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Paperback. This topical new book by Zygmunt Bauman explores the notion of identity in the modern world. As we grapple with the insecurity and uncertainty of liquid modernity, Bauman argues that our socio-political, cultural, professional, religious and sexual identities are undergoing a process of continual transformation. Series: Themes for the 21st Century Series. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: JH; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 189 x 137 x 9. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 140
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745633091
- ISBN
- 9780745633091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.67
€ 20.67
Paperback. New in paperback, this book, is likely to be adopted on many courses covering the Holocaust. A unique but disturbing book - winner of the 1989 European Amalfi Prize for Sociology and Social Sciences. The hardback received enormous acclaim. Zygmunt Bauman is one of the world's leading social theorists. Num Pages: 238 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745609300
- ISBN
- 9780745609300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.53
€ 31.53
Paperback. Management has been one of the driving forces of the last century, indeed an idea and a language that colonized most other institutions, areas of human activity and walks of life, even those that had until recently been regarded as completely unmanageable, such as art, academia and creativity. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JH; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509502226
- ISBN
- 9781509502226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.00
€ 22.00
Paperback. * The latest book by Zygmunt Bauman, one of the most original and influential social thinkers of our time. * Offers an original analysis of the central figure of our contemporary, 'liquid--modern' times -- the man or woman with no fixed or durable bonds. Num Pages: 176 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745624891
- ISBN
- 9780745624891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.12
€ 22.12
Paperback.
Today the smallest details of our daily lives are tracked and traced more closely than ever before, and those who are monitored often cooperate willingly with the monitors. From London and New York to New Delhi, Shanghai and Rio de Janeiro, video cameras are a familiar and accepted sight in public places. Series: Polity Conversations Series. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662831
- ISBN
- 9780745662831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.06
€ 22.06
Paperback. Today we hear much talk of crisis and comparisons are often made with the Great Depression of the 1930s, but there is a crucial difference that sets our current malaise apart from the 1930s: today we no longer trust in the capacity of the state to resolve the crisis and to chart a new way forward. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745680958
- ISBN
- 9780745680958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.42
€ 28.42
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
€ 26.84
€ 26.84
Hardcover. Today we hear much talk of crisis and comparisons are often made with the Great Depression of the 1930s, but there is a crucial difference that sets our current malaise apart from the 1930s: today we no longer trust in the capacity of the state to resolve the crisis and to chart a new way forward. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745680941
- ISBN
- 9780745680941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.07
€ 75.07
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745636801
- ISBN
- 9780745636801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.01
€ 23.01
Paperback. This book stands as a testimony to Bauman's belief in the enduring relevance of sociology. But it is also a call to us all to start questioning the world in which we live and to transform ourselves from being the victims of circumstance into the makers of our own history. For that, at the end of the day, is the use of sociology. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 217 x 11. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745671253
- ISBN
- 9780745671253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.02
€ 22.02
Paperback. The passage from 'solid' to 'liquid' modernity has created a new and unprecedented setting for individual life pursuits, confronting individuals with a series of challenges never before encountered. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 137 x 9. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745639871
- ISBN
- 9780745639871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.02
€ 15.02
Hardcover. * This is an engaging new book from one of the most influential and widely read sociologists in the world today. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745655697
- ISBN
- 9780745655697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.82
€ 65.82
Paperback. A brilliant new book by Zygmunt Bauman, one of the most original and influential social thinkers writing today. Bauman examines how, in our liquid modern society, individuals are required to choose their own lives and give meaning and purpose to them. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745643267
- ISBN
- 9780745643267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.26
€ 23.26
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
€ 22.51
€ 22.51
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
€ 72.14
€ 72.14
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
€ 22.12
€ 22.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509507603
- ISBN
- 9781509507603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.00
€ 22.00
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.95
€ 36.99
€ 33.95
Free Time and Leisure Participation: International Perspectives
Zuzanek, Jimi. Ed(S): Cushman, G.; Veal, A. J...
hardcover. This title is an expanded and updated edition of a previous work entitled "World Leisure Participation: Free Time in the Global Village", by the same authors (CABI, 1996). It brings together the results of national leisure participaiton surveys from around the world. Editor(s): Cushman, G.; Veal, A. J. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1030.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cabi United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851996202
- ISBN
- 9780851996202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 211.88
€ 211.88
Hardcover. Editor(s): Zuberi, Rian. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 183 x 14. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631173646
- ISBN
- 9781631173646
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 213.68€ 149.27
€ 213.68
€ 149.27
Hardback. Zsuzsa Berend presents a methodologically innovative ethnography of the surrogacy support website in the United States. The Online World of Surrogacy documents collective meaning-making practices that unfold online, and explores their practical, emotional, and moral implications. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785332746
- ISBN
- 9781785332746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.45
€ 156.45
Paperback. Editor(s): Trodd, Zoe. Series: The John Harvard Library. Num Pages: 576 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JH; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674027633
- ISBN
- 9780674027633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.62
€ 36.99
€ 31.62
Paperback. Zoe H. Wool explores how the most severely injured veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars rehabilitating at Walter Reed Medical Center-whether recovering from losing a limb or sustaining a traumatic brain injury-struggle to build some kind of ordinary life in a situation that is anything but ordinary. Series: Critical Global Health: Evidence, Efficacy, Ethnography. Num Pages: 264 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822360032
- ISBN
- 9780822360032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.95
€ 35.99
€ 33.95
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253002334
- ISBN
- 9780253002334
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.09
€ 57.09