Títulos en Sociología

Se a antropofagia é, de fato, uma marca do modo de produção da subjetividade e da cultura no Brasil, como pensavam os modernistas de 1922, há poucas razões para alegrar-se: a hibridação, a flexibilidade, a liberdade de experimentação e a irreverência por si mesmas não asseguram, de modo algum, a vitalidade de uma sociedade. (...) Embora haja uma variedade de posições entre estes dois extremos da micropolítica antropofágica no Brasil, a balança tende frequentemente para o polo reativo, o que cria um terreno fértil para a incorporação acrítica da política de produção da subjetividade.

Anthony Bourdain chases the fumigation truck in Bergen County, New Jersey. Dave Eggers tells it straight: Illinois is Number 1. Louise Erdrich loses her bikini top in North Dakota. Jonathan Franzen gets waylaid by New York's publicist...and personal attorney...and historian...and geologist. John Hodgman explains why there is no such thing as a "Massachusettsean."

The Third Wave makes startling sense of the violent changes now battering our world. Its sweeping synthesis casts fresh light on our new forms of marriage and family, on today's dramatic changes in business and economics. It explains the role of cults, the new definitions of work, play, love, and success. It points toward new forms of 21st-century democracy.

¿Y tu, a cuál perteneces? -Sugar Babies, Sugar Daddys, Lumbersexuales y Raveros- Más de 25 tribus urbanas revolucionando la ciudad. La última brújula social de las tribus urbanas de nuestro país. Una miscelánea de mercadotecnia lúdica, sociología, antropología y cultura...

Weber offers listeners practical advice about how to use family meetings to provide financial education for children and strengthen family ties. A Spectrum of Legacies includes case studies, sample worksheets, and letters from Weber’s long experience as an advisor to affluent families. Listeners can use A Spectrum of Legacies to create legacies that pass their financial assets in a way that reflects their personal values, teaches their children, and benefits their communities.

"Este mundo da injustiça globalizada" é um texto escrito e lido por José Saramago na cerimônia de encerramento do Fórum Social Mundial em 2002. Na ocasião, o autor lusitano mais conhecido pelo seu best-seller "Ensaio sobre a cegueira", comenta sobre as questões sociais, econômicas e políticas que permeiam a sociedade capitalista.

From the myths told about Africa’s past to the erasure of Black contributions, The Miseducation of the Black Diaspora uncovers how colonial narratives continue to shape the identity and history of Africa's diaspora worldwide. Drawing on the author's personal experience and global events, the book challenges distorted truths and urges its listeners to reclaim and embrace their heritage as a way of resisting mental colonisation. The Miseducation of the Black Diaspora by Tawanda Bwerudza exposes racism’s roots, and empowers identity and pride.

How do myths and stories influence culture? What is the difference between one culture and another, and how did these differences come to be? Are cultures fixed or do they change over time?Devdutt Pattanaik, India's leading mythologist, breaks down the complex maze of stories, symbols and...

Nesta nova temporada, Apartheid Tropical narra como, diante do fracasso das promessas constitucionais, a população negra precisou se reorganizar e reinventar a resistência.

In 2018, Bri Lee's brilliant young friend Damian was named a Rhodes Scholar, an apex of academic achievement. When she goes to visit him and takes a tour of Oxford and Rhodes House, she begins questioning her belief in a system she has previously revered, as she learns the truth behind what Virginia Woolf described almost a century earlier as the 'stream of gold and silver' that flows through elite institutions and dictates decisions about who deserves to be educated there.

Joining us at Audible Studios is author and activist, Sophie Williams. We will be speaking to Sophie Williams about The Glass Cliff, her latest book which comes off the back of her viral TED talk on the subject. We will be finding out what the Glass Cliff is, how women are being sabotaged in leadership roles, why men are still receiving advantages over women in the workplace, and what success can look like for women.

Rebecca Little and Colleen Long, childhood friends who grew up to be journalists, both experienced late-term loss, and together they take an incisive, deeply reported look at the issue, working to shatter taboos that have made so many pregnant people feel ashamed and alone.

Adakah cara untuk mendidik anak-anak agar mereka bahagia? Bahagia dapat diraih salah satunya adalah dengan memiliki jiwa sosial. Goleman mengutarakan bahwa manusia sejatinya memiliki kencenderungan alami untuk menunjukkan rasa empati dan alturisme serta bekerja sama dengan syarat kita...

Over the past five years, medical aid-in-dying (also known as assisted suicide) has expanded rapidly in the United States and is now legally available to one in five Americans. This growing social and political movement heralds the possibility of a new era of choice in dying. Yet very little is publicly known about how medical aid-in-dying laws affect ordinary citizens once they are put into practice.

Traversing temporalities and global boundaries, Racial Fictions reveals the inter-connectedness of America’s domestic racial struggles and international colonial ambitions. Carby challenges readers to confront uncomfortable truths about the persistence of white supremacy, the violence embedded in historical memory, and the silencing of marginalized voices. The result is a profound exploration of the intricate and enduring legacies of race, imperialism, and violence in the formation of modern identities and nation-states.

A Paradise Built in Hell is an investigation of the moments of altruism, resourcefulness, and generosity that arise amid disaster's grief and disruption and considers their implications for everyday life. It points to a new vision of what society could become - one that is less authoritarian and fearful, more collaborative and local.

"Hay cuentos de todo tipo, pero el protagonista de esta historia es cosa aparte: ¡nadie lo ha leído jamás! Cuando un lector se acerca a la biblioteca, oculta su lomo y repite: ""soy un fantasma, nadie me ve"", soy un fantasma"". Todo eso cambiará el día que lo encuentre una niña que no...

Future Shock is about the present. Future Shock is about what is happening today to people and groups who are overwhelmed by change. Change affects our products, communities, organizations - even our patterns of friendship and love. Future Shock vividly describes the emerging global civilization: tomorrow's family life, the rise of new businesses, subcultures, lifestyles, and human relationships - all of them temporary. It illuminates the world of tomorrow by exploding countless cliches about today.

Libro con alternativas para los problemas que generan las crisis de pareja: Los enemigos del matrimonio, comportamientos violentos, conductas inadecuadas de los hijos, tristeza, miedo, negación, soledad, conflictos de dinero, sobreprotección por culpa, las nuevas parejas...

In Deep Diversity, award-winning racial justice educator Shakil Choudhury explores the emotionally loaded topic of racism using a compassionate, scientific approach that everyone can understand - whether you are Black, Indigenous, a person of color (BIPOC), or White. With clear language and engaging stories that will appeal to readers of Brené Brown and Malcom Gladwell, Choudhury explains how and why well-intentioned people can perpetuate systems of oppression, often unconsciously.