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The book presents aspects of cross-currents of theorizing of self, culture and society in the contemporary Taiwan. Social theorizing has been addressed critically, reflectively and creatively by the philosophical, religious, psychological and literary traditions of one of the world¿s great civilizations Theorizing is a dynamic movement of self, culture, society and the world as it is related to our actions, reflections, meditations to understand the world more meaningfully and holistically as well as to transform it. But much of social theorizing in the modern world is primarily Euro-American and despite the socalled globalization of knowledge, this condition of one-sided Euro-American valorization of knowledge and neglect of others continues unabated. There is very little attention to theorizing about the human condition emerging from other parts of the world such as Taiwan and its global implication. This book transforms this condition by mapping the fieldof theorizing in a wider spectrum of philosophy, psychology, religions, social sciences and humanities in contemporary Taiwan.

This 600-page volume of Luxemburg's Complete Works contains her writings On Revolution from 1906 to 1909 - covering the 1905-06 Russian Revolution, an epoch-making event, and its aftermath. Over 80 per cent of writings on this volume have never before appeared in English. The volume contains numerous writings never before available in English, such as her pathbreaking essay "Lessons of the Three Dumas," which presents a unique perspective on the transition to socialism, her "Notes on the English Revolution" of the 1640s, and numerous writings on of the role of the mass strike in fomenting revolutionary transformation. All of the material in the volume consists of new translations, from German, Polish, and Russian originals.

Alt for mange unge mistrives. De kæmper med angst, depression og ensomhed. Livet er blevet en evig eksamen. Døgnet rundt skal der præsteres og performes både menneskeligt og fagligt. Men du er allerede bestået er budskabet fra højskoleforstander Bjørn Bredal.Vi er i en ond cirkel, hvis vi tror, at mistrivsel skyldes noget, som er gået i stykker i den enkelte. Bredal forsøger at bryde cirklen ved at fokusere mere på trivsel end på mistrivsel og mere på fællesskabet end på den enkelte. Bliver vi bedre til at hjælpe hinanden, bliver vi nok også bedre til at hjælpe os selv. Med udsyn til europæiske ideer om krop, sjæl og tvivl er Du er bestået et bud på et samfund, som tænker i helhed.Bjørn Bredal (f. 1956) er forstander for Johan Borups Højskole i København. Tidligt formet af livet omkring en cykelforretning i Herlev. Udbryder fra et missionsk, kristent miljø. Cand.mag. i fransk og musik fra Københavns Universitet med efteruddannelser i Paris og Oxford. Tidligere redaktør på Gyldendal, Weekendavisen og Politiken. Siden oversætter, forfatter, underviser og nu: højskolemenneske.

Written by leading experts from across Europe, this book provides a grounded exploration of innovation in the practice, research and education of social work. It focuses on the role of participation, collaboration and co-creation as key drivers of social innovation within these fields, providing practical examples of social entrepreneurship, people-centred design and participatory led innovation. The positive outcomes of local social innovations are analysed in the wider European framework, with reflections and recommendations for advancing innovation in policy, service provision, education and research.

This book offers insights into the development of social welfare policies by exploring the interconnections between policies and practice throughout history. It challenges tacitly accepted arguments that favour particular approaches to welfare, such as conditionality and eligibility. It provides examples of enduring social assumptions which influence the way we perform social welfare, such as the equivocal position of women in social welfare and the unintended consequences of reforms such as Universal Credit. By identifying continuities in welfare policy, practice and thought, it offers the potential for the development of new thinking, policy making and practice.

Mutual Aid explore the role of mutually-beneficial cooperation and reciprocity in the animal kingdom and human societies both past and present. Supporting the theory and foundation for anarchist communism, Peter Kropotkin presents an altruistic view of society, comparing it to the natural laws of biology and evolution. Kropotkin argued that it is our innate instinct for mutual aid - rather than mutual struggle - which enables societies to survive and flourish. From the earliest days of evolution through to medieval guilds, indigenous nomads and modern voluntary organisations, Kropotkin's vision of small-scale, ecologically sustainable, collective communities challenged the orthodoxies of his age, whether individualism or Marxism. Mutual Aid offers instead a radical, and prescient, rewriting of the whole of human history.

