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Journeys of the Mind
A beautifully written personal account of the discovery of late antiquity by one of the world’s most influential and distinguished historians

The end of the ancient world was long regarded by historians as a time of decadence, decline, and fall. In his career-long engagement with this era, the widely acclaimed and pathbreaking historian Peter Brown has shown, however, that the “neglected half-millennium” now known as late antiquity was in fact crucial to the development of modern Europe and the Middle East. In Journeys of the Mind, Brown recounts his life and work, describing his efforts to recapture the spirit of an age. As he and other scholars opened up the history of the classical world in its last centuries to the wider world of Eurasia and northern Africa, they discovered previously overlooked areas of religious and cultural creativity as well as foundational institution-building. A respect for diversity and outreach to the non-European world, relatively recent concerns in other fields, have been a matter of course for decades among the leading scholars of late antiquity.

Documenting both his own intellectual development and the emergence of a new and influential field of study, Brown describes his childhood and education in Ireland, his university and academic training in England, and his extensive travels, particularly in the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East. He discusses fruitful interactions with the work of scholars and colleagues that include the British anthropologist Mary Douglas and the French theorist Michel Foucault, and offers fascinating snapshots of such far-flung places as colonial Sudan, midcentury Oxford, and prerevolutionary Iran. With Journeys of the Mind, Brown offers an essential account of the “grand endeavor” to reimagine a decisive historical moment.
The Wild Robot Collection

The Wild Robot Collection

Peter Brown

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The Wild Robot Collection

The Wild Robot Collection

Peter Brown

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The Wild Robot Protects (The Wild Robot 3)

The Wild Robot Protects (The Wild Robot 3)

Peter Brown

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The Wild Robot Protects

The Wild Robot Protects

Peter Brown

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The Wild Robot Protects (The Wild Robot 3)

The Wild Robot Protects (The Wild Robot 3)

Peter Brown

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Pariah

Pariah

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Journeys of the Mind

Journeys of the Mind

Peter Brown

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A Guide to Global Best Practice and Standards in KM

A Guide to Global Best Practice and Standards in KM

Nick Milton, Karen Battersby, Liz Hobbs, Peter Brown, Dominique Poole Avery, Karen Elson, Darryl Wing, Patrick DiDomenico, Dave Snowden

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Fred Gets Dressed

Fred Gets Dressed

Peter Brown

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Fred Gets Dressed

Fred Gets Dressed

Peter Brown

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YOU WILL BE MY FRIEND!

YOU WILL BE MY FRIEND!

Peter Brown

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My Teacher Is a Monster! (No, I Am Not.)

My Teacher Is a Monster! (No, I Am Not.)

Peter Brown

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Fastest Gun in Hollywood

Fastest Gun in Hollywood

Peter Brown

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Fastest Gun in Hollywood

Fastest Gun in Hollywood

Peter Brown

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Formations of Belief

Formations of Belief

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Formations of Belief

Formations of Belief

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The Wild Robot Escapes (The Wild Robot 2)

The Wild Robot Escapes (The Wild Robot 2)

Peter Brown

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The Wild Robot Escapes (The Wild Robot 2)

The Wild Robot Escapes (The Wild Robot 2)

Peter Brown

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The Wild Robot Escapes

The Wild Robot Escapes

Peter Brown

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The Wild Robot Escapes

The Wild Robot Escapes

Peter Brown

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The Wild Robot Escapes

The Wild Robot Escapes

Peter Brown

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The Wild Robot: Now a major DreamWorks animation!

The Wild Robot: Now a major DreamWorks animation!

Peter Brown

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The Wild Robot

The Wild Robot

Peter Brown

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The Wild Robot

The Wild Robot

Peter Brown

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The Wild Robot

The Wild Robot

Peter Brown

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Treasure in Heaven

Treasure in Heaven

Peter Brown

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Treasure in Heaven

Treasure in Heaven

Peter Brown

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The Cult of the Saints

The Cult of the Saints

Peter Brown

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Through the Eye of a Needle

Through the Eye of a Needle

Peter Brown

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Toy Manchester Terrier

Toy Manchester Terrier

Peter Brown

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Kaline Klattermaster's Tree House

Kaline Klattermaster's Tree House

Haven Kimmel

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Kaline Klattermaster's Tree House

Kaline Klattermaster's Tree House

Haven Kimmel

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Religion, Culture, and International Conflict

Religion, Culture, and International Conflict

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