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408 pages • first pub 2009 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781906694890
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
Edition Pub Date: 27 September 2012
Description
In the history of Western culture we find lists of saints, ranks of soldiers, catalogues of grotesque creatures or medicinal plants, and hordes of treasure. This infinity of lists is no coincidence: a culture prefers enclosed, stable forms when it...
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408 pages • first pub 2009 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781906694890
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
Edition Pub Date: 27 September 2012
Description
In the history of Western culture we find lists of saints, ranks of soldiers, catalogues of grotesque creatures or medicinal plants, and hordes of treasure. This infinity of lists is no coincidence: a culture prefers enclosed, stable forms when it...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings