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  • Concepts of the Self

    by Anthony Elliott ...
    Series series Key Concepts
    This new, updated edition provides a lively, lucid and compelling introduction to contemporary controversies over the self and self-identity in the social sciences and humanities. In an accessible and concise format, the book ranges from classical intellectual traditions of symbolic interactionism, psychoanalysis and Foucauldian theory, through feminism and postfeminism, to postmodernism and the ... Read more

    $20.00 USD

  • Algorithms of Anxiety

    Fear in the Digital Age

    by Anthony Elliott ...
    Machine learning algorithms are widely presumed to herald a world in which the crippling burdens of anxiety can be left behind. The digital revolution promises a brave new world where individuals, communities and organizations can at last take control of the future – anticipating, designing and commanding the future, possibly even with mathematical exactitude. Yet, paradoxically, algorithms have ... Read more

    $18.00 USD

  • Algorithmic Intimacy

    The Digital Revolution in Personal Relationships

    by Anthony Elliott ...
    Artificial intelligence not only powers our cars, hospitals and courtrooms: predictive algorithms are becoming deeply lodged inside us too. Machine intelligence is learning our private preferences and discreetly shaping our personal behaviour, telling us how to live, who to befriend and who to date.In Algorithmic Intimacy, Anthony Elliott examines the power of predictive algorithms in reshaping ... Read more

    $18.00 USD

  • Mobile Lives

    by Anthony Elliott, John Urry ...
    Series series International Library of Sociology
    How should we understand the personal and social impacts of complex mobility systems? Can lifestyles based around intensive travel, transport and tourism be maintained in the 21st century? What possibility post-carbon lifestyles?In this provocative study of "life on the move", Anthony Elliott and John Urry explore how complex mobility systems are transforming everyday, ordinary lives. The authors ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Pebbled Friction: The Tribology of Curling Ice

    Granite, Water Droplets, and the Exact Microscopic Thermodynamics of the Roaring Game

    by Anthony Elliott ...
    Curling is often perceived as a slow, peculiar winter sport involving brooms and heavy stones. In reality, it is the most complex manipulation of friction and thermodynamics in all of athletics. A 40-pound solid granite stone cannot simply glide 150 feet across flat ice; it would grind to a halt within yards. The secret lies entirely in the specific tribology of the surface. This educational guide ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Making Sense of AI

    Our Algorithmic World

    by Anthony Elliott ...
    Industrial robots, self-driving cars, customer-service chatbots and Google’s algorithmic predictions have brought the topic of artificial intelligence into public debate. Why is AI the source of such intense controversy and what are its economic, political, social and cultural consequences?Tracing the changing fortunes of artificial intelligence, Elliott develops a systematic account of how ... Read more

    $18.00 USD

  • Social Theory and Psychoanalysis in Transition

    Self and Society from Freud to Kristeva

    by Anthony Elliott ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals: Anthony Elliott: Early Works in Social Theory
    Originally published in 1999 Social Theory and Psychoanalysis in Transition is a benchmark critique of Freudian theory in which a dialogue between the Frankfurt School, the Lacanian tradition and post-Lacanian developments in critical and feminist theory is developed. Considering afresh the relations between self and society, Elliot argues for the importance of imagination and the unconscious in ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Social Theory Since Freud

    Traversing Social Imaginaries

    by Anthony Elliott ...
    In this compelling book, Anthony Elliott traces the rise of psychoanalysis from the Frankfurt School to postmodernism. Examining how pathbreaking theorists such as Adorno, Marcuse, Lacan and Lyotard have deployed psychoanalysis to politicise issues such as desire, sexuality, repression and identity, Elliott assesses the gains and losses arising from this appropriation of psychoanalysis in social ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Introduction to Contemporary Social Theory

    by Anthony Elliott, Charles Lemert ...
    In this comprehensive and clear introduction to contemporary social theory, Anthony Elliott and Charles Lemert explore the major theoretical traditions from the Frankfurt School to the digital revolution and beyond. Fully revised and updated, this second edition has been expanded to consider the most recent developments in social theory, including a new chapter on the digital revolution and the ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Critical Visions

    New Directions in Social Theory

    by Anthony Elliott ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals: Anthony Elliott: Early Works in Social Theory
    Originally published in 2003, Critical Visions develops a wide-ranging analysis of key issues and debates in contemporary social theory. Drawing social theory, cultural studies, and psychoanalysis together in a bold configuration, the book challenges the widespread view that social theory seems to have lost its way as a result of the diversification of conceptual approaches. The book includes ... Read more

    $51.99 USD

  • Contemporary Social Theory

    An Introduction

    by Anthony Elliott ...
    Now in its third edition, Anthony Elliott’s comprehensive, stylish and accessible introduction continues to be the indispensable guide to social theory. Fully revised and updated, the book examines the major theoretical traditions from the Frankfurt School to posthumanism, and from feminism and post-structuralism to globalization theory and beyond.Classical debates in social theory are given ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Making the Cut

    How Cosmetic Surgery is Transforming our Lives

    by Anthony Elliott ...
    From London to New York, Madrid to Melbourne, Singapore to Tehran, the demand for cosmetic surgery is soaring. Botox injections, collagen fillers, breast implants, microdermabrasion, mini face-lifts: extreme reinvention is all the rage. For better or worse, ours is the era of cosmetic surgical culture.In this captivating book, which draws upon research conducted in Europe, America and Australasia, ... Read more

    $16.99 USD