After the Empires - 9 Angebote vergleichen

Lieferung aus: Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland, Versandkosten nach: USA.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Cosmo Books.
Palgrave Macmillan, UK, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. 200 Pages. All four corners of the board are slightly rubbed. Intellectual trajectory is not organized in advance, we do not begin by surveying the intellectual ground before deciding upon a line of enquiry, rather we fall into conversation, our starting points are accidental, our early moves untutored - they are not informed by a systematic knowledge of the available territory, rather they flow from curiosity, we read what strikes us as interesting and discard that which seems dull. This personal idosyncratic aspect to scholarly enquiry is part and parcel of 'doing' social science, not something to be regretted, denied or avoided. Exploring the philosophy of social science, where claims about the nature, intellectual value and utility of social theorizing are routinely disputed, this book argues that social theorizing comprises a wide diversity of situation-bound attempts to make practical sense of shifting circumstances. Placing theorists within the social world this study shows how theorizing is both bounded and creative, how imagination and creativity builds upon the resources of tradition and how such an awareness is the basis of dialogue with other traditions, cultures and ways of making sense of the world. Book Description: Intellectual trajectory is not organized in advance, we do not begin by surveying the intellectual ground before deciding upon a line of enquiry, rather we fall into conversation, our starting points are accidental, our early moves untutored - they are not informed by a systematic knowledge of the available territory, rather they flow from curiosity, we read what strikes us as interesting and discard that which seems dull. This personal idosyncratic aspect to scholarly enquiry is part and parcel of 'doing' social science, not something to be regretted, denied or avoided. Exploring the philosophy of social science, where claims about the nature, intellectual value and utility of social theorizing are routinely disputed, this book argues that social theorizing comprises a wide diversity of situation-bound attempts to make practical sense of shifting circumstances. Placing theorists within the social world this study shows how theorizing is both bounded and creative, how imagination and creativity builds upon the resources of tradition and how such an awareness is the basis of dialogue with other traditions, cultures and ways of making sense of the world. : Review: 'This splendid book provides a clear, readable and remarkably comprehensive overview of social theory" - Contemporary Sociology : Book Description: Exploring the practical nature of the work of social scientists, this book argues for a sceptical use of the classical European tradition of social theorizing in dealing with today's problems Size: 15.2 x 2.5 x 22.9 cm. 202 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science & Technology; History & Philosophy. ISBN: 0230576001. ISBN/EAN: 9780230576001. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: X128-1039. . 9780230576001.

Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, in-stock.
Tracking the intermingled intellectual and moral response of elites and masses to the loss of empire in the years following the end of the Second World War, this book explores how the elite in Britain sought to fashion a new identity for itself, how this was promulgated amongst the wider population and how ordinary people responded. These responses can be uncovered in elite designs including policies, plans, declarations; high art such as novels, theatre, fine arts and art-house films as well as through the medium of popular culture like radio, film, television, newspapers and magazines. These layers of meanings can be found in the slow development of the public sphere, as events produced reactions that laid down ideas that run into the present. The collective upshot has been the creation of a shifting, contested and finally unsustainable idea of what it is to be 'British'.

Lieferung aus: Kanada, in-stock.
The shift to the modern world in East Asia was accomplished in part via the experience of colonial rule as Europeans, Americans and Japanese in the late nineteenth century constructed elaborate colonial empires throughout the region. Local reactions included collaboration, resistance and learning - and the latter fed into locally made nationalisms that fuelled popular revolts against foreign rule. When the system went into crisis with numerous wars during the 1930s and 1940s, local nationalists took their chance and lodged claims to independence. As the fighting subsided it became clear that empires were no longer tenable, and independent nation states began to be constructed. Today they form the underlying political structure of the burgeoning region of East Asia.

Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, in-stock.
England after the Great Recession looks at the implications of the recent financial crisis and argues that the hitherto dominant intellectual and policy paradigm of neo-liberalism has been fatally weakened and will in due course be replaced. The crisis has had significant consequences for economic and political thinking, including practical politics, pragmatic policy and scholarly reflections. It is likely that a period of confusion will follow and that it will involve debates in respect of responsibility, policy lines and explanations. A residual strand of neo-liberal thinking will remain, but other lines of thinking will emerge as debate is likely to broaden from 'fixing the banks' to a deeper discussion of the design and consequences of debt fuelled liberal market consumerism. This model, embraced by New Labour and also the Conservatives has now been discredited. It might be expected that British polity will be reconfigured, with economic, social and political reform, but quite how is unclear. In this book the implications of the crisis for received politico-cultural identities and our sense of ourselves as members of an ordered collectivity are explored. Given the disorder, received identities are in question - so what changes might be envisioned?

Lieferung aus: Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland, zzgl. Versandkosten, Verandgebiet: EUR.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Orbiting Books, Herefordshire, Hereford, [RE:4].
Next working day dispatch from the UK (Mon-Fri). Please contact us with any queries. Hardcover.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, ExtremelyReliable, TX, Richmond, [RE:4].
Hardcover.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Paperbackshop International, GLOS, Fairford, [RE:4].
Softcover.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Midtown Scholar Bookstore, PA, Harrisburg, [RE:4].
Hardcover.