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Subaltern Workers in Contemporary France

Author : Olivier Masclet
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000830284
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Subaltern Workers in Contemporary France written by Olivier Masclet and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-12-30 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the lives and work of those who are kept out of poverty by their employment, but who occupy tenuous social positions and subaltern jobs. Presenting a score of household portraits – urban, suburban, and rural – the authors examine what it means to ‘get by’ in France today, considering the material and symbolic resources that these households can muster, and the practices that give meaning to their lives. With attention to their aspirations and disappointments – and their desire to be ‘like everyone else’ in a supposedly egalitarian society that nonetheless gives them little credit for their effort – this book offers a sociological interpretation of their situations, offering new insights into what it means to be ‘working class’ in a 21st-century post-industrial society. Combining statistical analyses with ethnographically-based examinations of how changes in the structure of the employment market relate to plans for upward mobility, Subaltern Workers in Contemporary France sheds light on the ways in which class identity – along with all its associated practices, tastes, and aspirations – has changed since the sociological classics on the working classes were published over half a century ago. As such, this book will appeal to sociologists with interests in the sociology of the family, social class, and the sociology of work.

Truth Claims in a Post-Truth World

Author : Erkan Ali
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000933636
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Truth Claims in a Post-Truth World written by Erkan Ali and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-08-18 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on debates from a multi-disciplinary perspective, this book examines what it means to offer a genuine sociological critique of religious faith, illiberalism and anti-secularism from a macro perspective. Arguing that as a discipline concerned with real issues in the social world, sociology should be at the forefront of any analysis of religious power and legitimacy, the author contends that much religious faith is fundamentally incompatible with any twenty-first-century society that seeks inclusive, utilitarian and humanistic principles as its goals. With an emphasis on sociology, the effects of organised religion’s overall decline in modern Western contexts are explored, while the troubling re-emergence or persistence of faith-based and other non-evidentiary perspectives is also discussed via debates around identity politics, postmodernism and multiculturalism. Through an analysis of the rise of irrational thinking in our politics and our entire social and cultural fabric, the book moves to conclude that religious beliefs and other forms of dogmatism are underpinned by powerful, influential and potentially dangerous ideological structures at various levels of society and that viable, secular alternatives to faith teachings ought to be nurtured in their place. A critique of religion that advances modern, secular humanistic thought, Truth Claims in a Post-Truth World will appeal to scholars of sociology, social theory and philosophy with interests in religion, political thought, ethics and civil society.

How to Think Better About Social Justice

Author : Bradley Campbell
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 100384586X
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book How to Think Better About Social Justice written by Bradley Campbell and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-02-06 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Those who are pursuing social justice too often fail to incorporate the insights of sociology, and when they do make use of sociology, they often draw heavily from claims that are highly contested, unsupported by the evidence, or outright false. This book shows why learning to think sociologically can help us to think better about social justice, pointing us toward possibilities for social change while also calling attention to our limits; providing us with hope, but also making us cautious. Offering a series of tips for thinking better about social justice, with each chapter giving examples of bad sociological thinking and making the case for drawing from a broader range of sociological theory and research to inform social justice efforts, it advocates an approach rooted in intellectual and moral humility, grounded in the normative principles of classical liberalism. A fresh approach to social justice that argues for the importance of sociological understanding of the world in our efforts to change it, How to Think Better About Social Justice will appeal to scholars and students of sociology with interests in social justice issues and the sociology of morality, as well as those working to bring about social change.

