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Book SynopsisBy bringing attention to the way that ethnicity and race have been addressed in research on ageing and old age, with a focus on health inequalities, health and social care, intergenerational relationships and caregiving, this book proposes how research can be developed in an ethnicity astute and diversity informed manner.Table of ContentsPart 1: Setting the stage for theorising; Introduction; Population aging and international migration; Ethnicity and race: from essentialism to constructionism; Part II: Theorising via a scoping review: what we know and need to find out; Literature on Health Inequalities; Literature on Health and Social Care ; Literature on Social Relations and Caregiving; A new agenda: where we are at and need to head; Appendix: how the scoping review was conducted.

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Book SynopsisUses a wide range of international case studies form the Global South to examine the stark repercussions of colonial conquest on children's lives and childhood policy today. Liebel shows the work that we must do to decolonize childhoods globally and ensure that children's rights are better promoted and protected.Trade Review"This is a seminal book which works as a textbook, a teaching resource and a highly significant contribution to knowledge. It is characterized by authority and enthusiasm." Heather Montgomery, The Open UniversityTable of ContentsPreface Introduction Part I ~ How to Understand Childhoods in the Postcolonial Context Childhoods From Postcolonial Perspectives Colonialism and Colonization of Childhoods Postcolonial Theories From the Global South Part II ~ Children Under Colonial and Postcolonial Rule State violence against children in British Empire and settler colonies Racist civilization of children in Latin America Pitfalls of postcolonial education and child policies in Africa Part III ~ Children’s Rights and the Decolonization of Childhoods Postcolonial Dilemmas of Children’s Rights Beyond Paternalism: Plea for the De-Paternalization of Children’s Protection and Participation Social Movements of Children As Citizenship From Below Epilogue: Childhoods and Children’s Rights Beyond Postcolonial Paternalism

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Book SynopsisThis book examines for the first time the exclusionary nature of prevailing political ideologies. Bringing together theory, practice and the relationship between participation, political ideology and social welfare, it offers a detailed critique of how the crucial move to more participatory approaches may be achieved.Table of ContentsPart 1: Exploring Ideology; Ideology: An Exclusionary Idea?; Ideology and Us; Imposing Ideology; Part 2: Reclaiming Participation; A Different Approach to Ideology; Participation: Challenging the Barriers; Part 3: Towards Participatory Ideology; Learning to Work Together: The Key to Inclusive Involvement; Developing our Own Organisations; Key Concepts to Participatory Ideology; Transforming Political Ideology.

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Book SynopsisThis book discusses the failings of the prison system in many countries and offers positive pointers for the future. It shows the way forward will be through initiatives such as Justice Reinvestment and in the Human Development model.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. The world of prisons 3. Prisons of the world 4. International Centre for Prison Studies 5. Women: the forgotten minority 6. The legacy of the Gulag 7. European Committee for the Prevention of Torture 8. Regional contrasts: Cambodia and Japan 9. Latin America: the iron fist or the New Model? 10. Barbados and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights 11. Sub-Saharan Africa: an expensive colonial legacy 12. The Jericho Monitoring Mission 13. Towards ‘a better way’

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Book SynopsisCities of the Arabian Peninsula reveal contradictions of contemporary urbanizationThe fast-growing cities of the Persian Gulf are, whatever else they may be, indisputably sensational. The world's tallest building is in Dubai; the 2022 World Cup in soccer will be played in fantastic Qatar facilities; Saudi Arabia is building five new cities from scratch; the Louvre, the Guggenheim and the Sorbonne, as well as many American and European universities, all have handsome outposts and campuses in the region. Such initiatives bespeak strategies to diversify economies and pursue grand ambitions across the Earth. Shining special light on Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Dohawhere the dynamics of extreme urbanization are so strongly evidentthe authors of The New Arab Urban trace what happens when money is plentiful, regulation weak, and labor conditions severe. Just how do authorities in such settings reconcile goals of oft-claimed civic betterment with hyper-segregation and radical inequality? How do thTrade Review"The book offers an invaluable survey of the topic, and a guide to a vast literature on this increasingly important region that is largely absent from urban studies as a whole." -- Urban Studies"The region’s urbanization has had a profound global influence on the worlds of architecture and urban planning, and on what urban megaprojects are more broadly expected to do in an economy or society... The Gulf, as [the contributors] claim in The New Arab Urban, is not just a passive recipient of urban policy, but a key site of production." -- Public Books"With a firm perspective on regional context and urban specificity, this collection of original essays offers a range of grounded conceptual narratives on architecture, urban planning, consumption, work and daily life in a group of cities––specifically, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Dubai and Masdar––that embody the phenomenon that is ‘the new Arab urban’." * International Journal of Urban and Regional Research *"Despite the academic interest that the spectacular new 'cities' in the Arab Gulf have garnered lately, this fascinating book argues that our tried-and-tested theories fall short in understanding them or learning from their rapid urbanization. The various essays propose different approaches to considering this old/new form of urbanity, but, together with the editors critical conclusion, expand the domain of urban study itself to draw concepts like mobility, transience, complexity, hybridity, contradiction, spontaneity, and even unpredictability into its interpretive paradigms. The book simply aims to achieve for the study of the 'Gulf city' the same kind of perspectival adjustment that Janet Abu Lughod accomplished for the 'Islamic city.'" -- Nasser Rabbat,Author of Mamluk History Through Architecture: Monuments, Culture and Politics in Medieval Egypt"Molotch and Ponzini promise us 'analytical shock therapy,' and that is what this book delivers. Inspired by Learning from Las Vegas, they ask us to set aside preconceptions, showing that cities really can be created with land monopoly and a potent mix of spectacle, inequality and authoritarianism. Whats more, these are not one-offs, but test beds for new globalizing forms of city building, as they are emulated and exported. There is urgent need to understand them, and for disquiet." -- Michael Storper,Co-author of The Rise and Fall of Urban Economies: Lessons from San Francisco and Los Angeles"The New Arab Urban is a magisterial account of the densely settled Arab Gulf... a memorable work on the urbanization of the Arab Gulf, one that will be indispensable to future research and scholarship on the region." * Global Policy Journal *

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Book SynopsisCities of the Arabian Peninsula reveal contradictions of contemporary urbanizationThe fast-growing cities of the Persian Gulf are, whatever else they may be, indisputably sensational. The world's tallest building is in Dubai; the 2022 World Cup in soccer will be played in fantastic Qatar facilities; Saudi Arabia is building five new cities from scratch; the Louvre, the Guggenheim and the Sorbonne, as well as many American and European universities, all have handsome outposts and campuses in the region. Such initiatives bespeak strategies to diversify economies and pursue grand ambitions across the Earth.Shining special light on Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Dohawhere the dynamics of extreme urbanization are so strongly evidentthe authors of The New Arab Urban trace what happens when money is plentiful, regulation weak, and labor conditions severe. Just how do authorities in such settings reconcile goals of oft-claimed civic betterment with hyper-segregation and radTrade Review"The book offers an invaluable survey of the topic, and a guide to a vast literature on this increasingly important region that is largely absent from urban studies as a whole." -- Urban Studies"The region’s urbanization has had a profound global influence on the worlds of architecture and urban planning, and on what urban megaprojects are more broadly expected to do in an economy or society... The Gulf, as [the contributors] claim in The New Arab Urban, is not just a passive recipient of urban policy, but a key site of production." -- Public Books"With a firm perspective on regional context and urban specificity, this collection of original essays offers a range of grounded conceptual narratives on architecture, urban planning, consumption, work and daily life in a group of cities––specifically, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Dubai and Masdar––that embody the phenomenon that is ‘the new Arab urban’." * International Journal of Urban and Regional Research *"Despite the academic interest that the spectacular new 'cities' in the Arab Gulf have garnered lately, this fascinating book argues that our tried-and-tested theories fall short in understanding them or learning from their rapid urbanization. The various essays propose different approaches to considering this old/new form of urbanity, but, together with the editors critical conclusion, expand the domain of urban study itself to draw concepts like mobility, transience, complexity, hybridity, contradiction, spontaneity, and even unpredictability into its interpretive paradigms. The book simply aims to achieve for the study of the 'Gulf city' the same kind of perspectival adjustment that Janet Abu Lughod accomplished for the 'Islamic city.'" -- Nasser Rabbat,Author of Mamluk History Through Architecture: Monuments, Culture and Politics in Medieval Egypt"Molotch and Ponzini promise us 'analytical shock therapy,' and that is what this book delivers. Inspired by Learning from Las Vegas, they ask us to set aside preconceptions, showing that cities really can be created with land monopoly and a potent mix of spectacle, inequality and authoritarianism. Whats more, these are not one-offs, but test beds for new globalizing forms of city building, as they are emulated and exported. There is urgent need to understand them, and for disquiet." -- Michael Storper,Co-author of The Rise and Fall of Urban Economies: Lessons from San Francisco and Los Angeles"The New Arab Urban is a magisterial account of the densely settled Arab Gulf... a memorable work on the urbanization of the Arab Gulf, one that will be indispensable to future research and scholarship on the region." * Global Policy Journal *

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Book SynopsisDuring the last twenty years, public interest in Islam and how Muslims express their religious identity in Western societies has grown exponentially. In parallel, the study of Islam in the Canadian academy has grown in a number of fields since the 1970s, reflecting a diverse range of scholarship, positionalities, and politics. Yet, academic research on Muslims in Canada has not been systematically assessed.In Producing Islam(s) in Canada, scholars from a wide range of disciplines come together to explore what is at stake regarding portrayals of Islam(s) and Muslims in academic scholarship. Given the centrality of representations of Canadian Muslims in current public policy and public imaginaries, which effects how all Canadians experience religious diversity, this analysis of knowledge production comes at a crucial time.Table of ContentsPreface Amir Hussain Acknowledgments General Introduction: Producing Islam(s) and Muslims in Canada Jennifer A. Selby, Amélie Barras, and Melanie Adrian Section 1: Examining Knowledge Production on Islam Epistemologies of the “Muslim Question” in Europe: On the Politics of Knowledge Production in a Minefield Schirin Amir-Moazami Research Funding and the Production of Knowledge about Islam: The Case of SSHRC Aaron W. Hughes Creating Ecologies of Knowledge as a MENA Scholar in North America: An Interview with Dr. Lara Deeb Sahver Kuzucuoglu The Study of Islam(s) and Western Academia: An Interview with Anver Emon Rehan Sayeed Section 2: Charting the Study of Islam(s) and Muslims in Canada Who Are “Muslims in Canada”? An Analysis of the Qualitative Literature from 1997 to 2017 Jennifer A. Selby, Amélie Barras, and Lori G. Beaman Studying Muslim Minorities in Canada: Pitfalls Facing Researchers Attempting to Turn a Racialized Category into a Category of Analysis Paul Eid Time for a “Hijab Ban”? The Hypervisibility of Veiling in Scholarship on Islam in North America Sadaf Ahmed Expressions of Sufism in Canada Meena Sharify-Funk and Jason Idriss Sparkes Unpacking Media Coverage, Islam, and Ismaili Muslims in Canada: An Interview with Karim H. Karim Mehmet Ali Basak The Relational Approach to Integration in Canada: An Interview with Abdie Kazemipur Sara Hamed Section 3: Positioning Selves Researching One’s Own Community: Reflections from Montreal, Canada Hicham Tiflati and Abdelaziz Djaout Cooking Up Research: Positionality and the Knowledge Production of Islam(s) Rachel Brown Fieldworking While Veiled: Autoethnography of a Brown + Muslim + Female Researcher in Quebec Roshan Arah Jahangeer The Interplay of Identity in Ethnographic Conversations: The Grammar of Recognition in Conversion Narratives Géraldine Mossière On Critical Muslim Studies, Anti-Islamophobia, and Canadian Islamic Schools: An Interview with Jasmin Zine Mehmet Ali Basak Section 4: Future Trends Mixed-Methods and Comparative Approaches to Studying Muslim Immigrant Women in Canada Catherine Holtmann Influencing the Public Imaginary: The Case of a Montreal Islamic School Melanie Adrian 2(b) or Not 2(b): The Expressive Value of the Niqab Natasha Bakht Gendering Everyday Islam, Border-Crossings, and the Production of “Alternative Knowledge” Parin Dossa Dancing between Academia and Activism: An Interview with Katherine Bullock Sara Hamed List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisDuring the last twenty years, public interest in Islam and how Muslims express their religious identity in Western societies has grown exponentially. In parallel, the study of Islam in the Canadian academy has grown in a number of fields since the 1970s, reflecting a diverse range of scholarship, positionalities, and politics. Yet, academic research on Muslims in Canada has not been systematically assessed. In Producing Islam(s) in Canada, scholars from a wide range of disciplines come together to explore what is at stake regarding portrayals of Islam(s) and Muslims in academic scholarship. Given the centrality of representations of Canadian Muslims in current public policy and public imaginaries, which effects how all Canadians experience religious diversity, this analysis of knowledge production comes at a crucial time.Table of ContentsPreface Amir Hussain Acknowledgments General Introduction: Producing Islam(s) and Muslims in Canada Jennifer A. Selby, Amélie Barras, and Melanie Adrian Section 1: Examining Knowledge Production on Islam Epistemologies of the “Muslim Question” in Europe: On the Politics of Knowledge Production in a Minefield Schirin Amir-Moazami Research Funding and the Production of Knowledge about Islam: The Case of SSHRC Aaron W. Hughes Creating Ecologies of Knowledge as a MENA Scholar in North America: An Interview with Dr. Lara Deeb Sahver Kuzucuoglu The Study of Islam(s) and Western Academia: An Interview with Anver Emon Rehan Sayeed Section 2: Charting the Study of Islam(s) and Muslims in Canada Who Are “Muslims in Canada”? An Analysis of the Qualitative Literature from 1997 to 2017 Jennifer A. Selby, Amélie Barras, and Lori G. Beaman Studying Muslim Minorities in Canada: Pitfalls Facing Researchers Attempting to Turn a Racialized Category into a Category of Analysis Paul Eid Time for a “Hijab Ban”? The Hypervisibility of Veiling in Scholarship on Islam in North America Sadaf Ahmed Expressions of Sufism in Canada Meena Sharify-Funk and Jason Idriss Sparkes Unpacking Media Coverage, Islam, and Ismaili Muslims in Canada: An Interview with Karim H. Karim Mehmet Ali Basak The Relational Approach to Integration in Canada: An Interview with Abdie Kazemipur Sara Hamed Section 3: Positioning Selves Researching One’s Own Community: Reflections from Montreal, Canada Hicham Tiflati and Abdelaziz Djaout Cooking Up Research: Positionality and the Knowledge Production of Islam(s) Rachel Brown Fieldworking While Veiled: Autoethnography of a Brown + Muslim + Female Researcher in Quebec Roshan Arah Jahangeer The Interplay of Identity in Ethnographic Conversations: The Grammar of Recognition in Conversion Narratives Géraldine Mossière On Critical Muslim Studies, Anti-Islamophobia, and Canadian Islamic Schools: An Interview with Jasmin Zine Mehmet Ali Basak Section 4: Future Trends Mixed-Methods and Comparative Approaches to Studying Muslim Immigrant Women in Canada Catherine Holtmann Influencing the Public Imaginary: The Case of a Montreal Islamic School Melanie Adrian 2(b) or Not 2(b): The Expressive Value of the Niqab Natasha Bakht Gendering Everyday Islam, Border-Crossings, and the Production of “Alternative Knowledge” Parin Dossa Dancing between Academia and Activism: An Interview with Katherine Bullock Sara Hamed List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisGuides readers through an exploration of legend tripping, drawing on years of scholarship, documentary accounts, and his own extensive fieldwork. Poring over old reports and legends, sleeping in haunted inns, and trekking through wilderness full of cannibal mutants and strange beasts, Debies-Carl provides an in-depth analysis of this practice.

