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Anachronism and the rewriting of history: the South Africa case
(2006)
The use and abuse of anachronism is often seen as the quintessence of the writing of history. Historians tend to conceive it as the hardcore of their métier to avoid anachronism. It designates a confusion in order of time, ...
‘Nature’ as a humanistic principle of universal communication? A European case study regarding natural law
(2006)
The conference, “Humankind at the Intersection of Nature and Culture”,
presented in the Kruger National Park in South Africa, forms part of the project
“Humanism in the era of globalisation: An intercultural dialogue on ...
Indonesia and Africa: questioning the origins of some of Africa’s most famous icons
(Thurlton Publishing, 2006)
In the author’s opinion there have been three far-reaching gaps in the study of Africa’s history: 1) Indonesian involvement in East and Central Africa; 2) Links between Madagascar and Eastern and South/Central Africa; and ...
Archetyping race, gender and class: advertising in The Bantu World and The World from the 1930s to the 1990s
(2006)
This article sets out to interrogate the ideological hegemony of the superstructuring narrative voice in advertisements by studying linguistic, structural devices and encoding that are employed, in order to expose its ...
Mapping cultural and natural landscape: metaphors in mapping human nature
(2006)
The article uses the cartographic metaphor to describe the relations between
culture and nature, science and life world, signifier and signified. Modernism may be
defined as a project to map the whole of human reality ...
Aspects of irrigation development in the Netherlands East Indies
(2006)
The ‘Romijn’ discharge measurement structure was developed in the Netherlands East Indies. By the end of the colonial period in the 1930s, it had become the standard structure in irrigation. The Romijn design is not only ...
Humanism and nature – some reflections on a complex relationship
(2006)
The paper starts with a systematical analysis of the interrelationship of
humanism and nature. It proceeds to a historical reconstruction of this relationship in
the development of Western humanism from ancient Rome via ...
Dialogue among pre- and post-genetic revolution civilisations
(2006)
The genetic revolution will have a profound impact on human society and
therefore on the public policy environment. This article aims to describe the public
policy paradigms and paradigm shifts that will determine the ...
Neurobiological approaches to a better understanding of human nature and human values
(2006)
The most important finding made in the field of neurobiological research
during the last decade is the discovery of the enormous experience-dependent plasticity
of the human brain. The elaboration and stabilization of ...