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Civilization and the Human Subject
E-bok, 1999
779 kr
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Recent debates have highlighted the importance of the self to a better understanding of the nature of culture and its relation to power. In his new book, John Mandalios incorporates the current ''postmodern'' debate on these issues with a deeper, philosophical exploration of identity and cultural …
Compassionate Temperament
Care and Cruelty in Modern Society
E-bok, 2000
549 kr
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The argument of this book is that it is in the nature of modernity to foster compassion. Most critics tend to think of modernity as corrosive of moral sentiments. They see clearly the way in which modernity breaks down older social bonds, but they are much less attentive to the ways in which it …
Reluctant Modernity
The Institution of Art and its Historical Forms
Häftad, 1998
618 kr
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In this book, Aleš Debeljak offers a refreshing alternative to postmodernists such as Baudrillard, who declare the death of art conceived as yet another source of rootless, circulating fictions. Inspired by the melancholy critical theory of Adorno and Benjamin, and drawing on Weber, Debeljak shows …
Civilization and the Human Subject
Häftad, 1999
693 kr
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Recent debates have highlighted the importance of the self to a better understanding of the nature of culture and its relation to power. In his new book, John Mandalios incorporates the current 'postmodern' debate on these issues with a deeper, philosophical exploration of identity and cultural …
Signs, Solidarities, & Sociology
Charles S. Peirce and the Pragmatics of Globalization
Häftad, 2001
713 kr
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Signs, Solidarities, & Sociology addresses the formation and fragmentation of identity in today's postmodern world. Informed by the conceptual convergence in the theories of Durkheim, Peirce, Mead, and Lacan, this book surveys the range of twentieth-century sociology to deconstruct those favored …
Sociology after Bosnia and Kosovo
Recovering Justice
Häftad, 2000
614 kr
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This book provides a sociological account of the events in Bosnia in the 1990s, including ethnic cleansing, mass rape, and the role of political journalists. Drawing upon a diverse group of social theorists, including Merton, Weber, and Baudrillard, Sociology After Bosnia constructs a social …
Compassionate Temperament
Care and Cruelty in Modern Society
Häftad, 2000
516 kr
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The argument of this book is that it is in the nature of modernity to foster compassion. Most critics tend to think of modernity as corrosive of moral sentiments. They see clearly the way in which modernity breaks down older social bonds, but they are much less attentive to the ways in which it …
New Forms of Consumption
Consumers, Culture, and Commodification
Häftad, 2000
855 kr
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Consumption as a field of cultural studies overlaps with theories of postmodernism, the social construction of self, commodification in late capitalism, and the role of mass media in daily life. New forms of consumption such as those facilitated by cyberspace, themed environments, the …
New Forms of Consumption
Consumers, Culture, and Commodification
E-bok, 2000
915 kr
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Consumption as a field of cultural studies overlaps with theories of postmodernism, the social construction of self, commodification in late capitalism, and the role of mass media in daily life. New forms of consumption such as those facilitated by cyberspace, themed environments, the …
Ways of Escape
Modern Transformation in Leisure and Travel
Av Chris Rojek
Inbunden, 1994
848 kr
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Ways of Escape provides a history of leisure and travel and a cartography of "escape activity". The author examines how pleasure has been managed from the middle ages to the present day, and examines the differences in leisure and travel opportunities for men and women. Rojek situates leisure and …
