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Nina Käsehage
(ed.)
Religious Fundamentalism in the Age of Pandemic
Religions are contested by fundamentalists who seem to understand Covid-19 as a supernatural »sign« that might be useful for triggering a religious revolution. In this book, internationally renowned scholars discuss the term »Religious Fundamentalism« as well as the practical impact of Covid-19 on the religions.
Marko Kölbl
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Fritz Trümpi
(eds.)
Music and Democracy
Participatory Approaches
This book explores how music relates to democratic participation - on- and offline, throughout cultures, in various times, social settings, and political systems.
The Production of Consumer Society
Cultural-Economic Principles of Distinction
A rigorous new perspective on the aesthetic turn of consumerism.
Thinking of Space Relationally
Critical Realism Beyond Relativism – A Manifold Study of the Artworld in Beijing
Research methodology for understanding poly-contextual formation of local social-space in contemporary urban China.
Housing and Human Settlements in a World of Change
This book deals with the challenge of housing in connection with the processes of migration, climate change, and economic globalization.
Sandra Kurfürst
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Stefanie Wehner
(eds.)
Southeast Asian Transformations
Urban and Rural Developments in the 21st Century
Southeast Asia from multiple perspectives: covering the most important trajectories of development in the new millennium.
Contested Solidarity
Practices of Refugee Support between Humanitarian Help and Political Activism
This ethnographic account of the German »welcome culture« sheds light on the contested practices, imaginaries, interests and politics of refugee solidarity.
Democracy, Markets and the Commons
Towards a Reconciliation of Freedom and Ecology
The commons are a means to overcome economic, political, and ecological crises – while reconciling human freedom and ecological sustainability.
Robotic Knitting
Re-Crafting Human-Robot Collaboration Through Careful Coboting
Robotic Knitting intervenes in how »we« currently imagine and design »our« future with cobots. It re-crafts collaboration between human and robot.
Democratic and Authoritarian Political Systems in 21st Century World Society
Vol. 1 – Differentiation, Inclusion, Responsiveness
Can modern political systems deal with functional differentiation? They must include individuals, produce valued outputs, know the complexity of society, and accept or deny the autonomy of other function-systems. Democratic and autocratic variants result from this.