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Society & culture: general

Hardback. Series: Media Business and Innovation. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; KCD; KCL; KJH; KJSM; KNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 497.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319305103
ISBN
9783319305103
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.35

Paperback. In 1900 over five million Jews lived in the Russian empire; today, there are four times as many Russian-speaking Jews residing outside the former Soviet Union than there are in that region. The New Jewish Diaspora is the first English-language study of the Russian-speaking Jewish diaspora. Editor(s): Gitelman, Zvi. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 figures, 22 tables. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813576282
ISBN
9780813576282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.06

Paperback. Written in honor of one of the foremost observers of nationalism and culture in Central and Eastern Europe, this volume brings together 35 eminent scholars from the United States, Canada, Ukraine, and Poland. Supplemented by a bibliography of the work of Roman Szporluk, these fresh, urgent essays mirror Szporluk's broad and comparativist approach. Editor(s): Gitelman, Zvi Y.; etc. Num Pages: 646 pages, 25ill.22tabs. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DV; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1110.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
646
Condition
New
SKU
V9780916458935
ISBN
9780916458935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.75

Hardback. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813576299
ISBN
9780813576299
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.45

Concealed for two centuries and known only to a select individual in each generation, the "Scroll of Secrets" is the hidden Messianic vision of R Nachman of Bratslav. This book initiates a discussion of an intriguing Hasidism that excites scholars and broad circles within the Jewish and Israeli publics. Series: Reference Library of Jewish Intellectual History. Num Pages: 320 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 608.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934843932
ISBN
9781934843932
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.72

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 590 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JFSR1; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 999.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
590
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691646367
ISBN
9780691646367
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 302.74

Paperback / so. Series: Forschung Politikwissenschaft. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
Edition
abridged ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9783810025401
ISBN
9783810025401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.90

hardcover. This revised work adds 15 years to the life stories of the African Americans whose opportunities were dramatically changed by a nationally prominent educational opportunity programme that provided scholarships for disadvantaged people of colour to attend the same boarding schools as wealthy whites. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JFSL3; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742516205
ISBN
9780742516205
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.82

Paperback. This revised work adds 15 years to the life stories of the African Americans whose opportunities were dramatically changed by a nationally prominent educational opportunity programme that provided scholarships for disadvantaged people of colour to attend the same boarding schools as wealthy whites. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JFSL3; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 147 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742516212
ISBN
9780742516212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.42

Paperback. aeo A major new book by one of the most original thinkers today. aeo Develops a distinctive argument about the a liquida nature of modernity. aeo Re--examines key concepts which look at the heart of orthodox accounts of the human condition, including the concepts of emancipation, individuality, work and community. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745624105
ISBN
9780745624105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.55

Hardback. When Freud wrote his classic Civilization and its Discontents, he was concerned with repression. Modern civilization depends upon the constraint of impulse, the limiting of self expression. Today, in the time of modernity, Bauman argues, Freuda s analysis no longer holds good, if it ever did. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745617909
ISBN
9780745617909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.45

Paperback. The production of a human wastea -- or more precisely, wasted lives, the a superfluousa populations of migrants, refugees and other outcasts -- is an inevitable outcome of modernization. It is an unavoidable side--effect of economic progress and the quest for order which is characteristic of modernity. Num Pages: 152 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
152
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745631653
ISBN
9780745631653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.48

Paperback. Refugees from the violence of wars and the brutality of famished lives have knocked on other people's doors since the beginning of time. For the people behind the doors, these uninvited guests were always strangers, and strangers tend to generate fear and anxiety precisely because they are unknown. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFD; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 125 x 189 x 15. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509512171
ISBN
9781509512171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.34

Paperback. Intends to liberate us from the thinking that renders us hopeless in the face of our own domineering governments and threats from unknown forces abroad. This work shows us we can give up belief in a hierarchical arrangement of states and powers. It challenges members of the 'knowledge class' to overcome their estrangement from the rest of society. Series: Institute for Human Sciences Vienna Lecture Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 207 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674033511
ISBN
9780674033511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.66

Paperback. .
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
100
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745671093
ISBN
9780745671093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.04

Paperback. a Globalizationa is a word that is currently much in use. This book is an attempt to show that there is far more to globalization than its surface manifestations. Unpacking the social roots and social consequences of globalizing processes, this book disperses some of the mist that surrounds the term. Series: Themes for the 21st Century Series. Num Pages: 136 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 189 x 12. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745620138
ISBN
9780745620138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.04

Hardback. Refugees from the violence of wars and the brutality of famished lives have knocked on other people's doors since the beginning of time. For the people behind the doors, these uninvited guests were always strangers, and strangers tend to generate fear and anxiety precisely because they are unknown. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFD; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 133 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Polity Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509512164
ISBN
9781509512164
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.56

Paperback. a Communitya is one of those words that feels good: it is good a to have a communitya , a to be in a communitya . And a communitya feels good because of the meanings which the word conveys, all of them promising pleasures, and more often than not the kind of pleasures which we would like to experience but seem to miss. Series: Themes for the 21st Century Series. Num Pages: 168 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 188 x 136 x 13. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745626352
ISBN
9780745626352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.66

Paperback.

Evil is not confined to war or to circumstances in which people are acting under extreme duress. Today it more frequently reveals itself in the everyday insensitivity to the suffering of others, in the inability or refusal to understand them and in the casual turning away of one s ethical gaze. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.

Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745662756
ISBN
9780745662756
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.77

Paperback. It is one thing to be poor in a society of producers and universal employment; it is quite a different thing to be poor in a society of consumers. This book considers how effective different ways of fighting poverty and relieving its hardships are. It features discussion of work on redundancy, disposability and exclusion. Series: Issues in Society. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFA; JFFT; KCB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Open University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780335215980
ISBN
9780335215980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 43.58

Paperback. * Zygmunt Bauman is one of the most original and influential social thinkers of our time. * In this new book Bauman argues that, in our contemporary liquid-modern world, culture seeks no longer to enlighten the people but to seduce them. Translator(s): Bauman, Lydia. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Polity Press
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745653556
ISBN
9780745653556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.98

Paperback. When Freud wrote his classic Civilization and its Discontents, he was concerned with repression. Modern civilization depends upon the constraint of impulse, the limiting of self expression. Today, in the time of modernity, Bauman argues, Freuda s analysis no longer holds good, if it ever did. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745617916
ISBN
9780745617916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.82

Paperback. With the advent of liquid modernity, the society of producers is transformed into a society of consumers. In this new consumer society, individuals become simultaneously the promoters of commodities and the commodities they promote. They are, at one and the same time, the merchandise and the marketer, the goods and the travelling salespeople. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745640020
ISBN
9780745640020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.79

Paperback. Zygmunt Baumana s powerful and persuasive study of the postmodern perspective on ethics is particularly welcome. For Bauman the great issues of ethics have lost none of their topicality: they simply need to be seen, and dealt with, in a wholly new way. Our era, he suggests, may actually represent a dawning, rather than a twilight, for ethics. Num Pages: 264 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFC; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631186939
ISBN
9780631186939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.78

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