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Book SynopsisNature conservation planning tends to be driven by models based on Western norms and science, but these may not represent the cultural, philosophical and religious contexts of much of Asia. This book provides a new perspective on the topic of sacred natural sites and cultural heritage by linking Asian cultures, religions and worldviews with contemporary conservation practices and approaches.The chapters focus on the modern significance of sacred natural sites in Asian protected areas with reference, where appropriate, to an Asian philosophy of protected areas. Drawn from over 20 different countries, the book covers examples of sacred natural sites from all of IUCNâs protected area categories and governance types. The authors demonstrate the challenges faced to maintain culture and support spiritual and religious governance and management structures in the face of strong modernisation across Asia.The book shows how sacred natural sites contribute to defining new, more sTrade Review"During the past three decades I have photographed and studied 800 places of pilgrimage in more than 150 countries. This gives me a rare vantage point from which to comment on the research and publishing work of Bas Verschuuren. In his newest book, Asian Sacred Natural Sites, he has with consistently high quality given us a comprehensive coverage of the fascinating subject." – Martin Gray, National Geographic photographer and author of Sacred Earth: Places of Peace and Power (2007)"An exciting set of essays contributing to one of humanity's most pressing challenges: how to re-establish our place within nature, respecting it as the source of all life, in ways that go beyond the physical and material into the spiritual and ethical, and learning from peoples who have done it for millennia." – Ashish Kothari, Kalpavriksh, India and co-editor of Protected Areas, Governance and Management (2015) "Asian Sacred Natural Sites shows that today’s protected areas draw from ancient ideas of the sacred values of nature. Our ancestors gave special status to certain ecologically productive places, and the authors convince us that treating protected areas with a sense of sacredness will help ensure a productive future for all." – Jeffrey A. McNeely, former IUCN Chief Scientist and Asian protected area systems design expert for the Asian Development Bank "At last! This fascinating and in-depth book tells of the inherent links between sacred places and environment and therefore between faith and conservation. Most of our national parks only exist because they have been sacred for centuries and therefore could become parks. This book provides the vital stepping stone for secular conservation to finally work as partner with the worlds of faith and together to create a more sacred future." – Martin Palmer, Alliance of Religion and Conservation "This is a very skillfully edited, most substantial, and high-quality survey in depth of sacred natural sites in Asia, covering theory as well as practice. This fascinating benchmark contribution deserves careful consideration by a wide and diverse audience including scientists and academics interested in the interrelationships of culture, religion, and ecology as well as conservationists and environmentalists in general." – Leslie E. Sponsel, University of Hawai`i, USA and author of Spiritual Ecology (2012) "This book’s exceptionally rich set of case studies from across Asia powerfully attests to the important role of sacred natural sites in biocultural diversity. To this the volume adds a strong critique of mainstream conservation and a cogent call for reforming the conceptualization, governance, and management of protected areas to respect sacred natural sites' conservation significance, numinous character, and the worldviews, rights, responsibilities, and concerns of their indigenous, community, and faith group custodians. Highly recommended." – Stan Stevens, University of Massachusetts, USA and author of Indigenous Peoples, National Parks, and Protected Areas (2014) "The value of sacred sites for the conservation of ecosystems and organisms is increasingly being recognised... This is both a wide-reaching and specialist text which brings together a broad range of authors, disciplines and examples". - A.M. Mannion, Bulletin of the British Ecological SocietyTable of Contents1. Introduction: Re-awakening the Power of Place: Ancient Philosophy and Practice with Current Relevance for Protected Areas and Conservation in Asia Bas Verschuuren Section 1: Themes and Perspectives on the Conservation of Asian Sacred Natural Sites 2. The Asian Philosophy of Protected Areas Amran Hamzah 3. Sacred Mountains in Asia: Themes and Implications for Protected Areas Edwin Bernbaum 4. Can World Heritage Status Help Protect Sacred Sites in Asia? Alison Ormsby, Wendy Jackson and Shonil Bhagwat Section 2: National Perspectives and Strategies for the Conservation of Sacred Natural Sites 5. Sacred Mandala: Protecting Bhutan’s Sacred Natural Sites Liza Zogib, Khenpo Phuntshok Tashi, Tshewang Gyalpo, Sangay Dendhup, Riamsara Kuyakanon, Kelzang Wangchuk, Lopen Namgay Tenzin and Ngawang Gyeltshen 6. Indian Sacred Natural Sites: Ancient Traditions of Reverence and Conservation Explained from a Hindu Perspective Rana P.B. Singh and Pravin S. Rana 7. Interface between Sacred Natural Sites and Formal Protected Areas for Biodiversity Conservation in Nepal Jailab Kumar Rai and Sudeep Jana Section 3: Legal Approaches and Governance of Sacred Natural Sites 8. Customary Laws Governing the Sacred Natural Sites of the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site in Lao PDR: Implications for Site Management Raphaël Glémet, Patricia Moore, Ketsana Phommachanh and Minavanh Pholsena 9. Legal Interpretation of the Sacred Natural Sites and Cultural Heritage of the Dongaria Kondhs in India Radhika Borde 10. Forum Pekaseh in the Management of Subak Landscape of Catur Angga Batukaru, UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Bali Antoinette Royo, Wiwik Dharmiasih and Yunus Arbi 11. The Pa’oh’s Governance System and Kakku: Implications for Heritage Conservation from Burma/Myanmar Jonathan Liljeblad Section 4: The Conservation of Sacred Lands Meets the Challenges of Development 12. Kailash Sacred Landscape: Bridging Cultural heritage, Conservation and Development through a Transboundary Landscape Approach Abhimanyu Pandey, Rajan Kotru and Nawraj Pradhan 13. Mount Fuji’s History as a Spiritual Realm and Means for its Preservation Toshihiko Ono, Tetsuro Hongo and Kiyotatsu Yamamoto 14. Animism and Traditional Knowledge Disappear in Virachey National Park, Cambodia Gregory McCann and Yi-Chung Hsu 15. Holy Hills: Sanctuaries of Biodiversity in Xishuangbanna, South West China Lily Zeng and Gaëtan Reuse Section 5: A Role for Custodians and Religious Leaders in the Conservation of Sacred Natural Sites 16. Lakes of the Gods: Sacred High Altitude Lakes of Uttarakhand, India Jatinder Kaur and Khima Nand Balodi 17. Ysyk-Köl Lake, the Planet’s Third Eye: Sacred Sites in Ysyk-Köl Biosphere Reserve, Kyrgyzstan Aibek Samakov and Fikret Berkes 18. Sacred Tsum Valley: Improving Biodiversity Conservation with Lessons for Effective Management of Protected Areas in Nepal Jailab Rai, Nima Lama and Bas Verschuuren 19. Past and Present Biocultural Significance of Sea Turtles for Local Communities on the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia Vanda Mendonca, Boutros Abi-Aoun and Mohamed El Baradey Section 6: Dualing Spirits and Sciences: Revisiting the Foundations of Conservation 20. Lua people: Traditions, Beliefs and Sacred Natural Sites in Northern Thailand Narong Pongpandecha and Ken Taylor 21. Creating New Discursive Terrain for the Custodians of the Tibetan Spiritscape in North West Yunnan John Studley and Awang Jikmed 22. Where Culture and Nature Meet: Recreating Spiritual and Religious Practices for Site Management and Governance in Takht-e Soleyman Lake, Iran Minoo Hassani Esfehani 23. Ritual and Cultural Revival at Tuvan Sacred Natural Sites Supports Indigenous Governance and Conservation of Nature in China Yuxin Hou 24. Conclusions: How the Cultural, Spiritual and Philosophical Underpinnings of Sacred Natural Sites can make Conservation in Asia more Effective and Sustainable Bas Verschuuren

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Book SynopsisThis is the first multi-volume collection of writings on sociocultural anthropology, the field of anthropology which is concerned with how people in different places live in and understand the world around them. It covers the field''s core and changing objectives and methodologies, how context shapes how people make a living and reproduce, how people organize relationships with other people as well as with animals and the environment, how people communicate with other people, and ongoing change in how people make sense of where they live, with whom they interact, and their sense of meaning. Taken together, the collection of 88 articles maps the development of sociocultural anthropology from its beginnings in the mid-19th century through to recent debates on the rise of new methods, increased attention to reflexivity and intersubjectivity, and the ongoing ''critique of anthropology'' and the efforts to decolonize it.The four volumes are arranged thematically and each is separately intro

