If this is Your Land, where are Your Stories?: Finding Common GroundDrawing upon the narratives of Africa, Australia, Europe and North America, this collection of essays explores the relationships between territories, peoples and the stories and songs that give meaning to our lives. |
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Page 69
As the American writer Gary Holthaus says : : We talk of the “ natural world ” as if
there were another , unnatural world . We talk of “ sacred places ” as if there were
other , non - sacred places . We talk of getting back to nature , as if we could ...
As the American writer Gary Holthaus says : : We talk of the “ natural world ” as if
there were another , unnatural world . We talk of “ sacred places ” as if there were
other , non - sacred places . We talk of getting back to nature , as if we could ...
Page 211
Well , if about process — from the image of natural selection — which implied a
selector picking a product which would guarantee the survival of the fittest — he
complained : “ It has been said that I speak of the natural selection as an active ...
Well , if about process — from the image of natural selection — which implied a
selector picking a product which would guarantee the survival of the fittest — he
complained : “ It has been said that I speak of the natural selection as an active ...
Page 214
The society or state is a natural organic form rather than the product of ingenious
artifice . Instead of the individual existing prior to the state and giving it whatever
larger significance it has , the individual receives life and meaning from the state
...
The society or state is a natural organic form rather than the product of ingenious
artifice . Instead of the individual existing prior to the state and giving it whatever
larger significance it has , the individual receives life and meaning from the state
...
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| Title | If this is Your Land, where are Your Stories?: Finding Common Ground |
| Author | J. Edward Chamberlin |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Carcanet, 2006 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 2 Jul 2009 |
| ISBN | 1857548493, 9781857548495 |
| Length | 271 pages |
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