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24,95 ₾თეოფრასტოსის „ხასიათები“ 30 ერთმანეთისგან მეტ-ნაკლებად განსხვავებული, განზოგადებული პორტრეტისაგან შედგება და ბერძნულ ყოველდღიურ ყოფას ასახავს. ამ პატარა ნაწარმოებების კითხვისას თვალწინ წარმოგვიდგება ცოცხალი პერსონაჟი ანტიკური ყოველდღიურობიდან, ადამიანური ნაკლოვანებებით, ზოგჯერ უკულტურო ჩვევებითა და ქცევით, თუმცა ჩვენ არ გვაშფოთებს თეოფრასტოსის უხეში ნატურალიზმი, რადგან ეს ცოცხალი ადამიანის ჩვენებაა – ჩანახატი ნატურიდან.
თეოფრასტორი არისტოტელეს მოწაფე იყო და, როგორც მწერალი, უეჭველად აგრძელებს არისტოტელეს ხაზს, თუმცა, მასწავლებლისგან განსხვავებით, რომლის სტილიც მკაცრი და მეცნიერულია, მოწაფის სტილი რაღაც საშუალოა მეცნიერულსა და მხატვრულს შორის.
წიგნში აღწერილ თითოეულ განზოგადებულ პორტრეტს შესაბამისი ილუსტრაცია ახლავს, ეს კი მკითხველს ეხმარება, კიდევ უფრო ცხადად და მკაფიოდ წარმოიდგინოს თეოფრასტოსის მიერ დახასიათებული ამა თუ იმ თვისებების მქონე ადამიანი.
შეცვლის ნება : კაცები მასკულინობა და სიყვარული
20,90 ₾პატრიარქატი ბოროტებაა, რომელსაც სიყვარულით თუ დავამარცხებთ – ეს არის ამ წიგნის მთავარი დებულება, რადგან ადამიანი თავისთავად არის ღირებული და არა იმ როლებისთვის, რომლებსაც ასრულებს ან უნდა ასრულებდეს.
ჩვენი საუკუნის გარიჟრაჟზე დაწერილი ეს ტექსტი ინტერსექციური ფემინიზმის ნიმუშია. ის გვეუბნება, რომ პატრიარქატი ყველანაირ სოციალურ ქსოვილში კი არის გამჯდარი, თუმცა მისი ბუნება კულტურიდან კულტურამდე და ათწლეულიდან ათწლეულამდე იცვლება. ამიტომაც არის, რომ კითხვისას რაღაც გვეცნობა და გულს გვტკენს, რაღაც კი უცხოდ ან გადალახულად გვეჩვენება და შვებას გვგვრის.
ეს წიგნი ბეწვის ხიდზე გავლის ფენომენალური მაგალითიცაა. ამერიკელი ბელ ჰუკსი ყველა სქესის, გენდერისა თუ პოლიტიკური მრწამსის მკითხველის განაწყენებას რისკავს და როგორღაც, საბოლოოდ, ყველას გადმობირებას ახერხებს. ჩვენ უნდა გამოვააშკარაოთ როლი, რომელსაც ქალები პატრიარქალური კულტურის შენარჩუნებასა და დაცვაში თამაშობენ, რათა პატრიარქატი ქალებისა და კაცების მიერ თანასწორად მხარდაჭერილ სისტემად ვაღიაროთ, იმის მიუხედავად, რომ ამ სისტემით კაცები მეტად ხეირობენ. პატრიარქალური სისტემის ჩამოშლა და შეცვლა ის სამუშაოა, რომელიც კაცებმა და ქალებმა ერთად უნდა შეასრულონ.
Vision and Difference
65,00 ₾Griselda Pollock provides concrete historical analyses of key moments in the formation of modern culture to reveal the sexual politics at the heart of modernist art. Crucially, she not only explores a feminist re-reading of the works of canonical male Impressionist and Pre-Raphaelite artists including Edgar Degas and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, but also re-inserts into art history their female contemporaries – women artists such as Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt.
Pollock discusses the work of women artists such as Mary Kelly and Yve Lomax, highlighting the problems of working in a culture where the feminine is still defined as the object of the male gaze. Now published with a new introduction, Vision and Difference is as powerful as ever for all those seeking not only to understand the history of the feminine in art, but also to develop new strategies for representation for the future.
