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This is the first overview of the anthropology of art in China for the English-speaking world. As the country experiences rapid social change, leading Chinese scholars present exciting case studies and distinctive theories on visual art, dance, and music.
This is the first overview of the anthropology of art in China for the English-speaking world. As the country experiences rapid social change, leading Chinese scholars present exciting case studies and distinctive theories on visual art, dance, and music.
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Script and Addiction
Powerlessness
The 12 Steps programme for addiction has a low success rate. This book demonstrates how combining it with the “Life Script” concept from Transactional Analysis can achieve a much higher rate of success. Pioneered by the author, this new approach is supported by case studies.
The 12 Steps programme for addiction has a low success rate. This book demonstrates how combining it with the “Life Script” concept from Transactional Analysis can achieve a much higher rate of success. Pioneered by the author, this new approach is supported by case studies.
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Empowerment and Fragility
Biopolitics and Ethics in International Relations and Strategic Studies
The book discusses how biopolitics and ethics influence the fields of international relations and strategic studies, critically questioning how international policies in areas like terrorism, health, and are being built through global policy regimes and global discursive regimes.
The book discusses how biopolitics and ethics influence the fields of international relations and strategic studies, critically questioning how international policies in areas like terrorism, health, and are being built through global policy regimes and global discursive regimes.
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Connecting South-South Communities
The Narrative of South African-Malaysian Relations
This book offers an overview of over twenty-five years of relations between South Africa and Malaysia, evaluating their diplomatic, commercial, and cultural connections. It unpacks the notions of ‘African ways’ versus ‘Asian ways’ and highlights the role of non-state actors.
This book offers an overview of over twenty-five years of relations between South Africa and Malaysia, evaluating their diplomatic, commercial, and cultural connections. It unpacks the notions of ‘African ways’ versus ‘Asian ways’ and highlights the role of non-state actors.
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Museums and Communities
Diversity, Dialogue and Collaboration in an Age of Migrations
This volume brings together seventeen essays critically reflecting on the collaborative work of the contemporary ethnographic museum with diverse communities. It represents an opportunity to think about the roles and values of museums internationally.
This volume brings together seventeen essays critically reflecting on the collaborative work of the contemporary ethnographic museum with diverse communities. It represents an opportunity to think about the roles and values of museums internationally.
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Describing the Unobserved and Other Essays
Unspeakable Sentences after Unspeakable Sentences
The seven essays gathered in this volume are all concerned with the “unspeakable sentences” of fictional narration, using Unspeakable Essays (1982) as a theoretical framework for further exploration into linguistics, philosophy and the analysis of narrative and the novel.
The seven essays gathered in this volume are all concerned with the “unspeakable sentences” of fictional narration, using Unspeakable Essays (1982) as a theoretical framework for further exploration into linguistics, philosophy and the analysis of narrative and the novel.
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Abdication of the Sovereign Self
The Psycholinguistics of Invalid Synthetic Propositions
Spano looks at how much of our verbal communication can be considered valid from perspective of the rules of logic. The book is a call for introspection in the hope that the reader will recognise the situation described here reflected in both himself and the society he inhabits.
Spano looks at how much of our verbal communication can be considered valid from perspective of the rules of logic. The book is a call for introspection in the hope that the reader will recognise the situation described here reflected in both himself and the society he inhabits.
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Literature and Psychology
Writing, Trauma and the Self
This study explores how psychological messages are portrayed and interpreted in writing. It analyzes the interaction between text and reader, with emphasis on emotion, identity, and trauma, offering an in-depth look at psychology and literature.
This study explores how psychological messages are portrayed and interpreted in writing. It analyzes the interaction between text and reader, with emphasis on emotion, identity, and trauma, offering an in-depth look at psychology and literature.
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Memory, Place and Autobiography
Experiments in Documentary Filmmaking
In autobiographical film, the filmmaker—as maker and subject—acts as a cultural guide. This book explores how memory is evoked through hybrid strategies like fictional enactment, and charts the history of British independent filmmaking from the 1970s to the age of new media.
In autobiographical film, the filmmaker—as maker and subject—acts as a cultural guide. This book explores how memory is evoked through hybrid strategies like fictional enactment, and charts the history of British independent filmmaking from the 1970s to the age of new media.
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This volume confronts discourse theory in colonial studies, arguing societies are split vertically by class, not by geography. It claims the radical-sounding rhetoric of 'post' movements, far from resisting imperialism, actually greases the mechanisms of finance capital.
This volume confronts discourse theory in colonial studies, arguing societies are split vertically by class, not by geography. It claims the radical-sounding rhetoric of ‘post’ movements, far from resisting imperialism, actually greases the mechanisms of finance capital.
