Critical praxis of college men and masculinities

Critical Praxis of College Men and Masculinities: Experiences at the Intersections challenges long-standing assumptions about college men by moving beyond the dominant narrative that treats them as a monolithic group.

Critical questions for ageing societies

This myth-busting and question-focused textbook tackles the fascinating and important social and policy issues posed by the challenges and opportunities of ageing. The unique pedagogical approach recognises the gap between the lives of students and older people, and equips students with the conce...

Critical race realism

Building on the field of critical race theory, which took a theoretical approach to questions of race and the law, Critical Race Realism offers a practical look at the way racial bias plays out at every level of the legal system, from witness identification and jury selection to prosecutorial be...

Critical race theory and the search for truth

This book presents a comprehensive exploration of Critical Race Theory, offering a clear understanding of its origins, the way it has been problematized and its potential for societal change. By examining the historical influence of imperialism and capitalism, the author critiques both liberal a...

Critical race theory in lis

This volume of Advances in Librarianship moves beyond providing information related to diversity or multiculturalism and will instead focus on racism, white supremacy, and colorblindness and its effects in the work of librarians and the communities they serve through the theoretical and analytica...

Critical readings in impressionism and post-impressionism

The essays in this wide-ranging, beautifully illustrated volume capture the theoretical range and scholarly rigor of recent criticism that has fundamentally transformed the study of French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art. Readers are invited to consider the profound issues and penetratin...

Critical realism, history, and philosophy in the social sciences

This volume examines the relationship between history, philosophy, and social science, and contributors explore questions concerning realism, ontology, causation, explanation, and values in order to address the question “what does a post-positivist social science look like?”

Critical reflection and the foreign language classroom (20th anniversary edition)

This book, published 20 years ago, introduced foreign language teachers to critical educational study concepts. It explores issues like the failure of foreign language education, the role of language classes, and cultural struggles in U.S. classrooms, emphasizing power dynamics and social justice.

Critical reflections on the internationalisation of higher education in the global south

If you are involved in academia, policy-making, or are simply curious about the complex features of internationalisation in the Global South, this work is your roadmap to deeper, more critical reflections on the internationalisation of higher education.

Critical rural pedagogy

Sharon Mitchler argues for a reconfiguration of critical pedagogy to empower and engage American literature students in rural community colleges. She constructs a pedagogy that addresses the multiple positions of power and marginalization rural students occupy, often concurrently. Drawing on femi...

Critical storytelling during the covid-19 pandemic

This book highlights Berea College students' experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, showcasing their feelings of displacement and resilience. It features diverse stories, from exile to triumph, reflecting on how the pandemic impacted their education and lives.

Critical theories of anti-semitism

This book is at once a philosophical reflection on key problems in the analysis of anti-Semitism and a history of its leading theories and theorists.

Critical theory and epistemology

This Critical Theory and Contemporary Society volume offers a critical review of epistemological issues in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Critical theory and the philosophy of education

An interdisciplinary approach to modern educational issues, viewed through the lens of Critical Theory as developed by the Frankfurt School.

Critical theory at a crossroads

Critical Theory at a Crossroads presents conversations with prominent theorists about the crises that have marked the past years and the use of the term "crisis" in political discourse. They offer their views on contemporary challenges and how we might address them, candidly discussing the altern...

Critical theory in critical times

World-renowned specialists in contemporary critical theory address the recent crises and transformations of the global political and economic order

Critical thinking

Critical Thinking prepares students to thoughtfully interpret information and develop a sophisticated understanding of our increasingly complex and multi-mediated world. Peter M. Nardi’s approach helps students sharpen their critical thinking skills and improve their analytical reasoning, enabli...

Critical transitions in nature and society

How do we explain the remarkably abrupt changes that sometimes occur in nature and society--and can we predict why and when they happen? This book offers a comprehensive introduction to critical transitions in complex systems--the radical changes that happen at tipping points when thresholds are ...

Critical wage theory

In this highly original and personal book, Ruben J. Garcia argues forcefully that we must center the minimum wage as a tool for fighting structural racism. Employing the lessons of critical race theory to show how low minimum wages and underenforcement of workplace laws have always been features ...

Criticism

The next introduction in the IDEAS IN PROFILE series: a snappy but serious introduction to criticism

Criticism of earth

Long a topic of debate and discussion, Boer sets the record straight about Marx, Engels, and Religion

Criticism of heaven

This volume consists of a critical commentary on the interactions between Marxism and theology.

