Classification from Antiquity to Modern Times

Classification from Antiquity to Modern Times
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages : 358
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ISBN-10 : 9783110538779
ISBN-13 : 3110538776
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Book Synopsis Classification from Antiquity to Modern Times by : Tanja Pommerening

Download or read book Classification from Antiquity to Modern Times written by Tanja Pommerening and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2017-09-11 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume presents phenomena of classification and categorisation in ancient and modern cultures and provides an overview of how cultural practices and cognitive systems interact when individuals or larger groups conceptually organize their world. Scientists of antiquity studies, anthropologists, linguists etc. will find methods to reconstruct early concepts of men and nature from a synchronic and diachronic comparative perspective.


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