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Die Vielfalt des Regierens
Campus Verlag 2012; US$ 32.34Hauptbeschreibung Die De- und Re-Konstruktion des Governance-Konzepts ist ein notwendiger Schritt, um die blinden Flecken einer eurozentristischen Perspektive zu überwinden. Anke Draude eröffnet der empirischen Sozialforschung mit ihrer Studie neue Perspektiven auf Politik in nicht-westlichen Räumen und bietet einen theoretisch-konzeptionellen Beitrag... more...
Nach der kulturalistischen Wende.
Duncker & Humblot 2010; US$ 60.39Hauptbeschreibung Der hier vorgelegte Sammelband geht auf ein Symposion zurück, dass aus Anlass des 65. Geburtstages von Arnold Zingerle veranstaltet wurde. Arnold Zingerle ist zusammen mit Friedrich H. Tenbruck, Wolfgang Lipp, Mohammed Rassem, Justin Stagl, Hans-Peter Thurn, Karl-Siegbert Rehberg und Alois Hahn Mitbegründer der Arbeitsgruppe und... more...
Diseases and Disorders in Contemporary Fiction: The Syndrome Syndrome
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 125.00The essays in this collection address the current preoccupation with neurological conditions and disorders in contemporary literature by British and American writers. The book places these fictional treatments within a broader cultural and historical context, exploring such topics as the two cultures debate, the neurological turn, postmodernism and... more...
Cosmopolitanism and Culture
Wiley 2013; US$ 26.95Today, more than at any other point in history, we are aware of the cultural impact of global processes. This has created new possibilities for the development of a cosmopolitan culture but, at the same time, it has created new risks and anxieties linked to immigration and the accommodation of strangers. This book examines how the images of ... more...
Encyclopaedia of Contemporary American Culture
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 46.00As a meeting point for world cultures, the USA is characterized by its breadth and diversity. Acknowledging that diversity is the fundamental feature of American culture, this volume is organized around a keen awareness of race, gender, class and space and with over 1,200 alphabetically-arranged entries - spanning 'the American century' from the end... more...
Cultural Citizenship
McGraw-Hill Education 2003; US$ 151.00Why has 'culture' become central to political debates? How might we rethink questions of citizenship in an information age? Will cosmopolitanism become the key ideal of the future? This guide links questions of identity, individualization, multiculturalism, and mediation to a politics of culture. more...
Measuring the Value of Culture
Springer 2007; US$ 99.99Interest in, and acknowledgement of, the value of culture and cultural goods is increasing world-wide. This title documents the use of methods used to put a price on cultural goods, including theatre, heritage, cultural events like arts festivals, museums, archaelogical sites and libraries. more...
Karl Mannheim and the Legacy of Max Weber
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2008; US$ 114.95This book focuses on the important work of Karl Mannheim by demonstrating how his theoretical conception of a reflexive sociology took shape as a collaborative empirical research programme. The authors show how contemporary work along these lines, whether derived from Foucault, Bourdieu or other theorists, can benefit from the insights of Mannheim... more...
Hyphenated Histories
BRILL 2007; US$ 144.00Art history, literary history, film history, social history, micro-history, economic history, women's history, postcolonial history and other hyphenated histories have introduced elements of discontinuity, rupture and plurality. more...









