Télécharger le livre :  Plebeian Prose
Plebeian Prose is a key work by the pioneering Argentine Brazilian anthropologist, sociologist and poet Néstor Perlongher. Perlongher, whose work has been highly influential in the development of Latin American cultural theory and literature, represents an original...

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Parution : 2019-07-09
Collection : Critical South PDF, ePub

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Télécharger le livre :  What's the Point of Political Philosophy?
Idiots burn books for the same reason philosophers write them – they matter. But why exactly do political philosophy books matter, not to mention the hundreds of articles published every year? In part because they are interesting, but also because they are influential....

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Télécharger le livre :  Race After Technology
From everyday apps to complex algorithms, Ruha Benjamin cuts through tech-industry hype to understand how emerging technologies can reinforce White supremacy and deepen social inequity. Benjamin argues that automation, far from being a sinister story of racist...

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Parution : 2019-07-09
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Télécharger le livre :  Citizenship
Although we live in a period of unprecedented globalization and mass migration, many contemporary western liberal democracies are asserting their sovereignty over who gets to become members of their polities with renewed ferocity. Citizenship matters more than ever. In...

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Parution : 2019-07-09
Collection : Key Concepts in Political Theory ePub

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Télécharger le livre :  Why Do People Sing?
In Why Do People Sing? Paddy Scannell explores some of the mysteries at the heart of vocal communication. What explains the communicative musicality of the voices between parent and child as a baby learns to talk? Can readers of fiction hear the voices of authors and...

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Télécharger le livre :  Ecomodernism: Technology, Politics and The Climate Crisis
Is climate catastrophe inevitable? In a world of extreme inequality, rising nationalism and mounting carbon emissions, the future looks gloomy. Yet one group of environmentalists, the ‘ecomodernists’, are optimistic. They argue that technological innovation and...

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Télécharger le livre :  Transitional Justice
What should be done after the end of a repressive regime or a civil war? How can bitter divisions be resolved in a way that combines reconciliation with accountability? In this book, Michael Newman accessibly introduces these debates, outlining the key ideas and giving...

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Parution : 2019-07-02
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Télécharger le livre :  The Sex Factor
Why did the West become so rich?Why is inequality rising? How ‘free’ should markets be? And what does sex have to do with it? In this passionate and skilfully argued book, leading feminist Victoria Bateman shows how we can only understand the burning economic issues of...

Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2019-07-01
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Télécharger le livre :  Lineages of Modernity
In most developed countries there is a palpable sense of confusion about the contemporary state of the world. Much that was taken for granted a decade or two ago is being questioned, and there is a widespread urge to try and understand how we reached our present...

Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2019-06-10
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Télécharger le livre :  Amartya Sen
Amartya Sen is one of the world’s best-known voices for the poor, the destitute and the downtrodden and an inspiration for policy makers and activists across the globe. He has also contributed almost without peer to the study of economics, philosophy and politics,...

Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2019-06-10
Collection : Key Contemporary Thinkers PDF, ePub

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Télécharger le livre :  Terror and Modernity
We are inclined to see terrorist attacks as an aberration, a violent incursion into our lives that bears no intrinsic relation to the fundamental features of modern societies. But does this view misconstrue the relationship between terror and modernity?   In this book,...

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Parution : 2019-06-10
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Télécharger le livre :  Bordering
Controlling national borders has once again become a key concern of contemporary states and a highly contentious issue in social and political life. But controlling borders is about much more than patrolling territorial boundaries at the edges of states: it now...

Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2019-06-10
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Télécharger le livre :  Will the gig economy prevail?
Increasingly, employees are being falsely treated as ‘self-employed’. This phenomenon – the ‘gig economy’ – is seen as the inevitable shape of things to come. In this book, Colin Crouch takes a step back and questions this logic. He shows how the idea of an employee – a...

Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2019-06-07
Collection : The Future of Capitalism ePub

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Télécharger le livre :  Generation Left
Increasingly age appears to be the key dividing line in contemporary politics. Young people across the globe are embracing left-wing ideas and supporting figures such as Corbyn and Sanders. Where has this ‘Generation Left’ come from? How can it change the world? This...

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Parution : 2019-06-07
Collection : Radical Futures ePub

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Télécharger le livre :  The Mother's Hands: Desire, Fantasy and the Inheritance of the Maternal
In this book the bestselling author and psychoanalyst Massimo Recalcati offers a fundamental re-examination of what ‘being a mother’ means today, in a world where new social and sexual freedoms mean that motherhood is no longer the sole destiny of women. Questioning the...

Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2019-06-04
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Télécharger le livre :  The Scramble for Europe
From the harrowing situation of migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean in rubber dinghies to the crisis on the US-Mexico border, mass migration is one of the most urgent issues facing our societies today. At the same time, viable solutions seem ever more remote,...

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Parution : 2019-06-04
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Télécharger le livre :  What is Epistemology?
Epistemology is the philosophical study of knowledge. Epistemologists seek to understand knowledge’s nature and availability. What is knowledge? There are competing theories. Can we really have knowledge? Challenges abound. In this lively book, Stephen Hetherington...

Editeur : Polity
Parution : 2019-05-29
Collection : What is Philosophy? ePub

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Télécharger le livre :  Dealing with the Russians
How to handle Russia? This question has become ever more prominent as the Euro-Atlantic community’s relations with Russia languish in systemic crisis, with dialogue suspended, reciprocal sanctions in place and proxy wars raging. The wars in Ukraine and Syria,...

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Parution : 2019-05-29
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Télécharger le livre :  After the Caliphate
In 2014, the declaration of the Islamic State caliphate was hailed as a major victory by the global jihadist movement. But it was short-lived. Three years on, the caliphate was destroyed, leaving its surviving fighters – many of whom were foreign recruits – to retreat...

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Parution : 2019-05-29
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Télécharger le livre :  Narrative Power
Narratives are the wealth of nations: they animate life, sustain culture and cultivate humanity. They regulate and empower us, bringing both joy and discontent. And they are always embedded in ubiquitous power: stories shape power, and power shapes story. In this...

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Parution : 2019-05-29
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