Encyclopedia - Game: Encyclopedia Ii - Game - Anthropology Of Games
Games, being a characteristic human activity strongly determined by custom and the frequent subjects of folklore, have been the subject o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Game: Encyclopedia Ii - Game - One-person Games
One-person games or one-player games are sometimes called solitaire games, but this term can be easily confused with the peg game and the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Game: Encyclopedia Ii - Game - Games In Philosophy
In Philosophical Investigations, philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein argued that the concept "game" could not be contained by any single defi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Game: Encyclopedia - Game
A game is an (often, but not always recreational) activity involving one or more players. This can be defined by either a goal that the p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wealth: Encyclopedia - Wealth
Wealth is an abundance of items of economic value, or the state of controlling or possessing such items, and encompasses money, real esta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Descent: Encyclopedia - Descent
Descent may refer to: Kinship and descent in anthropology Common descent in biology Descent (category theory) in mathematics The Descent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ley Line: Encyclopedia - Ley Line
Ley lines are alignments of a number of places of geographical interest, such as ancient megaliths. Their existence was first suggested i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 19th Century: Encyclopedia - 19th Century
The 19th century lasted from 1801 to 1900 in the Gregorian calendar (using the Common Era system of year numbering). Historians sometimes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Race: Encyclopedia - Race
A race is a population of humans distinguished from other populations. The most widely used racial categories are based on visible trait...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mana: Encyclopedia - Mana
Mana is a traditional term and a concept among the speakers of Oceanic languages, including Melanesians, Polynesians and Māori. It is an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Golden Bough: Encyclopedia - The Golden Bough
The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion is a wide-ranging comparative study of mythology and religion by Scottish anthropologist ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethnography: Encyclopedia - Ethnography
Ethnography (from the Greek ethnos = nation and graphein = writing) refers to the qualitative description of human social phenomena, base...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fetishism: Encyclopedia - Fetishism
A fetish (from French fétiche; from Portuguese feitiço; from Latin facticius, "artificial" and facere, "to make") is a natural object b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Academic Disciplines: Encyclopedia - List Of Academic Disciplines
This is a list of academic disciplines (and academic fields). An academic discipline is a branch of knowledge which is formally taught, e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Violence: Encyclopedia - Violence
Violence refers to acts —typically connotative with aggressive and criminal behaviour —which intend to cause or is causing of injury ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Collective Unconscious: Encyclopedia - Collective Unconscious
Collective unconscious is a term of analytical psychology, and was originally coined by Carl Jung. He distinguished the collective uncons...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Van Helsing: Encyclopedia - Van Helsing
Van Helsing is a 2004 action / horror film directed by Stephen Sommers. The film stars Hugh Jackman and Kate Beckinsale. Van Helsing - Pl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wealth: Encyclopedia Ii - Wealth - Other Concepts Of Wealth
Wealth - Global wealth. Michel Foucault commented that the concept of Man as an aggregate did not exist before the 18th century. The sh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 19th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - 19th Century - Other Regions
For the rest of the world, there were few places not influenced by the West in some fashion, whether through colonialism, imperialism, or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wealth: Encyclopedia Ii - Wealth - The Anthropological View Of Wealth
Anthropology characterizes societies, in part, based on a society's concept of wealth, and the institutional structures and power used to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wealth: Encyclopedia Ii - Wealth - Wealth And Poverty
An entire lack of any kind of wealth may constitute poverty, although the opposite of poverty may be sufficiency (in terms of food, shelt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wealth: Encyclopedia Ii - Wealth - The Creation Of Wealth
Wealth is created through several means. Natural resources can be harvested and sold to those who want them. Material can be changed int...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wealth: Encyclopedia Ii - Wealth - The Distribution Of Wealth
Different societies have different opinions about wealth distribution and about the obligations related to wealth, but from the era of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Structuralism: Encyclopedia Ii - Structuralism - Structuralism In Anthropology
See the main article at structural anthropology According to structural theory in anthropology, meaning is produced and reproduced within...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Inequity Aversion: Encyclopedia Ii - Inequity Aversion - Social Inequity Aversion
Fehr & Schmidt's IA model may partially explain the widespead opposition to Economic inequality in democracies, although a distinctio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Inequity Aversion: Encyclopedia Ii - Inequity Aversion - Ia In Humans
Inequity aversion (IA) research in humans falls mostly into the disciple of economics, but, since it can create models of 'fair', 'cooper...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Inequity Aversion: Encyclopedia Ii - Inequity Aversion - The Brown Capuchin Inequitable Payment Experiment
In a famous capuchin monkey experiment in 2003, Sarah Brosnan and Frans de Waal showed that these social primates would prefer receiving ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mana: Encyclopedia Ii - Mana - Mana In Fantasy
Fantasy writer Larry Niven in his 1978 novella, The Magic Goes Away, describes "mana" as a natural resource which is used or channeled by...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ley Line: Encyclopedia Ii - Ley Line - The Anthropological Approach: Alfred Watkins And The Old Straight Track
