Описание: "A deep dive into the world of Flat Earth conspiracy theorists . . . that brilliantly reveals how people fall into illogical beliefs, reject reason, destroy relationships, and connect with a broad range of conspiracy theories in the social media age. Beautiful, probing, and often empathetic . . . An insightful, human look at what fuels conspiracy theories." --Science Since 2015, there has been a spectacular boom in a centuries-old delusion: that the earth is flat. More and more people believe that we all live on a pancake-shaped planet, capped by a solid dome and ringed by an impossible wall of ice. How? Why? In Off the Edge, journalist Kelly Weill draws a direct line from today's conspiratorial moment, brimming not just with Flat Earthers but also anti-vaxxers and QAnon followers, back to the early days of Flat Earth theory in the 1830s. We learn the natural impulses behind these beliefs: when faced with a complicated world out of our control, humans have always sought patterns to explain the inexplicable. This psychology doesn't change. But with the dawn of the twenty-first century, something else has shifted. Powered by Facebook and YouTube algorithms, the Flat Earth movement is growing. At once a definitive history of the movement and an essential look at its unbelievable present, Off the Edge introduces us to a cast of larger-than-life characters. We meet historical figures like the nineteenth-century grifter who first popularized the theory, as well as the many modern-day Flat Earthers Weill herself gets to know, from moms on vacation to determined creationists to neo-Nazi rappers. We discover what, and who, converts people to Flat Earth belief, and what happens inside the rabbit hole. And we even meet a man determined to fly into space in a homemade rocket-powered balloon--whose tragic death is as senseless and absurd as the theory he sets out to prove. In this incisive and powerful story about belief, Kelly Weill explores how we arrived at this moment of polarized realities and explains what needs to happen so that we might all return to the same spinning globe.
Автор: Burdsey Daniel Название: Race, Place and the Seaside: Postcards from the Edge ISBN: 1349686557 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781349686551 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 5542.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Part I.- 1. Introduction: race, place and the seaside.- 2. Shifting sands? Theories and concepts of contemporary life at the water's edge.- 3. Shifting sands? Theories and concepts of contemporary life at the water's edge.- 4. Between the city and the sea: race, ethnicity and space at the periphery.- 5. Race, whiteness, and the spaces and places of seaside leisure.- Part II.- 6. "It still felt like I was going to the end of the earth" race, identity and community formation in a seaside town.- 7. "Sometimes, you know, I feel happy when I see the sea" landscapes of race and spatial im/mobilities in a seaside town.- 8. "It's just the culture of the town, they're not used to different people coming" racialised inclusions and exclusions in a seaside town.- 9. Conclusion: the tides they are a-changin'?
Автор: Alphin, Caroline (virginia Tech, Usa) Название: Neoliberalism and cyberpunk science fiction ISBN: 0367490994 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367490997 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 23734.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In this book Caroline Alphin presents an original exploration of biopolitics by examining it through the lens of cyberpunk science fiction.
Название: Criminology and Climate ISBN: 0367192306 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367192303 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 23734.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Bringing together a range of experts across criminology and environment and life sciences, this book explores the role of insurance in industry in contributing to, and responding to, the harms that climate change has brought and will bring either directly or indirectly.
Автор: Nicoletta Pireddu Название: Reframing Critical, Literary, and Cultural Theories ISBN: 3030079112 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783030079116 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 9756.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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This book participates in the ongoing debate about the alleged “death of theory” and the current post-theoretical condition, arguing that the “finitude” of theoretical projects does not mean “end”, but rather contingency and transformation of thinking, beyond irreconcilable doctrines. Contributors from different cultural and scholarly backgrounds and based in three different continents propose new areas of investigation and interpretive possibilities, reopening dialogues with past and present discourses from a plurality of perspectives and locations. After a first section that reassesses the status and scopes of critique, theory, and literature, the book foregrounds new or neglected critical vocabulary, literary paradigms, and narrative patterns to reread texts at the intersection with other branches of the humanities—history, philosophy, religion, and pedagogy. It then explores geopolitical, cultural, and epistemological domains that have been historically and ideologically overdetermined (such as postsocialist, postcolonial, and cosmopolitan spaces), recodifying them as unstable sites of both conflicts and convergences. By acknowledging the spatio-temporal and cultural delimitations of any intellectual practice, the book creates awareness of our own partiality and incompleteness, but treats boundaries as zones of contact, exchange, and conceptual mobility that promote crossings and connections.
