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This book and award-winning film provide a unique account of the invisible dynamics of possession and psychosis, and how Muslim patients are transformed through the treatments offered by mosques and the psychiatric institutions of European nation-states. -- .

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An exciting and cutting-edge volume of essays, which collectively and singularly aim to challenge the conventions of connectivity and relationality in social theory and description through a serious and crucially ethnographic reflection on the category of 'detachment' -- .

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An exciting and cutting-edge volume of essays, which collectively and singularly aim to challenge the conventions of connectivity and relationality in social theory and description through a serious and crucially ethnographic reflection on the category of 'detachment' -- .

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The subject of conversation is the social sciences in the twentieth century and the role of large-scale philanthropy, using Rockefeller philanthropy in particular as a case study. The dialogue builds on the work of earlier historians and philosophers of science as well as pioneers in the study of philanthropy.

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The subject of conversation is the social sciences in the twentieth century and the role of large-scale philanthropy, using Rockefeller philanthropy in particular as a case study. The dialogue builds on the work of earlier historians and philosophers of science as well as pioneers in the study of philanthropy.

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South Korea's path toward a higher quality of life has been a dynamic process, Suh shows, shaped by historical contingencies, some immutable logic of capitalist development, and a dialectical relationship between the state and Korean civil society.

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Comprises a number of cross-cultural case studies in deviance from an anthropological point of view. The resulting data are formulated into three theoretical models, addressing "smart" and "proper" behaviour, "soft" and "hard" deviance, and the social and political uses of "staged deviance".

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Comprises a number of cross-cultural case studies in deviance from an anthropological point of view. The resulting data are formulated into three theoretical models, addressing "smart" and "proper" behaviour, "soft" and "hard" deviance, and the social and political uses of "staged deviance".

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A unique ethnographic study of Party political activismExploring how Conservative Party activists who had opposed devolution and the movement for a Scottish Parliament during the 1990s attempted to mobilise politically following their annihilation at the 1997 General Election. -- .

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A unique ethnographic study of Party political activism exploring how Conservative Party activists who had opposed devolution and the movement for a Scottish Parliament during the 1990s attempted to mobilise politically following their annihilation at the 1997 General Election -- .

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Describes the major concepts that have shaped the discipline of cultural anthropology, both historically and theoretically. It sets modern anthropology in its proper context within the broader intellectual tradition.

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This reference dictionary describes the development of physical or biological anthropology concepts, tracing the history of their usage from their origins to the contemporary and usually multidisciplinary contexts in which physical anthropologists participate.

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This reference work defines the terms and concepts of medical sociology. It begins with an introductory essay tracing the history of medical sociology. Short, alphabetically arranged entries for the terms provide a definition and then discuss the theoretical and practical significance of the topic.

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"Topics included are not only people, places, and events, but laws, treaties, and organizations. . . . The editors . . . supplied us with a much needed reference guide that should be a priority item on every librarian's acquisition list." International Social Science Review

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Arguing against the postmodern claim that systematic theory is unable to account for difference, Difference in Time: A Critical Theory of Culture adopts an interdisciplinary approach to the analysis of cultural judgement and social change.

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Relates data on age at marriage, occupation, etc. to socio-economic status and fertility. Originally published in 1963. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original te

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Overviews and summarises research on the spread of innovations through rural populations. The volume gives detailed attention to the development and utilisation of diffusion research from the 1940s to 1970 and traces the creation of the classical model for explaining the spread of innovations.

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This fascinating work explores the meaning of death in the digital age, showing readers the new ways digital technology allows humans to approach, prepare for, and handle their ultimate destiny.

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This book adopts an explicitly postmodernist perspective of the digital revolution. While exploring issues relating to the re-creation of social life in the digital world, its main focus is on the political economy and in particular the extent to which the paradigms of capitalism and socialism can be mapped as postcapitalism onto this new world.

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