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Varieties of Political Consumerism: From Boycotting to Buycotting
by Carolin V. ZorellThis book provides an analysis of the politics of consumption and how the ‘educated consumer’ plays a vital role in advancing responsible market practices and consumption. Based on a comprehensive interdisciplinary perspective, it explores the extent, drives and links of boycotting, buycotting, labelling schemes and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in 20 European countries. A central question addressed is whether macro-societal patterns of orientation concerning the roles of the state, companies and citizens can explain individual and cross-national differences in boycotting and buycotting. As the book shows, there is not one type of ‘political consumer’, but several, and their occurrence is directly connected to national variations of labelling schemes and Corporate Social Responsibility. Consumers need reference points and information on the political backgrounds of purchases, and policy makers must address that need through political measures which fit to the national patterns in views about cooperation and market relationships.
The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study In Human Nature
by William James'Is life worth living? Yes, a thousand times yes when the world still holds such spirits as Professor James.' - Gertrude Stein A classic of American thought, William James’ The Varieties of Religious Experience is an extraordinary study of human spirituality in all its forms and one of the most profound works of Psychology ever written. When the book was published in 1902 the study of the human mind was a thrillingly new field of scientific enquiry: James was one of the first to seriously examine the psychology of religious faith and where he led, both Jung and Freud would follow. Yet for all its historical significance, this is a book full of humanity, wit and some deeply personal stories of revelation, religious devotion and mystical experience. The Routledge Classics edition of The Varieties of Religious Experience makes available in paperback for the first time the Centenary Edition published by Routledge in 2002 with new introductions on the historical and contemporary significance of James’ work and a foreword by the author’s grandson, Micky James.
The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study In Human Nature
by William James'Is life worth living? Yes, a thousand times yes when the world still holds such spirits as Professor James.' - Gertrude Stein A classic of American thought, William James’ The Varieties of Religious Experience is an extraordinary study of human spirituality in all its forms and one of the most profound works of Psychology ever written. When the book was published in 1902 the study of the human mind was a thrillingly new field of scientific enquiry: James was one of the first to seriously examine the psychology of religious faith and where he led, both Jung and Freud would follow. Yet for all its historical significance, this is a book full of humanity, wit and some deeply personal stories of revelation, religious devotion and mystical experience. The Routledge Classics edition of The Varieties of Religious Experience makes available in paperback for the first time the Centenary Edition published by Routledge in 2002 with new introductions on the historical and contemporary significance of James’ work and a foreword by the author’s grandson, Micky James.
The Varieties of Religious Repression: Why Governments Restrict Religion
by Ani SarkissianReligious repression--the non-violent suppression of civil and political rights--is a growing and global phenomenon. Though most often practiced in authoritarian countries, levels of religious repression nevertheless vary across a range of non-democratic regimes, including illiberal democracies and competitive authoritarian states. In The Varieties of Religious Repression, Ani Sarkissian argues that seemingly benign regulations and restrictions on religion are tools that non-democratic leaders use to repress independent civic activity, effectively maintaining their hold on power. Sarkissian examines the interaction of political competition and the structure of religious divisions in society, presenting a theory of why religious repression varies across non-democratic regimes. She also offers a new way of understanding the commonalties and differences of non-democratic regimes by focusing on the targets of religious repression. Drawing on quantitative data from more than one hundred authoritarian states, as well as case studies of sixteen countries from around the world, Sarkissian explores the varieties of repression that states impose on religious expression, association, and political activities, describing the obstacles these actions present for democratization, pluralism, and the development of an independent civil society.
The Varieties of Religious Repression: Why Governments Restrict Religion
by Ani SarkissianReligious repression--the non-violent suppression of civil and political rights--is a growing and global phenomenon. Though most often practiced in authoritarian countries, levels of religious repression nevertheless vary across a range of non-democratic regimes, including illiberal democracies and competitive authoritarian states. In The Varieties of Religious Repression, Ani Sarkissian argues that seemingly benign regulations and restrictions on religion are tools that non-democratic leaders use to repress independent civic activity, effectively maintaining their hold on power. Sarkissian examines the interaction of political competition and the structure of religious divisions in society, presenting a theory of why religious repression varies across non-democratic regimes. She also offers a new way of understanding the commonalties and differences of non-democratic regimes by focusing on the targets of religious repression. Drawing on quantitative data from more than one hundred authoritarian states, as well as case studies of sixteen countries from around the world, Sarkissian explores the varieties of repression that states impose on religious expression, association, and political activities, describing the obstacles these actions present for democratization, pluralism, and the development of an independent civil society.
