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Society & culture: general

Paperback. This volume contains contributions from social theorists which debate the relative merits of the modernist and post-modernist approach to social enquiry, examining the relations between science, crtitique and narrative. Num Pages: 208 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557862846
ISBN
9781557862846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.03

Paperback. A collection of essays focusing on postmoderism as a concept and its relevance to a number of issues of concern to contemporary society, including the areas of politics, feminism, architecture, fashion and the visual arts. Editor(s): Boyne, Roy; Rattansi, Ali. Series: Communications & Culture S. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 397. Very good clean copy with light shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0004733
ISBN
9780333475119
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. This is the first book to collect the most important contributions to the theory of the postmodern novel over the last forty years and to guide readers through the complex questions and wide-ranging debates. The selections in this book will enable readers to place the theory of postmodern fiction in a broader intellectual and cultural context. Editor(s): Nicol, Bran. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJP; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 176 x 246 x 30. Weight in Grams: 846.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748614790
ISBN
9780748614790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.42

Paperback. '[A] critique of postmodernism - and an important..provocative book.' Labour Left Briefing Num Pages: 344 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780745307497
ISBN
9780745307497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.50

Hardback. Theologians, philosophers, literary critics and historians of ideas, approach the question of how the Judaeo-Christian tradition of theological reflection has suffered from, and will negotiate, the emergence of postmodern theory and practice in literature and criticism. Editor(s): Jasper, David. Series: Studies in Literature and Religion. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HRAB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 415.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
203
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333570623
ISBN
9780333570623
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.87

Paperback. Postmodernism has been a buzzword of contemporary society for the last decade. But how can it be defined? In this Very Short Introduction Christopher Butler challenges and explores the key ideas of postmodernists, and their engagement with theory, literature, the visual arts, film, architecture, and music. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 113 x 9. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192802392
ISBN
9780192802392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Jameson's study of the cultural, political and social implications of postmodernism. Num Pages: 449 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 712.
Publisher
Verso Books
Number of pages
449
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780860915379
ISBN
9780860915379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.19

Paperback. Featuring summaries of postmodernisma s greatest literary, cultural, and political champions written by a diverse group of scholars, Postmodernism: The Key Figures captures the dominance of a theoretical paradigm that has done nothing less than re--define the very terms of our knowledge and experience. Editor(s): Bertens, Hans; Natoli, Joseph. Num Pages: 400 pages, 0. BIC Classification: GBC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631217978
ISBN
9780631217978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.75

Paperback. Considers the work of the most influential postmodern theorists, including Lyotard and Jameson, and offers accounts both of the work of newly emerging theorists and new areas of postmodernist culture which have developed over the years, especially in law, music, dance, spatial theory, ethnography, ecology, and the new technologies. Num Pages: 340 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631200529
ISBN
9780631200529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 278 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415045131
ISBN
9780415045131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.03

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. 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. Contests the prevailing understanding of the relationship between postmodernity and Latin America by focusing on developments in Latin American, and particularly Argentine, political and literary culture. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822315209
ISBN
9780822315209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.28

Paperback. Editor(s): Hedetoft, Ulf (Professor of International Studies, Aalborg University, Denmark); Hjort, Mette. Series: Public Worlds Series. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816639373
ISBN
9780816639373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.29

Paperback. This work looks at the key issue of sovereignty, and asks how we should think about the identity of a "postnationalist" Ireland. It questions whether the sacrosanct concept of absolute national sovereignty is becoming a luxury ill afforded in the emerging new Europe. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFC; JHM; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 385 260pp. Usual library markings
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Routledge London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
SKU
KHS1017836
ISBN
9780415115032
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 26.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, 2 b/w illus. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 150 x 30. Weight in Grams: 672.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837628173
ISBN
9783837628173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.41
€ 46.81

Paperback. We are not yet at a moment that can be called postmodernity, says sociologist Ben Agger. In this study he borrows from French postmodern theory and the Frankfurt School's critical theory to address the shortcomings of postmodern theory for understanding identity, culture, race, gender and power. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742519206
ISBN
9780742519206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.78

Hardback. Postscript is the first collection of writings on the subject of conceptual writing by a diverse field of scholars in the realms of art, literature, media, as well as the artists themselves Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ5; DSB; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442649842
ISBN
9781442649842
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.72

Paperback. Editor(s): Guthrie, Lindsey E. Num Pages: 99 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFG; JNM; JNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 168 x 8. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629487793
ISBN
9781629487793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.17
€ 58.29

Paperback. Offers a critical analysis of China's "long 1990s," the tumultuous years between the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown and China's entry into the World Trade Organization in 2001. This title examines the reactions of intellectuals, authors, and filmmakers to the cultural and political shifts in 1990s China. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 352 pages, 4 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822342304
ISBN
9780822342304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardback. This book examines Chinese culture under the condition of postsocialist modernity, in which market reforms have fundamentally altered the fields of film, literature, and cultural debate. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 table, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSBH; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804758741
ISBN
9780804758741
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.75

paperback. Editor(s): Muller, Klaus. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
Condition
New
Edition
1998th Edition
SKU
V9783810018106
ISBN
9783810018106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.44

perfect. Num Pages: 223 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRC; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
Edition
1993rd Edition
SKU
V9783810009951
ISBN
9783810009951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.18

Hardcover. Explores the relation between poststructuralist thought and postcoloniality, and identifies in that interaction the expression of a particular anxiety concerning the form of theoretical writing. This book argues that this anxiety betrays an unprecedented lucidity concerning the particular challenges of writing about ourselves and others. Series: Postcolonialism Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 207 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSBH5; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846312304
ISBN
9781846312304
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.12

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