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Identity is never just an individual matter; it is intricately shaped by our experiences of social life. Taking a Symbolic Interactionist approach, and drawing on Goffman’s dramaturgical theory, Susie Scott explores the micro-social processes of interaction through...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2015-10-12
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This sharp, innovative book champions the rising significance of ethnographic research on the use of digital resources around the world. It contextualises digital and pre-digital ethnographic research and demonstrates how the methodological, practical and theoretical...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2015-10-09
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Intricacies of Patriotism presents a selection of concepts of patria along with their corresponding forms of patriotism. The various contributions represent different backgrounds and draw a picture of patria as a universal value that is indispensible to one’s sense of...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2015-10-09
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A Berlin Republic brings together writings on the new, united Germany by one of their most original and trenchant commentators, Jürgen Habermas. Among other topics, he addresses the consequences of German history, the challenges and perils of the post-Wall era, and...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2015-10-08
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-7%
21,60€
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Those who advocate ideas about "postmodernity" and "post-industrialism" offer radical critiques of existing social and political institutions. But they provide very little in place of those institutions. It is all very well to criticize the limitations of social...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2015-10-08
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In this book the authors examine the relations between work and time and explore the possibilities of developing new and more flexible working patterns.
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2015-10-08
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56,50€
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This book provides a concise and integrated overview of hypothesis testing in four important subject areas, namely linear and nonlinear models, multivariate analysis, and large sample theory. The approach used is a geometrical one based on the concept of projections and...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-10-08
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Heritage of Our Times is a brilliant examination of modern culture and its legacy by one of the most important and deeply influential thinkers of the 20th century. Bloch argues that the key elements of a genuine cultural tradition are not just to be found in the...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2015-10-07
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-8%
28,30€
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The people who inhabited Southwest Europe from 30,000 to 13,000 years ago are often portrayed as big game hunters – and indeed, in some locations (Cantabrian Spain, the Pyrenees, the Dordogne) the archaeological record supports this interpretation. But in other places,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-10-07
Collection :
SpringerBriefs in Archaeology
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"Helga Nowotny's exploration of the forms and meaning of time in contemporary life is panoramic without in any way partaking of the blandness of a survey. From the artificial time of the scientific laboratory to the distinctively modern yearning for one’s own time, she...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2015-10-07
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This is a brilliant study of the nature of love in modern society. Ulrich Beck and Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim argue that the nature of love is changing fundamentally, creating opportunities for democracy or chaos in personal life.
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2015-10-07
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20,40€
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In this timely new book Wellmer intervenes in the highly topical debates on modernity and post-modernity. Discussing the work of Adorno, Habermas, Peter Burger and Jean-François Lyotard, among others, he offers a penetrating analysis of the aesthetic, ethical and...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2015-10-07
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-10%
74,30€
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Throughout history, the nature and mystery of death has captivated artists, scientists, philosophers, physicians, and theologians. This eerie chronology ventures right to the borderlines of science and sheds light into the darkness. Here, topics as wide ranging as the...
Editeur :
Union Square & Co.
Parution :
2015-10-06
Collection :
Union Square & Co. Chronologies
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In Urban Land Rent, Anne Haila uses Singapore as a case study to develop an original theory of urban land rent with important implications for urban studies and urban theory. Provides a comprehensive analysis of land, rent theory, and the modern city Examines the...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2015-10-06
Collection :
IJURR Studies in Urban and Social Change Book Series
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-69%
67,80€
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This book covers theoretical aspects of Catholic Religious Education in schools and examines them from multiple theoretical and contextual perspectives. It captures the contemporary academic and educational developments in the field of Religious Education while...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-10-05
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This work examines the valley of the Urubamba River in terms of vertical zonation, Incan impact on the environment, plant use, the history of exploration and the notion of discovery, the idea of land reform, and cultural contact with the European world. Winding its path...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-10-05
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Written in a clear and accessible style, with lots of examples from Anglo-American media, Gender and the Media offers a critical introduction to the study of gender in the media, and an up-to-date assessment of the key issues and debates. Eschewing a...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2015-10-02
ePub
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-9%
33,90€
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Beethoven is a classic study of the composer's music, written by one of the most important thinkers of our time. Throughout his life, Adorno wrote extensive notes, essay fragments and aides-memoires on the subject of Beethoven's music. This book brings together all of...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2015-10-02
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-7%
21,50€
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In the wake of the attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris on 7 January 2015, millions took to the streets to demonstrate their revulsion, expressing a desire to reaffirm the ideals of the French Republic: liberté, égalité, fraternité. But who were the millions...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2015-10-02
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How does culture shape our thinking? In what ways do our social and cultural worlds enter into our mental worlds?How do the communities we belong to influence what we notice and what we ignore? What cultural variation do we see in cognition? What general patterns do we...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2015-10-02
Collection :
Cultural Sociology
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-7%
20,40€
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