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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Case Studies -- Acknowledgements -- Chronology of 1970s American Culture -- Introduction: The Intellectual Context -- Chapter 1 Fiction and Poetry -- Chapter 2 Television and Drama -- Chapter 3 Film and Visual Culture -- Chapter 4 Popular Music and Style -- Chapter 5 Public Space and Spectacle -- Conclusion: Rethinking the 1970s -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

We always seem to be in the wake of some current event or controversy that reminds us just how important scholarly interest in religions has been, is, and will be. Fortunately, new sources for religious movements—even sources that illumine those movements' origins—keep turning up, and many sources, long considered critical, are now accessible online. Furthermore, fresh developments in the disciplines that consistently make significant contributions to our understanding of religious personality, authority, devotion, and community—disciplines ranging from psychology, sociology, and anthropology to history, art history, philosophy, literary criticism, and political science—fuel general, as well as scholarly, interest in the world's religions. Without exaggeration, one can claim we have an embarrassment of riches. Consequently, the study of religious crises, commitments, and critics of the latter has never been livelier. [.]

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AbstractThis article focuses on the use of simulations as a tool to teach students about international negotiations. The basic premise is that simulations can be an effective teaching tool because they engage students and make them active participants in the learning process. The objective of these simulations is not to train students to be professional negotiators, but rather to provide a solid grounding which will enable them to better understand the process of international negotiation. Although there can be problems associated with using simulations, I argue that the benefits far outweigh the drawbacks. In this article, ICONS, a computer-assisted simulation of international negotiation, is compared with different approaches to teaching about international negotiations, including other simulations which do not involve the use of technology.

Résumé Depuis les années soixante-dix, le monde entier parle d'un « mystère des voix bulgares ». Peut-on percer ce mystère ? Nous menons ici l'enquête à partir d'une caractérisation des formes de polyphonie vocale que l'on rencontre dans le centre-ouest et le sud-ouest de la Bulgarie, dans les régions de Pazardzhik et Ihtiman, de Velingrad et à l'ouest de la Stara Planina. C'est la polyphonie en bourdon qui prédomine : une note tenue par un groupe soutient les prouesses mélodiques d'un soliste. Il arrive cependant que la seconde voix soit très mobile (dans les régions de l'intérieur), que le bourdon se démultiplie et donne naissance à des formes savantes d'hétérophonie. Nous repérons ainsi la façon dont la polyphonie bulgare véhicule des symboles mythologiques, aussi bien par les termes employés pour la caractériser que par une pratique virtuose de l'ornementation mélodique. Cependant, telle sera ici notre hypothèse, les formes mythologiques ne sont pas conservées au seul plan de la forme, elles le sont également au plan de l'engagement corporel dans les rituels où ces formes musicales sont proférées.