Culture: The Story of Us, From Cave - Paperback, by Puchner Martin - Very Good

BooksRun
(201398)
Angemeldet als gewerblicher Verkäufer
Mehr Artikel des Verkäufers
Verkäufer kontaktieren
US $7,37
Ca.CHF 5,91
Artikelzustand:
Sehr gut
Letzter Artikel2 verkauft
Ganz entspannt. Kostenloser Versand & Rückversand.
Schnell, bevor er weg ist. 1 Person beobachtet diesen Artikel.
Versand:
Kostenlos USPS Media MailTM.
Standort: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Lieferung:
Lieferung zwischen Mi, 15. Okt und Di, 21. Okt nach 94104 bei heutigem Zahlungseingang
Wir wenden ein spezielles Verfahren zur Einschätzung des Liefertermins an – in diese Schätzung fließen Faktoren wie die Entfernung des Käufers zum Artikelstandort, der gewählte Versandservice, die bisher versandten Artikel des Verkäufers und weitere ein. Insbesondere während saisonaler Spitzenzeiten können die Lieferzeiten abweichen.
Rücknahme:
30 Tage Rückgabe. Verkäufer zahlt Rückversand.
Zahlungen:
     Diners Club

Sicher einkaufen

eBay-Käuferschutz
Geld zurück, wenn etwas mit diesem Artikel nicht stimmt. Mehr erfahreneBay-Käuferschutz - wird in neuem Fenster oder Tab geöffnet
Der Verkäufer ist für dieses Angebot verantwortlich.
eBay-Artikelnr.:146357526599
Zuletzt aktualisiert am 09. Okt. 2025 10:32:39 MESZAlle Änderungen ansehenAlle Änderungen ansehen

Artikelmerkmale

Artikelzustand
Sehr gut: Buch, das nicht neu aussieht und gelesen wurde, sich aber in einem hervorragenden Zustand ...
Type
Textbook
ISBN
9781324074502
Kategorie

Über dieses Produkt

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10
1324074507
ISBN-13
9781324074502
eBay Product ID (ePID)
26060899471

