"In this succinct theoretical text, Amin examines the changing notion of crisis in capitalism; misconceptions of the free market model; the various distortions of Marx's method; the role of culture in revolutions; the decline of the "law of value" in economics; the philosophical…
"This book is about being disabled and being poor and the social, cultural and political processes that link these two aspects of living. Environmental barriers, limited access to services and discriminatory attitudes and practice are among key elements that drive disabled peopl…
To remain unconsumed by consumer society-this was the goal, pursued through a world of subtle and practical means, that beckoned throughout the first volume of The Practice of Everyday Life. The second volume of the work delves even deeper than did the first into the subtle tact…
Gender and the city before modernity
L'auteur propose une étude comparée des civilisations disparues pour démontrer qu'il n'existe aucun cas dans lequel l'effondrement d'une société serait attribuable aux seuls dommages écologiques. D'autres facteurs, au nombre de cinq, entrent toujours potentiellement en jeu. Cett…
Somme toute, la question essentielle, pour la compréhension de l'état du monde contemporain, est celle de l'inégale répartition des richesses entre les sociétés : pourquoi une telle domination de l'Eurasie dans l'histoire? Pourquoi ne sont-ce pas les indigènes d'Amérique, les Af…
Exploring the dark side of the theories put forth by such icons as Norman Vincent Peale and Eckhart Tolle by looking to both ancient philosophy and current business theory, Burkeman--a feature writer for British newspaper The Guardian--offers up the counterintuitive idea that on…
A revelation of turn-of-the-century Vienna where out of a crisis of political and social disintegration, so much of modern art and thought was born.
A revelation of turn-of-the-century Vienna where out of a crisis of political and social disintegration, so much of modern art and thought was born.
