"In The End of Pax Americana, Naoki Sakai focuses on the long history of US hegemony in East Asia and the effects of its decline on contemporary conceptions of internationality. Engaging with themes of nationality in conjunction with internationality, the civilizational construc…
"In The End of Pax Americana, Naoki Sakai focuses on the long history of US hegemony in East Asia and the effects of its decline on contemporary conceptions of internationality. Engaging with themes of nationality in conjunction with internationality, the civilizational construc…
The end of Pax Americana and the nationalism of Hikikomori
by Sakai, Naoki
fromAsia-Pacific
"In The End of Pax Americana, Naoki Sakai focuses on the long history of US hegemony in East Asia and the effects of its decline on contemporary conceptions of internationality. Engaging with themes of nationality in conjunction with internationality, the civilizational construc…
"In The End of Pax Americana, Naoki Sakai focuses on the long history of US hegemony in East Asia and the effects of its decline on contemporary conceptions of internationality. Engaging with themes of nationality in conjunction with internationality, the civilizational construc…
"Naoki Sakai examines the decline of US hegemony in Japan and East Asia and its impact on national identity and legacies of imperialism."--
The uncanny frailty of human bonds, the feeling of insecurity that frailty inspires, and the conflicting desires to tighten the bonds yet keep them loose, are the principal themes of this work by Zygmunt Bauman.
"Smart, warm, uplifting, the story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine whose deadpan weirdness and unconscious wit make for an irresistible journey as she realizes the only way to survive is to open her heart. Meet Eleanor Oliphant: she struggles with appropriate social skills and…
Stigmate: les usages sociaux des handicaps
by Goffman, Erving, Kihm, Alain
fromLe sens commun
Stigmate: les usages sociaux des handicaps
by Goffman, Erving, Kihm, Alain
fromSens commun
Il y a le stigmate d'infamie, tel la fleur de lys gravée au fer rouge sur l'épaule des galériens. Il y a les stigmates sacrés qui frappent les mystiques. Il y a les stigmates que laissent la maladie ou l'accident. Il y a les stigmates de l'alcoolisme et ceux qu'inflige l'emploi …