The concept of ley lines was first propounded by Alfred Watkins. On June 30, 1921, Watkins visited Blackwardine in Herefordshire, and wen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 19th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - 19th Century - Significant People
19th century - Anthropology. Franz Boas Edward Burnett Tylor Karl Verner Brothers Grimm Nicholai Miklukho-Maklai Johann Jakob Bachofen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 19th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - 19th Century - Significant People
19th century - Anthropology. Lewis H. Morgan Franz Boas Edward Burnett Tylor Karl Verner Brothers Grimm Nicholai Miklukho-Maklai Johan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 19th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - 19th Century - Americas
The United States began expansion across the North American Continent, beginning with the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. This expansion was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 19th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - 19th Century - Inventions Discoveries Introductions
Main articles: Timeline of invention#19th_century and Timeline of scientific discoveries#1800s Research became institutionalized at resea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 19th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - 19th Century - Events
19th century - 1800s. 1801: The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom. 1801-15: Barbary...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 19th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - 19th Century - Europe
In 1801, the Irish parliament voted to merge Ireland with England, thus creating the United Kingdom. Ireland remained under total British...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 19th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - 19th Century - Europe
In 1801, the Irish parliament voted to merge Ireland with England, thus creating the United Kingdom. Ireland remained under total British...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Race: Encyclopedia Ii - Race - Historical Origins Of Race
Race - History of the term. Further information: Race (historical definitions) Given our visual acuity and complex social relationships...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Race: Encyclopedia Ii - Race - 20th- And 21st-century Debates Over Race
With the advent of the modern synthesis in the early 20th century, biologists developed a new, more rigorous model of race as subspecies...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Race: Encyclopedia Ii - Race - Social Interpretation Of Physical Variation
Race - Incongruities of racial classifications. Even as the idea of "race" was becoming a powerful organizing principle in many societi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Race: Encyclopedia Ii - Race - Historical Origins Of Race
Race - History of the term. Given our visual acuity and complex social relationships, humans presumably have always observed and specul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Race: Encyclopedia Ii - Race - 20th- And 21st-century Debates Over Race
Race - Scale of race research. Discussions of race are complicated because race research has taken place on at least two scales (globa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Race: Encyclopedia Ii - Race - 20th- And 21st-century Debates Over Race
Race - Scale of race research. Discussions of race are complicated because race research has taken place on at least two scales (globa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Race: Encyclopedia Ii - Race - Practical Uses Of Race
Race - Race in politics and ethics. Racial classifications were used during the Enlightenment to justify enslavement of those deemed to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Race: Encyclopedia Ii - Race - Practical Uses Of Race
Race - Race in politics and ethics. Michel Foucault showed the popular historical and political use of a non-essentialist notion of "ra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Race: Encyclopedia Ii - Race - Social Interpretation Of Physical Variation
Race - Incongruities of racial classifications. Even as the idea of "race" was becoming a powerful organizing principle in many societi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Race: Encyclopedia Ii - Race - Case Studies In The Social Construction Of Race
Race - Race in the United States. In the United States since its early history, Native Americans, African-Americans and European-Americ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Race: Encyclopedia Ii - Race - Case Studies In The Social Construction Of Race
Race - Race in the United States. In the United States since its early history, Native Americans, African-Americans and European-Americ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Race: Encyclopedia Ii - Race - The Origins, Patterns, And Physical Manifestations Of Human Genetic Variation
Race - Origins of modern humans. see also single-origin hypothesis, multiregional hypothesis. Any biological model for race must acco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Race: Encyclopedia Ii - Race - The Origins Patterns And Physical Manifestations Of Human Genetic Variation
Race - Origins of modern humans. see also single-origin hypothesis, multiregional hypothesis. Any biological model for race must acco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Race: Encyclopedia Ii - Race - The Origins Patterns And Physical Manifestations Of Human Genetic Variation
Race - Origins of modern humans. see also single-origin hypothesis, multiregional hypothesis. Any biological model for race must acco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Academic Disciplines: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Academic Disciplines - Mathematics And Computer Science
List of academic disciplines - Mathematics. Algebra Analysis Calculus Game theory Geometry Information theory Number theory Probabilit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ley Line: Encyclopedia Ii - Ley Line - The New Age Approach: Magical And Holy Lines
Watkins' theories have been adapted by later writers. Some of his ideas were taken up by the occultist Dion Fortune who featured them in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ley Line: Encyclopedia Ii - Ley Line - The Skeptical Approach: Chance Alignments
Some skeptics have suggested that ley lines are a product of human fancy. Watkins' discovery happened at a time when Ordnance Survey maps...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ley Line: Encyclopedia Ii - Ley Line - Are Alignments And Ley Lines The Same Thing?
