Resultados de Pesquisa

INGLÊS

Sovereignty And Extortion - A New State Form In Mexico

de Claudio Lomnitz

~~28,38€~~ 25,54€ 10% IMEDIATO

portes grátis

 Examines the Mexican state in relation to this extreme violence, uncovering a reality that challenges the familiar narratives of â€œa war on drugsâ€ or a â€œfailed state.â€ Through this critical examination, Lomnitz offers a new theory of the state, its forms of sovereignty, and its shifting relation to capital and militarization.
INGLÊS

Politics Of Survival

de Marc Abeles

~~42,33€~~ 33,86€ 20% IMEDIATO + 5% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 <div>In this provocative analysis of global politics, the anthropologist Marc Abélès argues that the meaning and aims of political action have radically changed in the era of globalization. As dangers such as terrorism and global warming have moved to the fore of global consciousness, foreboding has replaced the belief that tomorrow will be better than today. Survival, outlasting the uncertainties and threats of a precarious future, has supplanted harmonious coexistence as the primary goal of politics. Abélès contends that this political reorientation has changed our priorities and modes of political action, and generated new debates and initiatives. The proliferation of supranational and transnational organizations—from the European Union to the World Trade Organization (WTO) to Oxfam—is the visible effect of this radical transformation in our relationship to the political realm. Areas of governance as diverse as the economy, the environment, and human rights have been partially taken over by such agencies. Non-governmental organizations in particular have become linked with the mindset of risk and uncertainty; they both reflect and help produce the politics of survival.<p>Abélès examines the new global politics, which assumes many forms and is enacted by diverse figures with varied sympathies: the officials at meetings of the WTO and the demonstrators outside them, celebrity activists, and online contributors to international charities. He makes an impassioned case that our accounts of globalization need to reckon with the preoccupations and affiliations now driving global politics. <i>The Politics of Survival</i> was first published in France in 2006. This English-language edition has been revised and includes a new preface.</p></div>
INGLÊS

Empire Of Love - Toward A Theory Of Intimacy, Genealogy, And Carnality

de Elizabeth A. Povinelli

~~46,31€~~ 37,05€ 20% IMEDIATO + 5% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 Anthropologist Elizabeth A. Povinelli theorizes intimate relations as sites which bring into view the interplay between liberalism's contradictory ideals of freedom and constraint.
INGLÊS

How To Be An Intellectual In The Age Of Tv - The Lessons Of Gore Vidal

de Marcie Frank

~~39,68€~~ 31,74€ 20% IMEDIATO + 5% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 An analysis of how Gore Vidal, as a public intellectual, negotiates the print/screen media divide
INGLÊS

Financial Derivatives And The Globalization Of Risk

de Benjamin Lee e Edward Lipuma

~~42,33€~~ 33,86€ 20% IMEDIATO + 5% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 Cultural studies exploration of the implications of the circulation of increasingly abstract forms of capital in the contemporary global economy.
INGLÊS

Modern Social Imaginaries

de Charles Taylor

~~35,71€~~ 28,57€ 20% IMEDIATO + 5% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 One of the most influential philosophers in the English-speaking world, Charles Taylor is internationally renowned for his contributions to political and moral theory, particularly to debates about identity formation, multiculturalism, secularism, and modernity. In Modern Social Imaginaries, Taylor continues his recent reflections on the theme of multiple modernities. To account for the differences among modernities, Taylor sets out his idea of the social imaginary, a broad understanding of the way a given people imagine their collective social life.Retelling the history of Western modernity, Taylor traces the development of a distinct social imaginary. Animated by the idea of a moral order based on the mutual benefit of equal participants, the Western social imaginary is characterized by three key cultural forms-the economy, the public sphere, and self-governance. Taylor's account of these cultural formations provides a fresh perspective on how to read the specifics of Western modernity: how we came to imagine society primarily as an economy for exchanging goods and services to promote mutual prosperity, how we began to imagine the public sphere as a metaphorical place for deliberation and discussion among strangers on issues of mutual concern, and how we invented the idea of a self-governing people capable of secular "founding" acts without recourse to transcendent principles. Accessible in length and style, Modern Social Imaginaries offers a clear and concise framework for understanding the structure of modern life in the West and the different forms modernity has taken around the world.
INGLÊS

