Sociologists Emile Durkheim, Erving Goffman and Randall Collins broadly suppose that ritual is foundational for social life. By contrast, this book argues that ritual is merely surface, beneath which lie status and power, the behavioral dimensions that drive all social interact…
"First published in Great Britain in 1989 by Macmillan London Limited"--T.p. verso. Bibliography: p. 195-226.
This study builds on the work of contemporary civic republicans supplying a detailed analysis of the concept of domination absent in the familiar accounts of political freedom as non-domination. This study builds on the work of contemporary civic republicans, supplying a detail…
Focuses on the various ways in which an athlete, whether the average participant or the elite competitor, can modify technique to achieve optimal performance. This volume helps readers learn to recognise and use appropriate methods to develop optimal physical qualities for skill…
