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Languages and Identities in a Transitional Japan: From Internationalization to Globalization (Routledge Research in Transnationalism)
by Ikuko Nakane Emi Otsuji William S. ArmourThis book explores the transition from the era of internationalization into the era of globalization of Japan by focusing on language and identity as its central themes. By taking an interdisciplinary approach covering education, cultural studies, linguistics and policy-making, the chapters in this book raise certain questions of what constitutes contemporary Japanese culture, Japanese identity and multilingualism and what they mean to local people, including those who do not reside in Japan but are engaged with Japan in some way within the global community. Topics include the role of technology in the spread of Japanese language and culture, hybrid language use in an urban context, the Japanese language as a lingua franca in China, and the identity construction of heritage Japanese language speakers in Australia. The authors do not limit themselves to examining only the Japanese language or the Japanese national/cultural identity, but also explore multilingual practices and multiple/fluid identities in "a transitional Japan." Overall, the book responds to the basic need for better accounts of language and identity of Japan, particularly in the context of increased migration and mobility.
Languages and Social Cohesion: A Transdisciplinary Literature Review (Routledge Advances in Sociology)
by Gabriela Meier Simone SmalaA critical and systematic review of existing research located at the crossroads of sociology, social psychology and applied linguistics, Languages and Social Cohesion offers valuable insights for social contexts in which decision makers and researchers grapple with questions of social cohesion in the presence of linguistic diversity. Based on a thematic analysis of 285 studies from 50 countries (references available) this book emphasises the crucial role languages play in understanding social cohesion, and provides a framework of perspectives to aid exploration of these complex interlinkages. Through interpreting the literature, the authors established language repertoires as tools that facilitate social networks and access to resources. Furthermore, language norms and allegiances can subjectively shape the way groups use their language resources, which can result in social inclusion, exclusion and mediation between language groups. Education particularly is highlighted as a policy tool that implements linguistic decisions and norms, and steers status, hierarchies and distribution of languages in society. The theory-informed and accessible tools featured can be used to guide and inform further research, workshops or projects that investigate social cohesion and languages. This book is relevant for diverse and intersecting spheres of influence, such as groups, communities, institutions and authorities at local, regional, national and international levels.
Languages and the Military
by Michael Kelly Hilary FootittThrough detailed case studies ranging from the 18th century until today,this book explores the role of foreign languages in military alliances, in occupation and in peace building. It brings together academic researchers and practitioners from the museum and interpreting worlds and the military.
Languages at War
by Michael Kelly Hilary FootittThrough detailed case studies ranging from the 18th century until today,this book explores the role of foreign languages in military alliances, in occupation and in peace building. It brings together academic researchers and practitioners from the museum and interpreting worlds and the military.
Languages of Belief and Early Sociology in Nineteenth-Century France: The Elementary Forms of Sociological Life
by Michiel Van DamThis book presents a new reading of the history of French social science and religion through an investigation of early sociology’s techniques for narrating the category of belief. The author argues that by looking at the history of social sciences in this manner, we gain a deeper understanding of both our present debates on post-secularity as well as our modernist past, both of which were thoroughly shaped by their reflections and critiques on the notion of belief yet failed to enter into any sort of meaningful communication with each other. This book seeks to rectify this failure by introducing the concept of ‘belief-languages’, an anthropological framework designed to historicize different discussions on belief and allow for their comparative description and analysis.
Languages of Education: Protestant Legacies, National Identities, and Global Aspirations (Studies in Curriculum Theory Series)
by Daniel TröhlerIn this landmark contribution to the study of the formation of the modern school, Daniel Tröhler applies one of the most recognized methods of historical research to an analysis of the "language" of the academic discipline of education. Arguing the value of looking at languages rather than arguments--langues rather than paroles--this method of historical research is used to examine the background of different philosophies, theories, or arguments of education, specifically republicanism and Protestantism. Tröhler’s argument is that such analysis is essential to tracing back educational arguments to the ideological core of their concerns, and thus to understanding in international perspective the historical development of education systems and organizations and to evaluating their different theoretical and political approaches and claims. Elegantly written, with the historian’s attention to archival material, this book enables the reader to understand the complex and different social, cultural, religious, and political context factors embedded in the "thought" of schooling and its objects of scrutiny--its notions of the child and teacher. Languages of Education is essential reading for scholars and students across the fields of history and philosophy of education, curriculum studies, and comparative education.
