Secular and religious thinkers agree: the sexual revolution is one of the most important milestones in human history. Perhaps nothing has changed life for so... Zobraziť viac
This invaluable manual from world-renowned expert Johnny Saldana illuminates the process of qualitative coding and provides clear, insightful guidance for qualitative researchers at all levels. The fourth edition... Zobraziť viac
V roce 2000 došlo nečekaně k vyhlášení antropocénu, globálního věku člověka, ve kterém vliv lidstva na planetu údajně dosáhl úrovně řádově srovnatelné s většinou přirozených činitelů. Pro někoho je antropocén krizí... Zobraziť viac
V podání Vladimíra Čecha uslyšíte klasické dílo první dámy detektivního žánru. V neúprosném rytmu známého popěvku o deseti malých černoušcích ubývá hostů v luxusním sídle na ostrově, bouří odříznutém od světa... Zobraziť viac
Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distills three thousand years of the history of power in to forty-eight well explicated laws... Zobraziť viac
The West’s actions in the Middle East are based on a fundamental misunderstanding: political Islam is repeatedly assumed to be the main cause of conflict and unrest in the region. The idea that we can decipher Jihadist radicalization or problems in... Zobraziť viac
Updated in its second edition, this volume examines numerous aspects of religion in a diversity of cultures and expands upon the idea of what we mean by `religion`, linking it to some of the broader questions of culture and politics... Zobraziť viac
This book presents and develops the basic methods and models that are used by demographers to study the behaviour of human populations. The procedures are clearly and concisely developed from first principles and extensive applications are presented. Zobraziť viac
Over the past three decades, Meyer and Jepperson have contributed to the development of one of the leading approaches in social theory, by analysing the cultural frameworks that have shaped modern organizations, states, and identities. For the first... Zobraziť viac
Publishing to coincide with the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth. It all started with a book that made me curious. When rare books dealer Rebecca Romney found an emerald clothbound edition of Evelina by Frances Burney, she was happy to... Zobraziť viac
A foundational text of Islamic thought, this abridged introduction to premodern history explores the philosophy of history, sociology, and economics. A vital work for understanding the medieval world. Zobraziť viac
Britney, Paris, Lindsay, Aaliyah, Janet, Amy, Kim, Chyna, Jen. Nine iconic women whose fame in the early internet years of the century came at a price. In Toxic: Women, Fame and The Noughties, journalist Sarah Ditum describes how each of the women... Zobraziť viac
For Rupert Russell, the shock of the Trump-Brexit victories was only the latest in a decade full of them: the unstoppable war in Syria, huge migrant flows into Europe, beheadings in Iraq, children caged at the US border... Zobraziť viac
The poems in Sylvia Plath's Ariel, including many of her best-known such as 'Lady Lazarus', 'Daddy', 'Edge' and 'Paralytic', were all written between the publication in 1960 of Plath's first book, The Colossus, and her death in 1963... Zobraziť viac
The definitive biography of Sylvia Pankhurst, a woman ahead of her times - political rebel, human rights champion and radical feminist... Zobraziť viac
Jacqueline Rose's new book begins with three remarkable women: revolutionary socialist Rosa Luxemburg; German-Jewish painter Charlotte Salomon, persecuted by family tragedy and Nazism; film icon and consummate performer Marilyn Monroe... Zobraziť viac
Cílem této monografie je ukázat, v jakých kontextech se odehrávají způsoby života v pozdní modernitě, jaké dimenze způsobů života v ní můžeme identifikovat... Zobraziť viac
Soviet socialism was based on paradoxes that were revealed by the peculiar experience of its collapse. Focusing on the transformation of the 1950's at the level of discourse, ideology, language, and ritual, this book traces the emergence of multiple... Zobraziť viac
Revolutionary account of the transformative potential of the knowledge economy A revolutionary practice of production—the knowledge economy—has emerged in our time. It appears in every sector, not just in high-tech industry, but so far only as... Zobraziť viac
When Ada Calhoun found herself in the throes of a midlife crisis, she thought that she had no right to complain. She was married with children and a good career. So why did she feel miserable? And why did it seem that other Generation X women... Zobraziť viac
