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Philosophic Classics Volume V 20th-Century Philosophy

Philosophic Classics Volume V 20th-Century Philosophy

For courses in 20th-century Philosophy recent Continental Philosophy Anglo-American Philosophy; as part of courses in Contemporary Philosophy; or courses on Epistemology or Metaphysics that take a historical approach. This anthology in 20th-century philosophical classics includes recent European and American philosophers and contains texts that are presently seen as classics or as emerging classics. It features complete works or complete sections of works. Includes introductions to each philosopher an abundance of drawings diagrams photographs and a timeline. | Philosophic Classics Volume V 20th-Century Philosophy

GBP 200.00
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World War II A Global History

World War II A Global History

Fully revised and restructured the sixth edition of World War II: A Global History offers students a concise and yet thorough textbook that examines history’s bloodiest conflict. The chapters alternate between chronological chapters on Europe and Asia-Pacific and thematic chapters on innovations home fronts brutal regimes and logistics. This textbook includes the following features: A lively narrative of facts events people and ideas that incorporates thoughtful analysis New material and restructured content on global factors that affected the causes conduct and consequences of World War II Balanced pace that does not bog readers down in too many details yet gives them sufficient depth and breadth for context Chapters sections and sidebars arranged in ways that can complement lectures and assignments Fifty new photographs that illustrate the human condition and weaponry during World War II. Global in focus by blending both geographic and thematic chapters to ensure readers gain a comprehensive understanding of impact of the war worldwide this is the perfect volume for all students of the biggest global conflict of the twentieth century. | World War II A Global History

GBP 115.00
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Flourishing in Museums Towards a Positive Museology

Flourishing in Museums Towards a Positive Museology

Flourishing in Museums presents the Flourishing Museum Framework an interdisciplinary model for reflection and practice. Illustrated via a diversity of international examples the framework demonstrates how museums can meaningfully address the many challenges facing the profession. Including contributions from a wide range of scholar-practitioners working across the arts humanities sciences education business and mental health disciplines the volume uses abundance-thinking and takes a strengths-based appreciative approach to museum purpose function and being. The book demonstrates that even within the most difficult climates abundance-oriented methods and perspectives can inspire and elicit flourishing in visitors staff and communities thus positioning museums as places where people find meaningful and purposeful work and where visitors find satisfaction meaning inspiration and motivation. Drawing from the disciplines of positive psychology positive organizational scholarship contemplative studies and museum studies the book is unified and organized into six thematic areas that comprise the Flourishing Museum Framework: courage transformation care optimism gratitude and delight. Flourishing in Museums will be essential reading for academics and students working in the museum and heritage fields as well as the cognate disciplines of arts management and creative industries. It will also be useful to practitioners working in museums and heritage sites around the world. | Flourishing in Museums Towards a Positive Museology

GBP 35.99
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Striking Images Iconoclasms Past and Present

Striking Images Iconoclasms Past and Present

All cultures make and break images. Striking Images Iconoclasms Past and Present explores how and why people have made and modified images and other cultural material from pre-history into the 21st century. With its impressive chronological sweep and disciplinary breadth this is the first book about iconoclasm (the breaking of images) and the transformation of broader sets of signs that includes contributions from archaeologists curators and museum conservators as well as historians of art literature and religious studies. The chapters examine themes critical to the study of iconoclasm: violence punishment memory intentionality ruins and relics and their survival. The conclusion shows how cross-disciplinary debate amongst the contributors informed Tate Britain’s 'Art under Attack' exhibition (2013) and addresses the challenges iconoclasm presents to the modern museum. By juxtaposing objects and places usually considered in isolation Striking Images raises provocative questions about our understandings of cross-cultural differences and the value of representational objects from the broken swords of pre-historical bog graves to the Bamiyan Buddhas and contemporary art. Are any such objects ever ’finished’ or are they simply subject to constant transformation? In dialogue with each other the essays consider this question and expand the field of iconoclasm - and cultural - studies.

GBP 42.99
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Fabrication

Fabrication

Packed with stunning images this is an indispensable visual guide illustrating and explaining current fabrication processes and material transformation. Providing a documentary of an eclectic range of fabrication techniques this is the ideal reference for designers who wish to learn more about the materials and current technologies in material production available to them. Featuring the work of 12 fabricators based in the UK the case studies displayed range from manufacture of complex wire rope the processes of metal spinning large-scale composite casting to computer controlled sheet steel fabrication. With a full knowledge of how the materials are transformed this book provides readers with a greater ability to employ material processes for their own designs and to better understand material fabrication. This is a book that provides information on contemporary technology and design inspiration in abundance.

