Adam B. Seligman, Robert P. Weller, Michael J. Puett, and Bennett Simon
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- May 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780195336009
- eISBN:
- 9780199868933
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195336009.003.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, World Religions
This introductory chapter situates the analysis within existing anthropological studies of ritual, and argues that ritual is not solely an aspect of religious life. Rather, it presents ritual as a ...
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This introductory chapter situates the analysis within existing anthropological studies of ritual, and argues that ritual is not solely an aspect of religious life. Rather, it presents ritual as a crucial mode for framing human activity. It contrasts this with another mode of living and acting in the world, which the authors of this book call sincerity. It suggests that contemporary thought, which rests on the idea of autonomous individuals interacting on the basis of their sincerity, has left little ideological room for ritual and its creation of bounded groups. Yet ritual has not disappeared and in fact appears to be increasing. This sets the stage for the book's general reconsideration of how ritual works.Less
This introductory chapter situates the analysis within existing anthropological studies of ritual, and argues that ritual is not solely an aspect of religious life. Rather, it presents ritual as a crucial mode for framing human activity. It contrasts this with another mode of living and acting in the world, which the authors of this book call sincerity. It suggests that contemporary thought, which rests on the idea of autonomous individuals interacting on the basis of their sincerity, has left little ideological room for ritual and its creation of bounded groups. Yet ritual has not disappeared and in fact appears to be increasing. This sets the stage for the book's general reconsideration of how ritual works.
Nicholas C. Fairclough and Samantha Fairclough
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199601462
- eISBN:
- 9780191743320
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199601462.003.0024
- Subject:
- Business and Management, Finance, Accounting, and Banking, Strategy
This chapter discusses merger and acquisition behavior between professional service firms. Professional service firms are specific kinds of organization, they are knowledge-intensive, and are ...
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This chapter discusses merger and acquisition behavior between professional service firms. Professional service firms are specific kinds of organization, they are knowledge-intensive, and are comprised of highly skilled, autonomous individuals who provide high-value advice to both industries and governments; they perform an important role in national economies. Professional service firms are often organized as partnerships; partnerships differ in important ways from companies, both in the manner in which they are owned and managed, and in the way they are regulated and treated by the law. It explains the important characteristics of professional service firms, how they are managed and organized, and how a partnership organization differs from a company. Then, through an examination of how and why the elite accounting firms consolidated through merger between 1985 and 1998, it demonstrates the kinds of issues that are important and relevant to professional service firms. Drawing on this examination, it then develops a typology of the different rationales which underpinned the decisions to seek merger, illustrating how the specific characteristics and considerations of professional service firms mean these rationales can differ from those seen in the mainstream corporate sector.Less
This chapter discusses merger and acquisition behavior between professional service firms. Professional service firms are specific kinds of organization, they are knowledge-intensive, and are comprised of highly skilled, autonomous individuals who provide high-value advice to both industries and governments; they perform an important role in national economies. Professional service firms are often organized as partnerships; partnerships differ in important ways from companies, both in the manner in which they are owned and managed, and in the way they are regulated and treated by the law. It explains the important characteristics of professional service firms, how they are managed and organized, and how a partnership organization differs from a company. Then, through an examination of how and why the elite accounting firms consolidated through merger between 1985 and 1998, it demonstrates the kinds of issues that are important and relevant to professional service firms. Drawing on this examination, it then develops a typology of the different rationales which underpinned the decisions to seek merger, illustrating how the specific characteristics and considerations of professional service firms mean these rationales can differ from those seen in the mainstream corporate sector.
William E. Conklin
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780804750301
- eISBN:
- 9780804779418
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.11126/stanford/9780804750301.001.0001
- Subject:
- Law, Legal History
This book serves as an introduction to Hegel's ideas on the nature of law. It examines whether state-centric domestic and international laws are binding upon autonomous individuals. The author also ...
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This book serves as an introduction to Hegel's ideas on the nature of law. It examines whether state-centric domestic and international laws are binding upon autonomous individuals. The author also explores why Hegel assumes that this arrangement is more civilized than living in a stateless culture. The book takes the reader through different structures of legal consciousness, from the private law of property, contract, and crimes to intentionality, the family, the role of the state, and international law. The author introduces Hegel's vocabulary, and contrasts Hegel's issues and arguments with contemporary legal philosophers. The book's interdisciplinary focus opens up Hegel's legal philosophy, providing a background to forms of legal consciousness for a wide audience. Addressing whether Hegel succeeds in his endeavor to explain why laws are binding, the author comments directly on contemporary constitutional and international law, and reveals how Hegel's ideas on law stand up in the world today.Less
This book serves as an introduction to Hegel's ideas on the nature of law. It examines whether state-centric domestic and international laws are binding upon autonomous individuals. The author also explores why Hegel assumes that this arrangement is more civilized than living in a stateless culture. The book takes the reader through different structures of legal consciousness, from the private law of property, contract, and crimes to intentionality, the family, the role of the state, and international law. The author introduces Hegel's vocabulary, and contrasts Hegel's issues and arguments with contemporary legal philosophers. The book's interdisciplinary focus opens up Hegel's legal philosophy, providing a background to forms of legal consciousness for a wide audience. Addressing whether Hegel succeeds in his endeavor to explain why laws are binding, the author comments directly on contemporary constitutional and international law, and reveals how Hegel's ideas on law stand up in the world today.
