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The Sum of Small Things: A Theory of the Aspirational Class by Elizabeth Currid-Halkett 9780691183176
RRP: £14.99£12.34In today's world, the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite. Highly educated and defined by cultural capital rather than income bracket, these individuals earnestly buy organic, carry canvas tote bags, and breast-feed their babies. They care... -
Commune or Nothing!: Venezuela's Communal Movement and Its Socialist Project by Commune or Nothing! Chris Gilbert 9781685900236
£16.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781685900236Author Commune or Nothing! Chris GilbertFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Monthly Review Press,U.S.Publisher Monthly Review Press,U.S... -
Attachment in Adulthood, Second Edition: Structure, Dynamics, and Change by Mario Mikulincer 9781462533817
£47.97Synthesizing a vast body of empirical research and organizing it around a comprehensive conceptual model, this book is recognized as the definitive reference on adult attachment. The authors explain how what began as a theory of child development is now... -
The Right to Useful Unemployment by Ivan Illich 9780714526638
£11.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780714526638Author Ivan IllichFormat PaperbackPage Count 95Imprint Marion Boyars Publishers LtdPublisher Marion Boyars Publishers LtdWeight(grams) 136g -
Explorers: Thoughts on Mapping in Design Research by Megan Anderson
RRP: £20.00£16.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781527271821Author Megan AndersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint STBY LtdPublisher STBY Ltd -
Freedom: Medicine Words for Your Brave Revolution by Jaiya John 9780998780221
RRP: £23.00£20.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998780221Author Jaiya JohnFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Soul Water RisingPublisher Soul Water RisingWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 216mm *... -
Labor and Monopoly Capitalism: The Degradation of Work in the Twentieth Century by Harry Braverman
£16.39First published in 1974, this text is written in a direct way by Harry Braverman, whose years spent as an industrial worker gave him insight into the labour process and the conviction to reject the reigning wisdoms of academic sociology. Here, he... -
High Priest by Timothy Leary 9780914171805
RRP: £14.99£12.06Back in print after 20 years, this text from the earliest days of psychedelia chronicles the experiences on 16 acid trips taken before LSD was illegal. The trip guides or "high priests" included Aldous Huxley, Ram Dass, Ralph Meltzner, Huston Smith and a... -
Sociology and the New Materialism: Theory, Research, Action by Nick J. Fox
RRP: £38.99£31.87The first book of its kind, Sociology and the New Materialism explores the many and varied applications of "new materialism," a key emerging trend in 21st century thought, to the practice of doing sociology. Offering a clear exposition of new... -
The Refusal of Work: The Theory and Practice of Resistance to Work by David Frayne
£19.18Paid work is absolutely central to the culture and politics of capitalist societies, yet today's work-centred world is becoming increasingly hostile to the human need for autonomy, spontaneity and community. The grim reality of a society in which some... -
In the Eye of the Wild by Nastassja Martin
RRP: £14.99£8.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681375854Author Nastassja MartinFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The New York Review of Books, IncPublisher The New York Review of Books, Inc -
Why do women write more letters than they post? by Darian Leader
RRP: £10.99£7.32Why do men tend to keep love letters in files along with their other correspondence, whereas women keep them with their clothes? And if a letter is written but not posted, at whom is it really directed? As psychoanalyst Darian Leader shows, such... -
Post-Human Institutions and Organizations: Confronting the Matrix by Ismael Al-Amoudi 9781032085630
RRP: £39.99£35.06When the Matrix trilogy was published in the mid-1980s, it introduced to mass culture a number of post-human tropes about the conscious machines that have haunted our collective imaginaries ever since. This volume explores the social representations and... -
Study Gods: How the New Chinese Elite Prepare for Global Competition by Yi-Lin Chiang