GBP 130.00
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Interpreting Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit Expositions and Critique of Contemporary Readings

Interpreting Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit Expositions and Critique of Contemporary Readings

This book focuses on the interpretations of Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit that have proved influential over the past decades. Current readers of Hegel’s Phenomenology face an abundance of interpretive literature devoted to this difficult text and confront a plethora of different philosophical presuppositions research strategies and hermeneutic efforts. To enable a better orientation within the interpretative landscape the essays in this volume summarize contextualize and critically comment on the issues and currents in contemporary Phenomenology scholarship. There is a common set of three questions that each of the contributions seeks to answer: (1) What kind of text is The Phenomenology of Spirit? (2) What do the different strategies of interpretation conceptually bring to the text? (3) How do different interpreters justify their verdict on whether the Phenomenology is still a viable project? | Interpreting Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit Expositions and Critique of Contemporary Readings

GBP 130.00
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Inscribing Texts in Byzantium Continuities and Transformations

Inscribing Texts in Byzantium Continuities and Transformations

In spite of the striking abundance of extant primary material Byzantine epigraphy remains uncharted territory. The volume of the Proceedings of the 49th SPBS Spring Symposium aims to promote the field of Byzantine epigraphy as a whole and topics and subjects covered include: Byzantine attitudes towards the inscribed word the questions of continuity and transformation the context and function of epigraphic evidence the levels of formality and authority the material aspect of writing and the verbal visual and symbolic meaning of inscribed texts. The collection is intended as a valuable scholarly resource presenting and examining a substantial quantity of diverse epigraphic material and outlining the chronological development of epigraphic habits and of individual epigraphic genres in Byzantium. The contributors also discuss the methodological questions of collecting presenting and interpreting the most representative Byzantine inscriptional material and addressing epigraphic material to make it relevant to a wider scholarly community. | Inscribing Texts in Byzantium Continuities and Transformations

GBP 38.99
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Teaching Psychology A Step-by-Step Guide

Teaching Psychology A Step-by-Step Guide

This thoroughly revised third edition of Teaching Psychology synthesizes the latest pedagogical research on effective teaching and translates it into recommendations for classroom application. It also takes into account the many changes in the teaching landscape that have taken place in recent years. Covering key topics such as planning a course choosing teaching methods assimilating technology and the integration of teaching into the rest of your academic life this book also includes an abundance of supportive supplementary content to guide and inform new teachers. This content will also benefit seasoned teachers who wish to reevaluate their current teaching practices and explore new teaching ideas and techniques. Presenting a comprehensive and cutting-edge teaching guide for psychology teachers this book is a vital resource for those who are training psychology instructors or undertaking a teaching psychology course. It is also a useful text for more experienced faculty looking to update their current teaching practices. | Teaching Psychology A Step-by-Step Guide

GBP 46.99
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The Poetry of Punk The Meaning Behind Punk Rock and Hardcore Lyrics

The Poetry of Punk The Meaning Behind Punk Rock and Hardcore Lyrics

Punk bands have produced an abundance of poetic texts some crude some elaborate in the form of song lyrics. These lyrics are an ideal means by which to trace the developments and explain the conflicts and schisms that have shaped and continue to shape punk culture. They can be described as the community’s collective ‘poetic voice ’ and they come in many different forms. Their themes range from romantic love to emotional distress to radical politics. Some songs are intended to entertain some to express strong feelings some to provoke some to spread awareness and some to foment unrest. Most have an element of confrontation of kicking against the pricks. Socially and epistemologically they play a central role in the scene’s internal discourse shaping communities and individual identities. The Poetry of Punk is an investigation into the Anglophone punk culture specifically in the UK and the US where punk originated in the mid-1970s its focus being on the song lyrics written and performed by punk rock and hardcore artists. | The Poetry of Punk The Meaning Behind Punk Rock and Hardcore Lyrics

GBP 36.99
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Next Level Grammar for a Digital Age Teaching with Social Media and Online Tools for Rhetorical Understanding and Critical Creation

Next Level Grammar for a Digital Age Teaching with Social Media and Online Tools for Rhetorical Understanding and Critical Creation

