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Visualising Worlds

Visualising Worlds

Martyn Hudson

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2021
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Teoría social
ISBN:
9780367681654

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This book examines the social production of social worlds - present, past and yet-to-come - employing central concepts in sociology to draw lessons from the collapse of Graeco-Roman antiquity for our own world of virus and ecological disasters, exploring both the emergence of capitalism and its possible end.

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