The Emerging Church movement developed in the mid-1990s among primarily white, urban, middle-class pastors and laity who were disenchanted with America’s conservative Evangelical sub-culture. It is a response to the increasing divide between conservative Evangelicals and concerned critics who strongly oppose what they consider overly slick, corporate, and consumerist versions of faith. A core feature of their response is a challenge to ...
До 2030 года мы будет наблюдать несколько важных трендов, – убежден директор центра научно-технологического прогнозирования ИСИЭЗ НИУ ВШЭ Александр Чулок. Какой он – человек будущего – с точки зрения физиологии, с точки зрения психологии, с точки зрения этики… ...
Золотая середина – это не самый банальный момент, это не унылость, не скука повседневности. Второй том «Палеонтологии антрополога» продолжает историю живого прошлого Земли. В новом издании рассказывается о жизни мезозоя (триаса, юры и мела) –самой известной и впечатляющей эры. Время, ставшее символом палеонтологии, образцом прошлого. Пришло время реализовывать наработанные потенциалы, спокойно и взвешенно доводить до логического конца палеозойск ...
Nestled in the Himalayan foothills of Northeast India, Darjeeling is synonymous with some of the finest and most expensive tea in the world. It is also home to a violent movement for regional autonomy that, like the tea industry, dates back to the days of colonial rule.<br> <br> In this nuanced ethnography, Sarah Besky narrates the lives of tea workers in Darjeeling. She explores how notions of fairness, value, and justice shifted wi ...
Indigenous Epistemology problematizes the self-reflexive inquiry between two researchers engaged in transnational collaboration that asserts experiential pedagogy as a tool to decolonize research methodology and honor the inter-generational stories that empower Indigenous people across the globe. The authors demonstrate the direct connection between Black Lives Matter, SOSBlakAustralia and the Maroons of Jamaica as examples of contemporary Indig ...
Social and cultural anthropology and archaeology are rich subjects with deep connections in the social and physical sciences. Over the past 150 years, the subject matter and different theoretical perspectives have expanded so greatly that no single individual can command all of it. Consequently, both advanced students and professionals may be confronted with theoretical positions and names of theorists with whom they are only ...
Investigative reporter Chip Jacobs goes deep into some of his most compelling journalism pieces of the last three decades with his signature spotlight on strange corruption, seedy individuals, megalomaniacs, bright ideas, and transgressive game-changers. Featuring in-depth and expanded stories previously published in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and others, The Vicodin Thieves is an instant classic of crime, politics, and socio-analysi ...
A sensitive ethnography of former Mozambican National Resistance (RENAMO) combatants After sixteen years of civil war (1976—1992) between the Mozambican National Resistance (RENAMO) and the government of Mozambique, over 90,000 former combatants were disarmed and demobilized by a United Nations-led program. Former combatants were to find their ways as civilians again, assisted by community-based reintegration rituals. While the proc ...
«Общая теория роста человечества» – так назвал свою книгу выдающийся популяризатор науки и ученый С.П. Капица. Может ли такая теория вообще быть сформулирована и если да, то на каких принципах она должна быть основана? Существует несколько моделей, претендующих на звание «Общей теории роста населения Земли», разработанных российскими учеными: С.П. Капицей, А.В. Коротаевым, А.В. Подлазовым, автором этой книги, другими исследователями. Критическом ...
