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The Power of the Sacred

An Alternative to the Narrative of Disenchantment

by Hans Joas, Alex Skinner ...

Disenchantment is a key term in the self-understanding of modernity. But what exactly does this concept mean? What was its original meaning when Max Weber introduced it? And can the conventional meaning or Max Weber's view really be defended, given the present state of knowledge about the history of religion? In The Power of the Sacred, Hans Joas develops the fundamentals of a new sociological ... Read more

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Disenchantment is a key term in the self-understanding of modernity. But what exactly does this concept mean? What was its original meaning when Max Weber introduced it? And can the conventional meaning or Max Weber's view really be defended, given the present state of knowledge about the history of religion? In The Power of the Sacred, Hans Joas develops the fundamentals of a new sociological
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The Age of Fitness

How the Body Came to Symbolize Success and Achievement

by Jürgen Martschukat ...

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We live in the age of fitness. Hundreds of thousands of people run marathons and millions go jogging in local parks, work out in gyms, cycle, swim, or practice yoga. The vast majority are not engaged in competitive sport and are not trying to win any medals. They just want to get fit. Why this modern preoccupation with fitness?In this new book, Jürgen Martschukat traces the roots of our modern ... Read more

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We live in the age of fitness. Hundreds of thousands of people run marathons and millions go jogging in local parks, work out in gyms, cycle, swim, or practice yoga. The vast majority are not engaged in competitive sport and are not trying to win any medals. They just want to get fit. Why this modern preoccupation with fitness?In this new book, Jürgen Martschukat traces the roots of our modern
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Knowing the City

South African Urban Scholarship from Apartheid to Democracy

by Paula Meth, Alicia Fortuin, Edgar Pieterse, Jennifer Robinson, Richard Ballard, Ivan Turok, Zarina Patel, Gareth Haysom, Matthiew Maralack, Charlotte Lemanski, Susan Parnell, Caroline Skinner, Leslie Witz, Alex Wafer, Gustav Visser, Sarah Charlton, Bella Knemeyer, Vanessa Watson, Dianne Scott, Philip Harrison, Brij Maharaj, Mfundo Ndovela, Mercy Brown-Luthango ...

Series Book 74 - Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation
South African cities are marked by the legacies of racialized dispossession that were inscribed in colonial and apartheid spatial patterns. From the late 1970s, the “urban” has been presented as both a key scene for visions of the reform of apartheid and as a site for the potentially revolutionary transformation of South African society. Cities therefore play a pivotal role in shaping the ... Read more

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South African cities are marked by the legacies of racialized dispossession that were inscribed in colonial and apartheid spatial patterns. From the late 1970s, the “urban” has been presented as both a key scene for visions of the reform of apartheid and as a site for the potentially revolutionary transformation of South African society. Cities therefore play a pivotal role in shaping the
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Foundations of Global Communication

A Conceptual Handbook

by Kai Hafez, Anne Grüne ...

Translated by Alex Skinner ...

This book provides a wide-ranging theoretical and empirical overview of the disparate achievements and shortcomings of global communication.This exceptionally ambitious and systematic project takes a critical perspective on the globalization of communication. Uniquely, it sets media globalization alongside a plethora of other globalized forms of communication, ranging from the individual to groups ... Read more

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This book provides a wide-ranging theoretical and empirical overview of the disparate achievements and shortcomings of global communication.This exceptionally ambitious and systematic project takes a critical perspective on the globalization of communication. Uniquely, it sets media globalization alongside a plethora of other globalized forms of communication, ranging from the individual to groups
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Alva and Gunnar Myrdal

Social Engineering in the Modern World

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by Thomas Etzemüller ...

As two of the leading social scientists of the twentieth century, Alva and Gunnar Myrdal tried to establish a harmonious, “organic” Gemeinschaft [community] in order to fight an assumed disintegration of modern society. By means of functionalist architecture and by educating “sensible” citizens, disciplining bodies, and reorganizing social relationships they attempted to intervene in the lives of ... Read more

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As two of the leading social scientists of the twentieth century, Alva and Gunnar Myrdal tried to establish a harmonious, “organic” Gemeinschaft [community] in order to fight an assumed disintegration of modern society. By means of functionalist architecture and by educating “sensible” citizens, disciplining bodies, and reorganizing social relationships they attempted to intervene in the lives of
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Social Theory

Twenty Introductory Lectures

by Hans Joas, Wolfgang Knöbl ...

Translated by Alex Skinner ...

