Tournaments Of Power

Author : Tor Aase
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351878593

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Tournaments of Power by Tor Aase Pdf

Thirty years ago, modernization theory contended that notions of honor would become obsolete in modern democracies. Being an archaic remnant of our pre-modern past, honor would be substituted by dignity under modern conditions. When honor does emerge as a valid social theme in modern society, as it sometimes does during court hearings, in gang fights, and in violent reactions to insult, it is often ascribed to immigration from pre-modern cultures where honor still matters in social life. Thus honor becomes part of the cultural baggage that is transfered to the host country through migration. However, the fact that highly modern social formations like MC gangs are also obsessed with honor seriously questions the validity of classical modernization theories. It seems that honor is not just a pre-modern weed in a modern garden of dignity, but an integral part of modernity. Since honor emerges under pre-modern as well as under modern conditions, it is relevant to ask under which circumstances it becomes a theme in interaction. Blurring the distinction between the modern and the pre-modern in this manner allows us to ask what honor is really all about. Containing a wealth of international contributions from Scandinavia, USA, Mexico, Kurdistan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Japan, Tournaments of Power provides first-hand ethnographic accounts and important answers to these vital questions.

Author : Tor Aase
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015055078599

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Tournaments of Power by Tor Aase Pdf

Europe has recently experienced a resurgence of honour as a topical theme in various realms of social life - court hearings, gang fights, and in violent reactions to insult. However, thirty years ago modernization theory contended that notions of honour would become obsolete in modern democracies. In this fascinating volume, the contributors question the role that honour plays in contemporary society by use of first-hand ethnographic accounts from around the world.

Author : Hugh M. Thomas
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780192523419

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Power and Pleasure by Hugh M. Thomas Pdf

Although King John is remembered for his political and military failures, he also resided over a magnificent court. Power and Pleasure reconstructs life at the court of King John and explores how his court produced both pleasure and soft power. Much work exists on courts of the late medieval and early modern periods, but the jump in record keeping under John allows a detailed reconstruction of court life for an earlier period. Power and Pleasure: Court Life under King John, 1199-1216 examines the many facets of John's court, exploring hunting, feasting, castles, landscapes, material luxury, chivalry, sexual coercion, and religious activities. It explains how John mishandled his use of soft power, just as he failed to exploit his financial and military advantages, and why he received so little political benefit from his magnificent court. John's court is viewed in comparison to other courts of the time, and in previous and subsequent centuries.

Author : Daniel Negreanu
Publisher : Cardoza Publishing
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781580424745

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Daniel Negreanu's Power Hold'em Strategy by Daniel Negreanu Pdf

This power-packed book on beating no-limit hold'em is one of the three most influential poker books ever written. Negreanu headlines a collection of young, great players Todd Brunson, David Williams, Erick Lindgren, Evelyn Ng and Paul Wasicka who share their insider professional moves and winning secrets. You'll learn about short-handed and heads-up play, high-limit cash games, a powerful beginners strategy to neutralize professional players, how to mix up your play, bluff, and win big pots. The centerpiece, however, is Negreanus powerful and revolutionary small ball strategy. You'll learn how to play hold'em with cards you never would have played before and with fantastic results. The preflop, flop, turn and river will never look the same again. A must-have! 504 pages

Author : Don Vines,Tom McEvoy
Publisher : Cardoza Publishing
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781580424844

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How to Win No-Limit Hold'em Tournaments by Don Vines,Tom McEvoy Pdf

Millions of dollars are waiting for you in poker's most exciting game, no-limit Texas hold'em, and this book shows you how to claim your share of it! McEvoy and Vines, who have won cuontless tournaments, teach you the essential moves and strategies that will make you a major threat in any tournament you play. You'll learn a wealth of information in this book: How to use bluffs, position, and big stacks to bully opponents and win chips, how to adjust between no-limit tournaments and cash games, how to play rebuy and add-on events, and how to adjust strategies for every type of opponent and tournament structure. From basic plays, intermediate tactics, and advanced strategies, to the professional plays used by world champions, this powerful guide is a complete course in winning small, medium, and big money tournaments.

Author : Mara R. Wade
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9042017112

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Pomp, Power, and Politics by Mara R. Wade Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Sports
ISBN : UIUC:30112075698842

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Staging Successful Tournaments by Anonim Pdf

Author : Richard Eves
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9057023059

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The Magical Body by Richard Eves Pdf

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Alan V. Murray,Karen Watts
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783275427

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The Medieval Tournament As Spectacle by Alan V. Murray,Karen Watts Pdf

Fresh insights into the development of the tournament as an opportunity for social display.

Author : John A. Fortunato
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-31
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476676197

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Making the Cut by John A. Fortunato Pdf

The success of the PGA Tour lies in the compelling stories of the individual quests for achievement--making the tournament cut, winning a tournament, qualifying for the FedEx Cup Playoffs, and the ultimate challenge of making it onto the Tour, where victory is often determined by a single stroke. Based on interviews with more than twenty professional golfers, this book provides new insight into the PGA Tour system, the events affecting tournament outcomes, and the career-changing opportunities that result.

