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  • Spaces of Identity

    Global Media, Electronic Landscapes and Cultural Boundaries

    by David Morley, Kevin Robins ...
    Series series International Library of Sociology
    We are living through a time when old identities - nation, culture and gender are melting down. Spaces of Identity examines the ways in which collective cultural identities are being reshaped under conditions of a post-modern geography and a communications environment of cable and satellite broadcasting. To address current problems of identity, the authors look at contemporary politics between ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Transnationalism, Migration and the Challenge to Europe

    The Enlargement of Meaning

    by Kevin Robins, Asu Aksoy ...
    Transnationalism, Migration and the Challenge to Europe: The Enlargement of Meaning puts forward an alternative outline for thinking about migration in a European context. Moving beyond the agenda of identity politics, the book addresses possibilities more related to the experiential and existential dimensions of migratory – and importantly, post-migratory – lives. Examining the fundamental and ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Times of the Technoculture

    From the Information Society to the Virtual Life

    by Kevin Robins, Frank Webster ...
    Series series Comedia
    Times of the Technoculture explores the social and cultural impact of new technologies, tracing the origins of the information society from the coming of the machine with the industrial revolution to the development of mass production techniques in the early twentieth century.The authors look at how the military has controlled the development of the information society, and consider the centrality ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Into the Image

    Culture and Politics in the Field of Vision

    by Kevin Robins ...
    Into the Image examines visual technology sociologically and, in so doing, rejects the fashionable idea that the new visual technologies are displacing the real. ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

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  • Introducing Cultural Studies

    by Brian Longhurst, Greg Smith, Gaynor Bagnall, Garry Crawford, Miles Ogborn ...
    This updated, new edition of Introducing Cultural Studies provides a systematic and comprehensible introduction to the concepts, debates and latest research in the field. Reinforcing the interdisciplinary nature of Cultural Studies, the authors first guide the reader through cultural theory before branching out to examine different dimensions of culture in detail – including globalisation, the ... Read more

    $78.99 USD

  • Debating Cultural Hybridity

    Multicultural Identities and the Politics of Anti-Racism

    Edited by Pnina Werbner, Tariq Modood ...
    Series series Postcolonial Encounters
    Why is it still so difficult to negotiate differences across cultures? In what ways does racism continue to strike at the foundations of multiculturalism?Bringing together some of the world's most influential postcolonial theorists, this classic collection examines the place and meaning of cultural hybridity in the context of growing global crisis, xenophobia and racism.Starting from the reality ... Read more

    $28.19 USD

  • Thinking Space

    Edited by Mike Crang, Nigel Thrift ...
    Series series Critical Geographies
    As theorists have begun using geographical concepts and metaphors to think about the complex and differentiated world, it is important to reflect on their work, and its impact on our thoughts on space. This revealing book explores the work of a wide range of prolific social theorists. Included contributions from an impressive range of renowned geographical writers, each examine the work of one ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • After Cosmopolitanism

    Edited by Rosi Braidotti, Patrick Hanafin, Bolette Blaagaard ...
    At a time when social and political reality seems to move away from the practice of cosmopolitanism, whilst being in serious need of a new international framework to regulate global interaction, what are the new definitions and practices of cosmopolitanism? Including contributions from leading figures across the humanities and social sciences, After Cosmopolitanism takes up this question as its ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Sociology: The Key Concepts

    Edited by John Scott ...
    Series series Routledge Key Guides
    An essential A-Z guide to the full range of sociological thought, Sociology: The Key Concepts is an important addition to the established and successful Key Concepts series.Fully cross-referenced with an extensive glossary, this accessible text also includes:alphabetical listings of key concepts for ease of usesuggestions for further reading to enhance understanding of areas coveredentries on ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Foucault - The Key Ideas

    Foucault on philosophy, power, and the sociology of knowledge: a concise introduction

    by Paul Oliver ...
    Foucault - The Key Ideas is a concise introduction to the life, works and ideas of this ground-breaking modern philosopher. This book will not only guide you through the events of Foucault's life and help you to understand his most complex ideas with ease; it will also demonstrate the practical impact of those ideas on life today. Covering everything from Foucault's views on the philosophy and ... Read more

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  • Antonio Gramsci

    by Steven Jones ...
    Series series Routledge Critical Thinkers
    For readers encountering Gramsci for the first time, Steve Jones covers key elements of his thought through detailed discussion and studies the historical context of the theorist's thought, offers examples of putting Gramsci's ideas into practice in the analysis of contemporary culture and evaluates responses to his work.Including British, European and American examples, key topics covered here ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Vulnerability in Resistance

    Edited by Judith Butler, Zeynep Gambetti, Leticia Sabsay ...
    Vulnerability and resistance have often been seen as opposites, with the assumption that vulnerability requires protection and the strengthening of paternalistic power at the expense of collective resistance. Focusing on political movements and cultural practices in different global locations, including Turkey, Palestine, France, and the former Yugoslavia, the contributors to Vulnerability in ... Read more

    $21.59 USD