming, and never boring course. With intellectual rigor and a healthy dose of wry humor, David M. Friedman serves up one of the most thought-provoking, significant, and readable cultural works in years. In this witty, engaging, and challenging book, Carolyn Steedman has produced an original and sometimes irreverent investigation into how modern historiography has developed. Dust: The Archive and Cultural History considers our stubborn set of beliefs about an objective material world inherited from the nineteenth century with which modern history writing and its lack of such a belief, attempts to grapple. Drawing on her own published and unpublished writing, Carolyn Steedman has produced a sustained argument about the way in which history writing belongs to the currents of thought shaping the modern world.Steedman begins by asserting that in recent years much attention has been paid to the archive by those working in the humanities and social sciences she calls this practice archivization. By definition, the archive is the repository of that which will not go away, and the book goes on to suggest that, just like dust, the matter of history can never go away or be erased.This unique work will be welcomed by all historians who want to think about what it is they do. In the tradition of wildly popular histories such as Salt, an intoxicating tour of the cause of and solution to all of life\'s problems: alcohol. Alcohol is a fundamental part of western culture and an essential element of Christianity. It is the most controversial part of our diet, simultaneously nourishing and intoxicating. We have been drinking as long as we have been human, and for better or worse, alcohol has shaped our civilization. Drink investigates the history of this Jekyll and Hyde of fluids, tracing mankind’s love/hate relationship with alcohol from ancient Egypt to the present day. Along the way it scrutinizes the drinking habits of presidents, prophets, and barbarian hordes, and features drinkers as diverse as Homer, Ernest Hemingway, William Shakespeare, Al Capone, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson. Drink further documents the contribution of alcohol to the birth and growth of the United States, taking in the War of Independence, the Pennsylvania Whiskey revolt, the slave trade, and the failed experiment of national Prohibition. Finally, it provides a history of the world’s most famous drinks—and the world’s most famous drinkers. Enthusiasts of craft brews and fine wines will discover the origins of their favorite tipples. Packed with trivia and colorful characters, Drink amounts to a sloshed history of the world: Better make it a double. There is no single volume that encompasses an integrated social and cultural history of the Sámi people from the Nordic countries and northwestern Russia. Neil Kent\'s book fills this lacuna. In the first instance, he considers how the Sámi homeland is defined: its geography, climate, and early contact with other peoples. He then moves on to its early chronicles and the onset of colonisation, which changed Sámi life profoundly over the last millennium. Thereafter, the nature of Sámi ethnicity is examined, in the context of the peoples among whom the Sámi increasingly lived, as well as the growing intrusions of the states who claimed sovereignty over them. The Soviet gulag, the Lapland War and increasing urbanisation all impacted upon Sámi life. Religion, too, played an important role from pre-historic times, with their pantheon of gods and sacred sites, to their Christianisation. In the late twentieth century there has been an increasing symbiosis of ancient Sámi spiritual practice with Christianity. Recently the intrusions of the logging and nuclear industries, as well as tourism have come to redefine Sámi society and culture. Even the meaning of who exactly is a Sámi is scrutinised, at a time when some intermarry and yet return to Sámi, where their children maintain their Sámi identity. “A coisa mais engraçada que aconteceu na gráfica de Jacques Vincent, segundo um operário que testemunhou o fato, foi um sedicioso massacre de gatos.” Assim principia o estudo realizado por Robert Darnton sobre os violentos rituais praticados por artesãos franceses em meados do século XVIII. Em uma série de ensaios primorosamente redigidos, Darnton descerra as estranhas e maravilhosas visões de mundo das pessoas que povoavam as cidades, aldeias e campos da França durante o Iluminismo.Abrangendo vários temas, desde o sinistro folclore do campesinato francês até as sensibilidades românticas que ligavam Rousseau a seus leitores burgueses da província, Darnton transmite modos de pensar e sentir dos franceses do século XVIII geralmente mal compreendidos. Assim, convida o leitor a considerar os motivos que levaram um grupo de artesãos parisienses a achar tão engraçado um massacre de gatos, e como o humor era trabalhado pela classe operária do Antigo Regime. Em “Um inspetor de polícia organiza seus arquivos”, relato sobre um agente de polícia do rei que espionava as atividades de escritores franceses, temos a oportunidade de perceber como o Antigo Regime lutava para entender uma nova e perigosa espécie de franceses: o intelectual freelancer.Outros ensaios nos permitem visualizar uma França urbana em rápida transformação pelos olhos de um burguês de Montpellier, e observar Diderot e D Alembert entregues ao planejamento de uma sistemática organização de todo o conhecimento humano, a famosa Enciclopédia.O grande massacre de gatos é uma visão caleidoscópica de uma cultura ao mesmo tempo familiar e estranha. É leviano achar que podemos pressupor o que os europeus pensavam e sentiam há dois séculos. 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