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Nature of Money

Geoffrey Ingham

• Paperback | Engels
• In this important new book, Geoffrey Ingham draws on neglected traditions in the social sciences to develop a theory of the 'social relation' of money... Lees meer

Judith Butler

Moya Lloyd

• Hardcover | Engels | Key Contemporary Thinkers | nr. 21
• This book provides both a clear exposition and an original critique of Butlers work. It examines her core ideas, traces the development of her thought... Lees meer

Manuel Castells

Felix Stalder

• Hardcover | Engels | Key Contemporary Thinkers
• First in-depth study of Manuell Castells pioneering work Traces Castells thought from his work on urban change in the 1970s to his recent theories of ... Lees meer

Postmodernity and Its Discontents

Zygmunt Bauman

• Hardcover | Engels
• When Freud wrote his classic Civilization and its Discontents, he was concerned with repression. Modern civilization depends upon the constraint of im... Lees meer

Saving the Market from Capitalism

Massimo Amato, Luca Fantacci

• Hardcover | Engels
• This new book by two leading economists is a far-reaching analysis of the role and organization of the financial system in the aftermath of the econom... Lees meer

Climate and Society

Robin Leichenko, Karen O'Brien

• Hardcover | Engels
• This bold and passionate textbook has become a go-to introduction to current and emerging thinking on the social dimensions of climate change, present... Lees meer

The Scent of Empires

Karl Schlögel

• Hardcover | Engels
• Can a drop of perfume tell the story of the twentieth century? Can a smell bear the traces of history? What can we learn about the history of the twen... Lees meer

Body and Gender

Roberta Sassatelli, Rossella Ghigi

• Hardcover | Engels
• Even though we often think of bodies as natural and given, or else as freely plastic objects, bodies are both constructed and fundamental to our sense... Lees meer

Fortress Russia

Ilya Yablokov

• Paperback | Engels
• Allegations of Russian conspiracies meddling in the affairs of Western countries have been a persistent feature of Western politics since the Cold War... Lees meer

International Relations

Stephanie Lawson

• Hardcover | Engels
• International Relations emerged as a distinct academic discipline in the early twentieth century, but its philosophic foundations draw on centuries of... Lees meer

Asian America

Pawan Dhingra, Robyn Magalit Rodriguez

• Hardcover | Engels
• Asian Americans are the fastest growing minority population in the country. Moreover, they provide a unique lens on the wider experiences of immigrant... Lees meer

Navigating Uncertainty

Ian Scoones

• Hardcover | Engels
• Uncertainties are everywhere. Whether it's climate change, financial volatility, pandemic outbreaks or new technologies, we don't know what the future... Lees meer

Networked

Adrienne Russell

• Paperback | Engels
• Journalism, what happened? In the last decade, the industry and the profession have been rocked to the core. Newspapers as consumer product are as rip... Lees meer

Ecological Thought

Tim Hayward

• Paperback | Engels | Making of Europe
• This book offers a new introduction to the implications of ecology for social and political thought, arguing for green ideas to be taken seriously by ... Lees meer

The Polity Reader in Social Theory

• Paperback | Engels
• This book provides a comprehensive and integrated introduction to the major debates and schools of thought in social theory today. Some thirty differe... Lees meer

Concepts of the Self

Anthony Elliott

• Hardcover | Key Concepts
• More than ten years on from its original publication, Concepts of the Self still mesmerizes with its insight, comprehensiveness and critique of debate... Lees meer

My Secret Brexit Diary

Michel Barnier

• Hardcover | Engels
• In June 2016, the people of the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. As the EU's chief negotiator, for four years Michel Barnier had a se... Lees meer

Liquid Times

Zygmunt Bauman

• Paperback | Engels
• The passage from 'solid' to 'liquid' modernity has created a new and unprecedented setting for individual life pursuits, confronting individuals with ... Lees meer

Mobile Communication

Rich Ling, Jonathan Donner

• Paperback | Engels | Digital Media and Society
• A critical overview of one of the most pervasive digital technologies in the contemporary world. Written by two leading researchers in the field, with... Lees meer

Understanding Education

Alan Cribb, Sharon Gewirtz

• Paperback | Engels
• What purposes should education serve? Why does education matter? What should be done about education? These fundamental questions of value are not alw... Lees meer

Why Philosophize?

Jean-Francois Lyotard

• Hardcover | Engels
• Why Philosophize? is a series of lectures given by Jean-François Lyotard to students at the Sorbonne embarking on their university studies. The circum... Lees meer

Kant

Andrew Ward

• Hardcover | Engels | Classic Thinkers
• Immanuel Kants three critiques the Critique of Pure Reason, the Critique of Practical Reason and the Critique of Judgment are among the pinnacles of W... Lees meer

Negotiating Identity

Susie Scott

• Hardcover | Engels
• Identity is never just an individual matter; it is intricately shaped by our experiences of social life. Taking a Symbolic Interactionist approach, an... Lees meer

Reading Celebrity Gossip Magazines

Andrea McDonnell

• Paperback | Engels
• Americans are obsessed with celebrities. While our fascination with fame intensified throughout the twentieth century, the rise of the weekly gossip m... Lees meer