Economy and Ritual Professor and Chair Xiuhua SiAccording to accepted wisdom, rational practices and ritual action are opposed. Rituals drain wealth from capital investment and draw on a mode of thought different from practical ideas. The studies in this volume contest this view. Comparative, historical, and contemporary, the six ethnographies extend from Macedonia to Kyrgyzstan. Each one illuminates the economic and ritual changes in an area as it emerged from socialism and (re )entered market
These essays are a significant contribution to understanding the failure of sustainable economic development and the armed conflict that it spawns in developing states
In answer to the enduring mystery surrounding the factions' origins
as well as coverage of new scientific advances
the purpose of The Relay Race of Virtue is to show that Plato and Xenophon were responding to each other and that we can gain a greater appreciation for both by recognizing the back-and-forth nature of their friendly dialogue
Wall of Manitou
colonial remnants and their transformation - are explained and analysed in terms of Singapore's colonial past
Published toward the end of her life
Key works from directors such as Michel Audiard
becoming either a matter of cults and heterodoxies or being sublimated into literary theory and practice
Elizabeth Emery explores how the cathedral's popularity stemmed from its semantic richness as well as its glorification in the works of such writers and artists as Emile Zola
absence and ephemeral poetics
This is a story of collaboration and influence
