Recognition and Religion: A Historical and Systematic Study
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During the last twenty years, the theory of recognition has become an established field of...
Samurai Wisdom: Lessons from Japan's Warrior Culture
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The ancient warrior culture of Japan produced a sophisticated martial philosophy that we know today...
Sociocultural Boundaries, Assemblages and Regimes of Intersection
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Unequal life-chances became a key feature of cross-border migration to, and within, the enlarged...
Socio-Cultural Mobility and Mega-Events: Ethics and Aesthetics in Brazil's 2014 World Cup
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In June 2014, Brazil opened the twentieth FIFA World Cup with a spectacular ceremony. Hosting the...
The Curious Humanist: Siegfried Kracauer in America
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During the Weimar Republic, Siegfried Kracauer established himself as a trenchant theorist of film,...
The Path to Salvation: Religious Violence from the Crusades to Jihad
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In the wake of 9/11, policy analysts, journalists, and academics have tried to make sense of the...
Entanglements: Conversations on the Human Traces of Science, Technology, and Sound
Simone Tosoni and Trevor Pinch
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Science and technology studies (STS) is a relatively young but influential field. Scholars from...
Gandhi: An Anti-Biography of a Great Soul
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This book is not just another biography of Gandhi. It is valuable because it offers us a French...
Scenescapes: How Qualities of Place Shape Social Life
Daniel Aaron Silver and Terry Nichols Clark
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Let's set the scene: there's a regular on his barstool, beer in hand. He's watching a young couple...
The 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games: Assessing the 30-Year Legacy
Matthew Llewellyn and John Gleaves
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The 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games stand as the most profitable and arguably the most important...