It is increasingly recognized that, to achieve social justice, policies and organizations need to apply an intersectional approach, rather than addressing inequalities separately. However, intersectionality is a challenging theory to apply, as policy makers and practitioners often navigate the confines of divided policy areas. This book examines the use of intersectionality in UK policy and practice, with a specific focus on NGOs, outlining five distinct interpretations of intersectional practice and their implications. Drawing from extensive fieldwork with a diverse range of equality organizations, this book offers invaluable insights into how policy and practice can be organized in more (and less) intersectional ways.

At the heart of capitalism lies the idea of 'homo economicus': an ever-rational human being motivated by self-interest which arguably leads societies to economic prosperity. Drawing on French sociologist Marcel Mauss' influential theory of 'the gift', Frank Adloff shatters this fallacy to show mutual trust is the only glue that holds societies together; people are giving beings and they can cooperate for the benefit of all when the logic of maximizing personal gain in capitalism is broken. Acknowledging the role of women, nature, and workers in the Global South in transforming society, this book proposes a politics of conviviality, (from the Latin con-vivere: living together) for global and environmental justice as an alternative to the pursuit of profit, growth, and consumption.

Leading migration researcher Louise Ryan's topical and intersectional book provides rich insights into migrants' social networks. It draws on more than 200 interviews with migrants who followed various transnational routes in every decade since the 1940s, in order to build valuable longitudinal perspectives and comparisons. With a particular focus on London, it charts how social networks are formed and sustained, how trust is developed and how social support is accessed, and explores the key opportunities and obstacles that migrants encounter. This is a seminal fusion of migration studies and social network analysis that casts new light on both subjects, essential for those interested in immigration, ethnicity, diversity and inequalities.

Written by leading social scientists, this ambitious volume asks what individuals' "handling" of bodies reveal about inequality, social order and cultural change in societies.

In this work, often overshadowed by his seminal treatise 'The Wealth of Nations,' Adam Smith probes:The complex nature of human moralityThe inherent human capacity for empathyThe intricate interplay of passion and reason, andHow our moral thinking shapes our social lives, relationships, and societal structures. Smith proposes that our sense of morality arises from empathy rather than on a religious doctrine or abstract reasoning. In doing so, it provides a basis for understanding the moral underpinnings of economic behavior and sheds light on the social bonds that hold societies together. It also offers insights into issues of social justice, welfare, and how we should treat others.As a complement to "The Wealth of Nations," this book hasprofoundly impacted the current understanding of capitalism and morality, togetherwith societal structures and norms. Long considered a foundational text formoral philosophers and social scientists, Smith's book is still read widelytoday.

This book revisits the modern history of Poland, from the perspective of its social sciences. The book makes this case study a model for the application of Bourdieüs approach to the historical analysis of non-core Western societies. The book is, in other words, a reflexive study of the application of Bourdieüs social theory. At the same time, it also critically studies the application of Western social theory in Poland, which is largely seen as a peripheral country. The study of Polish social sciences, with particular emphasis on linguistics and literary studies, points to the peculiar dynamics of peripheral intellectual and academic fields and their external dependencies. These insights offer a critical extension of Bourdieüs theory of state and social elites beyond the Western core focusing on how the theories can be used in the reinterpretation and expansion of post-colonial theory, global history and comparative studies of post-communism. The book will be suitable for scholars and students of all those interested in the social theory of Pierre Bourdieu, global historical sociology, societies in Central and Eastern , socio-linguistics, literary studies and political sociology.