Languages other than English in Australian Higher Education: Policies, Provision, and the National Interest (Language Policy #17)
by Jennifer Joan BaldwinThis book researches the study of languages other than English, and their place in the Australian tertiary sector. Languages are discussed in the context of the histories of Australian universities, and the series of reports and surveys about languages across the second half of the twentieth century. It demonstrates how changes in the ethnic mix of society are reflected in language offerings, and how policies on languages have changed as a result of societal influences. Also discussed is the extent to which influencing factors changed over time depending on social, cultural, political and economic contexts, and the extent to which governments prioritised the promotion and funding of languages because of their perceived contribution to the national interest.The book will give readers an understanding as to whether languages have mattered to Australia in a national and international sense and how Australia’s attention to languages has been reflected in its identity and its sense of place in the world.
Laparoscopic Hernia Repair
by Michael S KavicLaparoscopy is increasingly being used as an alternative to more invasive surgical techniques. This book details newly revealed anatomical dynamics of the lower abdominal wall and introduces the reader to laparoscopic repair of the inguinal hernia.
Large Mammals and a Brave People: Subsistence Hunters in Zambia
by Stuart A. MarksThe Valley Bisa people inhabit the Luangwa Valley in central Zambia. Among them, the hunter, who tracks such large game as the lion, elephant, and buffalo, commands great respect and esteem from the other members of the lineage who traditionally rely on him for their subsistence and protection. Although the social organization and technology of the Bisa people have undergone tremendous change in the last one hundred years, the role of hunter retains its social importance, and the legitimizing hunting rituals have their roots in local history. Drawing on data collected during his fieldwork among the Bisa continuing since the 1960s, Stuart Marks describes the changes that have occurred in hunting patterns, the sociological variables that govern an individual's decision to become a hunter, and the common cosmological convictions that hunters bring to their profession. Available for the first time in paperback, the new introduction and afterword to this edition reflect on methodological and ideological changes in the anthropological study of African peoples as well as updating the circumstances of the Bisa people since the book's first appearance in 1976. Through the interventions of the larger national society the Bisa have lost much of their land and access to important portions of their resources while experiencing repression in their struggles to maintain livelihoods with what local assets are left. Nevertheless, Marks notes that they face their hardships with tolerance, integrity, persistence, and humility. The general reader, as well as prehistorians and anthropologists concerned with human evolution and hunting societies, will find this volume useful. It will also be of interest to wildlife managers and ecologists.
Large-Scale Cognitive Assessment: Analyzing PIAAC Data (Methodology of Educational Measurement and Assessment)
by Débora B. Maehler Beatrice RammstedtThis open access methodological book summarises existing analysing techniques using data from PIAAC, a study initiated by the OECD that assesses key cognitive and occupational skills of the adult population in more than 40 countries. The approximately 65 PIAAC datasets that has been published worldwide to date has been widely received and used by an interdisciplinary research community. Due to the complex structure of the data, analyses with PIAAC datasets are very challenging. To ensure the quality and significance of these data analyses, it is necessary to instruct users in the correct handling of the data. This methodological book provides a standardised approach to successfully implementing these data analyses. It contains examples of and tools for the analysis of the PIAAC data using different statistical approaches and software, and it offers perspectives from various disciplines. The contributing authors have hands-on experience of using PIAAC data, and/or they have conducted data analysis workshops with these data.
Las Ciencias Sociales en discusion
by Mario BungeLas ciencias sociales en discusión es el nuevo libro de Mario Bunge, elautor de la monumental obra Treatise on Basic Philosophy, conocidoampliamente como el filosofo de las ciencias. En este volumen centra suatención en las ciencias y tecnologías sociales, considera numerosasdisciplinas que incluyen: antropología, sociología, economía, cienciapolítica,derecho, historia y ciencias de la administración. Las ciencias sociales en discusión es el nuevo libro de Mario Bunge, elautor de la monumental obra Treatise on Basic Philosophy, conocidoampliamente como el filosofo de las ciencias. En este volumen centra suatención en las ciencias y tecnologías sociales, considera numerosasdisciplinas que incluyen: antropología, sociología, economía, cienciapolítica,derecho, historia y ciencias de la administración.Bunge sostiene que la investigación en ciencias sociales estaactualmente sujeta a la fascinación posmoderna por el irracionalismo yel relativismo. Les propone a los científicos sociales reexaminar lafilosofía y la metodología que esta en la base de sus propiasdisciplinas. Aboga por la objetividad, las teorizaciones rigurosas, lascomprobaciones empíricas así como por un diseño de políticasmoderadamente sensibles y socialmente responsables."El merito mayor de esta obra reside en su amplio espectro de contenidosrelevantes y en su estructura inteligente, confiable y clara. De estevolumen se aprende muchísimo, puede ser utilizado como columna vertebralde un curso o por una persona inteligente que desee iniciarse encualquiera de las disciplinas que trata. Reitero: calidad y erudiciónson susprincipales meritos."Esrnest A. Gellner, filosofo contemporáneo, Central European University.
