Stjepan Mestrovic: 8 books
by Stjepan Mestrovic
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 1996
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 1996
With a foreword by David Riesman, author of The Lonely Crowd.
Introducing a new term to the sociological lexicon: 'postemotionalism', Stjepan Mestrovic argues that the focus of postmodernism has been on knowledge and information, and he demonstrates how the emotions in mass industrial societies...
Anthony Giddens
The Last Modernist
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2005
Anthony Giddens is arguably the world's leading sociologist. In this controversial contribution to the Giddens debate, Stjepan Mestrovic takes up and criticizes the major themes of his work - particularly the concept of 'high modernity' as opposed to 'postmodernity' and his attempted construction...
by Stjepan Mestrovic
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014
The topics of bullying and hazing have sparked interest and discussion in recent years. Hazing is a crime in the United States, and Western nations have made efforts to stamp out bullying in schools, the workplace, and institutions. However, for the most part, bullying and hazing are ill-defined and...
The Coming Fin De Siècle
An Application of Durkheim's Sociology to Modernity and Postmodernism
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
First Published in 1991, this book attempts to show the relevance of Durkheim’s sociology to the debate on modernity and postmodernism. It does so by examining how Durkheim’s ideas can be applied to current social issues. The author argues that there are striking parallels between the social context...
The Balkanization of the West
The Confluence of Postmodernism and Postcommunism
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
Passionate, vigorous and uncompromising this book takes the lid off the confused Western response to the Balkan war. The author raises a series of timely and acute questions about the future of postmodernism and postcommunism. The author claims that the Balkan war has de-railed the movement for unification...
Rules of Engagement?
A Social Anatomy of an American War Crime - Operation Iron Triangle, Iraq
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Coalition and Iraqi troops raided an insurgent training camp southwest of Tikrit as part of Operation Iron Triangle May 9-11, 2006. After intelligence sources identified the 60-square-mile Muthana Chemical Complex, 200 soldiers from the 4th Iraqi Army Division and about 230 soldiers from the 101st...
The Good Soldier on Trial
A Sociological Study of Misconduct by the US Military Pertaining to Operation Iron Triangle, Iraq
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
A shocking follow-up study of Operation Iron Triangle, Iraq, this book outlines the treatment of US soldiers who apparently were following their orders as they understood them and who were then accused of having committed war crimes. These include Corey Clagett and William Hunsaker, who were charged...
Strike and Destroy
When Counter-Insurgency (COIN) Doctrine Met Hellraisers Brigade or, The Fate of Corporal Morlock
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
How could the Maywand District killings (or the kill team war crimes) have happened? Jeremy Morlock was convicted of premeditated murder, but numerous other questionable kills in his brigade, committed by other soldiers in other units in 2010, were never investigated.The brigade commander...