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  • Charisma and Institution in American Culture

    Ethnography of a Catholic Pentecostal Prayer Group

    par Keping Wu ...
    The book offers an ethnographic account of the composition, leadership, and ritual performance of a charismatic Catholic prayer group. Through analysis, it reveals how the charismatic priest maximizes his authority by integrating personal and institutional power within the context of global Pentecostalism and recent American cultural history.What happens when charisma and bureaucratic structure ... En savoir plus

    $89.31 CAD

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  • Religion and Charity

    The Social Life of Goodness in Chinese Societies

    par Robert P. Weller, C. Julia Huang, Keping Wu, Lizhu Fan ...
    Free markets alone do not work effectively to solve certain kinds of human problems, such as education, old age care, or disaster relief. Nor have markets ever been the sole solution to the psychological challenges of death, suffering, or injustice. Instead, we find a major role for the non-market institutions of society - the family, the state, and social institutions. The first in-depth ... En savoir plus

    $122.99 CAD

  • It Happens Among People

    Resonances and Extensions of the Work of Fredrik Barth

    Modifié par Keping Wu, Robert P. Weller ...
    Collections Livre 8 - WYSE Series in Social Anthropology
    Written by eleven leading anthropologists from around the world, this volume extends the insights of Fredrik Barth, one of the most important anthropologists of the twentieth century, to push even further at the frontiers of anthropology and honor his memory. As a collection, the chapters thus expand Barth’s pioneering work on values, further develop his insights on human agency and its potential ... En savoir plus

    $27.99 CAD

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  • Confucius

    And the World He Created

    par Michael Schuman ...
    Confucius is perhaps the most important philosopher in history. Today, his teachings shape the daily lives of more than 1.6 billion people. Throughout East Asia, Confucius's influence can be seen in everything from business practices and family relationships to educational standards and government policies. Even as western ideas from Christianity to Communism have bombarded the region, Confucius's ... En savoir plus

    $25.99 CAD

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  • Asian Anthropology

    Modifié par Jan Van Bremen, Eyal Ben-Ari, Syed Farid Alatas ...
    Collections series Anthropology of Asia
    Asian Anthropology raises important questions regarding the nature of anthropology and particularly the production and consumption of anthropological knowledge in Asia. Instead of assuming a universal standard or trajectory for the development of anthropology in Asia, the contributors to this volume begin with the appropriate premise that anthropologies in different Asian countries have developed ... En savoir plus

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  • China's New Confucianism

    Politics and Everyday Life in a Changing Society

    par Daniel A. Bell ...
    What is it like to be a Westerner teaching political philosophy in an officially Marxist state? Why do Chinese sex workers sing karaoke with their customers? And why do some Communist Party cadres get promoted if they care for their elderly parents? In this entertaining and illuminating book, one of the few Westerners to teach at a Chinese university draws on his personal experiences to paint an ... En savoir plus

    $29.69 CAD

  • Global Intellectual History

    Modifié par Samuel Moyn, Andrew Sartori ...
    Collections series Columbia Studies in International and Global History
    Where do ideas fit into historical accounts that take an expansive, global view of human movements and events? Teaching scholars of intellectual history to incorporate transnational perspectives into their work, while also recommending how to confront the challenges and controversies that may arise, this original resource explains the concepts, concerns, practice, and promise of "global ... En savoir plus

    $36.99 CAD

  • The Wisdom of Sustainability

    Buddhist Economics for the 21st Century

    par Sulak Sivaraksa ...
    The Wisdom of Sustainability continues E. F. Schumacher s groundbreaking work on Buddhist economics in Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered. Emphasizing small-scale, indigenous, sustainable alternatives to globalization, Sulak offers hope and alternatives for restructuring our economies based on Buddhist principles and personal development. ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Routledge Handbook of Refugee Narratives

    Modifié par Evyn Lê Espiritu Gandhi, Vinh Nguyen ...
    Collections series Routledge Literature Handbooks
    This Handbook presents a transnational and interdisciplinary study of refugee narratives, broadly defined. Interrogating who can be considered a refugee and what constitutes a narrative, the thirty-eight chapters included in this collection encompass a range of forcibly displaced subjects, a mix of geographical and historical contexts, and a variety of storytelling modalities. Analyzing novels, ... En savoir plus

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  • Crowds

    Ethnographic Encounters

    Modifié par Megan Steffen ...
    Collections series Encounters: Experience and Anthropological Knowledge
    What exactly is a crowd? How do crowds differ from other large gatherings of people? And how do they transform emotions, politics, or faith? In Crowds, contributors draw on their experiences and expertise to reflect on their encounters with crowds. Each chapter examines a particular crowd or conception of crowdedness to provide an analysis of how, when, where—and with whom—crowds form in different ... En savoir plus

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  • The China Questions

    Critical Insights into a Rising Power

    Modifié par Jennifer Rudolph, Michael Szonyi ...
    “Cuts through the cacophony of information, misinformation, and nonsense on China that circulates in our modern world to give us reliable answers to crucial questions… Should be on the shelf of anyone seeking to understand this fast-rising superpower.”—Ian Johnson, author of The Souls of ChinaAfter years of isolation, China is now center stage as an economic and global power, but its rise has ... En savoir plus

    $24.99 CAD

  • Cultural Diversity, Heritage and Human Rights

    Intersections in Theory and Practice

    Modifié par Michele Langfield, William Logan, Mairead Nic Craith ...
    Collections series Key Issues in Cultural Heritage
    This theoretically innovative anthology investigates the problematic linkages between conserving cultural heritage, maintaining cultural diversity, defining and establishing cultural citizenship, and enforcing human rights.It is the first publication to address the notions of cultural diversity, cultural heritage and human rights in one volume. Heritage provides the basis of humanity’s rich ... En savoir plus

    $96.18 CAD