The existence of the observed alignments is not controversial. Both believers in magical and ancient theories of ley lines and skeptics o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ley Line: Encyclopedia Ii - Ley Line - Controversy
The demonstration of the plausibility of the current evidence under the null hypothesis is not a formal disproof of ley line claims. Howe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ley Line: Encyclopedia Ii - Ley Line - Scientific Investigation
According to data obtained by investigators of ley line theories, some ley lines points possess higher magnetic energy than the average g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stockholm Syndrome: Encyclopedia Ii - Stockholm Syndrome - Incidence
According to the FBI, 92 percent of hostages in the FBI's database were reported to show no signs of Stockholm Syndrome (PDF). Outside of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stockholm Syndrome: Encyclopedia Ii - Stockholm Syndrome - Incidence
According to the FBI, 92 percent of hostages in the FBI's database were reported to show no signs of Stockholm Syndrome (PDF). Outside of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Van Helsing: Encyclopedia Ii - Van Helsing - Other Media
Sommers expanded the story of Van Helsing in two direct spin-offs. The animated prequel titled Van Helsing: The London Assignment, takes ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethnography: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethnography - Cultural Anthropology
Cultural anthropology grew up around the practice of ethnography. Its canonical texts are mostly ethnographies, e.g. Argonauts of the Wes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aggression: Encyclopedia Ii - Aggression - Aggression Against Outsiders
The easiest aggression to explain is that of a group defending itself against a predator to prevent being eaten. Either the strong will f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aggression: Encyclopedia Ii - Aggression - Genetic
Aggression is a basic drive of life and part of the process of survival and evolution. Aggression in humans is partly genetic, with origi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Violence: Encyclopedia Ii - Violence - Violence In The Media
A highly debated topic is the influence of violent content in popular media such as film, television and video games. Violence makes many...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Violence: Encyclopedia Ii - Violence - Violence In The Media
A highly debated topic is the influence of violent content in popular media such as film, television, music and video games. Violence mak...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Academic Disciplines: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Academic Disciplines - Social Sciences
List of academic disciplines - Anthropology. Biological anthropology Primate behavior Human evolution Population genetics Forensic an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Violence: Encyclopedia Ii - Violence - Psychology And Sociology
The causes of violent behaviour are often a research topic in psychology and sociology. Violence is often, but not always, a deviant beha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Violence: Encyclopedia Ii - Violence - Psychology And Sociology
The causes of violent behaviour are often a research topic in psychology and sociology. Violence is often, but not always, a deviant beha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mana: Encyclopedia Ii - Mana - Mana In Oceanic Culture
The word originates in Polynesian religion, and its modern use is a result of the popularization of the concept by anthropology and, to a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philosophical Investigations: Encyclopedia Ii - Philosophical Investigations - Natural Language Meaning And Use
This leads to the common gloss of Wittgenstein's argument in the Investigations: "Meaning just is use." In other words, we don't define w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fetishism: Encyclopedia Ii - Fetishism - Practice
Theoretically, fetishism is present in all religions, but its use in the study of religion is derived from studies of traditional West Af...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aggression: Encyclopedia Ii - Aggression - Aggression Against The Own Kind
One function of aggression is that the leader of a group is determined or the pecking order. Another purpose of aggression is the gaining...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Madison Grant: Encyclopedia Ii - Madison Grant - Conservation Efforts
Grant was a close friend of many U.S. presidents, including Theodore Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover, and also was an avid conservationist. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dart Missile: Encyclopedia Ii - Dart Missile - Modern Darts
Of the darts still in widespread use, perhaps the closest to traditional thrown darts are lawn darts. These are large and heavy enough to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Violence: Encyclopedia Ii - Violence - Law
One of the main functions of law is to regulate violence (indeed, the sociologist Max Weber famously stated that the state is a monopoly ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Violence: Encyclopedia Ii - Violence - Health And Wellness
The World Health Organization (WHO, [1]) estimates that each year around 1.6 million lives are lost world-wide due to violence. It is amo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - University Of Western Australia: Encyclopedia Ii - University Of Western Australia - University Events
UWA is renowned around Perth for its highly active social calendar for students. The highlight of the social year is widely considered to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Violence: Encyclopedia Ii - Violence - Law
