The Disappearance of Rituals - A Topology of the Present Tom Bolton 90 Prozent des afrikanischen Kulturerbes

90 Prozent des afrikanischen Kulturerbes außerhalb des Kontinents

the British sea admiral Sir Francis Beaufort invented the Beaufort Scale of Wind Force as an index of thirteen levels measuring the effects of wind force

Each of the thirty suggested “loanwords” helps us imagine how to adapt and even flourish in the face of socioecological adversity

Dennoch oder gerade deshalb üben sie für uns seit Tausenden von Jahren eine kolossale Faszination aus

The self is always a function of the whole

The Disappearance of Rituals - A Topology of the Present Tom Bolton 90 Prozent des afrikanischen KulturerbesUntrammelled neoliberalism and the inexorable force of production have produced a 21st century crisis of community: a narcissistic cult of authenticity and mass turning inward are among the pathologies engendered by it. We are individuals afloat in an atomised society, where the loss of the symbolic structures inherent in ritual behaviour has led to overdependence on the contingent to steer identity. Avoiding saccharine nostalgia for the rituals of