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Labor Of Dionysus: A Critique of the State-Form by Antonio Negri 9780816620869
£22.89"Labor is the living, form-giving fire", Marx wrote, "it is the transitoriness of things, their temporality, as their transformation by living time". How is it then, this book asks, that labour, with all its life-affirming potential, has become the means... -
Holocaust Testimonies: The Ruins of Memory by Lawrence L. Langer 9780300052473
RRP: £25.00£23.94This important an original book is the first sustained analysis of the unique ways in which oral testimony of survivors contributes to our understanding of the Holocaust. It also sheds light on the forms and functions of memory as victims relive... -
Africa in Transformation: Economic Development in the Age of Doubt by Carlos Lopes 9783030012908
RRP: £24.99£20.03"Lopes brings his rigour, insight, and experience to this timely new book, presenting a compelling rethink of traditional development models in Africa and the need to seize on transformational change to build a sustainable future for the continent."-Kofi... -
Crime in England 1688-1815 by David J. Cox
RRP: £36.99£32.53Crime in England 1688-1815 covers the 'long' eighteenth century, a period which saw huge and far-reaching changes in criminal justice history. These changes included the introduction of transportation overseas as an alternative to the death penalty, the... -
Power In Modern Societies by Marvin E. Olsen
RRP: £39.99£35.06An extensively revised and updated new edition of Olsen's Power in Societies, this book contains carefully selected and edited writings on the exercise of social power in contemporary societies. The essays cover four broad topics: power in social... -
All Manners of Food: Eating and Taste in England and France from the Middle Ages to the Present by Stephen Mennell 9780252064906
£21.24So close geographically, how could France and England be so enormously far apart gastronomically? Not just in different recipes and ways of cooking, but in their underlying attitudes toward the enjoyment of eating and its place in social life. In a new... -
Introduction to Sociology by Frank van Tubergen
RRP: £36.99£33.53Comprehensive and engaging, this textbook introduces students not only to foundational sociological work, but also to insights from contemporary sociological theory and research. This combined approach ensures that students become familiar with the core... -
Islam Observed: Religious Development in Morocco and Indonesia by Clifford Geertz 9780226285115
RRP: £23.00£22.13"In four brief chapters," writes Clifford Geertz in his preface, "I have attempted both to lay out a general framework for the comparative analysis of religion and to apply it to a study of the development of a supposedly single creed, Islam, in two... -
Chains of Love: Slave Couples in Antebellum South Carolina by Emily West
£24.14Historians have traditionally neglected relationships between slave men and women during the antebellum period. In Chains of Love, historian Emily West remedies this situation by investigating the social and cultural history of slave relationships in the... -
Work and the Image: v. 1: Work, Craft and Labour - Visual Representations in Changing Histories by Valerie Mainz
RRP: £115.00£99.36This title was first published in 2000. "Work and the Image", published in two volumes, addresses a critical theme in contemporary social and cultural debates whose place in visual representation has been neglected. Ranging from Greek pottery to... -
Hombres Y Machos: Masculinity And Latino Culture by Alfredo Mirande
RRP: £43.99£38.44Although patriarchy, machismo, and excessive masculine displays are assumed to be prevalent among Latinos in general and Mexicans in particular, little is known about Latino men or macho masculinity. Hombres y Machos: Masculinity and Latino Culture fills... -
The Mass Ornament: Weimar Essays by Siegfried Kracauer
£34.00Siegfried Kracauer was one of the twentieth century's most brilliant cultural critics, a daring and prolific scholar, and an incisive theorist of film. In this volume his finest writings on modern society make their long-awaited appearance in English... -
Social Research Methods in Dementia Studies: Inclusion and Innovation by John Keady 9780367878702
RRP: £39.99£35.06Traditionally, the most preferred social research methods in dementia studies have been interviews, focus groups and non-participant observations. Most of these methods have been used for a long time by researchers in other social research fields, but... -
When Strangers Meet: How People You Don't Know Can Transform You by Kio Stark 9781471156090
RRP: £8.99£5.82Part of the TED series: When Strangers Meet Our lives are increasingly insular. We are in a hurry, our heads are down, minds elsewhere, we hear only the voices we already recognize and rarely take the effort to experience something or someone new. When... -
Mobilizing Black Germany: Afro-German Women and the Making of a Transnational Movement by Tiffany N. Florvil 9780252085413
£20.01In the 1980s and 1990s, Black German women began to play significant roles in challenging the discrimination in their own nation and abroad. Their grassroots organizing, writings, and political and cultural activities nurtured innovative traditions,... -
No Place To Go: How Public Toilets Fail Our Private Needs by Lezlie Lowe 9781911545354 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£5.60Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Doctoral Journey as an Emotional, Embodied, Political Experience: Stories from the Field by Rebecca Twinley
RRP: £32.99£29.16The Doctoral Journey as an Emotional, Embodied, Political Experience is the first text of its kind to capture stories of involvement in doctoral journeys from students, supervisors, and examiners. Drawing from experiences across a variety of disciplines... -
Steppin' on the Blues: The Visible Rhythms of African American Dance by Jacqui Malone 9780252065088
£16.72It's impossible to think of the heritage of music and dance in the United States without the invaluable contributions of African Americans. Those art forms have been touched by the genius of African American culture and have helped this nation take its... -
The Impact of the Social Sciences: How Academics and their Research Make a Difference by Simon Bastow
£28.71The impact agenda is set to shape the way in which social scientists prioritise the work they choose to pursue, the research methods they use and how they publish their findings over the coming decade, but how much is currently known about how social... -
Psychedelics Encyclopedia by Peter Stafford 9780914171515
