Hawthorne, Gender, and Death: Christianity and Its Discontents (Weldon R.)(Pevná vazba)

Hawthorne, Gender, and Death: Christianity and Its Discontents (Weldon R.)(Pevná vazba)

This book draws on a range of critical approaches, including cultural anthropology, psychoanalytic theory, political justice theory, and feminist theory, to consider the ways that strategies of death denial and their compensatory consolations offer insight into the ethical, gender, and religious

Civilization and Its Discontents (The Standard) (Freud Sigmund)(Pevná vazba)

Civilization and Its Discontents may be Sigmund Freud's best-known work. Originally published in 1930, it seeks to answer ultimate questions: What influences led to the creation of civilization? How did it come to be? What determines its course? In this seminal volume of twentieth-century thought,

Civilization and Its Discontents (Freud Sigmund)(Paperback)

Written in the decade before Freud's death, Civilization and Its Discontents may be his most famous and most brilliant work. It has been praised, dissected, lambasted, interpreted, and reinterpreted. Originally published in 1930, it seeks to answer several questions fundamental to human society and

Revolution and Its Discontents: Political Thought and Reform in Iran (Sadeghi-Boroujerdi Eskandar)(Pevná vazba)

The death of the Islamic Republic's revolutionary patriarch, Ayatollah Khomeini, the bitter denouement of the Iran-Iraq War, and marginalisation of leading factions within the political elite, in tandem with the end of the Cold War, harboured immense intellectual and political repercussions for

The Cause: The American Revolution and Its Discontents, 1773-1783 (Ellis Joseph J.)(Pevná vazba)

Newcomers: Gentrification and Its Discontents (Schuerman Matthew L.)(Pevná vazba)

Gentrification is transforming cities, small and large, across the country. Though it's easy to bemoan the diminished social diversity and transformation of commercial strips that often signify a gentrifying neighborhood, determining who actually benefits and who suffers from this nebulous process

Barbarism and Its Discontents (Boletsi Maria)(Pevná vazba)

Barbarism and civilization form one of the oldest and most rigid oppositions in Western history. According to this dichotomy, barbarism functions as the negative standard through which 'civilization' fosters its self-definition and superiority by labeling others 'barbarians.' Since the 1990s, and

Civilization and Its Discontents (Freud Sigmund)(Pevná vazba)

Freud's epoch-making insights revolutionized our perception of who we are, forming the foundation for psychoanalysis. In Civilization and its Discontents he considers the incompatibility of civilization and individual happiness. Focusing on what he perceives to be one of society's greatest dangers;

Beyond Male and Female: The Gender Identity Spectrum (Walker Anita R.)(Pevná vazba)

Civilization and Its Discontents (Freud Sigmund)(Paperback)

Christianity: The Biography: 2000 Years of Global History (Shaw Ian J.)(Pevná vazba)

In Christianity: The Biography Ian Shaw charts the story of Christianity from its birth and infancy among a handful of followers of Jesus Christ, through its years of development into a global religious movement, spanning continents and cultures and transcending educational and social backgrounds

Deaccessioning and Its Discontents: A Critical History (Gammon Martin)(Pevná vazba)

The first history of the deaccession of objects from museum collections that defends deaccession as an essential component of museum practice.Museums often stir controversy when they deaccession works--formally remove objects from permanent collections--with some critics accusing them of betraying

Chosen - Lost and Found between Christianity and Judaism (Fraser Giles)(Pevná vazba)

Christianity in East and Southeast Asia (Ross Kenneth R.)(Pevná vazba)

Taking the analysis of worldwide Christianity to a deeper level of detail, this volume focuses on Christianity in East and Southeast Asia, covering every country and offering both reliable demographic information and original interpretative essays by indigenous scholars and practitioners. It maps

Psychiatry and Its Discontents (Scull Andrew)(Paperback)

Written by one of the world's most distinguished historians of psychiatry, Psychiatry and Its Discontents provides a wide-ranging and critical perspective on the profession that dominates the treatment of mental illness. Andrew Scull traces the rise of the field, the midcentury hegemony of

Martyrdom: Why Martyrs Still Matter (Pepinster Catherine)(Pevná vazba)

Since its origins, martyrdom has had a particularly honoured place in Christianity, and 2020 will see the Catholic Church marking the fiftieth anniversary of the canonization of 40 martyrs killed during the Reformation in England and Wales. In this powerful exploration of the significance of

A House for Everyone: A Story to Help Children Learn about Gender Identity and Gender Expression (Hirst Jo)(Pevná vazba)

Introducing Teddy: A Gentle Story about Gender and Friendship (Walton Jessica)(Pevná vazba)

Introducing Teddy introduces the youngest readers to understanding gender identity and transition in an accessible and heart-warming story about being true to yourself and being a good friend. Errol and his teddy, Thomas, are best friends who do everything together. Whether it's riding a bike,

Gender and Political Theory: Feminist Reckonings (Hawkesworth Mary)(Pevná vazba)

Western political theory typically incorporates certain assumptions about sex and gender as natural, unvarying and 'pre-political.' This book critically examines these assumptions and shows how recent scholarship undermines the illusion that bodies exist outside politics and beyond the reach of the

Migration and the Making of Global Christianity (Hanciles Jehu J.)(Pevná vazba)

Christianity (Woodhead Linda)(Paperback)

Exploring the cultural and institutional dimensions of Christianity, and tracing its course over two millennia, Linda Woodhead provides a fresh, lively, and candid portrait of Christianity's past and present. Addressing topics including the competition for power between different forms of

Gender on the Edge: Transgender, Gay, and Other Pacific Islanders (Besnier Niko)(Pevná vazba)

Transgender identities and other forms of gender and sexuality that transcend the normative pose important questions about society, culture, politics, and history. They force us to question, for example, the forces that divide humanity into two gender categories and render them necessary,

Euro - And its Threat to the Future of Europe (Stiglitz Joseph)(Paperback / softback)

The Nobel Prize-winning economist and bestselling author of Globalization and Its Discontents explains why saving Europe may mean abandoning the Euro. Can the Euro be saved? Should it be? Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz dismantles the prevailing consensus around what ails Europe -

Stories Then and Now (Hawthorn Brian)(Pevná vazba)

Specifically designed for GCSE coursework assignments, this collection contains pre-20th- and 20th-century stories arranged in thematic pairs. Activities and coursework have been pitched at the right interest range and level for