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Haunting stories and unfading echoes

Volume I: Beneath the Rain

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Series Book 1 - Collected moments
Love lingers. Ghosts whisper. Reflections rebel. Nephews crawl like demons. Corpses grin from autopsy tables. And sometimes, two friends fall in love under carnival lights - only to be torn apart by fate. In this debut collection, Thomas blends emotional realism with supernatural dread, horror-comedy, and philosophical musings. These stories traverse haunted houses, broken hearts, eerie dates, and ... Read more

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Love lingers. Ghosts whisper. Reflections rebel. Nephews crawl like demons. Corpses grin from autopsy tables. And sometimes, two friends fall in love under carnival lights - only to be torn apart by fate. In this debut collection, Thomas blends emotional realism with supernatural dread, horror-comedy, and philosophical musings. These stories traverse haunted houses, broken hearts, eerie dates, and
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Fatherhood in Transition

Masculinity, Identity and Everyday Life

by Thomas Johansson, Jesper Andreasson ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
This book discusses and analyses the ways in which fatherhood is in transition in contemporary and globalized society. The authors identify and examine fathering practices in relation to hegemonic and marginal patterns of masculinity, the concept of heteronormativity and sexuality, and patterns of segregation, class and national differences. Contextualised in relation to theories of fatherhood and ... Read more

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This book discusses and analyses the ways in which fatherhood is in transition in contemporary and globalized society. The authors identify and examine fathering practices in relation to hegemonic and marginal patterns of masculinity, the concept of heteronormativity and sexuality, and patterns of segregation, class and national differences. Contextualised in relation to theories of fatherhood and
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A Primer to Causal Reasoning About a Complex World

by Lars-Göran Johansson, Thomas Banitz, Volker Grimm, Tilman Hertz, Emilie Lindkvist, Rodrigo Martínez Peña, Sonja Radosavljevic, Petri Ylikoski, Maja Schlüter ...

Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
This open access book is about causal thinking and the use of causal language, with a focus on introducing philosophical ideas about causation to students and researchers of Social-Ecological Systems (SES). It takes a systematic approach to three central topics: the meanings of different causal expressions, sufficiency of evidence for inferences from observations to causal relations, and how to ... Read more

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This open access book is about causal thinking and the use of causal language, with a focus on introducing philosophical ideas about causation to students and researchers of Social-Ecological Systems (SES). It takes a systematic approach to three central topics: the meanings of different causal expressions, sufficiency of evidence for inferences from observations to causal relations, and how to
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The Transformation of Sexuality

Gender and Identity in Contemporary Youth Culture

by Thomas Johansson ...

How do contemporary young people construct their sexual identities? Are young people sexually liberated, or is human sexuality increasingly controlled and manipulated by commercial forces? Thomas Johansson explores the construction of sexual identities by young people as part of a wider process of identity construction, combining the work of key authors such as Elias and Foucault with original and ... Read more

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How do contemporary young people construct their sexual identities? Are young people sexually liberated, or is human sexuality increasingly controlled and manipulated by commercial forces? Thomas Johansson explores the construction of sexual identities by young people as part of a wider process of identity construction, combining the work of key authors such as Elias and Foucault with original and
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Youth Studies in Transition: Culture, Generation and New Learning Processes

by Thomas Johansson, Marcus Herz ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book provides an updated and fresh introduction to recent theoretical developments in youth studies. It expands upon these developments and introduces new discussions and perspectives. It presents three central theoretical traditions in youth studies, and explores the possibilities of redefining some of the central concepts, but also of combining different theoretical perspectives. After ... Read more

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This book provides an updated and fresh introduction to recent theoretical developments in youth studies. It expands upon these developments and introduces new discussions and perspectives. It presents three central theoretical traditions in youth studies, and explores the possibilities of redefining some of the central concepts, but also of combining different theoretical perspectives. After
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Among Men

Moulding Masculinities, Volume 1

by Søren Ervø, Thomas Johansson ...

