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58 produkter
Great Inequality
Häftad, 2016
764 kr
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A growing inequality in income and wealth marks modern capitalism, and it negatively affects nearly every aspect of our lives, especially those of the working class. It is and will continue to be the central issue of politics in almost every nation on earth. In this book, the author explains …
Anxious Creativity
When Imagination Fails
Av David Trend
Inbunden, 2019
2668 kr
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Creativity is getting new attention in today’s America––along the way revealing fault lines in U.S. culture. Surveys show people overwhelmingly seeing creativity as both a desirable trait and a work enhancement, yet most say they just aren’t creative. Like beauty and wealth, creativity seems …
Anxious Creativity
When Imagination Fails
Av David Trend
Häftad, 2019
630 kr
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Creativity is getting new attention in today’s America––along the way revealing fault lines in U.S. culture. Surveys show people overwhelmingly seeing creativity as both a desirable trait and a work enhancement, yet most say they just aren’t creative. Like beauty and wealth, creativity seems …
From Fu Manchu to Kung Fu Panda
Images of China in American Film
Av Naomi Greene, Sheldon Hsiao-Peng Lu
Inbunden, 2014
788 kr
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Throughout the twentieth century, American filmmakers have embraced cinematic representations of China. Beginning with D.W. Griffith’s silent classic Broken Blossoms (1919) and ending with the computer-animated Kung Fu Panda (2008), this book explores China’s changing role in the American …
Fragrant Orchid
The Story of My Early Life
Av Yamaguchi Yoshiko, Fujiwara Sakuya m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
1038 kr
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The acclaimed actress and legendary singer, Yamaguchi Yoshiko (aka Li Xianglan, b. 1920), emerged from Japan-occupied Manchuria to become a transnational star during the Second Sino-Japanese war. Born to Japanese parents, raised in Manchuria, and educated in Beijing, the young Yamaguchi learned to …
DV-Made China
Digital Subjects and Social Transformations After Independent Film
Av Zhang Zen, Angela Zito
Häftad, 2015
321 kr
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In 1990s post-Reform China, a growing number of people armed with video cameras poured out upon the Chinese landscape to both observe and contribute to the social changes then underway. This digital turn has given us a “DV China” that includes film and media communities across different social …
Citing China
Politics, Postmodernism, and World Cinema
Av Gina Marchetti, Sheldon Hsiao-Peng Lu
Häftad, 2020
310 kr
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Citing China explores the role film plays in creating a common ground for the exchange of political and aesthetic ideas between China and the rest of the world. It does so by examining the depiction of China in contemporary film, looking at how global filmmakers "cite" China on screen. Author Gina …
Rising Fascism in America
It Can Happen Here
Häftad, 2021
618 kr
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Rising Fascism in America: It Can Happen Here explores how rising fascism has infiltrated U.S. politics—and how the media and academia failed to spot its earlier rise. Anthony R. DiMaggio spotlights the development of rightwing polarization of the media, Trump’s political ascendance, and the …
Rising Fascism in America
It Can Happen Here
Inbunden, 2021
2510 kr
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Rising Fascism in America: It Can Happen Here explores how rising fascism has infiltrated U.S. politics—and how the media and academia failed to spot its earlier rise. Anthony R. DiMaggio spotlights the development of rightwing polarization of the media, Trump’s political ascendance, and the …
Rethinking Higher Education and the Crisis of Legitimation in Europe
Häftad, 2022
615 kr
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Building on Ourania Filippakou’s previous work on higher education in the fields of governance, neoliberalism, university entrepreneurialism and marketization, institutional and social stratification, Rethinking Higher Education and the Crisis of Legitimation in Europe contributes to the debate on …
Rethinking Higher Education and the Crisis of Legitimation in Europe
Inbunden, 2022
2439 kr
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Building on Ourania Filippakou’s previous work on higher education in the fields of governance, neoliberalism, university entrepreneurialism and marketization, institutional and social stratification, Rethinking Higher Education and the Crisis of Legitimation in Europe contributes to the debate on …
Horizons of the Future
Science Fiction, Utopian Imagination, and the Politics of Education
Häftad, 2024
601 kr
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Horizons of the Future: Science Fiction, Utopian Imagination, and the Politics of Education examines the relationship between science fiction, education, and social change in the 21st century.Global capitalism is ecologically unsustainable and ethically indefensible; time is running out to alter …
Horizons of the Future
Science Fiction, Utopian Imagination, and the Politics of Education
Inbunden, 2024
2439 kr
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Horizons of the Future: Science Fiction, Utopian Imagination, and the Politics of Education examines the relationship between science fiction, education, and social change in the 21st century.Global capitalism is ecologically unsustainable and ethically indefensible; time is running out to alter …
Surveillance Education
Navigating the Conspicuous Absence of Privacy in Schools
Av Nolan Higdon, Allison Butler
Häftad, 2024
601 kr
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Surveillance Education explores the pervasive use of digital surveillance technologies in schools and assesses its pernicious effects on students. Recognizing that the use of digital technologies will persist, the authors instead offer practical ways to ameliorate their impact.In our era of …
Surveillance Education
Navigating the Conspicuous Absence of Privacy in Schools
Av Nolan Higdon, Allison Butler
Inbunden, 2024
2439 kr
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Surveillance Education explores the pervasive use of digital surveillance technologies in schools and assesses its pernicious effects on students. Recognizing that the use of digital technologies will persist, the authors instead offer practical ways to ameliorate their impact.In our era of …