The Female Nude
75,00 ₾The history of Western art is saturated with images of the female body. Lynda Nead’s The Female Nude was the first book to critically examine this phenomenon from a feminist perspective and ask: how and why did the female nude acquire this status?
In a deft and engaging manner, Lynda Nead explores the ways in which acceptable and unacceptable images of the female body are produced, issues which have been reignited by current controversies around the patriarchy, objectification and pornography. Nead brilliantly illustrates the two opposing poles occupied by the female nude in the history of art; at one extreme the visual culmination of enlightenment aesthetics; at the other, spilling over into the degraded and the obscene. What both have in common, however, is the aim of containing the female body.
Gender Trouble
75,00 ₾One of the most talked-about scholarly works of the past fifty years, Judith Butler’s Gender Trouble is as celebrated as it is controversial.
Arguing that traditional feminism is wrong to look to a natural, ‘essential’ notion of the female, or indeed of sex or gender, Butler starts by questioning the category ‘woman’ and continues in this vein with examinations of ‘the masculine’ and ‘the feminine’. Best known however, but also most often misinterpreted, is Butler’s concept of gender as a reiterated social performance rather than the expression of a prior reality.
Thrilling and provocative, few other academic works have roused passions to the same extent.
The Captive Wife
66,00 ₾In 1965, at the age of twenty-nine, the young sociologist Hannah Gavron took her own life. A year later, the book based on the research she carried out for her thesis was published as The Captive Wife. Based on first-hand accounts of the lives of working-class and middle-class women in Kentish Town in London, it was one of the earliest works of British, sociological feminism and has since become a feminist classic.
Arguing that motherhood stripped women of independence as it often brought an end to paid work, Gavron explores how their values and aspirations as women came into conflict with the traditional role they had to play as mothers.
Written in simple prose and fair-minded in its approach, it became an inspirational book for many mothers, feminists and activists seeking equality for women and remains a vital book today.
This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Foreword by Ann Oakley.
Stone Age Economics
65,00 ₾Since its first publication over forty years ago Marshall Sahlins’s Stone Age Economics has established itself as a classic of modern anthropology and arguably one of the founding works of anthropological economics. Ambitiously tackling the nature of economic life and how to study it comparatively, Sahlins radically revises traditional views of the hunter-gatherer and so-called primitive societies, revealing them to be the original “affluent society.”
Sahlins examines notions of production, distribution and exchange in early communities and examines the link between economics and cultural and social factors. A radical study of tribal economies, domestic production for livelihood, and of the submission of domestic production to the material and political demands of society at large, Stone Age Economics regards the economy as a category of culture rather than behaviour, in a class with politics and religion rather than rationality or prudence. Sahlins concludes, controversially, that the experiences of those living in subsistence economies may actually have been better, healthier and more fulfilled than the millions enjoying the affluence and luxury afforded by the economics of modern industrialisation and agriculture.
This Routledge Classics edition includes a new foreword by David Graeber, London School of Economics.
Lines
65,00 ₾What do walking, weaving, observing, storytelling, singing, drawing and writing have in common? The answer is that they all proceed along lines. In this extraordinary book Tim Ingold imagines a world in which everyone and everything consists of interwoven or interconnected lines and lays the foundations for a completely new discipline: the anthropological archaeology of the line.
Ingold’s argument leads us through the music of Ancient Greece and contemporary Japan, Siberian labyrinths and Roman roads, Chinese calligraphy and the printed alphabet, weaving a path between antiquity and the present. Drawing on a multitude of disciplines including archaeology, classical studies, art history, linguistics, psychology, musicology, philosophy and many others, and including more than seventy illustrations, this book takes us on an exhilarating intellectual journey that will change the way we look at the world and how we go about in it.
This Routledge Classics edition includes a new preface by the author.
World Prehistory: The Basics
69,00 ₾World Prehistory: The Basics tells the compelling story of human prehistory. from our African origins to the spectacular pre-industrial civilizations and cities of the more recent past.
