социология
От парадоксов к теории
Станислав Пчелинцев
Предлагаемая вниманию читателей книга представляет собой один из альтернативных образов будущего, опирающийся на инженерно-системный подход, и даёт конкретные ответы на ряд вопросов. В каком обществе мы живём? Чем отличается стратегическое...
Блокнот медиасоциолога
Сергей Геннадьевич Давыдов
В книге собраны тексты, подготовленные по результатам специальных исследований медиа «media ad hoc». Представленные материалы делают более осязаемой историю российской медиаиндустрии первых пятнадцати лет XXI века. Можно с уверенностью сказать,...
Making the Familiar Unfamiliar
Zygmunt Bauman
Shortly before his death, Zygmunt Bauman spent several days in conversation with the Swiss journalist Peter Haffner. Out of these conversations emerged this book in which Bauman shows himself to be the pre-eminent social thinker for which he...
El Dios Escandaloso
Guido Pagliarino
Nueva edici?n corregida y aumentada por el autor: Muy a menudo no se estudian la historia del cristianismo ni su pensamiento genuino y la mayor parte de los creyentes practicantes, por no hablar de los dem?s, no profundizan en la historia y la...
Commodification and Its Discontents
Nicholas Abercrombie
Should human organs be bought and sold? Is it right that richer people should be able to pay poorer people to wait in a queue for them? Should objects in museums ever be sold? The assumption underlying such questions is that there are things...
Социология 2-е изд., испр. и доп. Учебное пособие для СПО
Виктор Николаевич Плаксин
Учебник представляет собой краткое изложение основ социологии как учебной дисциплины, изучаемой студентами образовательных учреждений среднего профессионального образования. Издание включает тестовые задания для самостоятельной работы студентов.
Социология 2-е изд., испр. и доп. Учебное пособие для СПО
Борис Акимович Исаев
В учебном пособии раскрыты все основные теоретические темы и вопросы прикладного характера по дисциплине «Социология». Рассматриваются зарождение и история развития социологической науки и современное ее состояние, теоретические подходы к...
The Sociology of Identity
Wayne H. Brekhus
How do people think about their identities? How do they express themselves individually and as part of collective groups, social movements, organizations, neighborhoods, or nations? <br /><br />Identity has important consequences for...
The Disappearance of Rituals
Byung-Chul Han
Untrammelled neoliberalism and the inexorable force of production have produced a 21st century crisis of community: a narcissistic cult of authenticity and mass turning-inward are among the pathologies engendered by it. We are individuals afloat...
Sociology of the Arts
Victoria D. Alexander
Explains the key concepts, theories, and studies in the sociology of the arts—the fully updated new edition of the classic textbook Sociology of the Arts is a comprehensive yet accessible review of sociological approaches to studying the...
Cryptocommunism
Mark Alizart
Cryptocurrencies are often associated with right-wing political movements, or even with the alt-right. They are the preserve of libertarians and fans of Ayn Rand and Friedrich Hayek. With their promotion of anonymity and individualism, there’s...
The New Latin America
Manuel Castells
Latin America has experienced a profound transformation in the first two decades of the 21st century: it has been fully incorporated into the global economy, while excluding regions and populations devalued by the logic of capitalism....
The Colonialism of Human Rights
Colin Samson
Do so-called universal human rights apply to indigenous, formerly enslaved and colonized peoples?<br /><br />This trenchant book brings human rights into conversation with the histories and afterlives of Western colonialism and...
Pandemic!
Slavoj ?i?ek
As an unprecedented global pandemic sweeps the planet, who better than the supercharged Slovenian philosopher Slavoj iek to uncover its deeper meanings, marvel at its mind-boggling paradoxes and speculate on the profundity of its...
The Tribalization of Europe
Marlene Wind
Tribalization is a global megatrend in today’s world. The election of Donald Trump, the Brexit vote, populist movements like Catalan separatism – together with democratic backsliding in Central and Eastern Europe – are all examples of...
Concepts of the Self
Anthony Elliott
This new, updated edition provides a lively, lucid and compelling introduction to contemporary controversies over the self and self-identity in the social sciences and humanities. In an accessible and concise format, the book ranges from...
Whiteness in America
Monica McDermott
When Americans think about race, “white” is often the furthest thing from their minds. Yet whiteness colors so much of social life in the United States, from the organization and maintenance of social structures to an individual’s sense of...
Enrichment
Luc Boltanski
This book offers a major new account of modern capitalism and of the ways in which value and wealth are created today. Boltanski and Esquerre argue that capitalism in the West has recently undergone a fundamental transformation characterized by...
Why Race Still Matters
Alana Lentin
'Why are you making this about race?' This question is repeated daily in public and in the media. Calling someone racist in these times of mounting white supremacy seems to be a worse insult than racism itself. In our supposedly...
Society of Singularities
Andreas Reckwitz
Our contemporary societies place more and more emphasis on the singular and the unique. The industrial societies of the early 20th century produced standardized products, cities, subjects and organizations which tended to look the same, but in...
Grief
Svend Brinkmann
Wherever love and death meet there is grief. It affects us all regardless of ethnicity, age, class, or sexual orientation. Grief is universal – it has endured across time, societies and cultures from the earliest human communities to the present...
Durkheim and After
Philip Smith
?mile Durkheim’s major works are among the founding texts of the discipline of sociology, but his importance lies also in his immense legacy and subsequent influence upon others. <br /><br />In this book, Philip Smith examines not...
Intersectionality
Patricia Hill Collins
The concept of intersectionality has become a central topic in academic and activist circles alike. But what exactly does it mean, and why has it emerged as such a vital lens through which to explore how social inequalities of race, class,...
How Social Movements Can Save Democracy
Donatella della Porta
The birth of democracies owes much to the interventions and mobilizations of ordinary people. Yet many feel as though they have inherited democratic institutions which do not deliver for the people – that a rigid democratic process has been...
Should Robots Replace Teachers?
Neil Selwyn
Developments in AI, robotics and big data are changing the nature of education. Yet the implications of these technologies for the teaching profession are uncertain. While most educators remain convinced of the need for human teachers, outside...
