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Reproduction ID: H1695 Maker: Robert Howlett Date: 1857

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Reproduction ID: D0676 Maker: Joseph Cundall Date: 18 August 1855 Find out more about this image on Collections

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nationalmaritimemuseum | shipyard | shipbuilding | ship | riverthames | thamesriver | thames | jscottrussellco | london | isambardkingdombrunel | isambardbrunel | brunel | ssgreateastern | greateastern | scottrussell | easternsteamnavigationcompany | easterncompany | leviathan | greatshipcompany | millwall | steamship | cablelayingship | cablelaying | cl0412 | cl0412fs | cl0412s1 | cl0412d3 | great | eastern | giant | isle | dogs | cutting | edge | technology | mid | 19th | century | industry | cost | greenwich | teamwork | ladders | detail | task | effort | huge | massive | construction | site | scale | challenge | skill | engineering | details | building | complexity | structure | posing | rivets | achievement | workers

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This subject introduces the student to some of the literary, philosophical and religious texts which became major sources of assumption about the nature of the universe and mankind's place within it and which continue to underlie the characteristically Western sense of things to this day. In particular, the subject will study closely texts from two broad ranges of texts, those of ancient Greece and some major texts of the Judeo-Christian tradition, which rivals the tradition of the ancient world and in many ways contests with it.In our discussions we will also examine the claims made in behalf of our texts that they are classics and we will explore some of the historical, literary, intellectual, and ethical significance that the question "what is a classic?" has had at different This subject introduces the student to some of the literary, philosophical and religious texts which became major sources of assumption about the nature of the universe and mankind's place within it and which continue to underlie the characteristically Western sense of things to this day. In particular, the subject will study closely texts from two broad ranges of texts, those of ancient Greece and some major texts of the Judeo-Christian tradition, which rivals the tradition of the ancient world and in many ways contests with it.In our discussions we will also examine the claims made in behalf of our texts that they are classics and we will explore some of the historical, literary, intellectual, and ethical significance that the question "what is a classic?" has had at different

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western | western | culture | culture | literature | literature | judeo-christian | judeo-christian | philosophy | philosophy | religion | religion | greece | greece | classic | classic | history | history | civilization | civilization | Homer | Homer | Aeschylus | Aeschylus | Sophocles | Sophocles | Euripides | Euripides | Thucydides | Thucydides | Plato | Plato | Aristotle | Aristotle | Saint Augustine | Saint Augustine | Dante | Dante | bible | bible | classics | classics | western civilization | western civilization | Rome | Rome

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Culture, Embodiment, and the Senses will provide an historical and cross-cultural analysis of the politics of sensory experience. The subject will address western philosophical debates about mind, brain, emotion, and the body and the historical value placed upon sight, reason, and rationality, versus smell, taste, and touch as acceptable modes of knowing and knowledge production. We will assess cultural traditions that challenge scientific interpretations of experience arising from western philosophical and physiological models. The class will examine how sensory experience lies beyond the realm of individual physiological or psychological responses and occurs within a culturally elaborated field of social relations. Finally, we will debate how discourse about the senses is a product of pa Culture, Embodiment, and the Senses will provide an historical and cross-cultural analysis of the politics of sensory experience. The subject will address western philosophical debates about mind, brain, emotion, and the body and the historical value placed upon sight, reason, and rationality, versus smell, taste, and touch as acceptable modes of knowing and knowledge production. We will assess cultural traditions that challenge scientific interpretations of experience arising from western philosophical and physiological models. The class will examine how sensory experience lies beyond the realm of individual physiological or psychological responses and occurs within a culturally elaborated field of social relations. Finally, we will debate how discourse about the senses is a product of pa

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Anthropology | Anthropology | culture | culture | embodiment | embodiment | senses | senses | historical | historical | cross-cultural analysis | cross-cultural analysis | politics | politics | sensory experience | sensory experience | western philosophical debates | western philosophical debates | mind | mind | brain | brain | emotion | emotion | body | body | sight | sight | reason | reason | rationality | rationality | smell | smell | taste | taste | touch | touch | knowing | knowing | knowledge production | knowledge production | scientific interpretations | scientific interpretations | western philosophical | western philosophical | physiological models | physiological models | individual physiological | individual physiological | psychological responses | psychological responses | social relations | social relations | power relations | power relations

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This course provides an exploration of colonial and postcolonial clashes between theories of healing and embodiment in the African world and those of western bio-medicine. It examines how Afro-Atlantic religious traditions have challenged western conceptions of illness, healing, and the body and have also offered alternative notions of morality, rationality, kinship, gender, and sexuality. It also analyzes whether contemporary western bio-medical interventions reinforce colonial or imperial power in the effort to promote global health in Africa and the African diaspora. This course provides an exploration of colonial and postcolonial clashes between theories of healing and embodiment in the African world and those of western bio-medicine. It examines how Afro-Atlantic religious traditions have challenged western conceptions of illness, healing, and the body and have also offered alternative notions of morality, rationality, kinship, gender, and sexuality. It also analyzes whether contemporary western bio-medical interventions reinforce colonial or imperial power in the effort to promote global health in Africa and the African diaspora.

