Modernity

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 13 working days Sociology is concerned with modern society, but has never come to terms with one of the most distinctive and horrific aspects of modernity - the Holocaust. The book examines what sociology can teach us about the Holocaust, but more particularly concentrates upon the lessons which the Holocaust has for sociology. Bauman's work demonstrates that the Holocaust has to be understood as deeply involved with the nature of modernity. There is nothing comparable to this work available in the sociological literature. Features Summary â New in paperback, this book, is likely to be adopted on many courses covering the Holocaust. â A unique but disturbing book - winner of the 1989 European Amalfi Prize for Sociology and Social Sciences... Author Zygmunt Bauman Publisher Polity Press Release date 19911128 Pages 267 ISBN 0-7456-0930-9 ISBN 13 978-0-7456-0930-0

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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Post-war Cinema and Modernity explores the relationship between film and modernity in the second half of the twentieth century. It begins with essays analyzing new post-war forms of film narrative and responses to the filmic innovations of the 1960s and the question of modernism. Pasolini's landmark polemic on the cinema of poetry is a vital springboard for the later critiques of time and the image, subjectivities and their narrative transformation, and the topical question of film and postmodernity. A discussion of changes in film technology and cinematic perception extend to the questions of film documentary. Finally, there is a focus on cinematographers and their filmic collaboration. The second section, International Cinema, places filmmaking and filmmakers in a social and a national context. It brings together landmark essays which contextualize feature films historically, yet also highlight their aesthetic power and their wider cultural importance. Filmmakers discussed include Ozu, Welles, Bresson, Hitchcock, Godard, Egoyan, Fassbinder and Zhang Yimou. Contributors include: Nestor Almendros, Jacques Aumont, Andre Bazin, Noel Burch, Scott Bukatman, Michael Chapman, Rey Chow, Terry Comito, Timothy Corrigan, Angela Della Vacche, Gilles Deleuze, Peter Harcourt, Frederic Jameson, Bruce Kawin, Krzystof Kieslowski, Vassiliki Kolocotroni, Teresa de Lauretis, Colin MacCabe, Christian Metz, Tania Modleski, Laura Mulvey, Bill Nicholls, John Orr, David Pascoe, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Duncan Petrie, Donald Richie, Larry Salvato, Dennis Schaefer, Paul Schrader, Susan Sontag, Andrei Tarkovsky, J.P. Telotte, Paul Virilio, Peter Wollen, Ismail Xavier, Denise Youngblood. Features Summary Post-war Cinema and Modernity explores the relationship between film and modernity in the second half of the twentieth century. It begins with essays analyzing new post-war forms of film narrative and responses to the filmic innovations of the 1960s and the question of modernism... Author John Orr (Editor), Olga Taxidou (Editor) Publisher New York University Press Release date 20010301 Pages 464 ISBN 0-8147-6202-6 ISBN 13 978-0-8147-6202-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days Alasdair MacIntyre explores some central philosophical, political and moral claims of modernity and argues that a proper understanding of human goods requires a rejection of these claims. In a wide-ranging discussion, he considers how normative and evaluative judgments are to be understood, how desire and practical reasoning are to be characterized, what it is to have adequate self-knowledge, and what part narrative plays in our understanding of human lives. He asks, further, what it would be to understand the modern condition from a neo-Aristotelian or Thomistic perspective, and argues that Thomistic Aristotelianism, informed by Marx's insights, provides us with resources for constructing a contemporary politics and ethics which both enable and require us to act against modernity from within modernity. This rich and important book builds on and advances MacIntyre's thinking in ethics and moral philosophy, and will be of great interest to readers in both fields. Features Summary Alasdair MacIntyre explores the philosophical, political, and moral issues encountered in understanding what the virtues require in contemporary social contexts. Author Alasdair MacIntyre Publisher Cambridge UniversityPress Release date 20161116 Pages 322 ISBN 1-107-17645-X ISBN 13 978-1-107-17645-4

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Features Summary No account of 20th Century British art can overlook the numerous works of the period that were essentially "religious" in their content. Art, Faith & Modernity examines this question. Author Sacha Llewellyn (Editor), Paul Liss (Editor) Publisher Liss Llewellyn Release date 20190630 Pages 224 ISBN 1-999314-50-6 ISBN 13 978-1-999314-50-7

