Exploring the interplay between the material and the symbolic, Lasswell suggests that one of the most profound long-term connections between power and the environment is the discovery and confirmation
There has been a veritable explosion of writing in recent years about the concept of identity. Amidst this outpouring, the most influential writing has emerged from identity politics and academic post
American contributors in sociology, law, psychology, psychiatry, behavioral economics, and thanatology explore the dramatic aspects of suicide, especially the decision-making and ‘scripts’ of suicidal
This is a collection of critical essays that integrate literature and ideas. Daniel Fuchs presents the writer’s individuality as artist and thinker, focusing on the writer’s interaction within a wide
Professor Emeritus of History, Felix, presents his unauthorized biography of the diplomat and later public intellectual, George F. Kennan (1904-2005). Speaking Russian and well-versed in the Soviet ec
Editor Samuel Totten presents a collection of contributions from witnesses, survivors, and scholars focused on genocide in various historical, cultural, and geographical contexts. He has organized the
In this text, Wilhelmsen explores the Thomistic doctrines of being and knowing and their reliance on two basic assertions of St. Thomas Aquinas’s philosophy--that metaphysics is the science of existen
This classic work marks the culmination of a definite stage in the socio-economic historiography from the late Middle Ages to the rise of thehaute bourgeoisie in the early Renaissance. Here Alfred von
This work gathers essays on literature and the writer as artist and thinker, written by author Daniel Fuchs, a critic in the humanist tradition affiliated with the College of Staten Island. Fuchs expl
David B. Sachsman and David W. Bulla have gathered a colourful collection of essays exploring sensationalism in nineteenth-century newspaper reporting. The contributors analyse the role of sensational
In a just society the law not only applies to all equally, but also arises from the consent of the people it embraces. As such, justice implies that people have access to governance. A just society pr
In Beyond Therapy, Erving Polster examines the role of “life focus"in three of society’s most familiar activities: ordinary conversation, the arts, and religion. He shows the life focus movement
In this book, author Douglas M. Eichar presents readers with an examination of the twentieth century business trend of corporate social responsibility and its demise during the 1980s and 1990s. He arg
Editors Smith and Kirkpatrick bring together expert contributions from a wide variety of disciplines to examine possible interventions to move the city of Detroit forward from its current state of fis
In Beyond Therapy, Erving Polster examines the role of “life focus"in three of society’s most familiar activities: ordinary conversation, the arts, and religion. He shows the life focus movement
It is often said that voters hold presidents responsible for two things: the economy and foreign policy. Economic performance is generally beyond presidential control, but foreign policy is defined by
The 14 chapters in this book are edited versions of presentations at the July 2011 Project Theophrastus biennial conference Phaenias of Eresus and the Early Peripatos: Specialization and Differentiati
In part of a series of books about social interactions, Glaser analyzes the social processes central to having a private home built, though they would also apply to remodeling or repairing a house or
Investigating the significant role of qualitative research in expanding and refining the understanding of crime and justice, criminologists discuss the relationship between methodology and theory, and
In this book, Donald J. Rebovich presents readers with an in-depth examination of the criminal activity of illegal disposal of waste. The author covers the basics of hazardous waste generation, how it
In this book Rossano examines the philosophical works of Plato and Socrates attempting to ascertain how the philosophers might have understood the contemporary state of human societies. He utilizes a
With the overthrow of the Batista dictatorship in 1958, say Salazar-Carillo and Nodarse-Leon, Cuba was on the threshold of becoming a major economic and political player on the world stage, then Fidel
Marcus explores how the nexus of the industrial city of Manchester, a period of crisis in human relations there about 1835 to 1850, and the visit of the young German industrialist Friedrich Engels to
Cusak informs students, practitioners, and scholars about the wide range of definitions, laws, procedures, policies, and treatment of animals in human society. Her topics include violence as entertain
In this book, Hamid Dabashi collects many years worth of his reflections on questions of power and authority, picking up the discussion of from where Edward Said’s Orientalism leaves off. In this work
Serious Leisure offers a comprehensive view and analysis of the current state of the sociology of leisure. Defining and differentiating the way people use their free time, Robert A. Stebbins divides s
Author Pauline Peretz presents readers with an examination of the influence of the Jewish state of Israel over the Jewish Diaspora. She argues against the notion that the mobilization of American Jews
Rhetoric is among the most important and least understood elements of presidential leadership. Presidents have always wielded rhetoric as one tool of governance—and that rhetoric was always intended t
Sociologist Jarosz recalls such events and conditions in her life as war breaking out in 1939, Warsaw in the 1940s: the ghetto and the Aryan side, the first decade of communism, Yugoslavia: oddities a
This collection examines the multi-layered dimensions of Israel’s democratic political culture as manifested during the January 2013 elections for the 19th Knesset, depicting a complex picture of cont
This text surveys research on presidential rhetoric and its capacities and limitations. It discusses how presidents influence the national agenda in the media context; the institutional perspective, i
*Winner of an honorable mention from theSociety for Social Work and ResearchforOutstanding Social Work Book AwardMad Science argues that the fundamental claims of modern American psychiatry are based
As Chinese philosophy absorbs Western influences, it need not deny its own unique sources and methods. Chen Lai argues that the introduction of Western thought to modern China in the past one hundred
F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby still captivates readers with its vision of 1920s New York as a city of infinite potential, where ambition and defeat live hand in hand. This sentiment is captur
This volume documents the Sudanese government's campaign of genocidal attacks and forced starvation against the people of the Nuba Mountains in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Genocide by Attrition pr
Wilhelmsen (1923-96) hones his treatise on metaphysics without substantially altering his view of Western Christian culture. He covers the history of being in Western civilization, the problematic of
Corporate Welfare does not aim to serve as an overview of corporate welfare; instead, it provides an in-depth study of four specific modern manifestations of corporate welfare. Cases include the debat
In the Field: A Sociologist’s Journey, by Renée C. Fox, is a narrative account of her life as a sociologist. It is not a memoir in the conventional sense of the term. Rather, it is an ethnographic aut
This volume features powerful essays by Edward Alexander on the phenomenon of anti-Zionism on the part of the Jewish intelligentsia. It also analyzes the explosive growth of traditional anti-Semitism,
Travis Hirschi is one of the most cited criminologists of the twentieth century. His work has provoked controversy and heated debates about the causes of crime, proper research methods, and the most e
