1 Table of Contents: “.... Divergent Perception: Deserts and Mountains in Transition to Modernity, seen through Alexander von Humboldt...”

2 “... (Alexander von Humboldt Research Award for Senior U.S. Scientists) from the German government (1997). To date...”

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5 “... on phenomenology, social theory, and Critical Theory. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt...”