Rowman Littlefield International: 550 books

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by Jolan Bogdan
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2017

The Romanian Revolution of 1989 ended 42 years of Communist rule. It was the bloodiest revolution in a Warsaw Pact country, culminating in the overthrow and execution of Nicolae Ceaușescu. However, there was no major democratic reform and power remained in the hands of key figures from the old regime....
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Media Power in Indonesia

Oligarchs, Citizens and the Digital Revolution

by Ross Tapsell
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017

Indonesia is undergoing a process of rapid change, with an affluent middle class due to hit 141 million people by 2020. While official statistics suggest that internet penetration is low, over 70 million Indonesians have a Facebook account, the fourth highest group in the world. Jakarta is the Twitter...
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The Refugee Crisis and Religion

Secularism, Security and Hospitality in Question

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Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016

The current refugee crisis sweeping Europe, and much of the world, closely intersects with largely neglected questions of religion. Moving beyond discussions of religious differences, what can we learn about the interaction between religion and migration? Do faith-based organisations play a role within...
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Dis-orientations

Philosophy, Literature and the Lost Grounds of Modernity

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Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2014

This highly original collection of essays contributes to a critique of the common understanding of modernity as an enlightened project that provides rational grounds for orientation in all aspects and dimensions of the world. An international team of contributors contend that the modern principles...
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Journeys in Caribbean Thought

The Paget Henry Reader

by Paget Henry
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2016

For the past 30 years, Paget Henry has been one of the most articulate and creative voices in Caribbean scholarship, making seminal contributions to the study of Caribbean political economy, C.L.R. James studies, critical theory, phenomenology, and Africana philosophy. In the case of Afro-Caribbean...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2017

Simone Weil is an often-overlooked thinker whose insights could radically reshape contemporary discourses on religion, nature, art, ethics, work, politics, and education. This collection of essays situates Simone Weil’s thought alongside prominent Continental thinkers and their philosophical concerns...
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Critique as Social Practice

Critical Theory and Social Self-Understanding

by Robin Celikates
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018

Can critical theory diagnose ideological delusion and false consciousness from above, or does it have to follow the practices of critique ordinary agents engage in? This book argues that we have to move beyond this dichotomy, which has led to a theoretical impasse. Whilst ordinary agents engage in...
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Italian Critical Thought

Genealogies and Categories

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Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2018

Italian philosophical and political thought has been receiving ever-growing attention in international debates. This has mainly been driven by the revival of the Italian neo- and post-Marxist tradition and of the Italian interpretation of French Theory, in particular of Foucault’s biopolitics. So,...
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Back Issues

Periodicals and the Formation of Critical and Cultural Theory in Canada

by Gary Genosko
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2019

Using independent critical and cultural theory journals that cross the Canada/US border as key examples, this book shows how to interpret the original practices of periodicals by tracing editorial diasporas and transitions to electronic publishing. Back Issues explains the role of independent...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2018

According to the European Commission, Europe is facing a transversal crisis that obliges the rethinking and redefinition of its narrative. As a result of the economic crisis that has affected Europe during the past years, Europe has in turn faced a structural crisis that forces the reconsideration...
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by Tim Markham
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2017

For centuries scholars have fretted about the gulf that exists between the enormity of historical change and the banality of people’s everyday lives. This is said to be exacerbated in our media saturated age, immersed as we have become in an endless stream of sensations and distractions. In response,...
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by Montserrat Herrero
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2015

Carl Schmitt is a key figure in modern political thought, but discussion of his work often focuses upon specific elements or themes within his texts. This book provides a wide-ranging discussion of Carl Schmitt’s discourse and provides a new perspective on his contribution, presenting the idea of...
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by Gladys Pak Lei Chong
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2017

Chinese Subjectivities and the Beijing Olympics develops the Foucauldian concept of productive power through examining the ways in which the Chinese government tried to mobilize the population to embrace its Olympic project through deploying various sets of strategies and tactics. It argues that the...
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Decolonizing Feminism

Transnational Feminism and Globalization

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Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2017

What does it mean to decolonize transnational feminist theory in the context of globalization? As a project concerned with multiple power structures, feminist theory must address the historical legacies of colonialism, postcolonialism, and more recently, decoloniality. This book offers essays organized...
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