David Picard: 4 books
Tourism, Magic and Modernity
Cultivating the Human Garden
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Drawing from extended fieldwork in La Réunion, in the Indian Ocean, the author suggests an innovative re-reading of different concepts of magic that emerge in the global cultural economics of tourism. Following the making and unmaking of the tropical island tourism destination of La Réunion, he...
Is the Universe a Hologram?
Scientists Answer the Most Provocative Questions
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2017
Questions about the physical world, the mind, and technology in conversations that reveal a rich seam of interacting ideas.
Science today is more a process of collaboration than moments of individual “eurekas.” This book recreates that kind of synergy by offering a series of interconnected...
by Kit Barker, Dale Campbell, David P. Gushee
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2018
Forgiveness is at the heart of the Christian Gospel. It goes hand in hand with love, mercy, and grace, the fundamental theological virtues. However, forgiveness is easier to define than it is to embody. This unique collection of essays brings together theologians, ethicists, and ministry practitioners...
by Étienne Tassin, Bérard Cénatus, Stéphane Douailler
Language: French
Release Date: February 16, 2016
Language: French
Release Date: February 16, 2016
Quels moyens l’État haïtien s’est-il donné de rendre justice et de surmonter les séquelles de la dictature? Rassemblés en 2014 pour en débattre, chercheurs et militants de tous les milieux (sciences politiques, philosophie, droit, anthropologie…) en discutent collectivement, librement,...