£17.36How privileged adolescents in China acquire status and why this helps them succeed Study Gods offers a rare look at the ways privileged youth in China prepare themselves to join the ranks of the global elite. Yi-Lin Chiang shows how these competitive... -
Applied Studies Towards a Sociology of Language by Basil Bernstein
RRP: £53.99£46.87The papers in this second volume show some of the results of the empirical exploration of Bernstein's hypothesis. The volume represents a significant contribution not only to the study of the sociology of language, but also to education and the social... -
Rethinking Our World: an invitation to rescue our future by Maja Göpel
RRP: £12.99£8.56A radical vision for a better future: an economy that works for us, rather than the other way around. As this major German bestseller reports, our world is at a tipping point, and we feel it every day. Costs are rising, the gap between the rich and poor... -
The Imaginary Institution of Society: Creativity and Autonomy in the Social-historical World by Cornelius Castoriadis
RRP: £24.99£22.21This is one of the most original and important works of contemporary European thought. First published in France in 1975, it is the major theoretical work of one of the foremost thinkers in Europe. Castoriadis offers a brilliant and far-reaching analysis... -
A Dictionary of Scottish Phrase and Fable by Ian Crofton
RRP: £35.00£24.43INCLUDES HUNDREDS OF NEW AND EXPANDED ENTRIES From 'Aald Rock' to 'Zeenty-teenty', A Dictionary of Scottish Phrase and Fable is an unputdownable gallimaufry of curious items embracing sayings, put-downs, insults, mottos, traditions, legends, folklore,... -
The Joy of Consent: A Philosophy of Good Sex by Manon Garcia 9780674279131
RRP: £23.95£17.72"From the bedroom to the classroom to the courtroom, 'consent' is a key term in our contemporary sexual ethics. In this timely reexamination, Manon Garcia deftly reveals the hidden complexities of consent and proposes how to reconceptualize it as a tool... -
The Interpretation of Cultures by Clifford Geertz 9780465093557
£28.20In The Interpretation of Cultures, the most original anthropologist of his generation moved far beyond the traditional confines of his discipline to develop an important new concept of culture. This groundbreaking book, winner of the 1974 Sorokin Award... -
Doing Visual Ethnography by Sarah Pink
RRP: £40.99£33.56This book is the definitive guide to understanding and doing visual ethnography. Sarah Pink's landmark text provides you with both the critical theoretical foundations and the creative tools and techniques you need to conduct your own visual ethnography... -
Goth: Undead Subculture by Michael Bibby
RRP: £27.99£24.54Since it first emerged from Britain's punk-rock scene in the late 1970s, goth subculture has haunted postmodern culture and society, reinventing itself inside and against the mainstream. Goth: Undead Subculture is the first collection of scholarly essays... -
The Limits of Neoliberalism: Authority, Sovereignty and the Logic of Competition by William Davies 9781526403520
RRP: £24.99£20.27Brilliant...explains how the rhetoric of competition has invaded almost every domain of our existence." -Evgeny Morozov, author of To Save Everything, Click Here" "In this fascinating book Davies inverts the conventional neoliberal practice of... -
Wall by Tom Clohosy-Cole
RRP: £6.99£4.98This spectacular book follows one boy's struggle to reunite his family from the two sides of the Berlin Wall. Although based around true stories, the wall is symbolic of separations around the world, whether it be between whole communities or two... -
The Shame Game: Overturning the Toxic Poverty Narrative by Mary O'Hara 9781447349266
RRP: £12.99£10.15What does it mean to be poor in Britain and America? For decades the primary narrative about poverty in both countries is that it has been caused by personal flaws or 'bad life decisions' rather than policy choices or economic inequality. This... -
Introducing Baudrillard: A Graphic Guide by Chris Horrocks
RRP: £8.99£6.08Illustrated guide to the controversial sociologist Jean Baudrillard, who died in 2007. Did the Gulf War take place? Is it possible to fake a bank robbery? Was sexual liberation a disaster? Jean Baudrillard has been hailed as one of France's most subtle... -
Social Identity by Richard Jenkins
RRP: £45.99£40.13Social Identity explains how identification, seen as a social process, works: individually, interactionally and institutionally. Building on the international success of previous editions, this fourth edition offers a concise, comprehensive and readable... -