El tiempo es un componente central de la sociedad. En las ciencias sociales está consensuado asumir que el tiempo es una construcción social, resultante de la toma de decisiones guiada por ciertos principios culturales, normativos, éticos, ideológicos y jurídicos que tienen la función de construir una determinada arquitectura temporal que, con el tiempo, se va naturalizando por los actores sociales. Existen varias teorías sobre los usos, valoraciones y apropiaciones del tiempo. Más allá de los procesos que dictan cambios en términos de estructuras mentales y respuestas de los actores sociales a los órdenes existentes, en forma de regulaciones, principios culturales o estructuras temporales objetivadas (calendarios, semanas, etc.), la sociología necesariamente nos lleva a asumir que las cantidades de tiempo son muy importantes para definir posiciones sociales y, a partir de ello, acceder a múltiples posibilidades de ser y estar en la vida. Como una construcción social resultado de instituciones y modelos de gobierno, el tiempo es un elemento central en la definición de clase social, y su importancia en las sociedades radica fundamentalmente en la existencia de una relación directa de intercambio entre cantidad y tipo de tiempo y dinero. >Liliana I. Castañeda-Rentería es Doctora en Ciencias Sociales por el Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social y maestra en Gestión y Políticas de la Educación Superior por la Universidad de Guadalajara. Docente investigadora en el Centro Universitario de la Ciénega de la Universidad de Guadalajara y miembro del Cuerpo Académico "Gestión Educativa y Políticas para la equidad y la inclusión social y educativa". Fue ganadora >Emília Araújo es Doctora en Sociología y profesora del Departamento de Sociología del Instituto de Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad del Minho en Portugal e investigadora del Centro de Estudios en Comunicación y Sociedad, en el que integra la línea Estudios Culturales. Tiene varias publicaciones sobre estudios sociales de la ciencia, género, poder e identidades.

Obwohl die Kritik am repräsentationalistischen Bild vom Spiegel der Natur, sowie der darauf aufbauenden Disziplin der Erkenntnistheorie, ein wohlbekannter Topoi des 20. Jahrhunderts war, blieb die Soziologie eigentümlich unberührt von dieser Kritik. Womöglich erscheint sie nach der Lektüre bekannter Kritiken gar als paradigmatisches Beispiel, an dem sich eine spiegellose Auffassung von Wissen modeln könne. Folgt man jedoch dieser Fährte, so wird übersehen, dass auch die Verschiebung vom individuellen Bewusstsein hin zur sozialen Gruppe das zugrundeliegende Bild von Erkenntnis in zentralen Aspekten unberührt lassen kann. An dieser Stelle setzt das folgende Buch ein. Es denkt dabei insofern soziologisch mit Richard Rorty, als es dessen wohlbekannte Kritik am cartesisch-kantischen Bild von Erkenntnis auf die wissenssoziologische Tradition überträgt.

Cultural Processes of Inequality: A Sociological Perspective show how systemic inequality is produced and reproduced through mundane, routine actions based on taken-for-granted assumptions. The book ties such cultural assumptions to personal and institutional behavior, drawing connections between individuals, culture (as meaning systems) and larger social structures.

It is not a book on, or about, religion -that's best left to experts. It's not for "mature" Christians -who will, no doubt, find it extremely lacking -perhaps completely "falling short of the mark". It is simply intended to assist three groups who are open to pursuing the Christian path: a) non-believers, b) pseudo-believers and c) believers with limited historical knowledge and/or context. It's about creating communities of kinship as the foundation for a strong Christian life

Is mankind alone in the universe? Will we ever encounter intelligent life beyond Earth? These questions have been asked for centuries. Recent advances in the fields of astrophysics, astronomy and astrobiology make it more likely than ever before, that Earth may not be the only inhabited planet, and that humanity may not the only intelligent species in the universe.What would be the consequences of contact with an extraterrestrial intelligence? This question is at the heart of the emerging discipline of exosociology. According to the authors, first contact with an extraterrestrial intelligence poses enormous risks for humanity. These risks come not only from extraterrestrials, but above all from ourselves. We should be prepared.Michael Schetsche and Andreas Anton's comprehensive introduction to exosociology was first published in German in 2019. The book has been widely acclaimed in Germany and internationally. It is now available in English for the first time.

