The battle for the life and beauty of the earth : a struggle between two world-systems 9780199898077, 0199898073

The purpose of all architecture, writes Christopher Alexander, is to encourage and support life-giving activity, dreams,

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The battle for the life and beauty of the earth : a struggle between two world-systems
9780199898077, 0199898073

Noted ecotheologian and feminist philosopher of religion Catherine Keller reads the feedback loop of political and ecolo

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Winner of the 2005 J. David Greenstone Book Award from the Politics and History section of the American Political Scienc

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Winner of the 2005 J. David Greenstone Book Award from the Politics and History section of the American Political Scienc

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This pioneering study examines a pivotal period in the history of Europe and the Near East. Spanning the ancient and med

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The New Biology argues that mechanical reductionism, though helpful in answering many biological questions, cannot on it

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THE BATTLE FOR MAGDEBURG — Karel Margry describes how Magdeburg, located on the Elbe river in central Germany, was one o

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Cemal Kafadar offers a much more subtle and complex interpretation of the early Ottoman period than that provided by oth

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