The Experience and Fear of Violence in the Public Realm

Author : Charlotte Fabiansson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000881628
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Experience and Fear of Violence in the Public Realm written by Charlotte Fabiansson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-12 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores violent and discriminatory values and beliefs and their interconnectedness between societal echelons. Violence has a foundation and a context. It comes from somewhere and is directed at someone or something, and it has an ambience established through generations of social, cultural, political, financial and religious strategies. It fashions nation-states’ hegemonic ideology and frames individual behaviours and attitudes, thus creating a milieu that enables the normalisation of violence. The focus is on violence-infused behaviours and actions in the public realm, a multifunctional environment for social and cultural activities, as well as a workplace, entertainment and transport hub. It is a public setting, sometimes demanding onerous deftness of individuals to stay safe. Attitudes, values and beliefs around violence, harassment and discrimination in the public realm frequently occur openly without anyone noticing that a crime has been committed, including by close bystanders. An audience steeped in societal hegemonic social and cultural patriarchal ideology might be oblivious to harassing or discriminative behaviours and attitudes against females, minority genders and ethnic minority groups. The habitual nature and normalisation of these invisible crimes make them easy to dismiss. Violence materialises on all societal levels: the hegemonic structural (macro) level, consisting of the society’s dominating political, financial, social, cultural and religious leaders, educational and community institutions (meso) level and the individual-agency (micro) level, hence the nationstate’s populace. Societal order is underpinned by structural, systemic and symbolic violence, all integrated into contemporary society’s cultural and social fabric, thus inconspicuous social norms as ingrained through internalisation. The book is written from a sociological perspective and within the risk society discourse, where the risk of violence in the public domain is omnipresent. Discourses of Arendt, Bauman, Bourdieu, Marx, Foucault, Galtung and Beck and present-day analysis underpin the discussions. The agency and political leadership research emphatically show that violence and discrimination are normalised and ingrained in the contemporary milieu.

Religion, Life, and Death

Author : Pamela Leong
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000824489
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Religion, Life, and Death written by Pamela Leong and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-12-30 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a content analysis of writing assignments from a class on death and dying, this book focuses on the manner in which college students use religion to make sense of death and the dying process. Drawing on research spanning five years, the author considers the attitudes, concerns, and beliefs about death, exploring students’ perspectives on the place of religion in end-of-life issues. With attention to questions related to death anxiety, suicide, mass homicide, and the death of young children, the author examines the ways in which students draw on religion to make sense of death, religion’s function as both a source of comfort and empowerment and a source of distress, as well as the perceptions of those who resist religion. As such, Religion, Life, and Death will appeal to social scientists with interests in the sociology of young adults, and the sociology and psychology of religion, death, and dying.

Cultural Values, Institutions, and Trust

Author : Seung Hyun Kim
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000848760
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Cultural Values, Institutions, and Trust written by Seung Hyun Kim and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-03-03 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using experimental surveys as a primary source, Kim and Kim compare a wide range of developed countries to assess the determinants of generalized social trust. With data from Belgium, France, Italy, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, the Netherlands, and the United States, Kim and Kim present a detailed picture of trust at the individual level, across different ethnic groups, and across different regions with economic and cultural distinctions. They focus on a range of concepts, including generalized trust and familism; causal relationships among cultural values, particularized trust, and institutional trust at the individual level; and relationships between culture, wealth, and governance at the macro-level. In doing so, they consolidate substantial quantitative data with rigorous theoretical analysis and advance our understanding of social trust and prosociality in general. A valuable resource for researchers and advanced students in political science, sociology, and social psychology around the world.

Taking Up Space

Author : Siham Bouamer
Publisher : University of Wales Press
ISBN 13 : 1786839083
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (868 download)

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Download or read book Taking Up Space written by Siham Bouamer and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2022-10-15 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Marginalized Women and Work in 20th- and 21st-Century British and American Literature and Media

Author : Hediye Özkan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1666923850
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (669 download)

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Download or read book Marginalized Women and Work in 20th- and 21st-Century British and American Literature and Media written by Hediye Özkan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-10-31 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marginalized Women and Work in 20th- and 21st-Century British and American Literature and Media examines the intricate relationship between marginalized women and work through critical essays about representations of women’s work in non-canonical literary writings, mass media, and popular culture. Covering a broad range of texts including Paule Marshall’s fiction, Natasha Trethewey’s poetry, and the Netflix series Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker, among others, this collection takes an intersectional approach in order to shed light on the definition and meaning of marginalized women's work and the value of their labor in the capitalistic economic systems of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