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21A.460 | 21A.460 | WGS.620 | WGS.620 | Medicine | Medicine | Religion | Religion | Politics Africa | Politics Africa | African Diaspora | African Diaspora | colonial | colonial | postcolonial clashes | postcolonial clashes | theories of healing | theories of healing | embodiment; western | embodiment; western | bio-medicine | bio-medicine | Afro-Atlantic | Afro-Atlantic | traditions | traditions | illness | illness | healing | healing | body | body | alternative | alternative | morality | morality | rationality | rationality | kinship | kinship | gender | gender | sexuality; imperial | sexuality; imperial | power | power | global | global | health. | health. | embodiment | embodiment | western | western | sexuality | sexuality | imperial | imperial | health | health | SP.620J | SP.620J | SP.620 | SP.620

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This course will explore the relation of women and men in both pre-industrial and modern societies to the changing map of public and private (household) work spaces, examining how that map affected their opportunities for both productive activity and the consumption of goods and leisure. The reproductive strategies of women, either in conjunction with or in opposition to their families, will be the third major theme of the course. We will consider how a place and an ideal of the "domestic" arose in the early modern west, to what extent it was effective in limiting the economic position of women, and how it has been challenged, and with what success, in the post-industrial period. Finally, we will consider some of the policy implications for contemporary societies as they respond This course will explore the relation of women and men in both pre-industrial and modern societies to the changing map of public and private (household) work spaces, examining how that map affected their opportunities for both productive activity and the consumption of goods and leisure. The reproductive strategies of women, either in conjunction with or in opposition to their families, will be the third major theme of the course. We will consider how a place and an ideal of the "domestic" arose in the early modern west, to what extent it was effective in limiting the economic position of women, and how it has been challenged, and with what success, in the post-industrial period. Finally, we will consider some of the policy implications for contemporary societies as they respond

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21H.927 | 21H.927 | WGS.610 | WGS.610 | History | History | economics | economics | work | work | family | family | women | women | men | men | pre-industrial | pre-industrial | modern | modern | societies | societies | public | public | private | private | household | household | work spaces | work spaces | map | map | consumption | consumption | goods | goods | leisure | leisure | reproductive strategies | reproductive strategies | domestic | domestic | policy | policy | work force | work force | demographic | demographic | western Europe | western Europe | Middle Ages | Middle Ages | United States | United States | non-western cultures | non-western cultures

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The rise and fall of National Socialism is one of the most intensively-studied topics in European history. Nevertheless, after more than half a century, popular views of Nazism in the media and among the public remain simplistic-essentialized by equal parts fascination and horror. Adolf Hitler, for instance, is often portrayed as an evil genius of supernatural ability; while the Nazi state is similarly imagined to have held absolute power over every aspect of its subjects' lives. Such characterizations allow ordinary Germans to be portrayed as helpless victims of Nazism, ensnared or coerced into submission by forces beyond their control. Another popular characterization is that German culture itself is fundamentally flawed - that all Germans were basically Nazis at heart. This schema conv The rise and fall of National Socialism is one of the most intensively-studied topics in European history. Nevertheless, after more than half a century, popular views of Nazism in the media and among the public remain simplistic-essentialized by equal parts fascination and horror. Adolf Hitler, for instance, is often portrayed as an evil genius of supernatural ability; while the Nazi state is similarly imagined to have held absolute power over every aspect of its subjects' lives. Such characterizations allow ordinary Germans to be portrayed as helpless victims of Nazism, ensnared or coerced into submission by forces beyond their control. Another popular characterization is that German culture itself is fundamentally flawed - that all Germans were basically Nazis at heart. This schema conv

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History | History | Nazi | Nazi | Germany | Germany | Holocaust | Holocaust | National Socialism | National Socialism | Europe | Europe | media public | media public | Adolf Hitler | Adolf Hitler | ordinary | ordinary | Germans | Germans | fascism | fascism | Western nations | Western nations | Americans | Americans | Westerners | Westerners | national | national | cultures | cultures

