书名: Letters to Lily: On How the World Works
作者: Alan Macfarlane (Author)
出版社: Profile Books (January 1, 2009)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 1861977808
ISBN-13: 978-1861977809
Book Description
Alan Macfarlane answers his granddaughter’s questions about how the world works. Lily’s enquiries range from the personal and moral to the political, social, and philosophical. In responding, Macfarlane, as a historian and anthropologist, ranges through history and across the world’s cultures. Her questions are timeless. His answers add up to a classic.
Review
'A real tour de force. It is a guide to the whole of history and ethnography and encapsulates the historical philosophy of its author in a bewitchingly simple way' -- Keith Thomas, author of Religion and the Decline of Magic and Man and the Natural World
'A sweeping tour d'horizon ... deep-thinking, wide-ranging essays on identity and society couched in simple, sturdy prose ... charming.' -- Boyd Tonkin, Independent
'One of the most perceptive writers we have' -- Paul Barker, Evening Standard
About the Author
Alan Macfarlane is Professor of Anthropology at Cambridge. He has often visited and taught in Japan. He is the author of The Glass Bathyscaphe and Japan Through the Looking Glass.
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作者: Alan Macfarlane (Author)
出版社: Profile Books (January 1, 2009)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 1861977808
ISBN-13: 978-1861977809
Book Description
Alan Macfarlane answers his granddaughter’s questions about how the world works. Lily’s enquiries range from the personal and moral to the political, social, and philosophical. In responding, Macfarlane, as a historian and anthropologist, ranges through history and across the world’s cultures. Her questions are timeless. His answers add up to a classic.
Review
'A real tour de force. It is a guide to the whole of history and ethnography and encapsulates the historical philosophy of its author in a bewitchingly simple way' -- Keith Thomas, author of Religion and the Decline of Magic and Man and the Natural World
'A sweeping tour d'horizon ... deep-thinking, wide-ranging essays on identity and society couched in simple, sturdy prose ... charming.' -- Boyd Tonkin, Independent
'One of the most perceptive writers we have' -- Paul Barker, Evening Standard
About the Author
Alan Macfarlane is Professor of Anthropology at Cambridge. He has often visited and taught in Japan. He is the author of The Glass Bathyscaphe and Japan Through the Looking Glass.
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