Polity press jan 2004 (6 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The production of human waste - or more precisely, wasted lives, the superfluous populations of migrants, refugees and other outcasts - is an inevitable outcome of modernization. It is an unavoidable side-effect of economic progress and the quest for order which is characteristic of modernity.As long as large parts of the world remained wholly or partly unaffected by modernization, they were treated by modernizing societies as lands that were able to absorb the excess of population in the developed countries . Global solutions were sought, and temporarily found, to locally produced overpopulation problems. But as modernization has reached the furthest lands of the planet, redundant population is produced everywhere and all localities have to bear the consequences of modernity s global triumph. They are now confronted with the need to seek - in vain, it seems - local solutions to globally produced problems. The global spread of the modernity has given rise to growing quantities of human beings who are deprived of adequate means of survival, but the planet is fast running out of places to put them. Hence the new anxieties about immigrants and asylum seekers and the growing role played by diffuse security fears on the contemporary political agenda.With characteristic brilliance, this new book by Zygmunt Bauman unravels the impact of this transformation on our contemporary culture and politics and shows that the problem of coping with human waste provides a key for understanding some otherwise baffling features of our shared life, from the strategies of global domination to the most intimate aspects of human relationships.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this new book, Ulrich Beck and the journalist Johannes Willms engage in a series of accessible conversations that reveal and explore the key elements in Beck's thought.Ulrich Beck, one of the most important and influential contemporary social thinkers, reveals and expands his work in a series of conversations with journalist Johannes Willms.These conversations shed new light onto the major themes in Beck's work and provide an insight into some of the commitments and beliefs that they rest upon.Includes new thinking on the risk society and on globalisation, themes that have put him at the forefront of contemporary debates.Witten in a clear and lucid way and thus ideal for anyone seeking to come to grips with Beck's work.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This highly original and engaging book by French historian Robert Muchembled, is a journey through time and space in search of the changing perception and significance of the devil in Western culture.An outstanding book about the changing perception and significance of the devil in Western culture.Robert Muchembled is a well-known historian and an expert on witchcraft, whose work has already been translated into many languages.The author highlights the way that the changing notion of evil is connected to other changes in society at large.Draws on a wealth of examples, from the witch-hunts of the 15th and 16th centuries, to the films of Stanley Kubrick.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This lively and highly accessible introduction to the thought of Thomas Aquinas focuses on his philosophy while making clear its openness to theology as reflection on Revelation. - Introduces students this great philosopher of the middle ages in one short book. - Brings together alternative approaches to Aquinas' thought. - Uses key texts to describe the trajectory of Aquinas' philosophy and the legacy it left behind. - This is the first title in a new Polity series, Classic Thinkers.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This concise and timely book, written by one of the world's leading authorities on China, argues that the country is at a crossroads in its development and explores the challenges that lie ahead. - A concise and timely book about China and its future, which argues that the country it at a crossroads in its development. - Written by one of the world's leading authorities on China. - Explores the challenges facing China's leadership in the 21st Century, including poverty and inequality, the global business revolution, the environment, the capability and role of the state, international relations, the communist party, and the economy. - Puts forward a concrete view about the course China should follow in the coming decades.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This highly original and engaging book by French historian Robert Muchembled, is a journey through time and space in search of the changing perception and significance of the devil in Western culture. - An outstanding book about the changing perception and significance of the devil in Western culture. - Robert Muchembled is a well-known historian and an expert on witchcraft, whose work has already been translated into many languages. - The author highlights the way that the changing notion of evil is connected to other changes in society at large. - Draws on a wealth of examples, from the witch-hunts of the 15th and 16th centuries, to the films of Stanley Kubrick.…