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Book SynopsisInge Daniels is Associate Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford, UK.Trade ReviewThe text and illustration of this book are attractive, even beautiful. The writing is very clear, and the material on the variety of visitors and their responses is both original and rich. * George E. Marcus, University of California, Irvine, USA *Given that exhibitions are such a constant presence in our contemporary world, it is surprising how rarely we concern ourselves with what they actually do. But Inge Daniels, a thoughtful, scholarly and responsible anthropologist, asked - what are the consequences of an exhibition? If we provide more opportunities for interaction, and more fully engage the senses of our visitors, what then will they take away from this experience? The major contribution of this book is to show how anthropology itself, when astutely deployed, can provide a means to answer fundamental questions that apply to all exhibitions. * Daniel Miller, UCL, UK *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: What Are Exhibitions For? SPREAD 1: The AHJ booklet: A practical tool to study exhibition visitors Chapter 1. Representational and Performative Knowledge SPREAD 2: Mike - 'There is a connecting memory in my feet' Chapter 2. Photography, Exhibition Design and Atmosphere SPREAD 3: Sue - 'Photography students have been very surprised to learn that what appears to be an actual window is in fact an illusion' Chapter 3. Similarities and Stereotypes SPREAD 4: Jen - 'I was very interested in anime and manga' Chapter 4. To Learn or Not to Learn SPREAD 5: Natasha - 'And I have been putting them in the dishwasher' SPREAD 6: Natalia - 'It's in our shower because it's very useful; Molly - 'It is something I found and can't give away' Chapter 5. Photography, Performance and Play SPREAD 7: Ali - 'I never found England a very interesting place' Conclusion: Exhibitions as Technologies of the Imagination? Notes References

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Book SynopsisIn a time of intellectual uncertainty, the question of how we know what we do about human lives becomes ever more pressing. The essays collated in this volume argue that anthropology can be used to acknowledge, explore and interpret divergence and ideological conflict over human meaning. Using questions raised as part of the Enlightenment movement, this volume is structured around some of the key themes the Enlightenment fostered, including human nature, time, Earth and the Cosmos, beauty, order, harmony and design, moral sentiments, and the query of whether wealthy nations make for healthy publics. The volume focuses in particular on how ''moral sentiment'' offered a guiding idea in Enlightenment thought. The idea of ''moral sentiment'' is central to the essays'' grappling with the ethical anxieties of contemporary anthropology. The essays therefore trace historical connections and fissures and focus on Adam Smith''s attempts toward an understanding of what would later be called ''modTrade Review"This is a noteworthy and laudable effort to bridge Enlightenment thought, that Age of Reason, with the social world of today, which many would assert is an Age of Unreason. - Lee Drummond, McGill University, Canada This brilliant book illuminates acute issues in anthropology on methodology, ontology and epistemology by suggesting an anthropologically inspired moral voice and vision. - Helena Wulff, Stockholm University, Sweden This wide-ranging collection of essays clearly demonstrates the undiminished value of Enlightenment thinking. - Martin L. Davies, University of Leicester, UK The mandate of this exciting collection is a re-engagement with Enlightenment ideas, particularly the concept of “moral sentiment”. Its accomplished set of authors challenge us to consider what such ideas mean for contemporary anthropological practice and theory. - Vered Amit, Concordia University, Canada"Table of ContentsList of ContributorsPreface: The 'Star' Consortium and the ASA Decennial ConferenceIntroduction: Moral Social Relations as Methodology and Everyday PracticeNigel Rapport (University of St. Andrews, UK) and Huon Wardle (University of St. Andrews, UK)1. After Sympathy, a QuestionAnne Line Dalsgård (Aarhus University, Denmark)2. His Father Came to Him in His Sleep: An Essay on Enlightenment, Mortalities and Immortalities in IcelandArnar Anason (University of Aberdeen, UK)3. On 'Bad Mind': Orienting Sentiments in Jamaican Street LifeHuon Wardle (University of St Andrews, UK)4. Westermarck, Moral Relativity and Ethical BehaviourDavid Shankland (University of Bristol, UK)5. Saving Sympathy: Adam Smith, Morality, Law and CommerceDiane Austin-Broos (University of Sydney, Australia)6. 'Can We Have Our Nature/Culture Dichotomy Back, Please'?Nigel Clark (Lancaster University, UK), Rupert Stasch (University of Cambridge, UK) and Jon Bialecki, (Lancaster University, UK)7. Who Are We to Judge? Two Metalogues on MoralityRonald Stade (University of Malmo, Sweden)8. 'We Are All Human': Cosmopolitanism as a Radically Political, Moral ProjectElisabeth Kirtsoglou (Durham University, UK)9. Transference and Cosmopolitan Politesse: Coming to Terms with the Distorted, ‘Tragic’ Quality of Social Relations between Individual Human BeingsNigel Rapport (University of St Andrews, UK)10. Afterword: Becoming Enlightened About RelationsMarilyn Strathern (University of Cambridge, UK)Index

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Book SynopsisThe history of the economic contacts between Asia and Europe dates back to at least the early years of the Common Era. But it was only after the overcoming of the transport technology barrier to the growth of trade between the two continents following the discovery by the Portuguese at the end of the 15th century of the all-water route to the East Indies that these contacts became regular and quantitatively significant. The Portuguese were joined at the beginning of the 17th century by the Dutch and the English East India companies. The Europeans operated in the Indian Ocean alongside the Indian and other Asian merchants with no special privileges being available to them. The present collection of essays by Professor Om Prakash first deals with the Indian merchants' participation in the Indian Ocean trade on the eve of the Europeans' arrival in the Ocean. The subsequent essays include a discussion of the Portuguese involvement in the Euro-Asian and the Indian Ocean trade. Attention iTable of ContentsContents: Introduction. Euro-Asian Encounter: Euro-Asian encounter in the early modern period. India in the Indian Ocean Trade: India in the Indian Ocean trading network on the eve of the Europeans’ arrival in the Asian seas. European Trading Enterprises: (a) The Portuguese: Asian merchants and the Portuguese trade in Asia; The economic dimension of the Portuguese enterprise in Asia; Cooperation and conflict among European traders in the Indian Ocean in the late 18th century; (b) The Dutch: Financing the European trade with Asia in the early modern period: Dutch initiatives and innovations; 17th-century India as seen by the Dutch; (c) The English: The English East India Company and India; (d) The Dutch and the English: Alternative trading strategies: the Dutch and the English East India Companies in Asia, 1600-1650. European Private Traders: European private traders in the eastern Indian Ocean trading network in the early modern period; English private trade in the western Indian Ocean, 1720-1740. Textile Manufacturing and Trade: Bengal textiles in 17th-century international trade; From negotiation to coercion: textile manufacturing in India in the 18th century. Long Distance Trade, Coinage and Wages: Long distance trade, coinage and wages in India, 1600-1960. Trade and Politics in 18th-Century Bengal: Trade and politics in 18th century Bengal. Index.

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Book SynopsisGreene's fine sense of humor is displayed in this warm and far-reaching comic novel,Travels with My Aunt, a bestseller when it appeared originally. At his mother's funeral, Henry Pulling, a stuffy, retired bank manager with an interest in dahlias, meets his Aunt Augusta.The indomitable Aunt Augusta pulls Henry along on a whirlwind adventure traveling with an old lover, Wordsworth; Curran, the founder of a doggies' church; O'Toole, the C.I.A. man obsessed by statistics and his counterculture daughter; and old Mr. Visconti, who has been wanted by Interpol for twenty years. Henry describes his activities with shock and bewilderment, and, finally, with the tenderness of a fellow traveler going their way.

