We stand at the dawn of a new era. Before us is the most important decade in the history of civilization, a period of stunning technological innovation, unprecedented economic opportunity, surprising political reform, and great cultural rebirth. It will be a decade like none that has come before because it will culminate in the millennium, the year 2000.
Dick DeVos, shows how the values that make America great -the values that shape who we are, how we live, and how we threat others- can be incorporated into our daily lives. DeVos drwas on his experiences as the lead of one of America's most succesful businesses to explore twenty-four basic values from honesty and compassion to initiative and leadership. A book that offers the guidance we need t…
William Gairdner's book will have a special impact on American readers who sometimes get the impression that political-economic treatises that blow down this way from up there are all written by godchildren of John Kenneth Galbraith. Gairdner sees bright and clear what Canada so greatly needs, and his mobilizing passion wonderfully animates an analytical precision that should be the reason for …
One in a series of short books devoted to different countries that offers much-needed cross-cultural and global material to instructors. Used alongside an introductory sociology text or as a supplement in courses on comparative societies, comparative politics, comparative economics, or social stratification, this book brings a rich global perspective into the undergraduate classroom. The openin…
Moving beyond the standard emphasis on the Vietnam War and Vietnamese politics and economy, this volume provides a historically grounded examination of the dynamics of contemporary society and state-society relations. Within that framework, the contributors explore the dynamics of economic reforms, socioeconomic inequality, environmental changes, gender and ethnic relations, migration, media, a…
The third edition of Re Orient: Change in Asian Societies provides up-to-date information on the important issues and trends in this dynamic region. It analyses them without resorting to oversimplifications or stereotypes, doing justice to the rich variety of the cultural traditions and historical experience within the region. The discussion is clear, direct and free of jargon, and all subjects…
Updated with current research, this Third Edition continues its focus on key concepts in the sociology of religion, integrating discussion of selected theoretical approaches that illuminate the topics at hand. Throughout the text McGuire considers the sociological issues--such as cultural diversity, racism, class disparity, and sexism--at work within contemporary religions and their larger soci…
Buku ini menampung sejumlah hasil pemikiran dan pengkajian atas berbagai permasalahan dalam kerangka Ilmu- ilmu Budaya. Ilmu-ilmu Budaya dijelaskan sebagai kelompok ilmu yang pada intinya mempelajari hasil-hasil pemikiran manusia, sehingga yang termasuk ke dalamnya adalah Filsafat, Linguistik, Matematika, Filologi, Ilmu Hukum (kajian substansinya), Ilmu Kesusastraan, Arkeologi, Ilmu Sejarah (te…
Buku ini membagi pembahasannya ke dalam empat bagian besar. Pertama, Post-Sosial, mengupas kematian sosial, konsumerisme, peleburan realitas dan fantasi di media dan juga seni. Kedua, Post-Hororisme, yang membahas kejahatan yang kian "sempurna" lewat manipulasi teknologi hingga tak ada yang tahu bahwa telah terjadi kejahatan: tak ada korban, tak ada pelaku, tak ada barang bukti. Juga tentang pe…
Dans le cadre de la collection Les Actuels, le présent ouvrage se propose de présenter de façon condensée les grandes tendances culturelles qui ont mar qué notre civilisation depuis la fin du xixe siècle: les grands courants littéraires et artistiques, mais aussi les différents aspects de la culture de masse et les condi tions de leur production, de leur diffu sion et de leur consommati…