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Zustand: New. Idioma/Language: Inglés. This is a thoroughly updated and revised edition of a popular classic of modern anthropology. The authors provide summaries of âEnlightenmentâ, âRomanticâ and âVictorianâ anthropology, from the cultural theories of Morgan and Taylor to the often neglected contributions of German scholars. T…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Few figures loom as large in the intellectual history of revolution and postcolonialism than Frantz Fanon. An intellectual who devoted his life to activism, he utilized his deep knowledge of psychology and philosophy in the service of the movement for democratic participation and political so…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A world-famous singer and actor, a trained lawyer, an early star of American professional football and a polyglot who spoke over a dozen languages. These could be the crowning achievements of a life well-lived, yet for Paul Robeson the higher calling of social justice led him to abandon both…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'This elegantly written, erudite book is essential reading for all of us, whatever our identifications' - Lynne SegalAntisemitism is one of the most controversial topics of our time. The public, academics, journalists, activists and Jewish people themselves are divided over its meaning. Anton…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Elinor Ostrom pioneered the radical proposition that human cooperation, self-governance, and sharing are economically and ecologically significant. Thanks to Derek Wall, we now have an astute interpretive overview of Ostrom's far-ranging scholarship on the commons: inspiration and guidance f…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From 1973 to 1988, Race Today, the journal of the revolutionary Race Today Collective was at the epicentre of the struggle for racial justice in Britain. Placing race, sex and social class at the core of its analysis, it featured in its articles and pamphlets contributions from some of the le…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In a potent act of myth busting, Noam Chomsky turns his critical gaze upon the Kennedy Administration and draws controversial parallels between the Presidency of JFK and that of Ronald Reagan, with particular focus on the Vietnam War. For anyone persuaded that changing the world is simply a q…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Whiteness is not innate - it is learned. The systems of white domination that prevail across the world are not pregiven or natural. Rather, they are forged and sustained in social and political life.Learning Whiteness examines the material conditions, knowledge politics and complex feelings t…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'A timely, future-oriented and necessary contribution which provides clarity to the multivalent tendencies in this field' - Carole Boyce DaviesThe marginalisation of Black voices from the academy is a problem in the Western world. But Black Studies, where it exists, is a powerful, boundary-pu…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - As digital transformations continue to accelerate in the world, discourses of big data have come to dominate in a number of fields, from politics and economics, to media and education. But how can we really understand the digital world when so much of the writing through which we grapple with…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Commendable - a book that prepares us to think about and react to system failures' - Peter GelderloosAnarchists have been central in helping communities ravaged by disasters, stepping in when governments wash their hands of the victims. Looking at Hurricane Sandy, Covid-19, and the social mo…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - For the last century, the Western world has regarded Turkey as a pivotal case of the 'clash of civilisations' between Islam and the West. Why Turkey is Authoritarian offers a radical challenge to this conventional narrative. Halil Karaveli highlights the danger in viewing events in Turkey as…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The struggle between Israel and the Palestinians is not unique, whatever the media may suggest. Lorenzo Veracini argues that the conflict is best understood in terms of colonialism, as like many other societies, Israel is a settler society. Looking at the evolution of other colonial regimes -…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - President Vladimir Putin is a figure of both fear and fascination in the Western imagination. In the minds of media pundits and commentators, he personifies Russia itself - a country riven with contradictions, enthralling and yet always a threat to world peace.But recent propaganda images tha…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Gambling is everywhere, on our TVs and phones, on billboards on our streets, and emblazoned across the chests of idolised sports stars. Why has gambling suddenly expanded How was it transformed from a criminal activity to a respectable business run by multinational corporations listed on inte…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'An essential reference work for those interested in the roots of the conflict in the North.' Irish Post'So honest, so human and so readable.' Irish Times'If you read no other book on modern Ireland you should read this one.' New SocietyEamonn McCann's account of what it is like to grow up a…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This is an investigation into the interaction of power, money and people in Russia during the presidencies of Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev. 'Profiling Putin's team, including his security services and pro-market economic 'reformers', Simon Pirani argues that the growth during the oil bo…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Under neoliberalism the cult of individualism reigns supreme, forced upon us through culture, media and politics, it fatally limits our capacity to escape the current crisis of democratic politics. In Common Ground, Jeremy Gilbert asks us to reimagine the philosophical relationship between in…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Undocumented migration is a huge global phenomenon, yet little is known about the reality of life for those involved. Sans Papiers combines a contemporary account of the theoretical and policy debates with an in-depth exploration of the lived experiences of undocumented migrants in the UK fro…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Has Jewish modernity exhausted itself Flourishing between the age of Enlightenment and the Second World War, the intellectual, literary, scientific and artistic legacy of Jewish modernity continues to dazzle us, however, in this provocative new book, esteemed historian Enzo Traverso argues po…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This is an accessible guide to key Marxist concepts and how to apply them to contemporary cultural analysis. Drawing on Marx, Lukacs, Gramsci, Habermas, Jameson and others, the book retools and redeems key concepts such as class, the mode of production, culture industries, the state, base-sup…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'In overthrowing me, you have done no more than cut down the trunk of the tree of liberty - it will spring back from the roots, for they are numerous and deep.' - Toussaint Louverture The leader of the only successful slave revolt in history, Toussaint Louverture is seen by many to be one of…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Shanzhai' from Cantonese slang, refers to the production of fake goods in China, which enjoy an anti-authoritarian-like dissemination across the global market. Starting with mobile phones, now fashion brands are subverted in this way, with many women at the helm of design and production. Fas…