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Identity
Giselle Walker
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Description for Identity
paperback. Aspects of identity explored by eight distinguished authors from different academic disciplines. Series: Darwin College Lectures. Num Pages: 228 pages, 19 b/w illus. 10 music examples. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; PSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 174 x 12. Weight in Grams: 464.
There is a spectrum of identities: from the mathematical, through cases where specific criteria matter, to the complex or intuitive cases where we can recognise identity but don't know what the criteria should be. In a series of essays by senior figures in the sciences and humanities, this book examines what identity means across a number of academic disciplines. Topics range from mathematics, through the rules of recognition in biology and the law, to comprehending the individual in the visual, performing and literary arts, and ultimately to notions of the philosophy of existence. Using the theme of identity to make ... Read more
There is a spectrum of identities: from the mathematical, through cases where specific criteria matter, to the complex or intuitive cases where we can recognise identity but don't know what the criteria should be. In a series of essays by senior figures in the sciences and humanities, this book examines what identity means across a number of academic disciplines. Topics range from mathematics, through the rules of recognition in biology and the law, to comprehending the individual in the visual, performing and literary arts, and ultimately to notions of the philosophy of existence. Using the theme of identity to make ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
Series
Darwin College Lectures
Number of Pages
228
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521897266
SKU
V9780521897266
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About Giselle Walker
Giselle Walker is Associate Dean at Darwin College and Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge. Elisabeth Leedham-Green is a Fellow of Darwin College and Ancient Archivist of Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge and former Deputy Keeper of the Cambridge University Archives.
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