Sentences with phrase «cultural role books»

Basically, it argues that price fixing should be allowed in publishing because of the «cultural role books play in society.»

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Limitation of space precludes an adequate discussion of the cultural role of these numerous modern sacred books.
It is possible, of course, that water baptism continued to be practiced as frequently as ever, and the writers simply stopped mentioning it, but when we understand the cultural and religious significance of water baptism in the first century Mediterranean world, and specifically the role of baptism within the book of Acts, it becomes clear that water baptism served a special and specific role within the early church which became unnecessary later on.
The book's intellectual range is, tout court, stunning, if occasionally overwhelming: Fascism and Communism, Zionism and nationalism, identity politics and cultural studies, psychoanalysis, current affairs, the role of the historian and the public intellectual.
Some prominent members of the Yoruba socio - cultural group, Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), have called on Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, Speaker of the state House of Assembly and relevant security agencies, to bring the National Coordinator of the group, Otunba Gani Adams to book for his role in the anti-Jega rally, held in Lagos on March 16, 2015.
As important, by examining the political, technological, and even cultural history of this quest during the post-World War II era, this book highlights the essential role played by space exploration in shaping our understanding of life back on Earth.»
His book on Ghomeshi is not just the outrageous true crime story he exposed — it's a thought - provoking story that forces us to look again at social, cultural and gender roles
Swinkels said Donovan's book is «not just the outrageous true crime story he exposed - it's a thought - provoking story that forces us to look again at social, cultural and gender roles».
Books play a vital cultural role and placing so much control in the hands of one company will be harmful to the exchange of ideas.
The book presents a range of highly individual artistic responses to the unprecedented changes now taking place in the economic, social, and cultural spheres of African nations and provides new insight into the increasing role of the visual arts within the global cultural community.
There are many themes in this book including emigration, cultural identity, the role of mothers, childhood, story telling and lying just to name a few.
Being the primary cultural and scientific institutions for providing information as a public good, libraries play a crucial role to build bridges to books and information by helping people to learn new skills, to discover history and culture or to access remote research findings.
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