Social theory is the theoretical core of the social sciences, clearly distinguishable from political theory and cultural analysis. This book offers a unique overview of the development of social theory from the end of the Second World War in 1945 to the present day. Spanning the literature in English, French and German, it provides an excellent background to the most important social theorists and ... Read more

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Social theory is the theoretical core of the social sciences, clearly distinguishable from political theory and cultural analysis. This book offers a unique overview of the development of social theory from the end of the Second World War in 1945 to the present day. Spanning the literature in English, French and German, it provides an excellent background to the most important social theorists and
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A Mortuary of Books

The Rescue of Jewish Culture after the Holocaust

by Elisabeth Gallas, Alex Skinner ...

Series Book 17 - Goldstein-Goren American Jewish History
Winner, 2020 JDC-Herbert Katzki Award for Writing Based on Archival Material, given by the Jewish Book CouncilThe astonishing story of the efforts of scholars and activists to rescue Jewish cultural treasures after the HolocaustIn March 1946 the American Military Government for Germany established the Offenbach Archival Depot near Frankfurt to store, identify, and restore the huge quantities of ... Read more

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Winner, 2020 JDC-Herbert Katzki Award for Writing Based on Archival Material, given by the Jewish Book CouncilThe astonishing story of the efforts of scholars and activists to rescue Jewish cultural treasures after the HolocaustIn March 1946 the American Military Government for Germany established the Offenbach Archival Depot near Frankfurt to store, identify, and restore the huge quantities of
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On Being Human

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An insightful look at alienation in the modern world from the New York Times –bestselling author of The Art of Loving and Escape from Freedom .Social psychologist Erich Fromm observed the spread of alienation in the 1960s, arguing that humans who were once dynamic, creative beings were reduced to fixating on TV screens, emotionally pa... ... Read more

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An insightful look at alienation in the modern world from the New York Times –bestselling author of The Art of Loving and Escape from Freedom .Social psychologist Erich Fromm observed the spread of alienation in the 1960s, arguing that humans who were once dynamic, creative beings were reduced to fixating on TV screens, emotionally pa...
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Institutions and Organizations

Ideas, Interests, and Identities

by W. Richard Scott ...

Creating a clear, analytical framework, this comprehensive exploration of the relationship between institutional theory and the study of organizations continues to reflect the richness and diversity of institutional thought—viewed both historically and as a contemporary, ongoing field of study. Drawing on the insights of cultural and organizational sociologists, institutional economists, social ... Read more

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Creating a clear, analytical framework, this comprehensive exploration of the relationship between institutional theory and the study of organizations continues to reflect the richness and diversity of institutional thought—viewed both historically and as a contemporary, ongoing field of study. Drawing on the insights of cultural and organizational sociologists, institutional economists, social
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Black Earth

The Holocaust as History and Warning

by Timothy Snyder ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “[Timothy] Snyder identifies the conditions that allowed the Holocaust—conditions our society today shares. . . . He certainly couldn’t be more right about our world.”—The New RepublicA “gripping [and] disturbingly vivid” (The Wall Street Journal) portrait of the defining tragedy of our time, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of On TyrannyONE OF THE... ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “[Timothy] Snyder identifies the conditions that allowed the Holocaust—conditions our society today shares. . . . He certainly couldn’t be more right about our world.”—The New RepublicA “gripping [and] disturbingly vivid” (The Wall Street Journal) portrait of the defining tragedy of our time, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of On TyrannyONE OF THE...
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The Sacred Canopy: Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion

Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion

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Influential scholar Peter L. Berger explores the sociological underpinnings of religion and the rise of a modern secular societyAcclaimed scholar and sociologist Peter L. Berger carefully lays out an understanding of religion as a historical, societal mechanism in this classic work of social theory. Berger examines the roots of religious belief and its gradual dissolution in modern times, applying ... Read more

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Influential scholar Peter L. Berger explores the sociological underpinnings of religion and the rise of a modern secular societyAcclaimed scholar and sociologist Peter L. Berger carefully lays out an understanding of religion as a historical, societal mechanism in this classic work of social theory. Berger examines the roots of religious belief and its gradual dissolution in modern times, applying
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The War Against the Jews, 1933–1945

by Lucy S. Dawidowicz ...

A history of how anti-Semitism evolved into the Holocaust in Germany: "If any book can tell what Hitlerism was like, this is it" (Alfred Kazin).Lucy Dawidowicz's groundbreaking The War Against the Jews inspired waves of both acclaim and controversy upon its release in 1975. Dawidowicz argues that genocide was, to the Nazis, as central a war goal as conquering Europe, and was made possible by a ... Read more

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A history of how anti-Semitism evolved into the Holocaust in Germany: "If any book can tell what Hitlerism was like, this is it" (Alfred Kazin).Lucy Dawidowicz's groundbreaking The War Against the Jews inspired waves of both acclaim and controversy upon its release in 1975. Dawidowicz argues that genocide was, to the Nazis, as central a war goal as conquering Europe, and was made possible by a
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