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  • Frobenius-Institut  (7)
  • London : Routledge  (4)
  • Oxford : Oxford University Press
  • Stuttgart :Enke,
  • Soziologie  (7)
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  • 1
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    London : Routledge
    ISBN: 978-1-138-21410-1 , 978-1-138-21409-5 , 978-1-315-44676-9 /(e-book)
    Language: English
    Pages: 166 S.
    Edition: First published
    Series Statement: Classical and Contemporary Social Theory
    Keywords: Tod Massenmedien ; Selbstmord ; Terrorismus ; Soziologie
    Abstract: "In modern times, death is understood to have undergone a transformation not unlike religion. Whereas in the past it was out in the open, it now resides mostly in specialized spaces of sequestration - funeral homes, hospitals, and other medical facilities. A mainstay in so-called traditional societies in the form of ritual practices, death was usually messy but meaningful, with the questions of what happens to the dead or where they go lying at the heart of traditional culture and religion. In modernity, however, we are said to have effectively sanitized it, embalmed it and packaged it - but it seems that death is back. In the current era marked by economic, political and social uncertainty, we see it on television, on the Internet; we see it almost everywhere. (Inter)Facing Death analyzes the nexus of death and digital culture in the contemporary moment in the context of recent developments in social, cultural and political theory. It argues that death today can be thought of as "interfaced," that is mediated and expressed, in various aspects of contemporary life rather than put to the side or overcome as many narratives of modernity have suggested. Employing concepts from anthropology, sociology, media studies and communications, (Inter)Facing Death examines diverse phenomena where death and digital culture meet, including art, online suicide pacts, the mourning of celebrity deaths, terrorist beheadings and selfies. Providing new lines of thinking about one of the oldest questions facing the human and social sciences, this book will appeal to scholars and students of social and political theory, anthropology, sociology and cultural and media studies with interests in death"--
    Description / Table of Contents: Acknowledgments Introduction: the (inter)face in an era of pervasive death 1 Beyond finitude: the place of death in the modern human sciences 2 "Let`s die together": online suicide pacts in East Asia (with Nurul Amillin Hussain) 3 Rethinking personhood: death selfies, digital remains and dividuals4 The coronation of Choi Jin-sil: celebrity death, media events and civil religiosity 5 Terror as death regime: the spectacle of beheading 6 The state, death and memory in the work of Ai Weiwei 7 Image-ing the tragic: the metapicture of banal suffering 8 Life in an uncertain era: biopolitics, thanatopolitics and necropoliticsIndex
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  • 2
    ISBN: 978-1-138-65200-2 , 978-1-315-62449-5 /E-Book
    Language: English
    Pages: xxii, 447 Seiten , Illustrationen
    Edition: First published
    Series Statement: Routledge Handbooks
    Keywords: Entwicklungszusammenarbeit Entwicklungsländer ; Außenpolitik ; Entwicklungsethnologie ; Soziologie ; Beziehungen, internationale ; Beziehungen Afrika-Asien ; Beziehungen Afrika-Amerika ; Pan-Afrikanismus ; Klimawandel
    Abstract: South-South cooperation is becoming ever more important to states, policy-makers and academics. Many Northern states, international agencies and NGOs are promoting South-South partnerships as a means of `sharing the burden` in funding and undertaking development, assistance and protection activities, often in response to increased political and financial pressures on their own aid budgets. However, the mainstreaming of Southern-led initiatives by UN agencies and Northern states is paradoxical in many ways, especially because the development of a South-South cooperation paradigm was originally conceptualised as a necessary way to overcome the exploitative nature of North-South relations in the era of decolonisation.This handbook critically explores diverse ways of defining `the South` and of conceptualising and engaging with `South-South relations.` Through 30 state-of-the-art reviews of key academic and policy debates, the handbook evaluates past, present and future opportunities and challenges of South-South cooperation, and lays out research agendas for the next 5-10 years. The book covers key models of cooperation (including internationalism, Pan-Arabism and Pan-Africanism), diverse modes of South-South connection, exchange and support (including South-South aid, transnational activism, and migration), and responses to displacement, violence and conflict (including Southern-led humanitarianism, peace-building and conflict resolution). In so doing, the handbook reflects on decolonial, postcolonial and anticolonial theories and methodologies, exploring urgent questions regarding the nature and implications of conducting research in and about the global South, and of applying a `Southern lens` to a wide range of encounters, processes and dynamics across the global South and global North alike. This handbook will be of great interest to scholars and post-graduate students in anthropology, area studies, cultural studies, development studies, history, geography, international relations, politics, postcolonial studies and sociology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Part One: Conceptualising and Studying South-South Relations -- Part Two: South-South Cooperation: Histories, Principles and Practices -- Part Three: South-South Cooperation: Re-viewing International Development -- Part Four: South-South Cooperation in Displacement, Security and Peace -- Part Five: South-South Connections -- Index
    Note: Enthält 31 Beiträge
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  • 3
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    Book
    London : Routledge
    ISBN: 1-56000-185-2 , 978-1-4128-1105-7 , 978-1-351-29370-9/(electronic bk.)