Автор: Nicoletta Pireddu Название: Reframing Critical, Literary, and Cultural Theories ISBN: 3319899899 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319899893 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 10976.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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This book participates in the ongoing debate about the alleged “death of theory” and the current post-theoretical condition, arguing that the “finitude” of theoretical projects does not mean “end”, but rather contingency and transformation of thinking, beyond irreconcilable doctrines. Contributors from different cultural and scholarly backgrounds and based in three different continents propose new areas of investigation and interpretive possibilities, reopening dialogues with past and present discourses from a plurality of perspectives and locations. After a first section that reassesses the status and scopes of critique, theory, and literature, the book foregrounds new or neglected critical vocabulary, literary paradigms, and narrative patterns to reread texts at the intersection with other branches of the humanities—history, philosophy, religion, and pedagogy. It then explores geopolitical, cultural, and epistemological domains that have been historically and ideologically overdetermined (such as postsocialist, postcolonial, and cosmopolitan spaces), recodifying them as unstable sites of both conflicts and convergences. By acknowledging the spatio-temporal and cultural delimitations of any intellectual practice, the book creates awareness of our own partiality and incompleteness, but treats boundaries as zones of contact, exchange, and conceptual mobility that promote crossings and connections.
Автор: Jain, Chanchal Название: Living on the edge ISBN: 1848978561 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781848978560 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3447.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: "Living on the Edge" describes the early life of overseas Asians/Indians living in England. It reflects the continuous struggle and conflicts in their lives in the ever-changing society here in the UK. The novel is written through the eyes of a community worker who works in the inner-city, deprived area, of Birmingham, at a Neighbourhood Centre where ethnic people come to seek advice for basic needs such as - unemployment, housing, health, DHSS, legal, social, personal and language issues. The majority of the characters are of Asian origin and the novel is set in Birmingham at various locations. The story is fictional, but issues highlighted are real. It has a touch of romance which moves the story forward. Subjects covered include: - pregnancy for a young unmarried Asian girl, abortion, forced marriage, living with a man outside marriage and alcoholism.
Автор: McCutcheon Russell T Название: Fabricating Identities ISBN: 1781794979 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781781794975 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3855.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Fabricating Identities pairs early career scholars with members of Culture on the Edge, to explore how social actors identify themselves through their practices and associations.
Автор: N. Giffney; M. Shildrick Название: Theory on the Edge ISBN: 1349455334 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781349455331 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 7927.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Theory on the Edge brings together some of the foremost specialists working at the interdisciplinary interface between Irish Studies, feminist theory, queer theory, and gender and sexuality studies in order to trace the contemporary development of feminist thinking and activism in Ireland.
Автор: Hanne Warming; Kristian Fahn?e Название: Lived Citizenship on the Edge of Society ISBN: 3319550675 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319550671 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 13415.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: 1. Introduction; Hanne Warming and Kristian Fahn e.- 2. Citizenship on the edge: homeless outreach and the city; Tom Hall.- 3. Spaces of surveillance and citizenship learning opportunities in a 24-hour care institution; Michael Christensen.- 4. The role of social work practice and policy for the lived citizenship of young people with psychological disorder; Hanne Warming.- 5. Exploring norms about citizenship in stories of young people with "psychological vulnerabilities; Manon Lavaud.- 6. Social repair of relations: Rights and belonging in outreach work with homeless people; Kristian Fahn e.- 7. For a pragmatic approach of children's citizenship: the case of school social work in France; Pascale Garnier.- 9. From objects of care to citizens - young carers' citizenship; Anne Wihstutz.- 10. Migrant Women's Intimate Struggles and Lived Citizenship. Experiences from Southern Europe; Daniela Cherubini.- 11. Geo-politics and Citizenship: Why geography matters in defining social citizenship rights of Canadian Muslim youth; Mehmoona Moosa-Mitha.- 12. Conclusion; Kristian Fahn e and Hanne Warming.
Автор: Folkart, Jessica A. Название: Liminal fiction at the edge of the millennium ISBN: 1611485819 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781611485813 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 13323.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Liminal Fiction at the Edge of the Millennium: The Ends of Spanish Identity examines how diverse manifestations of otherness coalesce in the cultural response to shifting perceptions of identity in Spain as well as the broader context of globalization at the turn of the millennium.
Описание: In Encore Adulthood, Phyllis Moen presents the realities of the "encore" life stage - the years between traditional careers and childraising and old age.
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