One of the main functions of law is to regulate violence (indeed, the sociologist Max Weber famously stated that the state is a monopoly ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Violence: Encyclopedia Ii - Violence - Health And Wellness
The World Health Organization (WHO, [1]) estimates that each year around 1.6 million lives are lost world-wide due to violence. It is amo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bushmen: Encyclopedia Ii - Bushmen - Relocation And Government Persecution
Since the mid-1990s the central government of Botswana has been trying to move Bushmen out of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve even thou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Academic Disciplines: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Academic Disciplines - Natural Sciences
List of academic disciplines - Astronomy. Astrophysics Cosmogony Cosmology List of academic disciplines - Behavioral science. L...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Competition: Encyclopedia Ii - Competition - The Study Of Competition
Competition has been studied in several fields, including psychology, sociology, and anthropology. Social psychologists, for instance, st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Inuit: Encyclopedia Ii - Inuit - Anthropological Analysis
Anthropologists class the Inuit as members of the Mongoloid race, along with various Siberian tribes such as the Yakut, as well as the Ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Macquarie University: Encyclopedia Ii - Macquarie University - Academic Structure
Macquarie University - College of Commerce. Division of Economics and Financial Studies covers the fields of Accounting, Economics, Bu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Madison Grant: Encyclopedia Ii - Madison Grant - Nordic Theory
Grant is most famously the author of the popular book The Passing of the Great Race in 1916, an elaborate work of racial hygiene detailin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethnography: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethnography - Other Related Fields
Sociology and cultural studies also produce ethnography. Urban sociology and the Chicago School in particular are associated with ethnogr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carlos Castaneda: Encyclopedia Ii - Carlos Castaneda - Interpretation And Criticism The Castaneda Controversy
Many critics doubt the existence of don Juan, citing inconsistencies in don Juan's personality across the books and in the sequence of ev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pomona College: Encyclopedia Ii - Pomona College - Unique Traditions
The college has two unique -- and some might say bizarre -- traditions: Pomona College - '47'. This number holds mystical importance fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ahnenerbe: Encyclopedia Ii - Ahnenerbe - Fantasy Vs. Reality
Misconstrued ideas of the Ahnenerbe are common in fantasy fiction, and the they have become part of the background of conspiracy theories...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ahnenerbe: Encyclopedia Ii - Ahnenerbe - Fantasy Vs. Reality
Misconstrued ideas of the Ahnenerbe are common in fantasy fiction, and they have become part of the background of conspiracy theories - l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Holbrook: Encyclopedia Ii - David Holbrook - Works
David Holbrook - Novels. Holbrook wrote several novels based on his own life and his family history. These were not romans à clef—mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Girl: Encyclopedia Ii - Girl - Gender Roles
In almost all cultures, girls have been socialized into gender roles. Girls have traditionally been associated with playing with dolls an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - University Of Michigan: Encyclopedia Ii - University Of Michigan - Libraries And Museums
The UM library system is one of the largest in the United States. It comprises 19 individual libraries with 24 separate collections—rou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fetishism: Encyclopedia Ii - Fetishism - History
The concept was coined by Charles de Brosses in 1757, while comparing West African religion to the magical aspects of Ancient Egyptian re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fetishism: Encyclopedia Ii - Fetishism - History
The concept was coined by Charles de Brosses in 1757, while comparing West African religion to the magical aspects of Ancient Egyptian re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Macquarie University: Encyclopedia Ii - Macquarie University - History
With the rapid expansion of Sydney's size and population in the 1960s, there arose a need for a third tertiary institution in the Sydney ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Academic Disciplines: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Academic Disciplines - Professions / Applied Sciences
List of academic disciplines - Design. city planning, urban planning industrial design, product design graphic design architecture int...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Macquarie University: Encyclopedia Ii - Macquarie University - Student Life
The university offers many types of programmes, from Bachelor's degrees through to Doctorate level qualifications. Courses may be offered...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Winston-salem North Carolina: Encyclopedia Ii - Winston-salem North Carolina - Features And Attractions
Winston-Salem North Carolina - Education. Winston-Salem's public school system is Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, which has most ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Game: Encyclopedia Ii - Game - Definition
Although many animals play, only humans confirmably have games. Whether some animals are intelligent enough to game is debatable, though ...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap V - G
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages V - G . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. &...   » Read the article