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This book engages with post-truth as a problem of societal order and for scholarly analysis. It claims that post-truth discourse is more deeply entangled with main Western imaginations of knowledge societies than commonly recognised. Scholarly responses to post-truth have not fully addressed these entanglements, treating them either as something to be morally condemned or as accusations against which scholars have to defend themselves (for having somehow contributed to it). Aiming for wider problematisations, the authors of this book use post-truth to open scholarly and societal assumptions to critical scrutiny. Contributions are both conceptual and empirical, dealing with topics such as: the role of truth in public; deep penetrations of ICTs into main societal institutions; the politics of time in neoliberalism; shifting boundaries between fact – value, politics – science, nature – culture; and the importance of critique for public truth-telling. Case studies range from the politics of nuclear power and election meddling in the UK, over smart technologies and techno-regulation in Europe, to renewables in Australia. The book ends where the Corona story begins: as intensifications of Modernity's complex dynamics, requiring new starting points for critique.

The question has been raised from time to time by British thinkers whether there ought not to be some central organ of "society," some social parliament or even some general system of social parliaments, which might be added to the political parliament of the State, and might stand by its side in some sort of relation, either subordinate or coordinate. Such an organ or parliament would function either as an advisory body (or system of advisory bodies), or as a sort of "relief" legislature, parallel to the regular legislature, to ease the burden of legislation by carrying some part of its heavy traffic. Hitherto, so the arguments run, there has been only a single political mirror, the political legislature, which reflects or "represents" the legal association as such (or in other words, the legally organized State). Ought we not also to have another mirror, or a set of mirrors, reflecting some one great aspect of "society" as such, or even several of its different aspects?The suggestion most commonly made is of a single social mirror, an economic council, or "parliament," or "sub-parliament," reflecting the one great aspect of society implied in the adjective "economic." That suggestion acquired vogue, and even seemed likely to be translated into fact, at the close of the War of 1914–18.

There's no doubt that technology has made it easier to communicate. It's also easier to shut someone out when we are confronted with online discourse. Why bother to understand strangers--or even acquaintances--when you can troll them, block them, or just click "Unfriend" and never look back? However briefly satisfying that might be, it's also potentially eroding one of our most human traits: empathy. So what does the future look like when something so vital to a peaceful, healthy, and productive society is fading away? The cautionary, yet hopeful, answer is in this champion for an endangered emotion. In The Future of Feeling, Kaitlin Ugolik Phillips shares her own personal stories as well as those of doctors, entrepreneurs, teachers, journalists, and scientists about moving innovation and technology forward without succumbing to isolation. This book is for anyone interested in how our brains work, how they're subtly being rewired to work differently, and what that ultimately means for us as humans. -- Provided by publisher

To the extent that the social sciences have been concerned with thestratification of Latin American societies they have shown a well-knowntendency to dichotomize their structures into a small upper class of wealthy and powerful landowners and a poor and powerless lower class hetero-geneously composed of rural workers, urban proletarians, petty traders, artisans, and the like. As a rule, the emergence of new classes and thegrowing internal differentiation of emergent or traditional classes are somewhat reluctantly admitted only as the societies of Latin America have demonstrated the ability to depart from their agrarian tradition and topursue the irreversible course of modernization. There has been a strong inclination to ignore or to minimize those aspects of the social structure which suggest a higher degree of complexity than the stereotype of a two-class system seems to indicate.

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"The American Dream and American Cinema in the Age of Trump uses both film theory and insights from object relations theory in order to examine how recent films address and reflect the state of the 'American Dream'. This fascinating book looks at how the American Dream is one of the organizing ideas of American cinema, and one of the most influential cultural outputs of the twenty-first century, at a time of internal crisis. In an era characterized by populism, climate change, and economic uncertainty, the book considers nine auteur films in how they illustrate the challenges of contemporary America. Graham S. Clarke and Ross Clarke present a bifocal perspective on some of the most well-received American films of recent years and how they relate to the American Dream in the context of the Trump presidency. For each of the nine films discussed, two different accounts are presented side by side so that each film is considered from an (internal world) object relations psychoanalytic point of view as well as an (external world) film and cultural theory perspective. This unique approach is complemented by discussion of political and critical theory, providing a thorough and engaging analysis. Challenging and insightful, The American Dream and American Cinema in the Age of Trump will be of great interest to scholars of cinema, popular culture, American studies and psychoanalytic studies"--

