PDF-(READ)-Tristes Tropiques (Penguin Classics)

A milestone in the study of culture from the father of structural anthropologyThis watershed work records Claude LéviStrausss search for a human society reduced to its most basic expression From the Amazon basin through the dense upland jungles of Brazil LéviStrauss found the societies he was seeking among the Caduveo Bororo Nambikwara and TupiKawahib More than merely recounting his time in their midst Tristes Tropiques places the cultural practices of these peoples in a global context and extrapolates a fascinating theory of culture that has given the book an importance far beyond the fields of anthropology and continental philosophy The authors fresh approach sense of humor and openness to the sensuous mystique of the tropics make the scientific thrust of the book eminently accessibleFor more than seventy years Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the Englishspeaking world With more than 1700 titles Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors as well as uptodate translations by awardwinning translators. SURVIVAL Edite UNIVERSIT SURVIVAL Edite Lawrence PRINTE Content Prefac Th 1 Willia b Trut Som o "Un b Pastora 10 Prefac Th a aa a a Sinc Some Versions of Pastoral critic a a field a a A a nists a fin Best The Analects Penguin Classics In AD 68 Nero’s suicide marked the end of the first dynasty of imperial Rome. The following year was one of drama and danger. In the surviving books of his Histories the barrister-historian Tacitus, writing some thirty years after the events he describes, gives a detailed account of the ‘long but single year’ when four emperors emerged in succession: Galba, the martinet Otho, conspirator and dandy Vitellius, the unambitious hedonist and the ultimate victor, Vespasian, who established the Flavian dynasty. With great vividness and emotional power, Tacitus’ gripping narrative lays bare corruption, injustice and folly, and sheds lasting light on the nature of power.[This revised version sensitively updates Kenneth Wellesley’s original translation to render it more accessible to the modern reader. This edition contains a new introduction by Rhiannon Ash discussing Tacitus’ life and his contemporary audience, a note on the text, suggested further reading, a glossary of places and peoples, maps, expanded notes and a chronology.] Plutarch\'s vivid and engaging portraits of the Spartans and their customs are a major source of our knowledge about the rise and fall of this remarkable Greek city-state between the sixth and third centuries BC. Through his Lives of Sparta\'s leaders and his recording of memorable Spartan Sayings he depicts a people who lived frugally and mastered their emotions in all aspects of life, who also disposed of unhealthy babies in a deep chasm, introduced a gruelling regime of military training for boys, and treated their serfs brutally. Rich in anecdote and detail, Plutarch\'s writing brings to life the personalities and achievements of Sparta with unparalleled flair and humanity.Lives: Lycurgus, Agesilaus, Agis, Cleomenes. Sayings: sayings of Spartans, sayings of Spartan Women. Appendix: Xenephon: Spartan Society Pliny’s Natural History is an astonishingly ambitious work that ranges from astronomy to art and from geography to zoology. Mingling acute observation with often wild speculation, it offers a fascinating view of the world as it was understood in the first century AD, whether describing the danger of diving for sponges, the first water-clock, or the use of asses’ milk to remove wrinkles. Pliny himself died while investigating the volcanic eruption that destroyed Pompeii in AD 79, and the natural curiosity that brought about his death is also very much evident in the Natural History — a book that proved highly influential right up until the Renaissance and that his nephew, Pliny the younger, described ‘as full of variety as nature itself’. John F. Healy has made a fascinating and varied selection from the Natural History for this clear, modern translation. In his introduction, he discusses the book and its sources topic by topic. This edition also includes a full index and notes. Books VI-X of Livy\'s monumental work trace Rome\'s fortunes from its near collapse after defeat by the Gauls in 386 bc to its emergence, in a matter of decades, as the premier power in Italy, having conquered the city-state of Samnium in 293 bc. In this fascinating history, events are described not simply in terms of partisan politics, but through colourful portraits that bring the strengths, weaknesses and motives of leading figures such as the noble statesman Camillus and the corrupt Manlius vividly to life. While Rome\'s greatest chronicler intended his history to be a memorial to former glory, he also had more didactic aims - hoping that readers of his account could learn from the past ills and virtues of the city. A gripping account of one man\'s ten year expedition from a village in West Africa to the Arctic CircleScorching heat, rich, fertile soil, and treacherous snakes