We live in a world where religion, capitalism, socialism, consumerism, occult, mysticism jostle together. Therefore, Imran Khan cannot create a prosperous and social welfare state unless he fuses ...

Reviewed Works: Red Creative: Culture and Modernity in China by Justin O’Connor, Xin Gu, Lisa Bernstein, Chu-chueh Cheng; Revealing/Reveiling Shanghai: Cultural Representations from the Twentieth and ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This article explores the interweaving of the traditional, the modern, and the postmodern into the practice of Candomblé, an African-derived ...

According to Canadian sociologist David Lyon, the theory of secularization based on Max Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism--a "metanarrative" of the secularized academy--is dead ...

Dear Dr. E: I’ve heard a couple of pastors talk about our present culture wars being the inevitable result of a “postmodern” worldview. I’m still not sure I understand what this means. Could you ...

This course examines how the idea of "the modern" develops at the end of the 18th century in European philosophy and literature, and how being modern (or progressive, or hip) became one of the crucial ...

This programme aims to enhance the understanding, among students on the course, of both substantive and theoretical issues in the sociological study of identities. A growing literature in sociology ...

This unit aims to introduce students to key issues within the sociology of culture, offering an overview of particular approaches to understanding culture as well as investigations into specific ...