Journal ArticleDOI
One dimensional man
About:
This article is published in Philosophical Books.The article was published on 1965-05-01. It has received 2842 citations till now.read more
Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
In Defense of Experience
TL;DR: In this paper, a critical study of the evidence of experience does not have to imply metaphysical or epistemological foundationalism, as Scott claims, but on the contrary, such a study is indispensable for challenging them.
Journal ArticleDOI
The politics of emergency and the demise of the developing state: problems for humanitarian advocacy
TL;DR: The authors argue that the weak state is the problem, and suggests that the existing paradigm of humanitarian advocacy helps to legitimise the erosion of equality among sovereign states and the reassertion of international inequalities.
Journal ArticleDOI
The need for critical theory in everyday life: Why the tea parties have popular support
TL;DR: The Tea Party movement in the USA is a prime example of such a movement as discussed by the authors, turning that resistance into right-wing "family values" oriented actions that counter system challenges from below.
The CasP Project: Past, Present, Future
Shimshon Bichler,Jonathan Nitzan +1 more
TL;DR: The study of capital as power (CasP) began when we were students in the 1980s and has since expanded into a broader project involving a growing number of researchers and new areas of inquiry.
Journal ArticleDOI
Roots of Globalization: Understanding Economic, Political, and Cultural Processes Driving the Systemic Incorporation of Japan
TL;DR: In this article, the incorporation of Japan within the systemic concept of the "external arena" is examined, and the authors argue that world-systems theory is better positioned to address important issues (e.g., globalization, democratization) than are traditional realist, neorealist or institutionalist approaches.
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Staged Authenticity: arrangements of social space in tourist settings
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined accounts of travelers in terms of Erving Goffman's front versus back distinction and found that tourists try to enter back regions of the places they visit because these regions are associated with intimacy of relations and authenticity of experiences.
Book
Work, Self and Society: After Industrialism
TL;DR: Casey as discussed by the authors explored the effects of contemporary practices of work on the self and found that changes currently occuring in the world of work are part of the vast social and cultural changes that are challenging the meta trends of modern industrialism.
Journal ArticleDOI
What is critical urban theory
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors interpret critical urban theory with reference to four mutually interconnected elements: its theoretical character; its reflexivity; its critique of instrumental reason; and its emphasis on the disjuncture between the actual and the possible.
Journal ArticleDOI
Self-doubters, strugglers, storytellers, surfers and others: Images of self-identities in organization studies
TL;DR: The authors provide an overview of the key images of identity in organizations found in the research literature, including self-doubters, strugglers, surfers, storytellers, strategists, stencils and soldiers.