Product Key Features

Book Title
Culture : the Story of Us, from Cave Art to K-Pop
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Civilization, Ancient / General, Social History, World
Publication Year
2024
Genre
History
Author
Martin Puchner
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
11.4 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
If anyone wants to know what it is for comparative literature to encompass the globe, they need only read this remarkable book., Cultures develop by sharing, borrowing, and collaborating--but also by conquest, appropriation, and theft. Martin Puchner's timely book takes us on a breathtaking tour of world history, reminding us that as we judge the past, one day we, too, will be judged, and that when we ignore or try to erase our cultural heritage, we are only impoverishing ourselves., Puchner is an adept storyteller who uses narrative to show that the common trait among all human cultures is skillful stealing in service of explanation., Puchner creates a perfectly balanced and incisively abridged version of the story of human culture. Ultimately, this is an examination of the making and transport of ideas, which is always an interaction between old and new. Each chapter builds a new layer, adding to the depth and complexity, while Puchner also provides a global who's who of cultural diffusion., As much a book of philosophy as a sweeping history, Martin Puchner's Culture is calculated but bold in its approach to traversing and analyzing centuries of art, entertainment, and knowledge. Culture hops through countries and eras to deliver a resonant argument for the necessity of our common creativity., Why do we make art? Why do we tell stories? What is it about humanity that just has to build a pyramid or write a concerto or spray paint the side of a subway car? With Culture, professor and public intellectual Martin Puchner attempts to answer these questions--along with a seemingly infinite array of others--as he takes the reader through millennia of human creation, always wondering what's at the heart of our need to achieve., Martin Puchner's timely book takes us on a breathtaking tour of world history, reminding us that as we judge the past, one day we, too, will be judged, and that when we ignore or try to erase our cultural heritage, we are only impoverishing ourselves., Martin Puchner has exceptional and invaluable gifts: intellectual fearlessness, dazzling erudition, trenchancy tempered by breadth of mind, and a humanist's eye for minute evidence that illumines huge problems. He leaps daringly among well-chosen vignettes to show us what cultural change is like: contingent, fragile, unpredictable, and always dependent on our willingness to exchange objects, people, and ideas., Exhilarating....elegantly written and full of erudite lore, this vibrant history illuminates the inveterate human yearning for expression., Culture is a breakneck, utterly captivating survey of the cultural transmission of ideas, stories, and songs--how they survive, change, vanish, and are borrowed, refined, coopted, and grafted through time. Reading this book was like taking a course in the history of humanities from a world-class professor with a rapacious, global, up-to-the-minute curiosity. I underlined sentences on every page., Fearless and exhilaratingly erudite, Martin Puchner's panoramic tour of human culture across the millennia is a riveting page-turner. Revealing the beauty and necessity of cultural cross-pollination and borrowing, Puchner's tour de force is the perfect antidote to our increasingly dreary and close-minded times., So many books these days are described as being 'sweeping histories'; Culture, which promises in its subtitle to take us from our most primitive artistic impulses all the way to the machinery of modern-day fandom. But what intrigues me most about Puchner's latest isn't its scope--it's its driving question: 'What good are the arts?' In my more hopeless moments, this question bubbles up inside me, and I'm chomping at the bit to hear Puchner's answer, grounded in history and informed by cultures around the world., A Harvard professor goes wide in this study of the humanities and human creativity, looking at standout moments and what they can tell us about our past and future. As [Martin Puchner] guides readers along a Nefertiti to TikTok continuum, he shows how cultural exchange and innovation help societies address some of life's most existential questions.
Synopsis
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice "A mighty, polymathic work, equally at home in all four corners of the globe....It is a gift to be savored." --Chris Vognar, Boston Globe In Culture, acclaimed author, professor, and public intellectual Martin Puchner takes us on a breakneck tour through pivotal moments in world history, providing a global introduction to the arts and humanities in one engaging volume., In Culture, acclaimed author, professor, and public intellectual Martin Puchner takes us on a breakneck tour through pivotal moments in world history, providing a global introduction to the arts and humanities in one engaging volume., What good are the arts? Why should we care about the past? For millennia, humanity has sought to understand and transmit to future generations not just the "know-how" of life, but the "know-why"--the meaning and purpose of our existence, as expressed in art, architecture, religion, and philosophy. This crucial passing down of knowledge has required the radical integration of insights from the past and from other cultures. In Culture, acclaimed author, professor, and public intellectual Martin Puchner takes us on a breakneck tour through pivotal moments in world history, providing a global introduction to the arts and humanities in one engaging volume. From Nefertiti's lost city to the plays of Wole Soyinka; from the theaters of ancient Greece to Chinese travel journals to Arab and Aztec libraries; from a South Asian statuette found at Pompeii to a time capsule left behind on the Moon, Puchner tells the gripping story of human achievement through our collective losses and rediscoveries, power plays and heroic journeys, innovations, imitations, and appropriations. More than a work of history, Culture is an archive of humanity's most monumental junctures and a guidebook for the future of us humans as a creative species. Witty, erudite, and full of wonder, Puchner argues that the humanities are (and always have been) essential to the transmission of knowledge that drives the efforts of human civilization., What good are the arts? Why should we care about the past? For millennia, humanity has sought to understand and relay to future generations not just the "know-how" of life, but the "know-why"-the meaning and purpose of our existence, as expressed in art, architecture, religion, and philosophy. From Nefertiti's lost city to the plays of Wole Soyinka, Puchner tells the gripping story of human achievement through our collective losses, rediscoveries, innovations, imitations, and appropriations. More than a work of history, Culture is an archive of humanity's most monumental junctures and a guidebook for the future of us humans as a creative species.

Artikelbeschreibung des Verkäufers

Info zu diesem Verkäufer

BooksRun

99,4% positive Bewertungen•924 Tsd. Artikel verkauft

Mitglied seit Aug 2014
Angemeldet als gewerblicher Verkäufer
BooksRun is an online seller of new and used books and textbooks. Best prices for books since 2014, we're a one-stop shop for all sorts of books, from fiction to textbooks. We're constantly expanding ...
Mehr anzeigen
Shop besuchenKontakt

Detaillierte Verkäuferbewertungen

Durchschnitt in den letzten 12 Monaten
Genaue Beschreibung
4.9
Angemessene Versandkosten
5.0
Lieferzeit
5.0
Kommunikation
5.0

Beliebte Kategorien in diesem Shop

Alle ansehenKategorien
Sonstiges

Verkäuferbewertungen (224'376)

Alle Bewertungen
Positiv
Neutral
Negativ
Alle Bewertungen ansehen

Noch mehr entdecken: