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Book The Neophiliacs

    Book Details:
  • Author : Christopher Booker
  • Publisher : Random House (UK)
  • Release : 1992
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 392 pages

Download or read book The Neophiliacs written by Christopher Booker and published by Random House (UK). This book was released on 1992 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Around the mid-1950s, on a wave of technological advances, Western civilisation moved into a period of prosperity dwarfing anything that had ever gone before. How golden was this age of affluence? How did it come to spawn a legend?

Book ThirdWay

    Book Details:
  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1980-01
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 32 pages

Download or read book ThirdWay written by and published by . This book was released on 1980-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monthly current affairs magazine from a Christian perspective with a focus on politics, society, economics and culture.

Book The Neophiliacs

Download or read book The Neophiliacs written by Christopher Booker and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Neophiliacs

    Book Details:
  • Author : Christopher Booker
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1970
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 440 pages

Download or read book The Neophiliacs written by Christopher Booker and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An historical survey of the social frenzy in England and America starting with the Angry Young Men of the 1950's and going on through the whole phenomenon of "swinging London."

Book The People s Peace

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kenneth O. Morgan
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2021
  • ISBN : 0198841078
  • Pages : 834 pages

Download or read book The People s Peace written by Kenneth O. Morgan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First published as "The People's Peace" 1990."

Book Revolutionary Nostalgia

Download or read book Revolutionary Nostalgia written by Marie-Cécile Cervellon and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-31 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long regarded as a maudlin mental state, nostalgia is everywhere and has been reimagined as a signifier of good mental health. It is no longer the bailiwick of right-wing reactionaries but a crucible of critical thinking and revolutionary intent. This book explores the revolution in nostalgia and the nostalgia in revolution.

Book Power Without Responsibility

Download or read book Power Without Responsibility written by James Curran and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-09-10 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Power Without Responsibility is a classic introduction to the history, sociology, theory and politics of the media in Britain. Hailed by the Times Higher as the 'seminal media text', and translated into Arabic, Chinese and other foreign languages, it is an essential guide for media students and critical media consumers alike. The new edition has been substantially revised to bring it right up-to-date with developments in the media industry, new media technologies and changes in the political and academic debates surrounding the media. In this new edition, the authors consider: the impact of the internet the failure of interactive TV media and Britishness new media and global understanding journalism in crisis BBC and broadcasting at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Assessing the media at a time of profound change, the authors set out the democratic choices for media reform.

Book Sociology AS

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jonathan Blundell
  • Publisher : Nelson Thornes
  • Release : 2003-08-28
  • ISBN : 9780748775446
  • Pages : 194 pages

Download or read book Sociology AS written by Jonathan Blundell and published by Nelson Thornes. This book was released on 2003-08-28 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Especially created by three experienced examiners and authors involved in the AQA and OCR specifications, this series has been developed using their teaching and learning experiences of the specifications. This ground-breaking set of resources encapsulates the knowledge, understanding and skills required for the AS exam.

Book Princeton Alumni Weekly

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  • Author :
  • Publisher : princeton alumni weekly
  • Release : 1970
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 1046 pages

Download or read book Princeton Alumni Weekly written by and published by princeton alumni weekly. This book was released on 1970 with total page 1046 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Advertising Menswear

    Book Details:
  • Author : Paul Jobling
  • Publisher : A&C Black
  • Release : 2014-03-13
  • ISBN : 1472558111
  • Pages : 273 pages

Download or read book Advertising Menswear written by Paul Jobling and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-03-13 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2014 In what was a golden age of British advertising, the notion of the 'peacock male' was a strong theme in fashion promotion, reflecting a new affluence and the emergence of stylish youth cultures. Based on a detailed study of rich archival material, this pioneering study examines the production, circulation and consumption of print, television and cinema publicity for men's clothing in Britain during the second half of the twentieth century. The study explores design issues and period style in advertising, the role of market research and consumer psychology in determining target audiences, the idea of the 'new man' in representing fashionable masculinities, and the various ways that menswear retailers and brands dealt with sex and gender, race, class and age. From y-fronts to Austin Reed suits to Levi's jeans, menswear advertising epitomised the themes, stereotypes, contradictions and ambiguities of masculinity in an age of great social change. This meticulously researched and detailed work of scholarship will be essential reading for students and scholars of fashion, history, sociology, advertising, media, cultural and gender studies.

Book Revolt into Style

    Book Details:
  • Author : George Melly
  • Publisher : Faber & Faber
  • Release : 2012-04-05
  • ISBN : 0571281117
  • Pages : 179 pages

Download or read book Revolt into Style written by George Melly and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2012-04-05 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The first serious attempt to analyse pop culture by someone who was part of it.' Julian Mitchell, Guardian The redoubtable George Melly (1926-2007): flamboyant jazz singer, sexually ambiguous raconteur, prodigiously gifted critic. In the early sixties, at the birth of what we now recognise as the pop revolution, Melly began work as a broadsheet journalist, commenting upon this new cultural phenomenon. Revolt into Style (1970) is his first-hand account of those turbulent and exciting years when all things creative - whether music, fashion, film, art or literature - were changed utterly. Central to the book are The Beatles - the epitome of the swinging sixties - who charted the decade's changes and about whose significance the Liverpudlian Melly had a special feel and insight. Alongside the Fab Four is a large cast of movers and shakers, of wannabes and taste-makers, all dissected by Melly's surgical mind.

Book New

    New

    Book Details:
  • Author : Winifred Gallagher
  • Publisher : Penguin Group
  • Release : 2013-09-24
  • ISBN : 0143123742
  • Pages : 273 pages

Download or read book New written by Winifred Gallagher and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of how humans respond to novelty from the New York Times–bestselling author of Rapt Why are we attuned to the latest headline, diet craze, smartphone, and fashion statement? Why do we relish a change of scene, eye attractive strangers, and develop new interests? Follow a crawling baby around and you’ll see that right from the beginning, nothing excites us more than something new and different. Our unique human brains are biologically primed to engage with and even generate novelty. This “neophilia” has enabled us to thrive in a world of cataclysmic change, but now we confront an unprecedented deluge of new things—one that shows no sign of slowing. In New acclaimed behavioral science writer Winifred Gallagher, using cutting-edge research and interviews with countless experts, shows us how we can use our adaptive gift to navigate more skillfully through our rapidly changing world by focusing on the new things that really matter.

Book Other  Loving Self  God and Neighbor in a World of Fractures

Download or read book Other Loving Self God and Neighbor in a World of Fractures written by Kester Brewin and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2010 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Stop Mugging Grandma

Download or read book Stop Mugging Grandma written by Jennie Bristow and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A decisive intervention in the "war" between generations, asking who stands to gain from conflict between baby boomers and millennials Millennials have been incited to regard their parents’ generation as entitled and selfish, and to blame the baby boomers of the Sixties for the cultural and economic problems of today. But is it true that young people have been victimized by their elders? In this book, Jennie Bristow looks at generational labels and the groups of people they apply to. Bristow argues that the prominence and popularity of terms like "baby boomer," "millennial," and "snowflake" in mainstream media operates as a smoke screen—directing attention away from important issues such as housing, education, pensions, and employment. Bristow systematically disputes the myths that surround the "generational war," exposing it to be nothing more than a tool by which the political and social elite can avoid public scrutiny. With her lively and engaging style, Bristow highlights the major issues and concerns surrounding the sociological blame game.

Book Our Wild Calling

    Book Details:
  • Author : Richard Louv
  • Publisher : Algonquin Books
  • Release : 2020-11-10
  • ISBN : 1643750844
  • Pages : 337 pages

Download or read book Our Wild Calling written by Richard Louv and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A book that offers hope.” —The New York Times Book Review “A wondrous tapestry.” —Carl Safina, author of Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel Audubon Medal winner Richard Louv’s landmark book Last Child in the Woods inspired an international movement to connect children and nature. Now he redefines the future of human-animal coexistence. In Our Wild Calling, Louv interviews researchers, theologians, wildlife experts, indigenous healers, psychologists, and others to show how people are connecting with animals in ancient and new ways, and how this serves as an antidote to the growing epidemic of human loneliness; how dogs can teach children ethical behavior; how animal-assisted therapy may yet transform the mental health field; and what role the human-animal relationship plays in our spiritual health. He reports on wildlife relocation and on how the growing populations of wild species in urban areas are blurring the lines between domestic and wild animals. Our Wild Calling makes the case for protecting, promoting, and creating a sustainable and shared habitat for all creatures—not out of fear, but out of love. Includes a new interview with the author, discussion questions, and a resource guide.

Book New Theatre Quarterly 46  Volume 12  Part 2

Download or read book New Theatre Quarterly 46 Volume 12 Part 2 written by Clive Barker and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-10-03 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of a series discussing topics of interest in theatre studies from theoretical, methodological, philosophical and historical perspectives. The books are aimed at drama and theatre teachers, advanced students in schools and colleges, arts authorities, actors, playwrights, critics and directors.

Book Groupthink

    Book Details:
  • Author : Christopher Booker
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Release : 2020-03-19
  • ISBN : 1472959086
  • Pages : 241 pages

Download or read book Groupthink written by Christopher Booker and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-03-19 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Groupthink, his final book, the late, eminent journalist and bestselling author Christopher Booker seeks to identify the hidden key to understanding much that is disturbing about the world today. With reference to the ideas of a Yale professor who first identified the theory, and to the writings of George Orwell from whose 'newspeak' the word was adapted, Booker sheds new light on the remarkable – and worrying – effects of 'groupthink', and its influence on our society. Booker defines the three rules of groupthink: the adoption of a common view or belief not based on objective reality; the establishment of a consensus of right-minded people, an 'in group'; and the need to treat the views of anyone who questions the belief as wholly unacceptable. He shows how various interest groups, journalists and even governments in the twenty-first century have subscribed to this way of thinking, with deeply disturbing results. As Booker shows, such behaviour has led to a culture of fear, heralded by countless examples throughout history, from Revolutionary Russia to Napoleonic France and Hitler's Germany. In the present moment it has caused countless errors in judgement and the division of society into highly polarised, oppositional factions. From the behaviour of the controversial Rhodes Must Fall movement to the sacking of James Damore of Google, society's attitudes towards gender equality, the Iraq war and the 'European Dream', careers and lives have been lost as those in the 'in-group' police society with their new form of puritanism. As Booker argues, only by examining its underlying causes can we understand the sinister power of groupthink which permeates all aspects of our lives.