Racial Capitalism and Coloniality Along the Balkan Route
For all its history of intersecting empires, the Balkans has been rarely framed as a global site of race and coloniality. This, as Piro Rexhepi argues in White Enclosures is not surprising, given the perception of the Balkans as colorblind and raceless, a project that spans post-Ottoman racial formations, transverses Socialist modernity and is ......
Social Problems: Societal Crisis, Capitalism, and Democracy is an anthology that offers students a variety of readings on prominent social problems. The selections feature perspectives from those who have contributed to modern social problems, as well as those who have no power over shaping them. Through this unique approach, the text demonstrates ......
This SAGE Handbook brings together cutting edge social scientific research and theoretical insight into the emerging contours of digital society. Chapters explore the relationship between digitisation, social organisation and social transformation at both the macro and micro level, making this a valuable resource for postgraduate students and academics conducting research across the social sciences. The topics covered are impressively far-ranging and timely, including machine learning, social media, surveillance, misinformation, digital labour, and beyond. This innovative Handbook perfectly captures the state of the art of a field which is rapidly gaining cross-disciplinary interest and global importance, and establishes a thematic framework for future teaching and research. Part 1: Theorising Digital Societies Part 2: Researching Digital Societies Part 3: Sociotechnical Systems and Disruptive Technologies in Action Part 4: Digital Society and New Social Dilemmas Part 5: Governance and Regulation Part 6: Digital Futures
Mental health is positioned as the cure-all for society's discontents, from pandemics to terrorism. But the psy-disciplines-psychology and psychiatry-are not apolitical. This book will demonstrate how their theories and practices necessarily serve State interests and are integral in the perpetuation of inequality-especially racism-by drawing on theory, policy and clinical practices. Viewing the psy-disciplines from the margins, with a particular emphasis on Muslims, this book illustrates how these necessarily serve the State in the production of loyal, low-risk and productive citizens, offering a modern discussion of three paradigms underlying the psy-disciplines: capitalism, nationalism and securitisation.
Teach students what it means to be a hero in everyday life! This nonfiction reader will excite students as it explores the responsibilities of local heroes. Includes colorful images, a fiction piece related to the topic, and an extension activity.
Introduction to Sociology: A Public Sociology Framework provides students with a collection of articles that present key concepts in sociology from a civic-minded perspective. The anthology encourages an active level of engagement and brings students in conversation with their communities. The book is organized into eight distinct units. Opening ......
In 2013, Julie Burchill wrote a mischievous piece in the Observer to defend her friend Suzanne Moore. Burchill had not anticipated the vitriolic reaction that her words would provoke. She was pursued by the outrage mob, and there were even calls in the British House of Commons for her to be fired from her job. After that, Burchill - now known as ......
The face circulates through most things of this world: anything that has presence, that presents itself, that has a front, a surface, an appearance, an aspect, a reputation, or honor - anything that confronts, opposes, or defies - has a face. And the face is a front: from the back it is just a head, a radically different entity. In this exciting ......
Distinguished Austrian sociologist Reinhold Knoll's letters to his grandchildren, written daily during the Covid-19 pandemic, evolved into an obituary of European culture, politics, and society. They also embody a gesture of thanks to the United States, which took a different path from Europe and then saved it in World War I and World War II. ......