Halftitle Page -- Title Page -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Historical perspectives on honour, violence and emotion -- 2. The severed head speaks: Death, revenge, moral heroism and martyrdom in sixteenth to seventeenth-century China -- 3. From honour to virtue: The shifting social logics of masculinity and honour in early modern Sweden -- 4. 'For the Shame of the World, and Fear of Her Mother's Anger': Emotion and child murder in England and Scotland in the long eighteenth century -- 5. 'Unbridled Passions', honour and status in late eighteenth-century Cape Town -- 6. Death on a river: Honour and violence in an Australian penal colony, 1826-1827 -- 7. Of clubs and whiskers: Young men, honour and violence in the backlands of Northeast Brazil, 1865-1889 -- 8. Emotion, gender and honour in a fin-de-siècle crime of passion: The case of Marie Bière -- 9. Deeper than the death: Chaste suicide, emotions and politics of honour in nineteenth-century Korea -- 10. How the duel of honour promoted civility and attenuated violence in Western Europe -- Honour, violence and emotion: An afterword -- Index -- Imprint.

"The Routledge Handbook of Communication and Bullying provides an essential and unique analysis of bullying and anti-bullying efforts from a communication-based perspective. Drawing on communication theory and compelling empirical research, this volume offers valuable international perspectives of this pervasive concern, examined within varied contexts. In addition to providing exemplary data-based scholarship, the Handbook is comprised of first-hand accounts of those who have been bullied, adding an integral pragmatic and complementary dimension to the topic. This anthology serves as a useful resource for educators, administrators, managers, and other stakeholders who are challenged with this difficult social issue. Responding to the various charges emanating from the National Communication Association's (NCA) Anti-Bullying Project, this collection constitutes a valuable foundation from which to draw as conversations about bullying continue around the globe"--

"This book offers a unique analysis of how ideas about science and technology in the public and scientific imaginations (in particular about maths, logic, the gene, the brain, god, and robots) perpetuate the false reality that values and politics are separate from scientific knowledge and its applications. These ideas are reinforced by cultural myths about free will and individualism. Restivo makes a compelling case for a synchronistic approach in the study of these notoriously 'hard' cases, arguing that their significance reaches far beyond the realms of science and technology, and that their sociological and political ramifications are of paramount importance in our global society. This innovative work deals with perennial problems in the social sciences, philosophy, and the history of science and religion, and will be of special interest to professionals in these fields, as well as scholars of science and technology studies

In this report, the first section describes the project context i.e. industrial symbiosis, the main foreseen outputs and the governance around social engagement and acceptance. Industrial Symbiosis is an emerging concept with a multitude of benefits for companies, communities and the local environment. It can be a very powerful and important strategic approach to promoting sustainability in the European Union. For this reason, the FISSAC project is highly relevant, bringing together a wide range of partners and countries. Industrial Symbiosis (IS) can be initiated by a public authority, private firm, or association. Research to date rarely focuses on the interactions between the highly predominant technical aspect of industrial symbiosis and the non-technical aspects (including social engagement and acceptance); despite this being a key element of success of an IS project. Due to the low level of knowledge on social engagement and acceptance held by the majority of the partners of FISSAC, the Social Advisory Board plays a strategic role to orientate the integration of these aspects throughout the project. Beyond the technical feasibility of the exchanges, social elements also play a crucial role in the development of IS networks (Domenech and Davies, 2009) and therefore understanding of such elements is essential for the further development of IS. Hence, the second section describes the stakeholder engagement strategy, which establishes the objectives of stakeholder engagement and indicates how the involvement of stakeholders will be achieved at each stage of the project. A Five-step approach is used: 1. Develop a vision 2. Map stakeholders 3. Prepare for the engagement 4. Engage stakeholders 5. Monitoring and evaluation The third section describes how we will define the next steps of the project and what are the actions already foreseen. The diversity of the tasks and the wide range of countries and partners underline the need to clarify the responsibilities of each partner in the contribution of social ...

Introduction: the historical importance of urban Ghana's Saturday nights -- Popular music, political authority, and social possibilities in the southern Gold Coast, 1890-1940 -- The making of a middle class: urban social clubs and the evolution of highlife music, 1915-1940 -- The friction on the floor: negotiating nightlife in Accra, 1940-1960 -- "The highlife was born in Ghana": politics, culture, and the making of a national music, 1950-1965 -- "We were the ones who composed the songs": the promises and pitfalls of being a bandsman, 1945-1970