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  • The Construction of Value Philosophy in Contemporary China

    by Deshun Li ...
    Translated by Linan Tian, Min Wang, Xiuming Chi ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book approaches humanism in the new era in China by discussing the nature of value philosophy and by analyzing in depth the significance of value research for China’s modernization and future development. The author expounds his own point of view on the value of human beings as the foundation of value philosophy and subsequently applies it to understanding conflicting values between China and ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

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  • Encountering China

    Michael Sandel and Chinese Philosophy

    Edited by Michael J. Sandel, Paul J. D'Ambrosio ...
    In the West, Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel is a thinker of unusual prominence. In China, he’s a phenomenon, greeted by vast crowds. China Daily reports that he has acquired a popularity “usually reserved for Hollywood movie stars.” China Newsweek declared him the “most influential foreign figure” of the year. In Sandel the Chinese have found a guide through the ethical dilemmas created by the ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • The Radical Imagination

    Social Movement Research in the Age of Austerity

    by Doctor Alex Khasnabish, Max Haiven ...
    The idea of the imagination is as evocative as it is elusive. Not only does the imagination allow us to project ourselves beyond our own immediate space and time, it also allows us to envision the future, as individuals and as collectives. The radical imagination, then, is that spark of difference, desire and discontent that can be fanned into the flames of social change. Yet what precisely is the ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • Objectivity & Diversity

    Another Logic of Scientific Research

    by Sandra Harding ...
    An examination of how to establish truely objective scientific research methods, including knowledge derived from diverse cultures.Worries about scientific objectivity seem never-ending. Social critics and philosophers of science have argued that invocations of objectivity are often little more than attempts to boost the status of a claim, while calls for value neutrality may be used to suppress ... Read more

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  • Introducing Social Theory

    by Pip Jones, Liz Bradbury, Shaun LeBoutillier ...
    This revised edition of Pip Jones's extremely popular introduction to social theory, now benefiting from the collaboration of Shaun Le Boutillier and Liz Bradbury, has been carefully and thoroughly updated with the latest developments in this continually changing field. Written in a refreshingly lucid and engaging style, Introducing Social Theory provides readers with a wide-ranging, well ... Read more

    $26.00 USD

  • Critical Perspectives on bell hooks

    Edited by Maria del Guadalupe Davidson, George Yancy ...
    Series series Critical Social Thought
    Although bell hooks has long challenged the dominant paradigms of race, class, and gender, there has never been a comprehensive book critically reflecting upon this seminal scholar’s body of work. Her written works aim to transgress and disrupt those codes that exclude others as intellectually mediocre, and hooks’ challenge to various hegemonic practices has heavily influenced scholars in numerous ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Feminism and Ecology

    by Mary Mellor ...
    The relationship between feminism and ecology has grown in importance in recent years. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the ecofeminist movement and its history, as well as an extended analysis of the main perspectives within it.Mellor examines the connections between feminism and the green movement, and outlines the contributions of the major participants, while contextualizing ... Read more

    $22.00 USD

  • Religion and Public Discourse in an Age of Transition

    Reflections on Bahá’í Practice and Thought

    Edited by Geoffrey Cameron, Benjamin Schewel ...
    Series series Bahá’í Studies
    Technology, tourism, politics, and law have connected human beings around the world more closely than ever before, but this closeness has, paradoxically, given rise to fear, distrust, and misunderstanding between nation-states and religions. In light of the tensions and conflicts that arise from these complex relationships, many search for ways to find peace and understanding through a “global ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • Science and Social Inequality

    Feminist and Postcolonial Issues

    by Sandra Harding ...
    Series series Race and Gender in Science
    In Science and Social Inequality, Sandra Harding makes the provocative argument that the philosophy and practices of today's Western science, contrary to its Enlightenment mission, work to insure that more science will only worsen existing gaps between the best and worst off around the world. She defends this claim by exposing the ways that hierarchical social formations in modern Western sciences ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Confucian Feminism

    A Practical Ethic for Life

    by Li-Hsiang Lisa Rosenlee ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Introductions to World Philosophies
    In Confucian Feminism Li-Hsiang Lisa Rosenlee expands the theoretical horizons of feminism by using characteristic Confucian terms, methods, and concerns to interrogate the issue of gender oppression and liberation.With its theoretical roots in the Confucian textual tradition, this is the first re-imagining of Confucianism that enriches, and is enriched by, feminism.Incorporating distinctive ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • The End of the Revolution

    China and the Limits of Modernity

    by Wang Hui ...
    The End of the Revolution shatters the myth that China’s recent history has been a miracle of progress. In this original and wide-ranging study, Wang Hui examines the intellectual roots of his nation’s social and political problems, arguing that China’s revolutionary history and its current liberalization are part of the same discourse of modernity. He calls for alternatives to both the present ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Postcolonial Politics of Development

    by Ilan Kapoor ...
    Series series Postcolonial Politics
    This book uses a postcolonial lens to question development’s dominant cultural representations and institutional practices, investigating the possibilities for a transformatory postcolonial politics.Ilan Kapoor examines recent development policy initiatives in such areas as ‘governance,’ ‘human rights’ and ‘participation’ to better understand and contest the production of knowledge in development ... Read more

    $65.99 USD