Society & culture: general
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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
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Condition: New
€ 55.03
€ 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
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.42
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.50
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 121.87
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.19
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 54.75
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 56.44
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 51.03
€ 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
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 25.82
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.28
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.29
€ 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
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 59.41€ 46.81
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 83.17€ 58.29
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 138.75
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 141.12