Many western european countries welcomed them with open arms, while the countries of eastern europe reacted with horror at the prospect of accepting them, as. Arctic journal, stephen paxleonard shop online for books. This is the account of leonard s year living with this remote group in the high arctic. Arctic journal grew out of twelve months of fieldwork, living in a remote corner of the arctic in the most northern permanently inhabited settlement in the world. Studies on men and problems from the perspective of the right this volume contains a rich collection of julius evolas late essays. Inspired since childhood days by the likes of wally herbert, fridtjof nansen, captain scott and thor heyerdahl, dr leonard is a linguist and writer who pursues his passion for the spoken word through the spirit of exploration. It follows that it is essential to preserve this unique insight by preserving a language. This is a brave book in the long history of explorers in the arctic. Travels in cultural nihilism9781912079285, the ideology of failure9781912079612, language, society and identity in early iceland9781118294963, the polar north9783034319478, some ethnolinguistic notes on polar eskimo9781909300620, faroese skjaldur. Having trained as a linguist at oxford, he subsequently held a research fellowship at trinity hall, cambridge. Testing hypotheses from the western intellectual tradition by jonathan bauchet, eduardo a. Protectourcoastline your search result for stephen pax leonard. The expedition reproduced exactly the photographs from.
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In death by monoculture, he accuses global languages like english and western consumerist culture of being destructive machines to other cultures and languages. Stephen pax leonards book the polar north joins a long line of popular accounts by travellers to the far north who seek to experience and. Arctic journal, book by stephen pax leonard paperback. Since that time, we have published more than 170 titles in sixteen languages and circulated them globally, both through our own web site and through our distribution channels. The books homepage helps you explore earths biggest bookstore without ever leaving the comfort of your couch. Leonard is an ethnographer and linguist who has worked in colombia and the scandinavian arctic. A unique work, it encompasses an overview of the grammar of polar eskimo a language spoken by about 770 people as well as a description of their. However, stephen pax leonard seems to be concerned about the future of languages. Stephen pax leonard currently works at the school of anthropology and museum ethnography, university of oxford. Stephen pax leonard associate professor first moscow. The reconstruction of faroese community on the radio by stephen pax leonard. Stephen pax leonard author of travels in cultural nihilism. In 2015, the magnitude of the migration crisis was such. Stephen pax leonard spent the last year studying the language of the arctic inugguit.
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In a far corner of greenland, hope is fading with the. Travels in cultural nihilism by stephen pax leonard. Leonard s much anticipated book on identity politics is released. As a writer, leonard has written front page articles for the guardian and the observer and has been the subject of articles and film documentaries by the bbc, cnn, nbc and channel 9, australia. Stephen does research in cultural anthropology, anthropological linguistics and psycholinguistics. Battling bitter cold, solitude, a wall of mistrust and the winter darkness, arctic journal is a chronological poem of introspection and marks the arrival of an important poet. Shop amongst our popular books, including 3, arctic journal, travels in cultural nihilism and more from stephen pax leonard. Some essays stephen pax leonard arktos, 2017 many people advised me to write it under a pseudonym, for sailing too close to the wind is a dangerous business these daysit will perhaps mark my. Durham on his fieldwork in the high arctic focusing on the issue of language and storytelling in one of the. A unique work, it encompasses an overview of the grammar of polar eskimo a language spoken by. Nominated for the william mills prize for nonfiction polar books. Reconsidering the personhood of gravettian infants by april nowell. Stephen pax leonards new book selected as publication of. Written in large part during the dark period when there.
The ideology of failure dives bravely into the polarised, neurotic and bawdy scrum that is todays political ideologies. This was part of a series of programmes about poetry that focuses on the north. He was ready for the months of darkness, brutal cold and finally. Previously, he was a research fellow at trinity hall, cambridge and a british academy grantee. This expedition retraced the first crossing of spitsbergen carried out in 1923 by a group of oxford university students. Stephen leonard doctor of philosophy university of.