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Book SynopsisWhile there are books about folk dances from individual countries or regions, there isn't a single comprehensive book on folk dances across the globe. This illustrated compendium offers the student, teacher, choreographer, historian, media critic, ethnographer, and general reader an overview of the evolution and social and religious significance of folk dance.The Encyclopedia of World Folk Dance focuses on the uniqueness of kinetic performance and its contribution to the study and appreciation of rhythmic expression around the globe. Following a chronology of momentous events dating from prehistory to the present day, the entries in this volume include material on technical terms, character roles, and specific dances. The entries also summarize the historical and ethnic milieu of each style and execution, highlighting, among other elements, such features as:originspurposerituals and traditionspropsdressholidaysthemesTrade ReviewThis encyclopedia must have been a challenge for prolific compiler Snodgrass, covering as it does such an expansive topic—folk dance worldwide from all time periods. Each entry, however, offers sufficient detail to serve as an good introduction for students and more advanced researchers. One of the best features of the work is the explanation of terms used to describe individual dance practices, customs, and change over time; there is also a separate, helpful glossary of terms. An illustrative example would be the polka, also known by the Polish krakowiak. The author provides historical perspective on this dance and how it varies in different periods and parts of the world (e.g., its Scandinavian version gammeldans). Each entry has the source of the information listed, often derived from primary resources. The bibliography includes both primary works and secondary books and articles, and there is an appendix of state and national dances. The author provides a chronology covering 5000 BC to 2016—an interesting feature, but lacking sufficient detail for most research needs. The work's exhaustive index, on the other hand, is especially important for interrelating topics (e.g., under ‘Jewish dance,’ one can find the two-page main entry bolded, with multiple mentions in other entries and pointers to five unique Jewish subgroups). Summing Up: Recommended. All readership levels. * CHOICE *Snodgrass examines 'the placement of folk dances within world history' in this useful reference. Each entry cites its source(s) at the end. Some summaries place folk dance within a subject, as in 'Art, Folk Dance In' or 'Film, Folk Dance In.' Examples of dances mentioned include the czardas, the mazurka, the polonaise, the Highland fling, and the hula as well as Native American dances such as the sun dance and the ghost dance. There are general entries ('Greek Dance'; 'Jewish Dance'), along with more intriguing ones (e.g., 'Dragon Dance'; 'Parasol Dance'). Rituals—coming-of-age, nuptials—are covered as well. Shamanic dance, worship dance, and sacrificial dance give yet additional perspectives on movement as ceremony. This resource is noteworthy for its interweaving of dances with information on their respective countries/cultures and their purposes and meanings. Students doing reports will benefit from the helpful bibliography, which separates primary and secondary sources, and from the glossary and chronology. Color and black-and-white photographs provide examples. Often one has to research a country to find out more about its traditions, but this book offers an overview that is subject specific, making it a strong option for those seeking folk dance materials. Verdict: An excellent introduction for anyone looking for information on world folk dance and its terminology. * Library Journal *The Encyclopedia of World Folk Dance spans the globe to provide a comprehensive, single-source exploration of multiple aspects of folk dance. . . .Overall, the encyclopedia is a user-friendly resource. . . .A notable strength of this resource is its global perspective; folk dances from around the world are considered in terms of their relationships to each other. This informative, well-researched encyclopedia will meet the needs of students, teachers, and historians and would be a welcome addition to academic or large public libraries. * American Reference Books Annual *The encyclopaedia begins with a chronology, before 347 pages on an alphabetical series of subjects ranging from nationalities to dance form (e.g. veiled dance, clogging or branle), taking in other topics as wide-ranging as censorship and ceilidhs. A brief appendix lists national and state dances, alphabetically by dance rather than by nation. This is followed by a four-page glossary of necessary terms that might be unfamiliar to the average enquirer, such as ‘bel canto’ – a singing style – or the act of ‘reverence’ made to spectators at the end of certain dances. There is an eight-page bibliography divided into primary and secondary sources: books, journals and electronic sources; the vast majority of the secondary sources were published in the past 15 years. A very detailed index finishes off the book. Additionally, the book is well-supplied with both black and white and eye-catching colour illustrations…. The book is undoubtedly of value. * s *

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Book SynopsisIn this ground-breaking book, a theory of 'distortion' - of the way in which the processes of human life are subject to interference, diversion and transformation - is developed by way of the art of one of Britain's greatest twentieth-century painters and that art's public reception. Devoted to his native village of Cookham-on-Thames, Stanley Spencer painted not only landscapes and portraits with loving detail but also the 'memory-feelings' which he felt were a 'sacred' part of his consciousness. Yet Spencer was also a controversial public figure, with some taking the view that his visionary paintings were ugly distortions of human life, even marks of an immoral nature. Examining how Spencer lived his vision, how he painted it and wrote it, and also how his attempts to communicate that vision were received by his contemporaries and have continued to be interpreted since his death, the author posits distortion as key: an intrinsic aspect both of human creation and of human interactionTrade Review'This remarkable work may well be the crowning achievement in Nigel Rapport’s already distinguished anthropological and literary oeuvre. Not only does Rapport succeed brilliantly in doing justice to Stanley Spencer’s eccentric life and his religious and distorted ways of seeing; he offers a stunning critique of an anthropology of art that has all too often privileged sociological reductions over in-depth explorations of the quiddity of things, the contingency of events, and the irreducibility of the individual.' Michael Jackson, Harvard Divinity School, USATable of ContentsPreface. Part I An Introduction to Stanley Spencer, Distortion, and Methodology: The anthropological project; Introducing Stanley Spencer as painter and as public figure; Introducing distortion as a concept; Methodological considerations, and doubts. Part II Stanley Spencer’s Vision: Painting love and redemption: Stanley’s metaphysics; Inspiration and the creative process: ‘definition through passion’; First conversation: ‘what kind of art is Stanley Spencer’s’?; 1932 to 1938: ‘the beatitudes of love’; Distortion and Stanley’s reaction to it; Second conversation: ‘what do Stanley Spencer’s distortions mean?’. Part III A Human Document: Distortion in individual consciousness and in social relations, and love; Third conversation: ‘the Stanley Spencer Gallery as labour of love?’. Bibliography; Indexes.

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Book SynopsisWhat is the future of welfare in Europe? The European welfare state is generally considered to be one of the finest achievements of the post-1945 world. Set up to eradicate poverty by providing a minimum standard of living and social safety net, the welfare state has come under increasing strain from ageing societies, growing unemployment, a deskilling society, and mass migration (both from inside and outside of Europe). With contribution from some of Europe''s leading experts on this subject, this path-breaking volume highlights the internal and external pressures on the welfare state and asks whether any European welfare model is sustainable in the long term. This book will be of interest to all students, academics and professions working in the field of European social policy.Table of ContentsPreface; Introduction: the future of welfare in a global Europe, Bernd Marin. Part I From Warfare to Welfare and Workfare: War and the welfare state, Herbert Obinger and Klaus Petersen. Part II Demographic Metabolism, New Measures of Age and Ageing, and the Active Ageing Index (AAI) 2012-2015: Demographic metabolism: enabling future generations, Wolfgang Lutz; An easily understood and intergenerationally equitable normal pension age, Warren C. Sanderson and Sergei Scherbov; The Active Ageing Index (AAI) 2012-2015, Asghar Zaidi. Part III Towards a Human Investment State: Future-Able Education, Skill Formation, and Economic-Financial Literacy as Prerequisites of Sustainable Welfare Society: Social investment, skills, and inequality: hard choices in education and welfare state policies, Marius R. Busemeyer; Skills, stakes, and clout: early human capital foundations for European welfare futures, Pieter Vanhuysse; ‘Reform, inform, educate’: a new paradigm for pension systems’ sustainability. Lessons from the 2011 ‘Rescue Italy’ pension reform, Elsa Fornero. Part IV Class, Generation, Gender, and Age Cleavages in Ageing Societies: Cleavages in ageing societies: generation, age, or class?, Martin Kohli; Women’s work and pensions. Drawing lessons from Central and Eastern Europe, Agnieszka Chłoń-Domińczak; Reallocation of resources across age in a comparative European setting. The National Transfer Accounts project, Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz. Part V Too Sick to Work? Disability - and Happiness - in Stressful and Long-Life Societies: Too sick to work? The role of mental ill-health as a driver of inactivity and long-term unemployment, Christopher Prinz; Happily ever after. The role of welfare policies, Orsolya Lelkes. Part VI Fragile Welfare Sustainability: Two Model Cases in Point: How sustainable is the Swedish model?, Joakim Palme; Plea for an ‘Agenda 2020’, Bert Rürup. Part VII No European Social Model in Europe - or Towards a European Social Union?: No ‘European social model’ in Europe? A polemic statement of disappointment by a critical proponent, Bernd Marin; The case for a European social union. From muddling through to a sense of common purpose, Frank Vandenbroucke.