Beyond Ecophobia: Reclaiming the Heart in Nature Education by David Sobel 9781935713043
RRP: £9.99£6.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935713043Author David SobelFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Orion MagazinePublisher Orion Magazine -
Visualization in the Age of Computerization by Annamaria Carusi
RRP: £37.99£33.38Digitalization and computerization are now pervasive in science. This has deep consequences for our understanding of scientific knowledge and of the scientific process, and challenges longstanding assumptions and traditional frameworks of thinking of... -
Applied Ethics: An Introduction by Robin Attfield 9781509547388
RRP: £17.99£16.04Philosophy has provided us with a wealth of moral and ethical theories. Applied ethics is the study of practical moral issues and our best philosophical theories, and how each can inform the other. Acclaimed philosopher and textbook author Robin Attfield... -
The Future Is Now: An Introduction to Prefigurative Politics by Eleonora Gea Piccardi 9781529215663
RRP: £26.99£20.84The gloomy prospect of climate change and ecosystems' collapse calls for an urgent rethinking of all aspects of our life: how we work, produce, eat, spend, take care of each other, relate to nature, and organize our societies. Prefigurative initiatives... -
Capital Markets and Institutions in Bangladesh: Some Implications of Japanese Experience by M. Farid Ahmed
RRP: £32.99£29.16First published in 1997, this volume examines the implications of Japanese corporate practices post-World War II for the experiences of capital markets in modern developing economies based on theoretical and empirical analyses of Bangladeshi and Japanese... -
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism by Max Weber 9781621380931
£12.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621380931Author Max WeberFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Angelico PressPublisher Angelico PressWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 11mm -
Blessed Are the Organized: Grassroots Democracy in America by Jeffrey Stout
£17.36In an America where the rich and fortunate have free rein to do as they please, can the ideal of liberty and justice for all be anything but an empty slogan? Many Americans are doubtful, and have withdrawn into apathy and cynicism. But thousands of... -
Art and Enchantment: How Wonder Works by Patrick Curry 9781032404677
RRP: £35.99£31.69This book concerns the experience of enchantment in art. Considering the essential characteristics, dynamics and conditions of the experience of enchantment in relation to art, including liminality, it offers studies of different kinds of artistic... -
Jinnah, Pakistan and Islamic Identity: The Search for Saladin by Akbar Ahmed 9780415149662
RRP: £47.99£42.21Every generation needs to reinterpret its great men of the past. Akbar Ahmed, by revealing Jinnah's human face alongside his heroic achievement, both makes this statesman accessible to the current age and renders his greatness even clearer than before... -
The Uncertainty Mindset: Innovation Insights from the Frontiers of Food by Vaughn Tan
RRP: £20.00£17.15Innovation is how businesses stay ahead of the competition and adapt to market conditions that change in unpredictable and uncertain ways. In the first decade of the twenty-first century, high-end cuisine underwent a profound transformation. Once an... -
Resilience: Why Things Bounce Back by Andrew Zolli
RRP: £10.99£7.40All systems break down. Some bounce back, others do not. This is a book about why.RESILIENCE is a book about how the world works. It covers business, economic, geographic and social systems in a thrillingly readable narrative. A wealth of absorbing... -
Breaking Boundaries: Varieties of Liminality by Agnes Horvath 9781785337499
RRP: £27.95£22.58Liminality has the potential to be a leading paradigm for understanding transformation in a globalizing world. As a fundamental human experience, liminality transmits cultural practices, codes, rituals, and meanings in situations that fall between... -
Striking Women: Struggles & Strategies of South Asian Women Workers from Grunwick to Gate Gourmet by Anitha Sundari 9781912064861
RRP: £18.00£17.03Who were the women who fought back at Grunwick and Gate Gourmet? Striking Women gives a voice to the women involved as they discuss their lives, their work and their trade unions. Striking Women is centred on two industrial disputes, the famous...