Télécharger le livre :  Natural History of Silence
In our busy, noisy world, we may find ourselves longing for silence. But what is silence exactly? Is it the total absence of sound? Or is it the absence of the sound created by humans – the kind of deep stillness you might experience in a remote mountain landscape...

Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2024-11-05
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Télécharger le livre :  What is Feminist Sociology?
What does it mean to say that there is a feminist sociology? And how might we engage the full potential of a “feminist sociological imagination”? These questions lie at the heart of Jo Reger’s slim guide to a powerful tool, which has a long history in US sociology and...

Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2024-10-30
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Télécharger le livre :  Cities Rethought
In a world of disruptions and seemingly endless complexity, cities have become central to thinking about the future of humanity. Yet the study of cities is fragmented among different silos of expertise, diverse genres of scholarship, and widening chasms between theory...

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Télécharger le livre :  Post-Comedy
Not so long ago, comedy and laughter were a shared experience of relief, as Freud famously argued. At their best, ribbing, roasting, piss-taking and insulting were the foundation of a kind of universal culture from which friendship, camaraderie and solidarity could...

Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2024-10-29
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Télécharger le livre :  Theory of Modern Drama
Theory of the Modern Drama is a brilliant analysis of the emergence and development of modern drama from the Renaissance to the present day. Szondi shows how the rise of modern drama was linked to broader social processes and expressed some of the beliefs characteristic...

Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2024-10-25
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Télécharger le livre :  Civil Repair
This book challenges the pessimism that has so marked, and impoverished, social theorizing about modern life. Modernity has often been dark and debilitating, but it has also generated hope for a better life and extraordinary reforms and liberations, from the creation of...

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Parution : 2024-10-25
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Télécharger le livre :  Undisciplined
Undisciplined is an odyssey into possibility. Challenging us to break free from limiting strictures and structures, it encourages readers to envision just futures and reflect on the inner transformation required to become the custodians of those worlds.In a profound and...

Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2024-10-22
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Télécharger le livre :  Ibn Khaldun and the Social Sciences
Arabic and European studies of Ibn Khaldun, the great medieval polymath, follow one of two paths. In one direction, scholars interpret his Muqaddimah (‘Prolegomenon’), written in 1377, as the point at which the new social sciences emerged. They identify Ibn Khaldun’s...

Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2024-10-16
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Télécharger le livre :  Technocolonialism
With over 300 million people in need of humanitarian assistance, and with emergencies and climate disasters becoming more common, AI and big data are being championed as forces for good and as solutions to the complex challenges of the aid sector. This book argues,...

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Parution : 2024-10-16
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Télécharger le livre :  Beautiful New Sky
It was a bold, ambitious and wildly arrogant idea: extending the reach of communism into space. Spurred on by the defeat of Hitler and the competitive rivalry with the United States, the Soviet space programme saw a frenetic surge of scientific activity focused on the...

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Parution : 2024-10-15
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Télécharger le livre :  Grey Sex
Grey sex is saying “yes” but thinking “no.” It’s feeling invisible, like you’re not even in the room. It’s wondering afterwards, “is that really what I wanted?” or “did I just let that happen?” Many people have sexual experiences that fall into a grey area between...

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Parution : 2024-10-15
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Télécharger le livre :  Return to Reflexivity
This slim volume contains four little-known texts by Pierre Bourdieu on the question of reflexivity, which was a key theme in his work.  For Bourdieu, reflexivity was not an exercise in introspection but rather a way of applying the tools of sociology to itself.  The...

Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2024-10-15
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Télécharger le livre :  Mixed Signals
In the shadow of the Cold War, whispers from the cosmos fueled an unlikely alliance between the US and USSR. The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (or SETI) emerged as a foundational field of radio astronomy characterized by an unusual level of international...

Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2024-10-11
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Télécharger le livre :  Contemporary Conflict Resolution
The indispensable guide to conflict resolution in a troubled world Conflict prevention and resolution, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding have never been more important as priorities on the global agenda.The wars in Ukraine and Gaza, and tensions between the major powers...

Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2024-10-11
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Télécharger le livre :  On Tropical Grounds
On Tropical Grounds develops a new approach to the avant-garde and Surrealism in Caribbean and Atlantic studies. The book examines how islands and their tropical associations figure in the cultural and political imaginaries of the Caribbean and the Atlantic, and...

Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2024-10-11
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Télécharger le livre :  The Bailout State
How did we end up in a world where social programs are routinely cut in the name of market discipline and fiscal austerity, yet large banks get bailed out whenever they get into trouble?In The Bailout State, Martijn Konings exposes the inner workings of this sprawling...

Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2024-10-07
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Télécharger le livre :  Democratic Delusions
A free media is inextricably linked to a healthy democracy, but in many parts of the world liberal democracies are deemed to be dying or on the demise – a demise that many forms of media have enabled while heralding themselves as democracy’s saviour. The hollowing out...

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Parution : 2024-10-07
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Télécharger le livre :  Science and Politics
The recent coronavirus pandemic proved that the time-old notion seems now truer than ever: that science and politics represent a clash of cultures. But why should scientists simply “stick to the facts” and leave politics to the politicians when the world seems to be...

Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2024-10-04
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Télécharger le livre :  Cybersecurity
In the last decade, the proliferation of billions of new Internet-enabled devices and users has significantly expanded concerns about cybersecurity. How much should we worry about cyber threats and their impact on our lives, society and international affairs? Are these...

Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2024-09-27
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Télécharger le livre :  Also a History of Philosophy, Volume 2
In this second volume of his groundbreaking new work on the history of philosophy, Jürgen Habermas traces the development of Western thought from the reception of Platonism by early Christian thought, through the revolution in medieval philosophy and theology triggered...

Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2024-09-26
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