Degradation Rituals: Our Sadomasochistic Society

Foreword PART I: REGULATING CONVENTIONAL CULTURE 1. Deconstructing Degradation Rituals 2. Degradation Rituals in Incarceration 3. Degradation Rituals in Biotechnology 4. Degradation Rituals in American Higher Education PART II: REGULATING ALTERNATIVE CULTURE 5. Degradation Rituals in Off-Road Motorcycling in Africa 6. Degradation Rituals in Mobile Squatting in Poland 7. Degradation Rituals in the Bedroom 8. Degradation Rituals in Ecological Sustainability PART III: REGULATING REGIME: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE 9. Degradation Rituals in Chinese Cultural Museums 10. Degradation Rituals in German Holocaust Compensation 11. Degradation Rituals among Islamic Intellectuals of Egypt 12. Degradation Rituals in One World Governance