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Book SynopsisManagement has been one of the driving forces of the last century, indeed an idea and a language that colonized most other institutions, areas of human activity and walks of life, even those that had until recently been regarded as completely unmanageable, such as art, academia and creativity. Some it supported and others it destroyed, but there are few areas in modern societies that have been untouched by it. What is the meaning of management now almost omnipresent and all-powerful in our current bleak times, in our current state of 'interregnum' that is characterized by an increasing sense of insecurity and hopelessness, a time when, paradoxically, the seemingly omnipotent force of management does not seem to work? Does it have a role to play today and in the future? What can it become and whom should it serve when the interregnum is over and a new, hopefully more humane, system begins to dawn? These are some of the questions explored in this timely new book by Zygmunt Bauman, one of the greatest thinkers of our times, architect and Urban Studies professor Irena Bauman, and two organization and management scholars, Jerzy Kociatkiewicz and Monika Kostera.Table of ContentsPreface Chapter 1: On interregnum, meso level organizing, and the city Chapter 2: Management without managers Chapter 3: The organization of the global and the local Chapter 4: Utopian hopes Chapter 5: Craftsmanship Chapter 6: Crises and consequences Coda Notes Index

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Book SynopsisManagement has been one of the driving forces of the last century, indeed an idea and a language that colonized most other institutions, areas of human activity and walks of life, even those that had until recently been regarded as completely unmanageable, such as art, academia and creativity. Some it supported and others it destroyed, but there are few areas in modern societies that have been untouched by it. What is the meaning of management now almost omnipresent and all-powerful in our current bleak times, in our current state of 'interregnum' that is characterized by an increasing sense of insecurity and hopelessness, a time when, paradoxically, the seemingly omnipotent force of management does not seem to work? Does it have a role to play today and in the future? What can it become and whom should it serve when the interregnum is over and a new, hopefully more humane, system begins to dawn? These are some of the questions explored in this timely new book by Zygmunt Bauman, one of the greatest thinkers of our times, architect and Urban Studies professor Irena Bauman, and two organization and management scholars, Jerzy Kociatkiewicz and Monika Kostera.Table of ContentsPreface Chapter 1: On interregnum, meso level organizing, and the city Chapter 2: Management without managers Chapter 3: The organization of the global and the local Chapter 4: Utopian hopes Chapter 5: Craftsmanship Chapter 6: Crises and consequences Coda Notes Index

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Book SynopsisWall Street and Silicon Valley – the two worlds this book examines – promote the illusion that scarcity can and should be eliminated in the age of seamless “flow.” Instead, Appadurai and Alexander propose a theory of habitual and strategic failure by exploring debt, crisis, digital divides, and (dis)connectivity. Moving between the planned obsolescence and deliberate precariousness of digital technologies and the “too big to fail” logic of the Great Recession, they argue that the sense of failure is real in that it produces disappointment and pain. Yet, failure is not a self-evident quality of projects, institutions, technologies, or lives. It requires a new and urgent understanding of the conditions under which repeated breakdowns and collapses are quickly forgotten. By looking at such moments of forgetfulness, this highly original book offers a multilayered account of failure and a general theory of denial, memory, and nascent systems of control.Trade Review"Failure is an extraordinarily incisive and insightful work of contemporary social theory. The book unravels an infuriating paradox: Silicon Valley and Wall Street companies that move fast, break things, and ruin lives, justify their disastrous performance as a necessary step toward a glorious future. Appadurai and Alexander debunk this naïve narrative of progress, while exposing how important it is to superficially respectable social science. Their critical theory illuminates key trends of our time."Frank Pasquale, University of Maryland Carey School of Law “Appadurai and Alexander’s Failure exacts a scathing critique of how digital capitalism reorganizes time, the social, and the self. It is a stockpile of insights, an academic arsenal for overthrowing today’s ‘regimes of failure.’”John Cheney-Lippold, University of Michigan“Failure is an exercise in interdisciplinarity rendered particularly effective in its ability to touch on concepts currently on the radar of popular audiences, from questions of digital privacy to the ramifications of the financializing futures. Failure’s call to action is a reminder to remember certain failures and their effects, but its reach extends beyond readjusting day-to-day priorities—Failure is a guide for reexamining the local and global systems threatening to indefinitely divide those of us with so much in common.”Hyperrhiz 22Table of ContentsAcknowledgements 1. Introduction: The Difference that Doesn’t Make a Difference 2. Chapter 1: The Promise Machine: Between “Techno-failure” and Market Failure 3. Chapter 2: Creative Destruction and the New Socialities 4. Chapter 3: Failure, Forgotten: On Buffering, Latency, and the Monetization of Waiting 5. Chapter 4: Too Big to Fail: Banks, Derivatives, and Market Collapse 6. Conclusion: Failure, Remembered 7. References

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Book SynopsisControlling national borders has once again become a key concern of contemporary states and a highly contentious issue in social and political life. But controlling borders is about much more than patrolling territorial boundaries at the edges of states: it now comprises a multitude of practices that take place at different levels, some at the edges of states and some in the local contexts of everyday life – in workplaces, in hospitals, in schools – which, taken together, construct, reproduce and contest borders and the rights and obligations associated with belonging to a nation-state. This book is a systematic exploration of the practices and processes that now define state bordering and the role it plays in national and global governance. Based on original research, it goes well beyond traditional approaches to the study of migration and racism, showing how these processes affect all members of society, not just the marginalized others. The uncertainties arising from these processes mean that more and more people find themselves living in grey zones, excluded from any form of protection and often denied basic human rights.Trade Review‘In Bordering the authors give us an account that brings together the multiple vectors that constitute a border, making legible components of borders we never think of. And they discover that border brutality can include much more than the familiar notions and images we see in newspapers.’Saskia Sassen, Columbia University, author of Expulsions ‘A path-breaking study of borders and bordering processes that combines theoretical depth with empirical insight. It points to the many and varied ways in which bordering processes weave together sociopolitical and economic dimensions across complex and contested terrains. Highly recommended.’Avtar Brah, Professor Emerita of Sociology, Birkbeck College, University of London"The authors of this fascinating, highly topical and ambitious book demonstrate compellingly how borders/borderings have moved from the margins into the middle of political and everyday life. Borders and the processes of bordering weave together various domains of socio-political and economic life and are also vigorously mobilized to transform and redefine the key categories of social life, such as identity, belonging and citizenship. This book is a well-written, theoretically informed, and historically and politically sensitive. Its empirical illustrations are rich and well-selected. This volume can be warmly recommended to all scholars interested in one of the most burning issues of the contemporary ever more mobile world that is borders, and the multi-scalar processes of de- and re-bordering occurring both inside and outside of state territories."Professor Paasi Anssi, University of Oulu “A compelling illustration of different bordering processes and how their reach extends throughout society.”Catherine Schmidt , University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada“Researchers interested in a practical guide to intersectional approaches in qualitative research and those curious about the many forms of borderings that regulate quotidian life today will appreciate this book.”The Border Criminologies blogTable of Contents Contents Acknowledgements Chapter 1 Introduction: Framing Bordering Introduction Bordering: in between the political and socio-cultural Bordering and neoliberal globalization Everyday intersectional bordering Outline of the book Chapter 2 Bordering, Governance and Belonging: An Historical Overview Introduction Pre-modern borderings Modernity and bordering: the long eighteenth century Bordering in the aftermath of WW1 Bordering in the aftermath of WW2 The collapse of state socialism and EU enlargement Neoliberalism and its crises The rise of absolutist movements Bordering in the context of violent conflicts, neoliberal developments and ecological crisis in the Global South Journeys towards the ‘global migration crisis’ Rebordering Brexit Conclusion Chapter 3 Firewall Bordering at State Managed Border Control Points Introduction Bordering-scape 1: ‘external’ border control points: visas, airports, train station, seaports Bordering-scape 2: firewall bordering at ‘internal’ border control point of registry offices Bordering-scape 3: firewall bordering, ‘external’ and ‘internal’ bordering encounters experienced by Eastern European Roma and Nepali army families. Conclusion Chapter 4 Everyday Bordering, Citizenship and Belonging Introduction Bordering-scape 4: employment Bordering-scape 5: accommodation Bordering scape 6: education Conclusion Chapter 5 Bordering and Grey Zones Introduction Bordering-scape 7: The ‘Jungle’ in Calais Bordering-scape 8: grey zones in Britain Bordering-scape 9: post-borderland Dover Conclusion Chapter 6 Conclusion: Understanding Bordering Introduction Bordering as central and constitutive of social processes Bordering as a political discourse and practice of governance and belonging Bordering as an outcome and cause of social inequalities Bordering as a situated endeavour Bordering and transversal political epistemology Resisting everyday bordering Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisControlling national borders has once again become a key concern of contemporary states and a highly contentious issue in social and political life. But controlling borders is about much more than patrolling territorial boundaries at the edges of states: it now comprises a multitude of practices that take place at different levels, some at the edges of states and some in the local contexts of everyday life – in workplaces, in hospitals, in schools – which, taken together, construct, reproduce and contest borders and the rights and obligations associated with belonging to a nation-state. This book is a systematic exploration of the practices and processes that now define state bordering and the role it plays in national and global governance. Based on original research, it goes well beyond traditional approaches to the study of migration and racism, showing how these processes affect all members of society, not just the marginalized others. The uncertainties arising from these processes mean that more and more people find themselves living in grey zones, excluded from any form of protection and often denied basic human rights.Trade Review‘In Bordering the authors give us an account that brings together the multiple vectors that constitute a border, making legible components of borders we never think of. And they discover that border brutality can include much more than the familiar notions and images we see in newspapers.’Saskia Sassen, Columbia University, author of Expulsions ‘A path-breaking study of borders and bordering processes that combines theoretical depth with empirical insight. It points to the many and varied ways in which bordering processes weave together sociopolitical and economic dimensions across complex and contested terrains. Highly recommended.’Avtar Brah, Professor Emerita of Sociology, Birkbeck College, University of London"The authors of this fascinating, highly topical and ambitious book demonstrate compellingly how borders/borderings have moved from the margins into the middle of political and everyday life. Borders and the processes of bordering weave together various domains of socio-political and economic life and are also vigorously mobilized to transform and redefine the key categories of social life, such as identity, belonging and citizenship. This book is a well-written, theoretically informed, and historically and politically sensitive. Its empirical illustrations are rich and well-selected. This volume can be warmly recommended to all scholars interested in one of the most burning issues of the contemporary ever more mobile world that is borders, and the multi-scalar processes of de- and re-bordering occurring both inside and outside of state territories."Professor Paasi Anssi, University of Oulu “A compelling illustration of different bordering processes and how their reach extends throughout society.”Catherine Schmidt , University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada“Researchers interested in a practical guide to intersectional approaches in qualitative research and those curious about the many forms of borderings that regulate quotidian life today will appreciate this book.”The Border Criminologies blogTable of Contents Contents Acknowledgements Chapter 1 Introduction: Framing Bordering Introduction Bordering: in between the political and socio-cultural Bordering and neoliberal globalization Everyday intersectional bordering Outline of the book Chapter 2 Bordering, Governance and Belonging: An Historical Overview Introduction Pre-modern borderings Modernity and bordering: the long eighteenth century Bordering in the aftermath of WW1 Bordering in the aftermath of WW2 The collapse of state socialism and EU enlargement Neoliberalism and its crises The rise of absolutist movements Bordering in the context of violent conflicts, neoliberal developments and ecological crisis in the Global South Journeys towards the ‘global migration crisis’ Rebordering Brexit Conclusion Chapter 3 Firewall Bordering at State Managed Border Control Points Introduction Bordering-scape 1: ‘external’ border control points: visas, airports, train station, seaports Bordering-scape 2: firewall bordering at ‘internal’ border control point of registry offices Bordering-scape 3: firewall bordering, ‘external’ and ‘internal’ bordering encounters experienced by Eastern European Roma and Nepali army families. Conclusion Chapter 4 Everyday Bordering, Citizenship and Belonging Introduction Bordering-scape 4: employment Bordering-scape 5: accommodation Bordering scape 6: education Conclusion Chapter 5 Bordering and Grey Zones Introduction Bordering-scape 7: The ‘Jungle’ in Calais Bordering-scape 8: grey zones in Britain Bordering-scape 9: post-borderland Dover Conclusion Chapter 6 Conclusion: Understanding Bordering Introduction Bordering as central and constitutive of social processes Bordering as a political discourse and practice of governance and belonging Bordering as an outcome and cause of social inequalities Bordering as a situated endeavour Bordering and transversal political epistemology Resisting everyday bordering Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisStudies of race and media are dominated by textual approaches that explore the politics of representation. But there is little understanding of how and why representations of race in the media take the shape that they do. How, one might ask, is race created by cultural industries? In this important new book, Anamik Saha encourages readers to focus on the production of representations of racial and ethnic minorities in film, television, music and the arts. His interdisciplinary approach combines critical media studies and media industries research with postcolonial studies and critical race perspectives to reveal how political economic forces and legacies of empire shape industrial cultural production and, in turn, media discourses around race. Race and the Cultural Industries is required reading for students and scholars of media and cultural studies, as well as anyone interested in why historical representations of 'the Other' persist in the media and how they are to be challenged.Trade Review"I love this book. Alongside the justified, simmering rage concerning racism, there is careful and elegant analysis of the production systems behind the media's promotion and manifestations of racial inequality. This is a major contribution not only to media studies, but also to understandings of race and ethnicity in contemporary culture and society."David Hesmondhalgh, University of Leeds "In this carefully researched volume, Anamik Saha carves out an original and compelling approach for studying how the cultural industries shape the politics of race today, and how those industries need to change to allow more equitable societies to emerge. This book is required reading for every citizen, student, activist and scholar with a commitment to race and social justice."Timothy Havens, The University of IowaTable of Contents Contents Preface and Acknowledgements Part 1: Framework Chapter 1: Race and the cultural industries Chapter 2: Approaching race and cultural production Part 2: Media, race and power Chapter 3: Capitalism, race and the ambivalence of commodification Chapter 4: ‘Diversity’ in media and cultural policy Part 3: The cultural politics of production Chapter 5: The racialisation of the cultural commodity Chapter 6: Enabling race-making in the cultural industries Chapter 7: Conclusion References Index

