What is the cultural dimension of sustainability? This book offers a thought-provoking answer, with a theoretical synthesis on" cultures of sustainability". Describing how modernity degenerated into a culture of unsustainability, to which the arts are contributing, Sacha Kagan e…
Presents the recognition of Americanism as an ideology, an articulation of the nation's rightful place in the world, a set of traditions, a political language, and a cultural style imbued with political meaning. This collection of essays stirs up debates in response to the perva…
Many people think of Sweden as a compilation of four stereotypes: sex, suicide, socialism and spirits. Unfair and just plain incorrect according to this bicultural author team. True to its title the book traces many of Sweden's cultural traits back to its Viking heritage: self-…
This book examines how African-American writers and visual artists interweave icon and inscription in order to re-present the black female body, traditionally rendered alien and inarticulate within Western discursive and visual systems. Brown considers how the writings of Toni M…
Using an impressive array of material from literature, archaeology and social theory, and demonstrating an abiding interest in Freud's work and its influence on his own, Edward Said explores the profound implications in Moses and Monotheism for middle-east politics today. He pro…
How is social life lived today? What social relations and responsibilities do we recognize? Is there any sense in which contemporary social life can be described as 'ethical'? In this exciting book Maffesoli argues that the conventional approaches to understanding society and so…
