The Limits of Meaning Professor Enrico GhizoniToo often, anthropological accounts of ritual leave readers with the impression that everything goes smoothly, that rituals are "meaningful events." But what happens when rituals fail, or when they seem "meaningless"? Drawing on research in the anthropology of Christianity from around the globe, the authors in this volume suggest that in order to analyze meaning productively, we need to consider its limits. This collection is a welcome new addition to
a complete side-by-side English translation of both the Georgian and the Arabic recensions
has had a lasting influence among Chinese intellectuals
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conning his way into the military and pursuing the fortune of a young widow
international organizations and theories of modernization and human capital in educational reform efforts in the developing Hispanic world
and to develop the literature on moral education
which also has much relevance today: the relationship of humankind with the natural world
This book contains approximately fifty late Egyptian texts
The number of Boethian manuscripts in the Iberian Peninsula is modest compared with those in the British Isles and Italy
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from northern-born to southern-influenced
In probing the political intricacies of the major events of Wen's life and the complex contexts in which these events took place
