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  • Reverse Colonization

    Science Fiction, Imperial Fantasy, and Alt-victimhood

    de David M. Higgins ...
    Series series New American Canon
    Reverse colonization narratives are stories like H. G. Wells’s War of the Worlds, in which technologically superior Martians invade and colonize England. They ask Western audiences to imagine what it’s like to be the colonized rather than the colonizers. David Higgins argues that although some reverse colonization stories are thoughtful and provocative, reverse colonization fantasy has also led to ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • Ann Leckie’s "Ancillary Justice"

    A Critical Companion

    de David M. Higgins ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book argues that Ann Leckie’s novel Ancillary Justice offers a devastating rebuke to the political, social, cultural, and economic injustices of American imperialism in the post 9/11 era. Following an introductory overview, the study offers four chapters that examine key themes central to the novel: gender, imperial economics, race, and revolutionary agency. Ancillary Justice’s exploration of ... Leer más

    $49.99 USD

  • Reactionary Worldbuilding

    From Speculative Imagination to Political Practice

    Edición de Anindita Banerjee, Sherryl Vint, David M. Higgins, Jordan S. Carroll ...
    The first in-depth study of the dark side of worldbuilding, exploring the connection between speculative imagination and political practice.Speculative imagination brings to life an array of possible worlds that differ in crucial ways from the one governed by shared assumptions of the “normal,” “real,” or “inevitable.” This act of speculation—known as worldbuilding—has become undeniably resurgent ... Leer más

    $59.99 USD

  • National Brands and Global Markets

    An Historical Perspective

    Edición de Nikolas Glover, David M. Higgins ...
    Series series
    Between Brexit, efforts to ‘Make America great again’, and ongoing appeals for patriotic consumption to boost economies, the intersection between national identity, marketing campaigns, and consumer choices has been brought to the fore. This book maps out this terrain and provides a framework for how research on ‘Made in’ campaigns and programmes in individual countries can be placed into a ... Leer más

    $54.99 USD

  • Brands, Geographical Origin, and the Global Economy

    A History from the Nineteenth Century to the Present

    de David M. Higgins ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in the Emergence of Global Enterprise
    Indications of geographic origin for foodstuffs and manufactures have become an important source of brand value since the beginnings of globalization during the late nineteenth century. In this work, David M. Higgins explores the early nineteenth-century business campaigns to secure national and international protection of geographic brands. He shows how these efforts culminated in the ... Leer más

    $124.99 USD

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  • The Posthuman

    de Rosi Braidotti ...
    The Posthuman offers both an introduction and major contribution to contemporary debates on the posthuman. Digital 'second life', genetically modified food, advanced prosthetics, robotics and reproductive technologies are familiar facets of our globally linked and technologically mediated societies. This has blurred the traditional distinction between the human and its others, exposing the non ... Leer más

    $16.00 USD

  • The Utopia of Rules

    On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy

    de David Graeber ...
    From the author of the international bestseller Debt: The First 5,000 Years comes a revelatory account of the way bureaucracy rules our livesWhere does the desire for endless rules, regulations, and bureaucracy come from? How did we come to spend so much of our time filling out forms? And is it really a cipher for state violence?To answer these questions, the anthropologist David Graeber—one of ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • The Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion

    de Tansy E. Hoskins ...
    *Selected by Emma Watson for her Ultimate Book List*Fashion is political. From the red carpets of the Met Gala to online fast fashion, clothes tell a story of inequality, racism and climate crisis. In The Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion, Tansy E. Hoskins unpicks the threads of capitalist industry to reveal the truth about our clothes.Fashion brands entice us to consume more by manipulating us to ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

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  • The Seven Beauties of Science Fiction

    de Istvan Csicsery-Ronay ...
    This major critical work from one of the preeminent voices in science fiction scholarship reframes the genre as a way of understanding today's world.As the application of technoscience increasingly transforms every aspect of life, science fiction has become an essential mode of imagining the horizons of possibility. Though the broad scope of science fiction may vary in artistic quality and ... Leer más

    $11.59 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Great Awakening vs the Great Reset

    de Alexander Dugin ...
    Alexander Dugin's The Great Awakening vs the Great Reset is an open declaration of war against the twin diseases of liberalism and Western political modernity. Dugin calls upon the inhabitants of the Heartland to relentlessly attack, on all theoretical and practical fronts, the global elites of the coastlands, who try to impose their perverse, anti-human ideals by ruthlessly eradicating the long ... Leer más

    $5.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Quarterly Essay 70 Dead Right

    How Neoliberalism Ate Itself and What Comes Next

    de Richard Denniss ...
    Series Libro 70 - Quarterly Essay
    How did the big banks get away with so much for so long? Why are so many aged-care residents malnourished? And when did arms manufacturers start sponsoring the Australian War Memorial?In this passionate essay, Richard Denniss explores what neoliberalism has done to Australian society. For decades, we have been led to believe that the private sector does everything better, that governments can’t ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • Green Planets

    Ecology and Science Fiction

    Edición de Gerry Canavan, Kim Stanley Robinson ...
    Contemporary visions of the future have been shaped by hopes and fears about the effects of human technology and global capitalism on the natural world. In an era of climate change, mass extinction, and oil shortage, such visions have become increasingly catastrophic, even apocalyptic. Exploring the close relationship between science fiction, ecology, and environmentalism, the essays in Green ... Leer más

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