Over the past decade we have witnessed the extraordinary rise of new global movements that throw into question the way we think about culture, power and action in a globalizing world.
Examines three of the most significant global social movements of the last decade: anti-globalization, new Islamic movements, and the Falun Gong in China.
Explores key dimensions of these movements, the tensions they confront, and the crises that created them.
Demonstrates how these global movements require a rethinking of the very idea of social...
Over the past decade we have witnessed the extraordinary rise of new global movements that throw into question the way we think about culture, power a...
This book explores the relationship between new experiences of selfhood and new patterns of social life. It does so through an encounter with young people who confront urgent social and cultural transformations, whose experience of selfhood is unclear, often shaped by social forces that while powerful, appear difficult, if not impossible to name. These young people live in a world where institutions are weakening and identities fragmenting, where socialization into roles is being replaced by new imperatives of communication and self-esteem. Their world is shaped by new forms of freedom, but...
This book explores the relationship between new experiences of selfhood and new patterns of social life. It does so through an encounter with young pe...
