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Secessionism
Using innovative methods to analyze both advanced democracies and developing countries, Jason Sorens shows how central governments can alleviate or increase ethnic minority demands for regional autonomy. He argues that when countries treat secession as negotiable and provide legal paths to pursuing it rather than absolutely prohibiting independence, violence is far less likely. Additionally, independence movements encourage government policies of decentralization that may be beneficial to regional minorities. An informative investigation of the root causes of political violence, Secessionism provides a clear-eyed look at independence movements for both governments and secessionists.
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Book of making 2025 : projects for makers & hackers
This book from the makers of HackSpace, now part of The MagPi magazine, is filled with projects, tutorials, and articles for makers and hackers. Book of Making 2025 distills the essence of HackSpace down to our favourite maker projects. Whether you want to build a rocket or hot air balloon, learn 3D-printed mechanical engineering, or control the world around you with a Raspberry Pi Pico, there's something for you here. This book is full of projects perfect for an hour, afternoon, or weekend.
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The Science of Satyug
The All World Gayatri Pariwar is a modern religious movement that
enjoys wide popularity in North India, particularly among the many
STEM workers who joined after becoming disillusioned with their
lucrative but unfulfilling private-sector careers. Founded in the
mid-twentieth century, the Gayatri Pariwar works to popularize
practices inspired by ancient religious texts and breaks with
convention by framing these practices as the foundation of a
universal spirituality. The movement appeals to science in its
advocacy of these practices, claiming that they have medical
benefits that constitute proof that rational people around the
world should find persuasive. Should these practices become
sufficiently widespread, the belief is that humanity will enter a
new satyug , or \"golden age.\" In The Science of
Satyug , Daniel Heifetz focuses on how religion and science are
objects of intense emotion that help to constitute identities.
Weaving engaging ethnographic anecdotes together with readings of
Gayatri Pariwar literature, Heifetz interprets this material in
light of classic and contemporary theory. The result is a
significant contribution to current conversations about the
globalized middle classes and the entanglement of religion and
science that will appeal to anyone interested in understanding
these aspects of life in modern India.
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Slow food : the economy and politics of a global movement
Written by one of the leading experts on food activism, this book is an independent, full-length study of the Slow Food movement. Slow Food is an international organization that links the love of food with community, political, and environmental support. Based on long-term ethnographic fieldwork inside Slow Food's international headquarters in Italy, Valeria Siniscalchi reveals what really goes on behind the scenes of this enigmatic organization. Observing daily meetings, decision-making processes, and major events, she explores the contradictions, complexities, and ambiguities of the movement--as well as the passionate commitment of its employees, members, and leaders. Through talking to insiders and people who have \"broken\" with Slow Food, Siniscalchi makes a major contribution to our understanding of one of the most high profile and controversial food movements in the world--and to our knowledge of activist organizations more broadly--back cover.
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Pink Triangle Legacies
Pink Triangle Legacies traces
the transformation of the pink triangle from a Nazi concentration
camp badge and emblem of discrimination into a widespread,
recognizable symbol of queer activism, pride, and
community. W. Jake Newsome provides an overview of the
Nazis' targeted violence against LGBTQ+ people and details queer
survivors' fraught and ongoing fight for the acknowledgement,
compensation, and memorialization of LGBTQ+ victims. Within this
context, a new generation of queer activists has used the pink
triangle-a reminder of Germany's fascist past-as the visual marker
of gay liberation, seeking to end queer people's status as
second-class citizens by asserting their right to express their
identity openly.
The reclamation of the pink triangle occurred first in West
Germany, but soon activists in the United States adopted this
chapter from German history as their own. As gay activists on
opposite sides of the Atlantic grafted pink triangle memories onto
new contexts, they connected two national communities and helped
form the basis of a shared gay history, indeed a new gay identity,
that transcended national borders.
Pink Triangle Legacies illustrates the dangerous
consequences of historical silencing and how the incorporation of
hidden histories into the mainstream understanding of the past can
contribute to a more inclusive experience of belonging in the
present. There can be no justice without acknowledging and
remembering injustice. As Newsome demonstrates, if a marginalized
community seeks a history that liberates them from the confines of
silence, they must often write it themselves.
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Emerging Evangelicals
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
traditional congregational models, often focusing on new church
plants and creating networks of related house churches. Drawing on
three years of ethnographic fieldwork, James S. Bielo explores the
impact of the Emerging Church movement on American Evangelicals. He
combines ethnographic analysis with discussions of the movement's
history, discursive contours, defining practices, cultural logics,
and contentious interactions with conservative Evangelical critics
to rethink the boundaries of \"Evangelical\" as a category.
Ultimately, Bielo makes a novel contribution to our understanding
of the important changes at work among American Protestants, and
illuminates how Emerging Evangelicals interact with the cultural
conditions of modernity, late modernity, and visions of
\"postmodern\" Christianity.
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Language, Charisma, and Creativity
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1997.
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