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Book Synopsis"Just as philosophy begins with doubt, so also a life that may be called human begins with irony" so wrote Kierkegaard. While we commonly think of irony as a figure of speech where someone says one thing and means the opposite, the concept of irony has long played a more fundamental role in the tradition of philosophy, a role that goes back to Socrates Ð the originator and exemplar of the urbane ironic life. But what precisely is Socratic irony and what relevance, if any, does it have for us today? Bernstein begins his inquiry with a critical examination of the work of two contemporary philosophers for whom irony is vital: Jonathan Lear and Richard Rorty. Despite their sharp differences, Bernstein argues that they complement one other, each exploring different aspects of ironic life. In the background of Lear’s and Rorty’s accounts stand the two great ironists: Socrates and Kierkegaard. Focusing on the competing interpretations of Socratic irony by Gregory Vlastos and Alexander Nehamas, Bernstein shows how they further develop our understanding of irony as a form of life and as an art of living. Bernstein also develops a distinctive interpretation of Kierkegaard’s famous claim that a life that may be called human begins with irony. Bernstein weaves together the insights of these thinkers to show how each contributes to a richer understanding of ironic life. He also argues that the emphasis on irony helps to restore the balance between two different philosophical traditions philosophy as a theoretical discipline concerned with getting things right and philosophy as a practical discipline that shapes how we ought to live our lives.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Jonathan Lear and Richard Rorty on Irony Lear's Case for Irony Rorty on Irony, Contingency, and Liberalism Some Questions Concerning Lear and Rorty 2. What is Socratic Irony? Gregory Vlastos: Socratic Irony as Complex Irony Alexander Nehamas: Socratic Irony as Silence Vlastos and Nehamas: Productive Tensions 3. Søren Kierkegaard: Irony and Ethical Passion Irony as Infinite Absolute Negativity Moving Beyond "Pure Irony" 4. Irony, Philosophy, and Living a Human Life The Art of Living Why Irony Matters Notes References Name Index Subject Index

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Book Synopsis"Just as philosophy begins with doubt, so also a life that may be called human begins with irony" so wrote Kierkegaard. While we commonly think of irony as a figure of speech where someone says one thing and means the opposite, the concept of irony has long played a more fundamental role in the tradition of philosophy, a role that goes back to Socrates Ð the originator and exemplar of the urbane ironic life. But what precisely is Socratic irony and what relevance, if any, does it have for us today? Bernstein begins his inquiry with a critical examination of the work of two contemporary philosophers for whom irony is vital: Jonathan Lear and Richard Rorty. Despite their sharp differences, Bernstein argues that they complement one other, each exploring different aspects of ironic life. In the background of Lear’s and Rorty’s accounts stand the two great ironists: Socrates and Kierkegaard. Focusing on the competing interpretations of Socratic irony by Gregory Vlastos and Alexander Nehamas, Bernstein shows how they further develop our understanding of irony as a form of life and as an art of living. Bernstein also develops a distinctive interpretation of Kierkegaard’s famous claim that a life that may be called human begins with irony. Bernstein weaves together the insights of these thinkers to show how each contributes to a richer understanding of ironic life. He also argues that the emphasis on irony helps to restore the balance between two different philosophical traditions philosophy as a theoretical discipline concerned with getting things right and philosophy as a practical discipline that shapes how we ought to live our lives.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Jonathan Lear and Richard Rorty on Irony Lear's Case for Irony Rorty on Irony, Contingency, and Liberalism Some Questions Concerning Lear and Rorty 2. What is Socratic Irony? Gregory Vlastos: Socratic Irony as Complex Irony Alexander Nehamas: Socratic Irony as Silence Vlastos and Nehamas: Productive Tensions 3. Søren Kierkegaard: Irony and Ethical Passion Irony as Infinite Absolute Negativity Moving Beyond "Pure Irony" 4. Irony, Philosophy, and Living a Human Life The Art of Living Why Irony Matters Notes References Name Index Subject Index

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Book SynopsisWe live in times of increasing public distrust of the main institutions of modern society. Experts, including scientists, are suspected of working to hidden agendas or serving vested interests. The solution is usually seen as more public scrutiny and more control by democratic institutions – experts must be subservient to social and political life. In this book, Harry Collins and Robert Evans take a radically different view. They argue that, rather than democracies needing to be protected from science, democratic societies need to learn how to value science in this new age of uncertainty. By emphasizing that science is a moral enterprise, guided by values that should matter to all, they show how science can support democracy without destroying it and propose a new institution – The Owls – that can mediate between science and society and improve technological decision-making for the benefit of all.Trade Review"Scientific and technological advances have a huge impact on our lives, yet science and society have an ambivalent relationship: science needs democracy to flourish but its techniques are beyond political accountability. In this thought-provoking book, Collins and Evans assert that "science gives substance to the way of being of democracy". Consequently, science is a key to achieving and safeguarding our democratic ideals."—Barry Barish, Linde Professor of Physics, Emeritus, Caltech; PI and Director of LIGO, 1994–2005"Free-market ideology threatens both science and democracy. Collins and Evans respond not with philosophical arguments but an appeal to common sense. They ask us first to see that we face a basic moral choice, and then to choose the values of modern science. A provocative and thoughtful book."—Mark Brown, Professor of Government, California State University, Sacramento"Should we only give credence to an expert in any given field, thereby discounting the view of non-specialists? Doing so would seem rather undemocratic. It would also appear to reduce the scope for holding experts accountable. [... Collins and Evans'] theory not only tries to explain how knowledge is acquired but also legitimises the contribution which non-practitioners can make to scientific practice."—The Irish TimesTable of ContentsPreface Part I: Introduction Chapter 1: Science as a Moral Choice Part II: Elective Modernism Chapter 2: Choosing Science Chapter 3: The Birds: Elective Modernism, Democracy and Science Part III: Academic Context Chapter 4: Elective Modernism in Context Chapter 5: Institutional Innovations Part IV: Manifesto Conclusion: Elective Modernism and Democracy Notes References Cited

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Book SynopsisWe live in times of increasing public distrust of the main institutions of modern society. Experts, including scientists, are suspected of working to hidden agendas or serving vested interests. The solution is usually seen as more public scrutiny and more control by democratic institutions – experts must be subservient to social and political life. In this book, Harry Collins and Robert Evans take a radically different view. They argue that, rather than democracies needing to be protected from science, democratic societies need to learn how to value science in this new age of uncertainty. By emphasizing that science is a moral enterprise, guided by values that should matter to all, they show how science can support democracy without destroying it and propose a new institution – The Owls – that can mediate between science and society and improve technological decision-making for the benefit of all.Trade Review"Scientific and technological advances have a huge impact on our lives, yet science and society have an ambivalent relationship: science needs democracy to flourish but its techniques are beyond political accountability. In this thought-provoking book, Collins and Evans assert that “science gives substance to the way of being of democracy”. Consequently, science is a key to achieving and safeguarding our democratic ideals." —Barry Barish, Linde Professor of Physics, Emeritus, Caltech; PI and Director of LIGO, 1994–2005 "Free-market ideology threatens both science and democracy. Collins and Evans respond not with philosophical arguments but an appeal to common sense. They ask us first to see that we face a basic moral choice, and then to choose the values of modern science. A provocative and thoughtful book." —Mark Brown, Professor of Government, California State University, Sacramento"Should we only give credence to an expert in any given field, thereby discounting the view of non-specialists? Doing so would seem rather undemocratic. It would also appear to reduce the scope for holding experts accountable. [... Collins and Evans'] theory not only tries to explain how knowledge is acquired but also legitimises the contribution which non-practitioners can make to scientific practice."—The Irish TimesTable of ContentsPreface Part I: Introduction Chapter 1: Science as a Moral Choice Part II: Elective Modernism Chapter 2: Choosing Science Chapter 3: The Birds: Elective Modernism, Democracy and Science Part III: Academic Context Chapter 4: Elective Modernism in Context Chapter 5: Institutional Innovations Part IV: Manifesto Conclusion: Elective Modernism and Democracy Notes References Cited

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Book SynopsisTwitter is a household name, discussed for its role in national elections, natural disasters, and political movements, as well as for what some malign as narcissistic “chatter.” The first edition of Murthy’s balanced and incisive book pioneered the study of this medium as a serious platform worthy of scholarly attention. Much has changed since Twitter’s infancy, although it is more relevant than ever to our social, political, and economic lives. This timely second edition shows how Twitter has evolved and how it is used today. Murthy introduces some of the historical context that gave birth to the platform, while providing up-to-date examples such as the #blacklivesmatter movement, and Donald Trump’s use of Twitter in the US election. The chapters on journalism and social movements have been thoroughly updated, and completely new to this edition is a chapter on celebrities and brands. Seeking to answer challenging questions around the popular medium, the second edition of Twitter is essential reading for students and scholars of digital media.Trade Review"Dhiraj Murthy is one of the foremost experts in social media and Twitter as a platform. His new edition of Twitter treats the platform as a firm, as a mode communication, and as a culture of technology use. Important political leaders use it, young people use it, and journalists use it, sometimes to the detriment of public life. Murthy takes us through the contagions and consequences of Twitter use."—Philip N. Howard, Oxford University and author of Castells and the Media "Ten years after being introduced, Twitter has become an integral professional and civic tool. Now Dhiraj Murthy brings an updated version of his methodologically innovative and sociologically deep approach to this transformative social media platform."—Stephen D. Reese, University of Texas at Austin "A welcome addition to the growing world of Twitter research."—Temitayo Olofinlua, University of Ibadan