Las escuelas que cambian el mundo
by César BonaEl nuevo libro de César Bona nos invita a conocer de primera mano algunos de los casos maravillosos que están teniendo lugar en el ámbito educativo español, excelentes ejemplos de que la educación de nuestros hijos, la forma de enseñarles, puede hacerse de otra manera y, lo mejor de todo: funciona. Hay escuelas en España que están cambiando la educación. Escuelas que no están en Finlandia ni en Suecia; unas son públicas, otras rurales y algunas incluso están masificadas. Todas ellas son «Escuelas Changemaker» y están preparadas para liderar una verdadera transformación educativa. César Bona ha viajado por siete ciudades y pueblos siguiendo el camino de algunas de las escuelas que están luchando para que cada niño, niña y joven tenga la oportunidad de convertirse en un agente de cambio. Son lugares que cuentan con alumnos motivados, maestros corrientes, y padres cómplices detrás. Escuelas excelentes académicamente y conun proyecto integral donde el respeto, la creatividad, la imaginación, el trabajo en equipo, la empatía y la interacción con la sociedad son el mejor camino para completar las enseñanzas de las asignaturas tradicionales. César Bona nos narra, con su personal y cercana voz, lo que han logrado estas escuelas, lo novedoso de sus métodos y cómo todos, sea cual sea nuestra edad, podemos cambiar el mundo. No olvidemos que los niños no son los adultos del mañana, son los niños del presente y ellos, si les dejamos ser niños, si les reforzamos su creatividad natural, su imaginación desbordante y trabajamos la empatía, la solidaridad y el respeto, pueden cambiar el mundo. No en el futuro, sino ahora. Porque una nueva educación no es un sueño, es una realidad.
Las folias del sexo: Ideas y creencias sobre el sistema genital
by Francisco González Crussí«Uno de los mejores escritores médicos de nuestros días.» Booklist «Pocos médicos tienen la fortuna y capacidad de escribir por medio de las lentes del microscopio: vida, dolor, enfermedad, amor y muerte se amplifican, siembran, preguntan. Francisco González Crussí ha tejido numerosos textos Notas de un anatomista, La enfermedad del amor, El rostro y el alma recargándose en sus habilidades como patólogo y en su disección de la(s) vida(s). Sus libros son un dechado de conocimiento. Las folías del sexo no es la excepción. »Folía, explica González Crussí, implica locura y canto; chifladura y baile. De mil formas, gracias a dibujos anatómicos, retratos, xilografías, fuentes, notas, y sobre todo con una virtud escritural que desglosa y expone con elegancia las folías del sexo, el libro depara un ameno paseo aderezado con inmensas dosis de sabiduría e información. Amor, enfermedad y sexo son etiquetas universales, imperecederas. Vivimos y fenecemos con ellas. Francisco explica algunos porqués. El lector encontrará sus porqués en las páginas del libro.» Arnoldo Kraus, médico y escritor «González Crussí sabe demasiado y lo comparte sin jactancia. Sus ensayos combinan datos duros con especulación y severidad con humor; están colmados de sorprendentes anécdotas y son refinados en su lenguaje.» The New York Times Book Review
Las leyes naturales del niño
by Céline AlvarezCéline Alvarez propone en este libro un nuevo sistema educativo que ya ha empezado a provocar un cambio pedagógico en Francia. Basado en los principios de la metodología Montessori y en los avances de la neurociencia, demuestra que el niño tiene unas capacidades innatas para aprender, solo hay que proporcionarle los estímulos y el ambiente adecuados y respetar sus leyes naturales. Todos los niños nacen con una capacidad innata para aprender y amar. Día tras día, la neurociencia nos descubre más sobre su increíble potencial. Sin embargo, por desinformación, les imponemos un sistema educativo inadecuado que entorpece su aprendizaje y no fomenta su bondad intrínseca. En Francia, más del 40% de los niños acaban la educación primaria sin haber cumplido con los objetivos de aprendizaje. En el caso de España la situación es todavía peor, pues tiene las tasas de fracaso y abandono escolar más altas de Europa: el 20% de los jóvenes no terminan sus estudios de secundaria. Céline Alvarez llevó a cabo un experimento en un parvulario en Gennevilliers, un municipio situado al noroeste de París y una zona con grandes desigualdades sociales y económicas. En este experimento, respetó las «leyes naturales del niño» y los resultados han sido excepcionales. En dos cursos, todos los niños del curso superior y el 90% del curso inferior sabían leer y mostraron excelentes resultados en aritmética. Y no solo eso, en casa estaban más tranquilos, mantenían sus habitaciones más ordenadas y mostraban mayor interés por cuanto los rodeaba. Increíble, pero cierto. Este libro sienta las bases de una nueva manera de ver al niño, y de concebir la educación tanto en casa como en la escuela. Céline Alvarez nos enseña su experiencia y nos invita a educar al niño respetando sus leyes naturales. La revolución de la educación es posible.