Varieties of Social Imagination
by Barbara CelarentIn July 2009, the American Journal of Sociology (AJS) began publishing book reviews by an individual writing as Barbara Celarent, professor of particularity at the University of Atlantis. Mysterious in origin, Celarent’s essays taken together provide a broad introduction to social thinking. Through the close reading of important texts, Celarent’s short, informative, and analytic essays engaged with long traditions of social thought across the globe—from India, Brazil, and China to South Africa, Turkey, and Peru. . . and occasionally the United States and Europe. Sociologist and AJS editor Andrew Abbott edited the Celarent essays, and in Varieties of Social Imagination, he brings the work together for the first time. Previously available only in the journal, the thirty-six meditations found here allow readers not only to engage more deeply with a diversity of thinkers from the past, but to imagine more fully a sociology—and a broader social science—for the future.
Varieties of Social Imagination
by Barbara CelarentIn July 2009, the American Journal of Sociology (AJS) began publishing book reviews by an individual writing as Barbara Celarent, professor of particularity at the University of Atlantis. Mysterious in origin, Celarent’s essays taken together provide a broad introduction to social thinking. Through the close reading of important texts, Celarent’s short, informative, and analytic essays engaged with long traditions of social thought across the globe—from India, Brazil, and China to South Africa, Turkey, and Peru. . . and occasionally the United States and Europe. Sociologist and AJS editor Andrew Abbott edited the Celarent essays, and in Varieties of Social Imagination, he brings the work together for the first time. Previously available only in the journal, the thirty-six meditations found here allow readers not only to engage more deeply with a diversity of thinkers from the past, but to imagine more fully a sociology—and a broader social science—for the future.
Varieties of Social Imagination
by Barbara CelarentIn July 2009, the American Journal of Sociology (AJS) began publishing book reviews by an individual writing as Barbara Celarent, professor of particularity at the University of Atlantis. Mysterious in origin, Celarent’s essays taken together provide a broad introduction to social thinking. Through the close reading of important texts, Celarent’s short, informative, and analytic essays engaged with long traditions of social thought across the globe—from India, Brazil, and China to South Africa, Turkey, and Peru. . . and occasionally the United States and Europe. Sociologist and AJS editor Andrew Abbott edited the Celarent essays, and in Varieties of Social Imagination, he brings the work together for the first time. Previously available only in the journal, the thirty-six meditations found here allow readers not only to engage more deeply with a diversity of thinkers from the past, but to imagine more fully a sociology—and a broader social science—for the future.
Varieties of Social Imagination
by Barbara CelarentIn July 2009, the American Journal of Sociology (AJS) began publishing book reviews by an individual writing as Barbara Celarent, professor of particularity at the University of Atlantis. Mysterious in origin, Celarent’s essays taken together provide a broad introduction to social thinking. Through the close reading of important texts, Celarent’s short, informative, and analytic essays engaged with long traditions of social thought across the globe—from India, Brazil, and China to South Africa, Turkey, and Peru. . . and occasionally the United States and Europe. Sociologist and AJS editor Andrew Abbott edited the Celarent essays, and in Varieties of Social Imagination, he brings the work together for the first time. Previously available only in the journal, the thirty-six meditations found here allow readers not only to engage more deeply with a diversity of thinkers from the past, but to imagine more fully a sociology—and a broader social science—for the future.