CO-PUBLISHED BY ROUTLEDGE AND THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH This innovative book explores how digital language and tools can be used to teach applied grammar in the classroom. With a spotlight on internet language Crovitz Devereaux and Moran demonstrate how students can practice rhetorical grammar with digital tools in order to use language purposefully. With an abundance of original strategies prompts and questions that tap into students’ existing skills the book is designed to help students build a meta-awareness of language through critical digital literacy. Drawing on examples and activities from TikTok Twitter memes texting online videos digital media and more chapters feature lesson plans centered around real-world digital scenarios that will engage and inspire students. Ideal for preservice and inservice English teachers this book offers a blueprint for helping students use and evaluate language in the digital world and includes practical suggestions for using technology and rhetorical grammar to engage with and compose digital texts. | Next Level Grammar for a Digital Age Teaching with Social Media and Online Tools for Rhetorical Understanding and Critical Creation

GBP 29.99
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The Shakespeare Masterclasses

The Shakespeare Masterclasses

The Shakespeare Masterclasses is a collection of rare interviews from many of the world’s most renowned Shakespearean actors exploring their varied approaches to topics including character creation script analysis acting for the stage and the camera rehearsal preparation and collaboration. Ron Destro’s insightful and revealing conversations with thirteen accomplished artists provide the reader with the invaluable experience of sitting in the classroom with each of these masters. A selection of Shakespeare plays including Hamlet The Winter’s Tale King Lear and The Tempest are examined to explore antithesis line-endings rhyme and meter method acting and the artistry of a good director. In addition to critical analysis of their vocation the actors weave through personal and humorous anecdotes and favorite acting moments and offer useful movement and vocal exercises. This book offers a lens into the creative process of world-acclaimed actors to expose an abundance of tips tools and fascinating stories about the acting profession that will be of crucial interest to acting students directors drama teachers Shakespeare performance scholars and general theatre fans more broadly.

GBP 31.99
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The Foodways of Hawai'i Past and Present

The Foodways of Hawai'i Past and Present

Offering diverse perspectives on Hawaiʻi’s food system this book addresses themes of place and identity across time. From early Western contact to the present day the way in which people in Hawaiʻi grow import and consume their food has shifted in response to the pressures of colonialism migration new technologies and globalization. Because of Hawaiʻi’s history of agricultural abundance its geographic isolation in the Pacific Ocean and its heavy reliance on imported foods today it offers a rich case study for understanding how food systems develop in-place. In so doing the contributors implicitly and explicitly complicate the narrative of the local which has until recently dominated much of the existing scholarship on Hawaiʻi’s foodways. With topics spanning GMO activism agricultural land use trends customary access and fishing rights poi production and the dairy industry this volume reveals how local food is emplaced through dynamic and complex articulations of history politics and economic change. This book was originally published as a special issue of Food Culture and Society. | The Foodways of Hawai'i Past and Present

GBP 38.99
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Working Through Conflict Strategies for Relationships Groups and Organizations

Working Through Conflict Strategies for Relationships Groups and Organizations

This fully updated ninth edition provides an introduction to conflict and conflict management that is firmly grounded in current theory research and practice. Covering a range of conflict settings including interpersonal group and organizational conflicts it includes an abundance of real-life case studies that encompass a spectrum of theoretical perspectives. Its emphasis on application makes it highly accessible to students while expanding their comprehension of conflict theory and practical skills. This new edition features a new chapter presenting key principles students can practice to become more skillful at managing conflict a wealth of up-to-date research and case examples suggested readings and video resources and integrated questions for review and discussion. This textbook can be used in undergraduate or graduate courses on conflict in communication business and management political science and counseling programs. An accompanying instructor's manual including suggested assignments cases exercises and test questions can be found at www. routledge. com/9780367461478 under Instructor and Student Resources. | Working Through Conflict Strategies for Relationships Groups and Organizations

GBP 120.00
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Becoming an Outstanding Languages Teacher

Becoming an Outstanding Languages Teacher

Becoming an Outstanding Languages Teacher explores the skills that it takes to deliver exceptional language teaching and produce outstanding results. Written by a highly experienced teacher and teacher educator this book provides a wide range of approaches to teaching along with an abundance of practical classroom ideas. This new edition keeps the focus on the nuts and bolts of planning lessons – which will keep students engaged and stimulated when learning a language – and features a new chapter on intercultural understanding as well as updated information on the latest digital technology tools. Reference is made to tried and tested methodologies and classroom procedures along with exciting new approaches which teachers have found productive. The book covers: how to run a room; dissecting lessons: written texts aural texts and visuals; teacher-student interactions communicative tasks and sentence-building; developing phonological and phonics skill; purposeful games; teaching with words and chunks; teaching students with varying aptitude for language learning; using digital technology to support learning; what it means to teach grammar; intercultural understanding; building a repertoire to lighten your workload. Packed full of strategies which are easy to implement this book is essential reading for both pre-service teachers and experienced practitioners.