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Book SynopsisS. Brent Plate is a writer, lecturer and Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Hamilton College, USA. He is co-founder and managing editor of Material Religion: The Journal of Objects, Art and Belief. His publications include The History of Religion in 5 1/2 Objects, Religion and Film, and The Religion and Film Reader. Trade ReviewBrent Plate has marshalled an ambitious, and wide-ranging, lexicon of regularly deployed terms (37 in all) which help 'to show us the importance of the material world in the making and practising of religion'. * Art and Christianity *This is a treasure chest, full of unexpected riches. Leading international scholars offer a range of lucid, sparkling and thought-provoking essays that shine new light on Key Terms in Material Religion. Enriched by a wealth of examples, memorable chapters combine to create an engaging, original and imaginative contribution to the study of material religion. -- Jolyon Mitchell, Professor of Communications, Arts and Religion, The University of Edinburgh, UK, and author of Promoting Peace, Inciting Violence (2013)Over the past decade or so, material religion has solidified into one of the most productive discursive spaces within the study of religion's. By assembling a stimulating series of vivid entries on obvious and less obvious keywords, this volume displays the many handy affordances of this analytical screen. Especially noteworthy and timely is this anthology‘s attention to the senses, which will enrich readers’ perception of religion. -- Michael Stausberg, Professor, University of Bergen, NorwayAt our interdisciplinary moment of candidness, creativity, and confusion, nothing is more useful than a methodological lexicon, in other words: keywords. Explained, illustrated, and put to work, these key terms in material religion gel together as a fresh guideline for how-to-do cultural analysis at a time when many are floundering by lack of leading thoughts, yet rightly resistant to old dogmas. The essays are succinct but substantial; the topics relevant; the authors the best around. I wish more fields produced books like this. -- Mieke Bal, Founding director of the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA), University of Amsterdam, The NetherlandsThe study of material religion is at the cutting edge of religious studies. Plate (Hamilton College) sets the lay of the land in the introduction. Usefully he, as he puts it, "sets the stage" for the field of material religion in the following parameters: bodies meet objects, the senses, time and space, orientation and disorientation of communities and individuals, and strictures and structures of tradition. Some examples of entries are belief, collection, dress, icon, memory, sign, thing, words. Entries are presented through stories and case studies. The book began as a series of discussions with Plate's fellow editors at the journal Material Religion to work out a special issue on key words in the field. The special issue had 19; these are included here in revised form, as are an additional 18. The purpose is to create a "working lexicon" for the field, not an exhaustive encyclopedia. The international contributors come from diverse academic fields. In addition to religious studies, these include criminology and anthropology. Each entry is about five to six pages long and has a bibliography with ten or so items. Not meant to be a traditional reference book in that its entries are exploratory and not definitive, it will be a valuable adjunct to other material religion texts. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-level undergraduates through researchers/faculty; general readers; professionals/practitioners. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsIntroduction to Material Religion, S. Brent Plate 1. Aesthetics, Inken Prohl (Professor of Religious Studies, University of Heidelberg, Germany) 2. Belief - Robert A. Orsi (Professor of Religion, Northwestern University, USA) 3. Body - Angela Zito (Professor of Anthropology and Religious Studies, New York University, USA) 4. Brain/mind - Ann Taves (Professor of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) 5. City - Francis Dodsworth (Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Kingston University London, UK), Elena Vacchelli (Senior Research Fellow in Gender and Migration, Middlesex Univesrity London, UK) and Sophie Watson (Professor of Sociology, The Open University, UK) 6. Collection - Crispin Paine (Honorary Lecturer, UCL, UK) 7. Digital - Gregory Price Grieve (Associate Professor, University of North Carolina Greensboro, USA) 8. Display – Ivan Gaskell (Professor of Cultural History and Museum Studies; Curator and Head of the Focus Gallery Project, Bard Graduate Centre, USA) 9. Dress - Annelies Moors (Professor at the Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) 10. Emotion – Anna M. Gade (Professor in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) 11. Fetish - Bruno Latour (Professor at Sciences Po Paris, France) 12. Food - Nora L. Rubel (Associate Professor, University of Rochester, USA) 13. Gender - Deborah Whitehead (Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, University of Colorada, Boulder, USA) 14. Icon/image - Robert Maniura (Senior Lecturer, Department of History, Birkbeck, University of London, UK) 15. Magic - Peter Pels (Professor at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, Leiden University, the Netherlands) 16. Maps – Anita Patil-Deshmukh (Executive Director of PUKAR, India) 17. Mask - Allen F. Roberts, Professor, University of California, Los Angeles, USA) 18. Medium - Birgit Meyer (Professor of Religious Studies, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands) 19. Memory – Oren Stier (Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Florida International University, USA) 20. Movement - Ann Pellegrini (Associate Professor of Religious Studies, New York University, USA) 21. Prayer - Anderson Blanton (Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for the Studies of the American South, UNC, USA) 22. Race - Roberto Lint-Sagarena (Associate Professor of American Studies, Middlebury College, USA) 23. Ritual - Ron Grimes (Director of Ritual Studies International and Professor Emeritus of Religion and Culture at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada) 24. Sacred - David Chidester (Professor of Comparative Religion, University of Cape Town, South Africa) 25. Screen - S. Brent Plate (Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Hamilton College, USA) 26. Sensation - David Howes (Professor of Anthropology at Concordia University, Canada) 27. Sign - Wei-Cheng Lin (Assistant Professor in the Department of Art, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA) 28. Smell - James McHugh (Assistant Professor of Religion, University of Southern California, USA) 29. Sound - Isaac Weiner (Assistant Professor in Religious Studies, Ohio State University, USA) 30. Space - Tom Tweed (Professor, Harold and Martha Welch Endowed Chair in American Studies, University of Notre Dame, USA) 31. Spirit - Peter van der Veer (Director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity at Göttingen, Germany) 32. Taste - Rich Freeman (Visiting Assistant Professor of History and Religious Studies, USA) 33. Technology - Kathryn Lofton (Professor of Religious Studies, Yale University, USA) 34. Thing - David Morgan (Professor of Religious Studies, Duke University, USA) 35. Touch - Marleen de Witte (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands) 36. Vision - Robert S. Nelson (Professor, Yale University, USA) 37. Words - S. Brent Plate (Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Hamilton College, USA) Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWritten by one of the leading experts on food activism, this is the only independent, full-length study of the Slow Food movement. Slow Food is a grassroots organisation that embraces a slow way of life, linking the love of food with community and environmental support. Based on three years of ethnographic fieldwork inside Slow Food's international headquarters in Italy, Valeria Siniscalchi reveals what really goes on behind the scenes of this enigmatic organization. Observing daily meetings, decision-making processes, and major events, she explores the contradictions, complexities, and ambiguities of the movement as well as the passionate commitment of its employees, members, and leaders. Through talking to insiders and people who have broken' with Slow Food, Siniscalchi makes a major contribution to our understanding of one of the most high profile and controversial food movements in the world and to our knowledge of activist organizations more broadly. This is an essential Trade ReviewIn Slow Food: The Economy and Politics of a Global Movement, Valeria Siniscalchi trains her ethnographic lens on the largest and most renowned food activist organizations in the world. Siniscalchi offers a fascinating account of the politics of mobilizing producers, consumers, and policymakers around local, artisanal food. The book's appeal goes far beyond food studies, allowing us to accompany the organization from its early years as a loose alliance of local Italian chapters, to a complex global network advocating gastronomic biodiversity, with growing pains and ongoing debates over the core "food values" of Slow Food. * Krista Harper, Professor of Anthropology and Public Policy, University of Massachusetts, USA *Table of ContentsPreface 1. Negotiating Fieldwork: How to Study Food Activism? 2. From Politics to Gastronomy and Back: Where Did Slow Food Come From? 3. Power and Governance: How Is the World of Slow Food Governed? 4. Inside the Italian Association 5. Autonomy and Dependence: The Internationalization of Slow Food 6. The “Black Box”: How Does the Slow Food Machine Really Work? 7. Gastronomic Biodiversity: How Are the Environment and Food Connected? 8. Cheese Regulations: Political Battles and Economic Interests Inside the Presidia Project 9. Inclusion and Exclusion: The Political Taste of Slow Food 10. Politics at the Dinner Table and in the Vineyards 11. Real and Imagined Economies and Politics in Action: Terra Madre, Salone del Gusto, and Cheese 12. The Pragmatic Utopia of Food Activism: Coping with Ambiguity Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDown from the Trees: Man’s Amazing Transition from Tree-Dwelling Ape Ancestors covers the evolution of man from tree-dwelling ape to Homo sapiens as he is today. Using easy-to-read language, the author takes complex, jargon-filled material and extracts the essence of the topic and coveys it in a clear and engaging manner. He approaches the subject of human evolution from three different disciplines: fossil evidence and its interpretation, evolutionary theory and its applicability, and genetic evidence and its ability to unlock prehistoric information. The third discipline has advanced unbelievably in the last few years, and this book includes the most up-to-date research.There is nothing more interesting to humans than the story of their origins. The evolutionary process of a tree-dwelling ape becoming a walking, talking man who has developed the technology to walk on the moon, transplant hearts, or modify living things is no trivial story. This book provides a fascinating and comprehensive view of what science has learned of human evolution. Table of ContentsPart 1: Fossils Tell a Story 1. Stratigraphy 2. Time Divisions 3. The K/T Extinctions and the Mammalian Species Radiation 4. Primates and Apes Part 2: Bipedal Species 5. Fossils and Human Evolution 6. The Paleo-Anthropologists 7. Overview of Our Distant Ancestors 8. Ardi 9. Lucy and Australopithecus afarensis 10. Australopithecus sediba 11. Homo naledi 12. Homo erectus 13. Neanderthal Man 14. Homo sapiens Part 3: How Evolution Works 15. Charles Darwin 16. The Modern Synthesis 17. Richard Dawkins, the Darwin of Our Times 18. How New Species Form 19. Red Queen Effect 20. Evolution of Bipedal Apes and Humans Part 4: DNA: A Powerful New Tool 21. Introduction to DNA Technology 22. The Race to Discover DNA’s Structure 23. Discovering the Secret to Life 24. Mutations and Junk DNA Part 5: DNA Applied to Paleoanthropology 25. DNA Science Applied to Human Origins 26. Tracing Our Ape Heritage 27. The Age and Origin of Our Species 28. Out of Africa 29. Neanderthal-Human Interbreeding 30. Denisovan-Human Interbreeding Part 6: Uniquely Human Evolution 31. Bipedal Walking 32. Hairlessness 33. Big Brain Development 34. Speech and Language 35. Fire, Cooking and Tools 36. Sex Part 7: Homo Sapiens Dominate 37. Great Leap Forward 38. Agriculture and Civilization 39. The Journey from Ape to Man 40. What the Future Holds

