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Migrant workers in the West are at the frontline of the precarious condition that is coming to dominate social and economic life in neoliberal societies. Yet despite the highly insecure and exploitative working conditions they routinely face, labour mobilizations by...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2025-06-13
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This book offers an extensive assessment of the nature and feasibility of the metaverse and is the first to critically examine its social and ethical implications. The metaverse is, in essence, an envisioned future merger of virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR) and...
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Springer
Parution :
2025-06-11
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Journalism remains a vital, irreplaceable institution in the public sphere, even though technology, political and economic trends, and globalization continue to impact it in negative ways.An Introduction to Journalism is the new go-to textbook for journalism...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2025-06-09
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In recent decades, the forced displacement of populations has fueled nationalism and xenophobia across the world, arousing fear and hostility. Policies have been implemented to deter migrants, crack down on humanitarian workers and externalize border monitoring in...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2025-06-09
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The golden age of Jewish humour flourished in the second half of the twentieth century, enjoyed by Jews and non-Jews alike, but its twilight years are now in sight. Telling jokes has the potential to reaffirm community once religion, political loyalties and...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2025-06-09
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Most people have heard of Voodoo before, but if you think it only has to do with sticking pins into cursed dolls for the purpose of inflicting pain onto your enemies, you couldn’t be further from the truth. Voodoo, or 'Vodou' as it is traditionally referred to, is a...
Editeur :
Rob Satterfield
Parution :
2025-08-27
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Discover the rich history of voodoo, including its rituals, spells, practices, and beliefs.
Do you want to learn the secrets of the voodoo religion?
Do you want to finally uncover the truth behind this religion and discover if voodoo is depicted in modern media...
Editeur :
Rob Satterfield
Parution :
2025-08-25
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Most people have heard of voodoo before, but if you think it only has to do with sticking pins into cursed dolls for the purpose of inflicting pain onto your enemies, you couldn’t be further from the truth. Voodoo, or 'vodou' as it is traditionally referred to, is a...
Editeur :
Rob Satterfield
Parution :
2025-08-20
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Virginia Woolf Classic Collection brings together eight of the most influential works from one of the foremost literary innovators of the 20th century. This essential anthology includes The Voyage Out, Night and Day, Jacob’s Room, Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse,...
Editeur :
Andrii Ponomarenko
Parution :
2025-07-13
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Easter Sunday 1722: The sea roars. After a seemingly never-
ending journey across the Pacific, the outlines of an island
appear in the morning mist. Captain Roggeveen and his crew
christen it: Isla de Pascua -Easter Island.
For more than 50 years, the Freiberg Archive...
Editeur :
BoD - Books on Demand
Parution :
2025-09-03
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The 2011 war in Syria triggered a wave of people seeking asylum in Europe, bringing immigration into the political and media spotlight and sparking numerous debates on displaced people. These debates have been marked by a heightened focus on the terminology used to...
Editeur :
Editions de l'Université de Bruxelles
Parution :
2025-08-21
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In "Speed's Work", one of the most profound and radical confrontations with the modern concept of labour and its associated social values unfolds.
Timothy Speed - autistic artist, labour theorist, and human rights activist - has worked for over twenty years, almost...
Editeur :
BoD - Books on Demand
Parution :
2025-08-20
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A month of Talking to AI
An extraordinary dialogue about the future, technology, and humanity
What happens when a person engages in regular conversations with an artificial intelligence for a whole year - not superficially, but deeply, seriously, and as equals? This...
Editeur :
BoD - Books on Demand
Parution :
2025-08-18
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The concept of sine curves, i.e. regular upswings and downswings, can be used as a metaphor and, at the same time as a guideline in many areas of life. It describes cyclical movements, phases of peaks and troughs. Sine-curves in politics, sport, science, health,...
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BoD - Books on Demand
Parution :
2025-08-04
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Annette Bräker and Horst H. Geerken take us with them on a more than 3000-kilometre journey from Pakistan through the Hunza Valley to Kashgar in Xinjiang and back to Pakistan. The book deals with the history, culture and peoples of the Hunza Valley and Xinjiang. As well...
Editeur :
BoD - Books on Demand
Parution :
2025-06-27
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Editeur :
Brazen
Parution :
2023-02-16
ePub
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Ditching the stuffy hang-ups and benighted sexual traditionalism of the past is an unambiguously positive thing. The sexual revolution has liberated us to enjoy a heady mixture of erotic freedom and personal autonomy. Right? Wrong, argues Louise Perry in her provocative...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2022-05-16
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Bürger*innen, Bürger oder Bürgerinnen oder schlicht: Bürger? Niemand, der beruflich mit Sprache unterwegs ist, kommt heute am Thema Gendern vorbei. Seitdem der Genderstern seit 2020 dammbruchartig auch beim öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunk Einzug gehalten hat, gewinnt...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2021-03-23
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This book is a collection of works written by young scientists involved in the Integrated Disaster Risk Research (IRDR). Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) is a decade-long research programme co-sponsored by the International Science Council (merged by...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2021-02-05
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This volume aims to present the essential work of geographer and historical ecologist William M. Denevan to explain the impact and influence his thinking had on the conceptual advancement not only in his own discipline, but in a range of related disciplines...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2021-01-12
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