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Drawing on insights from psychology, sociology, anthropology, religion, history, and literature, this book examines early and contemporary writings of male authors from across the Arab world to explore the traditional and evolving nature of father-son relationships in...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2013-11-07
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While tracing the historical emergence of the café as a social institution and noting its multiple faces and functions in the modernity of the occident, three themes run like threads of varying texture through the chapters: the social connectivity and inclusion of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2013-11-07
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Through rich stories of African migrant women in Johannesburg, this book explores the experience of living between geographies. Author Caroline Kihato draws on fieldwork and analysis to examine the everyday lives of those inhabiting a fluid location between multiple...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2013-11-07
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The book aims to reconstruct and analyze the disputes over the Polish-Jewish past and memory in public debates in Poland between 1985 and 2012, from the discussions about Claude Lanzmann’s Shoah, Jan Blonski’s essayThe Poor Poles Look at the Ghetto, Jan Tomasz Gross’...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-11-05
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Questo è il secondo tomo di una trilogia: I. Differenziazione, non linearità, equilibrio (già pubblicato); II. Stati psichici e costanti dell’azione; III. Stati psichici e variabili dell’azione (che seguirà a breve). In questo secondo tomo si procede all’applicazione...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-11-04
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From the author of Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser's Reefer Madness: and Other Tales from the American Underground follows the money to uncover made the country rich: porn, pot and exploitation.In three linked essays, Eric Schlosser uncovers how dirty dealings and...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2013-10-31
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Twenty years ago Ulrich Beck published Risk Society, a book that called our attention to the dangers of environmental catastrophes and changed the way we think about contemporary societies. During the last two decades, the dangers highlighted by Beck have taken on new...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-10-29
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The book publishing industry is going through a period of profound and turbulent change brought about in part by the digital revolution. What is the role of the book in an age preoccupied with computers and the internet? How has the book publishing industry been...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-10-21
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The relationship between sociology and social critique has haunted the discipline since its origins. Does critique divert sociology from its scientific project? Or is critique the ultimate goal of sociology, without which the latter would be a futile activity...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-10-21
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Abortion is a contentious issue in social life but it has rarely been subjected to careful scrutiny in the social sciences. While the legalization of abortion has brought it into the public domain, it still remains a sensitive topic in many cultures, often hidden from...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-10-21
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Despite many predictions made over the last two hundred years that nation-states and nationalism are transient phenomena that will eventually fade away, the historical record and contemporary events show otherwise. Nationalism still remains the most popular, potent and...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-10-21
Collection :
Political Sociology
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Nationale Identität ist ein schillernder Begriff. Mit ihm werden sowohl individuelle und kollektive Selbst- und Fremdbilder als auch vermeintliche und tatsächliche Gemeinsamkeiten beschrieben. Er durchdringt auf vielerlei Weise das Denken und Handeln im sozialen Kontext...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2013-10-16
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The Posthuman offers both an introduction and major contribution to contemporary debates on the posthuman. Digital 'second life', genetically modified food, advanced prosthetics, robotics and reproductive technologies are familiar facets of our globally linked and...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-10-14
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Typical food is an in-vogue topic, embodying issues such as current trends in food globalization and European Union policies on agriculture and trade. It is, however, striking how little is known about its history. This book, inspired by the conference La tipicità nella...
Editeur :
P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
Parution :
2013-10-14
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Sociology 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 precision in theory-construction with the careful selection of...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-10-10
Collection :
What is Sociology?
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In this groundbreaking book, Akbar Ahmed, one of the world's leading authorities on Islam, who has worked in the Muslim world but lives in the West, explains what is going wrong in his society by referring to Islamic history and beliefs. Employing theological and...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-10-08
Collection :
Themes for the 21st Century
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Young people are regularly posited as a threat to social order and Deconstructing Youth explores why. Applying Derridean deconstruction to case studies on youth sexuality, violence and developmental neuroscience, Gabriel offers a fresh perspective on how we might attend...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2013-10-04
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Angesichts des demografischen Wandels beschäftigen sich die AutorInnen mit der Kriminalitätsentwicklung in den Bereichen Polizei, Justiz und Strafvollzug. Auf der Grundlage zahlreicher Interviews mit ExpertInnen lassen sich die relevanten Faktoren identifizieren, die...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2013-10-02
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Galt bislang die Metapher der „katholischen Arbeitertochter vom Lande“ als gängige Chiffre für nachteilige Startbedingungen für Schule und Beruf, trifft diese Stigmatisierung heute vor allem den Nachwuchs mit Migrationshintergrund. Es gibt jedoch auch hier Personen, die...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2013-10-01
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Anlässlich des 200-jährigen Jubiläums der Seminargründung in Esslingen wird die Geschichte der staatlichen Lehrerbildung in Württemberg historisch aufgearbeitet. Das Forschungsinteresse richtet sich dabei vorrangig auf das Innovationspotenzial, das von der...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2013-10-01
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