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  • 1
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
    ISBN: 9781134169146 , 1134169140
    Language: English
    Pages: 225 pages
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Braun, Ernest Futile Progress : Technology's empty promise
    DDC: 303.483
    Keywords: SOCIAL SCIENCE / General ; Technological innovations ; Technology and state ; Technology / Social aspects ; Gesellschaft ; Technological innovations ; Technology Social aspects ; Technology and state ; Technischer Fortschritt ; Lebensqualität ; Umweltgefährdung ; Electronic books ; Technischer Fortschritt ; Umweltgefährdung ; Lebensqualität
    Note: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Aims of Progress; General Definitions; Social Progress; Economic Growth; Technological Progress; Scientific Progress; The Pursuit of Happiness; Technology and Happiness; Chapter 2 Technological Innovation; Causes; Micro-Economic Theories of Technological Innovation; The Law of Diminishing Returns and R & D Cooperation; The Macro-Economic Role of Innovation; Technological Innovation and Defence; Chapter 3 Technology Policy; Technology and Politics; Support Policies for Technology , Examples of Support PoliciesShould Government Support Technological Innovation?; Government Support for Research; Measures for the Control of Technology; Technology Assessment as an Input to the Formation of Technology Policy; Chapter 4 Technology and the Natural Environment; Introduction; The Contemporary Problem of Pollution; Some Examples of Present Environmental Problems; Environmental Problems and the Market; Sustainable Growth; Chapter 5 Environmental Policies; Attitudes and the Political Agenda; Examples of Environmental Policies , Environmental Policies in the European Community and in the United KingdomEnvironmental Impact Assessment; Chapter 6 Summary and Conclusions; The Four Dimensions of Futility; The Irrelevance of New Technologies to Real Needs; The Cost of Rapid Change; The Uncoupling of Technical Progress from Social Advance; Technological Progress and Environmental Destruction; Policy Recommendations; The Future of Technological Innovation; References; Index , Do new innovations and products improve our lives? Has our relentless pursuit of technological progress eliminated the blight of poverty, of inequality, of discrimination, of crime, of war? Has the advance of technology increased our happiness and led us to fulfillment and social harmony? The ads would have us think so. But not all technological innovation is desirable, and the fastest rate of change is not necessarily the best. Futile Progress explores the multiple and far-reaching ways in which our society and our environment have been affected by technological change. It reveals how far unf
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  • 2
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    Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
    ISBN: 978-1134089956
    Language: English
    Pages: XIII, 274 S.
    Series Statement: Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia
    Keywords: Asien Popular Culture ; Kultur, moderne ; Kultur ; Gesellschaft ; Zivilisation ; Globalisierung ; Adaption
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  • 3
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    Online Resource
    Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
    ISBN: 9780415866590
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (387 p)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Socialization
    DDC: 303.32
    Keywords: Sozialisation ; Gesellschaft ; Sozialanthropologie ; Ethnology ; Congresses ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Konferenzschrift 1967 Birmingham ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: This volume represents the first major effort to apply the distinctive techniques of British social anthropology to the subject of socialization. Along with methodological and theoretical discussion, there is a variety of new field material from Africa, Southeast Asia and elsewhere. First published in 1967
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Editor's Preface; Introduction; Socialization and the social anthropologist; The place of psychological explanation: 'practices' and 'processes'; Some ethnographic themes; Marginality of youth; Extra-domestic contexts of socialization; Circumcision: levels of meaning; References; Socialization and Contemporary British Anthropology; Retrospect; Current lack of interest in socialization; Reappraisals and clarification; Studies of symbolism and cognitive systems
    Description / Table of Contents: Studies of values systemsExperiments in cooperation; Conclusions; Notes; References; A Psychologist's Perspective; Recent psychological work of cross-cultural interest; Cooperation between psychologists and anthropologists: possibilities and limitations; Psychological perspectives and Lévi-Straussian postulates; Notes; References; Kinship Fostering in Gonja: Deprivation or Advantage?; The institution of kinship fostering; Incidence of fostering; Voluntary and crisis fostering; Specific functions of fostering; Children's responses to fostering
    Description / Table of Contents: 'Success' in adulthood as an index of the effect of fosteringMarital stability as an index of the effect of fostering; Conclusions; Notes; References; Yoruba Mothers' Reports of Child-rearing: Some Theoretical and Methodological Considerations; Research design, setting, and procedures; Adherence to traditional practices among Oje and elite; Comparisons of child-rearing; Comparisons with African societies; Comparisons with other changing societies; Summary and suggestions for future research; Appendix - Mother interview: English version; Notes; References