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Book SynopsisThe world of religious experience is changing much faster than the discipline which claims to study it. Religious studies still uses Christianity as its measure, still frames the world through the model of five world religions, still largely avoids analysis of key issues around power, poverty, violence, pollution, science, and social conflict, and still looks to highlight differences rather than commonalities. Methods for the Study of Religious Change aims to redefine the study of religion as the study of worldviews, of ideas which are active in shaping the world. It argues that the study of religion should focus on people's worldview-making capacities and should contribute to the critical analysis of global problems and the promotion of cultural and spiritual respect across religions. Survey chapters on theory and method outline this new approach while case-study chapters illustrate these ideas with innovative ethnographies of ritual, experience, language, morals and identity.Trade Review'This is a highly imaginative contribution to the study of worldviews.' Grace Davie, University of ExeterTable of Contents1. Introduction, Andre Droogers and Anton van Harskamp PART I: METHODS FOR THE STUDY OF CONTEMPORARY WORLDVIEWS Introduction to Part I 2. The World of Worldviews, Andre Droogers 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches Compared, Andre Droogers 4. Playing with Perspectives, Andre Droogers PART II: STUDYING RELIGIOUS CHANGE Introduction to Part II 5. Fieldwork on Ritual: Understanding Through Participation, Kim Knibbe, Marten van der Meulen, and Peter Versteeg 6. Fieldwork on Experience: Spirituality, Individuality and Authority, Peter Versteeg and Johan Roeland 7. Fieldwork on Language: Artists Express Their Worldviews, Rhea Hummel 8. Fieldwork on Morality: Gossip and Secrets, Kim Knibbe 9. Fieldwork on Identity: Contested and Politicized Research, Martijn de Koning, Edien Bartels, and Danielle Koning PART III: MOVING PARAMETERS Introduction to Part III 10. The Future of New Worldview Studies, Andre Droogers 11. Epilogue: Studying Religion as our Intimate Stranger, Anton van Harskamp

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Book SynopsisDespite the ubiquity of automobility, the reality of automotive death is hidden from everyday view. There are accident blackspots all over the roads that we use and go past every day but the people that have died there or been injured are not marked, unless by homemade shrines and personal memorialization. Nowhere on the planet is this practice as densely actioned as in the United States.Road Scars is a highly visual scholarly monograph about how roadside car crash shrines place the collective trauma of living in a car culture in the everyday landscapes of automobility. Roadside shrines—or road trauma shrines—are vernacular memorial assemblages built by private individuals at sites where family and friends have died in automobile accidents, either while driving cars or motorcycles or being hit by cars as pedestrians, bicyclists, or motorcyclists. Prevalent for decades in Latin America and in the American Southwest, roadside car crash shrines are now present throughout the U.S. and around the world. Some are simply small white crosses, almost silent markers of places of traumatic death. Others are elaborate collections of objects, texts, and materials from all over the map culturally and physically, all significantly brought together not in the home or in a cemetery but on the roadside, in drivable public space—a space where private individuals perform private identities alongside each other in public, and where these private mobilities sometimes collide with one another in traumatic ways that are negotiated in roadside shrines. This book touches on something many of us have seen, but few have explored intellectually.Trade ReviewHere, beautifully presented like gifts to the reader, roadside shrines mourn lives lost on the spot with stuffed animals, dolls, and footballs that mold and crumble, and are replaced and updated with “big girl” dolls as if the materials of mourning were leading their own lives forward. Scars of trauma perform for a public of strangers the melancholia of being in something unknown but pressing with others. -- Kathleen Stewart, Professor of Anthropology, University of TexasRobert Bednar has spent almost two decades mapping and photographing thousands of roadside car crash shrines, especially in the American Southwest. This cogent, well theorized, and heartfelt account focuses on their traumatic affect, making a strong case for their disturbing significance as signs, and scars, of the nation’s troubling, and enduring, dependence on automobility. -- Erika Doss, Professor of American Studies, University of Notre DameTable of ContentsPreface: Guide to the Book Part I: Introduction 1. Witnessing Road Scars Part II: Field Guide to Road Trauma Shrines2. Welcome to the Drive-Through Museum of Accidents 3. Making Places for Feeling Road Trauma 4. Materializing Road Trauma 5. Performing Road Trauma 6. Interpellating the Motoring Public 7. Displacing Road Trauma Part III: Conclusion 8. Melancholy Remains: Remembering Strangers While Driving into the Future

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Book SynopsisIn this groundbreaking work, French legal scholar Alain Supiot examines the relationship of society to legal discourse. He argues that the law is how justice is implemented in secular society, but it is not simply a technique to be manipulated at will: it is also an expression of the core beliefs of the West. We must recognize its universalizing, dogmatic nature and become receptive to other interpretations from non-Western cultures to help us avoid the clash of civilizations. In Homo Juridicus, Supiot deconstructs the illusion of a world that has become 'flat' and undifferentiated, regulated only by supposed 'laws' of science and the economy, and peopled by contract-makers driven by only the calculation of their individual interests.Trade ReviewFrance's most incisive jurist, Alain Supiot . has renewed the idea that all significant belief-systems require a dogmatic foundation by focusing its beam sharply, to the discomfort of their devotees, on the two most cherished creeds of our time: the cults of the free markets and of human rights. -- Perry Anderson * London Review of Books *Alain Supiot develops an original and ambitious approach of the place and role of the law for man with the curiosity and audacity of an anthropologist, but all the while avoiding thetrap of universalism... The use of an anthropological wide-focus lens furnishes him with a wealth of observations which ground a high-calibre reflection, rigorously documented with examples drawn from the legal domain. * Études *After centuries of triumphalism on behalf of homo economicus, one had given up hope of hearing one day about homo juridicus. We can only congratulate Alain Supiot for this work which defends the anthropological function of the law, reminding us that the human being is a metaphysical animal which exists not only in thew universe of things (the economic) but also in a universe of signs. * Revue trimestrielle de droit civil *Novel and crucial -- Peter Goodrich * Modern Law Review *

