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Bryan Nelson

    Bryan Nelson bol britský ornitológ a environmentálny aktivista, ktorý sa stal poprednou autoritou v oblasti morských vtákov. Jeho rozsiahle publikácie a akademická práca na Aberdeenskej univerzite sa sústredili na druhy ako tereje a kormorány. Nelsonov priekopnícky výskum na odľahlých miestach, ako sú Galapágy a Vianočný ostrov, nielenže prehĺbil naše chápanie vtáctva, ale tiež prispel k ochrane ohrozených druhov a ich prirodzených biotopov.

    Democracy and Defiance
    Galapagos Crusoes
    • 2024

      Democracy and Defiance

      Rancière, Lefort, Abensour and the Antinomies of Politics

      • 240 stránok
      • 9 hodin čítania

      Exploring the works of Jacques Rancière, Claude Lefort, and Miguel Abensour, this book presents a provocative interpretation of democracy as an emancipatory project. It delves into a lesser-known aspect of contemporary French political thought, challenging conventional views on democracy's limits. By connecting these thinkers, the author highlights democracy's transformative potential against domination and inequality, urging a reevaluation of its nature and implications for society and politics. Bryan Nelson, a professor at Humber College, guides this insightful discourse.

      Democracy and Defiance
    • 2022

      The Galapagos Crusoes: a year alone with the birds travel and wildlife narrative - an account of a year spent living on two waterless Galapagos islands in 1964, Tower Island (Genovesa) and Hood (Espanola), including groundbreaking descriptions of Galapagos wildlife, all the adventure of life on a deserted island and a visit from HRH Prince Philip.

      Galapagos Crusoes