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Social Sciences (R0) eBook Series

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  • The Cultural Sociology of Art and Music

    New Directions and New Discoveries

    Edited by Lisa McCormick ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This edited collection develops the Strong Program’s contribution to the sociological study of the arts and places it in conversation with other cultural perspectives in the field. Presenting some of the newest and most original research by both renowned figures and early career scholars, the volume marks a new stage in the development of the cultural sociology of art and music.The chapters in ... Read more

    S$ 189.98 SGD

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  • Thinking Through Fashion

    A Guide to Key Theorists

    Edited by Anneke Smelik, Dr Agnès Rocamora ...
    Series series Dress Cultures
    Learning how to think through fashion is both exciting and challenging, being dependent on one's ability to critically engage with an array of theories and concepts.This is the first book designed to accompany readers through the process of thinking through fashion. It aims to help them grasp both the relevance of social and cultural theory to fashion, dress, and material culture and, conversely, ... Read more

    S$ 152.48 SGD

  • Contemporary Art

    1989 to the Present

    Edited by Alexander Dumbadze, Suzanne Hudson ...
    An engaging account of today’s contemporary art world that features original articles by leading international art historians, critics, curators, and artists, introducing varied perspectives on the most important debates and discussions happening around the world.Features a collection of all-new essays, organized around fourteen specific themes, chosen to reflect the latest debates in contemporary ... Read more

    S$ 67.99 SGD

  • Media and Participation

    A Site of Ideological-Democratic Struggle

    by Nico Carpentier ...
    Media and Participation looks at participation as a structurally unstable concept and as the object of a political-ideological struggle that makes it oscillate between minimalist and maximalist versions. This struggle is analysed in theoretical reflections in five fields (democracy, arts, development, spatial planning and media) and in eight different cases of media practice. These case studies ... Read more

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  • Antinomies of Art and Culture

    Modernity, Postmodernity, Contemporaneity

    by Antonio Negri, Geeta Kapur, Rosalind Krauss ...
    In this landmark collection, world-renowned theorists, artists, critics, and curators explore new ways of conceiving the present and understanding art and culture in relation to it. They revisit from fresh perspectives key issues regarding modernity and postmodernity, including the relationship between art and broader social and political currents, as well as important questions about temporality ... Read more

    S$ 40.10 SGD

  • Understanding Cities

    Method in Urban Design

    by Alexander Cuthbert ...
    Understanding Cities is richly textured, complex and challenging. It creates the vital link between urban design theory and praxis and opens the required methodological gateway to a new and unified field of urban design. Using spatial political economy as his most important reference point, Alexander Cuthbert both interrogates and challenges mainstream urban design and provides an alternative and ... Read more

    Was S$ 103.11 SGD Now S$ 91.96 SGD

  • The Invention of Creativity

    Modern Society and the Culture of the New

    by Andreas Reckwitz ...
    Translated by Steven Black ...
    Contemporary society has seen an unprecedented rise in both the demand and the desire to be creative, to bring something new into the world. Once the reserve of artistic subcultures, creativity has now become a universal model for culture and an imperative in many parts of society.In this new book, cultural sociologist Andreas Reckwitz investigates how the ideal of creativity has grown into a ... Read more

    S$ 36.99 SGD

  • The Routledge Companion to Postmodernism

    Edited by Stuart Sim ...
    Series series Routledge Companions
    This fully revised third edition of The Routledge Companion to Postmodernism provides the ideal introduction to postmodernist thought. Featuring contributions from a cast of international scholars, the Companion contains 19 detailed essays on major themes and topics along with an A-Z of key terms and concepts. As well as revised essays on philosophy, politics, literature, and more, the first ... Read more

    S$ 68.27 SGD

  • Pierre Bourdieu

    Fieldwork in Culture

    Edited by Nicholas Brown, Imre Szeman ...
    Series series Culture and Education Series
    "The wide range of subjects . . . provides a glimpse of the extent to which Bourdieu's theories of culture have gained widespread currency in the humanities." —David Eick, SubStanceThe work of Pierre Bourdieu, one of the most influential French intellectuals of the twentieth century, has had an enormous impact on research in fields as diverse as aesthetics, education, anthropology, and sociology. ... Read more

    S$ 23.97 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Technosystem

    The Social Life of Reason

    by Andrew Feenberg ...
    We live in a world of technical systems designed in accordance with technical disciplines and operated by personnel trained in those disciplines. This is a unique form of social organization that largely determines our way of life, but the actions of individuals and social protest still play a role in developing and purposing these rational systems. In Technosystem, Andrew Feenberg builds a theory ... Read more

    S$ 48.06 SGD

  • The Architecture of Neoliberalism

    How Contemporary Architecture Became an Instrument of Control and Compliance

    by Mr Douglas Spencer ...
    The Architecture of Neoliberalism pursues an uncompromising critique of the neoliberal turn in contemporary architecture. This book reveals how a self-styled parametric and post-critical architecture serves mechanisms of control and compliance while promoting itself, at the same time, as progressive. Spencer's incisive analysis of the architecture and writings of figures such as Zaha Hadid, Patrik ... Read more

    S$ 40.65 SGD

  • Encyclopedia of Media and Communication

    by Marcel Danesi ...
    The first comprehensive encyclopedia for the growing fields of media and communication studies, the Encyclopedia of Media and Communication is an essential resource for beginners and seasoned academics alike. Contributions from over fifty experts and practitioners provide an accessible introduction to these disciplines' most important concepts, figures, and schools of thought – from Jean ... Read more

    S$ 61.25 SGD