Wenn man die Fehlleistungen des Menschen der Gegenwart betrachtet und sieht, in welchen Zustand er die Welt versetzt hat oder zu versetzen im Begriff ist, kann man nur den Kopf schütteln. Wie kann es sein, dass wir die Natur, in deren Schoß wir leben, wie Unkraut überwuchern und mit schädlichen Technologien so stressen, dass wichtige Ökosysteme zusammenbrechen? Wie kann es sein, dass wir uns vom Kapitalismus so beherrschen lassen, als stünden wir in Las Vegas vor einem Spielautomaten, von dem wir nicht mehr loskommen? Wie kann es sein, dass wir Kultur aufbauen und unseren Mitmenschen doch auch immer wieder mit Hass, Hetze und Gewalt gegenübertreten? "Etwas ist faul im Staate Dänemark" (Shakespeare: "Hamlet").Will man dem nachgehen, kommt man am Gehirn des Menschen, das sein Steuerorgan, Erkenntnisinstrument und seine Kognitionsmaschine ist, nicht vorbei. Es ist jedoch extrem schwierig, die Arbeitsweise des Gehirns zu begreifen. Noch schwieriger ist es, daraus Erkenntnisse für die psychische Verfassung und das Verhalten des Menschen zu gewinnen. Dann noch die Brücke zur Gesellschaft schlagen zu wollen - mit der gesamten Bandbreite an phantastischen, gewöhnlichen und desaströsen Phänomenen, die in Geschichte und Gegenwart zu verzeichnen sind - ist schier unmöglich. Aber das Unmögliche wird in diesem Buch versucht. Es wird nach systemischen Zusammenhängen zwischen Nervensystem, Mensch, Gesellschaft und dem "menschheitlichen Superorganismus" gefahndet.Hierbei streng wissenschaftlich und evidenzbasiert vorzugehen, muss das letztendliche Ziel sein. Doch vorläufig fehlen dazu die nötigen Daten und Ressourcen. Also wird nur das bruchstückhaft vorhandene Material zusammengetragen und das Puzzle so gut wie möglich zusammengesetzt, was ohne Synthese und Thesenbildung nicht leistbar ist. Die Methoden, mit denen vorgegangen wird, könnte man "analytische Modellbildung" und "interdisziplinäre Mustererkennung" nennen. Bei der Komplexität des Themas muss klar sein, dass ein Erkenntniswunder nicht zu erwarten ist. Dieses Buch versteht sich als ein (weiterer) Anfang.

The Cultural Production of Social Movements offers a theory of cultural practices, protest tactics, strategic planning and deliberation, and movement organizational structures: ¿ideological contention.¿ It is a theory of ideology ¿from below.¿ The Cultural Production of Social Movements shows how conflicts¿both with external political forces and disagreements, dissensus, and the decision-making process internal to social movements¿produce knowledge and meanings that, in turn, impact upon and change the practices that contribute to how social movements are structured and organized. The Cultural Production of Social Movements theorizes the relationship between consciously held superordinate ideas, the changing composition of progressive and oppositional social struggles, and the social worlds they hope to inhabit. Analyzing the Black Panther Party, specifically Kathleen Cleaver¿s break with the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee and her contributions to the Party, Operaismo (or Workerism) in Italy and the relationship between shifting organizational strategies, inventive tactics, and novel and expansive ways to theorize class struggles, and the communal composition of ¿Worker-Recovered Enterprise Movements¿ in contemporary Argentina, this book shows how movement ideologies change and how meanings structure organizations, mobilizations, and futures. In The Cultural Production of Social Movements ideology is neither a static set of principles, nor is an unconscious orientation towards power and governance. Rather, it is the contentious, democratizing, and deliberative processes¿which become realized as tactics in protests, struggles, defeats, and victories¿that makes the relationship between movements, and what they ¿mean¿ conscious to its participants.

"A wave of discontent is sweeping across the world, and fewer and fewer people feel truly happy. Surveys show a constant increase in dissatisfaction, stress, and depression worldwide. What is happening? Why is the level of unhappiness reaching worrisome numbers? What are the latest innovations from nations, corporations, schools, and scientists to reverse this tendency and increase happiness? Andrâes Oppenheimer explores this global phenomenon and offers new perspectives to get out of the well of discontent. From rigorous research undertaken in several countries, he concludes that economical growth--the parameter used to measure success--is necessary, but not enough to increase happiness. There are other factors that are fueling hopelessness, such as the loss of a sense of community, the lack of purpose, and the addiction to social media. However, the most interesting aspect of all is that straightforward and accessible solutions to enhance satisfaction in life are emerging. Through this insightful and entertaining work, readers submerge in the new "science of happiness," based on impact assessments supported by solid evidence. Oppenheimer expands the concept of progress and shares fresh strategies to fight unhappiness within countries, corporations, and schools. He tells us of the "schools of happiness" he visited in India, the "social prescribers" he interviewed in the United Kingdom, and the volunteer groups he talked to in Denmark, Finland, and Bhutan. This is an inspiring book that will change everything we always thought we knew about happiness."--Provided by publisher.