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The New Conservatism: Cultural Criticism and the Historian's Debate by Jurgen Habermas
Booksplease Price: $79.14Jurgen Habermas is well known for his scholarly writings on the theoretical foundations of the human sciences. The New Conservatism brings to light another side of Habermasa s work, showing him to be... -
Reflective Practice by Janet Hargreaves
RRP: $21.92Booksplease Price: $20.63Reflective practice is an essential skill for those working in health and social care, but why is it so vital and how can it be learned? As inter-disciplinary working becomes more common, finding... -
What is Citizenship? by Derek Heater
Booksplease Price: $72.41Structured analytically, the book introduces the reader to all the facets of citizenship.Book InformationISBN 9780745622293Author Derek HeaterFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Polity... -
Uprooting by Pierre Bourdieu
RRP: $24.50Booksplease Price: $23.08Between 1954 and 1960, in the midst of the Algerian War, more than two million Algerian peasants - a quarter of the population - were forcibly resettled. They were removed from their homes and... -
The Colours of Our Memories by Michel Pastoureau
RRP: $21.92Booksplease Price: $17.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780745655727Author Michel PastoureauFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Polity PressPublisher... -
The Internet of Things Mercedes Bunz 9781509517466
RRP: $19.34Booksplease Price: $18.68More objects and devices are connected to digital networks than ever before. Things - from your phone to your car, from the heating to the lights in your house - have gathered the ability to sense... -
Making Sexual History by Jeffrey Weeks
Booksplease Price: $78.75Jeffrey Weeks has established an international reputation as one of the most original and influential writers on the social history of sexuality.Book InformationISBN 9780745621142Author Jeffrey... -
The Climate Coup by M Alizart
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $10.18Inaction by governments in the face of climate change is often attributed to a lack of political will or a denial of the seriousness of the situation, but as Mark Alizart argues in this provocative... -
Modernity and Crises of Identity: Culture and Society in Fin-de-Siecle Vienna Jacques Le Rider (Professor of German Studies, University of Paris VIII, Saint-Denis) 9780745609706
Booksplease Price: $85.49This remarkable and engaging book examines the intellectual and cultural life of turn-of-the-century Vienna, one of the most important centres of creativity in Europe. Le Rider uses the notion of... -
Photography: A Middle-Brow Art Pierre Bourdieu (College de France) 9780745617152
Booksplease Price: $23.30The everyday practice of photography by millions of amateur photographers - the family snapshots, the holiday prints, the wedding portraits - may seem to be a spontaneous and highly personal activity... -
Communication and Human Rights: Towards Communicative Justice Global Media and Communication by Cees J. Hamelink
RRP: $70.95Booksplease Price: $63.27Human rights and human communication are deeply connected: human rights need communication to expose violations and to offer platforms for dialogue, while communication needs human rights to provide... -
History and Politics – Selected Writings, Volume 2 by Z Bauman
RRP: $70.95Booksplease Price: $63.27A victim of the Nazis, then the Communists. Twice a refugee, yet always remaining a committed socialist. In countless ways, Zygmunt Bauman lived the political upheavals of the twentieth and... -
Introducing Social Work by Lena Dominelli
Booksplease Price: $22.10In this lively introduction suitable for students at any level, Lena Dominelli explores the extraordinary scope and importance of social work. Using engaging examples from contemporary social work... -
Feyerabend: Philosophy, Science and Society John Preston (University of Reading) 9780745616766
RRP: $24.50Booksplease Price: $23.08This book is the first comprehensive critical study of the work of Paul Feyerabend, one of the foremost twentieth-century philosophers of science. The book traces the evolution of Feyerabend's... -
The Tribalization of Europe: A Defence of our Liberal Values by Marlene Wind
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $13.93Tribalization is a global megatrend in today's world. The election of Donald Trump, the Brexit vote, populist movements like Catalan separatism - together with democratic backsliding in Central and... -
Ex Captivitate Salus: Experiences, 1945 - 47 Carl Schmitt 9781509511648
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $19.79When Germany was defeated in 1945, both the Russians and the Americans undertook mass internments in the territories they occupied. The Americans called their approach `automatic arrest'. Carl... -
What is Cultural Sociology? by Lyn Spillman 9781509522804
RRP: $58.05Booksplease Price: $52.31Culture, cultural difference, and cultural conflict always surround us. Cultural sociologists aim to understand their role across all aspects of social life by examining processes of meaning-making. ... -
What is Cultural Sociology? Lyn Spillman (University of Notre Dame) 9781509522811
RRP: $19.34Booksplease Price: $18.68Culture, cultural difference, and cultural conflict always surround us. Cultural sociologists aim to understand their role across all aspects of social life by examining processes of meaning-making. ... -
The Music Industry: Music in the Cloud by Patrik Wikstrom 9781509530137
RRP: $64.50Booksplease Price: $57.79Since the first edition was published in 2009, Patrik Wikstroem's The Music Industry has become a go-to text for students and scholars. This thoroughly updated third edition provides an international... -
State of Emergency: Travels in a Troubled World by Navid Kermani 9781509514700
RRP: $73.85Booksplease Price: $65.74This book ventures into the world beyond Lampedusa: the crisis belt that stretches from Kashmir across Pakistan and Afghanistan to the Arab world and beyond, to the borders and coasts of Europe... -
Sustainability by MJ Cohen 9781509540310
