The book introduces the reader into sociological knowledge and focuses on the classical sociological heritage with its key conceptual and methodological strands and its application in the contemporary reading of social phenomena and processes. The reader will learn about the development of sociology and the characteristics of the sociological perspective and sociological imagination. The book presents the achievements of the classical sociological thinkers and the contemporary sociological schools of thought interpreting social reality. The reader is made aware of the elements of society, as well as of its major research ... |
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It has become a truism that you may not be interested in politics, but politics is interested in you. Politics is inescapable because the term denotes, in its widest sense, the way in which relations of power are constructed in a given society. And there is no escaping power in the relations between human beings. In this volume we have attempted to unveil the origins, evolution and meaning of key political terms, as well as to outline the debates around each one. It is our conviction that this effort will help not only our students but also the general public to become fruitfully involved in current politics in the ... |
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The year is 1984. The country is impoverished and permanently at war, people are watched day and night by Big Brother and their every action and thought is controlled by the Thought Police. Winston Smith works in the department of propaganda, where his job is to rewrite the past. Spurred by his longing to escape, Winston rebels. He breaks the law by falling in love with Julia and, as part of the clandestine organization the Brotherhood, they attempt the unimaginable - to bring down the Party. George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is one of the most famous and influential novels of the 20th century. This terrifying ... |
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Essays in honour of Madeleine Danova. The present collection of scholarly research explores cross-disciplinarity and intercultural awareness and understanding across various disciplines, honoring Professor Madeleine Danova's academic legacy. It comprises diverse essays coming from fields such as American, Canadian, African, and English Studies, mass media, intercultural communication and education, comparative literature, and the social and political sciences. Contributors delve into multicultural, historical, and cultural contexts, politics, philosophy, and textuality, as well as literary translation and cultural ... |
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George Orwell wrote extensively about English life and politics and this selection of essays and journalism brings together some of his most provocative and insightful writing on England and Englishness. Orwell's interests were broad. He often wrote about everyday concerns such as transport, food and the weather. Turning to social issues, he exposed the plight of the poor and the unemployed. He dissected the idea of nationalism and he examined the failings of the Left. What emerges from his acute observation of English rituals, habits and attitudes is his belief that these are the very things with which the English ... |
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One of the crucial questions, which emerges in the process of the EU expansion is "How to avoid the alienation of the values and rights from the vivid culture of the European nations?" No doubt, they should not be limited to formal principles of communication. The point is to determine what should be done within the frame of politics, economy, education, healthcare, legislation, art, etc. in order to implement the principles of the European culture as guidelines for European citizens. Discussing rights and values in the Enlarging EU, it is usually assumed that the new member states are going to adopt the ... |
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Ейми Алън е професор по философия и изследвания на пола (Parents Distinguished Research Professor) в Колеж Дартмут, един от осемте университета в САЩ от Ivy League. Тя е автор на книгите "The Power of Feminist Theory: Domination, Resistance, Solidarity" (Westview, 1999) и "The Politics of Our Selves: Power, Autonomy, and Gender in Contemporary Critical Theory" (Columbia University Press, 2008). Ейми Алън е главен редактор съвместно с Андрю Арато и Андреас Каливас на списание "Constellations" и също така водещ редактор на поредицата "Нови посоки в критическата теория" на Columbia ... |
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"Европа. Истории за империи" обединява философия и история в ново изследване върху властта и имперската история на Европа. Водещата идея е, че в основата на индивидуалния политически опит лежи метафизическият и това се разкрива в множество свидетелства в историческата литература. Вълканов следва тази идея в няколко ключови момента от развитието на Европа от XV до XX век. Властта променя всичко. Тя снема старите представи за морал и показва света в напълно нова светлина, която изправя всички пред избор за това кои са в действителност и какво искат да бъдат. Отговорът на този въпрос, превърнат в безкрайна редица ... |
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Пропукай капитализма заявява, че радикалната промяна може да стане реалност единствено чрез създаването, разширяването и умножаването на пукнатините в капитализма. Тези пукнатини са обикновени моменти или места на бунт, в които отстояваме различен начин на правене, противопоставен на господството на труда. Предишната книга на Джон Холоуей - Промени света, без да вземаш властта предизвика глобален дебат сред активисти и интелектуалци относно по-ефективния път към живот след капитализма. Сега авторът отхвърля идеята за несвързан набор от борби и намира обединяващо противоречие - противопоставянето между капиталистическия ... |
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In traditional societies, the individual exists only as far as taking its place in a group, a place that is often destined from birth in a social hierarchy. It is governed by the collective beliefs, rules and norms shared by all present that are not in dispute, because they come "from above" - transcendence based on social connections and "pre" - mythical past and valuable. The modern man of the XXI-the century chooses his preferred beliefs and values in a pluralistic world, where conflicting values co-exist and are subject to the critique of reason. The past is no longer a perfect world, ... |
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Collections of documents. Edited by: Evgeniy Kandilarov, Soyoung Kim, Svetla Karteva-Dancheva. ... This collection of documents is dedicated to the relations between the European Union and the East Asian region, which includes three of the EU strategic partners in East Asia: China, Japan and the Republic of Korea. The EU's rising interest in Asia has been largely based on the economic and political importance of Asia in the post-Cold War period, as well as the impact that it has had on Europe's own international relations. The whole Indo-Pacific region is rapidly evolving and is becoming the centre of ... |
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Drawing on different versions of the constitutional analysis of culture, this study addresses the search for "new post-epistemological identities" of science, political culture and art criticism. The book offers hermeneutic investigations of issues like the rationality of science, the notion of dialogue relevant to the pluralist public spheres, and the character of art criticisms after the "end of art". Dimitri Ginev is a professor at the University of Sofia. His research interests include history of modern hermeneutics, cultural and social theory of modernity, non-foundational epistemology, and ... |
