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This work provides an introduction to the work of Michel Foucault. It offers an assessment of all of Foucault's work, including his final writings on governmentality and the self. McNay argues that the later work initiates an important shift in his intellectual...
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Polity
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2013-06-06
Collection :
Key Contemporary Thinkers
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This key work addresses one of the most central and controversial issues in contemporary feminist theory: the problem of difference.
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Polity
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2013-06-06
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Anthony Giddens has been described as 'the most important English social philosopher of our time'. Over twenty-five years, and even more books, he has established himself as the most widely-read and widely-cited social theorist of his generation. His ideas have...
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Polity
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2013-06-06
Collection :
Conversations
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20,40€
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'Community' is one of those words that feels good: it is good 'to have a community', 'to be in a community'. And 'community' feels good because of the meanings which the word conveys, all of them promising pleasures, and more often than not the kind of pleasures which...
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Polity
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2013-06-06
Collection :
Themes for the 21st Century
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The use of simulation modeling in criminal justice dates back to the 1970s. Early models were developed to capture the realities of the criminal justice system, to identify what changes were needed, and how small changes would affect the overall picture. Significant...
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Springer
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2013-06-05
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This book provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to Tibet, its culture and history. A clear and comprehensive overview of Tibet, its culture and history. Responds to current interest in Tibet due to continuing publicity about Chinese rule and growing interest...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2013-06-05
Collection :
Peoples of Asia
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36,95€
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The historical importance and archaeological potential of deliberately discarded watercraft has not been a major feature of maritime archaeological enquiry. While research on the topic has appeared since the 1970s as books, chapters, and articles, most examples have...
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Springer
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2013-06-05
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The basic questions of this book concern the contemporary role and importance of the presidency in the European Union. How has the presidency – initially quite a modest function – been able to gain such a significant role for the EU proceedings? It managed to initiate...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-06-05
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This volume allows a new generation of scholars, from the Balkans and beyond, to shed light on some of the struggles the region faces. The combination of post-communist and post-conflict transition, together with the current economic and financial crisis, pose difficult...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-06-05
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A decade after the approval of the UNESCO 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH), the concept has gained wide acceptance at the local, national and international levels. Communities are recognizing and celebrating their Intangible...
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Springer
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2013-06-04
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SpringerBriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace
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This book returns critical theory to its roots in both psychology and the social sciences. It shows some of the relationships between equality in a political and social sense and personal identity that either relates well to such equality, or rebels against it. All this...
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Springer
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2013-06-03
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This volume contains the proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Circumcision, Genital Integrity, and Human Rights. Authors are international experts in their fields, and the book contains the most up-to-date information on the issue of genital cutting of...
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Springer
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2013-06-03
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Weimar and Work: Labor, Literature, and Industrial Modernity on theWeimar Left analyzes writing about work that was published in communist and anarchist newspapers during theWeimar Republic. By discussing texts that have been almost completely neglected, this book’s...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2013-06-03
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The Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor is a key figure in contemporary debates about the self and the problems of modernity. This book provides a comprehensive, critical account of Taylor's work. It succinctly reconstructs the ambitious philosophical project that...
Editeur :
Polity
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2013-06-03
Collection :
Key Contemporary Thinkers
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In this volume, researchers in the fields of language in society, sociolinguistics, language politics, diaspora and identity studies explore the contacts between languages and cultures in the post-Soviet world. The book presents a range of perspectives on the effects of...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-06-03
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The Distinguished, Intellectual, Virtuous, Academic Sistas (D.I.V.A.S.) is a group of Black women who formed a bond with one another as doctoral students as a means of support on their journey through the academy.The acronym defines the women individually and as an...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2013-06-01
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In an increasingly global society, the ability to identify a culture’s visual aesthetics helps us localize messages for better understanding and resonance with targeted audiences. But how do we identify the visual cues that specific cultures respond to? Based on Web...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2013-06-01
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European Media provides a clear, concise account of the structures, dynamics and realities of the changing face of media in Europe. It offers a timely and illuminating appraisal of the issues surrounding the development of new media in Europe and explores debates about...
Editeur :
Polity
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2013-05-31
Collection :
Global Media and Communication
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In this new book Henrietta Moore examines the nature and limitations of the theoretical languages used by anthropologists and others to write about sex, gender and sexuality. Moore begins by discussing recent feminist debates on the body and the notion of the...
Editeur :
Polity
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2013-05-31
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This book examines the key institutional structures and processes of modernity. Combining historical insight with sustained political and social analysis, Hall analyses the form and character of capitalism, war, late development, civil society and the the causes and...
Editeur :
Polity
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2013-05-31
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