Skip to main content
Search Button
Canada Kobo store Gift Cards Help

Rakuten Kobo

Wishlist

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...


Showing 1 - 12 of 38 results for “anthony elliott”
Skip side bar filters

  • Concepts of the Self

    by Anthony Elliott ...
    Series series Key Concepts
    This new, updated edition provides a lively, lucid and compelling introduction to contemporary controversies over the self and self-identity in the social sciences and humanities. In an accessible and concise format, the book ranges from classical intellectual traditions of symbolic interactionism, psychoanalysis and Foucauldian theory, through feminism and postfeminism, to postmodernism and the ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Algorithmic Intimacy

    The Digital Revolution in Personal Relationships

    by Anthony Elliott ...
    Artificial intelligence not only powers our cars, hospitals and courtrooms: predictive algorithms are becoming deeply lodged inside us too. Machine intelligence is learning our private preferences and discreetly shaping our personal behaviour, telling us how to live, who to befriend and who to date.In Algorithmic Intimacy, Anthony Elliott examines the power of predictive algorithms in reshaping ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • The Culture of AI

    Everyday Life and the Digital Revolution

    by Anthony Elliott ...
    In this ground-breaking book, Cambridge-trained sociologist Anthony Elliott argues that much of what passes for conventional wisdom about artificial intelligence is either ill-considered or plain wrong. The reason? The AI revolution is not so much about cyborgs and super-robots in the future, but rather massive changes in the here-and-now of everyday life.In The Culture of AI, Elliott explores how ... Read more

    $83.81 CAD

  • Algorithms of Anxiety

    Fear in the Digital Age

    by Anthony Elliott ...
    Machine learning algorithms are widely presumed to herald a world in which the crippling burdens of anxiety can be left behind. The digital revolution promises a brave new world where individuals, communities and organizations can at last take control of the future – anticipating, designing and commanding the future, possibly even with mathematical exactitude. Yet, paradoxically, algorithms have ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Introduction to Contemporary Social Theory

    by Anthony Elliott, Charles Lemert ...
    In this comprehensive and clear introduction to contemporary social theory, Anthony Elliott and Charles Lemert explore the major theoretical traditions from the Frankfurt School to the digital revolution and beyond. Fully revised and updated, this second edition has been expanded to consider the most recent developments in social theory, including a new chapter on the digital revolution and the ... Read more

    $79.69 CAD

  • Social Theory and Psychoanalysis in Transition

    Self and Society from Freud to Kristeva

    by Anthony Elliott ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals: Anthony Elliott: Early Works in Social Theory
    Originally published in 1999 Social Theory and Psychoanalysis in Transition is a benchmark critique of Freudian theory in which a dialogue between the Frankfurt School, the Lacanian tradition and post-Lacanian developments in critical and feminist theory is developed. Considering afresh the relations between self and society, Elliot argues for the importance of imagination and the unconscious in ... Read more

    $72.82 CAD

  • Little Star

    by Anthony DeStefano, Mark Elliott ...
    Tonight a king will be born, and all the stars in heaven are competing to see who can shine the brightest for him. But when the stars see the poor family huddling in the shabby stable, they begin to think that this baby couldn’t be a king after all!That is, all the stars except the smallest, loneliest star in the sky, Little Star. He recognizes the baby Jesus as the King of kings and understands ... Read more

    $12.09 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Making the Cut

    How Cosmetic Surgery is Transforming our Lives

    by Anthony Elliott ...
    From London to New York, Madrid to Melbourne, Singapore to Tehran, the demand for cosmetic surgery is soaring. Botox injections, collagen fillers, breast implants, microdermabrasion, mini face-lifts: extreme reinvention is all the rage. For better or worse, ours is the era of cosmetic surgical culture.In this captivating book, which draws upon research conducted in Europe, America and Australasia, ... Read more

    $22.09 CAD

  • Making Sense of AI

    Our Algorithmic World

    by Anthony Elliott ...
    Industrial robots, self-driving cars, customer-service chatbots and Google’s algorithmic predictions have brought the topic of artificial intelligence into public debate. Why is AI the source of such intense controversy and what are its economic, political, social and cultural consequences?Tracing the changing fortunes of artificial intelligence, Elliott develops a systematic account of how ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Geographies of Health

    An Introduction

    by Anthony C. Gatrell, Susan J. Elliott ...
    Setting out the debates and reviewing the evidence that links health outcomes with social and physical environments, this new edition of the well-established text offers an accessible overview of the theoretical perspectives, methodologies, and research in the field of health geographyIncludes international examples, drawn from a broad range of countries, and extensive illustrationsUnique in its ... Read more

    $62.99 CAD

  • Social Theory Since Freud

    Traversing Social Imaginaries

    by Anthony Elliott ...
    In this compelling book, Anthony Elliott traces the rise of psychoanalysis from the Frankfurt School to postmodernism. Examining how pathbreaking theorists such as Adorno, Marcuse, Lacan and Lyotard have deployed psychoanalysis to politicise issues such as desire, sexuality, repression and identity, Elliott assesses the gains and losses arising from this appropriation of psychoanalysis in social ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • Contemporary Social Theory

    An Introduction

    by Anthony Elliott ...
    Now in its third edition, Anthony Elliott’s comprehensive, stylish and accessible introduction continues to be the indispensable guide to social theory. Fully revised and updated, the book examines the major theoretical traditions from the Frankfurt School to posthumanism, and from feminism and post-structuralism to globalization theory and beyond.Classical debates in social theory are given ... Read more

    Was $75.99 CAD Now $67.32 CAD