Modernity and its Futures is a major introductory textbook which examines the forces reshaping modern industrial societies and the new patterns, structures and relationships that are emerging in the contemporary world. The key debates about these changes are introduced and critically discussed; they include the transformation of Eastern Europe, the collapse of the USSR, globalisation, environmental challenges, post industrialism, cultural change and post-modernism. The book also looks back to the formation of modern societies, and of social science, to explore the character of 'modernity' and...
Modernity and its Futures is a major introductory textbook which examines the forces reshaping modern industrial societies and the new patterns, struc...
Since 1997 Representation has been the key go-to textbook for students learning the tools to question and critically analyze institutional and media texts and images. This long-awaited Second Edition
- update and refreshes the approach to theories of representation by signalling key developments in the field
- addresses the emergence of new technologies and formats of representation, from the internet and the digital revolution to reality TV
- includes an entirely new chapter on celebrity culture and personalisation, to debates about representation...
Since 1997 Representation has been the key go-to textbook for students learning the tools to question and critically analyze institutional and ...
This book brings together in one volume contributions made to the public debate that has developed around the Kilburn Manifesto, a Soundings project that seeks to map the political, economic, social and cultural contours of neoliberalism. The manifesto opens with a framing statement and each chapter then analyses a specific issue or theme. The contributors call into question the neoliberal order itself, and find radical alternatives to its foundational assumptions. Contributors: Beatrix Campbell, John Clarke, Sally Davison, Stuart Hall, Ben Little, Doreen Massey, Janet Newman, Alan O'Shea,...
This book brings together in one volume contributions made to the public debate that has developed around the Kilburn Manifesto, a Soundings project t...
In July 1996, cultural theorists bell hooks and Stuart Hall met for a series of wide-ranging conversations on what Hall sums up as "life, love, death, sex." From the trivial to the profound, across boundaries of sexualities and genders, hooks and Hall dissect topics and themes of continual contemporary relevance, including feminism, home and home-coming, class, black masculinity, family, politics, relationships, and teaching. In their fluid and honest dialogue they push and pull each other as well as the reader, and the result is a book that speaks to the power of conversation as a place...
In July 1996, cultural theorists bell hooks and Stuart Hall met for a series of wide-ranging conversations on what Hall sums up as "life, love, dea...