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As we read broadly from throughout the vast chronological period that is "Homer to Dante," we will pepper our readings of individual ancient and medieval texts with broader questions like: what images, themes, and philosophical questions recur through the period; are there distinctly "classical" or "medieval" ways of depicting or addressing them; and what do terms like "Antiquity" or "the Middle Ages" even mean? (What are the Middle Ages in the "middle" of, for example?) Our texts will include adventure tales of travel and self-discovery (Homer's Odyssey and Dante's Inferno); courtroom dramas of vengeance and reconciliation (Aeschylus's Oresteia and the Icelandic Njáls saga); short poems of love and transformation (Ovid's Met As we read broadly from throughout the vast chronological period that is "Homer to Dante," we will pepper our readings of individual ancient and medieval texts with broader questions like: what images, themes, and philosophical questions recur through the period; are there distinctly "classical" or "medieval" ways of depicting or addressing them; and what do terms like "Antiquity" or "the Middle Ages" even mean? (What are the Middle Ages in the "middle" of, for example?) Our texts will include adventure tales of travel and self-discovery (Homer's Odyssey and Dante's Inferno); courtroom dramas of vengeance and reconciliation (Aeschylus's Oresteia and the Icelandic Njáls saga); short poems of love and transformation (Ovid's Met

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western | western | culture | culture | literature | literature | judeo-christian | judeo-christian | philosophy | philosophy | religion | religion | greece | greece | classic | classic | history | history | civilization | civilization | Homer | Homer | Aeschylus | Aeschylus | Sophocles | Sophocles | Euripides | Euripides | Thucydides | Thucydides | Plato | Plato | Aristotle | Aristotle | Saint Augustine | Saint Augustine | Dante | Dante | bible | bible | world | world | westernization | westernization

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Reproduction ID: H2415 Maker: Unknown Date: 1865

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nationalmaritimemuseum | ship | steamship | ssgreateastern | greateastern | easternsteamnavigationcompany | jscottrussellco | scottrussell | easterncompany | greatshipcompany | isambardkingdombrunel | isambardbrunel | brunel | leviathan | cablelayingship | cablelaying

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Reproduction ID: H2456 Maker: Unknown Date: 1865-1872

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nationalmaritimemuseum | ship | steamship | ssgreateastern | greateastern | easternsteamnavigationcompany | jscottrussellco | scottrussell | easterncompany | greatshipcompany | isambardkingdombrunel | isambardbrunel | brunel | leviathan | cablelayingship | cablelaying

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Reproduction ID: H2458 Maker: Unknown Date: 1865

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Reproduction ID: H2457 Maker: Unknown Date: 1865-1872

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nationalmaritimemuseum | ship | steamship | ssgreateastern | greateastern | easternsteamnavigationcompany | jscottrussellco | scottrussell | easterncompany | greatshipcompany | isambardkingdombrunel | isambardbrunel | brunel | leviathan | cablelayingship | cablelaying

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Reproduction ID: P39223 Maker: Unknown Date: 1859

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nationalmaritimemuseum | ship | steamship | ssgreateastern | greateastern | easternsteamnavigationcompany | jscottrussellco | isambardkingdombrunel | isambardbrunel | brunel | leviathan | cablelayingship | cablelaying | scottrussell | easterncompany | greatshipcompany | captainwilliamharrison | captwilliamharrison | captharrison | williamharrison | harrison | captainharrison

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Reproduction ID: H1696 Maker: Robert Howlett Date: 1857

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nationalmaritimemuseum | ikb | greateastern | paddle | steamer | ship | steamship | ssgreateastern | easternsteamnavigationcompany | jscottrussellco | scottrussell | easterncompany | greatshipcompany | isambardkingdombrunel | isambardbrunel | brunel | leviathan | cablelayingship | cablelaying | shipyard | shipbuilding | millwall

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Reproduction ID: H1743 Maker: Unknown Date: 1873

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nationalmaritimemuseum | ship | ssgreateastern | greateastern | isambardkingdombrunel | brunel | steamship | submarinecable | underwatercable | cablelayer | leviathan | dog | isambardbrunel | easternsteamnavigationcompany | jscottrussellco | scottrussell | easterncompany | greatshipcompany | cablelayingship | cablelaying | captainroberthalpin | captroberthalpin | capthalpin | roberthalpin | halpin

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Reproduction ID: H2373 Maker: Unknown Date: 1865

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nationalmaritimemuseum | ship | steamship | ssgreateastern | greateastern | easternsteamnavigationcompany | jscottrussellco | scottrussell | easterncompany | greatshipcompany | isambardkingdombrunel | isambardbrunel | brunel | leviathan | cablelayingship | cablelaying | grapplinghook | grapplinghooks | cl0412 | cl0412s1 | cl0412d7

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Reproduction ID: P10571 Maker: Unknown Date: 1888-1890

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nationalmaritimemuseum | liverpool | ship | steamship | ssgreateastern | greateastern | easternsteamnavigationcompany | jscottrussellco | scottrussell | easterncompany | greatshipcompany | isambardkingdombrunel | isambardbrunel | brunel | leviathan | cablelayingship | cablelaying | breakers | breakersyard | henrybathsons | henrybathandsons

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Reproduction ID: P01715 Maker: Unknown Date: 1869

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nationalmaritimemuseum | ship | steamship | ssgreateastern | greateastern | easternsteamnavigationcompany | jscottrussellco | scottrussell | easterncompany | greatshipcompany | isambardkingdombrunel | isambardbrunel | brunel | leviathan | cablelayingship | cablelaying

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Reproduction ID: H1931 Maker: Unknown Date: about 1884

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nationalmaritimemuseum | milfordhaven | ship | steamship | ssgreateastern | greateastern | easternsteamnavigationcompany | jscottrussellco | scottrussell | easterncompany | greatshipcompany | isambardkingdombrunel | isambardbrunel | brunel | leviathan | cablelayingship | cablelaying | pembrokeshire

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Reproduction ID: H1703 Maker: Robert Howlett Date: 1857

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nationalmaritimemuseum | greateastern | ship | steamship | ssgreateastern | easternsteamnavigationcompany | jscottrussellco | scottrussell | easterncompany | greatshipcompany | isambardkingdombrunel | isambardbrunel | brunel | leviathan | cablelayingship | cablelaying | millwall | shipyard | shipbuilding | thamesriver | riverthames

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Reproduction ID: H1700 Maker: Robert Howlett Date: 1857

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nationalmaritimemuseum | greateastern | ship | steamship | ssgreateastern | easternsteamnavigationcompany | jscottrussellco | scottrussell | easterncompany | greatshipcompany | isambardkingdombrunel | isambardbrunel | brunel | leviathan | cablelayingship | cablelaying | millwall | shipyard | shipbuilding | thamesriver | riverthames

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Reproduction ID: H1699 Maker: Robert Howlett Date: 1857

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nationalmaritimemuseum | greateastern | ship | history | commons:event=commonground2009 | steamship | ssgreateastern | easternsteamnavigationcompany | jscottrussellco | scottrussell | easterncompany | greatshipcompany | isambardkingdombrunel | isambardbrunel | brunel | leviathan | cablelayingship | cablelaying | millwall | shipyard | shipbuilding | thamesriver | riverthames | chains | paddlewheel

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Reproduction ID: A4557 Maker: Robert Howlett Date: 3 November 1857

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nationalmaritimemuseum | greateastern | isambardbrunel | cartolas | hat | homens | 1857 | ship | steamship | ssgreateastern | easternsteamnavigationcompany | jscottrussellco | scottrussell | easterncompany | greatshipcompany | isambardkingdombrunel | brunel | leviathan | cablelayingship | cablelaying | millwall | shipyard | shipbuilding | thamesriver | riverthames | shiplaunching | jscottrussell | henrywakefield | wakefield | cl0412 | cl0412s1 | cl0412d8

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Reproduction ID: H1702 Maker: Robert Howlett Date: 1857

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nationalmaritimemuseum | greateastern | shipyard | ship | construction | steamship | ssgreateastern | easternsteamnavigationcompany | jscottrussellco | scottrussell | easterncompany | greatshipcompany | isambardkingdombrunel | isambardbrunel | brunel | leviathan | cablelayingship | cablelaying | millwall | shipbuilding

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Reproduction ID: H1697 Maker: Robert Howlett Date: 1857

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nationalmaritimemuseum | greateastern | ship | steamship | ssgreateastern | easternsteamnavigationcompany | jscottrussellco | scottrussell | easterncompany | greatshipcompany | isambardkingdombrunel | isambardbrunel | brunel | leviathan | cablelayingship | cablelaying | millwall | shipyard | shipbuilding | cl0412 | cl0412s1 | cl0412d8

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