Written in a non-technical style by two archaeologists and experienced writers about the past. the story begins with human origins in Africa some 6 million years ago and the spread of our remote ancestors across the Old World. Then we return to Africa and describe the emergence of Homo sapiens (modern humans) over 300.000 years ago. then. much later. their permanent settlement of Europe. Eurasia. Asia. and the Americas. From hunters and foragers. we turn to the origins of farming and animal domestication in different parts of the world after about 11.000 years ago and show how these new economies changed human existence dramatically. Five chapters tell the stories of the great pre-industrial civilizations that emerged after 5000 years before present in the Old World and the Americas. their strengths. volatility. and weaknesses. These chapters describe powerful rulers and their ideologies. also the lives of non-elites. The narratives chronicle the rise and fall of civilizations. and the devastating effects of long droughts on many of them. The closing chapter poses a question: Why is world prehistory important in the modern world? What does it tell us about ourselves?
Providing a simple. but entertaining and stimulating. account of the prehistoric past from human origins to today from a global perspective. World Prehistory: The Basics is the ideal guide to the story of our early human past and its relevance to the modern world.
Women’s Studies: The Basics
72,00 ₾Women’s Studies: The Basics is an accessible introduction to the pathbreaking and cross-disciplinary study of women―past and present. Tracing the history of the field from its origins. this revised and updated text sets out the main topics making up the discipline. exploring its global development and its relevance to our own times. A new chapter on militarization and violence provides fresh insight into trends in the contemporary world and adds to curricular significance. Reflecting the diversity of the field. core themes include:
The interdisciplinary nature of women’s studies
Core feminist theories and the feminist agenda
Issues of intersectionality: women. race. class. gender. ethnicity. and religion
Violence. militarization. security. and peace
Women. sexuality. and the body
Women’s Studies: The Basics provides an informed foundation for those new to the subject and is especially meant to guide undergraduates and postgraduates concentrating in women’s studies and gender studies. Those in related disciplines will find in it a valuable overview of and background to women-centered issues and concerns. including global ones. The work also provides an updated list of suggested reading to help in further study. classroom presentations. and written exercises.
Terrorism: The Basics
72,00 ₾Terrorism: The Basics is an ideal starting point for anyone interested in one of the most discussed. written about and analysed aspects of modern life. Common misconceptions are dispelled as the authors provide clear and jargon-free answers to the big questions:
What does terrorism involve?
Who can be classified as a terrorist?
What are terrorists trying to achieve?
Who are the supporters of terrorism?
Can there ever be an end to terrorist activity?
These questions and more are answered with reference to contemporary groups and situations allowing readers to relate theory to what they have seen on the news. Written with clarity and insight. this book is the perfect first book on terrorism for students of all levels.
Subcultures: The Basics
62,00 ₾Subcultures: The Basics is an accessible and engaging introduction to subcultures in a global context. This fully revised new edition adds new case studies and an additional chapter on the digital lives of subculturists as well as reflections on the relationships between subcultures and globalisation and the resurgence of the far-right. Blending theory and practice. this text examines a varied range of subcultures including hip hop. graffiti writing. heavy metal. punk. gamers. burlesque. parkour. riot grrrl. straight edge. roller derby. steampunk. b-boying/b-girling. body modification. and skateboarding. Subcultures: The Basics answers the key questions posed by those new to the subject. including:
What is a subculture? What are the significant theories of subculture?
How do subcultures emerge. who participates and why?
How do subcultural identities interact with other aspects of self. such as social class. race. gender. and sexual identity?
What is the relationship between deviance. resistance and the ‘mainstream’?
How have both progressive and reactionary subculturists contributed to social change?
How does society react to different subcultures?
How have subcultures spread around the world?
In what ways do digital technologies and social media influence subcultures?
What happens when subculturists age?
Tracing the history and development of subcultural theory to the present day. this text is essential reading for all those studying subcultures in the contexts of sociology. cultural studies. history. media studies. anthropology. musicology. and criminology. It pushes the field forward with cutting-edge theories of resistance and social change. place and space. critical race and queer studies. virtual participation. and ageing and participation across the life course. Key terms and concepts are highlighted throughout the text whilst each chapter includes boxed case studies and signposts students to further reading and resources.
Sociology
72,00 ₾A lively. accessible and comprehensive introduction to the diverse ways of thinking about social life. Sociology: The Basics has been translated into six languages. The volume is packed with thought-provoking summaries. questions. quotations and activities. It offers an absorbing narrative about what we mean by the social. and how we can think about it. weaving in discussions of the personal. the political and social change. along with concepts and vivid contemporary examples. and answering questions such as:
What is the scope. history and purpose of sociology?
How do we cultivate ways of understanding society and ‘the social’?
What is the state of the world we live in today?
How do we analyse suffering and inequalities?
What are key methods and tools for researching and thinking about society?
How has digitalism reshaped sociology and its method?
How might sociology help us understand the changes brought about by Covid-19?
Does sociology have values?
What is the role of sociology in making a better world?
In this thoroughly revised and updated Third edition the reader is encouraged to think critically about the structures. meanings. histories and cultures found in the rapidly changing world we live in. With tasks to stimulate the sociological mind and suggestions for further reading both within the text and on an accompanying website. this book is essential reading for all those studying sociology and those with an interest in how the modern world works.
Simone de Beauvoir: The Basics
68,00 ₾Simone de Beauvoir: The Basics provides an accessible introduction to the life. work and ground-breaking ideas of author. philosopher. and feminist Simone de Beauvoir.
The book offers readers “the basics” of Beauvoir. affording new and continuing readers a guide to her works and ideas. The book examines main developments in her life. the social and political events and efforts. as well as intellectual figures who influenced her thinking. Readers will be introduced to her existentialist ethics of freedom and her preoccupation with situations of oppression. covering her more widely read philosophical texts like The Second Sex and The Ethics of Ambiguity. as well as her lesser-known texts like A Very Easy Death and Les Belles Images.
Simone de Beauvoir: The Basics offers an energetic introduction to Beauvoir that encourages readers to study her further and that will inspire them to think with Beauvoir in their own lives. and is of value to those studying Beauvoir’s work for the first time and those looking for a supplement to their general knowledge of Beauvoir.
Public Relations: The Basics
72,00 ₾Public Relations: The Basics is a highly readable introduction to one of the most exciting and fast-paced media industries. Both the practice and profession of public relations are explored and the focus is on those issues which will be most relevant to those new to the field:
The four key phases of public relations campaigns: research. strategy. tactics and evaluation.
History and evolution of public relations.
Basic concepts of the profession: ethics. professionalism and theoretical underpinnings.
Contemporary international case studies are woven throughout the text ensuring that the book is relevant to a global audience. It also features a glossary and an appendix on first steps towards a career in public relations making this the book the ideal starting point for anyone new to the study of public relations..
Public Administration
62,00 ₾Public administration is the set of instruments – the rules. incentives. organizations. information. systems and people – to implement public policy. Public Administration: The Basics is a reader-friendly and up-to-date synthesis of the subject. complete with relatable examples. analogies. and real-world illustrations.
The book offers practical insight without jargon and covers all major topics. The first three chapters describe the functions and organizational structure of government; the next three focus on the core issues of the management of public finances. government personnel. and public procurement; the final three chapters address government regulation. the provision of public services. and the interaction between government and the private sector. Public Administration: The Basics is an ideal first book for introductory public administration courses. as well as complementary reading for courses in political science. public economics. and international affairs. The book also serves as an accessible reference for busy policymakers. civil servants. and engaged citizens.
Media Studies: The Basics
72,00 ₾Fully updated and revised. the second edition of Media Studies: The Basics is the ideal guide to the changing landscape of media and Media Studies.
There have been seismic shifts in what constitutes (the) media in recent years with technological advances ushering in whole new categories of producers. consumers and modes of delivery. This has been reflected in the way media is studied with new theories. concepts and practices coming to the fore. This new edition addresses core questions including:
Who. or what. are the media?
What are the key terms and concepts used in analysing media?
Where have new media technologies had the biggest impact?
How. and by whom. is media made in the 21st century?
Featuring new case studies. an updated glossary and suggestions for further reading. this is the ideal introduction to Media Studies today for both A Level and undergraduate students.
Gerontology: The Basics
72,00 ₾Human aging is a complex. multi-faceted experience that unfolds over an entire lifetime. While human aging is universal. it is also wildly variable. shaped by individual. social. cultural. political. geographic and historical contexts. Gerontology: The basics explores the field of research. education and practice which takes on the complex and multi-faceted questions. issues and problems of adult aging and old age.
