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  • Exploring Nostalgia

    Empirical Studies of Contemporary Experiences and Practices

    Edited by Michael Hviid Jacobsen, Krystine I. Batcho, Janelle L. Wilson ...
    This volume provides an overview of a number of different areas of social and cultural life in which nostalgia is shown to be an important prism for understanding and analysing human thoughts, actions and feelings.Featuring a rich collection of empirical studies and analyses of nostalgia, the contributors demonstrate creative ways to study nostalgia – from qualitative methods such as in-depth ... Read more

    $89.31 CAD

  • The Routledge International Handbook on Zygmunt Bauman

    Edited by Michael Hviid Jacobsen, Dariusz Brzeziński, Mark Davis, Jack Palmer ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    The Routledge International Handbook on Zygmunt Bauman is a major, state‑of‑the‑art collection dedicated to the work and ideas of one of the most renowned intellectuals of the 20th and the 21st centuries.Bringing together eminent scholars in social sciences and humanities from all over the world, it presents and engages with the most important characteristics of Bauman’s work and life, the key ... Read more

    $97.55 CAD

  • Dystopian Emotions

    Emotional Landscapes and Dark Futures

    by Vern Smith, Geraint Harvey, Deborah Lupton, Michael Hviid Jacobsen, Briohny Doyle, Gina Chin-Yi Yang, Kiran Grewal, Marlee Bower, Rebecca E. Olson ...
    As nations reel from the effects of poverty, inequality, climate change and the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, it feels as though the world has entered a period characterized by pessimism, cynicism and anxiety.This edited collection challenges individualized understandings of emotion, revealing how they relate to cultural, economic and political realities in difficult times.Combining numerous ... Read more

    $41.59 CAD

  • Emotions and Crime

    Towards a Criminology of Emotions

    Edited by Michael Hviid Jacobsen, Sandra Walklate ...
    In spite of the fact that crime is an emotive topic, the question of emotion has been largely overlooked in criminological research, which has tended instead to examine criminal conduct in terms of structural background variables or rational decision-making. Building on research into emotions within sociology, this book seeks to show how criminologists can in fact take emotions seriously and why ... Read more

    $90.68 CAD

  • Intimations of Nostalgia

    Multidisciplinary Explorations of an Enduring Emotion

    Edited by Michael Hviid Jacobsen ...
    Nostalgia, a complex and multi-layered emotion, has gained interest since the turn of the century in both society and academic circles.Written by an international group of scholars, this volume investigates the relationship between nostalgia and contemporary social issues from a multidisciplinary perspective. From history and political theory to marketing and media, each chapter discusses the way ... Read more

    $41.59 CAD

  • Rocket: Eight Lessons to Secure Infinite Growth

    by Michael J. Silverstein, Dylan Bolden, Rune Jacobsen, Rohan Sajdeh ...
    Rocket tells the story of how sixteen remarkable business leaders created great brands. Leslie Wexner tells you how he turned a two-store chain into a $6.5 billion worldwide brand called Victoria Secret, and Howard Schultz shares how he took his passion for a little coffee shop in Seattle and grew it into a 22,000-store chain, just to name two. Every story is connected to a “how-to” lesson, and by ... Read more

    $29.69 CAD

  • Exploring Grief

    Towards a Sociology of Sorrow

    Edited by Michael Hviid Jacobsen, Anders Petersen ...
    As modern society’s routine sequestration of death and grief is increasingly replaced by late-modern society’s growing concern with existential issues and emotionality, this book explores grief as a social emotion, bringing together contributions from scholars across the social sciences and humanities to examine its social and cultural aspects. Thematically organised in order to consider the ... Read more

    $90.68 CAD

  • The Anthem Companion to Zygmunt Bauman

    Edited by Michael Hviid Jacobsen ...
    Series series Anthem Companions to Sociology
    This edited volume will illustrate the continuing interest in Bauman’s work through a number of chapters each dealing with the important aspects of his work and shedding light on some new angles and perspectives on his life and work. It seeks to position Bauman within the field of sociology and to provide some examples of his lasting contribution to and relevance for the discipline.Bauman’s ideas ... Read more

    $71.49 CAD

  • The Anthem Companion to Erving Goffman

    Edited by Michael Hviid Jacobsen ...
    Series series Anthem Companions to Sociology
    The purpose of the volume—as with the other volumes published in the Anthem Press “Companion to Sociology” series—is to provide a comprehensive overview of Erving Goffman’s continued appeal and relevance within the field of sociology and related social science disciplines. The book engages with some of the major themes and continuing concerns of Goffman’s sociology. The chapters included in the ... Read more

    $82.49 CAD

  • Exploring Emotions in Social Life

    Edited by Michael Hviid Jacobsen ...
    Series series Classical and Contemporary Social Theory
    This volume presents a broad range of studies on a variety of emotions from social scientific perspectives. Bringing together scholars from disciplines including sociology, psychology, anthropology and philosophy, it examines emotions including desire, empathy, freedom, happiness, hate, disgust, humiliation, guilt, unemotionality and despair, exploring the main facets of these emotions and ... Read more

    Was $83.99 CAD Now $74.19 CAD

  • Emotions in Culture and Everyday Life

    Conceptual, Theoretical and Empirical Explorations

    Edited by Michael Hviid Jacobsen ...
    Series series Classical and Contemporary Social Theory
    This volume describes and analyses a series of emotions prevalent in everyday life and culture, with each chapter exploring the main facets of a particular emotion and considering the ways in which it manifests itself in and informs our culture and lives. Considering our expression, conception, management and sanctioning of emotions, and the ways in which these have changed over time, as well as ... Read more

    $83.81 CAD

  • Love and Sexuality in Social Theory

    Edited by Emiliano Bevilacqua, Mariano Longo, Michael Hviid Jacobsen ...
    Series series Classical and Contemporary Social Theory
    Love and Sexuality in Social Theory considers the role that love and sexuality play in private and public life.Drawing on both classical and contemporary social theory, this book presents both theoretical and empirical studies of love and sexuality as social factors, from the earliest reconstructions of modern emotional life to the most recent analyses of liquid love. With attention to the ... Read more

    $89.31 CAD