Las leyes naturales del niño: La revolución de la educación en la escuela y en casa
by Céline AlvarezCéline Alvarez propone en este libro un nuevo sistema educativo que ya ha empezado a provocar un cambio pedagógico en Francia. Basado en los principios de la metodología Montessori y en los avances de la neurociencia, demuestra que el niño tiene unas capacidades innatas para aprender, solo hay que proporcionarle los estímulos y el ambiente adecuados y respetar sus leyes naturales. Todos los niños nacen con una capacidad innata para aprender y amar. Día tras día, la neurociencia nos descubre más sobre su increíble potencial. Sin embargo, por desinformación, les imponemos un sistema educativo inadecuado que entorpece su aprendizaje y no fomenta su bondad intrínseca. En Francia, más del 40% de los niños acaban la educación primaria sin haber cumplido con los objetivos de aprendizaje. En el caso de España la situación es todavía peor, pues tiene las tasas de fracaso y abandono escolar más altas de Europa: el 20% de los jóvenes no terminan sus estudios de secundaria.Céline Alvarez llevó a cabo un experimento en un parvulario en Gennevilliers, un municipio situado al noroeste de París y una zona con grandes desigualdades sociales y económicas. En este experimento, respetó las «leyes naturales del niño» y los resultados han sido excepcionales. En dos cursos, todos los niños del curso superior y el 90% del curso inferior sabían leer y mostraron excelentes resultados en aritmética. Y no solo eso, en casa estaban más tranquilos, mantenían sus habitaciones más ordenadas y mostraban mayor interés por cuanto los rodeaba. Increíble, pero cierto. Este libro sienta las bases de una nueva manera de ver al niño, y de concebir la educación tanto en casa como en la escuela. Céline Alvarez nos enseña su experiencia y nos invita a educar al niño respetando sus leyes naturales. La revolución de la educación es posible.
Las mentiras que nos unen: Replanteando la identidad
by Kwame Anthony AppiahUn poderoso manifiesto contra la guerra de identidades, por uno de los más lúcidos pensadores contemporáneos. «Breve pero poderoso. Appiah desmantela elegantemente la farsa, el dogma y la propaganda que persisten en nuestros intentos de discutir la "identidad". Inspirador e imprescindible.»Zadie Smith Género, religión, raza, nacionalidad, clase y cultura. Estos conceptos nos definen y moldean nuestro mundo polarizado. Sin embargo, las identidades colectivas que generan están plagadas de contradicciones y falsedades. Al explorar su naturaleza y su historia -desde las engañosas ideas sobre la raza del XIX hasta los debates contemporáneos sobre «apropiación cultural»- Kwame Anthony Appiah se deshace de los mitos más venenosos y desmonta con lucidez nuestras ideas preconcebidas sobre cómo funcionan estas identidades. Todos sabemos que las identidades crean conflictos, pero Appiah revela cómo las identidades nacen del conflicto. Y demuestra también, entrelazando lúcidos argumentos, maravillosos ejemplos históricos y anécdotas personales en una narración vibrante, que nuestro preciado concepto de soberanía nacional es incoherente; que la idea misma de la cultura occidental es un espejismo deslumbrante; y, en definitiva, que no existe una esencia asociada a una determinada identidad social que explique por qué las personas son como son. Appiah, filósofo ghanés de madre inglesa y padre perteneciente a la etnia asante, está en una posición idónea para reflexionar sobre cosmopolitismo, pertenencia e identidad. Su libro es un manifiesto filosófico para el siglo XXI. La crítica ha dicho...