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Télécharger le livre :  If we lose the Earth, we lose our souls
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If we lose the Earth, we lose our souls


Sam Ferguson , Bruno Latour , Catherine Porter


In this book Bruno Latour calls upon Christians to join the struggle to avert a climate catastrophe.  First and foremost, Christians need to overcome their lack of interest in “earthly things” and pay attention to the Earth at a time when it is being neglected. He also...

Parution : 2024-01-22
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Télécharger le livre :  The Crisis of Narration
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The Crisis of Narration


Byung-Chul Han , Daniel Steuer


Narratives produce the ties that bind us. They create community, eliminate contingency and anchor us in being. And yet in our contemporary information society, where everything has become arbitrary and random, storytelling becomes storyselling and narratives lose their...

Parution : 2024-01-19
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Télécharger le livre :  China's Environmental Challenges
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China's Environmental Challenges


Judith Shapiro


China’s huge environmental challenges affect not only the health and well-being of China but the very future of the planet. In this fully revised and updated third edition of her acclaimed book, noted scholar of Chinese environmentalism Judith Shapiro exploresChina’s...

Parution : 2024-01-17
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Télécharger le livre :  Iran
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Iran


Ali M. Ansari


Both revolutionary and reactionary, the Islamic Republic of Iran has long been a conundrum for Western observers. A theocracy that aspires to a popular mandate; an anti-colonial state with imperial pretensions of its own: modern Iran is in many ways a reflection of its...

Parution : 2024-01-09
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Éditeur : Polity
Collection : Polity Histories
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Télécharger le livre :  Superyachts
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Superyachts


Helen Morrison , Gregory Salle


A superyacht is a boat that exceeds 30 metres in length, with some surpassing even 100 metres—more than a football field. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, there were about 2,000 of these vessels in the world; two decades and a financial crisis later, there...

Parution : 2024-01-08
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Télécharger le livre :  A Century of Labour
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A Century of Labour


Jon Cruddas


Britain’s first Labour government took office on 22 January 1924. Its centenary provides an opportunity to reassess the party's performance over the last 100 years, and with an election pending, the character and purpose of the modern party. Labour defined the dominant...

Parution : 2024-01-03
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Télécharger le livre :  Think
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Think


Svend Brinkmann


A defining feature of being human is our ability to think. We refer to ourselves, after all, as Homo sapiens. But in a world where experiencing and achieving as much as possible is the number one preoccupation, there is little room for reflection. Technology is also...

Parution : 2023-12-27
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Télécharger le livre :  Reputational Security
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Reputational Security


Nicholas J. Cull


We are living in turbulent times, witnessing renewed international conflict, resurgent nationalism, declining multilateralism, and a torrent of hostile propaganda. How are we to understand these developments and conduct diplomacy in their presence? Nicholas J. Cull, the...

Parution : 2023-12-22
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Télécharger le livre :  A Life in the American Century
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A Life in the American Century


Joseph S. Nye


For the past eight decades, we have lived in “the American Century” – a period during which the US has enjoyed unrivalled power – be it political, economic or military - on the global stage.  Born on the cusp of this new era, Joseph S. Nye Jr. has spent a lifetime...

Parution : 2023-12-19
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Télécharger le livre :  Israelis and Palestinians
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Israelis and Palestinians


Jonathan Glover


Can Israelis and Palestinians end their long conflict? The shocking violence of current events undermines hope, as does the long history of peace deals sabotaged by extremists on both sides. In this compelling and timely book, the eminent moral philosopher Jonathan...

Parution : 2023-12-19
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Télécharger le livre :  Bourdieu and Sayad Against Empire
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Bourdieu and Sayad Against Empire


Andrew Brown , Amín Pérez


Pierre Bourdieu and Abdelmalek Sayad met in their twenties in the midst of the Algerian war of independence. From their first meeting, a strong intellectual friendship was born between the French philosopher and the activist from the colony, nourished by the same desire...

Parution : 2023-12-11
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Télécharger le livre :  Body and Gender
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Body and Gender


Rossella Ghigi , Roberta Sassatelli


Even though we often think of bodies as natural and given, or else as freely plastic objects, bodies are both constructed and fundamental to our sense of self. This book investigates the body as an essential vector of inequality, shaped by institutions, interaction and...

Parution : 2023-12-11
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Télécharger le livre :  Food in a Just World
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Food in a Just World


Terry Gibbs , Tracey Harris


Food in a Just World examines the violence, social breakdown, and environmental consequences of our global system of food production, distribution, and consumption, where each step of the process is built on some form of exploitation. While highlighting the broken...

Parution : 2023-12-07
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Télécharger le livre :  Maimonides
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Maimonides


Daniel Davies


The most famous of all medieval Jewish thinkers, Moses Maimonides is known for his monumental contributions to Jewish law, theology and medicine, and for an influence that extends into the wider world. His remarkable work, The Guide for the Perplexed, is notoriously...

Parution : 2023-11-29
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Éditeur : Polity
Collection : Classic Thinkers
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Télécharger le livre :  Social Mobility
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Social Mobility


Anthony Heath , Yaojun Li


Social mobility has long been one of the central topics of sociology. It has been the subject of major theoretical contributions from the earliest generations of scholars, as well as being of persistent political interest and concern.Social mobility is frequently used...

Parution : 2023-11-28
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Éditeur : Polity
Collection : Key Concepts
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Télécharger le livre :  Subjectivity Transformed
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Subjectivity Transformed


Neil Solomon , Thomas Vesting


This book provides a historically informed reconstruction of the social practices that have shaped the formation of the modern subject from the early modern period to the present. The formal legal protections accorded to subjects are, and always have been, latent in...

Parution : 2023-11-28
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Télécharger le livre :  Political Communication
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Political Communication


Aeron Davis


We are living in a period of great uncertainty. The rise of extreme populists, economic shocks and rising international tensions is not only causing turmoil but is also a sign that many long-predicted tipping points in media and politics have now been reached. Such...

Parution : 2023-11-28
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Télécharger le livre :  A Global Racial Enemy
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A Global Racial Enemy


Steve Garner , Inaash Islam , Saher Selod


Prejudice against Muslims has a long and complex history. In recent decades, discrimination, violence, and human rights abuses against Muslims have taken a significant turn, with rising reports and discussions of Islamophobia across the globe. However, much of the...

Parution : 2023-11-28
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Télécharger le livre :  Class
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Class


Will Atkinson


Class is not only amongst the oldest and most controversial of all concepts in social science, but also a topic which has fascinated, amused, incensed and galvanized the general public. But what exactly is a ‘class’? How do sociologists study and measure it, and how...

Parution : 2023-11-28
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Éditeur : Polity
Collection : Key Concepts
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Télécharger le livre :  Being Human in Digital Cities
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Being Human in Digital Cities


Myria Georgiou


How is life in digital cities changing what it means to be human?In this perceptive book, Myria Georgiou sets out to investigate the new configuration of social order that is taking shape in today’s cities. Although routed through extractive datafication, compulsive...

Parution : 2023-11-28
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