GBP 21.99
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Construction in the Landscape A Handbook for Civil Engineering to Conserve Global Land Resources

Construction in the Landscape A Handbook for Civil Engineering to Conserve Global Land Resources

Construction in the Landscape describes the impact of construction on the land and landscape where it takes place. Geographical coverage is necessarily global to reflect the great variation both in people's economic and social needs and in the shortage or abundance of natural resources. Part one introduces both land resources whether used for agriculture human settlement or mineral extraction or conserved as scenery wildlife habitat or for the undefined needs of future generations; and construction its products skills processes and impacts on land resources. Part two describes specific forms of civil engineering – from landform adaptation through dams and river control works coastal construction and transport infrastructure to particular types of structure such as bridges towers and power stations or the layout of complete settlements. Part three deals with regional planning of construction and land use in different geographical circumstances – from fine scenery through rural countryside to city and suburban development – and to the sort of land arrangements that may be sustainable for an increased but hopefully more civilized human population a century hence. | Construction in the Landscape A Handbook for Civil Engineering to Conserve Global Land Resources

GBP 44.99
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Technological Innovation And The Great Depression

Technological Innovation And The Great Depression

In this unique volume Rick Szostak takes an innovative approach toward analyzing the Great Depression of the 1930s. Most of the literature focuses on the movement in aggregate variables but Szostak provides evidence primarily at the sectoral level being careful to show that this argument is consistent with aggregate data. Combining a fresh theoretical viewpoint and industry-level analysis Szostak contends that an abundance of process technology made it possible for industry to produce the existing range of products with a much smaller labor input while a shortage of new product technology severely limited the introduction of new products. Pinpointing how the timing of the Second Industrial Revolution affected the evolution of the workplace and how the industrial research laboratories that emerged in the United States in the twentieth century initially emphasized process over product innovation he explains why this conjunction of technological forces caused both consumption and investment to fall so precipitously in early 1929. In addition to exploring the technological and employment experience of specific sectors Szostak looks at trends in income distribution and population and other factors that created the ultimate economic depression. | Technological Innovation And The Great Depression

GBP 39.99
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The Spanish-American War and Philippine Insurrection 1898-1902 An Annotated Bibliography

The Spanish-American War and Philippine Insurrection 1898-1902 An Annotated Bibliography

An often overshadowed event in American military history the Spanish-American War began as a humanitarian effort on the part of the United States to provide military assistance for the liberation of Cuba from Spanish domination. At the time no one knew that this simple premise would result in an American empire. Through extensive research Mark Barnes has created a comprehensive annotated bibliography detailing this globally significant conflict and its aftermath. Insightful notes are included for every title in each chronologically organized chapter. By drawing together an impressive collection of sources including some previously not readily available to English language readers Barnes has created an invaluable resource for scholars of this conflict. Routledge Research Guides to American Military Studies provide concise annotated bibliographies to the major areas and events in American military history. With the inclusion of brief critical annotations after each entry the student and researcher can easily assess the utility of each bibliographic source and evaluate the abundance of resources available with ease and efficiency. Comprehensive concise and current—Routledge Research Guides to American Military Studies are an essential research tool for any historian. | The Spanish-American War and Philippine Insurrection 1898-1902 An Annotated Bibliography

GBP 38.99
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A Field Guide to Community Literacy Case Studies and Tools for Praxis Evaluation and Research

A Field Guide to Community Literacy Case Studies and Tools for Praxis Evaluation and Research