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Book SynopsisTwitter is a household name, discussed for its role in national elections, natural disasters, and political movements, as well as for what some malign as narcissistic “chatter.” The first edition of Murthy’s balanced and incisive book pioneered the study of this medium as a serious platform worthy of scholarly attention. Much has changed since Twitter’s infancy, although it is more relevant than ever to our social, political, and economic lives. This timely second edition shows how Twitter has evolved and how it is used today. Murthy introduces some of the historical context that gave birth to the platform, while providing up-to-date examples such as the #blacklivesmatter movement, and Donald Trump’s use of Twitter in the US election. The chapters on journalism and social movements have been thoroughly updated, and completely new to this edition is a chapter on celebrities and brands. Seeking to answer challenging questions around the popular medium, the second edition of Twitter is essential reading for students and scholars of digital media.Trade Review"Dhiraj Murthy is one of the foremost experts in social media and Twitter as a platform. His new edition of Twitter treats the platform as a firm, as a mode communication, and as a culture of technology use. Important political leaders use it, young people use it, and journalists use it, sometimes to the detriment of public life. Murthy takes us through the contagions and consequences of Twitter use."—Philip N. Howard, Oxford University and author of Castells and the Media "Ten years after being introduced, Twitter has become an integral professional and civic tool. Now Dhiraj Murthy brings an updated version of his methodologically innovative and sociologically deep approach to this transformative social media platform."—Stephen D. Reese, University of Texas at Austin "A welcome addition to the growing world of Twitter research."—Temitayo Olofinlua, University of Ibadan

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Book SynopsisFrom mobile phones to consoles, tablets and PCs, we are now a generation of gamers. The PlayStation Dreamworld is – to borrow a phrase from Slavoj Zizek – the pervert's guide to videogames. It argues that we can only understand the world of videogames via Lacanian dream analysis. It also argues that the Left needs to work inside this dreamspace – a powerful arena for constructing our desires – or else the dreamworld will fall entirely into the hands of dominant and reactionary forces. While cyberspace is increasingly dominated by corporate organization, gaming, at its most subversive, can nevertheless produce radical forms of enjoyment which threaten the capitalist norms that are created and endlessly repeated in our daily relationships with mobile phones, videogames, computers and other forms of technological entertainment. Far from being a book solely for dedicated gamers, this book dissects the structure of our relationships to all technological entertainment at a time when entertainment has become ubiquitous. We can no longer escape our fantasies but rather live inside their digital reality.Trade Review“The universe of video games and the action they involve us in render perfectly the illusions and antagonisms of our ideological predicament - the popularity of post-apocalyptic games tells it all. But perhaps even more important is the type of subjectivity a gamer has to adopt when immersed into a game: a mixture of extreme engagement and loss of reality, a universe of immortality where actions are indefinitely repeatable. So it is not that we can understand the impact of these games only through the analysis of our social reality - it's also the other way round: to understand how our societies work you have to know video games And Alfie Bown does this at such a high level that he produces an instant classic, a book that everyone who seeks to find a way in our confused social life will have to read. The Playstation Dreamworld is unputdownable, once you start reading it you will get addicted to it... as in a good video game!” Slavoj Žižek “If you ever asked yourself what Freud and Lacan would think if they had a chance to play video games, Alfie Bown gives you the answer. As a passionate gamer and a playful philosopher, he succeeds in showing not only why video-games matter but why they might carry subversive potential. This exciting psychoanalysis of video games shows why Pokémon GO and other games were only the beginning of a brave new world."Srećko Horvat From mobile phones to consoles to tablet, we are now a generation of gamers. This book dissects the structure of our relationships to all forms of technological entertainment at a time when digital enjoyment has become ubiquitous.Alfie Bown is Assistant Professor of Literature at HSMC, Hong Kong and co-editor of the Hong Kong Review of Books."A significant contribution to the debate around virtual reality" TLSTable of Contents Contents Acknowledgements Note on the Games Tutorial: The Pokémon Generation Level 1. From Farming Simulation to Dystopic Wasteland: Gaming and Capitalism Work and Play - Cultures of Distraction - Pastoral Dystopia, Apocalyptic Utopia – No Alternative Level 2. Dreamwork: Cyborgs on the Analyst’s Couch Japanese Dreams, American Texts – The Dreamworld - Repetitions and the Dromena – Immersion and Westworld Level 3. Retro Gaming: The Politics of Former and Future Pleasures 90s Rational Gaming – Virtual/Reality - Subject, Object, Enjoyment - Jouissance in the Arcades Bonus Features: How to be a Subversive Gamer Game Index Endnotes

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Book SynopsisÉmile Durkheim’s major works are among the founding texts of the discipline of sociology, but his importance lies also in his immense legacy and subsequent influence upon others. In this book, Philip Smith examines not only Durkheim’s original ideas, but also reveals how he inspired more than a century of theoretical innovations, identifying the key paths, bridges, and dead ends – as well as the tensions and resolutions – in what has been a remarkably complex intellectual history. Beginning with an overview of the key elements of Durkheim’s mature masterpieces, Smith also examines his lesser known essays, commentaries and lectures. He goes on to analyse his immediate influence on the Année Sociologique group, before tracing the international impact of Durkheim upon modern anthropology, sociology, and social and cultural theory. Smith shows that many leading social thinkers, from Marcel Mauss to Mary Douglas and Randall Collins, have been carriers for the multiple pathways mapped out in Durkheim’s original thought.This book will be essential reading for any student or scholar seeking to understand this fundamental impact on areas ranging from social theory and anthropology to religious studies and beyond.Trade Review“Smith’s book is a marvelous theoretical and scholarly accomplishment. It is far and away the most insightful and important work ever written not only about Durkheim but, most importantly, the tradition he created.”Jeffrey C. Alexander, Yale University “This book is like the sun coming up, dispelling the myths that sociology has never made any important discoveries or sharpened its knowledge across the generations. Philip Smith’s lucid and fair-minded account tells the story from Durkheim’s team to the theoretical trajectories of today, while touching on much of the intellectual action for over a century.”Randall Collins, University of Pennsylvania “A masterpiece of sociological theory – well written and based on an impressive breadth of knowledge, a strong capacity for synthesis, and a great open-mindedness.”Marcel Fournier, University of Montreal "This book sensitizes us to the richness of Durkheim’s heritage, the inspirations that have been drawn from it and those that are still waiting to become fruitful. It offers a useful overview of the twists and turns of the Durkheim reception – with a particular focus on American cultural sociology.”Hans Joas, Humboldt University, Berlin, and University of ChicagoTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Durkheim’s Life and the Four Major Books Situating Durkheim – early life and training - The Division of Labor - The Rules of Sociological Method – Suicide - the middle career phase - L'Année Sociologique - the Elementary Forms - death. Chapter 2: Durkheim’s Other Works and the Contributions of His Students The variety of outputs – individualism - socialism - ethics- the state – sex/gender/family/marriage- pragmatism –education - the body – punishment – classification – Mauss – Hertz – Hubert - other students in the Année team. Chapter 3: Durkheimian Thought 1917-1950 France-the fate of Durkheim’s team - Mauss the gift and the body - Halbwachs and collective memory - Bataille and the Collège de Sociologie – England and structural functionalist anthropology – Radcliffe-Brown – Evans-Pritchard – the United States - Parsons - Merton. Chapter 4: Through the Cultural Turn 1950-1985 Parsons and systems theory – the fall of Parsons – Germany – Lévi-Strauss – British anthropology - Mary Douglas – Durkheimian empirical sociology in the United States. Chapter 5: Into the Twenty-First Century: Durkheim Revived Durkheim neglected – the rise of cultural sociology in the United States – Jeffrey Alexander and the Strong Program – Randall Collins and interaction ritual – Other Durkheimian work in the United States – the Durkheimian Studies/Études Durkheimiennes Group - Germany – adaptations of Mary Douglas on grid/group – evolutionary psychology– the return of normative Durkheimian theory. References

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Book SynopsisÉmile Durkheim’s major works are among the founding texts of the discipline of sociology, but his importance lies also in his immense legacy and subsequent influence upon others. In this book, Philip Smith examines not only Durkheim’s original ideas, but also reveals how he inspired more than a century of theoretical innovations, identifying the key paths, bridges, and dead ends – as well as the tensions and resolutions – in what has been a remarkably complex intellectual history. Beginning with an overview of the key elements of Durkheim’s mature masterpieces, Smith also examines his lesser known essays, commentaries and lectures. He goes on to analyse his immediate influence on the Année Sociologique group, before tracing the international impact of Durkheim upon modern anthropology, sociology, and social and cultural theory. Smith shows that many leading social thinkers, from Marcel Mauss to Mary Douglas and Randall Collins, have been carriers for the multiple pathways mapped out in Durkheim’s original thought.This book will be essential reading for any student or scholar seeking to understand this fundamental impact on areas ranging from social theory and anthropology to religious studies and beyond.Trade Review“Smith’s book is a marvelous theoretical and scholarly accomplishment. It is far and away the most insightful and important work ever written not only about Durkheim but, most importantly, the tradition he created.”Jeffrey C. Alexander, Yale University “This book is like the sun coming up, dispelling the myths that sociology has never made any important discoveries or sharpened its knowledge across the generations. Philip Smith’s lucid and fair-minded account tells the story from Durkheim’s team to the theoretical trajectories of today, while touching on much of the intellectual action for over a century.”Randall Collins, University of Pennsylvania “A masterpiece of sociological theory – well written and based on an impressive breadth of knowledge, a strong capacity for synthesis, and a great open-mindedness.”Marcel Fournier, University of Montreal "This book sensitizes us to the richness of Durkheim’s heritage, the inspirations that have been drawn from it and those that are still waiting to become fruitful. It offers a useful overview of the twists and turns of the Durkheim reception – with a particular focus on American cultural sociology.”Hans Joas, Humboldt University, Berlin, and University of ChicagoTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Durkheim’s Life and the Four Major Books Situating Durkheim – early life and training - The Division of Labor - The Rules of Sociological Method – Suicide - the middle career phase - L'Année Sociologique - the Elementary Forms - death. Chapter 2: Durkheim’s Other Works and the Contributions of His Students The variety of outputs – individualism - socialism - ethics- the state – sex/gender/family/marriage- pragmatism –education - the body – punishment – classification – Mauss – Hertz – Hubert - other students in the Année team. Chapter 3: Durkheimian Thought 1917-1950 France-the fate of Durkheim’s team - Mauss the gift and the body - Halbwachs and collective memory - Bataille and the Collège de Sociologie – England and structural functionalist anthropology – Radcliffe-Brown – Evans-Pritchard – the United States - Parsons - Merton. Chapter 4: Through the Cultural Turn 1950-1985 Parsons and systems theory – the fall of Parsons – Germany – Lévi-Strauss – British anthropology - Mary Douglas – Durkheimian empirical sociology in the United States. Chapter 5: Into the Twenty-First Century: Durkheim Revived Durkheim neglected – the rise of cultural sociology in the United States – Jeffrey Alexander and the Strong Program – Randall Collins and interaction ritual – Other Durkheimian work in the United States – the Durkheimian Studies/Études Durkheimiennes Group - Germany – adaptations of Mary Douglas on grid/group – evolutionary psychology– the return of normative Durkheimian theory. References

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Book SynopsisIn this accessible and engagingly written book, Vanessa May invites readers into the rich world of thought, research and study of the highly diverse phenomenon of families and family life. The book explores what is and has been understood by ‘family’ in different sociocultural contexts and how family life intersects with social spheres such as the state, the labour market and the economy. Alongside broad social developments such as (post)colonialism and austerity and their connections with changing family patterns, the book engages interdisciplinary work on time, embodiment and materiality in order to offer a multidimensional perspective on the day-to-day lives of families. Drawing from research in the Global North and the Global South, the text carefully considers how people approach the study of families and thus offers insight into the shape of mainstream family studies today. The book offers a timely intervention into current debates within family studies and suggests avenues of investigation that deserve further attention, and will be an invaluable resource to students and scholars alike.Trade Review‘This book is interdisciplinary and inquisitive at its core, taking the field of family studies as an open question rather than an already structured and cleared path. It presents the messiness of families as they really are.’Rin Reczek, The Ohio State University‘Vanessa May pushes the boundaries of family studies to uncharted territories. Her beautifully written book is paradigm-shifting, meticulously researched, theoretically sophisticated and driven by a profound desire for a different sociology of family life. Families is a rigorous, groundbreaking book that should be read widely and repeatedly.’Kinneret Lahad, Tel Aviv University‘Families challenges us to identify and critically examine the norms that guide our investigation into the family as a practice, providing a template to avoid ethnocentric analysis. This book should be core reading in undergraduate and graduate classes in family studies.’Rhacel Salazar Parreñas, University of Southern CaliforniaTable of Contents1 Introduction 2 Cultural Variation in Family Forms 3 Conceptualizing ‘Family’ in Euro-American Research 4 Governing Families 5 The Embodied and Material Dimensions of Family Life 6 Families Located in and Moving through Space 7 Families in Time 8 Conclusion

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Book SynopsisW.E.B Du Bois is widely considered one of the most accomplished and controversial African American intellectuals in U.S. history. A pioneering historian, sociologist, political economist, and civil rights activist, his masterpiece The Souls of Black Folk remains one of the most widely read books in the history of American literature. In this new book, Reiland Rabaka critically explores Du Bois’s multidimensional legacy, lucidly introducing his main contributions in areas ranging from American sociology and critical race studies to black feminism and black Marxism. Rabaka argues that Du Bois’s corpus, particularly when attention is given to his contributions to the critique of racism, sexism, capitalism and colonialism, can be persuasively interpreted as both an undeniable and unprecedented contribution to the origins and evolution of one of our most important contemporary critical concepts: intersectionality. Du Bois: A Critical Introduction is an indispensable resource for scholars and students of history, sociology, politics, and economics. It will also be very valuable for those working in interdisciplinary fields, ranging from African American studies, critical race studies, and critical white studies to black feminism, black Marxism, and black internationalism.Trade Review“In this his latest book, Professor Rabaka--an excellent analyst-- makes yet another outstanding contribution to scholarship, by focusing intensively on the protean Du Bois.”Gerald Horne, University of Houston [and author of Race Woman: The Lives of Shirley Graham Du Bois]“In this original, thought-provoking, and thoroughly researched book, Reiland Rabaka offers an incisive analysis of W.E.B. Du Bois's rich political ideas— charting his evolution of thought, contributions to several fields of study, and enduring legacies.”Keisha N. Blain, University of Pittsburgh and author of Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom“Du Bois: A Critical Introduction is an informative, thoughtful, and skilful introduction to Du Bois’s work and an important contribution to the scholarship on Du Bois.”Ethnic and Racial StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Du Bois’s Lifework 1 The Philadelphia Negro: Early Work and the Inauguration of American Sociology 2 The Souls of Black Folk: Critique of Racism and Contributions to Critical Race Studies 3 “The Souls of White Folk”: Critique of White Supremacy and Contributions to Critical White Studies 4 “The Damnation of Women”: Critique of Patriarchy, Contributions to Black Feminism, and Early Intersectionality 5 Black Reconstruction: Critique of Capitalism, Contributions to Black Marxism, and Discourse on Democratic Socialism Conclusion: Du Bois’s Legacy Notes Index

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Book SynopsisW.E.B Du Bois is widely considered one of the most accomplished and controversial African American intellectuals in U.S. history. A pioneering historian, sociologist, political economist, and civil rights activist, his masterpiece The Souls of Black Folk remains one of the most widely read books in the history of American literature. In this new book, Reiland Rabaka critically explores Du Bois’s multidimensional legacy, lucidly introducing his main contributions in areas ranging from American sociology and critical race studies to black feminism and black Marxism. Rabaka argues that Du Bois’s corpus, particularly when attention is given to his contributions to the critique of racism, sexism, capitalism and colonialism, can be persuasively interpreted as both an undeniable and unprecedented contribution to the origins and evolution of one of our most important contemporary critical concepts: intersectionality. Du Bois: A Critical Introduction is an indispensable resource for scholars and students of history, sociology, politics, and economics. It will also be very valuable for those working in interdisciplinary fields, ranging from African American studies, critical race studies, and critical white studies to black feminism, black Marxism, and black internationalism.Trade Review“In this his latest book, Professor Rabaka--an excellent analyst-- makes yet another outstanding contribution to scholarship, by focusing intensively on the protean Du Bois.”Gerald Horne, University of Houston [and author of Race Woman: The Lives of Shirley Graham Du Bois]“In this original, thought-provoking, and thoroughly researched book, Reiland Rabaka offers an incisive analysis of W.E.B. Du Bois's rich political ideas— charting his evolution of thought, contributions to several fields of study, and enduring legacies.”Keisha N. Blain, University of Pittsburgh and author of Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom“Du Bois: A Critical Introduction is an informative, thoughtful, and skilful introduction to Du Bois’s work and an important contribution to the scholarship on Du Bois.”Ethnic and Racial Studies

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Book SynopsisOur daily lives, our culture and our politics are now shaped by the digital condition as large numbers of people involve themselves in contentious negotiations of meaning in ever more dimensions of life, from the trivial to the profound. They are making use of the capacities of complex communication infrastructures, currently dominated by social mass media such as Twitter and Facebook, on which they have come to depend.Amidst a confusing plurality, Felix Stalder argues that are three key constituents of this condition: the use of existing cultural materials for one's own production, the way in which new meaning is established as a collective endeavour, and the underlying role of algorithms and automated decision-making processes that reduce and give shape to massive volumes of data. These three characteristics define what Stalder calls 'the digital condition'. Stalder also examines the profound political implications of this new culture. We stand at a crossroads between post-democracy and the commons, a concentration of power among the few or a genuine widening of participation, with the digital condition offering the potential for starkly different outcomes.This ambitious and wide-ranging theory of our contemporary digital condition will be of great interest to students and scholars in media and communications, cultural studies, and social, political and cultural theory, as well as to a wider readership interested in the ways in which culture and politics are changing today.Trade Review"A remarkable map of the social and cultural changes brought about by the shift to digital culture. Broad in scope and precise in detail, this is a book of plentiful insights and deft propositions." Matthew Fuller, Goldsmiths, University of London"A fresh and intimate analysis that transcends labels and points to the tendency toward commons as proof for the existence of genuine, fundamental, and cutting-edge alternatives. Felix Stalder is whispering in the reader's ear that, yes, despite everything, another world is possible. A must-read for anyone who cares about the future."Trebor Scholz, The New School, New YorkTable of ContentsPreface to the English Edition vii Acknowledgments x Introduction: After the End of the Gutenberg Galaxy 1 I. Evolution 11 The Expansion of the Social Basis of Culture 12 The Culturalization of the World 35 The Technologization of Culture 41 From the Margins to the Center of Society 56 II. Forms 58 Referentiality 59 Communality 79 Algorithmicity 101 III. Politics 125 Post-Democracy 127 Commons 152 Against a Lack of Alternatives 174 Notes and References 176

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Book SynopsisOur daily lives, our culture and our politics are now shaped by the digital condition as large numbers of people involve themselves in contentious negotiations of meaning in ever more dimensions of life, from the trivial to the profound. They are making use of the capacities of complex communication infrastructures, currently dominated by social mass media such as Twitter and Facebook, on which they have come to depend.Amidst a confusing plurality, Felix Stalder argues that are three key constituents of this condition: the use of existing cultural materials for one's own production, the way in which new meaning is established as a collective endeavour, and the underlying role of algorithms and automated decision-making processes that reduce and give shape to massive volumes of data. These three characteristics define what Stalder calls 'the digital condition'. Stalder also examines the profound political implications of this new culture. We stand at a crossroads between post-democracy and the commons, a concentration of power among the few or a genuine widening of participation, with the digital condition offering the potential for starkly different outcomes.This ambitious and wide-ranging theory of our contemporary digital condition will be of great interest to students and scholars in media and communications, cultural studies, and social, political and cultural theory, as well as to a wider readership interested in the ways in which culture and politics are changing today.Trade Review"A remarkable map of the social and cultural changes brought about by the shift to digital culture. Broad in scope and precise in detail, this is a book of plentiful insights and deft propositions."Matthew Fuller, Goldsmiths, University of London"A fresh and intimate analysis that transcends labels and points to the tendency toward commons as proof for the existence of genuine, fundamental, and cutting-edge alternatives. Felix Stalder is whispering in the reader's ear that, yes, despite everything, another world is possible. A must-read for anyone who cares about the future."Trebor Scholz, The New School, New YorkTable of ContentsPreface to the English Edition vii Acknowledgments x Introduction: After the End of the Gutenberg Galaxy 1 I. Evolution 11 The Expansion of the Social Basis of Culture 12 The Culturalization of the World 35 The Technologization of Culture 41 From the Margins to the Center of Society 56 II. Forms 58 Referentiality 59 Communality 79 Algorithmicity 101 III. Politics 125 Post-Democracy 127 Commons 152 Against a Lack of Alternatives 174 Notes and References 176

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Book SynopsisWe think we know what healers do: they build on patients’ irrational beliefs and treat them in a ‘symbolic’ way. If they get results, it’s thanks to their capacity to listen, rather than any influence on a clinical level. At the same time, we also think we know what modern medicine is: a highly technical and rational process, but one that scarcely listens to patients at all. In this book, ethnopsychiatrist Tobie Nathan and philosopher Isabelle Stengers argue that this commonly posed opposition between traditional and modern medicine is misleading. They show instead that healers are interesting precisely because they don’t listen to patients, using techniques of ‘divination’ rather than ‘diagnosis’. Healers construct genuine therapeutic strategies by identifying the origins of symptoms in external forces, outside of the mind of the sufferer. Modern medicine, for its part, is characterized by empiricism rather than rationality. What appears to be the pursuit of rationality is ultimately only a means to dismiss and exclude other forms of treatment. Blurring the distinctions between traditional and modern practices and drawing on perspectives from across the globe, this ethnopsychiatric manifesto encourages us to think in radically new ways about illness, challenging accepted notions on the relationship between sufferer and symptom.Trade Review"The translation of this collaboration between two leading European thinkers about psychopathology and therapeutic process gives us access to a challenging way of thinking about the relation between health and the holy, medicine and the sacred, science and religion, rationality and irrationality, psychotherapy and psychopharmacology - all in a way that will be of immediate value for those concerned with psychiatric anthropology, cultural psychiatry and global mental health."—Thomas Csordas, University of California San DiegoTable of ContentsEditor's Note 1. Towards a Scientific PsychopathologyTobie Nathan I. The Benefits of Folk Therapy Scientific Therapy and Folk Therapy Solitude Diagnostics or Divination Statistical Categories vs. Real Cultural Groups The Construction of Truth Risky Psychopathology A Clinical Illustration Continuation of the Consultation II. Medicines in Non-Western Cultures Prolegomena on Thought and Belief The Idea of the Symbol The White Man’s Medicines Thought is in Objects Concepts of the Savage Mind Active Objects In Conclusion 2. The Doctor and the CharlatanIsabelle Stengers Recovering for the Wrong Reasons The Power of Experimentation Who defines the causes? A Practical Challenge 3. Users: Lobbies or Political Creativity?Isabelle Stengers Is another kind of medicine possible? Disease mongering A machine Condemnation? Hands Off! 4. Doctors, Healers, Therapists, the Sick, Patients, Subjects, UsersTobie Nathan Therapist The Sick Patients Subjects Users Pharmaka Notes

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Book SynopsisWe are living through a period of dramatic political change – Brexit, the election of Trump, the rise of extreme right movements in Europe and elsewhere, the resurgence of nationalism and xenophobia and a concerted assault on the liberal values and ideals associated with cosmopolitanism and globalization. Suddenly we find ourselves in a world that few would have imagined possible just a few years ago, a world that seems to many to be a move backwards. How can we make sense of these dramatic developments and how should we respond to them? Are we witnessing a worldwide rejection of liberal democracy and its replacement by some kind of populist authoritarianism? This timely volume brings together some of the world's greatest minds to analyse and seek to understand the forces behind this 'great regression'. Writers from across disciplines and countries, including Paul Mason, Pankaj Mishra, Slavoj Zizek, Zygmunt Bauman, Arjun Appadurai, Wolfgang Streeck and Eva Illouz, grapple with our current predicament, framing it in a broader historical context, discussing possible future trajectories and considering ways that we might combat this reactionary turn. The Great Regression is a key intervention that will be of great value to all those concerned about recent developments and wondering how best to respond to this unprecedented challenge to the very core of liberal democracy and internationalism across the world today. For more information, see: www.thegreatregression.euTrade Review"With 15 fresh, riveting essays by notable political analysts and international studies scholars from nearly as many different countries, The Great Regression, Heinrich Geiselberger's new volume addressing the many perilous aspects of global interdependence, is a must-read for anyone curious to know more about the deeper structures at play in contemporary international politics."HyperallergicTable of ContentsList of Contributors Preface Heinrich Geiselberger 1. Democracy Fatigue Arjun Appadurai 2. Symptoms in Search of an Object and a Name Zygmunt Bauman 3. Progressive and Regressive Politics in Late Neoliberalism Donatella della Porta 4. Progressive Neoliberalism versus Reactionary Populism: A Hobson�s Choice Nancy Fraser 5. Populism or the Crisis of Liberal Elites: The Case of Israel Eva Illouz 6. Majoritarian Futures Ivan Krastev 7. Europe as refuge Bruno Latour 8. Overcoming the Fear of Freedom Paul Mason 9. Politics in the Age of Resentment. The Dark Legacy of the Enlightenment Pankaj Mishra 10. The Courage to be Audacious Robert Misik 11. Decivilisation. On regressive tendencies in Western democracies Oliver Nachtwey 12. From Global Regression to Post-Capitalist Counter-Movements César Rendueles 13. The Return of the Repressed as the Beginning of the End of Neoliberal Capitalism Wolfgang Streeck 14. Dear President Juncker David Van Reybrouck 15. The Populist Temptation Slavoj Zizek

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Book SynopsisCulture, cultural difference, and cultural conflict always surround us. Cultural sociologists aim to understand their role across all aspects of social life by examining processes of meaning-making. In this crisp and accessible book, Lyn Spillman demonstrates many of the conceptual tools cultural sociologists use to explore how people make meaning. Drawing on vivid examples, she offers a compelling analytical framework within which to view the entire field of cultural sociology. In each chapter, she introduces a different angle of vision, with distinct but compatible approaches for explaining culture and its role in social life: analyzing symbolic forms, meaning-making in interaction, and organized production. This book both offers a concise answer to the question of what cultural sociology is and provides an overview of the fundamental approaches in the field.Trade Review“What is Cultural Sociology? reveals Spillman's remarkable ability for analytical synthesis, and her knowledge of (often little-known) empirical studies adds welcome depth to her theoretical discussion. Rather than posing cultural sociology as a battle between schools, Spillman reconstructs it as a relatively coherent model of social life, developing a sophisticated and compelling model that provides an organizing frame for the entire cultural sociological field.”Jeffrey C. Alexander, Yale University, and Co-Director, Center for Cultural Sociology “Spillman has produced a particularly smart, sound, clear, and up-to-date description of the state of the field of cultural sociology. With a focus on meaning-making and cultural processes, she takes stock and provides an excellent account of what this popular field has to offer after thirty exciting years of dynamic growth. Her book should become an essential tool for all sociologists and a popular reference source.”Michèle Lamont, Harvard University and former President of the American Sociological Association"What is Cultural Sociology? makes for a valuable resource for students and teachers from the undergraduate level and up, as well as researchers interested in cultural sociology, meaning making, and the social construction of reality."Acta Sociologica"The goal of this book is to create a means by which to learn cultural sociology that is not only about certain theorists or mutually exclusive theoretical positions, and towards this end, I believe, Spillman succeeds. […] The text would make for an excellent undergraduate primer, and as such, makes the task of teaching an introduction to cultural sociology all the more attainable."International Journal of Politics, Culture, and SocietyTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Making Meaning Central 3. Meaning and Interaction 4. Producing Meaning 5. Conclusion: Landscapes, Stages, and Fields

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Book SynopsisAt the end of life, our comfort lies mainly in relationships. In this book, Daniel Miller, one of the world's leading anthropologists, examines the social worlds of people suffering from terminal or long-term illness. Threading together a series of personal stories, based on interviews conducted with patients of an English hospice, Miller draws out the implications of these narratives for our understanding of community, friendship, and kinship, but also loneliness and isolation. This is a book about people's lives, not their deaths: about the hospice patients rather than the hospice. It focuses on the comfort given by friends, carers and relatives through both face-to-face relations and, increasingly, online communication. Miller asks whether the loneliness and isolation he uncovers is the result of a decline of English patterns of socialising, or their continuation. This moving and deeply humane book combines warmth and sharp observation with anthropological insight and practical suggestions for the use of media by the hospice. It will be of interest not only to students and scholars of anthropology, sociology, social policy and media and cultural studies, but also to healthcare professionals and, indeed, to anyone who would like to know more about the role of relationships in the final stage of our lives.Trade Review'The Comfort of People reveals, in both technicolour and shades of grey, the ordinariness, the drama, the simplicity and the complexity of networks as people live out lives in the shadow of a serious diagnosis... These stories need to be read by all those working with dying people.' —Dr Ros Taylor, Clinical Director, Hospice UKTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Foreword Introduction Story 1) Sarah Story 2) Champneys for the Terminal Story 3) The Curse Of Confidentiality Story 4) Parkinson�s Story 5) Four Friends Story 6) Betty and Gloria Story 7) Tom, Dick and Robin Rigby Story 8) My Fair Lady Story 9) Maypole Story 10) Control Centre Story 11) Our Forum Story 12) Depression Story 13) Community Story 14) Bluebells Story 15) The Intimacy Of Strangers Story 16) The Silent Community Story 17) In This Room Story 18) Matt Conclusions Recommendations for Hospice Use of New Media Bibliography

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Book SynopsisFrom everyday apps to complex algorithms, Ruha Benjamin cuts through tech-industry hype to understand how emerging technologies can reinforce White supremacy and deepen social inequity. Benjamin argues that automation, far from being a sinister story of racist programmers scheming on the dark web, has the potential to hide, speed up, and deepen discrimination while appearing neutral and even benevolent when compared to the racism of a previous era. Presenting the concept of the “New Jim Code,” she shows how a range of discriminatory designs encode inequity by explicitly amplifying racial hierarchies; by ignoring but thereby replicating social divisions; or by aiming to fix racial bias but ultimately doing quite the opposite. Moreover, she makes a compelling case for race itself as a kind of technology, designed to stratify and sanctify social injustice in the architecture of everyday life. This illuminating guide provides conceptual tools for decoding tech promises with sociologically informed skepticism. In doing so, it challenges us to question not only the technologies we are sold but also the ones we ourselves manufacture. Visit the book's free Discussion Guide: www.dropbox.comTrade ReviewWinner of the ASA Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities Oliver Cromwell Cox Best Book Award 2020 Awarded Honorable Mention in the ASA Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology Section's Book Award 2020 Winner of Brooklyn Public Library's Literary Prize for Nonfiction 2020 "Race After Technology is a brilliant, beautifully argued, engagingly written, and groundbreaking work. Ruha Benjamin is that rare scholar whose sophisticated understanding of science and technology is matched by her deep knowledge of race and racialization. Here she guides us into fresh terrain for understanding and tackling the persistence of racial inequality. This book should be read by everyone committed to creating a more just world."—Imani Perry, Princeton University, author of Vexy Thing and Looking for Lorraine "Race After Technology is essential reading, decoding as it does the ever-expanding and morphing technologies that have infiltrated our everyday lives and our most powerful institutions. These digital tools predictably replicate and deepen racial hierarchies — all too often strengthening rather than undermining pervasive systems of racial and social control."—Michelle Alexander, Union Theological Seminary, author of The New Jim Crow "This book is the best single overview of how and why new technologies perpetuate and exacerbate racism."—Rob Reich, The Wall Street Journal "This book is worthy of the widest readership, leaving us not only with a deeper understanding of the mutual and shifting roles of race and technology, but also, importantly, with the manageable and doable tools with which to create alternative, equitable, inclusive and prosperous futures."—Shakir Mohamed, DeepMind, Nature Machine Intelligence "Race After Technology is a scintillating examination of how even something as seemingly all-oppressive as surveillance normalization is differentially oppressive — and how we can build alternative futures and solidary coalitions all the same."—Full Stop "Race After Technology spins [a] web of examples over the reader's own understanding of technology and leaves the reader with a new lens to view the world around them."—Science & Technology Studies "Powerful yet accessible, [...] it is the foundation for an expanded, critical conversation about the meaning of technology in society that desperately calls for greater attention, both academic and activist."—Antipode Online "Benjamin's work is ideal for anyone who is unafraid to look at the historical intersections of racial injustice, technology, and where these topics inform possible solutions for the future."—Library Journal "[I]mpactfully written, well researched and refreshingly clear […] Simply said, Race After Technology will become a staple in contemporary critical thinking at a time when it is most needed."—Marx and Philosophy "Shines light on an important issue"—Morning Star "Ruha Benjamin contributes to our understanding of the dangers of racism in the 21st century in her illuminating account of how racism and inequality underpin new technologies. Benjamin reminds us that racism is everywhere - and by its very nature not only seeps into technological advances but is part of how they are designed."—Times Higher Education "What's ultimately distinctive about Race After Technology is that its withering critiques of the present are so galvanizing.... This is perhaps Benjamin's greatest feat in the book: Her inventive and wide-ranging analyses remind us that as much as we try to purge ourselves from our tools and view them as external to our flaws, they are always extensions of us. As exacting a worldview as that is, it is also inclusive and hopeful."—The Nation "What sets her [book] apart is not her lucid, clear and engaging writing style but rather her broad empirical scope which covers examples from digital security and surveillance infrastructures right through to search engines and AI-powered beauty apps. They are exemplify what Benjamin calls the new Jim Code."—Ethnic and Racial Studies "Benjamin has broken new ground with this volume, which is a crucial read for a wide audience, including novice consumers of technology all the way to the most experienced coders and creators."—Choice "One of the most interesting elements of Race After Technology is that it moves us from the fantasy world of the allegedly neutral robot into a world where we have to reckon with the unintended consequences of digital discrimination."—Edna Bonhomme, Radical Philosophy "Race After Technology provides a clear and useful synthesis of concepts of race within the broader science and technology studies discourse."—The Journal of Popular Culture "In her latest book, 'Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code' Ruha Benjamin offers a detailed, critical and sobering view of the ways in which bias is infused into technology. [….] 'Race After Technology' presents a wide range of examples of discriminatory design and offers a toolkit for understanding the ways in which technology can reinforce and deepen societal inequalities."—Denise Valenti, Press Release PointTable of ContentsPreface Introduction: The New Jim Code 1 Engineered Inequity: Are Robots Racist? 2 Default Discrimination: Is the Glitch Systemic? 3 Coded Exposure: Is Visibility a Trap? 4 Technological Benevolence: Do Fixes Fix Us? 5 Retooling Solidarity, Reimagining Justice Acknowledgments Appendix Notes References

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Book SynopsisWe live in a mutilated world and our humanity seems irrevocably damaged. Many critics suggest we have reached the end of humanity. In this challenging book, Ken Plummer suggests that such claims may be premature; instead, what we need is a new transformative understanding of humanity. Critical Humanism critically reflects upon and reimagines humanism for the twenty-first century. What is now required is a fresh, wide-ranging imaginary of an open, worldly, plural and caring humanity. It needs to take a critical stance towards older, often divisive ideas of what it means to be human, while reconnecting to a wider understanding of the rich diversity of life in the pluriverse. In an age of post- and transhumanist turns, Plummer provides a personal, political and passionate call for thinkers, researchers and activists to not turn their backs on humanism. We need instead to create a vital new political imaginary of being human in a connected planet. We simply cannot afford to be anti-human or posthuman. Restoring our belief in humanity has never been more important for edging towards a better world for all.Trade Review‘[R]efreshing: [Plummer’s] vision of critical humanism is aspirational and ambitious, yet it strives to sustain humility based on historical experiences.’Social Forces ‘This book is an extraordinarily brave and enormously comprehensive attempt to re-energize an interest in the battered concept of humanism, fully realizing its author’s intention to provide “a vision of something better”.’Laurie Taylor, University of York, and presenter of Thinking Allowed, BBC Radio Four ‘Plummer engages with an extraordinary range of different literatures and a lifetime of reflection to consider what it will take to be truly human in the twenty-first century. We should grapple seriously with his impassioned and challenging arguments.’Rob Stones, Western Sydney University ‘Ken Plummer’s mission has been to expand the range and depth of decencies; here he seeks larger principles on which to ground mutual regard. This is a fundamental study – rooted in conscience, sociological learning and intimate generosity. Critical Humanism stirs the mind.’Harvey Molotch, New York University, and University of California, Santa BarbaraTable of ContentsList of tables and figures Acknowledgements Introduction I Re-thinking the World: Connected Humanity 1 Critical Humanism II Dehumanizing the World: Disconnected Humanity 2 Damaging Humanity 3 Dividing Humanity 4 Traumatizing Humanity III Humanizing the World: Flourishing Humanity 5 Narrating Humanity 6 Valuing Humanity 7 Transforming Humanity IV Transforming the World: A Politics of Humanity 8 A Manifesto for the 21st Century Short Guide to Further Reding Notes Index

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Book SynopsisHow 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 connectivity, and regulatory AI technologies, this digital order nonetheless displaces technocentrism and instead promotes new visions of humanism, all in the name of freedom, diversity, and sustainability. But the digital order emerges in the midst of neoliberal instability and crises, resulting in a plurality of contrasting responses to securing digitally mediated human progress. While corporate, media, and state actors mobilize such positive sociotechnical imaginaries to promise digitally mediated human progress, urban citizens and social movements propose alternative pathways to autonomy and dignity through and sometimes against digital technologies. Investigating the dynamic workings of technology and power from a transnational and comparative perspective, this book reveals the contradictory claims and struggles for the future of digital cities and their humanity. In doing so, it will enrich understandings of digital urbanism, critical data studies, and critical humanist studies.​Trade Review‘Myria Georgiou offers a fascinating critique of how humans and cities are co-constructed through promises of a digital future. This is a highly engaging and important book, which will be of great interest to academics and students for years to come.’Ayona Datta, University College London ‘Discussion of what it means to be human is usually abstract. Myria Georgiou complements this with really helpful attention to urban contexts, their variety and the different shapes they give to human experience, action and, indeed, reality. An important contribution.’Craig Calhoun, Arizona State UniversityTable of ContentsChapter 1. The Digital Order of Cities: For People, by the People?Chapter 2. The Competing Humanisms of the Digital CityChapter 3. Popular Humanism: The Sociotechnical Imaginaries of the Digital OrderChapter 4. Demotic Humanism: The Liminal Subject of the Digital OrderChapter 5. Critical Humanism: Against the Digital Order

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Book SynopsisHow 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 connectivity, and regulatory AI technologies, this digital order nonetheless displaces technocentrism and instead promotes new visions of humanism, all in the name of freedom, diversity, and sustainability. But the digital order emerges in the midst of neoliberal instability and crises, resulting in a plurality of contrasting responses to securing digitally mediated human progress. While corporate, media, and state actors mobilize such positive sociotechnical imaginaries to promise digitally mediated human progress, urban citizens and social movements propose alternative pathways to autonomy and dignity through and sometimes against digital technologies. Investigating the dynamic workings of technology and power from a transnational and comparative perspective, this book reveals the contradictory claims and struggles for the future of digital cities and their humanity. In doing so, it will enrich understandings of digital urbanism, critical data studies, and critical humanist studies.​Trade Review‘Myria Georgiou offers a fascinating critique of how humans and cities are co-constructed through promises of a digital future. This is a highly engaging and important book, which will be of great interest to academics and students for years to come.’Ayona Datta, University College London ‘Discussion of what it means to be human is usually abstract. Myria Georgiou complements this with really helpful attention to urban contexts, their variety and the different shapes they give to human experience, action and, indeed, reality. An important contribution.’Craig Calhoun, Arizona State UniversityTable of ContentsChapter 1. The Digital Order of Cities: For People, by the People? Chapter 2. The Competing Humanisms of the Digital City Chapter 3. Popular Humanism: The Sociotechnical Imaginaries of the Digital Order Chapter 4. Demotic Humanism: The Liminal Subject of the Digital Order Chapter 5. Critical Humanism: Against the Digital Order

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Book SynopsisAsian Americans are the fastest growing minority population in the country. Moreover, they provide a unique lens on the wider experiences of immigrants and minorities in the United States, both historically and today. Pawan Dhingra and Robyn Magalit Rodriguez’s acclaimed introduction to understanding this diverse group is here updated in a thoroughly revised new edition. Incorporating cutting-edge thinking and discussion of the latest current events, the authors critically examine key topics in the Asian-American experience, including education and work, family and culture, media and politics, and social hierarchies of race, gender, and sexuality. Through vivid examples and clear discussion of a broad range of theories, the authors explore the contributions of Asian American Studies, sociology, psychology, history, and other fields to understanding Asian Americans, and vice versa. The new edition includes further pedagogical elements to help readers apply the core theoretical and analytical frameworks encountered. In addition, the book takes readers beyond the boundaries of the United States to cultivate a comparative understanding of the Asian experience as it has become increasingly global and diasporic. This engaging text will continue to be a welcome resource for those looking for a rich and systematic overview of Asian America, as well as for undergraduate and graduate courses on immigration, race, American society, and Asian American Studies.Trade Review“Engaging, informative, and interdisciplinary, the new edition of Asian America is an excellent resource for readers interested in understanding the multifaceted experiences of one of the most diverse demographic groups in the United States. A most welcome addition to the literature on the state of race in twenty-first-century America.”Yến Lê Espiritu, University of California, San Diego “In this timely new edition of their invaluable examination of what it means to be Asian American, social scientists Dhingra and Rodriguez apply their intersectional lens to pressing contemporary issues, from systemic inequities to Dreamers and social media. The valuable insights from this important and accessible textbook go well beyond the classroom.”Helen Zia, author of Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American PeopleTable of ContentsForeword and acknowledgments Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality Chapter 3: Arrival and History Chapter 4: Class and Work Lives Chapter 5: Identity Chapter 6: Belonging and Exclusion Chapter 7: Interracial Relations Chapter 8: Class and Work Lives Chapter 9: Education Chapter 10: Family and Intimate Relations Chapter 11: Social Movements and Politics Endnotes References Index

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Book SynopsisAsian Americans are the fastest growing minority population in the country. Moreover, they provide a unique lens on the wider experiences of immigrants and minorities in the United States, both historically and today. Pawan Dhingra and Robyn Magalit Rodriguez’s acclaimed introduction to understanding this diverse group is here updated in a thoroughly revised new edition. Incorporating cutting-edge thinking and discussion of the latest current events, the authors critically examine key topics in the Asian-American experience, including education and work, family and culture, media and politics, and social hierarchies of race, gender, and sexuality. Through vivid examples and clear discussion of a broad range of theories, the authors explore the contributions of Asian American Studies, sociology, psychology, history, and other fields to understanding Asian Americans, and vice versa. The new edition includes further pedagogical elements to help readers apply the core theoretical and analytical frameworks encountered. In addition, the book takes readers beyond the boundaries of the United States to cultivate a comparative understanding of the Asian experience as it has become increasingly global and diasporic. This engaging text will continue to be a welcome resource for those looking for a rich and systematic overview of Asian America, as well as for undergraduate and graduate courses on immigration, race, American society, and Asian American Studies.Trade Review“Engaging, informative, and interdisciplinary, the new edition of Asian America is an excellent resource for readers interested in understanding the multifaceted experiences of one of the most diverse demographic groups in the United States. A most welcome addition to the literature on the state of race in twenty-first-century America.”Yến Lê Espiritu, University of California, San Diego “In this timely new edition of their invaluable examination of what it means to be Asian American, social scientists Dhingra and Rodriguez apply their intersectional lens to pressing contemporary issues, from systemic inequities to Dreamers and social media. The valuable insights from this important and accessible textbook go well beyond the classroom.”Helen Zia, author of Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American PeopleTable of ContentsForeword and acknowledgments Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality Chapter 3: Arrival and History Chapter 4: Class and Work Lives Chapter 5: Identity Chapter 6: Belonging and Exclusion Chapter 7: Interracial Relations Chapter 8: Class and Work Lives Chapter 9: Education Chapter 10: Family and Intimate Relations Chapter 11: Social Movements and Politics Endnotes References Index

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Book SynopsisThe year 2000 was the first time the US Census permitted respondents to choose more than one race. Although the US has long recognized that a “mixed-race” population exists, the contemporary “multiracial population” presents different questions and implications for today’s diverse society. This book is the first overview to bring a systematic critical race lens to the scholarship on mixedness. Avoiding the common pitfall of conflating “mixed” with “multiracial,” the book reveals how identity forms and fluctuates such that people with mixed heritage may identify as mixed, monoracial, and/or multiracial throughout their lives. It analyzes the dynamic and various manifestations of mixedness, including at the global level, to reveal its complex impact on both the structural and individual levels. Multiracialcritically examinestopics such as family dynamics and racial socialization, multiraciality in media and popular culture, and intersections of race, gender, class, and sexual orientation. Integrating diverse theories, qualitative research, and national-level data, this accessible and engaging book is essential for students of race and those looking to understand the new field of multiraciality.Trade Review“Multiracial tackles the momentous field of mixedness studies in a highly engaging and accessible manner. strmic-pawl provides critical reflection on what studies have shaped our understandings of how mixed-race is defined, whose experiences are highlighted, and the role of social institutions such as family and media. It is an important read for race scholars, as well as anyone interested in issues of mixedness and multiracialism.”Erica Chito Childs, Hunter College, CUNY Graduate Center“strmic-pawl not only offers a comprehensive overview of the growing literature on multiracial people, she delivers an indisputable critique of the purported celebration of multiracialism by elucidating how anti-Blackness and White dominance prevail in insidious ways. She engages with important questions about what factors impact racial identity, how institutions shape understandings of multiracial people, and what these patterns indicate about the future of multiracial people. An outstanding contribution to the literature.”Chandra D. L. Waring, University of Massachusetts–Lowell“[A] thorough and up-to-date overview of multiraciality and mixed-race studies […T]hrough careful examination of several decades’ worth of scholarship, strmic-pawl emphasizes the significance of multiraciality in the understanding of race as a social construction and how mixedness provides insight into the fluidity of racial identity, race, and racism.”Ethnic and Racial Studies Table of ContentsDetailed Contents List of Figures and Tables CHAPTER 1: MULTIRACIAL AMERICA CHAPTER 2: DEFINING MIXED-RACE & MULTIRACIAL CHAPTER 3: RACE AND FAMILY CHAPTER 4: INTERSECTIONAL IDENTITIES & GLOBAL MIXEDNESS CHAPTER 5: MULTIRACIALISM IN THE MEDIA CHAPTER 6: NEW, SHIFTING, OR REBOUNDING BOUNDARIES References Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThe year 2000 was the first time the US Census permitted respondents to choose more than one race. Although the US has long recognized that a “mixed-race” population exists, the contemporary “multiracial population” presents different questions and implications for today’s diverse society. This book is the first overview to bring a systematic critical race lens to the scholarship on mixedness. Avoiding the common pitfall of conflating “mixed” with “multiracial,” the book reveals how identity forms and fluctuates such that people with mixed heritage may identify as mixed, monoracial, and/or multiracial throughout their lives. It analyzes the dynamic and various manifestations of mixedness, including at the global level, to reveal its complex impact on both the structural and individual levels. Multiracialcritically examinestopics such as family dynamics and racial socialization, multiraciality in media and popular culture, and intersections of race, gender, class, and sexual orientation. Integrating diverse theories, qualitative research, and national-level data, this accessible and engaging book is essential for students of race and those looking to understand the new field of multiraciality.Trade Review“Multiracial tackles the momentous field of mixedness studies in a highly engaging and accessible manner. strmic-pawl provides critical reflection on what studies have shaped our understandings of how mixed-race is defined, whose experiences are highlighted, and the role of social institutions such as family and media. It is an important read for race scholars, as well as anyone interested in issues of mixedness and multiracialism.”Erica Chito Childs, Hunter College, CUNY Graduate Center“strmic-pawl not only offers a comprehensive overview of the growing literature on multiracial people, she delivers an indisputable critique of the purported celebration of multiracialism by elucidating how anti-Blackness and White dominance prevail in insidious ways. She engages with important questions about what factors impact racial identity, how institutions shape understandings of multiracial people, and what these patterns indicate about the future of multiracial people. An outstanding contribution to the literature.”Chandra D. L. Waring, University of Massachusetts–Lowell“[A] thorough and up-to-date overview of multiraciality and mixed-race studies […T]hrough careful examination of several decades’ worth of scholarship, strmic-pawl emphasizes the significance of multiraciality in the understanding of race as a social construction and how mixedness provides insight into the fluidity of racial identity, race, and racism.”Ethnic and Racial StudiesTable of ContentsDetailed Contents List of Figures and Tables CHAPTER 1: MULTIRACIAL AMERICA CHAPTER 2: DEFINING MIXED-RACE & MULTIRACIAL CHAPTER 3: RACE AND FAMILY CHAPTER 4: INTERSECTIONAL IDENTITIES & GLOBAL MIXEDNESS CHAPTER 5: MULTIRACIALISM IN THE MEDIA CHAPTER 6: NEW, SHIFTING, OR REBOUNDING BOUNDARIES References Notes Index

