"Wokismus und Hypermoralität: Anmerkungen zur neuen Tugendwächterei"In der gegenwärtigen politischen Debatte, bestimmen zunehmend moralische Überzeugungen die öffentliche Debatte.
Phenomenology: The Basics is a concise and engaging introduction to one of the important philosophical movements of the twentieth century and to a subject that continues to grow and diversify.
Westra explores a nuanced literature on post-capitalism which claims that instead of constituting the end of history or ending in its supplanting by socialism, capitalism has transmuted into something else.
Managing the Work Situation outlines a perspective on how organization and management in the contemporary world of work happens as active everyday accomplishments by workers and managers, facing and handling complex work situations with an excess of expectations.
Offering a unique, comprehensive, and critical introduction to increasingly visible social inequalities, this textbook examines the political and economic causes and cultural consequences of a stratifying system that allocates material resources and human dignity on the basis of private profit and labor exploitation.
The fourth edition of Criminology: The Basics has been fully revised and updated to offer an engaging and concise introduction to the main themes and concerns of this compelling and complex subject and gives an overview of the main theoretical and conceptual approaches to crime and justice.
Taking inspiration from the classic text by Raymond Williams, Keywords in Criminology reflects on the language used by criminologists and offers a one stop guide to core concepts in the discipline.
Originally published in 1927, An Introduction to Social Psychology represents an attempt at a more synthetic type of treatment of the field than had previously been given.
Originally published in 1927, An Introduction to Social Psychology represents an attempt at a more synthetic type of treatment of the field than had previously been given.
This book describes relevant theories, such as task-centered and strength-perspective interventions for the practice of social group work, within contemporary India.
Jacques Lacan and Michel Foucault are often cast as intellectual adversaries, their legacies marked by differences in method, lineages, and analytical priorities.
'Contagion' is a crucial term in the theory of networks, that is nowadays employed to study increasingly diverse issues such as financial crises, epidemics, and fake news.
This book describes relevant theories, such as task-centered and strength-perspective interventions for the practice of social group work, within contemporary India.
Managing the Work Situation outlines a perspective on how organization and management in the contemporary world of work happens as active everyday accomplishments by workers and managers, facing and handling complex work situations with an excess of expectations.
Die Beiträge dieses Bands kartographieren das soziologische und kulturwissenschaftliche Feld in Bezug auf Drogen und die mit ihnen verbundenen sozialen, gesellschaftlichen und politischen Praktiken.
Refusing Ecocide: From Fossil Capitalism to a Liveable World provides a critical analysis of the central role of fossil capitalism in causing climate change and argues that only alternatives based upon democratic eco-socialism can prevent the deepening of the climate crisis.
This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to criminological theory for students taking courses in criminology at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Die Beiträge dieses Bands kartographieren das soziologische und kulturwissenschaftliche Feld in Bezug auf Drogen und die mit ihnen verbundenen sozialen, gesellschaftlichen und politischen Praktiken.
Westra explores a nuanced literature on post-capitalism which claims that instead of constituting the end of history or ending in its supplanting by socialism, capitalism has transmuted into something else.
With the message that everything in a sense is alive, thus allowing us to join forces with new politico-ethical communities stretching across human and nonhuman realms, the new materialisms have captivated the minds of many academics, artists, and intellectuals by stressing that it is time to return to a premodern mindset and discard modernity and its concepts of secularization, autonomy, and finitude.
Shifting from the idea that our current 'environmental question' arises from the history of metaphysics and its focus on 'Being' over 'Life'-and the attendant explorations of the thought of Heidegger and Heraclitus-this book unfolds a philosophical and sociological proposal for transitioning toward the sustainability of life.
Examining the core sociological theories that have emerged in the first two decades of the current century, A Critical Introduction to Contemporary Social Theory outlines their attempts to answer the most fundamental questions of the discipline, from the nature of social order to the mechanisms of social change.
Fifty Key Scholars in Black Social Thought is a collaborative volume that uplifts and explores the intellectual activism and scholarly contributions of Black social thinkers.
Beyond Civility in Social Conflict develops a moral approach to persuasive communication that compellingly brings together effectiveness, integrity, and nonviolence.
Culinary Man and the Kitchen Brigade offers an exploration of the field of normative subjectivity circulated within western fine dining traditions, presenting a theoretical analysis of the governing relationship between the chef, who embodies the Culinary Man, and the fine dining brigade.
Examining the core sociological theories that have emerged in the first two decades of the current century, A Critical Introduction to Contemporary Social Theory outlines their attempts to answer the most fundamental questions of the discipline, from the nature of social order to the mechanisms of social change.
Dieses Buch bietet nach einem niederschwelligen Einstieg eine Orientierung über verschiedene Theorien zum sozialen Konflikt und deren Potenziale, Konflikte zu verstehen, um mit ihnen konstruktiv umgehen zu können.
Dieser moderne Papa Ratgeber begleitet werdende Väter durch alle wichtigen Phasen der Vaterschaft - von den ersten Vorbereitungen bis zum erfüllten Alltag als aktiver Papa.
Dieses Buch bietet nach einem niederschwelligen Einstieg eine Orientierung über verschiedene Theorien zum sozialen Konflikt und deren Potenziale, Konflikte zu verstehen, um mit ihnen konstruktiv umgehen zu können.
In Poetics of Listening, renowned sound studies scholar Brandon LaBelle brings critical attention to listening as a practice, one that can wield significant impact onto individual, interpersonal and community wellbeing.
This work challenges the dominant pejorative view of myth by showing how myth is implicated in the deepest layers of society, politics, individuality and temporality.
Originally published in 1924, Development of Social Theory was written to expand on an outline of the subject in order to turn it into a year's course of graduate study.
This book provides a new interpretation of ordoliberalism - the influential German version of neoliberalism - by exploring the political, legal and social context of its emergence.
Truth, Lies & Reason - About the Power of ManipulationWe are all exposed to facts and emotions and the line between truth and deception is not always clearly distinguishable.
Shifting from the idea that our current 'environmental question' arises from the history of metaphysics and its focus on 'Being' over 'Life'-and the attendant explorations of the thought of Heidegger and Heraclitus-this book unfolds a philosophical and sociological proposal for transitioning toward the sustainability of life.
Originally published in 1924, Development of Social Theory was written to expand on an outline of the subject in order to turn it into a year's course of graduate study.
"e;Wokism and Hypermorality: Notes on the New Virtue Vigilantism"e;In the current political debate, moral convictions are increasingly determining the public debate.
