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  • Conversations with Zygmunt Bauman

    par Zygmunt Bauman, Keith Tester ...
    Collections series Conversations
    Zygmunt Bauman is one of the leading figures in contemporary social thought. His work ranges across issues of ethics, culture and politics. It never forgets that social thought ought to help men and women make sense of their lives and aspire towards something different. His books and essays always focus on the here and now: violence and moral indifference, globalization, consumerism, politics and ... En savoir plus

    $21.99 CAD

  • Utopia: Social Theory and the Future

    par Keith Tester ...
    Collections series Classical and Contemporary Social Theory
    In the light of globalization's failure provide the universal panacea expected by some of its more enthusiastic proponents, and the current status of neo-liberalism in Europe, a search has begun for alternative visions of the future; alternatives to the free market and to rampant capitalism. Indeed, although these alternatives may not be conceived of in terms of being a 'perfect order', there does ... En savoir plus

    $105.99 CAD

  • Media Culture & Morality

    par Keith Tester ...
    First published in 1994. The media report terrible events. But the academic study of the media is increasingly trivial and lacking in moral seriousness. Media, Culture and Morality examines how this paradoxical situation could have emerged. The author seizes upon the disparity between the enormous production of books in the field and the lack of substantive insights generated. He argues that such ... En savoir plus

    $46.71 CAD

  • Animals and Society

    The Humanity of Animal Rights

    par Keith Tester ...
    Collections series Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
    Animals and Society uses a variety of historical sources and a coherent social theory to tell the story of the invention of animal rights. It moves from incidents like the medieval execution of pigs to a discussion of the politics and strategies of modern rights organisations. The book also presents radical interpretations of nineteenth-century animal welfare laws, and the accounts of the Noble ... En savoir plus

    $94.81 CAD

  • What Use is Sociology?

    Conversations with Michael Hviid Jacobsen and Keith Tester

    par Zygmunt Bauman, Michael Hviid Jacobsen, Keith Tester ...
    What's the use of sociology? The question has been asked often enough and it leaves a lingering doubt in the minds of many. At a time when there is widespread scepticism about the value of sociology and of the social sciences generally, this short book by one of the world's leading thinkers offers a passionate, engaging and important statement of the need for sociology.In a series of conversations ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD

  • The Flaneur (RLE Social Theory)

    par Keith Tester ...
    Collections series Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
    Timely and original, this collection of essays from the leading figures in their fields throws new and valuable light on the significance and future of flânerie. The flâneur is usually identified as the ‘man of the crowd’ of Edgar Allen Poe and Charles Baudelaire, and as one of the heroes of Walter Benjamin’s Arcades Project. The flâneur’s activities of strolling and loitering are mentioned ... En savoir plus

    $97.99 CAD

  • Panic

    par Keith Tester ...
    Collections series Shortcuts
    Impending environmental catastrophe, threat of terrorism, viruses both biological and virtual, disease: there seem to be so many reasons to panic today. But what is panic and why does it happen?This book uses a range of literature from sociology, cultural studies and popular psychology to develop an original analysis of panic in contemporary social life. Bringing together academic literature from ... En savoir plus

    $79.69 CAD

  • Civil Society

    par Keith Tester ...
    Collections series Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
    This major study discusses some of the meanings and preconditions of freedom, responsibility and social order. The author argues that these are problems of modernity. The imagination of civil society created a milieu which was at once the location and defence of social self-sufficiency in the world. The book identifies the origins of civil society in the work of Locke, Hobbes, Rousseau and the ... En savoir plus

    $63.20 CAD

  • The Inhuman Condition

    par Keith Tester ...
    This book offers a major interpretation of contemporary cultural and social relationships, encompassing the work of thinkers such as Heidegger, Arendt, Benjamin and Simmel. ... En savoir plus

    $101.68 CAD

  • The Life and Times of Post-Modernity

    par Keith Tester ...
    'Postmodernity' is often claimed as a great transformation in society and culture. But is it? In this book Keith Tester casts a cautious eye on such grandiose claims. Tester draws on a series of themes and stories from European sociology and literature to show that many of the great statements from 'postmodernity' are misplaced. 'Postmodernity' is not the harbinger or expression of a new world. It ... En savoir plus

    $101.68 CAD

  • The Two Sovereigns

    Social Contradictions of European Modernity

    par Keith Tester ...
    This book is invariably stimulating, containing many interesting and provocative ideas on issues central both to social theory and to making sense of the world(s) in which we live. It develops a series of original images or metaphors - gardens v. allotments, double strangers and so on - as aids to understanding social processes. Lively, bold and assured it will interest students of social theory, ... En savoir plus

    $48.08 CAD

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  • Ideology

    A Very Short Introduction

    par Michael Freeden ...
    Collections series Very Short Introductions
    Ideology is one of the most controversial terms in the political vocabulary, exciting both revulsion and inspiration. This book examines the reasons for those views, and explains why ideologies deserve respect as a major form of political thinking. It investigates the centrality of ideology both as a political phenomenon and as an organizing framework of political thought and action. It explores ... En savoir plus

    $7.99 CAD