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the impact of Covid-19, and the associated state lockdown, on rural lives in a former homeland in South Africa. The 2020 Disaster Management Act saw the state sweep through rural areas, targeting funerals and other customary practices as potential 'super-spreader' events. This unprecedented clampdown produced widespread disruption, fear and anxiety. The authors build on path-breaking work concerning local responses to West Africa's Ebola epidemic, and examine the HIV/AIDS pandemic, to understand the impact of the Covid crisis on these communities, and on rural Africa more broadly. To shed light on the role of custom and ritual in rural social change during the pandemic, Covid and Custom in Rural South Africa applies long-term historical and ethnographic research; theories of people's science, local knowledge and the human economy; and fieldwork conducted in ten rural South African communities during lockdown. The volume highlights differences between developments in Southern Africa and elsewhere on the continent, while exploring how the former apartheid homelands-commonly, yet problematically, represented as former 'labour reserves'-have since been reconstituted as new home-spaces. In short, it explains why rural people have been so angered by the state's assault on their cultural practices and institutions in the time of Covid.Trade Review'The authors expertly craft contextualised narratives and illustrate how communities, customs, home spaces and healthcare systems have developed into their contemporary forms.' -- Anthropology Southern Africa'Bank and Sharpley show how the pandemic exacerbated inequality, cultural conflicts, power discrepancies and contested leadership in South Africa. An excellent book, well written and convincing in its analysis, and the detailed ethnography from the Eastern Cape is simply magnificent.' -- Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo'This detailed study shows how Covid regulations in South Africa prevented the most impacted rural communities from seeking the consolation of custom as they tried to bury their dead. It powerfully criticises the inhumanity of biocentrism in a developing society.' -- Robin Palmer, Professor of Anthropology, Rhodes University'A devastating indictment of policy failures driven by arrogance and contempt toward "custom", this remarkable study also provides an exceptionally revealing account of the changing social and cultural conditions of South Africa's rural periphery. An important and deeply insightful book.' -- James Ferguson, Susan S. and William H. Hindle Professor, School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University'A compelling ethnography of accentuated precarity in South Africa's rural Eastern Cape, showing how the pandemic has preyed upon and exacerbated existing victimhood and vulnerabilities. Bank and Sharpley explore structural inequalities inherited from apartheid and compounded by corruption and lip-service to transformation under the ANC government.' -- Francis B. Nyamnjoh, Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Cape Town

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Book SynopsisThis international collection examines the opportunities for using music-induced states of altered consciousness to promote physical and mental healing, treat substance dependence, and in spiritual and palliative care.The contributors describe the successful use of altered states and their therapeutic potential, providing examples from different cultures and clinical, therapeutic and spiritual settings. Their observations cover a wide range of music types capable of inducing altered states, including polyrhythmic music, monotonous drumming, Western pop, and Arab musical schemata, complemented by theoretical and clinical approaches to applications in music therapy.This book will be a useful reference for practising music therapists, musicologists, and ethnomusicologists, students and academics in the field.Trade ReviewI welcome the book as a good starting point in a very good starting point in a very important discussion of music and ASC that needs to be unfolded from both a clinical and a research perspective. -- Nordic Journal of Music TherapyFor the specialist in music or music therapy or altered states of consciousness, this book is must reading. -- The Christian ParapsychologistAldridge and Fachner (both qualitative research in medicine, U of Witten-Herdecke) bring together 13 chapters discussing how music is used to create altered consciousness in different cultures. Contributors from around the world in medicine, music therapy, psychology, and music fields examine music used for states of trance, medicine in the Adygh culture of North Caucasus, drug-induced states, healing with hallucinogens, in the treatment of substance abusers, with spirituality and suffering, and therapy for end-stage illnesses. Types of music studied include monotonous drumming and Western and Arab music. The book is intended for music therapists, musicologists, ethnomusicologists and students. -- Book NewsTable of Contents1. Music, Consciousness and Altered States, David Aldridge, University of Witten-Herdecke, Germany. 2. Music and Altered States of Consciousness: An Overview, Jörg Fachner, University of Witten-Herdecke, Germany. 3. Music and Trance, John J. Pilch, Georgetown University, USA. 4. The Effects of Monotonous Drumming on Subjective Experiences, Csaba Szabó, Debrecen University, Hungary. 5. Perception and Responses to Schemata in Different Cultures: Western and Arab Music, Dalia Cohen, Hebrew University, Israel. 6. Music and Medicine: The Adyghs' Case, Alla N. Sokolova, Adyghea State University, Russia. 7. Music and Drug Induced Altered States of Consciousness, Jörg Fachner, University of Witten-Herdecke, Germany. 8. The Role of Music in Healing with Hallucinogens: Tribal and Western Studies, Marlene Dobkin de Rios, University of California, USA. 9. Polyrhythms Supporting a Pharmacotherapy: Music in the Iboga Initiation Ceremony in Gabon, Uwe Maas and Süster Strubbelt, affiliation tbc. 10. Dangerous Music: Working with the Destructive and Healing Powers of Popular Music in the Treatment of Substance Abusers, Tsvia Horesh, Hebrew University, Israel. 11. "On a Journey to Somatic Memory": Theoretical and Clinical Approaches for the Treatment of Traumatic Memories in Music Therapy Based Drug Rehabilitation, Marko Punkanen, University of Jyväskyla, Finland. 12. Music Therapy and Spirituality: A Transcendental Understanding of Suffering, David Aldridge, University of Witten-Herdecke, Germany. 13. Music Therapy and Spirituality and the Challenges of End-Stage Illnesses, Lucanne Magill, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisIn February 1874, Jack Gowlland RN, newly promoted to the rank of Commander, and his sister Celia left England to travel across the Continent to Brindisi. From there they sailed via the newly opened Suez Canal to Australia. Celia never returned to England. Jack drowned surveying Sydney Harbour within months of his return to his post as head of the New South Wales Hydrographical Survey, and Celia married one of his closest friends within a year.Spanning twelve years, the letters to Celia - Birdie - that form this volume are from Celia's favourite brother, Richard, and his wife Jessie. They tell not only of family life in Victorian England - the vicissitudes of child bearing, unwelcome guests, making ends meet on a meagre income - but also bring to life some of the broader social changes taking place during the period. By 1874 Richard, an outstanding Civil Servant who rose to be deputy head of his department before his early death, was working in the Office of Public Building and Works. His articulate and engaging letters paint a vivid picture of his courtship and marriage to Jessie, and the birth and childhood of their six children, and refer also to his work, where he was involved with the planning of some of London's Victorian landmarks.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an authoritative and highly readable review of the relationship between madness and crime by one of the leading authorities in the field. The book is divided into four parts, each essay focusing on selected features of madness which have relevance to contemporary society. Part 1 is about madness itself, exploring three main models − cognitive, statistical, and emotional. Part 2 is a short discussion on madness, genius and creativity. Part 3 is about the much neglected area of compulsion, an issue that has largely disappeared from public debate. The mad may have moved from victim to violator, yet fundamental questions remain − in particular how to justify compulsory detention, and who should undertake the process? The answers to these questions have sociological, ethical and jurisprudential elements, and cannot just re resolved by reference to medical authorities. Part 4 is about the links between madness and crime − focusing less on the question and nature of criminal responsibility and the various defences that go with this, more on the links between madness and crime and which particular crimes are linked with which types of disorder.Table of ContentsPart 1: Some Thoughts on the Nature of Madness 1. Introduction and overview 2. Madness and the disease model 3. An empirical theory of madness 4. Empirical, statistical and emotional theories compared 5. An assessment of empiricist theories of madness Part 2: Madness as genius, and madness as an aid to creativityPart 3: Restraining the mad: justifications for compulsory detention 6. Detaining the mad 7. De jure and de facto detentions 8. A note on liberty 9. Mental health law and formal law 10. Typical legal justifications and their limitations 11. The impact of compulsion 12. Who does the detaining? 13. Paternalism v. autonomy 14. Summary and conclusion Part 4: Madness and crime 15. Some methodological problems in the madness and crime nexus 16. An overview of the problem 17. Psychiatric services in the penal system: an overview 18. A model for examining the links between madness (mental disorder) and crime 19. Comments on future research 20. Summary and conclusion

