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Action Theory and the Human Condition
written by Talcott Parsons, 1902-1979 (New York, NY: Free Press, 1978), 464 page(s)
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written by Talcott Parsons, 1902-1979 (New York, NY: Free Press, 1978), 464 page(s)
Field of Study
Social Theory
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Talcott Parsons, 1902-1979
Date Published / Released
1978
Publisher
Free Press
Topic / Theme
Education, Health, Religion, Societal roles
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Copyright © 1978 by The Free Press
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written by Jean Baudrillard, 1929-2007 (New York, NY: Verso, 1989), 129 page(s)
Field of Study
Social Theory
Content Type
Book
Contributor
Chris Turner, fl. 1977-1979
Author / Creator
Jean Baudrillard, 1929-2007
Date Published / Released
1989
Publisher
Verso
Topic / Theme
Social institutions, Mores, Travel
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1989 by Verso
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Anarchism and Other Essays
written by Emma Goldman, 1869-1940 (Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press, Inc., 1969), 277 page(s)
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written by Emma Goldman, 1869-1940 (Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press, Inc., 1969), 277 page(s)
Field of Study
Social Theory
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Emma Goldman, 1869-1940
Date Published / Released
1969
Publisher
Kennikat Press, Inc.
Topic / Theme
Anarchism, Gender roles, Politics
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Ancient Judaism
written by Max Weber, 1864-1920 (New York, NY: Free Press, 1952), 484 page(s)
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written by Max Weber, 1864-1920 (New York, NY: Free Press, 1952), 484 page(s)
Field of Study
Social Theory
Content Type
Book
Contributor
Hans H. Gerth, Don Martindale
Author / Creator
Max Weber, 1864-1920
Date Published / Released
1952
Publisher
Free Press
Topic / Theme
Judaism
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Antonio Gramsci: Further Selections from the Prison Notebooks
written by Antonio Gramsci, 1891-1937 (Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 1995), 618 page(s)
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written by Antonio Gramsci, 1891-1937 (Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 1995), 618 page(s)
Field of Study
Social Theory
Content Type
Book
Contributor
Derek Boothman
Author / Creator
Antonio Gramsci, 1891-1937
Date Published / Released
1995
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Topic / Theme
Literary criticism, Philosophy, Political commentary, Political theory
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1995 Lawrence & Wishart
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Applied Sociology: A Treatise on the Conscious Improvement of Society by Society
written by Lester Frank Ward, 1841-1913 (Boston, MA: Ginn and Company, 1906), 384 page(s)
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written by Lester Frank Ward, 1841-1913 (Boston, MA: Ginn and Company, 1906), 384 page(s)
Field of Study
Social Theory
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Lester Frank Ward, 1841-1913
Date Published / Released
1906
Publisher
Ginn and Company
Topic / Theme
Sociology
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Around the World in 80 Faiths, 2, The Far East
directed by Sian Salt, fl. 2009; produced by Sian Salt, fl. 2009, in Around the World in 80 Faiths, 2 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2009), 48 mins
Pete observes a purification ritual during the Shinto Oto Matsuri fire festival and finds out how war helped to create the biggest church in the world. Pete encounters the exotic and inscrutable religions of the Far East, from anarchic Buddhist Naked Man and Shinto Fire festivals in Japan to enlightening Taoist mo...
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directed by Sian Salt, fl. 2009; produced by Sian Salt, fl. 2009, in Around the World in 80 Faiths, 2 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2009), 48 mins
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Pete observes a purification ritual during the Shinto Oto Matsuri fire festival and finds out how war helped to create the biggest church in the world. Pete encounters the exotic and inscrutable religions of the Far East, from anarchic Buddhist Naked Man and Shinto Fire festivals in Japan to enlightening Taoist monks in the mountains of China. He also visits an obscure Shamanic sect in South Korea, and finds out how war helped to create the bigge...