Bilingual Aesthetics - A New Sentimental Education

de Doris Sommer

~~46,31€~~ 37,05€ 20% IMEDIATO + 5% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 Knowing a second language entails some unease; it requires a willingness to make mistakes and work through misunderstandings. The renowned literary scholar Doris Sommer argues that feeling funny is good for you, and for society. In Bilingual Aesthetics Sommer invites readers to make mischief with meaning, to play games with language, and to allow errors to stimulate new ways of thinking. Today's global world has outgrown any one-to-one correlation between a people and a language; liberal democracies can either encourage difference or stifle it through exclusionary policies. Bilingual Aesthetics is Sommer's passionate call for citizens and officials to cultivate difference and to realize that the precarious points of contact resulting from mismatches between languages, codes, and cultures are the lifeblood of democracy, as well as the stimulus for aesthetics and philosophy.Sommer encourages readers to entertain the creative possibilities inherent in multilingualism. With her characteristic wit and love of language, she focuses on humor-particularly bilingual jokes-as the place where tensions between and within cultures are played out. She draws on thinking about humor and language by a range of philosophers and others, including Sigmund Freud, Immanuel Kant, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Hannah Arendt, and Mikhail Bakhtin. In declaring the merits of allowing for crossed signals, Sommer sends a clear message: Making room for more than one language is about value added, not about remediation. It is an expression of love for a contingent and changing world.
INGLÊS

Written In Stone - Public Monuments In Changing Societies

de Sanford Levinson

~~39,68€~~ 31,74€ 20% IMEDIATO + 5% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 Is it "Stalinist" for a formerly communist country to tear down a statue of Stalin? Should the Confederate flag be allowed to fly over the South Carolina state capitol? Is it possible for America to honor General Custer and the Sioux Nation, Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln? Indeed, can a liberal, multicultural society memorialize anyone at all, or is it committed to a strict neutrality about the quality of the lives led by its citizens?In Written in Stone, legal scholar Sanford Levinson considers the tangled responses of ever-changing societies to the monuments and commemorations created by past regimes or outmoded cultural and political systems. Drawing on examples from Albania to Zimbabwe, from Moscow to Managua, and paying particular attention to examples throughout the American South, Levinson looks at social and legal arguments regarding the display, construction, modification, and destruction of public monuments. He asks what kinds of claims the past has on the present, particularly if the present is defined in dramatic opposition to its past values. In addition, he addresses the possibilities for responding to the use and abuse of public spaces and explores how a culture might memorialize its historical figures and events in ways that are beneficial to all its members.Written in Stone is a meditation on how national cultures have been or may yet be defined through the deployment of public monuments. It adds a thoughtful and crucial voice into debates surrounding historical accuracy and representation, and will be welcomed by the many readers concerned with such issues.
INGLÊS

Powerless By Design - The Age Of The International Community

de Michel Feher

~~41,01€~~ 32,81€ 20% IMEDIATO + 5% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 Addresses Western officials' responses to post-Cold War conflicts and analyses the reactions of the Left to their governments' positions.
INGLÊS

Feminist Accused Of Sexual Harassment

de Jane Gallop

~~38,36€~~ 30,69€ 20% IMEDIATO + 5% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 Tells the story of how and why the author was charged with sexual harassment, and what resulted from the accusations. It uses her personal experience to offer an analysis of trends in sexual harassment policy, and to pose questions regarding teaching and sex, feminism and knowledge. It is aimed at those interested in these issues.
INGLÊS

Whose Art Is It?

de Jane Kramer

~~39,68€~~ 31,74€ 20% IMEDIATO + 5% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 <div><i>Whose Art Is It?</i> is the story of sculptor John Ahearn, a white artist in a black and Hispanic neighborhood of the South Bronx, and of the people he cast for a series of public sculptures commissioned for an intersection outside a police station. Jane Kramer, telling this story, raises one of the most urgent questions of our time: How do we live in a society we share with people who are, often by their own definitions, "different?" Ahearn’s subjects were "not the best of the neighborhood." They were a junkie, a hustler, and a street kid. Their images sparked a controversy throughout the community—and New York itself—over issues of white representations of people of color and the appropriateness of particular images as civic art. The sculptures, cast in bronze and painted, were up for only five days before Ahearn removed them.<br>This compelling narrative raises questions about community and public art policies, about stereotypes and multiculturalism. With wit, drama, sympathy, and circumspection, Kramer draws the reader into the multicultural debate, challenging our assumptions about art, image, and their relation to community. Her portrait of the South Bronx takes the argument to its grass roots—provocative, surprising in its contradictions and complexities and not at all easy to resolve.<br>Accompanied by an introduction by Catharine R. Stimpson exploring the issues of artistic freedom, "political correctness," and multiculturalism, <i>Whose Art Is It?</i> is a lively and accessible introduction to the ongoing debate on representation and private expression in the public sphere.</div>
INGLÊS

