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This collection of articles by an international group of leading experts has its special focus on the relevance of Karl Jaspers's philosophy for the social sciences. It also includes classical evaluations of Jaspers's thinking by renowned authors Talcott Parsons and Jrgen Habermas.

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Complexity science--made possible by modern analytical and computational advances--is changing the way we think about social systems and social theory. Unfortunately, economists' policy models have not kept up and are stuck in either a market fundamentalist or government control narrative. While these standard narratives are useful in some cases, t

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This book challenges contemporary criminological thinking, providing a thorough critique of mainstream criminology, including both liberal criminology and administrative criminology. It sets a new agenda for theoretical and practical engagement, and for creating a more effective and just criminal justice system.

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A slow poison is running through America's veins. It's easy to believe that it's nobody's fault; that this is just the way society has evolved. But that's not true. There are specific individuals who are screwing things up in this country. This work is about those villains, about the various poisons they spread and the damage each does.

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How have our emotions shaped the course of human history

And how have our experience and understanding of emotions evolved with us

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Democratizing finance is the means by which we can democratize our economy

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Jonathan Sacks' best selling book appears for the first time in paperback and has been revised in response to the controversy it caused. It presents a major global statement by a Jewish leader about racial, political and religious conflict in the modern world.

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From Dr. Peter H. Kim, the world's leading expert on trust repair, a guide to understanding the most essential foundation of our relationships and communities.

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A unified theory of reasonableness-and a timely, spiriteddefence of the potential that lies in beingunreasonable for the right reasons.

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A unified theory of reasonableness - and how to be unreasonable for the right reasons.

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"An exploration of how investing in relational work and transformational relationships can make us happier and healthier"--

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Respect can be attained by gaining success, by developing talents, through financial independence and by helping others. In this title, the author argues that many who are not able to achieve the demands of today's meritocracy lose the esteem that should be given to them.

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This book demonstrates that classical sociology is essential to cutting-edge debates in the contemporary social sciences.

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Social psychologist and Stanford professor Brian Lowery presents a provocative, powerful theory of identity, arguing that there is no essential "self"our selves are social creations of those with whom we interact exploring what that means for who we can be and who we allow others to be.

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Are we now so self-absorbed that we take little interest in the world beyond our own lives Or has public life left no place for individuals to participate This title examines the growing imbalance between private and public experience, and asks what can bring us to reconnect with our communities.

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Simon Susen examines the impact of the 'postmodern turn' on the contemporary social sciences. On the basis of an innovative five-dimensional approach, this study provides a systematic, comprehensive, and critical account of the legacy of the 'postmodern turn', notably in terms of its continuing relevance in the twenty-first century.

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Offers an account of the role of knowledge in society aimed to stimulate both discussion and investigations. This book presents an analysis of knowledge in everyday life in the context of a theory of society as a dialectical process between objective and subjective reality.

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Transformative learning is a process in which we question all the assumptions about the world and ourselves that make up our worldview, visualize alternative assumptions, and then test them in practice. The author describes the process, offering a critique of contemporary assumptions, and suggests alternatives to illustrate the process.

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How do we account for experiences of trauma and memory in multicultural societies World Memory blends the study of trauma and memory with perspectives from postcolonial theory to explore a range of traumatic personal and socio-historical experiences. The writers examine psychoanalytic, artistic, literary and vernacular accounts of trauma.

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A critical study of race, racialization and representation in the context of Turkish modernization

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This important volume collects twenty-six essential essays that chart the development of Andrew Milner's distinctively Orwellian cultural materialism.