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  • The Civil Sphere in Canada

    Edited by Jeffrey C. Alexander, Mervyn Horgan ...
    When activists, advocates, victims of injustice, and ordinary citizens seek to advance (or block) social justice and cohesion, they draw on morally charged ideals. But the wellsprings of solidarity in a society as diverse as Canada are complex and mutable.The Civil Sphere in Canada analyzes the shifting meanings we attach to key social actors, activities, and institutions to reveal the dynamics of ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY

    For High Schools and Colleges

    by Alexander Jeffrey ...
    This book is the culmination of years of exploration, research, and a profound fascination with the often-overlooked creatures that play a vital role in maintaining the delicate balance of our ecosystems. From the smallest arachnids to the largest echinoderms, each invertebrate holds a unique story waiting to be told. Unveiling the secrets of these often-overlooked beings, the book seamlessly ... Read more

    $13.73 CAD

  • The Civil Sphere

    by Jeffrey C. Alexander ...
    What binds societies together and how can these social orders be structured in a fair way? Jeffrey C. Alexander's masterful work, The Civil Sphere, addresses this central paradox of modern life. Feelings for others--the solidarity that is ignored or underplayed by theories of power or self-interest--are at the heart of this novel inquiry into the meeting place between normative theories of what we ... Read more

    $39.19 CAD

  • Performance and Power

    by Jeffrey C. Alexander ...
    Performativity has emerged as a critical new idea across the humanities and social sciences, from literary and cultural studies to the study of gender and the philosophy of action. In this volume, Jeffrey Alexander demonstrates how performance can reorient our study of politics and society.Alexander develops a cultural pragmatics that shifts cultural sociology from texts to gestural meanings. ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • A History of Witchcraft

    Sorcerers, Heretics & Pagans

    by Jeffrey B. Russell, Brooks Alexander ...
    An authoritative and concise history of witchcraft from the ancient world up to the present day.Witchcraft has always been a fluid and intriguing belief system that has enchanted and sometimes terrified humanity. Now in its third edition, A History of Witchcraft has established itself as the authoritative history of witchery and the occult. Beginning with magic in the ancient world, Jeffrey B. ... Read more

    $17.49 CAD

  • Hampton Roads

    Remembering Our Schools

    by Cassandra Newby-Alexander, Jeffrey Littlejohn, Charles H. Ford, Sonia Yaco, The Norfolk Historical Society ...
    Series series Vintage Images
    With this striking collection of historical images, experience afront-row view of the origination of the public school system within Hampton Roads and the epic struggle for racial equality. From the seventeenth century until the present, this area of the Old Dominion has been at the forefront of challenges, including Reconstruction, Jim Crow law, racial disharmony and public resistance to tax ... Read more

    $17.96 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Japan's Motorcycle Wars

    An Industry History

    by Jeffrey W. Alexander ...
    For decades the crown jewels of Japan’s postwar manufacturing industry, motorcycles remain one of Japan’s top exports. Japan’s Motorcycle Wars assesses the historical development and societal impact of the motorcycle industry, from the influence of motor sports on vehicle sales in the early 1900s to the postwar developments that led to the massive wave of motorization sweeping the Asia-Pacific ... Read more

    $24.79 CAD

  • The Politics Of Anti-Semitism

    Edited by Alexander Cockburn, Jeffrey St. Clair ...
    How did a term, once used accurately to describe the most virulent evil, become a charge flung at the mildest critic of Israel, particularly concerning its atrocious treatment of Palestinians?Edited by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair, the print and online journal CounterPunch has become a must read for hundreds of thousands a month who no longer believe anything they read in the ... Read more

    $10.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Meanings of Social Life

    A Cultural Sociology

    by Jeffrey C. Alexander ...
    In The Meanings of Social Life , Jeffrey Alexander presents a new approach to how culture works in contemporary societies. Exposing our everyday myths and narratives in a series of empirical studies that range from Watergate to the Holocaust, he shows how these unseen yet potent cultural structures translate into concrete actions and institutions. Only when these deep patterns of meaning are ... Read more

    $36.79 CAD

  • Democracy and Its Pathologies

    Edited by Jeffrey Church, Alexander S. Duff ...
    Series series SUNY series, New Perspectives on the History of Political Thought
    Innovative essays that survey democracy through the history of political thought.In recent years, democratic theorists have argued that democracy and democratic institutions are receding in many parts of the world, including in the United States. Unfortunately, much of the recent discussion has abstracted from the long history of political theory about democracy. Democracy and Its Pathologies ... Read more

    $41.79 CAD

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  • Trauma

    A Social Theory

    by Jeffrey C. Alexander ...
    In this book Jeffrey C. Alexander develops an original social theory of trauma and uses it to carry out a series of empirical investigations into social suffering around the globe.Alexander argues that traumas are not merely psychological but collective experiences, and that trauma work plays a key role in defining the origins and outcomes of critical social conflicts. He outlines a model of ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • The Indian Civil Sphere

    Edited by Jeffrey C. Alexander, Suryakant Waghmore ...
    Indian democracy is in trouble. A still widely popular, democratically elected leader stands athwart it, dangerously authoritarian and disrespectful of civil liberties, the independence of the courts and the press, and disputatious vis-à-vis organized counter-powers. Leading intellectuals, Indian and Western, write about the death of Indian democracy and the passage to despotism. Despite these ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD