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…
This volume will appeal to the reader interested in the so-called "long crisis in the humanities" and transdisciplinary approaches as a possible way out of this. It comprises a selection of 23 essays by both established and young scholars from the United States, Slovenia, Croati…
This volume will appeal to the reader interested in the so-called "long crisis in the humanities" and transdisciplinary approaches as a possible way out of this. It comprises a selection of 23 essays by both established and young scholars from the United States, Slovenia, Croati…
International migration and mobility whether from outside the EU or in the form of free movement by EU citizens are controversial and potentially divisive issues that are and will remain at the top of the EU's political agenda. This fully revised and updated text analyses the co…
This wide-ranging and up-to-date text provides a critical study from second wave feminism to current debates in 1990s feminist theory and politics. Topics covered include liberal feminism, radical feminism, lesbian feminism and men in feminism.
"A belated, but nontheless very good effort to explore the irreconocilable tension between democracy and authoritarian, paternalist socialism in revolutionary Cuba. Informed by critical Marxism, book challenges the notion that Cuba is an excellent case of 'direct democracy,' lay…
"Krisen sie bezeichnen das, was eigentlich undenkbar ist: Die Ereignisse überschlagen sich, werden als unkalkulierbar wahrgenommen, ihr Ausgang ist ungewiss. Andererseits wird Krisen mit festen sprachlichen Mustern begegnet. In der Kommunikation wird ihnen ein logischer Ablauf, …
Through an analysis of films such as 'American Beauty', 'Blade Runner', 'Natural Born Killers' and 'Thelma and Louise', this study explores the historical and theoretical shift from the long era of modernity to an emergent postmodernity and examines its intersection with film cu…
Through an analysis of films such as American Beauty, Blade Runner, Natural Born Killers, and Thelma and Louise, Carl Boggs and Thomas Pollard explore the historical and theoretical shift from the long era of modernity to an emergent postmodernity and examine its intersection wi…
