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Bringing together the study of the Greek Classics and Indology, ArjunäOdysseus provides a comparative analysis of the shared heritage of the Mah¿bh¿rata and early Greek traditions presented in the texts of Homer and Hesiod.

Bringing together the study of the Greek Classics and Indology, ArjunäOdysseus provides a comparative analysis of the shared heritage of the Mah¿bh¿rata and early Greek traditions presented in the texts of Homer and Hesiod.

This is the first collection of essays to be published on Durkheim's masterpiece The Elementary Forms of Religious Life. It represents the work of the most important international Durkheim scholars from the fields of anthropology, philosophy and sociology. The essays focus on key topics including: * the method Durkheim adopted in his study* the role of ritual and belief in society* the nature of contemporary religionThe contributors also explo...

The excavation and reconstruction of Maussian meanings proves richly gratifying to the intellectual archaeologist." · American Anthropologist "Many of the items in this book are thought-provoking ... One of its strengths is the insights it frequently gives into the divergences between Mauss's and Durkheim's thought." · Anthropological Theory "This is an important book ... by paying attention to the cultural construction of violence across time...

Marcel Mauss (1872-1950), Durkheim's nephew, was a key figure among Durkheimians and helped to found the distinctive French tradition in the social sciences at the start of the 20th century. He dominated the teaching of social anthropology in Paris between the Wars, and his Essay on the Gift (1925) is a well established classic. However, it is only recently that the breadth and freshness of his oeuvre as a whole is being reassessed and is gain...

A Soldier in the Philippines by Needom N. Freeman The Battle of Bayan and Other Battles by James Edgar Allen & John J. Reidy Two accounts within one special edition As the 19th Century drew to a close and the United States had consolidated its dominance of North America, the new nation looked outwards into a world of imperial powers who vied with each other to dominate the globe in influence and trade. Those Americans who be...