We often invoke the “magic” of mass media to describe seductive advertising or charismatic politicians. In The Mana of Mass Society, William Mazzarella asks what happens to social theory if we take that idea seriously. How would it change our understanding of publicity, propaganda, love, and power? Mazzarella reconsiders the concept of “mana,” which served in early anthropolog...(展开全部)

Do individuals construct their own identities in contemporary consumer culture? In this volume, one of the world's leading sociologists questions the idea that individualism is a defining feature of modernity. The Time of Tribes presents a new, truly sociological theory of modern identity. Author Michel Maffesoli contends that the insistence on the end of collective ideals conc...(展开全部)

"An original contribution to media studies. Beautifully organized, well written and incisive."--James Carey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign "The best collection of current thinking in the field."--Elihu Katz, Israel Institute of Applied Social Research "A valuable and stimulating collection for students of the mass media--a very worthy successor to the editors' earl...(展开全部)

你问真的有超能力这种东西吗？答案是肯定的，在上世纪九十年代，联合国就已经审核通过建立了＂国际超能力联合委员会＂，至今登记在册的超能力者已经超过十八万人。所以MANA的职责就是解决超能力犯罪，之后将其合理化，让世人淡忘，不察觉超能力的存在。 ...

你问真的有超能力这种东西吗？答案是肯定的，在上世纪九十年代，联合国就已经审核通过建立了＂国际超能力联合委员会＂，至今登记在册的超能力者已经超过十八万人。所以MANA的职责就是解决超能力犯罪，之后将其合理化，让世人淡忘，不察觉超能力的存在。 ...

In this classic study, Reich provides insight into the phenomenon of fascism, which continues to ravage the international community in ways great and small.Drawing on his medical expereinces with men and women of various classes, races, nations, and religious beliefs, Reich refutes the still generally held notion that fascism is a specific characteristic of certain nationalitie...(展开全部)

In this classic study, Reich provides insight into the phenomenon of fascism, which continues to ravage the international community in ways great and small.Drawing on his medical expereinces with men and women of various classes, races, nations, and religious beliefs, Reich refutes the still generally held notion that fascism is a specific characteristic of certain nationalitie...(展开全部)

Contemporary developments in communications technologies have overturned key aspects of the global political system and transformed the media landscape. Yet interlocking technological, informational, and political revolutions have occurred many times in the past. In China, radio first arrived in the winter of 1922-23, bursting into a world where communication was slow, disjoint...(展开全部)

Contemporary developments in communications technologies have overturned key aspects of the global political system and transformed the media landscape. Yet interlocking technological, informational, and political revolutions have occurred many times in the past. In China, radio first arrived in the winter of 1922-23, bursting into a world where communication was slow, disjoint...(展开全部)

Nearly four decades ago Richard Dawkins published The Selfish Gene, famously reducing humans to “survival machines” whose sole purpose was to preserve “the selfish molecules known as genes.” How these selfish genes work together to construct the organism, however, remained a mystery. Standing atop a wealth of new research, The Society of Genes now provides a vision of how genes...(展开全部)