Political Sociologies of the Cultural Encounter. Essays on Borders, Cosmopolitanism, and Globalisation, Paperback - ***

This book offers transdisciplinary scholarship which challenges the agendas of and markers around traditional social scientific fields.Publisher: T...

Jazz Diaspora: Music and Globalisation is about the international diaspora of jazz, well underway within a year of the first jazz recordings in 191...

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The Field of Cultural Production brings together Bourdieua s most important writings on art, literature and aesthetics.Publisher: Polity PressAutho...

This book showcases the wide variety of commercial cosmopolitan practices that arose from the global economic entanglements of the early modern per...

Henry David Thoreau spent his life as an intellectual vagrant, jumping fences, pushing boundaries, and crossing borders. How, why, and to what end ...

Publisher: Temple Lodge PublishingAuthor(s): Sergei O. Prokof'evTranslator: Simon Blaxland-de LangeNumber of pages: 192Publication date: 1999Dimens...

DescriptionAfrica finds itself at the centre stage of world politics in the twenty-first century. To truly determine its rising influence and role ...

An analysis of Russia's response to globalization. This book explores how Russian domestic politics shape this international engagement. Thematical...

Reducere. In The Trend of Economic Thinking Hayek presents many of the figures that influenced the development of his economic thought. The articles range fr...

The Sound of the Shuttle is an eloquent and compelling selection of essays written over four decades by Belfast-born poet Gerald Dawe, exploring th...

Modernity at Large is an edited collection of the essays that made Appadurai an influential figure in cultural anthropology. Collectively, these no...

This book examines driving factors and the effects of globalisation on economic development through firm and product level data. It is organised in...

Reducere. The Long March: How the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s Changed America, Paperback

This book pays tribute to an intellectual giant. The twenty-one succinct chapters comprising the volume, and the variety of scholars who have autho...

Description The cultural borders of Europe are today more visible than ever, and with them comes a sense of uncertainty with respect to liberal dem...

Translation and Cultural Identity: Selected Essays on Translation and Cross-Cultural Communication tackles the complexity of the concepts mentioned...

G A Cohen was one of the most gifted, influential, and progressive voices in contemporary political philosophy. At the time of his death in 2009, h...

Publisher: Anthem PressAuthor(s): Piotr NowakNumber of pages: 234Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 160 x 236 x 23Cover type: HardbackRedescopera fa...

Publisher: University of Illinois PressNumber of pages: 248Publication date: 2005Dimensions: 228 x 152 x 22Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s...

Reducere. People are conditioned culturally from an early age, with each of us developing a set of values and behaviors that differ from those in other parts...

A compilation of 35 years' worth of critical essays from one of the boldest and most articulate cultural theorists of our time

Reducere. DescriptionThe Law is an 1850 book by Fr d ric Bastiat. It was written at Mugron two years after the third French Revolution and a few months befor...

DescriptionMartin Luther King, Jr., is one of America's most revered figures, yet despite his mythic stature, the significance of his political tho...

Reducere. The United States has been shaped by three sweeping political revolutions: Jefferson's "revolution of 1800, " the Civil War, and the New Deal. Each...

Political theorists focus on the nature of justice, liberty, and equality while ignoring the institutions through which these ideals are achieved. ...

Which political principles should govern global politics? Simon Caney engages with the work of philosophers, political theorists, and international...

Reducere. Three attributes should be essential to anyone in public office: intelligence, integrity and dedication. If it is not an easy task to identify one ...

DescriptionOne of the world's most famous philosophers, Jacques Derrida, explores difficult questions in this important and engaging book. Is it st...

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This second collection of essays for the Societas series by Tom Rubens continues the author's discussion of contemporary issues contained in "Progr...

Publisher: Edinburgh University PressAuthor(s): Gerhard RichterNumber of pages: 240Collection: IncitementsPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 136 x 1...

Martin Luther King, Jr., may be America's most revered political figure, commemorated in statues, celebrations, and street names around the world. ...

Published here for the fi rst time, Ursula Schulz-Dornburg's historically unique photographs show the Archivo General de Indias in Seville before i...

Contributor(s): Author: Audra SimpsonMohawk Interruptus is a bold challenge to dominant thinking in the fields of Native studies and anthropology. ...

Reducere. In Essays on Austrian Economics and Political Economy, Karen I. Vaughn takes us through her intellectual journey and career. As a neoclassical econ...

With a newly written preface relating his theology to the current global situation, The Future of Love contains revised versions of eighteen of Joh...

Taking its cue from theoretical and ideological calls to challenge globalisation as a dynamic of homogenisation - and resistance - as led from, and...

Publisher: World Scientific Europe LtdAuthor(s): Gemma Chenger (King's College London, Uk) DengNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2022Dimensions...

This book analyses the power structure of the Hollywood film business and its general modes of behaviour. More specifically, the work analyses how ...

Reducere. For the better part of a century, the Left has been waging a slow, methodical battle for control of the institutions of Western civilization. Durin...

Reducere. DescriptionSocialism was man's most ambitious attempt to supplant religion with a doctrine claiming to ground itself in "science." Each failure to ...

Publisher: Inner City BooksAuthor(s): Edward F EdingerIllustration(s): 23ill.Number of pages: 80Publication date: 1986Dimensions: 217 x 152 x 6Cove...