This practical guidebook presents trends research-grounded strategies and field-based solutions to challenges of working in community-based literacy initiatives. A comprehensive guide for practitioners this book addresses best practices for implementing maintaining expanding and evaluating community-based literacy initiatives. The contributors in this volume help readers shift thinking from merely considering How can communities support literacy? to How can literacy help us create support and strengthen communities? Organized into four parts – on building community through literacy program design case studies from the field and program evaluation – chapters cover research-based and innovative practices in a diverse range of populations and settings including family services adult literacy initiatives community centers and tutoring programs. With an abundance of praxis-oriented examples and real-world strategies from top scholars and practitioners the book serves as a roadmap for essential topics including funding writing grant proposals handling audits and conducting research within program settings. With templates models planning tools and checklists ready for immediate use this book is an invaluable field manual for individuals involved in community literacy work researchers and students in literacy-oriented courses either at the undergraduate or graduate levels. | A Field Guide to Community Literacy Case Studies and Tools for Praxis Evaluation and Research

GBP 29.99
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Object Relations and Intersubjective Theories in the Practice of Psychotherapy

Object Relations and Intersubjective Theories in the Practice of Psychotherapy

The evolution of psychoanalytic/psychodynamic psychotherapy has been marked by an increasing disconnect between theory and technique. This book re-establishes a bridge between the two. In presenting a clear explanation of modern psychodynamic theory and concepts and an abundance of clinical illustrations Brodie shows how every aspect of psychodynamic therapy is determined by current psychodynamic theory. In Object Relations and Intersubjective Theories in the Practice of Psychotherapy Brodie uses the theoretical foundation of the work of object relations theorist D. W. Winnicott showing how each of his developmental concepts have clear implications for psychodynamic treatment and builds on the contributions of current intersubjective theorists Thomas Ogden and Jessica Benjamin. Added to this is Brodie’s vast array of clinical material ranging from delinquent adolescents to high-functioning adults and drawing on nearly 40 years of experience in psychotherapy. These contributions are fresh and original and crucially demonstrate how clinical technique is informed by theory and how theory can be illuminated by clinical material. Written with clarity and detail this book will appeal to graduate students in psychology and psychotherapy medical residents in psychiatry and young practicing psychotherapists who wish to fully explore why psychotherapists do what they do and the dialectical relationship between theory and technique that informs their work.

GBP 32.99
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Food for Degrowth Perspectives and Practices

Food for Degrowth Perspectives and Practices

This collection breaks new ground by investigating applications of degrowth in a range of geographic practical and theoretical contexts along the food chain. Degrowth challenges growth and advocates for everyday practices that limit socio-metabolic energy and material flows within planetary constraints. As such the editors intend to map possibilities for food for degrowth to become established as a field of study. International contributors offer a range of examples and possibilities to develop more sustainable localised resilient and healthy food systems using degrowth principles of sufficiency frugal abundance security autonomy and conviviality. Chapters are clustered in parts that critically examine food for degrowth in spheres of the household collectives networks and narratives of broader activism and discourses. Themes include broadening and deepening concepts of care in food provisioning and social contexts; critically applying appropriate technologies; appreciating and integrating indigenous perspectives; challenging notions of 'waste' 'circular economies' and commodification; and addressing the ever-present impacts of market logic framed by growth. This book will be of greatest interest to students and scholars of critical food studies sustainability studies urban political ecology geography environmental studies such as environmental sociology anthropology ethnography ecological economics and urban design and planning. | Food for Degrowth Perspectives and Practices

GBP 38.99
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Modern Murders The Turn-of-the-Century's Backlash Against Melodramatic and Sensational Representations of Murder 1880–1914

Modern Murders The Turn-of-the-Century's Backlash Against Melodramatic and Sensational Representations of Murder 1880–1914

Modern Murders is the first comprehensive study of murder representations during the turn of the century drawing on previously neglected archival material to explore the intellectual cultural and artistic contexts of the period. Most studies view the abundance of murder representations throughout the nineteenth century as an indicator of a supposedly typical Victorian appetite for sensation and melodrama. Modern Murders however demonstrates the turn of the century's backlash against melodramatic and sensational representations of murder and reads them as an important component in the struggles for better aesthetic standards in art and entertainment and as a dominant feature in the debates on mass culture. Through a plethora of visual and written texts representations of fictional and actual real life murders and high and popular forms of writing the volume considers the importance of murder in the elite claim to cultural authority versus its perception of plebian taste in the context of the democratization of culture. This book will be of value to scholars and graduate students in a variety of research areas as well as general readers interested in the role of murder as a central trope in modern art and culture. | Modern Murders The Turn-of-the-Century's Backlash Against Melodramatic and Sensational Representations of Murder 1880–1914

GBP 120.00
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Comparative Constitutional Law