Intended for anyone interested in understanding the origins of gerontology and its unique purview. we invite the reader to join us in a critical examination of what we think we know about becoming and being old and. perhaps. be inspired to engage more deeply in their own travels through the life-course.
Gender: The Basics
72,00 ₾Gender: The Basics is an engaging introduction to the influence of cultural. historical. biological. psychological. and economic forces on ways in which we have come to define and experience femininity and masculinity. and on the impact and importance of gender categories. Highlighting that there is far more to gender than biological sex. it examines theories and research about how and why gender categories and identities are developed and about how interpersonal and societal power relationships are gendered. It takes a global and intersectional perspective to examine the interaction between gender and a wide range of topics including:
Relationships. intimacy. and concepts of sexuality across the lifespan
The workplace and labour markets
Gender related violence and war
Public health. poverty. and development
Gender and public leadership
This new edition includes increased coverage of trans visibility and activism. LGBTQ studies and critical masculinity studies. global developments in women’s political leadership. links between gender and economic wellbeing. and cyberbullying.
Supporting theory with examples and case studies from a variety of contexts. suggestions for further reading. and a detailed glossary. this text is an essential read for anyone approaching the study of gender for the first time.
Education: The Basics
72,00 ₾Everyone knows that education is important. we are confronted daily by discussion of it in the media and by politicians. but how much do we really know about education? Education: The Basics is a lively and engaging introduction to education as an academic subject. taking into account both theory and practice. Covering the schooling system. the nature of knowledge and methods of teaching. this book analyses the viewpoints of both teachers and pupils. Key questions are answered. including:
What is education and what is it for?
Where does education take place?
How do we learn?
Who are the students?
What is being taught in schools and universities and why?
What is the state of education across the world?
With further reading throughout. Education: The Basics is essential for all those embarking on undergraduate courses in Education and Education Studies. and for those with an involvement in teaching at all levels.
Discourse: The Basics
72,00 ₾Humans are social animals and are constantly interacting with each other through conversation. written communication. symbols and other expressions . Discourse: The Basics is an accessible and engaging introduction to the analysis of those interactions and the many forms and meanings they can take. The book draws on a range of international case studies and examples from literature. political speech. advertising and newspaper articles to address key questions such as:
What is discourse?
Why are there different approaches to understanding discourse?
How are individual interactions connected with the larger discourses that frame our ways of thinking and behaving?
How can discourse be analysed and researched?
Discourse: The Basics includes subject summaries. a glossary of key terms and suggestions for further reading. It will be of particular relevance to students of language and the social sciences but also useful to all students who are interested in how meanings are made.
Criminology: The Basics
72,00 ₾Criminology is a discipline that is constituted by its subject matter rather than being bound by an agreed set of concepts or way of thinking. This fully updated third edition of Criminology: The Basics is a lively and engaging guide to this compelling and complex subject. Topics covered include:
the history and development of criminology
myths about crime and offenders
the search for criminological explanation
victims of crime and state crime
crime prevention. cybercrime. and the future of crime control
criminology and intersectionality
This edition also includes new sections on genocide. terrorism. cultural victimology. and Westo-centric thinking.
Concise and accessible. this book utilises chapter summaries. exercise questions and lists of further reading to provide a perfect introduction to this subject.
საქართველოს არქეოლოგიისთვის
39,95 ₾წინამდებარე წიგნში საქართველოს იბერია-კოლხური პერიოდის (ძვ. წ VI ს – ახ.წ. IV ს.) ისტორიისა და არქეოლოგიის საკითხებია განხილული.
ნაშრომში ახალი არქეოლოგიური მასალისა და წერილობითი წყაროების ურთიერთშედარებისა და კვლევის საფუძველზე, გარკვეულწილად, ხერხდება საქართველოს ხსენებული ეპოქის ისტორიის მეტ-ნაკლები აღდგენა.
წიგნი განკუთვნილია საქართველოს ისტორიით დაინტერესებული მითხველისთვის. ის ახალ, საინტერესო ინფორმაციას მიაწვდის სკოლის მასწავლებლებსა და სტუდენტებს.
ჩვენ ვართ საქართველო
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