    Description / Table of Contents: Temper Tantrums in Kau Sai: Some Speculations upon their EffectsThree kinds of tantrum; Adolescent adjustments for boys and girls; The avoidance of violent behaviour; Conclusions; Notes; References; The Function of Ritual in the Socialization of the Samburu Moran; The context of socialization among Samburu moran; Socialization and ceremony among the moran; Theories of ritual behaviour and the development ofsocial attitudes; Conclusions; Notes; Acknowledgement; References; Socialization by Peers: the Youth Organization of the Red Xhosa; Outline of the youth organization
    Description / Table of Contents: Fighting codes: cudgel play in the youth organization'Law' in the youth organization; The youth organization and the encouragement and direction of sexual 'play'; Widening scale and self-identification; The congruence with adult values; The Sectarian' danger and some factors limiting it; Appendix - Gang formation among Xhosa and Samburu:a comment by Max Gluckman; Notes; References; Two Types of Youth Group in Kinshasa (Léopoldville); The population of the city: structure and changes; The urban family in Kinshasa; Socialization and youth groups; Youth culture in the city; Street gangs
    Description / Table of Contents: Scholars' associations
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  • 4
    ISBN: 9780700711017
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (273 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Print version Religion and Public Culture : Encounters and Identities in Modern South India
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Religion and public culture
    DDC: 306.694509548
    Keywords: Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Indien Süd ; Hinduismus ; Gesellschaft
    Abstract: The last two centuries have witnessed profound changes in the nature of public consciousness. Nowhere has this been more true than in India, especially in relation to changing cultures of public life and religious tradition in South India. Essays in this collection attempt to explore the intricacies of what is perhaps the single most complex socio-religious environment in the world. The essays consider the evolution of the notion of Hinduism as a distinct and singular separate religion; the relationship between this kind of formulation and various European or western influences in India; and d
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; INTRODUCTION; Section 1: Orthodoxies; 1 The Construction of Hinduism as a ""Public"" Religion: Looking Again at the Religious Roots of Company Raj in South India; 2 Acting in Public versus Forming a Public: Conflict Processing and Political Mobilization in Nineteenth Century South India; 3 The Significance of Episcopal Extension for Church-State Relations in British India; 4 The Drama of Conversion in the Courts of South India: Challenges to Aggressive Missionary Enterprise and Changing Judicial Attitudes in the Nineteenth Century
    Description / Table of Contents: 5 Routinized Charisma: the Case of Aurobindo and Auroville6 Dissolving One Paradox and Discovering Another: Pillan's Interpretation of Nammalvar's Poem; 7 Memories of Brahman Agraharam in Travancore; Section 2: Heterodoxies; 8 Cult Saints, Heroes, and Warrior Kings: South Asian Islam in the Making; 9 Persons ""East"" and ""West""; 10 The Heterodoxies in Tamil Nadu; INDEX
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  • 5
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
    ISBN: 9780415317061 , 9781134372232
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (273 p)
    Series Statement: Communication and Society
    Parallel Title: Print version Media and Democracy
    DDC: 302.23
    Keywords: Communication in politics ; Mass media Political aspects ; Democracy ; Electronic books ; Massenmedien ; Demokratie
    Abstract: 〈P〉〈EM〉Media and Democracy〈/EM〉 addresses key topics and themes in relation to democratic theory, media and technology, comparative media studies, media and history, and the evolution of media research.〈/P〉〈P〉Professor Curran's response to these questions provides both a clear introduction to media research, written for university undergraduates studying in different countries, and an innovative analysis written by one of the field's leading scholars.〈/P〉
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Media and Democracy; Copyright; Contents; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I: Comparing media; 1. Shining city on a hill; 2. Questioning a new orthodoxy; 3. Media system, public knowledge and democracy: a comparative study; PART II: Media and democratic theory; 4. Entertaining democracy; 5. Liberal dreams and the Internet; PART III: Media and new technology; 6. Technology foretold; 7. The future of journalism; PART IV: Media and history; 8. Narratives of media history revisited; 9. Press as an agency of social control; 10. Advertising as a bounty system
    Description / Table of Contents: PART V: Media and culture11. Media as custodians of cultural tradition; 12. Media and cultural theory in the age of market liberalism; Notes; Index
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Comparing media. Shining city on hill -- Questioning a new orthodoxy -- Media system, public knowledge and democracy -- Media and democratic theory. Entertaining democracy -- Liberal dreams and the internet -- Media and new technology. Technology foretold -- Future of journalism -- Media and history. Narratives of media history revisited -- Press as an agency of social control -- advertising as a bounty system -- Media and culture. Media as custodians of cultural tradition -- Media and cultural theory in the age of market liberalism.
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