Pete observes a purification ritual during the Shinto Oto Matsuri fire festival and finds out how war helped to create the biggest church in the world. Pete encounters the exotic and inscrutable religions of the Far East, from anarchic Buddhist Naked Man and Shinto Fire festivals in Japan to enlightening Taoist monks in the mountains of China. He also visits an obscure Shamanic sect in South Korea, and finds out how war helped to create the biggest church in the world. In Buddhist Thailand, he explores the meaning of non-attachment, and in Vietnam he comes under the spell of a divine eye, before giving money away to a mother goddess.
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Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
Documentary
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Sian Salt, fl. 2009, Peter Owen Jones, fl. 2009
Author / Creator
Sian Salt, fl. 2009
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Around the World in 80 Faiths
Speaker / Narrator
Peter Owen Jones, fl. 2009
Topic / Theme
Religious beliefs, Religious faiths, Religious practices, Religion & Philosophy
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2012 BBC Worldwide
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Around the World in 80 Faiths, 3, Africa
directed by Sian Salt, fl. 2009; produced by Sian Salt, fl. 2009, in Around the World in 80 Faiths, 3 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2009), 53 mins
From sacrifices in honour of Voodoo spirits in the west to a rock-hewn church in the highlands of northern Ethiopia, Pete explores the spiritual traditions of Africa. In a gruelling journey through the continent where all human life began, Pete hopes to get a glimpse of Man’s first experience of the divine. Sett...
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directed by Sian Salt, fl. 2009; produced by Sian Salt, fl. 2009, in Around the World in 80 Faiths, 3 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2009), 53 mins
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From sacrifices in honour of Voodoo spirits in the west to a rock-hewn church in the highlands of northern Ethiopia, Pete explores the spiritual traditions of Africa. In a gruelling journey through the continent where all human life began, Pete hopes to get a glimpse of Man’s first experience of the divine. Setting off to explore the spiritual traditions of Africa, he starts with the ancient practice of Voodoo in Benin. Confronted by ritual pra...
From sacrifices in honour of Voodoo spirits in the west to a rock-hewn church in the highlands of northern Ethiopia, Pete explores the spiritual traditions of Africa. In a gruelling journey through the continent where all human life began, Pete hopes to get a glimpse of Man’s first experience of the divine. Setting off to explore the spiritual traditions of Africa, he starts with the ancient practice of Voodoo in Benin. Confronted by ritual practices that contradict his own, deeply held religious convictions, he is forced to decide whether he should even take part. Next stop is Botswana, to meet the San Bushmen, inheritors of the earliest religious faith on Earth. In South Africa, Pete discovers surprising new developments in religious belief when he meets the members of the 12th Apostolic Church, and is stunned to find Afrikaners who believe the world is about to come to an end. In Ethiopia, he finds a group of one of the world’s youngest religions – Rastafarians – who have set up a Utopian community in this harsh and unforgiving land. His journey reaches its emotional conclusion in the highlands of northern Ethiopia, where members of Africa’s oldest Christian church have gathered in an ancient, rock-hewn church to pray, as they have prayed for almost 2,000 years.
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Field of Study
Social Theory
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Sian Salt, fl. 2009, Peter Owen Jones, fl. 2009
Author / Creator
Sian Salt, fl. 2009
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Around the World in 80 Faiths
Speaker / Narrator
Peter Owen Jones, fl. 2009
Topic / Theme
Religious beliefs, Religious faiths, Religious practices, Religion & Philosophy
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Copyright © 2012 BBC Worldwide
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Around the World in 80 Faiths, 4, The Middle East
directed by Sian Salt, fl. 2009; produced by Sian Salt, fl. 2009, in Around the World in 80 Faiths, 4 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2009), 59 mins
In this moving and at times disturbing film, Pete travels throughout the Middle East encountering Whirling Dervishes, folk religion of the Alevis and more. Peter Owen Jones explores the roots of religious conflict in the Middle East. His month-long journey starts in Jerusalem with sites sacred to three of the worl...
