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Excursions / Michael Jackson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jackson, Michael, 1940-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophy, Modern--20th century.
- Philosophy, Modern.
- Intellectual life--20th century.
- Intellectual life.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (325 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Philosophical meditations on a series of journeys the author has taken to various places around the world.
- Contents:
- Preface: theme and variations
- In the footsteps of Walter Benjamin
- Of time and the river : the interface of history and human lives
- Imagining the powers that be : society versus the state
- On the work of human hands
- Storytelling events, violence, and the appearance of the past
- Migrant imaginaries : with Sewa Koroma in southeast London
- A walk on the wild side : the idea of human nature revisited
- From anxiety to method : a reappraisal
- Despite Babel : an essay on human misunderstanding
- On birth, death, and rebirth
- Quandaries of belonging : home thoughts from abroad
- A critique of colonial reason.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-287) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613035660
- 9780822340546
- 0822340542
- 9781283035668
- 1283035669
- OCLC:
- 271166219
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