marked the landscape in which Tété-Michel grew up in 1950s Togo, West Africa. When he discovered a book on Greenland as a teen, this distant land became an instant obsession - he was determined to journey to the place these pages had revealed to him and embarked on the adventure of a lifetime.A book of rich and immersive travel writing, Michel the Giant invites the reader to journey alongside an audacious Kpomassie as he makes his way from the equator to the bitter cold of the artic and settles into life with the Inuit peoples, adapting to their foods and customs. Part memoir, part anthropological observation this captivating narrative teems with nuanced observations on community, belonging and the universality of human experience. This title has been previous published as An African in Greenland “Unquestionably the best English translation of Herodotus to have appeared in the past half-century.” —The Times Literary SupplementIn Tom Holland’s vibrant translation, one of the great masterpieces of Western history springs to life. Herodotus of Halicarnassus—hailed by Cicero as the “Father of History”—composed his histories around 440 BC. The earliest surviving work of nonfiction, The Histories works its way from the Trojan War through an epic account of the war between the Persian empire and the Greek city-states in the fifth century BC, recording landmark events that ensured the development of Western culture and still capture our modern imagination. Beautifully packaged in a Penguin Classics Deluxe edition with a comprehensive array of tools to guide first-time readers and experts alike, this accessible translation makes Herodotus fresh and irresistible once more.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. A milestone in the study of culture from the father of structural anthropologyThis watershed work records Claude Lévi-Strauss\'s search for a human society reduced to its most basic expression. From the Amazon basin through the dense upland jungles of Brazil, Lévi-Strauss found the societies he was seeking among the Caduveo, Bororo, Nambikwara, and Tupi-Kawahib. More than merely recounting his time in their midst, Tristes Tropiques places the cultural practices of these peoples in a global context and extrapolates a fascinating theory of culture that has given the book an importance far beyond the fields of anthropology and continental philosophy. The author\'s fresh approach, sense of humor, and openness to the sensuous mystique of the tropics make the scientific thrust of the book eminently accessible.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. An introduction to the nonfascist life--Michel Foucault When it first appeared in France, Anti-Oedipus was hailed as a masterpiece by some and a work of heretical madness by others. In it, Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari set forth the following theory: Western society\'s innate herd instinct has allowed the government, the media and even the principles of economics to take advantage of each person\'s unwillingness to be cut off from the group. What\'s more, those who suffer from mental disorders may not be insane, but could be individuals in the purest sense, because they are by nature isolated from society. More than twenty-five years after its original publication, Anti-Oedipus still stands as a controversial contribution to a much-needed dialog on the nature of free thinking. In the aftermath of its near-demise by fascism and Stalinism, the resurgence of historical sociology has been an important development in contemporary sociology and history. This book traces the growth of interest in social history in the West in a survey that combines critique of key works with a framework of interpretation for this field. Few, if any, English-language critics have written as perceptively as Isaiah Berlin about Russian thought and culture. Russian Thinkers is his unique meditation on the impact that Russia\'s outstanding writers and philosophers had on its culture. In addition to Tolstoy\'s philosophy of history, which he addresses in his most famous essay, \'The Hedgehog and the Fox,\' Berlin considers the social and political circumstances that produced such men as Herzen, Bakunin, Turgenev, Belinsky, and others of the Russian intelligentsia, who made up, as Berlin describes, \'the largest single Russian contribution to social change in the world.\' Few, if any, English-language critics have written as perceptively as Isaiah Berlin about Russian thought and culture. Russian Thinkers is his unique meditation on the impact that Russia\'s outstanding writers and philosophers had on its culture. In addition to Tolstoy\'s philosophy of history, which he addresses in his most famous essay, \'The Hedgehog and the Fox,\' Berlin considers the social and political circumstances that produced such men as Herzen, Bakunin, Turgenev, Belinsky, and others of the Russian intelligentsia, who made up, as Berlin describes, \'the largest single Russian contribution to social change in the world.\' The Benefits of Reading Books