«Inteligente y sutil, ligero y a la vez lleno de apreciaciones perspicaces.»Daniel Gascón, Letras Libres «Necesitamos más pensadores tan sabios como Appiah.»Anand Giridharadas, The New York Times Book Review (portada) «Las principales identidades de las culturas contemporáneas pueden ser erróneas. Hay mucho que aprender de esta espléndida obra.»Amartya Sen, premio Nobel de Economía «Excelente. Aunque la solución a la fractura de nuestro mundo sea inalcanzable, al menos este libro nos ayuda a ver con claridad el problema.»Clifford Thompson, The Washington Post «La tesis de este entretenido y serpenteante viaje es que las identidades son menos sólidas de lo que se suele pensar.»The Economist «Appiah nos invita a ceder ante la difícil tarea de vivir con complejidad, es decir, de ser modernos. Erudito, personal, oportuno y profundamente humano. Un libro para nuestro tiempo.»Arlie Russell Hochschild «Escritor elegante y pensador trascendente, Anthony Appiah revela la manipulación histórica de los estereotipos de color y raza. Nos conduce a replantearnos a qué tribu pertenecemos. Una genialidad y una lectura placentera.»Mary Karr, autora de El club de los mentirosos e Iluminada «Uno de los más relevantes escritores en temas como la identidad, la cultura y la diferencia. Con su marca registrada, sinónimo de claridad, elegancia y rigor, es un guía muy útil para pensar en algunos de los complicados problemas relacionados con quiénes somos y qué podemos ser.»Viet Thanh Nguyen, ganador del premio Pulitzer por El simpatizante
Last Call for Liberty: How America's Genius for Freedom Has Become Its Greatest Threat
by Os GuinnessThe hour is critical. The American republic is suffering its gravest crisis since the Civil War.
Last Ditch House
by Shane DunphyThe cases recounted here by the author-- a child protection worker, are those of four children from very different aspects of Irish society, each with a unique story to tell.
Last Harvest: From Cornfield to New Town
by Witold RybczynskiIn Last Harvest, the award-winning author of Home and A Clearing in the Distance tells the compelling story of New Daleville, a brand-new residential subdivision in rural Pennsylvania. When Witold Rybczynski first heard about New Daleville, it was only a developer's idea, attached to ninety acres of cornfield an hour and a half west of Philadelphia. Over the course of five years, Rybczynski met everyone involved in the transformation of this land -- from the developers, to the community leaders whose approvals they needed, to the home builders and sewage experts and, ultimately, the first families who moved in. Always eloquent and illuminating, Rybczynski looks at this "neotraditional" project, with its houses built close together to encourage a sense of intimacy and community, and explains the trends in American domestic architecture -- from where we place our kitchens and fences to why our bathrooms get larger every year. As Publishers Weekly said, "Rybczynski provides historical and cultural perspective in a style reminiscent of Malcolm Gladwell, debunking the myth of urban sprawl and explaining American homeowners' preference for single-family dwellings. But Rybczynski also excels at 'the close-up,' John McPhee's method of reporting, where every interview reads like an intimate conversation, and a simple walk down neighborhood sidewalks can reveal a wealth of history." Last Harvest is a charming must-read for anyone interested in where we live today -- and why -- by one of our most acclaimed and original cultural writers.
Last One Over the Wall: The Massachusetts Experiment in Closing Reform Schools
by Jerome G. MillerLast One over the Wall is an analytical and autobiographical account of Jerome G. Miller's tenure as head of the Massachusetts juvenile justice system, during which he undertook one of the most daring and drastic steps in recent juvenile justice history -- he closed reformatories and returned offenders to community supervision and treatment by private schools and youth agencies. Filled with insights into juvenile and adult behavior in prison and outside, Miller's account provides a rare opportunity to view our juvenile justice system as a whole, including all the politics, economics, and social biases that come with it. In a new preface for this edition, the author reflects on his decision of seven years ago and the lessons learned from it.
