социология
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
История социологии до начала XIX века 2-е изд., испр. и доп. Учебное пособие для академического бакалавриата
Святослав Станиславович Бразевич
В издании рассмотрены основные идеи, вопросы, концепции и теоретические конструкции осмысления социальной реальности, получившие развитие в социальной мысли и теории древности (древневосточных – китайского и еврейского обществ, античных –...
Социология девиации. Наркоситуация в молодежной среде 2-е изд. Учебное пособие для бакалавриата и магистратуры
Франц Эдмундович Шереги
В учебном пособии рассмотрены проблемы наркотизации, алкоголизации и потребления табачных изделий среди молодежи в современной России. Автором описаны факторы и мотивы, влияющие на потребление наркотиков, виды, объем потребления и источники их...
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...
Молодёжная среда – образ будущего
В. Н. Томалинцев
Молодёжь выступает наиболее активной и заметной социально-возрастной группой. В будущем неизбежно именно на неё ляжет груз решений за родную страну, окружающий мир, дальнейший путь культурно-исторического процесса.
У каждого нового поколения...
The Way We Eat Now
Bee Wilson
We never snacked like this and we never binged like this. We never had so many superfoods, or so many chips. We were never quite so confused about food, and what it actually is.This is a book about the good, the terrible and the avocado toast. A...
The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly
Jean-Dominique Bauby
‘Locked-in syndrome: paralysed from head to toe, the patient, his mind intact, is imprisoned inside his own body, unable to speak or move. In my case, blinking my left eyelid is my only means of communication.’In December 1995, Jean-Dominique...
The Forgotten Child
Richard Gallear
Based on a true story, The Forgotten Child is a heart-breaking memoir of an abandoned newborn baby left to die, his tempestuous upbringing, and how he came through the other side.It’s a freezing winter’s night in 1954. A baby boy, a few hours...
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...
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,...
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...
THEKI® - Ent-wickle dich!
Sandra Weber
THEKI IST UNSERE NATUR Wir Menschen sind sch?pferische Wesen. THEKI gibt dir alltagstaugliche Werkzeuge zur Hand, dein wahres Selbst zu ent-wickeln und deine Sch?pferkraft wieder ganz zu befreien. Es beinhaltet alles, was du f?r holistisches...
Pride, Prejudice and Popcorn
Carrie Sessarego
Three great love stories that started it all…Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice and Wuthering Heights are three of the greatest novels in English literature. Now joining them is Pride, Prejudice and Popcorn, a decidedly different take on these...
Into the Raging Sea
Rachel Slade
In the tradition of The Perfect Storm and Into Thin Air, Rachel Slade’s Into the Raging Sea is a nail-biting account of the sinking of the container ship El Faro, the crew of thirty-three who perished onboard, and the destructive forces of...
A Short History of Falling
Joe Hammond
A Short History of Falling – like The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and When Breath Becomes Air – is a searingly beautiful, profound and unforgettable memoir that finds light and even humour in the darkest of places.We keep an old shoebox, Gill...
Slay In Your Lane
Yomi Adegoke
The long-awaited, inspirational guide to life for a generation of black British women inspired to make lemonade out of lemons, and find success in every area of their lives.‘This book is a gift for anyone who wants to better understand what...
A Dark Secret: Part 1 of 3
Casey Watson
Part 1 of 3Just when Casey thinks her foster care duties are done, she’s asked to look after Sam, a troubled nine-year-old with a violent streak who drove his previous guardians to release him of their care. It soon unfolds, however, that this...
Diversify
June Sarpong
‘A handbook for these troubled times’ Psychologies Magazine ’Engaging and informative … highlights our common humanity’ Kofi Annan ‘A passionately written polemic’ You MagazineThe truth is, INCLUSION is better for EVERYONE.In this empowering...
