History of Ideas

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Marx, Productive Forces, and History

From: Multicultural Dynamics and the Ends of History

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Marx wants to show us that it is the productive forces that have developed out of our passionate engagements with each other and the world (of nature) that are at the heart of "actual … 18 $2.34 Add
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That’s What She Said

On the Future of Nostalgia

From: On Nostalgia

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In this chapter the author points out that we don’t know what we’ve got until it’s gone and we don’t even know when it will go. The question "Why is it that nostalgia … 25 $2.50 Add
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Theorizing Our Dominated Lives

Three Generations of Critical Theorists

From: Restless Ideas

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The Critical Vision of the Frankfurt School … 181 The First Generation … 182 Herbert Marcuse … 187 The Second Generation … 194 Jürgen Habermas … 195 The Third … 51 $5.10 Add
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Conclusion

The Memory of Ourselves

From: On Nostalgia

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Nostalgia is an acutely modern condition. As our future seems more in doubt, our past seems to offer more clarity and comfort. Beyond that, nostalgia helps us reconcile the dissonence of our … 3 $0.30 Add
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The Biopolitical Production of the Common

From: Multicultural Dynamics and the Ends of History

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This chapter shows how Marx’s framework, suitably updated, can help us better make sense of the fact that the world is becoming increasingly multicultural, in a way that allows us to deepen … 18 $2.34 Add
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Theorizing Our Social Selves

Microsocial Theories of Symbolic Interaction and Dramaturgy

From: Restless Ideas

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The Rise of Microsocial Theories … 232 Other Microsocial Theories … 235 George Herbert Mead: Original Pioneer of Symbolic Interactionism … 239 The Vocabulary of Interactionism … 41 $4.10 Add
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The Dynamic Telos of History — A Shared Democratic World

From: Multicultural Dynamics and the Ends of History

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Conclusion 8 $1.04 Add
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Theorizing Our Methodical Lives

Ethnomethodology

From: Restless Ideas

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The Methods in Our Madness … 273 Studying the Common Sense Methods of Everyday Life … 275 What Ethnomethodologists Study … 281 The Vocabulary of Ethnomethodology … 282 … 38 $3.80 Add
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Theorizing Our Discursive Lives

Postmodernism and Poststructuralism

From: Restless Ideas

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The Postmodern Age … 311 What Is Postmodernism? … 314 Characteristics of Postmodernism … 315 The Roots of Postmodern Theories … 321 Michel Foucault: Pioneer of … 63 $6.30 Add
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Theorizing Our Gendered and Sexual Selves

Feminist and Queer Theories

From: Restless Ideas

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For Women, the Struggle Continues … 374 The Wave Narrative of Feminism … 376 The Many Faces of Feminism Today … 385 Standpoint Theory … 392 Intersectionality Theory … 44 $4.40 Add
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Theorizing Our Colonial Histories

Indigenous Knowledge and Social Thought

From: Restless Ideas

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Colonization and Knowledge … 418 Indigenous Knowledge … 421 The Decolonization of Indigenous Knowledge … 423 Indigenous Knowledge and Western Science: Beyond Contestation to … 23 $2.30 Add
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Theorizing Our Anxious Age

Theorists of Late Modernity

From: Restless Ideas

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What Is Late Modernity? … 441 From Modernism to Late Modernity: The Social Theories of Anthony Giddens and Pierre Bourdieu … 447 Structuration Theory of Anthony Giddens … 448 … 64 $6.40 Add
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Theorizing Our Shrinking World

Globalization and Its Discontents

From: Restless Ideas

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The Global Age … 505 The Many Voices of Globalization Theory … 512 Manuel Castells and the Network Society … 533 Ulrich Beck and the Risk Society … 538 References … 550 52 $5.20 Add
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Epilogue

The Expanding Universe of Social Theory

From: Restless Ideas

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From the Crumbling Western Canon to the Hidden Global Heritage … 559 References … 561 5 $0.50 Add
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Index

From: Restless Ideas

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The Mighty Tool of Public Narrative

Psychic Numbing with Paul Slovic

From: I'm Right and You're an Idiot

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When numbers soar, our consistency with basic values and concerns collapses. Most people are caring and highly responsive when they hear of an individual’s desperate plight, yet are numbly … 10 $1.00 Add