Abysmal: A Critique of Cartographic ReasonUniversity of Chicago Press, 15 mars 2010 - 584 sidor People rely on reason to think about and navigate the abstract world of human relations in much the same way they rely on maps to study and traverse the physical world. Starting from that simple observation, renowned geographer Gunnar Olsson offers in Abysmal an astonishingly erudite critique of the way human thought and action have become deeply immersed in the rhetoric of cartography and how this cartographic reasoning allows the powerful to map out other people’s lives. |
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... Marduk gains and retains his elevated position as the Lord of lords. Regardless of how it is categorized, this ancient text is a crucial document, for what it does is to lay bare the rhetorical techniques through which undifferentiated ...
... Marduk gains and retains his elevated position as the Lord of lords. Regardless of how it is catego- rized, this ancient text is a crucial document, for what it does is to lay bare the rhetorical techniques through which ...
... Marduk is conceived , the most awe- some being ever to be . 7 When his father saw him he beamed with pride and his heart was filled with joy . In deed : He made him so perfect that his godhead was doubled . Elevated far above them , he ...
... Marduk to his private quarters, asking him to step forth, to show who he is by being equal to himself. Marduk, who for the first time is now addressed as “The Lord,”10 initially rejoiced then imme- diately proceeded to list the ...
... Marduk , their avenger , they decreed the destiny.12 12 And out of the ashes from this revel Marduk emerges as a splendid Phoenix , Lord of lords , God of gods . They erected for him a throne , they gave him sovereignty over the whole ...
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