Nina Witoszek (277 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Octavo, softcover, VG in black and orange pictorial wraps. 251 pp. including index. It is often argued that Germany and Scandinavia stand at two opposite ends of a spectrum with regard to their response to social-economic disruptions and cultural challenges. Though, in many respects, they have a shared cultural inheritance, it is nevertheless the case that they mobilize different mythologies and different modes of coping when faced with breakdown and disorder. Book. …

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Hardback. Condition: New. Since the emergence of the dissident "parallel polis" in Eastern Europe, civil society has become a "new superpower," influencing democratic transformations, human rights, and international co-operation; co-designing economic trends, security and defense; reshaping the information society; and generating new ideas on the environment, health, and the "good life." This volume seeks to compare and reassess the role of civil society in the rich West, the poorer South, and the quickly expanding East in the context of the twenty-first century's challenges. It presents a novel perspective on civic movements testing John Keane's notion of "monitory democracy": an emerging order of public scrutiny and monitoring of power.…

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Small Groups as the Engines of Cultural Evolution. Book.

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Paperback. Condition: New. This Element explores the evolutionary role of small groups as key actors in shaping human adaptability, resilience, and societal development. Drawing on cultural evolutionary theory and interdisciplinary scholarship, it illuminates the world-making and transformative capacities of small groups as primary agents of cooperative communication, cultural innovation, and transmission. Through historical and contemporary case studies from Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, it examines how small groups function both as catalysts for moral imagination, cooperation, and democratic renewal, and as drivers of destructive ideologies and social disintegration. The study also reassesses the relevance of evolutionary insights for addressing the major crises of the twenty-first century. By critically engaging with foundational thinkers and ongoing debates on democratic and institutional innovation, this Element offers insights for scholars, policymakers, and civic actors committed to empowering communities and countering authoritarian regression.…

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Paperback. Condition: New. It is often argued that Germany and Scandinavia stand at two opposite ends of a spectrum with regard to their response to social-economic disruptions and cultural challenges. Though, in many respects, they have a shared cultural inheritance, it is nevertheless the case that they mobilize different mythologies and different modes of coping when faced with breakdown and disorder. The authors argue that it is at these "critical junctures," points of crisis and innovation in the life of communities, that the tradition and identity of national and local communities are formed, polarized, and revalued; it is here that social change takes a particular direction.…

Paperback. Condition: New. Since the emergence of the dissident "parallel polis" in Eastern Europe, civil society has become a "new superpower," influencing democratic transformations, human rights, and international co-operation; co-designing economic trends, security and defense; reshaping the information society; and generating new ideas on the environment, health, and the "good life." This volume seeks to compare and reassess the role of civil society in the rich West, the poorer South, and the quickly expanding East in the context of the twenty-first century's challenges. It presents a novel perspective on civic movements testing John Keane's notion of "monitory democracy": an emerging order of public scrutiny and monitoring of power.…

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Original publisher's sewn paperback, pictorial frontcover, 8vo: 328pp., [8]pp. ads, introduction, 15 contributions, footnotes/references, list of contributors. CONTENTS: Preface. Bo Strath & Nina Witoszek: Introduction. Part 1: Postmodernity East and West. 1. Hayden White: Postmodernism and Textual Anxieties. 2. Stjepan Mestrovic: Will Bosnia Survive Postmodernism? 3. Detlef Briesen: The Postmodern Challenge: A Constant Factor of German History in the Last Two Centuries. 4. Wojciech Skalmowski: Literary Deconstruction as a "Newspeak". 5. Peter Burke: Civilization, Discipline, Disorder: Three Case Studies in History and Social Theory. 6. Nina Witoszek: The Fetish of Dialogue in Postmodern Discourse: The Case of Mikhail Bakhtin. 7. Piotr Kawieci: Heroism and Intimacy of Post-modern Morality. Part 2: Studying communities. 8. Svetlana Boym: Nostalgic Memorials and Postmodern Survival in Russia. 9. Axel Körner: The Construction of Bourgeois Identity in National and in Urban Context: Bologna after Italian Unification. 10. Krzysztof Stala: Inventing the Wheel? The Postmodern Catching up with Witold Gombrowicz. 11. Egon Pelikan & Heidemarie Uhl: Culture, Identity and Politics: Cultural Aspects of National Politics in Graz and Ljubljana at the End of the Nineteenth Century. 12. Wislawa Suraska: Mikhail Gorbachev as a postmodern hero. Part 3: Postmodern historiography reconsidered. 13. Ewa Domanska: After Postmodernism, a Dream of Transformation. 14. Georg Iggers: Historiography and the Challenge of Postmodernism. 15. Björn Wittrock: History, Theory, and Transitions of Modernity. Very fine copy - as new. As new. Volume 27: Postmodern Studies.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Cover has some light shelfwear. Pages are clean and intact. There is some slight dirtiness on the textblock/fore edge from handling. Has some minor dirtiness on the outside from handling.

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