RRP: £27.99£21.34Traces the history of the use of hallucinogenic drugs and discusses the psychological and physical effects of LSD, marijuana, mescaline, and other drugs.Book InformationISBN 9780914171515Author Peter StaffordFormat PaperbackPage Count 420Imprint Ronin... -
Transnational Students and Mobility: Lived Experiences of Migration by Hannah Soong
RRP: £39.99£35.06As globalisation deepens, student mobility and migration has not only impacted economy and institutions, it has also infused human desires, imaginaries, experiences and subjectivities. In Transnational Students and Mobility, Hannah Soong portrays the... -
Intersectionality and Criminology: Disrupting and revolutionizing studies of crime by Hillary Potter
RRP: £37.99£33.38The use of intersectionality theory in the social sciences has proliferated in the past several years, putting forward the argument that the interconnected identities of individuals, and the way these identities are perceived and responded to by others,... -
What Do We Know and What Should We Do About Internet Privacy? by Paul Bernal 9781529707670
£9.74Privacy on the internet is challenged in a wide variety of ways - from large social media companies, whose entire business models are based on privacy invasion, through the developing technologies of facial recognition, to the desire of governments to... -
Public Religions in the Modern World by Jose Casanova
RRP: £28.00£27.79In this reconsideration of the relation between religion and modernity, Jose Casanova surveys the roles that religions may play in the public sphere of modern societies. During the 1980s, religious traditions around the world, from Islamic fundamentalism... -
My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass 9781497573550
RRP: £7.99£7.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781497573550Author Frederick DouglassFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
Cycling and Society by Dave Horton
RRP: £135.00£117.28How can the social sciences help us to understand the past, present and potential futures of cycling? This timely international and interdisciplinary collection addresses this question, discussing shifts in cycling practices and attitudes, and opening up... -
Video Games as Culture: Considering the Role and Importance of Video Games in Contemporary Society by Daniel Muriel
RRP: £37.99£33.38Video games are becoming culturally dominant. But what does their popularity say about our contemporary society? This book explores video game culture, but in doing so, utilizes video games as a lens through which to understand contemporary social life... -
What Do We Know and What Should We Do About Fake News? by Nick Anstead
RRP: £11.99£9.70Voters need to be informed to make political decisions, but what if their media diet not only prevents them from getting the information they need, but actively shapes inaccurate perceptions of the world? Drawing on examples and evidence from around... -
Publics and Counterpublics by Michael Warner
RRP: £25.00£20.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781890951290Author Michael WarnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Zone BooksPublisher Zone BooksWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 25mm -
The Great Questions of Tomorrow by David J. Rothkopf 9781471156137 [USED COPY]
RRP: £8.99£2.98Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Great Questions of Tomorrow by David J. Rothkopf 9781471156137
RRP: £8.99£5.82Government, war, the economy, human identity, philosophy and the way we work. All of these, among others, are soon to be transformed. As technological advancements usher in a time where each and every human being on the planet will be connected by more... -
The Etheric: Broadening Science Through Anthroposophy: Volume 1: The World of the Ethers by Ernst Marti
RRP: £11.99£9.70Ernst Marti devoted his life to researching the 'etheric realm' - a subtle area that exists between the physical and spiritual. Taking the numerous statements and references by Rudolf Steiner as his starting point, Marti develops our understanding of the... -
Psychosocial Studies: An Introduction by Kath Woodward 9780415718851
RRP: £47.99£41.81There is expanding global interest in the relationship between the psychological and the social. The bringing together of affect, emotion and feeling with social, political and cultural forces offers a creative, innovative and rich set of ways of... -
The Cry For Justice: An Anthology of Social Protest by Upton Sinclair
RRP: £18.99£12.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781609808365Author Upton SinclairFormat PaperbackPage Count 908Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S. -
The Impact of Co-production: From Community Engagement to Social Justice by Aksel Ersoy 9781447330295
RRP: £29.99£23.02Bringing together academics, artists, practitioners and 'community activists', this book explores the possibilities for, and tensions of, social justice work under the contemporary drive for community-orientated 'impact' in the academy. Threading a line... -
Images of Issues: Typifying Contemporary Social Problems by Joel Best
RRP: £45.99£40.13Constructionist theory describes and analyzes social problems as emerging through the efforts of claimsmakers who bring issues to public attention. By typifying a problem and characterizing it as a particular sort, claimsmakers can shape policymaking and... -
Cross-Cultural Approaches to Adoption by Fiona Bowie
RRP: £53.99£46.87Adoption is currently subject to a great deal of media scrutiny. High-profile cases of international adoption via the internet and other unofficial routes, have drawn attention to the relative ease with which children can be obtained on the global... -
Criminal Justice in Scotland by Peter Duff
RRP: £32.99£29.16Published in 1999. Scottish criminal law and procedure are very different from their counterparts elsewhere in the United Kingdom. This book is the first socio-legal account of the Scottish criminal justice process and its constituent institutions. Its... -
Scotland and the Union: 1707-2007 by Tom M. Devine
£26.91A comprehensive examination of the past, present and future prospects of the Anglo-Scottish Union, this book is written by the cream of the academic talent in modern Scottish history and Scottish politics. It appeals to a wide readership while conforming... -
The Nexus of Practices: Connections, constellations, practitioners by Theodore R. Schatzki
RRP: £43.99£38.44The Nexus of Practices: connections, constellations, practitioners brings leading theorists of practice together to provide a fresh set of theoretical impulses for the surge of practice-focused studies currently sweeping across the social disciplines...