Cultural Sociology
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Understanding Society and Knowledge
Nico Stehr
Understanding Society and Knowledge proposes that knowledge rather than nature, violence, or power provides the basis of and the driving force behind human action in modern society. It demonstrates how the legally enforced restricted use... -
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The Rise of Algorithmic Society and the Strategic Role of Arts and Culture
Luciana Lazzeretti
Illustrating the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and changes it has generated in the economy, society and culture, this expansive book continues the debate concerning the digital revolution and the rise of the algorithmic soc...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Migration Patterns Across the Mediterranean
Edited by Adelina Miranda, Antía Pérez-Caramés
With contributions from leading scholars in Southern Europe, this compelling book demonstrates the plurality of migratory circumstances and analyses the significance of the Mediterranean migration model. Highlighting the challenges of st...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Cultural Theory of Corruption
Davide Torsello
Based on twelve years of research on corruption across the globe, this book presents four case studies which illustrate the cultural, cognitive, and social implications of corruption. With diverse approaches and empirical case studies, i...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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New Perspectives on Urban Deathscapes
Edited by Danielle House, Mariske Westendorp, Avril Maddrell
Establishing a new set of international perspectives on experiences of death, disposition and remembrance in urban environments, this book brings deathscapes – material, embodied and emotional places associated with dying and death – to ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Smart-Tech Society
Mark Whitehead, William G.A. Collier
Informed by the latest theoretical developments in studies of the social impacts of digital technology, Smart-Tech Society provides an empirically grounded and conceptually informed analysis of the impacts and paradoxes of smart-technology.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Contemporary Sociological Theology
Andrea Cerroni
This book examines how ancient myths have developed and still survive in the collective public imagination in order to answer fundamental questions concerning the individual, society and historical heritage: On what basis do we form our ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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A Modern Guide to Creative Economies
Edited by Roberta Comunian, Alessandra Faggian, Jarna Heinonen, Nick Wilson
Bringing together a series of new perspectives and reflections on creative economies, this insightful Modern Guide expands and challenges current knowledge in the field. Interdisciplinary in scope, it features a broad range of contributi...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Strategy of Maoism in the West
David M. Jones, M. L.R. Smith
Investigating 20th century Chinese ideology through the two main elements of passionate belief and cultivation of rage, this timely book examines how Maoist thinking has influenced Western politics.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Rethinking Communication Geographies
André Jansson
Timely and original, Rethinking Communication Geographies explores the human condition under digital capitalism, depicting an environment in which digital logistics have taken centre stage in day-to-day life and culture. The book respond...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Cultural (Im)mobilities and the Virocene
Rodanthi Tzanelli
This unique book considers COVID-19 as one pandemic amongst many, forming an episodic era of ebbing and flowing crises: the Virocene. Investigating COVID-19 in the context of the phenomenology of the crisis, it offers critical exploratio...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Frictions in Cosmopolitan Mobilities
Rodanthi Tzanelli
This groundbreaking book investigates the clash between a desire for unfettered mobility and the prevalence of inequality, exploring how this generates frictions in everyday life and how it challenges the ideal of just cosmopolitanism. R...eBook:Find out more$40.00