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New Reformation
PM Press 2010; US$ 16.00Emphasizing the importance of culture and the arts in society, this reprint of a 1960s classic?the author's last book of social criticism?includes a new introduction that situates the late Paul Goodman in his era and traces the development of his characteristic insights. The probing introduction speaks for a new generation of young scholars as it... more...
Drawing the Line Once Again
PM Press 2009; US$ 12.00Painting a vivid picture of 1960s counterculture ideas, this new collection of the late Paul Goodman's essential anarchist writings?from utopian essays to practical proposals?reveals how he inspired the dissident youth of the era and profoundly influenced movement theory and practice. Long out-of-print, these provocative, insightful, and incisive... more...
Technology Enhanced Learning
Taylor and Francis 2001; US$ 57.95This book focuses on how technology may create new learning environments and enhance basic learning processes. The book identifies and informs some of the strategic decisions involved in designing and implementing new technology to enhance learning. It also examines specific learning applications of TEL in order to understand the context of different... more...
Nationalism and Global Solidarities
Taylor and Francis 2006; US$ 49.95Even in the face of neoliberal globalization, nationalism remains a significant political force. The leading contributors to this new volume explore the extent to which nationalism can be a foundation for alternative solidarities. Against the axiom that with globalization ?all that is solid melts into air,? this anthology debates the extent to which... more...
Bourdieu in Algeria
University of Nebraska Press 2009; US$ 35.00The shadow cast by Pierre Bourdieus theory is large and well documented, but his early ethnographic work in Algeria is less well known and often overlooked. This volume, the first critical examination of Bourdieus early fieldwork and its impact on his larger body of social theory, represents an original and much-needed contribution to the... more...
The Paul Goodman Reader
PM Press 2011; US$ 20.00A one-man think tank, Paul Goodman wrote more than 30 books, most of them before his decade of fame as a social critic in the 1960s. Goodman in those earlier days thought of himself mostly as an old-fashioned man of letters, and to do justice to his wide-ranging interests and growing activism, this compendium provides excerpts that span his entire... more...
Global Japan
Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 49.95The Japanese have long regarded themselves as a homogenous nation, clearly separate from other nations. However, this long-standing view is being undermined by the present international reality of increased global population movement. This has resulted in the establishment both of significant Japanese communities outside Japan, and of large non-Japanese... more...
Consuming Habits
Taylor and Francis 1995; US$ 35.98This pioneering collection of original essays explores the rich analytical category of psycho- active substances from challenging historical and anthropological perspectives. Psychoactive substances have been central to the formation of civilizations and the growth of the world economy. Consuming Habits describes how and why: tea and coffee... more...
Consuming Habits
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 44.95Covering a wide range of substances, including opium, cocaine, coffee, tobacco, kola, and betelnut, from prehistory to the present day, this new edition has been extensively updated, with an updated bibliography and two new chapters on cannabis and khat. Consuming Habits is the perfect companion for all those interested in how different cultures... more...
Growing Up Absurd
New York Review Books 2011; US$ 17.95Paul Goodman?s Growing Up Absurd was a runaway best seller when it was first published in 1960, and it became one of the defining texts of the New Left. Goodman was a writer and thinker who broke every mold and did it brilliantly?he was a novelist, poet, and a social theorist, among a host of other things?and the book?s surprise success established... more...