Varieties of Social Imagination
by Barbara CelarentIn July 2009, the American Journal of Sociology (AJS) began publishing book reviews by an individual writing as Barbara Celarent, professor of particularity at the University of Atlantis. Mysterious in origin, Celarent’s essays taken together provide a broad introduction to social thinking. Through the close reading of important texts, Celarent’s short, informative, and analytic essays engaged with long traditions of social thought across the globe—from India, Brazil, and China to South Africa, Turkey, and Peru. . . and occasionally the United States and Europe. Sociologist and AJS editor Andrew Abbott edited the Celarent essays, and in Varieties of Social Imagination, he brings the work together for the first time. Previously available only in the journal, the thirty-six meditations found here allow readers not only to engage more deeply with a diversity of thinkers from the past, but to imagine more fully a sociology—and a broader social science—for the future.
Varieties of Social Imagination
by Barbara CelarentIn July 2009, the American Journal of Sociology (AJS) began publishing book reviews by an individual writing as Barbara Celarent, professor of particularity at the University of Atlantis. Mysterious in origin, Celarent’s essays taken together provide a broad introduction to social thinking. Through the close reading of important texts, Celarent’s short, informative, and analytic essays engaged with long traditions of social thought across the globe—from India, Brazil, and China to South Africa, Turkey, and Peru. . . and occasionally the United States and Europe. Sociologist and AJS editor Andrew Abbott edited the Celarent essays, and in Varieties of Social Imagination, he brings the work together for the first time. Previously available only in the journal, the thirty-six meditations found here allow readers not only to engage more deeply with a diversity of thinkers from the past, but to imagine more fully a sociology—and a broader social science—for the future.
Varieties of the Gaming Experience
by Robert PerinbanayagamThe games that human societies devised over the centuries can be considered one of the most comprehensive and fertile symbolic systems ever created by human ingenuity. In all societies, members feel compelled to interact and communicate with each other as much as possible. As linguistic creatures, humans use language to establish social and interpersonal contacts. Games are a device to enable such connections.Robert Perinbanayagam examines how players value games. He assesses games as systems that embody metaphysics and pragmatic action. He then examines various religious ideas and how participants reference respective approaches to game playing.Perinbanayagam argues that games are forms of activity in which the human agent as an actor engages with others in various interactional situations. Such engagement creates dramas in which agents assume identities, give play to emotions and enrich their selves. He also examines the issue of game writing, particularly how selected writers have used game structures as narrative devices in their work.
Varieties of the Gaming Experience
by Robert PerinbanayagamThe games that human societies devised over the centuries can be considered one of the most comprehensive and fertile symbolic systems ever created by human ingenuity. In all societies, members feel compelled to interact and communicate with each other as much as possible. As linguistic creatures, humans use language to establish social and interpersonal contacts. Games are a device to enable such connections.Robert Perinbanayagam examines how players value games. He assesses games as systems that embody metaphysics and pragmatic action. He then examines various religious ideas and how participants reference respective approaches to game playing.Perinbanayagam argues that games are forms of activity in which the human agent as an actor engages with others in various interactional situations. Such engagement creates dramas in which agents assume identities, give play to emotions and enrich their selves. He also examines the issue of game writing, particularly how selected writers have used game structures as narrative devices in their work.
Varieties of Victorianism: The Uses of a Past
by Gary DayThe essays collected here all take issue with the claim that the Victorian period is the antithesis of our own. They show how characteristic postmodern anxieties and celebrations concerning truth, certainty and identity informed Victorian culture at all levels. Covering everything from attitudes to drink to the poetry of Browning, from the Great Exhibition to the Elephant Man, this volume shows not only how the Victorians coped with these challenges but also what lessons they have for us today.
Väter im Abseits: Zum Kontaktabbruch der Vater-Kind-Beziehung nach Scheidung und Trennung
by Mariam Irene Tazi-Preve Olaf Kapella Markus Kaindl Doris Klepp Benedikt Krenn Monica Titton Setare Seyyed-HashemiDas Anliegen der vorliegenden Studie aus Österreich ist es, einen differenzierten Beitrag zur Komplexität der Beweggründe und Motivationen zu leisten, die zum Kontaktabbruch der Vater-Kind-Beziehung nach einer Scheidung oder Trennung führen.