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Book SynopsisBetween Germany and Russia is a region strewn with monuments to the horrors of war, genocide and disaster – the bloodlands where the murderous regimes of Hitler and Stalin unleashed the violence that scarred the twentieth century and shaped so much of the world we know today. In September 2016 the German-Iranian writer Navid Kermani set out to discover this land and to travel along the trenches that are now re-emerging in Europe, from his home in Cologne through eastern Germany to the Baltics, and from there south to the Caucasus and to Isfahan in Iran, the home of his parents. This beautifully written travel diary, enlivened by conversations with the people Kermani meets along the way, brings to life the tragic history of these troubled lands and shows how this history leaves its traces in the present. It will be of great interest to anyone concerned with current affairs and with the events that have shaped, and continue to shape, the world in which we live today.Trade Review"Along the Trenches is an important and timely book, reminding us of the complex cultural and communal currents that have always flowed from Isfahan to Cologne and beyond, enriching along the way the lives of everyone they touch."—John Burnside, University of St Andrews "A book so moving and so powerful that it's worth taking 54 days over it, so that each day you can immerse yourself in a new world."—Katja Weise, NDR Kultur "Kermani has succeeded in writing a stirring plea for Europe, one which confirms his place among the ranks of Germany's most influential intellectuals."—Rainer Hermann, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung "A Herodotus for our times."—Philipp Holstein, Rheinische Post "A breathtaking travel diary and a passionate plea for the diversity of cultures, for Europe and the beauty of stories."—Bayrischer Rundfunk "On almost every page there is something for the reader to think about, to learn, to marvel at."—Tages-Anzeiger "Navid Kermani ... is the best kind of scholar: one who writes with a touch as elegant as it is light."—Catholic Herald "... revealing and thought-provoking...."—Financial TimesTable of ContentsContents Cologne First Day: Schwerin Second Day: From Berlin to Wroc aw Third Day: Auschwitz Fourth Day: Cracow Fifth Day: From Cracow to Warsaw Sixth Day: Warsaw Seventh Day: Warsaw Eighth Day: From Warsaw to Masuria Ninth Day: Kaunas Tenth Day: Vilnius and Vicinity Eleventh Day: Via Paneriai to Minsk Twelfth Day: Minsk and Khatyn Thirteenth Day: Into the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Fourteenth Day: Kurapaty and Minsk Fifteenth Day: Into the Exclusion Zone East of Krasnapolle Sixteenth Day: From Minsk to Kiev Seventeenth Day: Kiev Eighteenth Day: From Kiev to Dnipro Nineteenth Day: To the Front in Donbas Twentieth Day: Via Mariupol to the Black Sea Twenty-first Day: Along the Black Sea to Odessa Twenty-second Day: Odessa Twenty-third Day: Leaving Odessa by Air Twenty-fourth Day: Via Moscow to Simferopol Twenty-fifth Day: Via Bakhtshyssarai to Sevastopol Twenty-sixth Day: Along the Crimean Coast Twenty-seventh Day: From Crimea to the Russian Mainland Twenty-eighth Day: To Krasnodar Twenty-ninth Day: From Krasnodar to Grozny Thirtieth Day: Grozny Thirty-first Day: In the Chechen Mountains Thirty-second Day: From Grozny to Tbilisi Thirty-third Day: Tbilisi Thirty-fourth Day: Tbilisi Thirty-fifth Day: To Gori and the Georgian-Ossetian Cease-fire Line Thirty-sixth Day: From Tbilisi to Kakheti Thirty-seventh Day: From Kakheti to Azerbaijan Thirty-eighth Day: Along the Azeri-Armenian Cease-fire Line Thirty-ninth Day: By Night Train to Baku Fortieth Day: Baku Forty-first Day: Baku and Qobustan Forty-second Day: Leaving Baku by Air Forty-third Day: Yerevan Forty-fourth Day: Yerevan Forty-fifth Day: To Lake Sevan and On to Nagorno-Karabakh Forty-sixth Day: Through Nagorno-Karabakh Forty-seventh Day: To the Armenian-Azeri Cease-fire Line and On to Iran Forty-eighth Day: Via Jolfa to Tabriz Forty-ninth Day: Via Ahmadabad to Alamut Castle Fiftieth Day: To the Caspian Sea and On to Tehran Fifty-first Day: Tehran Fifty-second Day: Tehran Fifty-third Day: Tehran Fifty-fourth Day: Flying Out of Tehran With Family in Isfahan The Journey Begins Acknowledgements Bibliography

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Book SynopsisIn this book Jeffrey Alexander develops a new sociological theory of social crisis and applies it to a wide range of cases, from the church paedophilia crisis to the #MeToo movement. He argues that crises are triggered not by objective social strains but by the discourse and institutions of the civil sphere. When strains become subject to the utopian aspirations of the civil sphere, there emerges widespread anguish about social justice and the future of democratic life. Once admired institutional elites come to be represented as perpetrators and the civil sphere becomes legally and organizationally intrusive, demanding repairs in the name of civil purification. Resisting such repair, institutional elites foment backlash, and a war of the spheres ensues. This major new work by one of the world’s leading social theorists will be of great interest to students and scholars in sociology, politics, and the social sciences generally.Trade Review�This thrilling book starts with John Dewey�s puzzle: when and how does a problem that is troubling only a few people in a specific social sphere get transformed into a moral crisis for the whole of society? With his unique mixture of knowledge and imagination, Jeffrey Alexander formulates an elegant and complex answer to this question and, in so doing, highlights a central mechanism in the normative ordering of contemporary societies.�Axel Honneth, Columbia University �Few concepts better describe our age than that of �crisis�, from the economic meltdown of 2008 to the #MeToo movement of today. In a dazzling variety of case studies, Alexander shows that these crises suggest not collapse but vitality, not �danger and impurity� but sacredness and the quest for order. Read this urgent and startling book to understand why Jeffrey Alexander is one of the world�s leading social and cultural theorists.�Eva Illouz, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris �This is a very clearly written and highly insightful book. Situated within the context of Alexander�s wider intellectual project, it comprises one more case in the indictment against orthodox forms of social theory and theorizing.�Cultural SociologyTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements Introduction: Societalization in Society Chapter 1: What Is Societalization and How Does it Happen? Chapter 2: Who Are the Agents of Societalization? Chapter 3: Why Does Societalization NOT Happen? Chapter 4: Church Pedophilia Chapter 5: Financial Crisis Chapter 6: Phone Hacking Chapter 7: #MeToo Conclusion: Societalization in Theory Notes References

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Book SynopsisThis book argues that, as industrial capitalism enters a period of prolonged crisis, a new paradigm of ‘industrious modernity’ is emerging. Based on small-scale, commons-based and market-oriented entrepreneurship, this industrious modernity is being pioneered by the many outcasts that no longer find a place within a crumbling industrial modernity. This new industriousness draws on the new planetary commons that have been generated by the globalization of industrial capitalism itself. The outsourcing of material production to global supply chains has made the skills necessary to engage in commodity production generic and common, and the globalization of media culture and the internet have generated new knowledge commons. Together these new commons have radically reduced the capital requirements to engage in economic activity, and are providing new, highly efficient tools of productive organization at little cost. This timely analysis of the new forces of change in our societies today will be of great interest to anyone concerned with the impact of digital technologies and the future of capitalism.Trade Review‘The struggle for the future of capitalism is uncertain, but Adam Arvidsson is a singular and observant voice in describing the global repositioning towards new forms of “industrious” capitalism that are creating vast neo-nomadic economies, beyond the control both of nation-states and of the governance mechanisms of global financial capital. One of the most original books and analyses of the last decade. I cannot recommend it enough.’Michel Bauwens, Founder of the P2P Foundation‘Arvidsson's book works like a cold shower: every sentence wakes you up from a slumber. His thesis is that we are witnessing a re-feudalization of capitalism, where ordinary people matter very little, and society is carved out between powerful lords. This book is innovative, bold, and will be discussed.’Eva Illouz, EHESS, ParisTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgements 1 To Change the World: On Industrious Modernity 2 The Crisis of Digital Capitalism 3 The Industrious Economy 4 Industrious Capitalism 5 A New Industrious Revolution? Notes

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Book SynopsisThis book argues that, as industrial capitalism enters a period of prolonged crisis, a new paradigm of ‘industrious modernity’ is emerging. Based on small-scale, commons-based and market-oriented entrepreneurship, this industrious modernity is being pioneered by the many outcasts that no longer find a place within a crumbling industrial modernity. This new industriousness draws on the new planetary commons that have been generated by the globalization of industrial capitalism itself. The outsourcing of material production to global supply chains has made the skills necessary to engage in commodity production generic and common, and the globalization of media culture and the internet have generated new knowledge commons. Together these new commons have radically reduced the capital requirements to engage in economic activity, and are providing new, highly efficient tools of productive organization at little cost. This timely analysis of the new forces of change in our societies today will be of great interest to anyone concerned with the impact of digital technologies and the future of capitalism.Trade Review‘The struggle for the future of capitalism is uncertain, but Adam Arvidsson is a singular and observant voice in describing the global repositioning towards new forms of “industrious” capitalism that are creating vast neo-nomadic economies, beyond the control both of nation-states and of the governance mechanisms of global financial capital. One of the most original books and analyses of the last decade. I cannot recommend it enough.’Michel Bauwens, Founder of the P2P Foundation‘Arvidsson's book works like a cold shower: every sentence wakes you up from a slumber. His thesis is that we are witnessing a re-feudalization of capitalism, where ordinary people matter very little, and society is carved out between powerful lords. This book is innovative, bold, and will be discussed.’ Eva Illouz, EHESS, ParisTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgements 1 To Change the World: On Industrious Modernity 2 The Crisis of Digital Capitalism 3 The Industrious Economy 4 Industrious Capitalism 5 A New Industrious Revolution? Notes

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Book SynopsisThe migration crisis of recent years has elicited a double response: on the one hand, many states have responded by tightening border controls, in an attempt to restrict population movements, while on the other hand many citizens have responded by welcoming new arrivals, offering them shelter, food and whatever help they could provide. By so doing, they have re-awakened an old form of anthropology that was long-considered to be dead – that of hospitality. In this book, Agier develops an original anthropology of hospitality that starts from the reality of hospitality as a social relationship, albeit an asymmetrical one, in which each party has rights and duties. He argues that, with the decline of state and religious support, hospitality is now making a comeback at individual and municipal levels but these local initiatives, while important, are insufficient to respond to the scale of migration in the world today. We need a new hospitality policy for the modern era, one that will regard hospitality as a right rather than a favour and will treat the stranger as a guest rather than as an alien or an enemy. This timely and original book will be of great interest to students and scholars in anthropology, sociology and the social sciences generally, and to anyone concerned with migration and refugees in the world today.Trade Review“Michel Agier has created a sensitive and innovative anthropology which does not describe social types: rather, it analyses relations, through participation in the migrant’s trials and solidarity with their efforts to overcome a condition of fear and hostility, often death. Delineating the multiple figures of the stranger that we are all, he paves the way for a cosmopolitanism of the wandering humanity, our coming humanity.”Etienne Balibar, author of Secularism and CosmopolitanismTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction. Hospitality when least expected Chapter 1. Making the stranger my guest The conditions of unconditionality The elementary forms of hospitality From domestic hospitality to public hospitality Chapter 2. Hospitality – the challenge of the present Encounters of a new type Hospitality – causes and effects The emergence of municipal hospitality From ghetto to migrant houses Hospitable municipality versus hostile state Chapter 3. The need for cosmopolitics Cosmopolitanism today The principle of hospitality and cosmopolitics from a philosophical perspective Banal cosmopolitanism: an anthropological point of view Chapter 4. Becoming a stranger The death of Stavros or the birth of Joe Arness Three times a stranger The migrant poet and the spectre of the alien Conclusion Postscript. The stranger post Covid-19 Notes Index

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Book SynopsisFar from its origins in US legal studies in the 1980s, critical race theory has grown to become a leading approach to the analysis of racial inequality around the world. It has courted much controversy along the way, often misunderstood and poorly defined. So what precisely is critical race theory and what makes it different from other theories of race, racialization and racism? In this incisive book, Ali Meghji defines the contours of critical race theory through the notion of the 'racialized social system'. He thereby excavates a solid social theory that clears up many empirical and conceptual questions that continue to surface, offering a flexible, practical model for studying structural racism. In making his case, Meghji pays attention to the multiple dimensions of the racialized social system, focusing on core phenomena such as interaction orders, material interests, ideologies, emotions, and organizations. In a context where any work mentioning 'race' gets defined as critical race theory, this book expounds an approach that promises to be more generative for the social scientific study of race.Trade Review“Meghji provides an accessible overview showing critical race theory’s explanatory power across the social sciences. The writing is clear and accessible, making the book a great addition to syllabi for advanced undergraduates and graduate students. […] Meghji has done us a service by breaking through the disciplinary silos, showing the pervasiveness of structural racism, and creating a synthesis that future researchers will adopt.”Victor Ray, Social Forces“As debates over teaching Critical Race Theory (CRT) spread through the US, England, and Australia, Ali Meghji’s comprehensive and accessible book offers much needed clarification of the definition of CRT and its emergence. […] Beyond clarifying misconceptions, Meghji engages the internal debates concerning the strengths and limitations of CRT. Most importantly, this book links the overall discussion to the earlier roots of critical race perspectives in the social sciences and relates CRT to earlier conceptual frameworks dating back almost a century.”Mary Romero, Acta Sociologica“Meghji’s book enables readers […] to absorb and contend with the theoretical implications of CRT as a valid theory and the subsequent implications for broader theories of race and racism. [… Cuts] through the noise and present[s] responsible, informative, and inviting discussions around CRT that will resonate with many and result in more rational conversations about the topic.”Katya Salmi, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity “This is such an important and timely book. Beautifully written, it lays out the intellectual arc of critical race studies in sociology and maps the links with Critical Race Theory. It makes clear that sociology has a robust theory of racial dynamics and racism that both precedes and connects to these other important intellectual traditions. It is a book I wish I had had many times over the last few years but is especially needed in the current moment when everyone is talking about Critical Race Theory, but few know what it is. This is a book for intellectual friends and critics, newcomers and senior scholars alike, both incredibly useful and eminently accessible.”Amanda Lewis, University of Illinois at Chicago“Ali Meghji’s The Racialized Social System is an erudite yet accessible response to the question: why do we need critical race theory? Meghji shows rather than merely tells us how racism is systemic. His meticulously researched book will be a vital reference for years to come.”Alana Lentin, Western Sydney University“A very innovative theoretical work on structural racism. Unlike others, who just repeat what others have done and said, Meghji has taken the threads of a theory and woven them into a more complete garment that synthesizes how the macro, meso and micro levels of racial action work as one. I, for one, am very impressed with this book and look forward to assigning it in my own classes.”Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Duke UniversityTable of ContentsPreface Introduction: Critical Race Theory as a Social Theory 1. The Racialized Social System and Social Space: Racial Interests and Contestation 2. Racial Ideologies and Racialized Emotions: Seeing, Thinking, and Feeling Race 3. Theorizing the Racialized Interaction Order 4. Meso Racial Structures and Racialized Organizations Conclusion: What is Critical about Critical Race Theory? Notes References

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