Criticism of religion

Roland Boer draws on a vast depth of scholarly knowledge to reclaim the rich contribution of Marxism to theological studies

Criticism of theology

Roland Boer draws on a vast depth of scholarly knowledge to reclaim the rich contribution of Marxism to theological studies

Critics, coteries, and pre-raphaelite celebrity

Wendy Graham traces the critical discourses that shaped the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood’s reception and continues to inform responses to them. She explains the mechanics of fame and the politics of scandal contributing to the rise of aestheticism, providing a new interpretation of the place of aes...

Critique and praxis

Bernard E. Harcourt calls for moving beyond the complacency of decades of philosophical detours and to harness critical thought to the need for action. Critique and Praxis advocates for a new path forward that constantly challenges each one of us to ask what more we can do to realize a society ba...

Critique of bored reason

In this philosophical study, Dmitri Nikulin explores the concept’s genealogy to argue that boredom is the mark of modernity. Considering such thinkers as Descartes, Pascal, Kant, Kierkegaard, Kracauer, Heidegger, and Benjamin, Critique of Bored Reason places boredom on center stage in the philoso...

Critique of identity thinking

Michael Jackson’s response to our beleaguered age is to ask what forms of speech and action are called for in ‘dark times’. He argues that experiences that fall outside the concepts and categories we habitually deploy in rendering life manageable and intelligible have both critical and redempti...

Critique of journalistic reason

This book examines philosophy’s recurrent preoccupation with journalism. It shows how modern European philosophy's preoccupation with the news inflects theories of history, time, and language.

Critique of latin american reason

Critique of Latin American Reason is one of the most important philosophical texts to have come out of South America in recent decades. First published in 1996, it offers a sweeping critique of the foundational schools of thought in Latin American philosophy and critical theory.

Critique of rationality

A fascinating rectification for the distortion of technical necessity in Western Society due to unbridled instrumental reason.

Critique on the couch

Does critical theory still need psychoanalysis? Amy Allen offers a cogent and convincing defense of its ongoing relevance. She draws on Freud, Klein, and Lacan to develop a more realistic strand of psychoanalytic thinking that centers on notions of loss, negativity, ambivalence, and mourning.

Cro-magnon

This book tells the story of the dynamic and resilient people commonly known as the Cro-Magnons in light of recent scientific advances.

Croak

It ain't easy being green: Croak is a poetic negotiation between a species in crisis and its many cultural markers.

Croatia through history

This comprehensive volume recounts Croatia's development from the early Middle Ages to the present day.

Crocosmia

A revelatory novel (or parable) of art, adventure, and radical politics, set in a world on the precipice.A philosophical fable, Crocosmia centers on Maya as she recollects the “great turning”—a moment of radical social and ecological change effected in part by the art of her mother, Jane. As Maya...

Cromwell

Crooked hallelujah

The remarkable debut from Plimpton Prize Winner Kelli Jo Ford, Crooked Hallelujah follows four generations of Cherokee women across four decades

Crooked, but never common

In Crooked, but Never Common, Stuart Klawans combines a critic’s insight and a fan’s enthusiasm to offer deeper ways to think about and enjoy Preston Sturges’s work. He provides an in-depth appreciation of all ten of the writer-director’s major movies.

Cross and scepter

A concise history of medieval ScandinaviaChristianity and European-style monarchy—the cross and the scepter—were introduced to Scandinavia in the tenth century, a development that was to have profound implications for all of Europe. Cross and Scepter is a concise history of the Scandinavian kingd...

Cross bronx

In his inimitable prose, master storyteller Peter Quinn chronicles his odyssey from the Irish Catholic precincts of the Bronx to the arena of big-league politics and corporate hardball.Cross Bronx is Peter Quinn’s one-of-a-kind account of his adventures as ad man, archivist, teacher, Wall Street ...

Cross cultural competence

This book serves as a comprehensive, practical, and workshop-based program that facilitates change agents to help organizations and people develop cross cultural skills and global competence. It is grounded in the most rigorous and relevant theories, research, and learning methods and makes them ...

Cross worlds

Cross Worlds engages cultural hybrids, trans-cultural alliances and associations, and the vital practice of poets working across borders.