Comparative Constitutional Law

Once a mere appendage to constitutional law proper research in comparative constitutional law has burgeoned in recent decades. Indeed a growing tendency towards international borrowing and harmonization has been marked in many jurisdictions (even tentatively the United States) but it has not been uncontroversial or uncontested. Now this new collection from Routledge’s Critical Concepts in Law series meets the need for an authoritative reference work to help researchers and students navigate and make better sense of an abundance of scholarship in comparative constitutional law. The collection is made up of four volumes which bring together the best and most influential canonical and cutting-edge thinking. Topics include constitution-making and amendment; the different structural components of constitutional governance (such as the relationship of legislatures to courts and the effects of different methods of judicial oversight); the interaction of constitutional law with transnational sources of law; and theoretical and practical aspects of constitutional legitimacy. With a full index and thoughtful introductions newly written by the learned editor Comparative Constitutional Law traces the field's development and highlights the challenges for future explorations. The collection will be valued by legal scholars—as well as by political philosophers and theorists—as a vital and enduring resource.

GBP 875.00
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The Boy Question How To Teach Boys To Succeed In School

The Boy Question How To Teach Boys To Succeed In School

Following on from the huge success of Boys Don’t Try? this essential new book answers nine key questions about how teachers and schools can best tackle boys’ academic underperformance. For decades schools have grappled with the most significant barriers to male academic success: a lack of motivation to succeed poor attitudes to learning lower literacy levels and a reluctance to read for pleasure or write at length. In this compelling book Mark Roberts provides clear answers about how teachers can tackle ‘The Boy Question’. Each chapter answers a frequently asked question about how best to teach boys outlining the issue and demonstrating what can be done about it. Informed by a wealth of research and the author’s personal experience of successfully teaching boys this book offers an abundance of practical advice for the busy classroom teacher. It will shine a light on what makes boys tick and how we can design effective curriculums to ensure they can best acquire powerful knowledge. With practical advice and examples to help address anti-social attitudes and stem the cycle of boys’ underachievement this is essential reading for all teachers and school leaders. | The Boy Question How To Teach Boys To Succeed In School

GBP 16.99
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Grammar Meaning and Concepts A Discourse-Based Approach to English Grammar

Grammar Meaning and Concepts A Discourse-Based Approach to English Grammar

Grammar Meaning and Concepts: A Discourse-Based Approach to English Grammar is a book for language teachers and learners that focuses on the meanings of grammatical constructions within discourse rather than on language as structure governed by rigid rules. This text emphasizes the ways in which users of language construct meaning express viewpoints and depict imageries using the conceptual meaning-filled categories that underlie all of grammar. Written by a team of authors with years of experience teaching grammar to future teachers of English this book puts grammar in the context of real language and illustrates grammar in use through an abundance of authentic data examples. Each chapter also provides a variety of activities that focus on grammar genre discourse and meaning which can be used as they are or can be adapted for classroom practice. The activities are also designed to raise awareness about discourse grammar and meaning in all facets of everyday life and can be used as springboards for upper high school undergraduate and graduate level research projects and inquiry-based grammatical analysis. Grammar Meaning and Concepts is an ideal textbook for those in the areas of teacher education discourse analysis applied linguistics second language teaching ESL EFL and communications who are looking to teach and learn grammar from a dynamic perspective. | Grammar Meaning and Concepts A Discourse-Based Approach to English Grammar

GBP 42.99
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Towards a Society of Degrowth

Towards a Society of Degrowth

This book explores the concept of degrowth beginning from a basic assumption not of resource depletion as is common in most literature in the field but rather from a state of abundance arguing that there is a vast amount of energy on the planet waiting to be utilized by all its inhabitants. Adopting a sociological approach Onofrio Romano argues that the growth momentum is not simply a broadly shared “value ” but the physiological outcome of a specific institutional frame. The problem is that in its mainstream formulation the degrowth alternative shares with the growth-led regime some basic anthropological political and institutional pillars. In order to build a real alternative Romano suggests reviewing degrowth in the light of the dépense notion by Georges Bataille. According to Bataille our societies have no problem with acknowledging scarcity but with dealing with the surplus energy that calls us to act for a qualified life. So in order to erase the growth obsession we have to ward off the “servile” dimension i. e. the utilitarian activities needed for the mere reproduction of life to regain sovereignty as reflected in the de-thinking subject. Innovative and provocative Towards a Society of Degrowth will be of great interest to students and scholars of degrowth sociology social anthropology political ecology and ecological economics.

GBP 38.99
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