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From Decoding to Disrupting: Decolonizing Research Methods
ABSTRACT In this chapter, the author shares her journey and experiences with decolonization through the development of the Disrupting interview, collaborations with colleagues, and the re‐examination of disciplinary research and teaching practices.
Roberta Lexier
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The brilliance and sophistication of Herodotus’ work have rendered the origins of historiography obscure to us: he had extinguished his predecessors.
Jasper Griffin
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What Sustains Wars: Will to Fight Versus Military Might
This essay examines how psychosocial forces shape will to fight through the Devoted Actor Framework (DAF). Devoted actors, bound by sacred, non‐negotiable ideals and fused group identities, pursue a quest for ontological significance that sustains conflict beyond material incentives.
Scott Atran
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Ancient “Nomadology” – Knowledge of the Ancients About the Main Issues of Nomadic Studies
Introduction. Based on the study of the ancient literary tradition, the article analyzes the fundamental beliefs of the ancient Greeks and Romans about early nomads, the Scythians and the Sarmatians: origins of nomadism and nomads, their lifestyle ...
Aleksandr P. Medvedev
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Megabeds in the Marsili Basin, Tyrrhenian Sea
Widepsread and thick megabeds occur in the Marsili Basin of the Tyrrhenian Sea. Megabeds are linked to volcanic eruptions. The Marsili megabeds are recorded by thick turbidites to complex and heterogeneous deposits. ABSTRACT Megabeds, also known as ‘megaturbidites,’ are exceptionally large submarine sediment deposits likely formed by catastrophic ...
Faye Higgins +2 more
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One‐Sidedness and the Inferior Function in Coriolanus and Timon of Athens [PDF]
Abstract For both Jung and Shakespeare, one‐sidedness is the fundamental tragic trait. Jung proposed that as an individual develops, they inevitably associate their identity with certain modes of perception and interaction, and that this leads to psychological polarization.
Sofie Qwarnström
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Synthesis of Late Burdigalian tectono‐stratigraphic events occurring in and around the southern Levant Basin. Highlighted are the active NW‐Se‐striking normal faults nucleating onshore Sinai and across the southern Levant Basin. The offshore strike‐slip fault networks are also highlighted and are believed to be related to the same event which nucleated
Amir Joffe +4 more
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Women in Herodotus’ Oracles. A Look beyond the Pythia
Women other than the Pythia are excluded from the consultation and reception of oracles, but they are nevertheless present in the oracular passages of Herodotus’ Histories. This paper focuses on the roles that they play in these passages, with the aim of
Carmen Sánchez-Mañas
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Posthumous Veneration of King Leonidas in Sparta
This article examines several narratives about the posthumous veneration of King Leonidas in Sparta. The details of the funeral ceremony held for him are analyzed.
L. G. Pechatnova
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L’Oriente Vicino: le tradizioni sulla Lidia nello specchio di Erodoto
This paper examines the different images of Lydia and Lydians as they are depicted in Herodotus’ Histories and in the earlier Greek literary tradition, focusing especially on the double-sided portrait of this civilization which seems to stem from the ...
Francesca Gazzano
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