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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days In this debut work, Scott Eastman tackles the complex issue of nationalism in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Spanish Atlantic empire. Preaching Spanish Nationalism across the Hispanic Atlantic challenges the idea that nationalism arose from the ashes of confessional society. Rather, the tenets of Roman Catholicism and the ideals of Enlightenment worked together to lay the basis for a "mixed modernity" within the territories of the Spanish monarchy. Drawing on sermons, catechisms, political pamphlets, and newspapers, Eastman demonstrates how religion and tradition cohered within burgeoning nationalist discourses in both Spain and Mexico. And though the inclusive notion of Spanish nationalism faded as the revolutions in the Hispanic Atlantic world established new loyalty to postcolonial states, the religious imagery and rhetoric that had served to define Spanish identity survived and resurfaced throughout the course of the long nineteenth century. Preaching Spanish Nationalism across the Hispanic Atlantic skillfully debates the prevailing view that the monolithic Catholic Church -- as the symbol of the ancien r?gime -- subverted a secular progression toward nationalism and modernity. Eastman deftly contends that the common political and religious culture of the Spanish Atlantic empire ultimately transformed its subjects into citizens of the Hispanic Atlantic world. Features Summary In this debut work, Scott Eastman tackles the complex issue of nationalism in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Spanish Atlantic empire. Preaching Spanish Nationalism across the Hispanic Atlantic challenges the idea that nationalism arose from the ashes of confessional society... Author Scott Eastman Publisher Lsu Press Release date 20111231 Pages 264 ISBN 0-8071-3957-2 ISBN 13 978-0-8071-3957-8

(This title is available on demand: expected date of dispatch will be 4-7 working days once ordered) Five Days in November, 1920: As the body of the Unknown Soldier makes its way home from the fields of Northern France, three women are dealing with loss in their own way: Hettie, who dances for sixpence a waltz at the Hammersmith Palais; Evelyn, who toils at a job in the pensions office, and Ada, a housewife who is beset by visions of her dead son. One day a young man comes to her door. He carries with him a wartime mystery that will bind these women together and will both mend and tear their hearts. A portrait of three intertwining lives caught at the faultline between empire and modernity, Wake captures the beginnings of a new era, and the day the mood of the nation changed for ever. Format:Paperback Pages:336

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Globalization is now widely discussed, but the debates often focus on economic issues. A lucid and engaging writer, John Tomlinson goes far beyond traditional discussions to analyze the wide-ranging cultural, social, and moral aspects of globalization. Tomlinson begins this ambitious project by studying the relationship between globalization and contemporary culture, explaining the importance of time and space concerns, cultural imperialism, "deterritorialization," the impact of the media and communication technologies, and the possible growth of more cosmopolitan culture. We come to understand how someone may face unemployment as a result of downsizing decisions made at a company's head office on another continent, or how the food we find in our grocery stores is radically different today from twenty years ago. He discusses the uneven nature of the experience of global modernity in relation to first and third world countries, and concludes that a genuinely cosmopolitan culture is unlikely to emerge unless we respect cultural differences and share a common sense of commitment about the world. Features Summary This work analyzes the cultural, social and moral aspects of globalization. It studies the relationship between globalization and comtemporary culture... Author John Tomlinson Publisher University of Chicago Press Release date 19990715 Pages 256 ISBN 0-226-80768-1 ISBN 13 978-0-226-80768-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Bulgari's exquisite high jewelry creations are conjured from the vibrant color, life, and light of exceptional gemstones, infused with an innate Roman sense of history, and invigorated with an audacious spirit of modernity. The very soul of the Eternal City is encapsulated in the extraordinary colored gems, each specially selected for its charisma and vivacity, that have become the signature of Bulgari style. This luxurious slipcase edition is brought to glorious life through a spectacular array of magnificent Bulgari jewels.and uniquely colorful jewels. Features Summary Bulgari's exquisite high jewelry creations are conjured from the vibrant color, life, and light of exceptional gemstones, infused with an innate Roman sense of history... Author Vivienne Becker Publisher Assouline Release date 20170730 Pages 240 ISBN 1-61428-615-9 ISBN 13 978-1-61428-615-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Dotan Leshem recasts the history of the West from an economic perspective, bringing politics, philosophy, and the economy closer together and revealing the significant role of Christian theology in shaping economic and political thought. He begins with early Christian treatment of economic knowledge and the effect of this interaction on ancient politics and philosophy. He then follows the secularization of the economy in liberal and neoliberal theory. Leshem draws on Hannah Arendt's history of politics and Michel Foucault's genealogy of economy and philosophy. He consults exegetical and apologetic tracts, homilies and eulogies, manuals and correspondence, and Church canons and creeds to trace the influence of the economy on Christian orthodoxy. Only by relocating the origins of modernity in Late Antiquity, Leshem argues, can we confront the full effect of the neoliberal marketized economy on contemporary societies. Then, he proposes, a new political philosophy that re-secularizes the economy will take shape and transform the human condition. Features Summary Dotan Leshem reveals the role of Christian theology in shaping economic and political thought. Beginning with early Christianity engagement with economic knowledge... Author Dotan Leshem Publisher Columbia University Press Release date 20160604 Pages 248 ISBN 0-231-17776-3 ISBN 13 978-0-231-17776-4

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