Culture, Power and Education
Representation, Interpretation, Contestation
Av Peter Mayo
Häftad, 2024
587 kr
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Employing Gramscian conceptions of hegemony, this book demonstrates the inextricable links between politics, education, culture and power.Based upon in-depth analyses of the theories of Antonio Gramsci, Lorenzo Milani, Paulo Freire, Henry Giroux, and bell hooks among others, this book shows how …
Culture, Power and Education
Representation, Interpretation, Contestation
Av Peter Mayo
Inbunden, 2024
2439 kr
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Employing Gramscian conceptions of hegemony, this book demonstrates the inextricable links between politics, education, culture and power.Based upon in-depth analyses of the theories of Antonio Gramsci, Lorenzo Milani, Paulo Freire, Henry Giroux, and bell hooks among others, this book shows how …
Herbert Marcuse as Social Justice Educator
A Critical Introduction
Häftad, 2025
629 kr
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Demonstrating the continued relevance of Marcuse’s work, Herbert Marcuse as Social Justice Educator details how his teachings remain a countervailing force to the conventional wisdom in intellectual and political matters today.By drawing on Marcuse’s critical analysis of the political economy, a …
Herbert Marcuse as Social Justice Educator
A Critical Introduction
Inbunden, 2025
2439 kr
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Demonstrating the continued relevance of Marcuse’s work, Herbert Marcuse as Social Justice Educator details how his teachings remain a countervailing force to the conventional wisdom in intellectual and political matters today.By drawing on Marcuse’s critical analysis of the political economy, a …
Rising Fascism in America
It Can Happen Here
Häftad, 2026
639 kr
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A timely and important book that provides critical insight into the dynamics of American socio-political life, this thoroughly updated and revised edition covers the recent American elections and their aftermath—extending the scope of analysis around key institutional and organizational apparatuses …
Rising Fascism in America
It Can Happen Here
Inbunden, 2026
2478 kr
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A timely and important book that provides critical insight into the dynamics of American socio-political life, this thoroughly updated and revised edition covers the recent American elections and their aftermath—extending the scope of analysis around key institutional and organizational apparatuses …
What's Going On?
The Struggle for Contemporary American Identity
Häftad, 2025
502 kr
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Exploring the backstory of contemporary political polarization, What’s Going On? recognizes that simple stories of blame and uncontested stories of polarization prove themselves to be bad stories that produce bad politics.This book argues that stories have increasingly become matters of affect …
What's Going On?
The Struggle for Contemporary American Identity
Inbunden, 2025
2510 kr
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Exploring the backstory of contemporary political polarization, What’s Going On? recognizes that simple stories of blame and uncontested stories of polarization prove themselves to be bad stories that produce bad politics.This book argues that stories have increasingly become matters of affect …
Pedagogy and the Struggle for Democracy
Henry A. Giroux on Neoliberal Fascism and Cultural Politics
Häftad, 2027
620 kr
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Pedagogy and the Struggle for Democracy brings together a selection of Henry Giroux’s most incisive essays, analysing neoliberal fascism, public pedagogy, cultural politics, empire, and the politics of disposability, offering both a powerful critique of authoritarianism and a compelling vision of …
Pedagogy and the Struggle for Democracy
Henry A. Giroux on Neoliberal Fascism and Cultural Politics
Inbunden, 2027
2405 kr
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Pedagogy and the Struggle for Democracy brings together a selection of Henry Giroux’s most incisive essays, analysing neoliberal fascism, public pedagogy, cultural politics, empire, and the politics of disposability, offering both a powerful critique of authoritarianism and a compelling vision of …
Great Inequality
Inbunden, 2016
2743 kr
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A growing inequality in income and wealth marks modern capitalism, and it negatively affects nearly every aspect of our lives, especially those of the working class. It is and will continue to be the central issue of politics in almost every nation on earth. In this book, the author explains …
Learning to Save the Future
Rethinking Education and Work in an Era of Digital Capitalism
Inbunden, 2018
2510 kr
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Mainstream economists and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs claim that unfettered capitalism and digital technology can unlock a future of unbounded prosperity, create endless high paying jobs, and solve the world’s vast social and ecological problems. Realizing this future of abundance purportedly …
Learning to Save the Future
Rethinking Education and Work in an Era of Digital Capitalism
Häftad, 2018
633 kr
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Mainstream economists and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs claim that unfettered capitalism and digital technology can unlock a future of unbounded prosperity, create endless high paying jobs, and solve the world’s vast social and ecological problems. Realizing this future of abundance purportedly …
Ecology and Revolution
Herbert Marcuse and the Challenge of a New World System Today
Inbunden, 2018
2510 kr
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A timely addition to Henry Giroux’s Critical Interventions series, Ecology and Revolution is grounded in the Frankfurt School critical theory of Herbert Marcuse. Its task is to understand the economic architecture of wealth extraction that undergirds today’s intensifying inequalities of class, …
Ecology and Revolution
Herbert Marcuse and the Challenge of a New World System Today
Häftad, 2018
647 kr
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A timely addition to Henry Giroux’s Critical Interventions series, Ecology and Revolution is grounded in the Frankfurt School critical theory of Herbert Marcuse. Its task is to understand the economic architecture of wealth extraction that undergirds today’s intensifying inequalities of class, …
