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The great auk is one of the most tragic and documented examples of extinction. A flightless bird that bred primarily on the remote islands of the North Atlantic, the last of its kind were killed in Iceland in 1844. Gâisli Pâalsson draws on firsthand accounts from the Icelanders who hunted the last great auks to bring to life a bygone age of Victorian scientific exploration while offering vital insights into the extinction of species."--

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Where natural occurrences once controlled climate, geology and the genesis and demise of species, humankind now holds the reins. The Human Age is an intrepid exploration of the new geological epoch in which we now find ourselves: the Anthropocene.Defined as the Age of Man, this is the epoch in which human beings have become the driving forces that mold, transform and destroy Earth. Bringing together scientific theory, political argument, p...

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First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Anthropology, it is often argued, is an art of translation. Recently, however, social theorists have raised serious doubts about the translator's enterprise. Over the last few years the human social and ecological habitat has seen spectacular developments.

The growth of ‘, new genetics’, has dramatically increased our understanding of health, diseases and the body. Anthropologists argue that these scientific advances have had far-reaching social and cultural implications, radically changing our self-understanding and perception of what it means to be human, that we have become ‘, biomedicalized’, , fragmented and commodified - redefining our notions of citizenship, social rel...

The island nation of Iceland is known for many things--majestic landscapes, volcanic eruptions, distinctive seafood--but racial diversity is not one of them. So the little-known story of Hans Jonathan, a free black man who lived and raised a family in early nineteenth-century Iceland, is improbable and compelling, the stuff of novels.             In The Man Who Stole Himself, Gisli Palsson lays out Jonathan's story in stunning detail. Born int...

Reflecting upon the changing human condition, Palsson addresses various conflated zones of life at particular times and scales.

Anthropology, it is often argued, is an art of translation. Recently, however, social theorists have raised serious doubts about the translator's enterprise. Over the last few years the human social and ecological habitat has seen spectacular developments. Modern humans inhabit a 'global village' in a very genuine sense. What lessons may be learned from these developments for anthropology? In Beyond Boundaries, ten anthropologists from differe...