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Culture is the spiritual activity and product of human society relative to economy and politics. The traditional concept of human beings believes that culture is a social phenomenon, a product created by human beings for a long time, and at...
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Atlantis Press
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2026-02-26
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Getting older isn't for the faint-hearted - but it can be a lot of fun.In this candid, uplifting, and funny book, Prue Leith explores the trials and taboos of growing older - along with its unexpected joys. Part memoir and part reflection, Being Old and Learning to Love...
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Short Books
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2026-02-26
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Albert Piette chose to “note”, regretting that he was not an artist who could express “time”. As an anthropologist, he has transformed his fear of time into acts of noting that have become central to his own work. His father, his daughters’ childhoods, the moments of a...
Editeur :
Mimesis International
Parution :
2026-02-25
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Across different cities, countries, and continents, the women's liberation movement grew from the grassroots, beginning with small discussion groups in the late 1960s to thousands marching in the streets less than a decade later. Political positions varied and methods...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2026-02-25
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This book interrogates John Singleton’s 1995 Black cult classic film Higher Learning, set on a fictitious American college campus, as a harbinger of Donald Trump’s successful 2016 and 2024 presidential campaigns, the 2017 Unite the Right Rally, reenergized...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-02-24
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This book presents visual ethnography as a transformative approach to understanding, documenting, and representing the layered realities of marginalized communities and often-overlooked institutional contexts. It demonstrates how visual storytelling tools ranging...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-02-24
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Grounded in her experience as a blackbelt, self-defense instructor, and globally recognized organizer, Rana Abdelhamid offers a bold, urgent roadmap to a safer world. Abdelhamid wants every woman and survivor of gender-based violence to be able to defend themselves, and...
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Algonquin Books
Parution :
2026-02-24
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This book provides a twofold critique of mainstream political theory, drawing on feminisms to develop a more comprehensive understanding of migration. Grounded in both a critical cosmopolitan approach and the ethics and politics of care, the book shows what a feminist...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-02-23
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This book explores China’s growing use of digital platforms as instruments of soft power, with a particular focus on the strategic deployment of TikTok in shaping global narratives. At the intersection of international relations, media studies, and Chinese foreign...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-02-23
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The history of the Italian peninsula is characterized by exposure to natural hazards due to geological fragility, intense volcanic and seismic activity, and hydrographic vulnerability associated with the Mediterranean climate. This volume aims to explore how Italian...
Editeur :
Mimesis International
Parution :
2026-02-23
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Das Thema des Buches bildet der Toyotismus als im globalen Maßstab dominantes Produktionsmodell. Infolge seines weltweiten Transfers unter dem Etikett der „schlanken Produktion“ kommt es sowohl im verarbeitenden als auch im Dienstleistungssektor zur...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2026-02-23
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This book explores the interconnections between biodiversity, cultural knowledge, and resource management in Lanna in Northern Thailand, and Northeast India. By examining traditional practices, economic activities, and gender roles, the book contributes to the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2026-02-21
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This book is the second volume in the two-volume set Artificial Intelligence and Discourse. It explores how generative AI tools such as ChatGPT-3, ChatGPT-4, Gemini, and CoPilot are transforming human–machine interaction and communication across institutions and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-02-21
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This Handbook addresses the role of the criminal-legal system in projecting and enforcing racial injustice across the globe. It consists of high-profile contributions that expose structural relations, global colonial and imperial histories, class oppression, and ongoing...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-02-21
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This book advances the Capability Approach as an ethical, people-centred framework for social impact assessment in development practice. Focusing on two Australian Government–funded WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) projects in rural Vietnam and Cambodia, it...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-02-21
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This book is about words that fool us into thinking that the digital technologies we use every day are beautiful, benign, and consequence-free. The collection shows how metaphors used by Big Tech to promote digital technologies are reductive or misleading. With a...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-02-20
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This volume draws on existentialist ideas from philosophy, psychology and sociology to explore some intriguing questions. How do good people commit evil deeds? Which parts of our selves do we try to hide from others – and from ourselves? How do we find a balance...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-02-20
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This book examines the transformative potential of arts on Afghan society, specifically focusing on how artistic praxes have shaped and influenced social dynamics and identity. Theorising sociocultural responses to military interventions, political instability and...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-02-20
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This book examines the development of global cities in Indonesia and proposes a new paradigm for urban development, grounded in inclusive social development. Inclusive development is defined as a new approach to development by developing an increasingly open...
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Springer
Parution :
2026-02-20
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This book investigates the widespread and persistent human rights violations against Dalits in India, with a focus on the erstwhile central Bihar from 1977 to the present day. Drawing on historical data, field interviews, judicial records, and human rights reports, the...
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Springer
Parution :
2026-02-20
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