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In half-heartedness and in earnest. Episodes on scholarship, poetry, cultural history, world affairs, and Strange People for 85 years. A collection of lectures and papers by ethnographer Árni Björnsson.
This book by Árni Björnsson contains a selection of articles, talks, and essays on a variety of topics. It includes lectures and talks that the author has given throughout the last half century.
The author covers a wide range of topics, including Icelandic scholarship and cultural history, international affairs and politics in Iceland and abroad – writing, among other things, a kind of political biography. The book provides insight into the work and life of Árni Björnsson, a widely traveled intellectual with popular roots, but also sheds light on the circumstances, issues and attitudes of an entire generation.
The book is published on the occasion of the author's 85th birthday in January 2017.
This book by Árni Björnsson contains a selection of articles, talks, and essays on a variety of topics. It includes lectures and talks that the author has given throughout the last half century.
The author covers a wide range of topics, including Icelandic scholarship and cultural history, international affairs and politics in Iceland and abroad – writing, among other things, a kind of political biography. The book provides insight into the work and life of Árni Björnsson, a widely traveled intellectual with popular roots, but also sheds light on the circumstances, issues and attitudes of an entire generation.
The book is published on the occasion of the author's 85th birthday in January 2017.