RRP: $70.95Booksplease Price: $63.27Sustainability is one of the buzzwords of our times and a key imperative for economic growth, technological development, social equity, and environmental quality. But what does it really mean and how... -
Digital Health Promotion: A Critical Introduction by Ivy O'Neil 9781509533305
RRP: $70.95Booksplease Price: $63.27Searching the internet for health information or using health apps on mobile devices has become part of our daily routine, yet can be just as disempowering as empowering. This engaging overview... -
Asian America by Pawan Dhingra 9781509534289
RRP: $83.85Booksplease Price: $74.63Asian Americans are the fastest growing minority population in the country. Moreover, they provide a unique lens on the wider experiences of immigrants and minorities in the United States, both... -
For a Politics of the Common Good by Alain Badiou 9781509535040
RRP: $45.15Booksplease Price: $41.34This volume of conversations between Alain Badiou and Peter Engelmann focuses on the concrete political situation in the world of today. Here the validity and applicability of Badiou's ideas are... -
Politics and Aesthetics Jacques Ranciere 9781509535026
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $12.41In this book the influential philosopher Jacques Ranciere, in discussion with Peter Engelmann, explores the enduring connection between politics and aesthetics, arguing that aesthetics forms the... -
Civil Society Michael Edwards (Ford Foundation's Governance and Civil Society Program) 9781509537358
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $19.79Now in its fourth edition, Civil Society has become a major work of reference for those who seek to understand the role of voluntary citizen action in a troubled world. Recent economic and... -
Future Metaphysics by Armen Avanessian 9781509537969
RRP: $45.15Booksplease Price: $41.34The triumph of technological rationality and of the sciences as a whole has by no means provided answers to humanity's great questions. Instead, it has raised new and old questions and problems. To... -
Family Connections: An Introduction to Family Studies by David H. J. Morgan 9780745610795
Booksplease Price: $25.43The changing nature of the family is a topic of intense public concern. It also has been the focus of research in sociology and related disciplines for many years. Family Connections is a major new... -
Netflix and Streaming Video: The Business of Subscriber-Funded Video on Demand by Amanda D. Lotz 9781509552948
RRP: $64.50Booksplease Price: $51.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781509552948Author Amanda D. LotzFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Polity PressPublisher Polity... -
Plastic Unlimited: How Corporations Are Fuelling t he Ecological Crisis and What We Can Do About It by A Mah 9781509549450
RRP: $58.05Booksplease Price: $52.31Despite the global movement to tackle plastic pollution, demand for plastics continues to rise. As the world transitions away from fossil fuels, plastics are set to be the biggest driver of oil... -
The Time of Revolt by Donatella Di Cesare 9781509548385
RRP: $51.60Booksplease Price: $46.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781509548385Author Donatella Di CesareFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Polity PressPublisher... -
What is Historical Sociology? by Richard Lachmann 9780745660080
RRP: $51.60Booksplease Price: $46.83Sociology began as a historical discipline, created by Marx, Weber and others, to explain the emergence and consequences of rational, capitalist society. Today, the best historical sociology combines... -
From Ashes to Text: Andean Literature of Sexual Di ssidence in the 20th Century by Travez 9781509550159
RRP: $70.95Booksplease Price: $59.31According to some chronicles from the period, the violent arrival of the Spanish Conquerors to the Andes in the sixteenth century led to sex-dissident people who lived outside the... -
Geography: Why It Matters by Alexander B. Murphy 9781509523009
Booksplease Price: $59.71Ever since humans sketched primitive maps in the dirt, the quest to understand our surroundings has been fundamental to our survival. Studying geography revealed that the earth was round, showed our... -
Spheres of Insurrection: Notes on Decolonizing the Unconscious by Suely Rolnik 9781509552856
RRP: $64.50Booksplease Price: $57.79As the globalized regime of neoliberal capitalism consolidates its grip on the world, it refines the micropolitics proper to the capitalist system and makes it more perverse. This micropolitics... -
Masters: The Invisible War of the Powerful Against Their Subjects by Marco D'Eramo 9781509557431
RRP: $70.95Booksplease Price: $50.85From the breweries of Colorado and the faculties of Harvard to the Nobel Prize ceremonies in Stockholm, Marco D’Eramo guides us through the places where a new war has been thought out, planned and... -
Subjectivity Transformed: The Cultural Foundation of Liberty in Modernity by Thomas Vesting 9781509553358
RRP: $70.95Booksplease Price: $63.66This book provides an historically informed reconstruction of the social practices that have shaped the formation of the modern subject from the early modern period to the present. The formal legal... -
In the Name of Sharks by François Sarano 9781509557660
RRP: $70.95Booksplease Price: $51.24Twenty metres below water, the oceanographer François Sarano came face to face with a five-and-a-half metre great white shark. Seduced by the gentle elegance of this majestic creature, Sarano... -
Recognition in the Age of Social Media by Bruno Campanella 9781509544561
RRP: $64.50Booksplease Price: $58.36The desire to be recognized is a basic human trait. In contemporary society, social media platforms play a key role in defining how processes of recognition take shape. To post, to like, or to... -
Claudia Jones: Visions of a Socialist America by Denise Lynn 9781509549306
RRP: $70.95Booksplease Price: $50.85Activist, journalist, and visionary Claudia Jones was one of the most important advocates of emancipation in the twentieth century. Arguing for a socialist future and the total emancipation of...