Sociology

ISBN: 9788869773716
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Sociology
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The studies included in this edited volume explore discourses surrounding the ageing population, those who assist them, their families and the institutions/organisations that offer services to them. Qualitative and quantitative theoretical inputs ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780813197005
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
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The O.J. Simpson trial. The Lindbergh kidnapping. The death of Marilyn Monroe. The assassination of the Romanovs. The Atlanta child murders. All controversial cases. All investigated with the latest techniques in forensic science. Nationally respe... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788869774027
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Politics
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The Western idea of democracy, based on human opinions and the counting of votes, has become obsolete. The exclusively human form of democracy is being substituted by a new kind of contract which, through digital architecture, the internet of thin... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780822947073
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century
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Psychic Investigators examines British anthropology’s engagement with the modern spiritualist movement during the late Victorian era. Efram Sera-Shriar argues that debates over the existence of ghosts and psychical powers were at the cent... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788869773747
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Social Science
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Sacred eroticism has been an important if neglected feature of Western esotericism from the early modern era down to the present day. Founded in Romania, the Movement for Spiritual Integration into the Absolute (MISA) turned sacred esotericism int... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788772197258
Published by : Aarhus University Press
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The modern meaning of the term the people has developed at least three different meanings: as a political unity (demos), as a cultural entity (ethnos) and as a social entity (pléthos). The concept became a battlefield with mixed and even opposing ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788869772818
Published by : Mimesis International
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From Larry Kramer's New York to Roth's Newark and Colla's Baghdad, this collection of 15 essays explores how American contemporary literature tackles the issue of urban violence, its relationship with the forerunners of the genre, and how its main... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780822946274
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Science, Values, and the Public
Long before scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland cloned Dolly the sheep in 1996, American developmental biologist and aspiring cancer researcher Robert Briggs successfully performed the technique of nuclear transplantation by cloning fro... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788869773297
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Philosophy
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In the year 2020, everything we used to think about our habits has been profoundly disrupted. Lockdown still represents an unprecedented experience for all those who went through it, radically affecting our freedom of movement and all those social... .... Learn More