    Language: English
    Pages: XII, 192 Seiten , Illustrationen
    Edition: 1st edition
    Keywords: Humor Witz ; Kommunikation ; Philosophie ; Semiotik ; Psychologie ; Soziologie ; Literatur ; Politik
    Abstract: In Blind Men and Elephants, Arthur Asa Berger uses case histories to show how scholars from different disciplines and scholarly domains have tried to describe and understand humor. He reveals not only the many approaches that are available to study humor, but also the many perspectives toward humor that characterize each discipline. Each case history sheds light on a particular aspect of humor, making the combination of approaches of considerable value in the study of social research.Among the various disciplines that Berger discusses in relation to humor are: communication theory, philosophy, semiotics, literary analysis, sociology, political science, and psychology. Berger deals with these particular disciplines and perspectives because they tend to be most commonly found in the scholarly literature about humor as well as being those that have the most to offer. Blind Men and Elephants covers a wide range of humor, from simple jokes to the uses of literary devices in films. Berger observes how humor often employs considerable ridicule directed at diverse groups of people: women, men, animals, politicians, African Americans, Jews, Catholics, Protestants, gay people, straight people, and so forth. The book also explains the risk factor in ridicule as a humorous device.Blind Men and Elephants depicts how one entity or one situation can be viewed in as many different ways as the number of people studying it. Berger also shows how those multiple perspectives, the Rashomon Effect, can be used together to create a clearer understanding of humor. Blind Men and Elephants is a valuable companion to Berger's recent effort about humor, An Anatomy of Humor, and will be enjoyed by communication and information studies scholars, sociologists, literary studies specialists, philosophers, and psychologists.
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1. Mirrors on Mirth: Making Sense of Humor -- 2. The Messages of Mirth: Humor and Communication Theory -- 3. The Problem of Laughter: Philosophical Approaches to Humor -- 4. The Rhetoric of Laughter: The Techniques Used in Humor -- 5. The Structure of Laughter: Semiotics and Humor -- 6. From Carnival to Comedy: Literary Theory and Humor -- 7. The Functions of Laughter: Sociological Aspects of Humor -- 8. The Politics of Laughter: A Cultural Theory of Humor Preferences -- 9. On Mind and Mirth: Psychology and Humor -- 10. Seeing Laughter: "Visual Aspects of Humor -- 11. After the Laughter: A Concluding Note -- Bibliography -- Name Index -- Subject Index -- Joke and Humorous Text Index
    Note: Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 171-176
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  • 4
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    Book
    London : Routledge
    ISBN: 0-415-88843-3 , 978-0-415-88843-1 , 978-0-415-71961-2
    Language: English
    Pages: 240 S.
    Series Statement: Routledge African Studies 3
    Keywords: Afrika Musik ; Popular Culture ; Jugendkultur ; Identität ; Soziologie
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  • 5
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    Book
    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 978-0-19-806769-6 , 0-19-806769-0
    Language: English
    Pages: X, 399 Seiten , Illustrationen, Tabellen
    Series Statement: Oxford in India Readings in Sociology and Social Anthropology
    Series Statement: Oxford India Paperbacks
    Keywords: Indien Gesellschaftsform ; Gewerkschaft ; Soziale Organisation ; Soziologie ; Politisches System ; Kooperative ; Administration
    Note: Literaturverzeichnis: Seite [357] - 382
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  • 6
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    Book
    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 0-19-925605-5 , 978-0-19-925604-4 , 978-0-19-925605-1
    Language: English
    Pages: X, 301 Seiten , Illustrationen
    Edition: First published in paperback
    Series Statement: Clarendon Lectures in Management Studies
    Keywords: Organisationsethnologie Theorie ; Soziale Beziehung ; Soziale Schichtung ; Soziologie ; Netzwerkanalyse ; Gesellschaft ; Philosophie
    Note: Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 263-280
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  • 7
    Language: German
    Pages: X, 540 S.
    Edition: 2., völlig veränd. Aufl.
    DDC: 301
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    Keywords: Sociologie ; Soziologie ; Sociology ; Soziologie. ; Lehrbuch ; Lehrbuch ; Lehrbuch ; Lehrbuch ; Lehrbuch ; Lehrbuch ; Soziologie
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