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Conversations with Michael Hviid Jacobsen and Keith Tester
What's the use of sociology? The question has been asked often enough and it leaves a lingering doubt in the minds of many. At a time when there is wi...
"An examination of humanitarianism in Western society. Argues that humanitarianism has become a staple part of modern media and celebrity culture"--RīŋŊ...
Impending environmental catastrophe, threat of terrorism, viruses both biological and virtual, disease: there seem to be so many reasons to panic toda...
Film as Theology
Eric Rohmer was one of the figures of French New Wave cinema. This book emphasizes the theological dimension of Rohmer's work and explores the importa...
Zygmunt Bauman is one of the leading figures in contemporary social thought. His work ranges across issues of ethics, culture and politics. It never f...
Timely and original, this collection of essays from the leading figures in their fields throws new and valuable light on the significance and future o...
Postmodernity is often claimed as a great transformation in society and culture. But is it? In this book, Keith Tester casts a cautious eye on such gr...
First published in 1994. The media report terrible events. But the academic study of the media is increasingly trivial and lacking in moral seriousnes...
Critical Appraisals, Conversations and Annotated Bibliography 1989-2005
The acclaimed Bauman Before Postmodernity started a project to provide a complete critical bibliography of the work of Zygmunt Bauman, one the world's...
The Humanity of Animal Rights
Animals and Society uses a variety of historical sources and a coherent social theory to tell the story of the invention of animal rights. It moves fr...
'Postmodernity' is often claimed as a great transformation in society and culture. But is it? In this book Keith Tester casts a cautious eye on such g...
Zygmunt Bauman is one of the most important contemporary social thinkers. He has changed the way we think about the Holocaust, postmodernity and globa...
In the light of globalization's failure provide the universal panacea expected by some of its more enthusiastic proponents, and the current status of ...
This major study discusses some of the meanings and preconditions of freedom, responsibility and social order. The author argues that these are proble...
First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company....
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Invitation, Conversations and Annotated Bibliography 1953-1989
This book is essential reading for anyone who is interested in the work of Zygmunt Bauman. It contains original conversations with Bauman and a detail...
Social Contradictions of European Modernity
Keith Tester examines modernity through the prism of the two sovereigns - of the individual and the collectivity. It is a stimulating meditation on th...
Book on sociology and morality...
Proceedings of the Anniversary Conference Celebrating Ten Years of Sociology in Aalborg
What is the role of sociology in society? How can - and should - sociology contribute with insights relevant and useful to the outside world? Is socio...
Explores the ideals and contradictions of civil society. The author produces a storehouse of original and provocative ideas about questions of citizen...
Films about Life after Death
Bergman was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century, with his charge continuing to the present because of the relentless honesty with ...