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Putting science in its place : geographies of scientific knowledge
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ISBN: 0226487229 9780226487243 0226487245 9780226487229 Year: 2003 Volume: *1 Publisher: Chicago London University of Chicago Press


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Adam's ancestors : race, religion, and the politics of human origins
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ISBN: 9780801888137 0801888131 Year: 2008 Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,

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Although the idea that all human beings are descended from Adam is a long-standing conviction in the West, another version of this narrative exists: human beings inhabited the Earth before, or alongside, Adam, and their descendants still occupy the planet.In this engaging and provocative work, David N. Livingstone traces the history of the idea of non-Adamic humanity, and the debates surrounding it, from the Middle Ages to the present day. From a multidisciplinary perspective, Livingstone examines how this alternative idea has been used for cultural, religious, and political purposes. He reveals how what began as biblical criticism became a theological apologetic to reconcile religion with science -- evolution in particular -- and was later used to support arguments for white supremacy and segregation. From heresy to orthodoxy, from radicalism to conservatism, from humanitarianism to racism, Adam's Ancestors tells an intriguing tale of twists and turns in the cultural politics surrounding the age-old question, "Where did we come from?"


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The preadamite theory and the marriage of science and religion
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ISBN: 0871698234 9780871698230 Year: 1992 Volume: 82 (3) Publisher: Philadelphia (Pa.): American philosophical society,

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Science, space and hermeneutics : Hettner-Lecture 2001
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ISBN: 3885705052 Year: 2002 Publisher: Heidelberg : Dept. of Geography, University of Heidelberg,

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Nathaniel Southgate Shaler and the culture of American science
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ISBN: 0585221375 9780585221373 0817303057 9780817303051 Year: 1987 Publisher: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press,

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The empire of climate : a history of an idea
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ISBN: 9780691236711 0691236712 Year: 2024 Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press,

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How the specter of climate has been used to explain history since antiquity. Scientists, journalists, and politicians increasingly tell us that human impacts on climate constitute the single greatest threat facing our planet and may even bring about the extinction of our species. Yet behind these anxieties lies an older, much deeper fear about the power that climate exerts over us. The Empire of Climate traces the history of this idea and its pervasive influence over how we interpret world events and make sense of the human condition, from the rise and fall of ancient civilizations to the afflictions of the modern psyche. Taking readers from the time of Hippocrates to the unfolding crisis of global warming today, David Livingstone reveals how climate has been critically implicated in the politics of imperial control and race relations; been used to explain industrial development, market performance, and economic breakdown; and served as a bellwether for national character and cultural collapse. He examines how climate has been put forward as an explanation for warfare and civil conflict, and how it has been identified as a critical factor in bodily disorders and acute psychosis. A panoramic work of scholarship, The Empire of Climate maps the tangled histories of an idea that has haunted our collective imagination for centuries, shedding critical light on the notion that everything from the wealth of nations to the human mind itself is subject to climate’s imperial rule.


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Geography, tradition and the scientific revolution : an interpretative essay

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EPISTEMOLOGIE


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Evolution, science and society : historical reflections on yhe geographical experiment

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Reproduction, representation and authenticity : a rereading

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RACES HUMAINES

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