The Politics of Cultural Despair: A Study in the Rise of the Germanic Ideology (Stern Fritz R.)(Paperback)

The Politics of Cultural Despair: A Study in the Rise of the Germanic Ideology (Stern Fritz R.)(Paperback)

This is a study in the pathology of cultural criticism. By analyzing the thought and influence of three leading critics of modern Germany, this study will demonstrate the dangers and dilemmas of a particular type of cultural despair. Lagarde, Langbehn, and Moeller van den Bruck-their active lives

Cultural Politics in Harry Potter: Life, Death and the Politics of Fear (Jarazo-lvarez Rubn)(Paperback)

Cultural Politics in Harry Potter: Life, Death and the Politics of Fear is the first book-length analysis of topics, such as death, fear and biopolitics in J.K. Rowling's work from controversial and interdisciplinary perspectives. This collection brings together recent theoretical and applied

Jefferson Davis, Napoleonic France, and the Nature of Confederate Ideology, 1815-1870 (Zvengrowski Jeffrey)(Pevná vazba)

In this highly original study of Confederate ideology and politics, Jeffrey Zvengrowski suggests that Confederate president Jefferson Davis and his supporters saw Bonapartist France as a model for the Confederate States of America. They viewed themselves as struggling not so much for the

The Rise of the Civilizational State (Coker Christopher)(Paperback)

In recent years culture has become the primary currency of politics - from the identity politics that characterized the 2016 American election to the pushback against Western universalism in much of the non-Western world. Much less noticed is the rise of a new political entity, the civilizational

Populista - The Rise of Latin America's 21st Century Strongman (Grant Will)(Paperback / softback)

An exploration of the phenomenon of the caudillo figure in Latin American politics and the rise of populism through the modern histories of the

The Audible Past: Cultural Origins of Sound Reproduction (Sterne Jonathan)(Paperback)

The Audible Past explores the cultural origins of sound reproduction. It describes a distinctive sound culture that gave birth to the sound recording and the transmission devices so ubiquitous in modern life. With an ear for the unexpected, scholar and musician Jonathan Sterne uses the

Politics of Piety: The Islamic Revival and the Feminist Subject (Mahmood Saba)(Paperback)

Politics of Piety is a groundbreaking analysis of Islamist cultural politics through the ethnography of a thriving, grassroots women's piety movement in the mosques of Cairo, Egypt. Unlike those organized Islamist activities that seek to seize or transform the state, this is a moral reform movement

The Conquest of America: The Question of the Other (Todorov Tzvetan)(Paperback)

The Conquest of America is a fascinating study of cultural confrontation in the New World, with implications far beyond sixteenth-century America. The book offers an original interpretation of the Spaniards' conquest, colonization, and destruction of pre-Columbian cultures in Mexico and the

The Plantation of Ulster: Ideology and Practice (O. Siochru Micheal)(Paperback)

This book is the first major academic study of the Ulster Plantation in over 25 years. The pivotal importance of the Plantation to the shared histories of Ireland and Britain would be difficult to overstate. It helped secure the English conquest of Ireland, and dramatically transformed Ireland's

Turning Down the Heat: The Politics of Climate Policy in Affluent Democracies (Compston H.)(Paperback)

This study analyses the politics of climate policy in a range of affluent democracies and at EU level in order to identify political strategies that would make it easier for governments to make major cuts in greenhouse gas emissions without sustaining significant political

Nature in Translation: Japanese Tourism Encounters the Canadian Rockies (Satsuka Shiho)(Paperback)

Nature in Translation is an ethnographic exploration in the cultural politics of the translation of knowledge about nature. Shiho Satsuka follows the Japanese tour guides who lead hikes, nature walks, and sightseeing bus tours for Japanese tourists in Canada's Banff National Park and illustrates

The Making of Minjung: Democracy and the Politics of Representation in South Korea (Lee Namhee)(Paperback)

In this sweeping intellectual and cultural history of the minjung (common people's) movement in South Korea, Namhee Lee shows how the movement arose in the 1970s and 1980s in response to the repressive authoritarian regime and grew out of a widespread sense that the nation's failed history left

Spreading Buddha's Word in East Asia: The Formation and Transformation of the Chinese Buddhist Canon (Wu Jiang)(Paperback)

A monumental work in the history of religion, the history of the book, the study of politics, and bibliographical research, this volume follows the making of the Chinese Buddhist canon from the fourth century to the digital era. Approaching the subject from a historical perspective, it ties the

The Politics of Climate Change (Giddens Anthony)(Paperback)

'A landmark study in the struggle to contain climate change, the greatest challenge of our era. I urge everyone to read it.'--Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States of America Since it first appeared, this book has achieved a classic status. Reprinted many times since its publication, it

In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made (Cantor Norman F.)(Paperback)

A New York Times bestseller, In the Wake of the Plague is a fascinating study of the cultural and religious consequences of one of the deadliest tragedies to befall humanity: the black plague. Though rigorously scientific in his approach, Norman F. Cantor has produced an unforgettable narrative

Garbage in Popular Culture (Iqani Mehita)(Paperback)

Explores the cultural politics of garbage in contemporary global

Politics Goes to the Movies: Hollywood, Europe, and Beyond (Kolker Robert P.)(Paperback)

Politics Goes to the Movies introduces the topic of political representation and ideology by analyzing some of the most important politically themed films across the history of cinema in a refreshing and concise volume. Offering a survey of political cinema from 1915 to present day, topics include:

Advances in the Study of Greek: New Insights for Reading the New Testament (Campbell Constantine R.)(Paperback)

Advances in the Study of Greek offers an introduction to issues of interest in the current world of Greek scholarship. Those within Greek scholarship will welcome this book as a tool that puts students, pastors, professors, and commentators firmly in touch with what is going on in Greek studies

Postmodernism - Or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism (Jameson Fredric)(Paperback / softback)

Jameson's study of the cultural, political and social implications of

The Rise of the Right: English Nationalism and the Transformation of Working-Class Politics (Winlow Simon)(Paperback)

Cultural Capital - The Rise and Fall of Creative Britain (Hewison Robert)(Paperback / softback)

How money, politics and the Arts turned a golden age for culture into

The Politics of Transindividuality (Read Jason)(Paperback)

In this stimulating and wide-ranging study, Jason Read uses the concept of transindividuality to re-examine social relation sand

Growing Up in Transit: The Politics of Belonging at an International School (Tanu Danau)(Paperback)

In this compelling study of the children of serial migrants, Danau Tanu argues that the international schools they attend promote an ideology of being 'international' that is Eurocentric. Despite the cosmopolitan rhetoric, hierarchies of race, culture and class shape popularity, friendships and

The Archaeology of Food: Identity, Politics, and Ideology in the Prehistoric and Historic Past (Twiss Katheryn C.)(Paperback)

The Archaeology of Food explains how archaeologists reconstruct what people ate, and how such reconstructions reveal ancient political struggles, religious practices, ethnic identities, gender norms, and more. Balancing deep research with accessible writing, Katheryn Twiss familiarizes readers with