Buku ini memberikan panduan yang gamblang dan komprehensif menuju teori-teori utama budaya populer. di dalamnya berisi teori tentang budaya massa, Mazhab Frankfurt, industri budaya, strukturalisme dan semiologi, Marxisme, feminisme, posmodernisme, dan populisme budaya.
Keberadaan geng, preman, dan milisi telah menjadi ciri yang melekat dalam kehidupan sosial-politik di Indonesia. Selama masa Orde Baru, mereka digunakan sebagai alat untuk menegakkan tertib sosial versi negara dan melanggengkan kekuasaan rezim, misalnya “kewenangan” yang dimiliki organisasi pemuda untuk menggebuk para pengkritik rezim dengan mengatasnamakan Pancasila. Demokratisasi pasca…
Can social divisions ever be eradicated? What leads into a life of crime? And how has the internet transformed our relationships? Throughout history, humans have asked big questions about how we organized our societies - and sociologist have offered solutions that continue to shape our world.
Explore the human geography of our world! From languages to population growth, a curious history of fascinating facts and figures is now at your fingertips. Discover why different countries work together, where our food comes from and how much rubbish we humans create. What you learn might just stay with you for the rest of your life. The wide world awaits!
Combining historical research with an in-depth analysis of our modern political landscape, Erasing History issues a dire warning for America and the the worst fascist movements of humanity's past began in schools; the same place so many of today's right-wing political parties have trained their most vicious attacks. Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson, Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, Vladimir Put…
The threat to liberal democracy isn't just autocrats - it's a lack of effective action by so-called progressives. We have the means to build an equitable world without hunger, fuelled by clean energy. Instead, we have a politics driven by scarcity, lives defined by unaffordability and public institutions that no longer deliver on big ideas. It's time for change. Bestselling authors Ezra K…
We are told that unregulated capitalism creates not only greater prosperity, but more freedom for individuals. But, Joseph Stiglitz asks, whose freedom are we talking about? Should the freedoms of corporations impinge upon the rest of us? Here he reveals the truth about 'free' markets, and offers an alternative.
Where have ideas about masculinity come from? How does stereotyping affect children? What is the future of masculinity? Masculinity is in the news and being talked about more than ever before. But people do not all agree on their definitions of masculinity and how it influences behaviour. Our aim in this book is to get you to think about the big questions relating to masculinity. We…
Discover Malcolm Gladwell's breakthrough debut and explore the science behind viral trends in business, marketing, and human behavior. The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small but precisely targeted push cause a fashion tr…