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This book explores European notions of body and soul, drawn from Judeo-Christian tradition and folklore. It examines the connections between these notions and beliefs about death, the dead, and communication between the human and spirit worlds.
This book explores European notions of body and soul, drawn from Judeo-Christian tradition and folklore. It examines the connections between these notions and beliefs about death, the dead, and communication between the human and spirit worlds.
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Fertilizing the Universe
A New Chapter of Unfolding Evolution
The evolution of life is a cosmic attribute, not confined to Earth. Fertilizing the Universe proposes a new and intriguing theory of extra-terrestrial life, striving to empower humankind to co-create as an ally of the cosmic powers of evolution.
The evolution of life is a cosmic attribute, not confined to Earth. Fertilizing the Universe proposes a new and intriguing theory of extra-terrestrial life, striving to empower humankind to co-create as an ally of the cosmic powers of evolution.
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Destroying Idols
Revisioning the Meaning of ‘God’
Confusion over the meaning of ‘God’ in biblical texts is at the heart of the divorce between Judaism and Christianity. This book offers a new understanding by re-examining the “two powers in heaven” doctrine, allowing for a renewed messianic interpretation of both faiths.
Confusion over the meaning of ‘God’ in biblical texts is at the heart of the divorce between Judaism and Christianity. This book offers a new understanding by re-examining the “two powers in heaven” doctrine, allowing for a renewed messianic interpretation of both faiths.
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Health and Safety for Spirit Seers, Telepaths and Visionaries
Self-help for Schizophrenia
While 51 million people in the world are afflicted with schizophrenia, self-help books on the topic are not in ample supply and often very dark in outlook. This extensive study provides a much-needed, positive, hopeful and holistic perspective on how to cope with schizophrenia.
While 51 million people in the world are afflicted with schizophrenia, self-help books on the topic are not in ample supply and often very dark in outlook. This extensive study provides a much-needed, positive, hopeful and holistic perspective on how to cope with schizophrenia.
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This collection explores the sacred and magical aspects of ethno-medicine. It connects religious and medical anthropology, focusing on concepts of health and disease, healing rites, and their role in society, folklore, and art across cultures and throughout history.
This collection explores the sacred and magical aspects of ethno-medicine. It connects religious and medical anthropology, focusing on concepts of health and disease, healing rites, and their role in society, folklore, and art across cultures and throughout history.
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This collection of essays explores Nigeria's security challenges since colonial times. It examines their historical roots, why they have escalated, the effectiveness of strategies employed to address them, and the lessons to be learnt from how security matters have been handled.
This collection of essays explores Nigeria’s security challenges since colonial times. It examines their historical roots, why they have escalated, the effectiveness of strategies employed to address them, and the lessons to be learnt from how security matters have been handled.
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Bombay Novels
Some Insights in Spatial Criticism
Walk the streets of Mumbai through the eyes of literary wanderers. Analyzing four novels, this book reveals how the act of flânerie uncovers hidden histories and exposes power relations, offering a transgressive, alternative vision of the city and its people.
Walk the streets of Mumbai through the eyes of literary wanderers. Analyzing four novels, this book reveals how the act of flânerie uncovers hidden histories and exposes power relations, offering a transgressive, alternative vision of the city and its people.
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Economic Value Added for Competitive Advantage
A Case of Indian Enterprises
How can competitive advantage be measured for Indian companies? This book advocates that Economic Value Added (EVA®) can be used to establish it. Based on an in-depth study, it shows that Indian companies using EVA® have a distinct advantage over competitors.
How can competitive advantage be measured for Indian companies? This book advocates that Economic Value Added (EVA®) can be used to establish it. Based on an in-depth study, it shows that Indian companies using EVA® have a distinct advantage over competitors.
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The genre of chemical biography has enjoyed a revival. But as scientists communicate by email and compose documents on computers, are we facing a modern equivalent of the destruction of the Library of Alexandria? This book explores the emerging questions faced by biographers.
The genre of chemical biography has enjoyed a revival. But as scientists communicate by email and compose documents on computers, are we facing a modern equivalent of the destruction of the Library of Alexandria? This book explores the emerging questions faced by biographers.
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This book reassesses the role of sacredness in medieval France and Occitania by exploring the coexistence, convergence, and opposition between the sacred and the secular in Old French and Old Provençal poetry from the ninth to the thirteenth century.
This book reassesses the role of sacredness in medieval France and Occitania by exploring the coexistence, convergence, and opposition between the sacred and the secular in Old French and Old Provençal poetry from the ninth to the thirteenth century.
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