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  • Sociological Realism

    Society as the Walls of Our Imprisonment

    by Sal Restivo ...
    Presents a powerful narrative that situates the individual within the inescapable framework of social forcesIn a world increasingly defined by inequality and existential threats, Sociological Realism: Society as the Walls of Our Imprisonment offers a bold reinterpretation of society’s role in shaping the individual. Beginning with the premise that society is a reality sui generis—a unique and ... Read more

    $53.99 CAD

  • Inventions in Sociology

    Studies in Science and Society

    by Sal Restivo ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book presents a collection of old and new essays exploring the author’s unique contributions to the sociology of science, mathematics, logic, robotics, brain, and god. Known for his defense of a strong social constructionist approach to the hard problems in the sociology of science, the power and range of Restivo’s interests and studies are discussed in this unique text. The essays range from ... Read more

    $128.99 CAD

  • Beyond New Atheism and Theism

    A Sociology of Science, Secularism, and Religiosity

    by Sal Restivo ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Religion
    This book addresses the flaws and fallacies in the grounds for atheism and theism – flaws and fallacies that contaminate the arguments of non-believers and believers alike. Focusing on the highly visible debates between the New Atheists – such as Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Dennett, Richard Dawkins, and Sam Harris on the one hand – and their main theist opponents – including Frank Turek, John ... Read more

    $85.99 CAD

  • Red, Black, and Objective

    Science, Sociology, and Anarchism

    by Sal Restivo ...
    Drawing on the empirical findings generated by researchers in science studies, and adopting Kropotkin's concept of anarchism as one of the social sciences, Red, Black, and Objective expounds and develops an anarchist account of science as a social construction and social institution. Restivo's account is at once normative, analytical, organizational, and policy oriented, in particular with respect ... Read more

    $108.99 CAD

  • The Social Brain

    Sociological Foundations

    by Sal Restivo ...
    The Social Brain: Sociological Foundations introduces the concept of the social brain, including a detailed conceptual model of the social brain networked in the world. The idea that our brains are social has its roots in nineteenth-century social thought and primate research initiated in the 1950s. It was introduced into the neuroscience literature in 1990 as a challenge to the traditional view ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD

  • The Age of the Social

    The Discovery of Society and The Ascendance of a New Episteme

    by Sal Restivo ...
    The concept of society sui generis – society as a level of reality which could be studied scientifically – crystallized in the middle of the nineteenth century in Europe, with the work of Durkheim, Marx and Weber and today, more than at any other period in history, the idea of the social has gained a foothold in philosophy, biology, and neuroscience. However, this idea has emerged into prominence ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD

  • Einstein’s Brain

    Genius, Culture, and Social Networks

    by Sal Restivo ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This book reviews the research on Einstein’s brain from a sociological perspective and in the context of the social brain paradigm. Instead of “Einstein, the genius of geniuses” standing on the shoulders of giants, Restivo proposes a concept of Einstein the social being standing on the shoulders of social networks. Rather than challenging Einstein’s uniqueness or the uniqueness of his achievements ... Read more

    $70.99 CAD

  • Sociology, Science, and the End of Philosophy

    How Society Shapes Brains, Gods, Maths, and Logics

    by Sal Restivo ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book offers a unique analysis of how ideas about science and technology in the public and scientific imaginations (in particular about maths, logic, the gene, the brain, god, and robots) perpetuate the false reality that values and politics are separate from scientific knowledge and its applications. These ideas are reinforced by cultural myths about free will and individualism. Restivo makes ... Read more

    $128.99 CAD

  • Society and the Death of God

    by Sal Restivo ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Religion
    This book advances the "strong" programme that sociology and anthropology provide a scientific foundation for arguing that God and the gods are human creations. Contending that religion is one – but not the only – way to systematize and institutionalize the moral order of a society, the author argues that religion reflects the fundamental human need for belonging and the social function of ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • Worlds of ScienceCraft

    New Horizons in Sociology, Philosophy, and Science Studies

    by Sal Restivo, Sabrina M. Weiss, Alexander Stingl ...
    A response to complex problems spanning disciplinary boundaries, Worlds of ScienceCraft offers bold new ways of conceptualizing ideas of science, sociology, and philosophy. Beginning with the historical foundations of civilization and progress, assumptions about the categories we use to talk about minds, identities, and bodies are challenged through case studies from mathematics, social cognition, ... Read more

    $108.99 CAD

  • Math Mystic’s Guide to Creative Spirituality

    A Collection of Work by Sarah Voss

    by Sarah Voss ...
    The Math Mystic's Guide to Creative Spirituality is unique, provocative, engaging, and a masterpiece of philosophical and mystical exploration. It offers gourmet treats for those with spiritual hunger, a feast of innovative perspectives on building social collateral (trust, forgiveness, resilience . . .), and intellectual desserts for the mathematically inclined. User-friendly for the non ... Read more

    $40.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Philosophy of Technology

    The Technological Condition: An Anthology

    Edited by Robert C. Scharff, Val Dusek ...
    Series series Wiley Philosophy Anthologies
    The new edition of this authoritative introduction to the philosophy of technology includes recent developments in the subject, while retaining the range and depth of its selection of seminal contributions and its much-admired editorial commentary.Remains the most comprehensive anthology on the philosophy of technology availableIncludes editors' insightful section introductions and critical ... Read more

    $79.99 CAD