The Latin American Subaltern Studies Reader

Author : Ileana Rodríguez
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822327127
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (271 download)

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Download or read book The Latin American Subaltern Studies Reader written by Ileana Rodríguez and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2001-09-24 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVArgues for the saliency of the category of the subaltern over that of class./div

Humour in Contemporary France

Author : Jonathan Ervine
Publisher : Studies in Modern and Contempo
ISBN 13 : 1789620511
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (896 download)

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Download or read book Humour in Contemporary France written by Jonathan Ervine and published by Studies in Modern and Contempo. This book was released on 2019 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction : Humour : a serious issue in contemporary France -- Charlie Hebdo : from controversy to consensus? -- Dieudonné : from anti-racist activism to allegations of anti-Semitism -- Jamel Comedy Club : stand-up comedy à la française? -- Islam and humour: more than just a debate about cartoons.

Subalternity and Representation

Author : John Beverley
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822382199
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Subalternity and Representation written by John Beverley and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1999-12-22 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The term “subalternity” refers to a condition of subordination brought about by colonization or other forms of economic, social, racial, linguistic, and/or cultural dominance. Subaltern studies is, therefore, a study of power. Who has it and who does not. Who is gaining it and who is losing it. Power is intimately related to questions of representation—to which representations have cognitive authority and can secure hegemony and which do not and cannot. In this book John Beverley examines the relationship between subalternity and representation by analyzing the ways in which that relationship has been played out in the domain of Latin American studies. Dismissed by some as simply another new fashion in the critique of culture and by others as a postmarxist heresy, subaltern studies began with the work of Ranajit Guha and the South Asian Subaltern Studies collective in the 1980s. Beverley’s focus on Latin America, however, is evidence of the growing province of this field. In assessing subaltern studies’ purposes and methods, the potential dangers it presents, and its interactions with deconstruction, poststructuralism, cultural studies, Marxism, and political theory, Beverley builds his discussion around a single, provocative question: How can academic knowledge seek to represent the subaltern when that knowledge is itself implicated in the practices that construct the subaltern as such? In his search for answers, he grapples with a number of issues, notably the 1998 debate between David Stoll and Rigoberta Menchú over her award-winning testimonial narrative, I, Rigoberta Menchú. Other topics explored include the concept of civil society, Florencia Mallon’s influential Peasant and Nation, the relationship between the Latin American “lettered city” and the Túpac Amaru rebellion of 1780–1783, the ideas of transculturation and hybridity in postcolonial studies and Latin American cultural studies, multiculturalism, and the relationship between populism, popular culture, and the “national-popular” in conditions of globalization. This critique and defense of subaltern studies offers a compendium of insights into a new form of knowledge and knowledge production. It will interest those studying postcolonialism, political science, cultural studies, and Latin American culture, history, and literature.

Mapping Subaltern Studies and the Postcolonial

Author : Vinayak Chaturvedi
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1844676374
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (446 download)

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Download or read book Mapping Subaltern Studies and the Postcolonial written by Vinayak Chaturvedi and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by Antonio Gramsci’s writings on the history of subaltern classes, the authors in Mapping Subaltern Studies and the Postcolonial sought to contest the elite histories of Indian nationalists by adopting the paradigm of ‘history from below’. Later on, the project shifted from its social history origins by drawing upon an eclectic group of thinkers that included Edward Said, Roland Barthes, Michel Foucault, and Jacques Derrida. This book provides a comprehensive balance sheet of the project and its developments, including Ranajit Guha’s original subaltern studies manifesto, Partha Chatterjee, Dipesh Chakrabarty and Gayatri Spivak.

Contemporary France

Author : D. L. Hanley
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134974221
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book Contemporary France written by D. L. Hanley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-08-17 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many recent studies of French politics have tended to concentrate on the French political system in isolation. Contemporary France aims to set the working of the French political system into its historical, social and economic context. The first section gives a succinct description of the main developments since 1944 in all major contexts - economy, society, domestic politics and foreign relations. The authors then analyse the economic, social and cultural structures of present-day France, and discuss the institutional framework of decision-making and the major political forces involved in it. There are also chapters on French external and defence policy and on the education system, all of which are set in the context of the political system as a whole. Aimed primarily at students of European history and politics or of French society and culture, the book assumes little knowledge in the social sciences and will be readily accessible to beginners in this field.

