Keith Tester - Böcker

It seems paradoxical that in the West the predominant mode of expressing concern about suffering in the Third World comes through participation in various forms of popular culture-such as buying tickets to a rock concert like Live Aid in 1985-rath...

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Humanitarianism and Modern Culture is a timely and fascinating book which cuts across reportage of pop literary references to illuminate our understanding of the role of popular culture in shaping humanitarian discourse. --Ruti Teitel, Ernst C. St...

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* Why do the reports and representations of suffering and misery move us? * What are we likely to do about it and why? * Why do people take part in telethon appeals? Most of us have watched television or read newspapers and been moved to compassio...

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This book is invariably stimulating, containing many interesting and provocative ideas on issues central both to social theory and to making sense of the world(s) in which we live. It develops a series of original images or metaphors - gardens v. ...

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This critical review of 'postmodernity' argues that we are not living in the midst of a new 'great transformation'. Rather, the problems and possibilities of contemporary culture reflect the paradoxes and dreams of modernity.

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This collection of essays from leading figures in their field throws new light on the significance and future of flanerie. Developing the debate beyond Baudelaire and Benjamin, it pushes it in unexpected and exciting directions.

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This collection of essays from leading figures in their field throws new light on the significance and future of flanerie. Developing the debate beyond Baudelaire and Benjamin, it pushes it in unexpected and exciting directions.

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'Postmodernity' is often claimed as a great transformation in society and culture. But is it? In this book Keith Tester casts a cautious eye on such grandiose claims. Tester draws on a series of themes and stories from European sociology and liter...

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First published in 1994. The media report terrible events. But the academic study of the media is increasingly trivial and lacking in moral seriousness. Media, Culture and Morality examines how this paradoxical situation could have emerged. The au...

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This book offers a major interpretation of contemporary cultural and social relationships, encompassing the work of thinkers such as Heidegger, Arendt, Benjamin and Simmel.

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This book offers a major interpretation of contemporary cultural and social relationships, encompassing the work of thinkers such as Heidegger, Arendt, Benjamin and Simmel.

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Impending environmental catastrophe, threat of terrorism, viruses both biological and virtual, disease: there seem to be so many reasons to panic today. But what is panic and why does it happen? This book uses a range of literature from sociology,...

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Impending environmental catastrophe, threat of terrorism, viruses both biological and virtual, disease: there seem to be so many reasons to panic today. But what is panic and why does it happen? This book uses a range of literature from sociology,...

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Zygmunt Bauman is one of the leading figures in contemporary social thought. His work ranges across issues of ethics, culture and politics. It never forgets that social thought ought to help men and women make sense of their lives and aspire towar...

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Zygmunt Bauman is one of the leading figures in contemporary social thought. His work ranges across issues of ethics, culture and politics. It never forgets that social thought ought to help men and women make sense of their lives and aspire towar...

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What's the use of sociology? The question has been asked often enough and it leaves a lingering doubt in the minds of many. At a time when there is widespread scepticism about the value of sociology and of the social sciences generally, this short...

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What's the use of sociology? The question has been asked often enough and it leaves a lingering doubt in the minds of many. At a time when there is widespread scepticism about the value of sociology and of the social sciences generally, this short...

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What's the use of sociology? The question has been asked often enough and it leaves a lingering doubt in the minds of many. At a time when there is widespread scepticism about the value of sociology and of the social sciences generally, this short...

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Increasingly in the West, horror is experienced only through television and cinema screens. Tester looks at the moral possibilities and implications of this, and also addresses the pressing concern of whether or not this is a time of moral decay. ...

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This book offers a major interpretation of contemporary cultural and social relationships, encompassing the work of thinkers such as Heidegger, Arendt, Benjamin and Simmel.

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This book offers a major interpretation of contemporary cultural and social relationships, encompassing the work of thinkers such as Heidegger, Arendt, Benjamin and Simmel.

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'Postmodernity' is often claimed as a great transformation in society and culture. But is it? In this book Keith Tester casts a cautious eye on such grandiose claims. Tester draws on a series of themes and stories from European sociology and liter...

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'Postmodernity' is often claimed as a great transformation in society and culture. But is it? In this book Keith Tester casts a cautious eye on such grandiose claims. Tester draws on a series of themes and stories from European sociology and liter...

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This book is invariably stimulating, containing many interesting and provocative ideas on issues central both to social theory and to making sense of the world(s) in which we live. It develops a series of original images or metaphors - gardens v. ...

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This book is invariably stimulating, containing many interesting and provocative ideas on issues central both to social theory and to making sense of the world(s) in which we live. It develops a series of original images or metaphors - gardens v. ...

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First published in 1994. The media report terrible events. But the academic study of the media is increasingly trivial and lacking in moral seriousness. Media, Culture and Morality examines how this paradoxical situation could have emerged. The au...

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First published in 1994. The media report terrible events. But the academic study of the media is increasingly trivial and lacking in moral seriousness. Media, Culture and Morality examines how this paradoxical situation could have emerged. The au...

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Impending environmental catastrophe, threat of terrorism, viruses both biological and virtual, disease: there seem to be so many reasons to panic today. But what is panic and why does it happen?This book uses a range of literature from sociology, ...

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Impending environmental catastrophe, threat of terrorism, viruses both biological and virtual, disease: there seem to be so many reasons to panic today. But what is panic and why does it happen?This book uses a range of literature from sociology, ...

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In the light of globalization's failure provide the universal panacea expected by some of its more enthusiastic proponents, and the current status of neo-liberalism in Europe, a search has begun for alternative visions of the future; alternatives ...

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