Can we know what the world was like for people thousands of years ago through reading fiction? This text begins with a discussion of the problem of authenticity and then... Læs mere
Reconciles the prevailing dual visions of Darwin--as racist and as humanitarian. By consolidating Darwin's fragmentary ethnographic writings, the text charts his switch from early resignation regarding the victimization of native tribes to advocacy for the
William Watson Cheyne (1852-1932), a surgeon by training and a student of Joseph Lister, was a prominent British bacteriologist who published 60... Læs mere
For more than three thousand years of recorded history, human beings have been struggling to understand... Læs mere