Väter im Aufbruch?: Deutungsmuster von Väterlichkeit und Männlichkeit im Kontext von Väterinitiativen (Geschlecht und Gesellschaft)
by Anja WoldeMännlichkeitsforschung und Väterforschung sind bislang zwei eher getrennt voneinander bestehende Forschungsrichtungen. Anja Wolde verknüpft beide wissenschaftlichen Diskurse. Anhand von Publikationen aus dem Kontext von Väterinitiativen untersucht sie in einer geschlechtertheoretischen Perspektive Deutungsmuster von Vaterschaft, Väterlichkeit und Männlichkeit. Dabei geht sie folgenden Fragen nach: Wie werden in den Publikationen Veränderungen in den Geschlechterarrangements- und -beziehungen thematisiert? Welche Vorstellungen von Väterlichkeit und Männlichkeit werden relevant gemacht und wie werden sie zueinander in Beziehung gesetzt? Inwieweit sind die sich in den Väterinitiativen engagierenden Männer Akteure eines Wandels, sowohl in Richtung der Auflösung als auch der Verfestigung von Hierarchien und Machtbeziehungen zwischen den Geschlechtern?
Väter im Spannungsfeld zwischen männlicher Rollenerwartung und psychischer Erkrankung (Gesundheit und Gesellschaft)
by Miriam SchmuhlMiriam Schmuhl untersucht anhand von sensibel erzählten Fallskizzen erstmals im deutschsprachigen Raum die Belastungen und Unterstützungsbedarfe psychisch erkrankter Väter. Außerdem gibt die Autorin praktische Empfehlungen für das Aufnahmegespräch im psychiatrischen Behandlungssetting. Psychisch erkrankte Väter sehen sich häufig besonderen Belastungen gegenüber. In traditionellen Geschlechtsrollen verankert, fühlen sie sich als „Ernährer der Familie“ für deren materielle Absicherung verantwortlich und werden daher von dem Wunsch getrieben, in einer permanenten Überforderungssituation „weiter zu funktionieren“ – mit oft fatalen Folgen für den Verlauf der Erkrankung, die Therapie und die soziale Rehabilitation.
Väter, Männer und kindliche Entwicklung: Ein Lehrbuch für Psychotherapie und Beratung (Psychotherapie: Praxis)
by Inge Seiffge-KrenkeDieses Buch beleuchtet, wie sich die Rolle von Vätern, ihre Beziehung zum Kind und zur Partnerin verändert haben, wie sich Väter in unterschiedlichen familiären und kulturellen Kontexten fühlen und verhalten und welche Konsequenzen sich daraus für Therapie und Beratung bei Kindern und Jugendlichen sowie ihren Eltern ergeben. Geschrieben für Kinder- und Jugendlichenpsychotherapeuten, Psychologische Psychotherapeuten in Klinik und Praxis, Schulberater, Pädagogen, Sozialpädagogen, Mitarbeiter in Erziehungsberatungsstellen, Familientherapeuten.Aus dem InhaltDefizite der bisherigen Vaterforschung – Vaterschaft im Wandel und verschiedene Vatertypen – Die Akzentuierung des Geschlechts: Väter und Söhne, Väter und Töchter – Vater und Mutter im Vergleich, homosexuelle Väter: Warum sind Differenzerfahrungen wichtig? – Sind frischgebackene Väter „in der Krise“? – Abwesende Väter durch Scheidung und Trennung – Alleinerziehende Väter – Der Tod des Vaters – Kulturelle Einflüsse auf die Vaterschaft – Väter und Psychopathologie. Die Autorin Prof. Dr. Inge Seiffge-Krenke, Professorin für Entwicklungspsychologie an der Universität Mainz, ist Psychoanalytikerin, in der Ausbildung von Kinder- und Jugendlichen- sowie Erwachsenentherapeuten aktiv und Sprecherin der Arbeitsgruppe der Konfliktachse der OPD-KJ. Als Jugendforscherin untersuchte sie Stressoren und Bewältigungsformen von Jugendlichen in verschiedenen Ländern. Aktuell forscht sie verstärkt zu Beruf, Partnerschaft, Eltern-Kind-Beziehung, Vaterschaft und Identität.
