Emotion and Reason in Social Change

Insights from Fiction

J. Girling (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

234 Seiten

2006
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-230-00019-3 (ISBN)

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The central concern of this ambitious study is to understand the impact of social change on people's lives - in the vital areas of economy, politics and civil society. Combining social science rationality with the understanding of emotions through works of imagination, John Girling investigates international economic, political and social problems.

JOHN GIRLING is an Independent Researcher, formerly a Senior Fellow at the Australia National University, Canberra. He is the author of ten books, his most recent being Social Movements and Symbolic Power, 2004.

Acknowledgements Preface Introduction: Bridging the Emotional/Intellectual Divide PART 1: POSSESSION Democracy or Authoritarianism Global Capitalism PART 2: POWER Imperialism: The Perils of Globalism Violence The Enigma of Politics PART 3: SOCIETY: VISION AND DIVISION Environment Women Dark Energy Conclusion Epilogue Bibliography Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	24.2.2006
Zusatzinfo	XII, 234 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeine Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-230-00019-3 / 0230000193
ISBN-13	978-0-230-00019-3 / 9780230000193
Zustand	Neuware