If this is Your Land, where are Your Stories?: Finding Common GroundStories come in many forms, from nursery rhymes and national anthems to poems and praise songs, and from the stories of science to the rituals of religion.They tell us where we come from, and where we belong; how to live and sometimes how to die.They hold us together, and they keep us apart.And all of them bring reality and the imagination together in what J. Edward Chamberlin calls a ceremony of belief. Drawing on his experiences in Africa, Australia, Europe and North America, Chamberlin takes the reader on an absorbing journey through communities and cultures around the world. |
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... thought and behaviour . By the late eighteenth century the idea had strong support from philosophers and critics and even poets . William Wordsworth , for example , came to the conclusion that lan- guage is " the incarnation of thought ...
... thought and behaviour . By the late eighteenth century the idea had strong support from philosophers and critics and even poets . William Wordsworth , for example , came to the conclusion that lan- guage is " the incarnation of thought ...
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... thought . Modern thought . It has become almost a truism that writing - alphabetic writing in particular - marked an evolutionary advance . Writing frees the mind for original , abstract thought , the argument goes , while oral cultures ...
... thought . Modern thought . It has become almost a truism that writing - alphabetic writing in particular - marked an evolutionary advance . Writing frees the mind for original , abstract thought , the argument goes , while oral cultures ...
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... thought . One of them said nostalgically to Petrus , " It's too bad nobody still speaks the language . " " Ma praat hom , " he replied , in the dialect of Afrikaans that he speaks . " Mum does . ” Elsie Vaalbooi was the mother of the ...
... thought . One of them said nostalgically to Petrus , " It's too bad nobody still speaks the language . " " Ma praat hom , " he replied , in the dialect of Afrikaans that he speaks . " Mum does . ” Elsie Vaalbooi was the mother of the ...
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