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directed by Sian Salt, fl. 2009; produced by Sian Salt, fl. 2009, in Around the World in 80 Faiths, 4 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2009), 59 mins
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In this moving and at times disturbing film, Pete travels throughout the Middle East encountering Whirling Dervishes, folk religion of the Alevis and more. Peter Owen Jones explores the roots of religious conflict in the Middle East. His month-long journey starts in Jerusalem with sites sacred to three of the world’s biggest religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. He arrives on Good Friday and meets Christian pilgrims retracing Christ’s f...
In this moving and at times disturbing film, Pete travels throughout the Middle East encountering Whirling Dervishes, folk religion of the Alevis and more. Peter Owen Jones explores the roots of religious conflict in the Middle East. His month-long journey starts in Jerusalem with sites sacred to three of the world’s biggest religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. He arrives on Good Friday and meets Christian pilgrims retracing Christ’s final steps to Golgotha. Over the Jewish festival of Purim he questions Zionist settlers and the father of a Palestinian suicide bomber about the causes of intolerance and the effects of the violence. He travels to Syria to explore Islam and the mystical Sufi tradition of the Whirling Derivishes. In Turkey Pete discovers the older and much less well known folk religion of the Alevis. Venturing across the border into Iraq, he tracks down the ancient and obscure group known as the Yazidis at their temple in the mountains of the north. His journey is full of uncomfortable revelations about the nature of religious intolerance, but ends with a redemptive message of peace.
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Field of Study
Social Theory
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Sian Salt, fl. 2009, Peter Owen Jones, fl. 2009
Author / Creator
Sian Salt, fl. 2009
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Around the World in 80 Faiths
Speaker / Narrator
Peter Owen Jones, fl. 2009
Topic / Theme
Religious beliefs, Religious faiths, Religious practices, Religion & Philosophy
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2012 BBC Worldwide
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Around the World in 80 Faiths, 5, United States of America
directed by Sian Salt, fl. 2009; produced by Sian Salt, fl. 2009, in Around the World in 80 Faiths, 5 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2009), 56 mins
Pete is in the most religiously diverse country in the world, the USA. He discovers a dangerous side to the Bible Belt when he gets too close to the serpent-handlers in the Appalachian mountains, before taking his seat at a table-tipping séance. He continues to challenge his own faith when he comes face to face w...
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directed by Sian Salt, fl. 2009; produced by Sian Salt, fl. 2009, in Around the World in 80 Faiths, 5 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2009), 56 mins
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Pete is in the most religiously diverse country in the world, the USA. He discovers a dangerous side to the Bible Belt when he gets too close to the serpent-handlers in the Appalachian mountains, before taking his seat at a table-tipping séance. He continues to challenge his own faith when he comes face to face with a miracle-working evangelist and a boy preacher. He then witnesses gay rites in California. In Utah, he visits the Holy city of Mor...
Pete is in the most religiously diverse country in the world, the USA. He discovers a dangerous side to the Bible Belt when he gets too close to the serpent-handlers in the Appalachian mountains, before taking his seat at a table-tipping séance. He continues to challenge his own faith when he comes face to face with a miracle-working evangelist and a boy preacher. He then witnesses gay rites in California. In Utah, he visits the Holy city of Mormonism and ventures into the wilderness to seek out religious outlaws who take many wives. Pete goes native in a traditional Navajo sweat lodge and visits a sect where mummification is alive and well. His journey reaches an explosive climax in Nevada, when he joins 50,000 revellers to witness the ceremonial burning of a man.
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Field of Study
Social Theory
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Sian Salt, fl. 2009, Peter Owen Jones, fl. 2009
Author / Creator
Sian Salt, fl. 2009
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Around the World in 80 Faiths
Speaker / Narrator
Peter Owen Jones, fl. 2009
Topic / Theme
Religious beliefs, Religious communities, Religious faiths, Religious practices, Religion & Philosophy
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2012 BBC Worldwide
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