Awarded prestigious "BEST BOOK ON COFFEE 2021" by Gourmand Awards, and Måltidsakademiens Best book in the category of "Ceremonial meals" 2020, the book lets the reader in on Sweden's best kept secret, FIKA. Personal and factful, with stunning photographs and bold graphic design (including an open-thread-stich back) the book also serves as an introduction to Sweden. FIKA, coffee with pastry, is the Swedish way to relax, celebrate and solve problems in every conceivable private and public sphere, from the kitchen table to Parliament. The book is for anyone with a connection to or an interest in Sweden, and for Swedes to discover their cultural treasure and social ritual FIKA.

An illuminating look at the transformative role that rituals play in our political livesThe Politics of Ritual is a major new account of the political power of rituals. In this incisive and wide-ranging book, Molly Farneth argues that rituals are social practices in which people create, maintain, and transform themselves and their societies. Far from mere scripts or mechanical routines, rituals are dynamic activities bound up in processes of continuity and change. Emphasizing the significance of rituals in democratic engagement, Farneth shows how people adapt their rituals to redraw the boundaries of their communities, reallocate goods and power within them, and cultivate the habits of citizenship.Transforming our understanding of rituals and their vital role in the political conflicts and social movements of our time, The Politics of Ritual examines a broad range of rituals enacted to just and democratic ends, including border Eucharists, candlelight vigils, and rituals of mourning. This timely book makes a persuasive case for an innovative democratic ritual life that can enable people to create and sustain communities that are more just, inclusive, and participatory than those in which they find themselves.

Awarded prestigious "BEST BOOK ON COFFEE 2021" by Gourmand Awards, and Måltidsakademiens Best book in the category of "Ceremonial meals" 2020, the book lets the reader in on Sweden's best kept secret, FIKA. Personal and factful, with stunning photographs and bold graphic design (including an open-thread-stich back) the book also serves as an introduction to Sweden. FIKA, coffee with pastry, is the Swedish way to relax, celebrate and solve problems in every conceivable private and public sphere, from the kitchen table to Parliament. The book is for anyone with a connection to or an interest in Sweden, and for Swedes to discover their cultural treasure and social ritual FIKA.

An illuminating look at the transformative role that rituals play in our political livesThe Politics of Ritual is a major new account of the political power of rituals. In this incisive and wide-ranging book, Molly Farneth argues that rituals are social practices in which people create, maintain, and transform themselves and their societies. Far from mere scripts or mechanical routines, rituals are dynamic activities bound up in processes of continuity and change. Emphasizing the significance of rituals in democratic engagement, Farneth shows how people adapt their rituals to redraw the boundaries of their communities, reallocate goods and power within them, and cultivate the habits of citizenship.Transforming our understanding of rituals and their vital role in the political conflicts and social movements of our time, The Politics of Ritual examines a broad range of rituals enacted to just and democratic ends, including border Eucharists, candlelight vigils, and rituals of mourning. This timely book makes a persuasive case for an innovative democratic ritual life that can enable people to create and sustain communities that are more just, inclusive, and participatory than those in which they find themselves.