Einträge von Generalsekretariat

Inequalities and the Paradigm of Excellence in Academia

Fiona Jenkins, Barbara Hoenig, Susanne Maria Weber, Andrea Wolffram, eds. (2022) London: Routledge. This volume examines the criteria of excellence producing inequalities of gender in the daily working environment and evaluation of academics. Policymakers have increasingly placed emphasis on gender equality as part of a strategy for achieving research excellence, and efforts to reduce gender […]

Sociology in a New Key. Essays in Social Theory and Aesthetics

Helmut Staubmann 2022 This book presents essays that address fundamental issues in social and cultural theory by viewing them through the lens of aesthetic theory. Drawing on the aesthetic theories of Theodor W. Adorno, Gregory Bateson, Jean-Marie Guyau, Talcott Parsons and Georg Simmel, it suggests a new take on basic sociological concepts and methodologies. The […]