LIBROS DEL AUTOR: tim delaney

12 resultados para LIBROS DEL AUTOR: tim delaney

tim delaney Eliminar filtro Quitar filtros
  • Social Physics and a Theory of Everything
    Tim Delaney
    Social physics is a field that combines the academic disciplines of physics and sociology. Attempting a 'theory of everything' from the social physics perspective provides us with the advantage of utilizing the knowledge already gained from the field of physics on certain matters, such as the properties of the forces of nature, while the field of sociology provides us with g...
    Disponible

    73,41 €

  • Classical and Contemporary Social Theory
    Tim Delaney
    The second edition of Classical and Contemporary Social Theory provides wraparound coverage of the classical social theorists and influential sociological schools of thought in the contemporary period. ...
    Disponible

    108,76 €

  • The Diversity of Darkness and Shameful Behaviors
    Tim Delaney
    The premise of The Diversity of Darkness and Shameful Behaviors is to emphasize the need for enlightened, rational thinking as a paradigm of thought as the culture of shamelessness continues to grow and cast its repulsive dark shadow over those who embrace enlightened reason and basic human rights for all. ...
    Disponible

    79,99 €

  • The Sociology of Sports
    Tim Delaney / Tim Madigan / Tim W Delaney
    This third edition takes a fresh approach to the study of sport, presenting key concepts such as socialization, race, ethnicity, gender, economics, religion, politics, deviance, violence, school sports and sportsmanship. While providing a critical examination of athletics, this text also highlights many of sports’ positive features. This new edition includes significantly up...
    Disponible

    59,45 €

  • Beyond Sustainability
    Tim Delaney / Tim Madigan / Tim W Delaney
    This book approaches environmentalism via two academic disciplines, sociology and philosophy. Both have concerns about the environment’s ability not only to sustain itself but to thrive. The authors argue that rather than simple sustainability, we must promote thrivability for the sake of protecting the environment and all living things. In this greatly expanded second ed...
    Disponible

    58,83 €

  • Common Sense as a Paradigm of Thought
    Tim Delaney
    This book discusses common sense as a ’paradigm of thought’ and as such, compares it to the other major categories of thought-tradition, faith and enlightened, rational thought. It explains the meaning of common sense from the perspective of brilliant social thinkers over a period of thousands of years. ...
    Disponible

    83,99 €

  • Darkened Enlightenment
    Tim Delaney
    The premise of Darkened Enlightenment is to highlight the fact that there currently exist a number of socio-political forces that have the design, or ultimate consequence, of trying to extinguish the light of reason and rationality. ...
    Disponible

    65,12 €

  • Friendship and Happiness
    Tim Delaney / Tim Madigan
    This philosophical and sociological look at friendship and happiness begins with a review of Aristotle’s three categories of friendship--friends of utility, friends of pleasure and friends of the good. Modern variations--casual friends, close friends, best friends--are described, along with the growing phenomena of virtual friendships and cyber socialization in the Internet ...
    Disponible

    42,59 €

  • Social Deviance
    Tim Delaney
    Social Deviance is a comprehensive textbook that uses real life phenomena and current examples to maintain student interest. Each chapter includes chapter-opening objectives and vignette, end of chapter glossary and discussion questions, and boxed material. ...
    Disponible

    153,93 €

  • Sportsmanship
    Tim Delaney
    Sportsmanship is a broad concept: ethics, fairness, honor and self-control. Some people find it difficult to define what makes a 'good sport,' but state 'I know one when I see one.' This collection of new essays brings together the work of more than two dozen contributors from around the world who teach sportsmanship in a range of academic disciplines including sociology, ps...
    Disponible

    51,57 €

  • Beyond Sustainability
    Tim Delaney / Tim Madigan
    This book approaches the study of the environment from two academic disciplines: both sociologists and philosophers have concerns about our environment’s ability not only to sustain itself but to thrive. The book examines the differences between 'sustainability' and 'thrivability.' Such topics as the sixth mass extinction (now underway), fracking, plastics, food waste and de...
    Disponible

    51,39 €

  • Sports
    Tim Delaney / Tim Madigan
    Why do billions of people around the world love sports? This informative book attempts to find out why-by examining sports in all its facets, providing an overview of the history of sports, with a constant focus upon the social conditions through which sport arises. ...
    Disponible

    63,99 €