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  • Stand Firm

    Resisting the Self-Improvement Craze

    by Svend Brinkmann ...
    Translated by Tam McTurk ...
    The pace of modern life is accelerating. To keep up, we must keep on moving and adapting – constantly striving for greater happiness and success. Or so we are told. But the demands of life in the fast lane come at a price: stress, fatigue and depression are at an all-time high, while our social interactions have become increasingly self-serving and opportunistic.How can we resist today's obsession ... Read more

    $12.00 USD

  • The Experience Society

    Life beyond Subjectivity

    by Svend Brinkmann ...
    In today’s ‘experience society’, everything is judged by personal experience, from online shopping to funerals. Value is measured by how satisfying an individual finds their experience, and the experience economy thrives on this desire for entertainment and fulfilment. Yet debates often reach an impasse when reduced to subjective feelings – whether offence is taken or criticisms are dismissed. ... Read more

    $10.59 USD

  • The Joy of Missing Out

    The Art of Self-Restraint in an Age of Excess

    by Svend Brinkmann ...
    Translated by Tam McTurk ...
    'Because you're worth it', proclaims the classic cosmetics ad. 'Just do it!' implores the global sports retailer. Everywhere we turn, we are constantly encouraged to experience as much as possible, for as long as possible, in as many ways as possible. FOMO – Fear of Missing Out – has become a central preoccupation in a world fixated on the never-ending pursuit of gratification and self-fulfilment ... Read more

    $16.00 USD

  • Think

    In Defence of a Thoughtful Life

    by Svend Brinkmann ...
    A defining feature of being human is our ability to think. We refer to ourselves, after all, as Homo sapiens. But in a world where experiencing and achieving as much as possible is the number one preoccupation, there is little room for reflection. Technology is also making everything easier, eroding the need for us to think at all.Of course deep, critical thinking can be difficult, sometimes ... Read more

    $12.00 USD

  • Standpoints

    10 Old Ideas In a New World

    by Svend Brinkmann ...
    Self-help gurus, life coaches and business consultants love to tell us that we must strive for constant self-improvement to realize our full potential and become truly happy. But it doesn't seem to work - for many of us, life still seems hollow and meaningless. So focused are we on personal development and material possessions that we've overlooked the things that make life truly fulfilling and ... Read more

    $18.00 USD

  • My Year with God

    Translated by Tam McTurk ...
    by Svend Brinkmann ...
    How are Christians capable of believing? Is it faith or delusion? Or is there something wrong with me? I do not believe in spirits, gods, miracles, resurrection or eternal life. But I will seek to cast off my prejudices and give God a chance. At least for a year.Danish writer Svend Brinkmann spent a year with God, exploring faith and religion through the eyes of a sceptic. Each month, from January ... Read more

    $18.00 USD

  • Grief

    The Price of Love

    by Svend Brinkmann ...
    Translated by Tam McTurk ...
    Wherever love and death meet there is grief. It affects us all regardless of ethnicity, age, class, or sexual orientation. Grief is universal – it has endured across time, societies and cultures from the earliest human communities to the present day. But the way we deal with grief is changing. Increasingly, we are diagnosing grief as a medical condition to be treated rather than embracing it as a ... Read more

    $16.00 USD

  • Doing Interviews

    by Svend Brinkmann, Steinar Kvale ...
    Series series Qualitative Research Kit
    This is a concise introduction to the richness and scope of interviewing in social science research, teaching the craft of interview research with practical, hands-on guidance. Incorporating discussion of the wide variety of methods in interview-based research and the different approaches to reading the data, this book will help you to navigate the broad field of qualitative research with ... Read more

    $65.69 USD

  • Qualitative Interviewing

    Conversational Knowledge Through Research Interviews

    by Svend Brinkmann ...
    Qualitative interviewing has become one of the most common research methods across the human and social sciences, if not the most prevalent approach. Qualitative Interviewing, Second Edition help readers conduct, write, represent, understand, and critique qualitative interview research in its many forms as currently practiced. It discusses excellent exemplars of qualitative interview research. The ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

  • Critical Happiness Studies

    Edited by Nicholas Hill, Svend Brinkmann, Anders Petersen ...
    This volume draws together the work of a diverse range of thinkers and researchers to address the question of happiness critically, using a wide variety of theoretical and empirical methodologies. Broadening the discussion beyond what might be considered highly individual and insular conceptualizations of happiness, often based on purely positivist approaches to the subject, authors raise ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Diagnostic Cultures

    A Cultural Approach to the Pathologization of Modern Life

    by Svend Brinkmann ...
    Series series Classical and Contemporary Social Theory
    Some studies estimate that each year, around a quarter of the population of Western countries will suffer from at least one mental disorder. Should this be interpreted as evidence for the progress of psychiatry, a discipline that is now able to identify and treat mental illnesses that have always existed, or might it be the case that modern life somehow creates new conditions, or social ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Philosophies of Qualitative Research

    by Svend Brinkmann ...
    Series series Understanding Qualitative Research
    In Philosophies of Qualitative Research, Svend Brinkmann explores the different philosophical paradigms and ideas that influence qualitative research today. Adopting a historical perspective, the book shows readers exactly how philosophical ideas have evolved and influenced qualitative research in both the past and present. Today, qualitative researchers tend to report on their philosophical ... Read more

    $49.49 USD