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Emerging Ritual in Secular Societies
A Transdisciplinary Conversation
2017
EN
The growing absence of meaningful ritual in contemporary Western societies has led to cohesive research on the history of ritualizing behaviour in different cultures. The relatively new field of ritology, which includes neuroscience, anthropology, cultural psychology, psychotherapy and even art and performance, raises questions about the significance and practice of ritual today. This book is the first of its kind to discuss the importance of secular rituals for cultural and personal growt...
$48.89 CAD
Happiness
A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill
- Narrated by
- Robert Fass
Unabridged
8 hours 59 min
2018
EN
In this groundbreaking book, Matthieu Ricard makes a passionate case for happiness as a goal that deserves as least as much energy as any other in our lives.Wealth? Fitness? Career success? How can we possibly place these above true and lasting well-being? Drawing from works of fiction and poetry, Western philosophy, Buddhist beliefs, scientific research, and personal experience, Ricard weaves an inspirational and forward-looking account of how we can begin to reth...
Japan and the IISS
Connecting Western and Japanese Strategic Thought from the Cold War to the War on Ukraine
- Series -
- Adelphi series
2023
EN
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Strategic links between Japan and Europe during the Cold War were limited. During this period the IISS helped bridge the gap between the two, exposing its membership base to the international affairs of Asia and Japan and providing Japanese scholars, strategists and diplomats with a platform from which to amplify their voices in the West. Analyses by these experts often appeared in IISS publications, but the Institute also gained key insights through its well-established conferences and le...
$67.85 CAD


