24/7: Time and Temporality in the Network Society (Stanford Business Books)

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For better or worse, the information and communication revolution has transformed our economic, cultural, and political world. On an individual scale, many of the traditional social, political, and cultural habits of mind and ways of being that evolved under the regime of the clock are changing rapidly, including the way individuals save, spend, and optimize time. At the organizational level, the pacing of innovation, levels of production, and new product development, are no longer temporally fixed due to the effects of living in a networked society and in the networked economy. 24/7 brings together leading thinkers from a variety of disciplines to analyze the differing relationships to time in an accelerated society. Offering much-needed insight and perspective into new issues and problems, this unique volume is the first to offer a wide range of cutting-edge thought on the new economic, cultural, and political world of the networked society. The book includes contributions from the leading scholars in this area, such as Barbara Adam, Mike Crang, Thomas Hylland Erikson, and Geert Lovink.

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This Is Today: A Window on Our Times

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For 50 years Today on NBC has captivated the nation with its winning combination of news broadcasts, rich features, cultural updates, and morning levity. Once hooked, many fans have come to rely on this institution for timely information about themselves, the country, and the world.Now This Is Today provides the first-ever in-depth retrospective of the show’s magical formula. Readers will find the complete Today show story, from the days of pioneer host Dave Garroway to the winning style of one of America’s most trusted commentator teams: Katie Couric and Matt Lauer. They’ll relive historic moments in news and relish some of the most colorful personalities to cross the national stage. This lavish volume, the first in a series of forthcoming NBC-branded book properties, will enjoy natural marketing and promotions exposure like few other titles. Sure to be one of “the” gift books of the holiday season, This Is Today will undoubtedly lend itself to segments on the show itself, video news releases, radio play, and favorable print reviews throughout the country. A DVD packaged with the book, containing more than two hours of memorable broadcasts with classic interviews and great events, promises to provide the same multimedia experience for book buyers themselves.The Today show never fails to fascinate, satisfy, and hold its viewers day after day. This Is Today will undoubtedly continue that steadfast tradition.

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New Theories of Discourse: Laclau, Mouffe and Zizek

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This book provides a comprehensive and accessible account of the new theories of discourse developed by Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe, while in particular drawing on central insights provided by Slavoj Zizek. The book accounts for intellectual development of the discourse theory of Laclau and Mouffe from a Gramsci-inspired critique of structural Marxism over a neo-Gramscian theory of discourse to a new type of postmodern theorizing of great relevance for social, cultural and political theory.

The central concepts of discourse, hegemony and social antagonism are carefully explained and discussed and the theoretical framework is applied both on a variety of theoretical problems and in a sample of empirical studies. The book concludes with a discussion of the implications of discourse theory for our political understanding of democracy, citizenship and ethics.

New Theories of Discourse is written out of the basic conviction that postmodernity provides a great challenge to social, cultural and political theory and makes thinkable a whole range of new political projects of which the development of a radical plural democracy is one of the most promising and exciting.

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Princeton University

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To celebrate Princeton University's 250th birthday, this richly illustrated full-color book combines an engaging text and vignettes of campus life with long-lost as well as familiar images gathered from Princeton's own collections and afar. An ideal gift book, it tells the story of Princeton's evolution from a humble parsonage in Elizabeth, New Jersey into one of the world's most renowned institutions of teaching and learning.

The first half of the book focuses on major turning points and personalities as Princeton evolved over its first two centuries into a distinctive institution and a distinctive campus culture: its founding as the College of New Jersey, its move to Princeton and the construction of Nassau Hall, its pivotal role in the American Revolution when John Witherspoon was the only college president to sign the Declaration of Independence, the deep divisions of the Civil War, and the emergence of a modern university under James McCosh and Woodrow Wilson.

The second half examines the post-World War II era when Princeton significantly increased the diversity of its student body (and in the 1960s became coeducational); expanded its commitment to graduate education, research, and new fields of knowledge; weathered an era of campus protest and created new structures for undergraduate life. In a final chapter the book looks into Princeton's future with its president and some current students.

The author, Don Oberdorfer, witnessed this modern era first-hand as a student (Class of 1952), alumnus, and occasional faculty member. He describes the enormous changes of this period and breathes new life into Princeton's earlier history with a journalist's eye for the most important and interesting facts and the most revealing anecdotes.

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Korea versus Korea: A Case of Contested Legitimacy (Politics in Asia)

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This study traces the historic course of diplomatic competition between the rival Koreas within the context of a changing international system. This innovative analysis focuses on the dynamic interaction of domestic and international political economies and their effects on the conduct of diplomacy. The result is a new interpretation of the importance of adaptability in determining success in international relations.

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Isherwood, Bowles, Vedanta, Wicca, and Me

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A candid memoir by Lee Prosser of his early years and writing career, when he became a writer and how he lost his virginity; his friendships with writers Christopher Isherwood, Paul Bowles, Gerina Dunwich, among others with references to: actors Michael Rennie, Lee Marvin, Richard Carlson, Dan Duryea, Paul Richards; writers Robert Bloch and Poul Anderson; The Beach Boys, The Beatles, and music of the 1960s; the Vietnam War; Existentialism; Witchcraft and Witches; Vedanta and Ramakrishna; Christianity; Contemporary Wicca; San Fernando Valley University riot; the beach, ocean, and mountains; jazz; love for cats; art and painting; movies. This is Lee Prosser the inquisitive and curious man, the Existentialist, the man who started his journey on a bus and made frequent stops along the way to encounter life in all of its intricate patterns and mystery. Knowing that a man truly is what he does, he set out to experience life and learn. A remarkable reading experience, this memoir will fascinate the readers with its blunt honesty, surprises, encounters, and unusual happenings. This memoir is a classic of its kind.

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Political Power & The Press

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