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This unique set of essays explores the thought of Georg Lukacs, specifically his attempt to ground an ethical Marxism in his conception of social ontology.

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Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this volume examines the way cultures and individuals oppose, resist and re-center globalization.

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If Australia's population is to almost double by 2050, we face extraordinary challenges - economic, social and environmental. Coping with this growth demands visionary planning and insights from the rich history of immigration. Prosper or Perish investigates ways to find a balance between growth, diversity and sustainability in a shrinking world.

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One the world's foremost experts on Hegel presents the often-ignored philosopher's ideas for today's activists.

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Two captivating new plays from one of Britains greatest living playwrights.

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Reveals the lack of historical basis for heterosexuality as the norm.

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Featuring a new introduction by Jonathan Alter and a new afterword by Ricky Ian Gordon.

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This is a deliberately polemical intervention into the structure/agency debate in the social sciences. It argues that central concepts in this debate - such as 'society' and the 'individual' - have been widely misconceived, and that progress in the social sciences will only occur if the real nature of the social world is respected. -- .

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Significant to Dunn's critique of poststructuralist and postmodern theories is his application of George Herbert Mead as a means of theorizing identity and difference. The focus on postmodernity, rather than postmodernism grounds his analysis of identity and difference both materially and socially.

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Ideology draws on the social, political and cultural theory of Jurgen Habermas, Gilles Deleuze and Slavoj Zizek in order to explore the possibility of developing a 'critical conception of ideology'. The book is concerned with two main themes: the relationship of ideology to the 'real' and the relationship between ideology and the 'ethical'.

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Ideology draws on the social, political and cultural theory of Jurgen Habermas, Gilles Deleuze and Slavoj Zizek in order to explore the possibility of developing a 'critical conception of ideology'. The book is concerned with two main themes: the relationship of ideology to the 'real' and the relationship between ideology and the 'ethical'.

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Confronting the critical problems of Latin American development, this volume expertly roots these challenges in the structures of colonialism.

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This work presents a treatment of the issue of death, comparing the Western approach of "optimising" with the Eastern approach of "adapting". It analyses the nature of happiness, and explains how adaption may be implemented.

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This work presents a treatment of the issue of death, comparing the Western approach of "optimising" with the Eastern approach of "adapting". It analyses the nature of happiness, and explains how adaption may be implemented.

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This book provides an engaging and informative insight into the experiences, dreams and hopes of children and teenagers in contemporary Ireland. -- .

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How is it that labour has become the means of capitalist discipline, exploitation, and domination in modern society The book provides a systematic analysis of the role of labour in the processes of capitalist production and the establishment of capitalist legal and social institutions.

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Tom Brass takes the lessons drawn by Development Studies and deftly applies them to metropolitan capitalist nations.

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Leverage of the Weak enhances knowledge of movement emergence and offers the first systematic, multilayered comparisons across movements and nations in East Asia. Hwa-Jen Liu argues that examining material factors versus ideational factors is crucial to understanding the successes (or failures) of social movements.

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Leverage of the Weak enhances knowledge of movement emergence and offers the first systematic, multilayered comparisons across movements and nations in East Asia. Hwa-Jen Liu argues that examining material factors versus ideational factors is crucial to understanding the successes (or failures) of social movements.

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Made in America presents the first look at self-made men and omen from a multicultural perspective. Jefferey Louis Decker discusses the emergence of self-starters in relation to the changing consumer markets of the twentieth century, and he locates the new breed of entrepreneurs within the changing rhetoric of personal success.

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A cross-national account of working mothers' daily lives--and the revolution in public policy and culture needed to improve them.