Diese Studie - schreibt Beate Krais im "Lexikon der soziologischen Werke" - "richtet den Blick auf die Modernisierungsverlierer. ›Das Elend der Welt‹ handelt von der Zerstörung der Lebenswelten, von den durch die Globalisierung in der französischen Gesellschaft geschaffenen sozi…
"In American Abyss, Daniel E. Bender examines an array of sources -- eugenics theories, scientific studies of climate, socialist theory, and even popular novels about cavemen -- to show how intellectuals and activists came to understand industrialization in racial and gendered t…
Argues that the Disney company's version of multiculturalism is really the same "old groove"--a surreptitious colonizing force that manipulates the psychological, cultural, and political identitites of consumers, predominantly children. [back cover].
Argues that the Disney company's version of multiculturalism is really the same "old groove"--a surreptitious colonizing force that manipulates the psychological, cultural, and political identitites of consumers, predominantly children. [back cover].
"In his new book, Zoos in Postmodernism: Signs and Simulation, marine biologist Stephen Spotte lumps together public aquariums and zoological parks (which he collectively calls zoos) and treats them as cultural derivatives assessable using semiotics (the study of signs and their…
"This book argues that the negativity surrounding early reproducion is underpinned by a particular understanding of adolescence. It traces the invention of 'adolescence and the imaginary wall that the notion constructs between young people and adults."--Cover.
Dreamscapes of Modernity offers the first book-length treatment of sociotechnical imaginaries, a concept originated by Sheila Jasanoff and developed in close collaboration with Sang-Hyun Kim to describe how visions of scientific and technological progress carry with them implici…