Author : Anne Meneley
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781487521325

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Tournaments of Value by Anne Meneley Pdf

A significant contribution to our understanding of the varied experience of women in the Islamic Middle East, Tournaments of Value gives a careful description of a world of female socializing, and the velocity, energy, and elaborateness of this remarkable female social world. Meneley's data challenges assumptions about the cross-cultural validity of a division between household and community, between domestic and public domains. She demonstrates the fluidity of social life, the shifting nature of community organization, and in doing so provides a welcome counterpoint to more rigid formulations of Middle Eastern social structure usually expressed in ethnographies. Tournaments of Value incorporates vignettes to illustrate more analytical points and to enliven the text, allowing the reader to enter fully into the rich world of Zabid in Yemen. This expanded 20th anniversary edition introduces this seminal work on Middle Eastern ethnography and women's studies to a new generation of readers.

Author : Peter Zhang
Publisher : SafeGlobalPoker.com
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-31
Category : Games
ISBN : 9781523794935

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The Art Of Winning Poker Tournaments by Peter Zhang Pdf

Visit SafeGlobaLPoker.com To Play honest fair poker online with low rake.  This is a one of a kind book that will imbibe in you the secrets and the art of winning poker tournaments with ease, finesse, brilliance and skill. There is so much that goes in winning poker tournaments, if you can become a great tournament professional, then you have conquered the world. Tournaments have so many advantages versus cash games that great players today are mostly focusing on tournaments and they will play 4 or 5 tournament series and will relax the entire other part of the year. Even winning 2 or 3 tournament trophies and finishing in the money in several tournaments will pay for the entire years of expenses and provide buy-ins for the next year tournament series. I have come out with this book so that average tournament professionals can rise and become world’s best tournament professionals. I have taught students around the world and my material has been read by some of the world’s best pros for a lot of money. My other books also deal with PLO and NLHE in which I show in examples how I am able to crush online poker with ease and finesse and lift thousands of dollars in a very short period of time. You may also like to check them out. I have been a feared player in the online world known as ‘bts=u=’ and I believe it is time to share my secrets with the world on tournaments. I also have made vast study and learnt a lot from the world’s best pros on the Global Poker Index and this summation of knowledge I am sharing with you so that you too can become a millionaire like me and lead a baller life. I know it is easier said that done but if you do read this book cover to cover 10 times I believe you will becomes 100 times better as a tournament player than where you are currently and this means finishing in the top 3 positions in a tournament a lot more times. I believe this is the time to start and start taking down poker tournaments around the world for fame, glory and fortune. Let’s get started on the learning process. The topics I will cover in this book are • Tempo and why it matters • Importance of Reads on Players and how to take them • Getting and maintain a big stack in a tournament • How You can Trap your way to a bracelet • Art of Winning Poker Tournaments • Developing Intuition and the fine line between hunches and intuition • Final Table Tactics for winning tournament crowns • Hundreds of examples from the top 100 Global Poker Index players to develop skill and hand reading skills There is a lot of information condense in this book, just imagine if you are able to convert a tournament to finishing in the top 3 positions the rewards are immense. The first position of any tournament pays out so much in contrast to other positions that learning the art of winning tournaments and this book becomes an essential read for any player participating in the World Series Of Poker Tournament events and similar tournaments. If you play 100 tournaments and you are able to convert 10 tournaments into big wins it is so much better and rewarding and it is what this book promises. Visit KaizenPoker.com for more!

Author : Tom McEvoy,TJ Cloutier
Publisher : Cardoza Publishing
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-25
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781580424646

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Championship Hold'em by Tom McEvoy,TJ Cloutier Pdf

A new chapter, 21 Money-Making Tips from the Pros, shows players how to increase their income from cash gamed and tournaments. Hard-hitting hold'em tje way it's palyed today in casino and online limit cash games and tournaments, players get killer advice on how to win more money in rammin'-jammin' games, kill-pot, jackpot, shorthanded, and other cash games, plus tournaments strategies for a small buy-in, big buy-in, rebuy, satellite and big-field major tournaments. Players learn the thinking process for the pre-flop, flop, turn and r iver including play-byplay analyses. Specific advice for rocks in tight games, weaklings in loose games, experts in sdolid games, how hand value change, when players should fold, chrck,raise, reraise, check-raise, slowplay, and bluff

Author : Akira Toriyama
Publisher : VIZ Media LLC
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781974713745

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Dragon Ball Super, Vol. 6 by Akira Toriyama Pdf

The Lords of Everything are about to host the Tournament of Power! The Zen Exhibition Match between the Gods of Destruction comes to an end, and the rules for the main event are set. The penalty for the losing universes? Complete destruction. Which means Goku and friends had better pick Universe 7's ten mightiest warriors and win—no gods allowed! -- VIZ Media

Author : Bernardo Ramirez Rios
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781793600837

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Transnational Sport in the American West by Bernardo Ramirez Rios Pdf

Transnational Sport in the American West is the story of how a sport can cross physical and cultural borders. Catholic missionaries first brought the sport of basketball to southern Mexico in the early twentieth century, but over time the sport has grown into a cultural tradition in states like Oaxaca (Wa-hak-a). The ball bounced across the Mexico/U.S. border into Los Angeles, CA during the 1970s and pick-up games in the park eventually became organized tournaments. In 1977, an annual tournament called the Benito Juárez Cup was established in Guelatao, Oaxaca to celebrate the culture of basketball in the region and to honor former president of Mexico, Benito Juárez. Now, generations of youth from the U.S. travel to Oaxaca to play in the tournament. Follow the story of three youth who describe their culture and the significance the sport of basketball has played in their life. They have different experiences based on age, gender, skill, and birthplace but they all have one thing in common. Basketball is a part of them, and although the sport can be played many different ways, this is their game.