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Book SynopsisA critique of the globalisation of the culture principle, arguing that theory is dependent on the actual study of peoples.Table of ContentsPreface, Acknowledgements, 1. History 'Functionalised', 2. A historico-functionalist debate: (Ernesto De Martino, Michel Leiris and E.E. Evans-Pritchard), 3. Deconstructing Descent, 4. Frontier Fetishism and the 'Ethiopianisation' of Africa, 5. Writing Nationalism in the Horn of Africa, 6. Present and Past in North-East African Spirit-Possession, 7. The 'Wise Man's Choice': Conversion Theories, 8. Shamans and Sex: a Comparative Perspective, 9. Ethnography and Theory in Anthropology, Bibliography, Index

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Book SynopsisIn Money: Ethnographic Encounters, anthropologists tell stories of their experiences with money in the field. Through vivid fieldwork accounts, they explore the ways money has influenced their perceptions and understandings of culture. These accounts raise critical questions. How do anthropologists come to know another culture through ordinary yet unexpected experiences with money? How is anthropological knowledge produced through these interactions?Money: Ethnographic Encounters offers students, teachers and researchers the opportunity to consider the work of anthropology through vigorous narrative. It also includes a Guide to Further Reading for students. With stories of fieldwork in such varied sites as Vietnam, Ghana, China, and Malawi, Money: Ethnographic Encounters is ideal for all students of anthropology.Trade ReviewThe book is remarkably coherent in tone. - Anthropological NotebookTable of ContentsPreface, John Borneman, Princeton University, USAIntroduction, Stefan Senders, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, USA, and Allison Truitt, Tulane University1. Equation Fixations: On the Whole and the Sum of Dollars In Foreign Exchange, Julie Y. Chu, Wellesley College, USA2. Changing Money in Post-Soviet Ukraine, JA Dickinson, University of Vermont, USA3. Dollars and Dolores in Postwar El Salvador, Ellen Moodie, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA4. Cold Cash and Hot Loans in Southern Vietnam, Allison Truitt5. The Smoking Wallet: An Anthropologist Meets Transnational Tobacco Corporations in Malawi, Marty Otañez, University of California San Francisco, USA6. What do You Want Me to Do, Bang My Head Against the Wall?, Stefan Senders, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, USA7. Circuits of Conversion: From 14,000 to 1, Naeem Inayatullah, Ithaca College, USAGuide to Further Reading Bibliography Notes on Contributors

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Book SynopsisWhat does it mean to be Zulu today? Does being Zulu today differ from what it meant in the past? Zulu Identities wrestles with these and many other related questions to show how the characteristic traditions of a pre-industrial people have evolved into different cultural expressions of 'Zulu-ness' in modern South Africa. This authoritative and specially commissioned volume, which contains more collected expertise on the Zulus than is available from any other source, examines the legacies of Shaka, the intrigues of Zulu royalty, gender and generational struggles, cultural and symbolic projections, and spirituality. It highlights the debates in contemporary South Africa over the manipulation of Zulu heritage, whether deployed for party political purposes or exploited to promote eco - and battlefield-tourism. And finally the book contemplates the future of Zulu identity in a unitary South Africa seeking to embrace the forces of globalisation.Table of ContentsContents-Frames of Debate-Introduction: Zuluness in the Post- and Neo-worlds -The Empire Talks Back: Re-examining the Legacies of Shaka and - Reflections on the Politics of Being 'Zulu', 1820-1920 Foundations of Zuluness: Iron Ages to Late 1800s - A Brief Archaeology of Precolonial Farming in Kwa Zulu-Natal-Cattle Symbolism in Zulu Culture-Revisiting the Stereotype of Shaka's 'Devastations'-White Myths of Shaka-The Rise and Fall of the Zulu Kingdom-Zulu Nationalist Literary Representations of King Dingane-A Reassessment of Women's Power in the Zulu Kingdom-Enlightenment Theories of Civilisation and Savagery in British Natal: The Colonial Origins of the (Zulu) African Barbarism Myth- Awaken Nkulunkulu, Zulu God of the Old Testament: Pioneering Missionaries During the Early Age of Racial Spectacle-Faithful Anthropologists: Christianity, Ethnography and the Making of 'Zulu Religion' in Early Colonial Natal-'Bloodstained Grandeur': Colonial and Imperial Stereotypes of Zulu Warriors and Zulu Warfare The Roots of Gathering Struggles: Late Nineteenth Century to Middle Twentieth Century-'What Do You Red-Jackets Want in Our Country?': The Zulu Response to the British Invasion of 1879-The Roots of Gathering Struggles: Late Nineteenth Century to Middle Twentieth Century-Imperial Appropriations: Baden-Powell, the Wood Badge, and the Zulu Iziqu-'Happy Are Those Who Are Dead': Crises in African Life in Late-nineteenth-century and Early-twentieth-century Colonial Natal-The American Mission Revivals and Birth of Modern Zulu Evangelism-Zulus, African-Americans and the African Diaspora, 1879-1945-Chiefs, Cattle and 'Betterment': Contesting Zuluness and Segregationin the Reserves-'You Cannot Destroy a Person by Killing Him': Zulu Cosmopolitanismand the Politics of Zulu Cultural Revival-Changing Meanings of the Battle of Ncome and Images of King Dinganein Twentieth-century South Africa-The Sport of Zuluness: Masculinity, Class and Cultural Identity in-Generating Change, Engendering Tradition: Rural Dynamics and the Limits of Zuluness in Colonial Natal-Hybridities Customary Traditions, Healing and Spirituality, and Contentious Politics Customary Traditions, Healing and Spirituality, and Contentious Politics-Royal Precedents and Landscape Midwives: Claiming the Zululand-Credo Mutwa: New-age Zulu-Healing and Harming: Medicine, Madness, Witchcraft and Tradition-Albert Luthuli and Bantustan Politics of Kwa Zulu-Undivided Loyalties: Inkatha and the Boy Scout Movement-Shaka's Aeroplane: The Takeoff and Landing of Inkatha, Modern ZuluNationalism and Royal Politics-The Roots of Violence and Martial Zuluness on the East Rand, 1980-90-Monuments of Division: Apartheid and Post-apartheid Struggles over Zulu Nationalist Heritage Sites-Divisions and Realignments in Post-apartheid Zulu Local and National Politics-Symbolism's of Culture Beauty in the Hard Journey: Defining Trends in Twentieth-century Zulu Art-Ceremonial Beer Pots and their Uses-The Secret of Zulu Bead Language and Proportion and Balance of the Zulu Headrest (Isigqiki)-'Where's it Gone, Freedom? Composing Isicathamiya in Post-apartheid South Africa in the Age of 9/11-Zulu Names-Poetic Masters of Zuluness: The Dhomo-Vilakazi Literary Debate-Cry, The Beloved Country: A Murder in Alan Paton's Country, 1999-Failed Experiment? Challenging Homogenous 'Zululisation' in South Africa's Museums: The Case of Sisonke in Natal-'So that I will be a marriageable girl': Umemulo in Contemporary Zulu Society-Futures of Zuluness Two Bulls in One Kraal: Local Politics, 'Zulu History', and Heritage Tourismin Kosi Bay-Claiming Community: Restitution on the Eastern Shores of Lake St Lucia-Virginity Testing: A Backward-looking Response to Sexual Regulation in the HIV/AIDS Crisis-Nomkhubulwane: Reinventing a Zulu Goddess-AIDS in Zulu Idiom: Etiological Configurations of Women, Pollution and Modernity-Zulu-speaking Men and Changing Households-A Modern Coming of Age: Zulu Manhood, Domestic Work and the 'Kitchen Suit'-Silence, Death and Memory in the Time of AIDS -The Zulu Warrior Ethic and the Spirit of South African Capitalism-Zulu Identity in the International Context-Index

