Stanley Diamond (1922-1991), anthropologist and poet, was at the forefront of every major critical trend in anthropology during the past 40 years. In all aspects of his work, he opposed social exploitation, tending to the unheard voices of oppressed peoples. His research and analyses of culture in contemporary and past societies examine the dynamics of state formation and the consequences of civilisation for humanity as a whole.
Anthropology is a kind of debate between human possibilities—a dialectical movement between the anthropologist as a modern man and the primitive peoples he studies. In Search of the Primitive is a tough-minded book containing chapters ranging from encounters in the field to essays on the nature of law, schizophrenia and civilization, and the evolution of the work of Claude Lévi-Strauss. Above all it is reflective and self-critical, critical of the discipline of anthropology and of the civilization that produced that discipline. Diamond views the anthropologist who refuses to become a searching critic of his own civilizations as not merely irresponsible, but a tool of Western civilization. He rejects the associations which have been made in the ideology of our civilization, consciously or unconsciously, between Western dominance and progress, imperialism and evolution, evolution and progress.
Stanley Diamond (1922-1991), anthropologist and poet, was at the forefront of every major critical trend in anthropology during the past 40 years. In all aspects of his work, he opposed social exploitation, tending to the unheard voices of oppressed peoples. His research and analyses of culture in contemporary and past societies examine the dynamics of state formation and the consequences of civilisation for humanity as a whole.
Stan Diamond's adventurous travel to remote corners of the world provides inspiration to the prospective and seasoned traveler alike. As a life-long educator, his observations about the value and meaning of such travel are thoughtful and informative, while his encounters with all kinds of people in unusual places offer knowledge, humor, surprise and joy. Stan's memoir begins with his childhood thumbing through pictures in an old World Book Encyclopedia and continues through his development as an enthusiastic voyager to some of the least likely destinations imaginable. So what else is there to worry about beside disease and sanitation, running out of gas or unavailability of medical care! Well, maybe rockslides and landslides, storms and floods, frozen roads and crazy drivers, marauding bandits and slippery thieves, insurrections and civil wars, spewing volcanoes and other such precarious hazards one might stumble upon... Frankly, I do not have any good advice for the reader about such things. Just try to avoid them if you can. Stan Diamond spent most of his life teaching children, directing schools and writing about his educational ideas. In his retirement he transformed those skills to become a popular lecturer, consultant and author. He lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with his wife Beverly. Publisher's Web site: http: //www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/WhatsAnAmericanDoing Here.htm
Witnesses: William Wood, Internat. Org. Affairs, U.S. Dept. of State; Jeffrey Fischer, Diamond Mfrs. and Import. Assoc. of Amer.; William Boyajian, Gem. Inst. of Amer., and World Diamond Council; Alex Yearsley, Global Witness; Matthew Runci, Jewelers of Amer., and World Diamond Council; Holly Burkhalter, Physicians for Human Rights; and J. F. "Jack" Jolis, Rough Diamond Consultancy. Letters and statements from: Jacob Banda and Mayer Herz, Diamond Dealers Club; William Bull, Amb. from Liberia to the U.S.; Mayer Herz, MONDERA.com; Elly Rosen, Appraisal Info. Serv.; Gems and Jewelry Ref., and Appraiser's Info. Net.; Rory Anderson, World Vision; and Mary Diaz, Women's Comm. for Refugee Women and Child
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A drug-runner, is spotted by police while carrying illegal drugs. Cornered, he tries to hide the bag which ends up in the inspection hatch of a large food mixing unit. He meets with a sudden death and the knowledge of the whereabouts of the drugs dies with him. Over the following days, the vibration of the food mixing machine causes the drugs to be slowly released and fall into mixes destined for the consumer market. Soon people from all walks of society are innocently eating foods that contain LSD, Cocaine, Viagra, Speed and other mind and body altering substances with outrageous and sometimes catastrophic outcomes............. "Drugs, Thugs and Skullduggery" is the story of the hunt for the illicit goods by both the police and the underworld whilst increasingly bizarre and strange events occur in the background. Please note that the book contains adult material.
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