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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “james s ormrod”
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  • Changing our Environment, Changing Ourselves

    Nature, Labour, Knowledge and Alienation

    Edited by James S. Ormrod ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    In this book, a celebration of the work of the sociologist Peter Dickens serves as the catalyst for exploring the relationship between human ‘internal nature’ (our health and psychological well-being) and ‘external nature’ (the environment on which we depend and which we collectively transform). Across contributions from Ted Benton, James Ormrod, Kate Soper, John Bellamy Foster and Brett Clark, ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • The Superhero Multiverse

    Readapting Comic Book Icons in Twenty-First-Century Film and Popular Media

    by Lorna Piatti-Farnell, Cory Barker, Whitney Hardin, Carl Wilson, Joan Ormrod, James C. Taylor, Forrest Johnson, Matthew Thompson, Angelique Nairn, Carmel Cedro0, Blair Speakman1, Simon Bacon2, Anne Lee3, Sophia Staite4, Demi Schänzel5, Justin Matthews6, Michael Soares7, Julia E. Kiernan8 ...
    Series series Remakes, Reboots, and Adaptations
    The Superhero Multiverse focuses on the evolving meanings of the superhero icon in 21st-century film and popular media, with an emphasis on re-adapting, re-imagining, and re-making. With its focus on multimedia and transmedia transformations, The Superhero Multiverse pivots on two important points: firstly, it reflects on the core concerns of the superhero narrative—including the relationship ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Cosmic Society

    Towards a Sociology of the Universe

    by Peter Dickens, James Ormrod ...
    Space weaponry, satellite surveillance and communications, and private space travel are all means in which outer space is being humanized: incorporated into society’s projects. But what are the political implications of society not only being globalized, but becoming ‘cosmic’?Our ideas about society have long affected, and been affected by, our understanding of the universe: large sections of our ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

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    by Mike Hulme ...
    Series series Key Ideas in Geography
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  • The Consequences of Modernity

    by Anthony Giddens ...
    In this major theoretical statement, the author offers a new and provocative interpretation of the institutional transformations associated with modernity. We do not as yet, he argues, live in a post-modern world. Rather the distinctive characteristics of our major social institutions in the closing period of the twentieth century express the emergence of a period of 'high modernity,' in which ... Read more

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  • Anthropocene or Capitalocene?

    Nature, History, and the Crisis of Capitalism

    Edited by Jason W. Moore ...
    Series series Kairos
    The Earth has reached a tipping point. Runaway climate change, the sixth great extinction of planetary life, the acidification of the oceans—all point toward an era of unprecedented turbulence in humanity’s relationship within the web of life. But just what is that relationship, and how do we make sense of this extraordinary transition?Anthropocene or Capitalocene? offers answers to these ... Read more

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  • Ethics and Science

    An Introduction

    by Adam Briggle, Carl Mitcham ...
    Series series Cambridge Applied Ethics
    Who owns your genes? What does climate science imply for policy? Do corporations conduct honest research? Should we teach intelligent design? Humans are creating a new world through science. The kind of world we are creating will not simply be decided by expanding scientific knowledge, but will depend on views about good and bad, right and wrong. These visions, in turn, depend on critical thinking ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Transgender Marxism

    Edited by Jules Joanne Gleeson, Elle O'Rourke ...
    The first collection of its kind, Transgender Marxism is a provocative and groundbreaking union of transgender studies and Marxist theory.Exploring trans lives and movements, the authors delve into the experience of surviving as transgender under capitalism. They explore the pressures, oppression and state persecution faced by trans people living in capitalist societies, their tenuous positions in ... Read more

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  • Climate Leviathan

    A Political Theory of Our Planetary Future

    by Joel Wainwright, Geoff Mann ...
    How climate change will affect our political theory—for better and worseDespite the science and the summits, leading capitalist states have not achieved anything close to an adequate level of carbon mitigation. There is now simply no way to prevent the planet breaching the threshold of two degrees Celsius set by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. What are the likely political and ... Read more

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  • Reading Media Theory

    Thinkers, Approaches and Contexts

    by Brett Mills, David M. Barlow ...
    What does the Frankfurt School have to say about the creative industries? Does the spread of Google prove we now live in an information society? How is Madonna an example of postmodernism? How new is new media? Does the power of Facebook mean we're all media makers now?This groundbreaking volume – part reader, part textbook - helps you to engage thoroughly with some of the major voices that have ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Why We Disagree About Climate Change

    Understanding Controversy, Inaction and Opportunity

    by Mike Hulme ...
    Climate change is not 'a problem' waiting for 'a solution'. It is an environmental, cultural and political phenomenon which is re-shaping the way we think about ourselves, our societies and humanity's place on Earth. Drawing upon twenty-five years of professional work as an international climate change scientist and public commentator, Mike Hulme provides a unique insider's account of the ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Space, Place and Gender

    by Doreen Massey ...
    This new book brings together Doreen Massey's key writings on three areas central to a range of disciplines. In addition, the author reflects on the development of these ideas and outlines her current position on these important issues.The book is organized around the three themes of space, place and gender. It traces the development of ideas about the social nature of space and place and the ... Read more

    $24.00 USD