Väter und das Vorlesen: Eine Deutungsmusteranalyse
by Jasmin BastianForschungsergebnisse weisen darauf hin, dass Väter deutlich seltener vorlesen als Mütter – dennoch bewerten sie das Vorlesen als sehr bedeutsam für ihr Kind. Jasmin Bastian hat Deutungsmuster herausgearbeitet, die Väter gegenüber dem Vorlesen entwickelt haben und die mit einer je unterschiedlichen Vorlesehäufigkeit einhergehen. Dabei zeigen sich mehrere starke Zugänge und Blockierungen für eine Beteiligung am Vorlesen, etwa die Vater-Kind-Beziehung, die Rollenorientierung des Vaters, die eigene Lesekompetenz oder ein pädagogisches Konzept.
Väterliche Mentalisierungsfähigkeit und Kleinkindentwicklung: Bindung, Vater-Kind-Spiel, Emotionsregulation (BestMasters)
by Hendrik HaßelbeckIm Zentrum der Arbeit steht die Frage, ob und über welche Mechanismen die biografischen Bindungserfahrungen von Eltern bei der Herausbildung der Bindungsbeziehungen zu den eigenen Kindern wichtig werden und ob neben Sensitivität auch die Mentalisierungsfähigkeit der Eltern dabei eine Rolle spielt. Während hierzu bereits Untersuchungen an Mutter-Kind-Dyaden vorliegen, sind derartige Zusammenhänge für Vater-Kind-Dyaden bisher unerforscht. Im Ergebnis zeigt sich, dass die väterliche Mentalisierungsfähigkeit zum Bindungsaufbau beiträgt und spezifischen Einfluss auf Vater-Kind-Interaktionen und möglicherweise auch die Entwicklung der kindlichen Emotionsregulation nimmt.
Vaterschaft aus der Sicht von Vätern (Forschung Soziologie #201)
by Michael MatznerIn dieser qualitativ angelegten Studie geht es um das Verstehen und Erklären des Handelns von Familienvätern. Es werden die Einflussfaktoren erforscht, die es Männern ermöglichen oder erschweren, aktive Väter zu sein. Dazu wurden die subjektiven Vorstellungen von 24 Männern über das Vatersein sowie ihr tatsächliches Handeln als Vater erhoben. In Anlehnung an ein heuristisches Modell wurden als Hauptdeterminanten subjektiver Vaterschaftskonzepte und des Handelns als Vater die Persönlichkeit des Mannes und die Sozialisation zum Vater, die soziale Lage und das Milieu, die Partnerin und Mutter der Kinder, die Kinder, die Berufstätigkeit, soziale Ressourcen sowie soziokulturelle Einflüsse identifiziert und in ein theoretisches Modell integriert, welches einen Beitrag zur Entwicklung einer Sozialisationstheorie der Vaterschaft leisten soll. Es konnten vier verschiedene Typen subjektiver Vaterschaftskonzepte voneinander unterschieden werden, die im Zuge von Fallanalysen beschrieben und erklärt werden. Die Studie versteht sich als Beitrag zur Väterforschung, zur Familienerziehungsforschung und zur Geschlechterforschung.
Vaterschaft in Regenbogenfamilien: Eine Fallstudie zur Familiengestaltung und Elternpraxis homosexueller Männer (Familienforschung)
by Christian SagertChristian Sagert geht in diesem Buch der Frage auf den Grund, wie Väter ihre Lebenspraxis in gemeinsam realisierten Regenbogenfamilien gestalten, in denen eine normativ idealisierte Mutterrolle vermeintlich nicht existiert. Die qualitative Studie legt den Fokus erstmals auf Männerpaare, die den Wunsch nach Familiengründung fern von heterosexuellen Gründungszusammenhängen realisiert haben und macht dabei deutlich, welche Wirkungsmacht heteronormative Gesellschaftsstrukturen gerade für diese Familien entfalten. Daneben wird ein ausführlicher Überblick über die Lebenssituationen dieser Familien in Deutschland geboten: So werden u.a. die verschiedenen Entstehungszusammenhänge, die rechtliche Rahmung sowie Heteronormativität und Stigmata herausgestellt.