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Book SynopsisNow in its 23rd edition, the Europa International Foundation Directory 2014 provides an unparalleled guide to the foundations, trusts, charitable and grantmaking NGOs, and other similar not-for-profit organizations of the world. It provides a comprehensive picture of third sector activity on a global scale. New introductory essays offer an overview of non-profit sector activity in various countries and regions of the world, and an analysis of the growing importance and impact of community foundations.Indexes, which allow the reader to find organizations by area of activity (including conservation and the environment, science and technology, education and social welfare) and geographical region of operations (e.g. South America, Central America and the Caribbean, Australasia, Western Europe and North America), are included for ease of use.Users will find names and contact details for over 2,500 institutions worldwide. This new edition has been revised and expanded to include the most comprehensive and up-to-date information on this growing sector.Trade Review'There is no other directory to foundations which is truly international in scope.' - Reference Reviews'The best place to start grant research ... an important addition to any international studies library.' - World DevelopmentHighly recommended for all academic and public libraries.' - SLA Social Division BulletinTable of ContentsPart 1: Essays The State of Global Civil Society and Volunteering: Patterns and Possible Explanations Lester M. Salamon, S. Wojciech Sokolowski and Megan A Haddock The Growing Importance of Community Foundations Eleanor Sacks Non-profits during Times of Crisis: Organizational Behaviour and Policy Responses Helmut K. Anherier, Annelie Beller and Norman SpenglerPart 2: Directory Albania - Zimbabwe Part 3: Indexes

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Book SynopsisVolume 2 of a collection of occasional papers on the Paths of Symbolic Knowledge in Cassirer and Cultural-theory Studies, presented at the University of Glasgow''s Centre for Intercultural Studies.

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Book SynopsisLe travail d’analyse sociale nous pose toujours la question de la transcription des données et des résultats obtenus. Les modèles canoniques privilégient l’usage de l’écriture orthographique et relèguent souvent les formes d’écritures iconographiques dans la perception sensible, l’allusif et le flou symbolique, à l’extrême opposé de la rigueur démonstrative et argumentative de l’écriture. Dans le processus de production et de diffusion des connaissances en sciences sociales, le moment de l’enquête, en particulier, est une situation de transcription idéale pour examiner le passage d’un ordre de fait à un autre, et pour retracer sa fonction dans le projet scientifique. Cet ouvrage interroge les modalités d’implication de l’image dans la fabrication, la transformation et la présentation des données issues de l’enquête de terrain. La première partie questionne la constitution des mémoires et des identités individuelles et collectives. La photographie se tient au seuil de la mémoire et perpétue une interrogation sur les conditions d’exercice de la mémoire individuelle et collective. La contribution nous rappelle que l’image oblige les chercheurs plus que tout autre mode de présentation à s’interroger sur leur position. La deuxième partie est consacrée à l’épistémologie des images. Que les images soient produites par les chercheurs eux-mêmes ou récoltées lors du terrain ethnographique leur représentation est d’une importance cruciale mais ne va pas de soi. La troisième partie aborde la question de la restitution des données issues de l’enquête de terrain à travers l’analyse des photographies et plaide pour une analyse des rythmes, rare en sciences sociales, afin de saisir les complexités de l’urbanisation globale et de la restituer par les techniques de théâtre grâce à une approche du sensuous scholarship.Table of ContentsContributeurs : Sylvaine Conord, Roger Cornu, Milton Guran, Emil Abossolo Mbo et Cassis Kilian, Katrin Langewiesche, Sylvain Maresca, Ralf Marsault, Jean-Bernard Ouédraogo, Albert Piette, Ioulia Podogora, et Mathieu Triclot.

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Book SynopsisKränkung hat viele Gesichter. Was Menschen kränkt und beleidigt, gewinnt Macht über sie. Das, was eine Gesellschaft gegen Kränkungen immunisiert, sind die Stärke ihrer Mitglieder, ihr Selbstvertrauen und ihr Zutrauen dazu, in einer sich ständig verändernden Welt bestehen zu können. Joachim Gauck führt aus, wie diese Stärken auch überall dort emotionale und intellektuelle Sicherheit zu gewährleisten vermögen, wo sich Menschen in ihrem Selbstverständnis und in ihrem Selbstwert angegriffen fühlen. Im privaten Bereich und in der Politik müssen deshalb die Voraussetzungen dafür geschaffen werden, dass gekränkte Menschen und Gemeinschaften wieder stabile Identität gewinnen und ihre Würde und souveränen Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten verteidigen.

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Book SynopsisUnverkennbar gibt es seit einigen Jahren in der Philosophie Europas wieder ein programmatisches Bekenntnis zum Realismus. Es ist das Resultat einer am Ende des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts fällig gewordenen Korrektur. Gleichzeitig lässt sich auch eine Renaissance idealistischer Denkansätze feststellen. Dieser Band vereinigt französische, deutsche und italienische Autorinnen und Autoren, die den Dialog zwischen Realismus und Idealismus aus historischer, erkenntnistheoretischer, phänomenologischer und ästhetischer Perspektive fortsetzen. Dieser Dialog, so zeigt sich, dient nach wie vor zur philosophischen Orientierung.

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Book SynopsisEinerseits gehört die Hoffnung zu den zentralen Themen menschlicher Existenz - diesseits und jenseits des Glaubens. Andererseits hält sich das (religions)philosophische, mehr noch das theologische Interesse an der Hoffnung in sehr engen Grenzen. Dafür gibt es Gründe, aber keine guten. Hartmut von Sass versucht nicht nur, jenes Missverhältnis zwischen Relevanz und Marginalisierung der Hoffnung abzutragen, sondern auf dem Weg dorthin zugleich eine neue Architektur der Hoffnung vorzuschlagen. Im vorliegenden Buch verfolgt er in fünf ähnlich aufgebauten Teilen einen konsistenten Gang der Argumentation. Im ersten Teil wird der dogmatische Rahmen abgesteckt, in welchen das Lehrstück der Hoffnung eingefügt wird. Dabei schlägt Hartmut von Sass vor, Theologie als Praxeologie des Glaubens zu verstehen. Im zweiten Teil stellt er die Differenz im Begriff der Hoffnung vor. Entsprechend ist die überaus umstrittene Unterscheidung zwischen einem materialen und modalen Begriff der Hoffnung gegen wichtige Einwände zu verteidigen. Dabei vertritt der Autor die Auffassung, dass dem Modus die Priorität gegenüber der Materialität der Hoffnung zukommt. Der modale Begriff (hoffnungsvoll leben) wird im dritten Teil im Blick auf die Zeiterfahrung, Identität und Statusfragen untersucht, der materiale Begriff (hoffen, dass x) im vierten Teil anhand seiner logischen Eigenschaften genauer entfaltet. Nach der Analyse folgt die Synthese: Im fünften Teil wird die Differenzierung zwischen Modus und Material 'aufgehoben', um zu zeigen, wie beide Begriffe miteinander interagieren. Dies führt zu Überlegungen zum Verhältnis von Hoffen und Handeln sowie zu einem Glauben, der sich auf die heutige Welt wirklich einlässt. In einem Epilog konkretisiert Hartmut von Sass anhand von drei zeitgenössischen Thematiken - Klima, Inklusion, Frieden -, was das für uns und unser Engagement bedeuten kann.

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Book SynopsisArm-rings are among the most common items of jewellery. From the earliest times, they have appeared in various shapes and materials. The wearing of leg-rings was limited to the Bronze and Iron Ages. Together with spiral rings and mountings, arm- and leg-rings form an essential aspect of our archaeological legacy. They not only decorated the body but also accumulated value. This volume offers a comprehensive, systematic guide to the object groups. Typical forms are presented, described, and illustrated in a study of jewellery in German-speaking countries from the Palaeolithic era to the Middle Ages. This reference work is aimed at any interested reader but also provides a practical tool for recording and indexing museum and archaeological collections. First comprehensive systematics of pre- and early historical arm and leg ornaments Suitable for academics as well as interested amateurs

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