Ulysses' Sail : : An Ethnographic Odyssey of Power, Knowledge, and Geographical Distance / / Mary W. Helms.
What do long-distance travelers gain from their voyages, especially when faraway lands are regarded as the source of esoteric knowledge? Mary Helms explains how various cultures interpret space and distance in cosmological terms, and why they associate political power with information about strange...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1988 |
Year of Publication: | 2014 |
Edition: | Course Book |
Language: | English |
Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- 1. Positions and Problems
- 2. The Cultural Creation of Space and Distance
- 3. The Investigation of Cultural Distance
- 4. The Authority of Distant Knowledge
- 5. Gods or Devils or Only Men
- 6. The Outer Realms of Christendom
- 7. Conclusion
- References
- Index