Cinema and the Republic

Author : Jonathan Ervine
Publisher : University of Wales Press
ISBN 13 : 0708325971
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Cinema and the Republic written by Jonathan Ervine and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2013-05-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses contemporary French films by focussing closely on cinematic representations of immigrants and residents of suburban housing estates known as banlieues. It begins by examining how these groups are conceived of within France's Republican political model before analysing films that focus on four key issues. Firstly, it will assess representations of undocumented migrants known as sans-papiers before then analysing depictions of deportations made possible by the controversial double peine law. Next, it will examine films about relations between young people and the police in suburban France before exploring films that challenge cliches about these areas. The conclusion assesses what these films show about contemporary French political cinema. Introduction Chapter One: Cinema and the Republic Chapter Two: T he Sans-papiers on Screen – Contextualising Immigrant Experiences in Film Chapter Three: Double peine: The Challenges of Mobilising Support for Foreign Criminals via Cinema Chapter Four: C hallenging or Perpetuating Clichés? Young People and the Police in France’s Banlieues Chapter Five: C hallenging Stereotypes about France’s Banlieues by Shifting the Focus? Conclusion Notes Filmography and Bibliography Index

Subalternity and Religion

Author : Milind Wakankar
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135166552
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (351 download)

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Download or read book Subalternity and Religion written by Milind Wakankar and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-02-25 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the relation between mainstream and marginal or subaltern religious practice in the Indian subcontinent. Keeping in view the power and reach of genocidal Hinduism, this book is the first to look at how the religion of marginal communities at once affirms and turns away from secularised religion.

The Zombie in Contemporary French Caribbean Fiction

Author : Lucy Swanson
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1802076514
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book The Zombie in Contemporary French Caribbean Fiction written by Lucy Swanson and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2023-02-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Believed to have emerged in the French Caribbean based on African spirit beliefs, the zombie represents not merely the walking dead, but also a walking embodiment of the region’s history and culture. In Haiti today, the zombie serves as an enduring memory of enslavement: it is defined as a reanimated body robbed of part of its soul, forced to work in sugarcane fields. In Martinique and Guadeloupe, the zombie takes the form of a shape-shifting evil spirit, and represents the dangers posed to the maroon or “freedom runner.” The Zombie in Contemporary French Caribbean Fiction is the first book-length study of the literary zombie in recent fiction from the region. It examines how this symbol of the enslaved (and of the evil spirits that threaten them) is used to represent and critique new socio-political situations in the Caribbean. It also offers a comprehensive and focused examination of the ways contemporary authors from Haiti and the French Antilles contribute to the global zombie imaginary, identifying four “avatars” of the zombie—the slave, the trauma victim, the horde, and the popular zombie—that appear frequently in fiction and anthropology, exploring how works by celebrated and popular authors reimagine these archetypes.

Accumulating Capital Today

Author : Marlène Benquet
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000334937
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Accumulating Capital Today written by Marlène Benquet and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-01-30 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the renewal of forms of capital accumulation and the institutions that shape it. It focuses on three main sources of accumulation: the extraction of profit through labor and the commodification of nature, financial speculation and the ways in which profit is converted into wealth. It thus offers a new understanding of the economic and political logics of capital accumulation within capitalism in the 21st century. It shows the recomposition of the sources of profit, from the traditional mechanisms of labor exploitation to the contemporary logics of speculation and dispossession. Bringing together the work of scholars who study the social fabric of capitalist accumulation, Accumulating Capital Today goes beyond disciplinary frontiers to describe how capital is accumulating in a world threatened by social and environmental collapse. This book heralds the emergence of "accumulation studies" and will be of interest to researchers in sociology, anthropology, politics, political economy, geography and economics.