
Temptations of the West: How to Be Modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet, and Beyond
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The collection is an interdisciplinary bridge between Ukrainian and Croatian science, encouraging comparative research on Slavic migrations. It presents the Carpathians as a "living archipelago" connecting East and West, important for Croatian ethnogenesi
Peter L. Berger's book is a sociological analysis of capitalism as a cataclysmic force in modern society. Berger's thesis is that capitalism is not just an economy, but a revolutionary process that changes the material, social, political, and cultural asp
A classic work by one of the most influential sociologists of the 20th century, the founder of "figurative" or "process" sociology. The book is a programmatic manifesto against the then dominant structural-functionalist paradigm (Parsons) and pure positiv
In the book, Todorov examines the relationship between the production of discourse (rhetoric) and its interpretation (hermeneutics), focusing on verbal symbolism – the phenomenon of indirect meaning that builds on direct, literal meaning.
An indispensable sociological study by Manuel Castells, author of the trilogy “The Information Age.” The title alludes to McLuhan's “Gutenberg's Galaxy,” emphasizing that the Internet represents a new communications revolution.
A collection of essays by the Bulgarian historian Maria Todorova (known for Imaginary Balkans), compiled especially for the 20th Century Library. Indispensable for understanding post-communist transitions, culture of memory and Balkan studies.