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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “frank adloff”
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  • Gifts of Cooperation, Mauss and Pragmatism

    by Frank Adloff ...
    Series series Routledge Global Cooperation Series
    This book focuses on the contribution of Marcel Mauss (1872-1950) to social theory and a theory of cooperation. It shows that Mauss’s essay "The Gift" (1925) can be seen as a classic of a pragmatist, interactionist and anti-utilitarian sociology. It critiques the dichotomy of self-interest and normatively orientated action that forms the basis of sociology. This conceptual dichotomization has ... Read more

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  • Politics of the Gift

    Towards a Convivial Society

    by Frank Adloff ...
    Series series Alternatives to Capitalism in the 21st Century
    At the heart of capitalism lies the idea of ‘homo economicus’: an ever-rational human being motivated by self-interest which arguably leads societies to economic prosperity.Drawing on French sociologist Marcel Mauss' influential theory of ‘the gift’, Frank Adloff shatters this fallacy to show mutual trust is the only glue that holds societies together; people are giving beings and they can ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • Planning Later Life

    Bioethics and Public Health in Ageing Societies

    Edited by Mark Schweda, Larissa Pfaller, Kai Brauer, Frank Adloff, Silke Schicktanz ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Health and Social Policy
    This book examines the relevance of modern medicine and healthcare in shaping the lives of elderly persons and the practices and institutions of ageing societies. Combining individual and social dimensions, Planning Later Life discusses the ethical, social, and political consequences of increasing life expectancies and demographic change in the context of biomedicine and public health.By focusing ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD

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  • A Sociology Of Mental Health And Illness

    by Anne Rogers, David Pilgrim ...
    This book provides a sociological analysis of major areas of mental health and illness. ... Read more

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  • World at Risk

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    Twenty years ago Ulrich Beck published Risk Society, a book that called our attention to the dangers of environmental catastrophes and changed the way we think about contemporary societies. During the last two decades, the dangers highlighted by Beck have taken on new forms and assumed ever greater significance. Terrorism has shifted to a global arena, financial crises have produced worldwide ... Read more

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  • The Politics of Life Itself

    Biomedicine, Power, and Subjectivity in the Twenty-First Century

    by Nikolas Rose ...
    Series series In-Formation
    For centuries, medicine aimed to treat abnormalities. But today normality itself is open to medical modification. Equipped with a new molecular understanding of bodies and minds, and new techniques for manipulating basic life processes at the level of molecules, cells, and genes, medicine now seeks to manage human vital processes. The Politics of Life Itself offers a much-needed examination of ... Read more

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  • New Keywords

    A Revised Vocabulary of Culture and Society

    Edited by Tony Bennett, Lawrence Grossberg, Meaghan Morris ...
    Over 25 years ago, Raymond Williams' Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society set the standard for how we understand and use the language of culture and society.Now, three luminaries in the field of cultural studies have assembled a volume that builds on and updates Williams’ classic, reflecting the transformation in culture and society since its publication. New Keywords: A Revised ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD

  • An Introduction to Gerontology

    Edited by Ian Stuart-Hamilton ...
    With the world's population getting increasingly older, there has never been a more pressing need for the study of old age and ageing. An Introduction to Gerontology provides a wide-ranging introduction to this important topic. By assuming no prior expert knowledge and avoiding jargon, this book will guide students through all the main subjects in gerontology, covering both traditional areas, such ... Read more

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  • Biopolitics

    An Advanced Introduction

    by Thomas Lemke, Lisa Jean Moore, Monica Casper ...
    Series Book 5 - Biopolitics
    The first systematic overview of the notion of biopolitics and its relevance in contemporary theoretical debateThe biological features of human beings are now measured, observed, and understood in ways never before thought possible, defining norms, establishing standards, and determining average values of human life. While the notion of “biopolitics” has been linked to everything from rational ... Read more

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  • Population-Based Survey Experiments

    by Diana C. Mutz ...
    Population-based survey experiments have become an invaluable tool for social scientists struggling to generalize laboratory-based results, and for survey researchers besieged by uncertainties about causality. Thanks to technological advances in recent years, experiments can now be administered to random samples of the population to which a theory applies. Yet until now, there was no self ... Read more

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  • The Postnational Constellation

    Political Essays

    by Jürgen Habermas ...
    Does a global economy render the traditional nation-state obsolete? Does globalization threaten democratic life, or offer it new forms of expression? What are the implications of globalization for our understanding of politics and of national and cultural identities?In The Postnational Constellation, the leading German philosopher and social theorist J?rgen Habermas addresses these and other ... Read more

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