The two 'Moulding Masculinities' volumes represent the first major publication in English of Northern European studies on masculinities. They focus on men’s relationships towards each other and their bodies, primarily from psycho-dynamic and social constructionist perspectives. The contributors are drawn from disciplines as diverse as sociology, social anthropology, media studies and sports ... Read more

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The two 'Moulding Masculinities' volumes represent the first major publication in English of Northern European studies on masculinities. They focus on men’s relationships towards each other and their bodies, primarily from psycho-dynamic and social constructionist perspectives. The contributors are drawn from disciplines as diverse as sociology, social anthropology, media studies and sports
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Countering Right Wing Extremism in Education

Schooling in the Racist Badland

by Christer Mattsson, Thomas Johansson, Jesper Andreasson ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Countering Violent Extremism
This book investigates how schools deal with racism and extremism, focusing on everyday life, students, and the surrounding community and geographical area.There is a lack of clarity on how racism and extremism should be managed in schools. Through extensive ethnographical data, interviews, and focus group interviews with students and school staff in mill towns and racist strongholds in Sweden, ... Read more

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This book investigates how schools deal with racism and extremism, focusing on everyday life, students, and the surrounding community and geographical area.There is a lack of clarity on how racism and extremism should be managed in schools. Through extensive ethnographical data, interviews, and focus group interviews with students and school staff in mill towns and racist strongholds in Sweden,
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Prostate Cancer, Sexual Health, and Ageing Masculinities

Exploring the Achilles' Heel of Men

by Jesper Andreasson, Thomas Johansson ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
This book provides a rich, multidimensional analysis of how prostate cancer is lived, treated, and perceived by different actors through the stages of care, rehabilitation, and recovery. Furthermore, it focuses on how side effects, such as urinary leakage and impotence, affects the construction of masculinity. Though the book foregrounds men treated for prostate cancer, it also includes the voices ... Read more

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This book provides a rich, multidimensional analysis of how prostate cancer is lived, treated, and perceived by different actors through the stages of care, rehabilitation, and recovery. Furthermore, it focuses on how side effects, such as urinary leakage and impotence, affects the construction of masculinity. Though the book foregrounds men treated for prostate cancer, it also includes the voices
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Fitness Doping

Trajectories, Gender, Bodies and Health

by Jesper Andreasson, Thomas Johansson ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
This book compiles several years of multi-faceted qualitative research on fitness doping to provide a fresh insight into how the growing phenomenon intersects with issues of gender, body and health in contemporary society.Drawing on biographical interviews, as well as online and offline ethnography, Andreasson and Johansson analyse how, in the context of the global development of gym and fitness ... Read more

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This book compiles several years of multi-faceted qualitative research on fitness doping to provide a fresh insight into how the growing phenomenon intersects with issues of gender, body and health in contemporary society.Drawing on biographical interviews, as well as online and offline ethnography, Andreasson and Johansson analyse how, in the context of the global development of gym and fitness
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Extreme Sports, Extreme Bodies

Gender, Identities and Bodies in Motion

by Jesper Andreasson, Thomas Johansson ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
This book investigates extreme sports, defined as sports in which athletes challenge and transgress societal perceptions of what is humanly possible to achieve, in terms of physical training and bodily development/performance. Situated within a growing body of literature analysing the impact of new training trends on an individual’s body, identity, lifestyle and perception of his/her social ... Read more

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This book investigates extreme sports, defined as sports in which athletes challenge and transgress societal perceptions of what is humanly possible to achieve, in terms of physical training and bodily development/performance. Situated within a growing body of literature analysing the impact of new training trends on an individual’s body, identity, lifestyle and perception of his/her social
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The Conundrum of Masculinity

Hegemony, Homosociality, Homophobia and Heteronormativity

by Chris Haywood, Thomas Johansson, Nils Hammarén, Marcus Herz, Andreas Ottemo ...

Series series Routledge Research in Gender and Society
Popular culture is awash with discussions about the difficulties associated with being a man. Television talk shows, media articles and government press releases discuss not simply the problem of men, but have more recently focused on the problems of being a man.The Conundrum of Masculinity challenges highly advertised beliefs that men are in crisis and struggling to hold onto traditional ... Read more

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Popular culture is awash with discussions about the difficulties associated with being a man. Television talk shows, media articles and government press releases discuss not simply the problem of men, but have more recently focused on the problems of being a man.The Conundrum of Masculinity challenges highly advertised beliefs that men are in crisis and struggling to hold onto traditional
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Leadership Varieties

The Role of Economic Change and the New Masculinity

by Alexander Styhre, Thomas Johansson ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Leadership Research
In all periods of time, there is a perceived shortage of qualified, credible, and robust leadership skills. At the same time, what is regarded as skilled leadership is contingent on economic, political, institutional, and cultural conditions specific for a period of time or a local setting. Leadership in the era of managerial capitalism was focused on planning and administration, and was seated in ... Read more

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In all periods of time, there is a perceived shortage of qualified, credible, and robust leadership skills. At the same time, what is regarded as skilled leadership is contingent on economic, political, institutional, and cultural conditions specific for a period of time or a local setting. Leadership in the era of managerial capitalism was focused on planning and administration, and was seated in
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