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Beyond Enlightenment
The vast majority of books on Buddhism describe the Buddha using the word enlightened, rather than awakened. This bias has resulted in Buddhism becoming generally perceived as the eponymous religion of enlightenment. Beyond Enlightenment is a sophisticated study of some of the underlying assumptions involved in the study of Buddhism (especially, but not exclusively, in the West). It investigate…
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- 9780203098783
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- 306.6 COH b
The Archaeology of Human Ancestry
Human social life is constrained and defined by our cognitive and emotional dispositions, which are the legacy of our foraging ancestors. But how difficult is it to reconstruct the social systems and cultural traditions of those ancestors? The Archaeology of Human Ancestry provides a stimulating and provocative answer, in which archaeologists and biological anthropologists set out and demonstra…
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- 9780203974131
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- 301 ARC a
The Hirschfeld archives : violence, death, and modern queer culture
This work examines how death, suicide and violence shaped modern queer culture, arguing that negative experiences, as much as affirmative subculture formation, influenced the emergence of a collective sense of same-sex identity. Bauer looks for this history of violence in the work and reception of the influential sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld (1868-1935), and through Hirschfeld's work examines t…
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- 9781439914328
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- Sexuality studies
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- 306.76 BAU h
Hijab : Unveiling Queer Muslim Lives
Hijab: Unveiling Queer Muslim Lives is the first known collection of South African Muslim stories relating to Islam and sexual diversity. This anthology shares reallife stories of people that have struggled, or may still be struggling, to reconcile their spirituality and their sexuality. These are stories that illustrate the oneness of being and reflect on how some interpretations of the script…
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- 978-1-920355-20-3
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- 297.566 HIJ
The Third Sector As a Renewable Resource For Europe: Concepts, Impacts, Chall…
Third sector impact; Volunteering; Charity; European Commission; Political legitimacy; Third Sector in Europe; Third Sector as a Renewable Resource; Obstacles to Third Sector Organisation; Development in Europe
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- 9783319714721
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Surveying Human Vulnerabilities across the Life Course
Sociology
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- 9783319241555
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- 302 ROB s
South-North Migration of EU Citizens in Times of Crisis
Introduction This open access book looks at the migration of Southern European EU citizens (from Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece) who move to Northern European Member States (Belgium, France, Germany, United Kingdom) in response to the global economic crisis.Its objective is twofold. First, it identifies the scale and nature of this new Southern European emigration and examines these migrants’…
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- 9783319397634
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- 351.81
Social Statistics and Ethnic Diversity: Cross-National Perspectives in Classi…
Migration; Population Economics; Sociology, general; Political Science; Human Geography
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- 9783319200941
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- 360 PIC s
Self-Harm As Violence: When Victim and Perpetrator Are One
This edited collection explores the agency of women who do violence and have violence done to them. Topics covered include rape, pornography, prostitution, suicide bombing and domestic violence. The volume contributes to the philosophical and theoretical debate, as well as offering practical, social and political responses to the issues examined.
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- 9781137015112
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- 320.01 MAR s
Hidden Rituals and Public Performances : Traditions and Belonging among the P…
Why are Khanty shamans still active? What are the folklore collectives of Komi? Why are the rituals of Udmurts performed at cultural festivals? In their insightful ethnographic study Anna-Leena Siikala and Oleg Ulyashev attempt to answer such questions by analysing the recreation of religious traditions, myths, and songs in public and private performances. Their work is based on long term field…
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- 978-952-222-813-0
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- Studia Fennica Folkloristica 19
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- 200.92 SII h
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