Un nuovo titolo che va ad arricchire la collana "I Classici della sociologia". Scritto nel 1949, rappresenta la prima trattazione sociologica dell'ignoranza e offre una prospettiva nuova ed estremamente attuale di un concetto solitamente affrontato in chiave moralistica e pedagogica. Il testo illustra alcune funzioni che l'ignoranza svolge nella nostra società e mostra che, seppure vituperata, condannata e ridicolizzata, essa è semplicemente indispensabile al funzionamento della nostra vit...

"An engaging and informative book. It is a charming narrative, as accessible to twelve-year-olds as to us ancients. For one realizes soon enough that the authors know exactly what they are doing: telling the truth about the archeology and the traditions of Louisiana Indians." Walker PercyLouisiana Indian Tales vividly recreates the struggles and triumphs of the state's first inhabitants. Dating back to 10,000 b.c. when the Paleo-Indians occupied the area and huge woolly mammoths an...

Can a man find The True God in this world today among the millions of diversions that pull men from every corner of the world? Are the visions described in this book real? With the supernatural taking on a movie of the week drama series can anyone find and hold on to the love of God and still be able to separate fact from fiction? This book seeks to illumine people to the fact that a saint and sinner, prophet or holy man, all have a common denominator, and no man should lose salvation,..un...