Paper Tangos

de Julie Taylor

~~39,68€~~ 31,74€ 20% IMEDIATO + 5% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 Tango. A multidimensional expression of Argentine identity, one that speaks to that nation's sense of disorientation, loss, and terror. Yet the tango mesmerizes dancers and audiences alike throughout the world. In Paper Tangos, Julie Taylor-a classically trained dancer and anthropologist-examines the poetics of the tango while describing her own quest to dance this most dramatic of paired dances.Taylor, born in the United States, has lived much of her adult life in Latin America. She has spent years studying the tango in Buenos Aires, dancing during and after the terror of military dictatorships. This book is at once an account of a life lived crossing the borders of two distinct and complex cultures and an exploration of the conflicting meanings of tango for women who love the poetry of its movement yet feel uneasy with the roles it bestows on the male and female dancers. Drawing parallels among the violences of the Argentine Junta, the play with power inherent in tango dancing, and her own experiences with violence both inside and outside the intriguing tango culture, Taylor weaves the line between engaging memoir and insightful cultural critique. Within the contexts of tango's creative birth and contemporary presentations, this book welcomes us directly into the tango subculture and reveals the ways that personal, political, and historical violence operate in our lives.The book's experimental design includes photographs on every page, which form a flip-book sequence of a tango. Not simply a book for tango dancers and fans, Paper Tangos will reward students of Latin American studies, cultural studies, anthropology, feminist studies, dance studies, and the art of critical memoir.
INGLÊS

Written In Stone - Public Monuments In Changing Societies

de Sanford Levinson

~~35,71€~~ 28,57€ 20% IMEDIATO + 5% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 In this twentieth anniversary edition of Written in Stoneâ€"which includes a new preface and an extensive afterwordâ€"Sanford Levinson considers the debates and conflicts surrounding controversial monuments to public figures throughout the American South and the world.
INGLÊS

Islam And Secularity - The Future Of Europe''S Public Sphere

de Nilufer Gole

~~46,31€~~ 37,05€ 20% IMEDIATO + 5% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 In Islam and Secularity Nilufer Gole examines the transforming relationship between Islam and Western secular modernity and the impact of the Muslim presence in Europe. She demonstrates that Islam and secularism are mutually constitutive, constantly changing, and that the presence of Islam unsettles dominant narratives of Western modernism.
INGLÊS

Written In Stone - Public Monuments In Changing Societies

de Sanford Levinson

31,08€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

portes grátis

 In this twentieth anniversary edition of Written in Stoneâ€"which includes a new preface and an extensive afterwordâ€"Sanford Levinson considers the debates and conflicts surrounding controversial monuments to public figures throughout the American South and the world.
INGLÊS

Bilingual Aesthetics - A New Sentimental Education

de Doris Sommer

36,49€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

portes grátis

 An analysis of the changing status of bi- and multi-lingualness in relation to issues of citizenship, ethnicity, and diversity
INGLÊS

Powerless By Design - The Age Of The International Community

de Michel Feher

27,03€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

portes grátis

 Addresses Western officials' responses to post-Cold War conflicts and analyses the reactions of the Left to their governments' positions.
INGLÊS

Modern Social Imaginaries

de Charles Taylor

28,38€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

portes grátis

 Offers a clear and concise framework for understanding the structure of modern life in the West and the different forms modernity has taken around the world
INGLÊS

Fear Of Small Numbers - An Essay On The Geography Of Anger

de Arjun Appadurai

25,67€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

portes grátis

 The period since 1989 has been marked by the global endorsement of open markets, the free flow of finance capital and liberal ideas of constitutional rule, and the active expansion of human rights. This book provides a framework for understanding sources of global violence.
INGLÊS

Sovereignty And Extortion - A New State Form In Mexico

de Claudio Lomnitz

ESGOTADO OU NÃO DISPONÍVEL

 Claudio Lomnitz proposes a new theorization of the Mexican state in relation to extreme violence, showing how the current crisis represents a fundamental shift in the relationship between the state and the economy in which the rule of law has eroded.
INGLÊS

The Afterlife Of Reproductive Slavery - Biocapitalism And Black Feminism'S Philosophy Of History

de Alys Eve Weinbaum

118,45€

portes grátis

ESGOTADO OU NÃO DISPONÍVEL

 Alys Eve Weinbaum investigates the continuing resonances of Atlantic slavery in the cultures and politics of human reproduction that characterize contemporary capitalism, showing how black feminist thought offers the best means through which to understand the myriad ways slavery continues to haunt the present.
INGLÊS

The Politics Of Operations - Excavating Contemporary Capitalism

de Brett Neilson e Sandro Mezzadra

ESGOTADO OU NÃO DISPONÍVEL

 Sandro Mezzadra and Brett Neilson investigate how capital reshapes its relation with politics, showing how contemporary capitalism operates through the extraction of mineral resources, data, and cultures; the logistical organization of relations between people, property, and objects; and the penetration of financialization into all realms of economic life.
INGLÊS

The Social Medicine Reader, Volume Ii, Third Edition - Differences And Inequalities

ESGOTADO OU NÃO DISPONÍVEL
INGLÊS

The Social Medicine Reader, Volume I, Third Edition - Ethics And Cultures Of Biomedicine

ESGOTADO OU NÃO DISPONÍVEL

 The extensively updated and revised third edition of the bestselling Social Medicine Reader provides a survey of the challenging issues facing today's health care providers, patients, and caregivers with writings by scholars in medicine, the social sciences, and the humanities.
A carregar resultados...

Ver mais resultados