<p>Bunkle is seventeen, and is spending a few weeks of the school holidays in Somerset, with his parents and his Scottish cousins. It is not surprising the the holiday proves less quiet and conventional than had been planned. Riding about the moors, they are annoyed by a fast Jaguar car. It's owner is traced to an ugly Victorian villa where a professor of science lives in conditions of suspicious secrecy.</p>

Bunkle Scents a Clue

M. Pardoe

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Originally published between 1920-70,The History of Civilization was a landmark in early twentieth century publishing. It was published at a formative time within the social sciences, and during a period of decisive historical discovery. The aim of the general editor, C.K. Ogden, was to summarize the most up-to-date findings and theories of historians, anthropologists, archaeologists and sociologists. This reprinted material is available as a set or in the following groupings, or as individual volumes:  * Prehistory and Historical Ethnography  Set of 12: 0-415-15611-4: GBP800.00  * Greek Civilization  Set of 7: 0-415-15612-2: GBP450.00  * Roman Civilization  Set of 6: 0-415-15613-0: GBP400.00  * Eastern Civilizations  Set of 10: 0-415-15614-9: GBP650.00  * Judaeo-Christian Civilization  Set of 4: 0-415-15615-7: GBP250.00  * European Civilization  Set of 11: 0-415-15616-5: GBP700.00

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Edward J. Thomas

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How Institutions Think

First published in 1986 Mary Douglas’ theory of institutions uses the sociological theories of Emile Durkheim and Ludwig Fleck to determine not only how institutions think, but also the extent to which thinking itself is dependent upon institutions. Different kinds of institutions allow individuals to think different kinds of thoughts and to respond to different emotions. It is just as difficult to explain how individuals come to share the categories of their thought as to explain how they ever manage to sink their private interests for a common good.  Douglas forewarns us that institutions do not think independently, nor do they have purposes, nor do they build themselves. As we construct our institutions, we are squeezing each other’s ideas into a common shape in order to prove their legitimacy by sheer numbers. She admonishes us not to take comfort in the thought that primitives may think through institutions, but moderns decide on important issues individually. Our legitimated institutions make major decisions, and these decisions always involve ethical principles.

Politics & Social Sciences

DOUGLAS, Mary

Social Sciences

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