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Sociology & anthropology
Paperback. Series: Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FC; DS; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253017604
- ISBN
- 9780253017604
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Condition: New
€ 33.91
€ 33.91
Hardcover. Argues that in highly constrained, 'civilised' societies, sports - as well as a spectrum of other cultural and leisure activities - are to be understood not in terms of 'relaxation' but rather of the need for pleasurable excitement and its pleasurable resolution. Editor(s): Dunning, Eric. Series: Collected Works of Norbert Elias. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 167 x 244 x 38. Weight in Grams: 726. Sport and Leisure in the Civilising Process. Series: Collected Works of Norbert Elias. 352 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Dunning, Eric. Argues that in highly constrained, 'civilised' societies, sports - as well as a spectrum of other cultural and leisure activities - are to be understood not in terms of 'relaxation' but rather of the need for pleasurable excitement and its pleasurable resolution. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: JHBS. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 34. Weight: 722.
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press Dublin
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904558439
- ISBN
- 9781904558439
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.26€ 54.63
€ 59.26
€ 54.63
Paperback. An assessment of the US military programme in which anthropologists and other social scientists researched societies at war in Iraq and Afghanistan Editor(s): McFate, Montgomery; Laurence, Janice H. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1FCA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 217 x 319. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849044219
- ISBN
- 9781849044219
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 46.91
€ 52.99
€ 46.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 340 pages, 13 halftones, 15 line drawings. BIC Classification: ASD; GTC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226315492
- ISBN
- 9780226315492
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.73
€ 40.99
€ 31.73
Hardback. Levi-Strauss measures the short distance between "complex" and "primitive" societies and finds a shared madness in the ways we enact myth, ritual, and custom. Yet he also locates a pure and persistent ethics that connects the center of Western civilization to far-flung societies and forces a reckoning with outmoded ideas of morality and reason. Translator(s): Todd, Jane Marie. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231170680
- ISBN
- 9780231170680
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.14
€ 29.99
€ 22.14
Paperback. The body is a site of impassioned, fraught and complex debate in the West today. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 213 x 16. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745648880
- ISBN
- 9780745648880
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.89
€ 23.99
€ 23.89
Paperback. In The Tact of Teaching bestselling author Max van Manen offers teachers at every level an original and inspiring interpretation of the notion of pedagogy, one that searches for its roots in the experience of in loco parentis. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3; JHB; JNA; JNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Left Coast Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629584188
- ISBN
- 9781629584188
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 50.58
€ 50.99
€ 50.58
Paperback. Explores decisive moments when the traditional boundaries of fiction/nonfiction, truth, and falsehood blur. This book argues that a history of social representation in film, television, and video requires an understanding of the fate of both contemporary and older work. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 12. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253209009
- ISBN
- 9780253209009
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.79
€ 20.99
€ 20.79
Paperback. Focuses on the interplay between two modes of human existence: that of participating in other peoples' lives and that of turning inward to one's self. This title shows how the historical complexities and particularities found in human interactions reveal the dilemmas, conflicts, cares, and concerns that shape all of our lives. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272354
- ISBN
- 9780520272354
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. Series: The Wilder House Series in Politics, History & Culture. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JH; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801495922
- ISBN
- 9780801495922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.64
€ 35.64
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319563329
- ISBN
- 9783319563329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.92€ 58.30
€ 165.92
€ 58.30
Paperback. Traces the discourse that contributed to the locating of a different criterion of death in the brain, and its routinization in clinical practice in North America. This book demonstrates that death is not self-evident, that the space between life and death is historically and culturally constructed, fluid, multiple, and open to dispute. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 441 pages, 21 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBZ; JHM; MBX; MNQ; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 441
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520228146
- ISBN
- 9780520228146
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.19
€ 38.99
€ 28.19
Paperback. A richly detailed account of the lived experiences of ordinary people in this multicultural city between 1992 and 1996, during the war in the former Yugoslavia. Exploring how civilians coped with desperate circumstances, it argues that ethnonational divisions were the result rather than the cause of the war. Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; HBW; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812221893
- ISBN
- 9780812221893
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.58
€ 32.99
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Paperback. Now available in paperback, this book offers a major statement of Bourdieua s theoretical approach, illustrating it with examples from anthropology. It will consolidate his reputation as one of the most original and exciting theorists in the social sciences today. Num Pages: 344 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 27. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745610153
- ISBN
- 9780745610153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.24
€ 26.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 148 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 200 x 9. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Lantern Books,US United States
- Number of pages
- 148
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590563397
- ISBN
- 9781590563397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.73
€ 13.99
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Paperback. Suitable for students and those who want to take their technical skills for instructors who want a text for second methods course, this title teaches social scientists how to get out of their technical skills and tools, providing a resource that describes strategies and concepts no researcher or student of human behavior can do without. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 line illus. 7 tables. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691135670
- ISBN
- 9780691135670
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.86
€ 42.99
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Paperback. Num Pages: 404 pages, 180 b/w illus. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 174 x 20. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Publisher
- Spinifex Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 404
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781876756918
- ISBN
- 9781876756918
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.53
€ 40.99
€ 26.53
Hardcover. Over the last decade, community participation in the design process has become a required part of the work of virtually all design, building, and land development professionals. Num Pages: 320 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: AK; AMVD; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471355458
- ISBN
- 9780471355458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.36
€ 103.36
Paperback. From mobile phones to consoles, tablets and PCs, we are now a generation of gamers. The PlayStation Dreamworld is to borrow a phrase from Slavoj i ek the pervert's guide to videogames. It argues that we can only understand the world of videogames via Lacanian dream analysis. Series: Theory Redux. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; HPN; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509518036
- ISBN
- 9781509518036
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Condition: New
€ 21.27
€ 21.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 halftones. 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPR; 3JM; JFFE; JHB; JPFM; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691171968
- ISBN
- 9780691171968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.78
€ 42.99
€ 30.78
Paperback. An anthology that provides the comprehensive overview for understanding the relationship between religion and violence - historically, culturally, and in the contemporary world. It includes original source materials justifying violence from various religious perspectives: Hindu, Chinese, Christian, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist. Editor(s): Juergensmeyer, Mark; Kitts, Margo. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: HRAM9; JFFE; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 236 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691129143
- ISBN
- 9780691129143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.32
€ 37.99
€ 27.32
Paperback. Series: Social Research Today. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 191 x 27. Weight in Grams: 984.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 6th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415530187
- ISBN
- 9780415530187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.61
€ 58.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JHBL; KJH; KJU. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415703062
- ISBN
- 9780415703062
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.53
€ 57.53
Paperback. This text puts Sigmund Freud in dialogue with Franz Rosenzwig in the service of re-imagining ethical and political life. Santner makes an argument for understanding revelation in theraputic terms and offers a look at how this understanding suggests ways of re-conceiving political community. Num Pages: 164 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRCM; JHBA; JMAF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226734880
- ISBN
- 9780226734880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.82
€ 31.99
€ 24.82