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Torture Donatella Di Cesare Torture is not as universally condemned as it once was. From Guantánamo and Abu Ghraib prisons to the death of Giulio Regeni, countless recent cases have shocked public opinion. But if we want to defend the human dignity that torture violates, simple indignation is not... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2018-10-22 PDF, ePub 19,74 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Genetic Ethics Colin Farrelly Colin Farrelly contemplates the various ethical and social quandaries raised by the genetic revolution. Recent biomedical advances such as genetic screening, gene therapy and genome editing might be used to promote equality of opportunity, reproductive freedom, healthy... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2018-10-22 ePub 20,46 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Why Journalism Still Matters Michael Schudson Can we talk about the news media without proclaiming journalism either our savior or the source of all evil? It is not easy to do so, but it gets easier if we put the problems and prospects of journalism in historical and comparative perspective, view them with a... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2018-10-22 PDF, ePub 19,06 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
The New Boss Niklas Luhmann Any organization, no matter how stolid, may be unsettled by the news that a new boss is about to take over. Talk in the hallways increases, staff worry about their jobs, uncertainty grows. Even when the change has happened, problems emerge when the boss who was hired to... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2018-10-22 PDF, ePub 12,19 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
The Happiness Fantasy Carl Cederström In this devastatingly witty new book, Carl Cederström traces our present-day conception of happiness from its roots in early-twentieth-century European psychiatry, to the Beat generation, to Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump. He argues that happiness is now defined by a... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2018-10-22 ePub 15,90 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Should We Colonize Other Planets? Adam Morton As humans continue to degrade and destroy our planet’s resources, leading to predictions of total ecological collapse, some (such as the entrepreneur Elon Musk) now suggest that a human colony elsewhere may be our species’ best hope for survival. Adam Morton examines... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2018-10-15 Collection : New Human Frontiers ePub 11,93 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Why Does Patriarchy Persist? Carol Gilligan , Naomi Snider The election of an unabashedly patriarchal man as US President was a shock for many—despite decades of activism on gender inequalities and equal rights, how could it come to this? What is it about patriarchy that seems to make it so resilient and resistant to change?... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2018-10-15 ePub 11,93 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Innovation in China Collectif China is in the midst of transitioning from a manufacturing-based economy to one driven by innovation and knowledge. This up-to-date analysis evaluates China's state-led approach to science and technology, and its successes and failures. In recent decades,China has seen... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2018-10-15 Collection : China Today ePub 19,11 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Carbon Kate Ervine Carbon is the political challenge of our time. While critical to supporting life on Earth, too much carbon threatens to destroy life as we know it, with rising sea levels, crippling droughts, and catastrophic floods sounding the alarm on a future now upon us. How did we... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2018-10-15 Collection : Resources ePub 17,90 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
The New Authoritarianism Salvatore Babones The election of Donald Trump and the Brexit vote in the UK have caused fear and panic among liberals worldwide. They argue that the populist backlash represents a dangerous new authoritarianism. But what if the really dangerous authoritarianism is in fact their own? In... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2018-10-15 ePub 11,93 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Libya Jacob Mundy Libya is teetering on the edge of collapse, having become a new haven for terrorist organizations and an epicenter of the refugee crisis. Few could have imagined that the uprising against the longstanding regime of Mu'ammar Al-Gaddafi would expose a polity deeply... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2018-10-15 Collection : Hot Spots in Global Politics ePub 17,77 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Intelligence in An Insecure World Peter Gill , Mark Phythian Security intelligence continues to be of central importance to the contemporary world: individuals, organizations and states all seek timely and actionable intelligence in order to increase their sense of security. But what exactly is intelligence? Who seeks to develop... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2018-10-08 ePub 32,60 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Libertarianism Eric Mack The essence of libertarianism is the view that coercive political institutions, such as the state, are justified only insofar as they function to protect each person’s liberty to pursue their own goals and well-being in their own way. Libertarians accordingly argue that... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2018-10-08 Collection : Key Concepts in Political Theory ePub 20,03 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Linguistics Geoffrey K. Pullum Language is the medium in which we humans compose our thoughts, explain our thinking, construct our arguments, and create works of literature. Without language, societies as complex as ours could not exist. Geoffrey Pullum offers a stimulating introduction to the many... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2018-10-04 Collection : Why It Matters ePub 11,93 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Speculative Realism Graham Harman On April 27, 2007, the first Speculative Realism (SR) workshop was held at Goldsmiths, University of London, featuring four young philosophers whose ideas were loosely allied. Over the ensuing decade, the ideas of SR spread from philosophy to the arts, architecture, and... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2018-09-19 ePub 21,32 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Fortress Russia Ilya Yablokov Allegations of Russian conspiracies meddling in the affairs of Western countries have been a persistent feature of Western politics since the Cold War – allegations of Russian interference in the US presidential election are only the most recent in a long series of... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2018-08-30 PDF, ePub 22,14 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
We, the Sovereign Gianpaolo Baiocchi What does it mean for the people to actually rule? Formal democracy is an empty and cynical shell, while the nationalist Right claims to advance its anti-democratic project in the name of ‘the People’. How can the Left respond in a way that is true to both its radical... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2018-08-28 Collection : Radical Futures PDF, ePub 11,84 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
The Mood of the World Heinz Bude , Simon Garnett In many western societies today the optimism of the 1990s and early 2000s has given way to a deep unease and sense of foreboding.In the aftermath of the financial crisis, many people feel worse off and the future seems bleak. The mood has changed – that’s clear. But... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2018-08-28 ePub 18,95 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
YouTube Jean Burgess , Joshua Green Since launching as a website for everyday video-sharing in 2005, YouTube has become one of the world’s most powerful digital media platforms. Originally published in 2009 when YouTube was only four years old, this book was the first to systematically investigate its... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2018-08-28 Collection : Digital Media and Society ePub 24,26 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
The Shock Doctrine of the Left Graham Jones Shocks, from natural disasters to military catastrophes, have long been exploited by the state to impose privatization, cuts and rampant free markets. This book argues that the left can use such moments of chaos to achieve emancipation. Graham Jones illustrates how... Editeur : Polity Parution : 2018-08-28 Collection : Radical Futures ePub 11,86 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
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