He has mastered a vast technical literature in French and English, exploited the archives and material remains of colonial and postcolonial Africa, and knows his African history to boot. He writes with grace and feeling, and makes accessible the scientific and clinical issues. Above all, he ...
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History of Stone Age Art (2.5 million-3,000 BCE) Prehistoric artcomes from three epochs of prehistory: Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic. Theearliest recorded artis theBhimbetka petroglyphs(a set of 10 cupules and an engraving or groove) found in a quartzite rock shelter known as Auditorium...
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Challenging conventional approaches that leave questions of security to policy experts, Russ Castronovo turns to literature, philosophy, and political theory to show how security provides an organizing principle for collective life in ways that both enhance freedom and limit it. His incisive critique ran...
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