Vatican II: A Sociological Analysis of Religious Change
by Melissa J. WildeOn an otherwise ordinary Sunday morning in 1964, millions of Roman Catholics around the world experienced history. For the first time in centuries, they attended masses that were conducted mostly in their native tongues. This occasion marked only the first of many profound changes to emanate from the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). Known popularly as Vatican II, it would soon give rise to the most far-reaching religious transformation since the Reformation. In this groundbreaking work of cultural and historical sociology, Melissa Wilde offers a new explanation for this revolutionary transformation of the Church. Drawing on newly available sources--including a collection of interviews with the Council's key bishops and cardinals, and primary documents from the Vatican Secret Archive that have never before been seen by researchers--Wilde demonstrates that the pronouncements of the Council were not merely reflections of papal will, but the product of a dramatic confrontation between progressives and conservatives that began during the first days of the Council. The outcome of this confrontation was determined by a number of factors: the Church's decline in Latin America; its competition and dialogue with other faiths, particularly Protestantism, in northern Europe and North America; and progressive clerics' deep belief in the holiness of compromise and their penchant for consensus building. Wilde's account will fascinate not only those interested in Vatican II but anyone who wants to understand the social underpinnings of religious change.
Vatican II: A Sociological Analysis of Religious Change (PDF)
by Melissa J. WildeOn an otherwise ordinary Sunday morning in 1964, millions of Roman Catholics around the world experienced history. For the first time in centuries, they attended masses that were conducted mostly in their native tongues. This occasion marked only the first of many profound changes to emanate from the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). Known popularly as Vatican II, it would soon give rise to the most far-reaching religious transformation since the Reformation. In this groundbreaking work of cultural and historical sociology, Melissa Wilde offers a new explanation for this revolutionary transformation of the Church. Drawing on newly available sources--including a collection of interviews with the Council's key bishops and cardinals, and primary documents from the Vatican Secret Archive that have never before been seen by researchers--Wilde demonstrates that the pronouncements of the Council were not merely reflections of papal will, but the product of a dramatic confrontation between progressives and conservatives that began during the first days of the Council. The outcome of this confrontation was determined by a number of factors: the Church's decline in Latin America; its competition and dialogue with other faiths, particularly Protestantism, in northern Europe and North America; and progressive clerics' deep belief in the holiness of compromise and their penchant for consensus building. Wilde's account will fascinate not only those interested in Vatican II but anyone who wants to understand the social underpinnings of religious change.
Veblen (Routledge Studies In The History Of Economics Ser. #115)
by Charles CamicA bold new biography of the thinker who demolished accepted economic theories in order to expose how people of economic and social privilege plunder their wealth from society’s productive men and women.Thorstein Veblen was one of America’s most penetrating analysts of modern capitalist society. But he was not, as is widely assumed, an outsider to the social world he acidly described. Veblen overturns the long-accepted view that Veblen’s ideas, including his insights about conspicuous consumption and the leisure class, derived from his position as a social outsider.In the hinterlands of America’s Midwest, Veblen’s schooling coincided with the late nineteenth-century revolution in higher education that occurred under the patronage of the titans of the new industrial age. The resulting educational opportunities carried Veblen from local Carleton College to centers of scholarship at Johns Hopkins, Yale, Cornell, and the University of Chicago, where he studied with leading philosophers, historians, and economists. Afterward, he joined the nation’s academic elite as a professional economist, producing his seminal books The Theory of the Leisure Class and The Theory of Business Enterprise. Until late in his career, Veblen was, Charles Camic argues, the consummate academic insider, engaged in debates about wealth distribution raging in the field of economics.Veblen demonstrates how Veblen’s education and subsequent involvement in those debates gave rise to his original ideas about the social institutions that enable wealthy Americans—a swarm of economically unproductive “parasites”—to amass vast fortunes on the backs of productive men and women. Today, when great wealth inequalities again command national attention, Camic helps us understand the historical roots and continuing reach of Veblen’s searing analysis of this “sclerosis of the American soul.”