Last Project Standing: Civics and Sympathy in Post-Welfare Chicago (A Quadrant Book)
by Catherine FennellIn 1995 a half-vacant public housing project on Chicago&’s Near West Side fell to the wrecking ball. The demolition and reconstruction of the Henry Horner housing complex ushered in the most ambitious urban housing experiment of its kind: smaller, mixed-income, and partially privatized developments that, the thinking went, would mitigate the insecurity, isolation, and underemployment that plagued Chicago's infamously troubled public housing projects. Focusing on Horner&’s redevelopment, Catherine Fennell asks how Chicago&’s endeavor transformed everyday built environments into laboratories for teaching urbanites about the rights and obligations of belonging to a city and a nation that seemed incapable of taking care of its most destitute citizens. Drawing on more than three years of ethnographic and archival research, she shows how collisions with everything from haywire heating systems and decaying buildings to silent neighbors became an education in the possibilities, but also the limits, of collective care, concern, and protection in the aftermath of welfare failure. As she documents how the materiality of both the unsuccessful older projects and the recently emerging housing fosters feelings of belonging and loss, her work engages larger debates in critical anthropology and poverty studies—and opens a vital new perspective on the politics of space, race, and development in urban America
Last Served?: Gendering the HIV Pandemic (Social Aspects of AIDS)
by Cindy PattonFollowing a decade in which the focus on HIV and AIDS has been on specific social groups, a shift in professional perceptions has resulted in a change in the images of women and HIV/AIDS. "Last Served?" recognizes and analyzes the trend toward more openly acknowledging and planning for women in the pandemic. Rather than enumerating the effects on women of confused or conflicting policies and representation, the book details why and how this situation occurred.; The author suggests that new visibility of women cannot in itself quickly or easily change the underlying assumptions which made women simultaneously radiant figures of sexual purity, and a magnet for blame during the pandemic's first decade.; "Last Served?" makes clear how the different ways of posing and answering questions about women and HIV are grounded in already existing ways of thinking about gender, and how these underlying preconceptions sometimes create situations whereby attempts to address the practical needs of women often result in reinforcement, or introduction of new forms of male domination.; Combining detailed analysis with practical suggestions, "Last Served?" provides insights into the current debates about women and AIDS and suggests future directions for work to overcome discrimination, faulty planning and misrepresentation.
Last Subway: The Long Wait for the Next Train in New York City
by Philip Mark PlotchLast Subway is the fascinating and dramatic story behind New York City's struggle to build a new subway line under Second Avenue and improve transit services all across the city. With his extraordinary access to powerful players and internal documents, Philip Mark Plotch reveals why the city's subway system, once the best in the world, is now too often unreliable, overcrowded, and uncomfortable. He explains how a series of uninformed and self-serving elected officials have fostered false expectations about the city's ability to adequately maintain and significantly expand its transit system.Since the 1920s, New Yorkers have been promised a Second Avenue subway. When the first of four planned phases opened on Manhattan's Upper East Side in 2017, subway service improved for tens of thousands of people. Riders have been delighted with the clean, quiet, and spacious new stations. Yet these types of accomplishments will not be repeated unless New Yorkers learn from their century-long struggle.Last Subway offers valuable lessons in how governments can overcome political gridlock and enormous obstacles to build grand projects. However, it is also a cautionary tale for cities. Plotch reveals how false promises, redirected funds and political ambitions have derailed subway improvements. Given the ridiculously high cost of building new subways in New York and their lengthy construction period, the Second Avenue subway (if it is ever completed) will be the last subway built in New York for generations to come.
Late Cuts: Musings on Cricket
by Vic MarksFrom Somerset stalwart to acclaimed writer and broadcaster, Vic Marks has lived a life steeped in cricket. In Full Marks he takes us beyond the boundary rope, sharing the parts of the game fans don't get to see, from the food served at tea-time (then: sweaty ham. Now: quinoa, cranberry and feta salad) to the politics of the dressing room. With chapters on what it feels like to be dropped, how to be a good twelfth man, captaincy, selection and more, this amusing and insightful collection will delight all cricket lovers.
Late Escapism and Contemporary Neoliberalism: Alienation, Work and Utopia
by Greg SharzerThis book suggests that escapism – the desire to leave one’s physical or emotional circumstances for an ideal alternative – is a way to understand the social conflicts that structure our world. Considering this phenomenon across psychology, labour and cultural studies, the author engages with critical theorists such as Lukács, Fromm and Marcuse to examine how escapism appears in our minds, workplaces and utopian imaginaries from fiction to music. In this study, escapism emerges as a constitutive feature of the late capitalist lifeworld – a feature that must be understood in order to create social change. Defining escapism as a new field of study, Late Escapism and Contemporary Neoliberalism: Alienation, Work and Utopia suggests that the phenomenon has much to teach us about contemporary consciousness and how we resist and reshape the edicts of neoliberalism. As such, this book will appeal to scholars of cultural and critical theory, social movements and political sociology.