Ritual A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

Ritual: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Barry Stephenson
English | January 28th, 2015 | ASIN: B00Q54SP0C, ISBN: 0199943524 | 142 pages | EPUB | 0.75 MB
Ritual is part of what it means to be human. Like sports, music, and drama, ritual defines and enriches culture, putting those who practice it in touch with sources of value and meaning larger than themselves. Ritual is unavoidable, yet it holds a place in modern life that is decidedly ambiguous. What is ritual? What does it do? Is it useful? What are the various kinds of ritual? Is ritual tradition bound and conservative or innovative and transformational?

Nazi-Organized Recreation and Entertainment in the Third Reich (The Holocaust and its Contexts)

Nazi-Organized Recreation and Entertainment in the Third Reich (The Holocaust and its Contexts) by Julia Timpe
English | 10 Mar. 2017 | ISBN: 1137531924 | 268 Pages | PDF | 2.04 MB
This book explores the activities of the Nazi regime's vast leisure programme. Shortly after coming to power in Germany, it began a large-scale undertaking to bring happiness and a good life to so-called 'Aryan' Germans,
Environmental Change and Human Security in Africa and the Middle East

Environmental Change and Human Security in Africa and the Middle East by Mohamed Behnassi, Katriona McGlade
English | 2017 | ISBN: 3319456466 | 340 Pages | PDF | 15.1 MB
This volume brings together insights on the interactions between environmental change and human security in the Middle East and Africa. These regions face particular challenges in relation to environmental degradation, the decline of natural resources and consequent risks to current and future human security.