Hakutulokset: Kirjoja kirjailijalta Derek Sayer
yhteensä 23 hakutulosta
Postcards from Absurdistan
A sweeping history of a twentieth-century Prague torn between fascism, communism, and democracy—with lessons for a world again threatened by dictatorshipPostcards from Absurdistan …
Twenty Years of the Journal of Historical Sociology
Over the last twenty years the Journal of Historical Sociology has redefined what historical sociology can be. These essays by internationally distinguished historians, …
Postcards from Absurdistan
A sweeping history of a twentieth-century Prague torn between fascism, communism, and democracywith lessons for a world again threatened by dictatorshipPostcards from Absurdistan …
Prague, Capital of the Twentieth Century
The story of modernity told through a cultural history of twentieth-century PragueSetting out to recover the roots of modernity in the boulevards, interiors, and arcades of the …
Rank Hypocrisies
"In crystalline text steeped in cold rage, Sayer takes aim at the REF’s central claim, that it is a legitimate process of expert peer review. He critiques university and …
Coasts of Bohemia
In The Winter's Tale, Shakespeare gave the landlocked country of Bohemia a coastline-a famous and, to Czechs, typical example of foreigners' ignorance of the Czech homeland. …
Prague, Capital of the Twentieth Century
Setting out to recover the roots of modernity in the boulevards, interiors, and arcades of the "city of light," Walter Benjamin dubbed Paris "the capital of the nineteenth …
Capitalism and Modernity
First Published in 2004. The nature of modernity, and its connection with capitalism, are questions at the forefront of contemporary sociological debate. Derek Sayer re-examines …
Going Down for Air
What is hidden in the taste of a madeleine - or in snatches of Bob Dylan songs, operatic arias, and the remembered sting of a rattan cane? An exploration of memory, Going Down for …
The Coasts of Bohemia
In The Winter's Tale, Shakespeare gave the landlocked country of Bohemia a coastline--a famous and, to Czechs, typical example of foreigners' ignorance of the Czech homeland. …