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Ulysses' Sail
- An Ethnographic Odyssey of Power, Knowledge, and Geographical Distance
part of the Princeton Legacy Library series
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Pages:
- 312
- Published:
- July 13, 2014
- Dimensions:
- 234x158x20 mm.
- Weight:
- 506 g.
Delivery:
2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: December 12, 2024
Description of Ulysses' Sail
What do long-distance travelers gain from their voyages, especially when faraway lands are regarded as the source of esoteric knowledge? Mary Helms explains how various cultures interpret space and distance in cosmological terms, and why they associate political power with information about strange places, peoples, and things. She assesses the dive
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