Society, Culture and Arts

This book encourages a radical rethinking of how we tell stories about climate change. Considering the contrasting perspectives of writer Amitav Ghosh and theorist Mark Bould, it reconciles their storytelling for criminologists and all those concerned about—and working towards avoiding—catastrophic climate change.

True crime is a huge cultural industry yet behind it lies the real-life victims and a disconnect between representations of violent crime and its reality. This book is a go-to guide for students and researchers in understanding the development of this phenomenon and its social and cultural impacts.

What’s it like to work in the male-dominated world of electronic music? This book blends the author’s DJing journey with 6 years of research and artist interviews, revealing the challenges women and gender-expansive DJs face. A must-read for those interested in electronic music, the sociology of club culture or diversity in creative industries.

This optimist’s guide to truth contends that truth is the best device we have for coordinating collective decisions and actions, and the concept of truth is a target ideal to strive for . This long-standing problem will not be solved with modern technology or regulations, but with mindfulness, humility, cooperation and optimism.

This book examines how new digital technologies are reshaping and expanding the production and contestation of collective memory. It introduces innovative perspectives on the complex intersections and unexpected trends of memory formation and digitisation in contemporary China.

This book takes common themes in popular music and analyses them through a harms-based critical criminology of music. It analyses the sexism and homophobia of the music industry but also the role of music in bringing hope, whether on a personal or political level worldwide.

Written by a pre-eminent authority in this field, this book shows how humanism’s purpose is to help people to meet their need to understand the world around them. It will help both existing adherents and the “humanism-curious” to contextualise its potential role in making sense of their lives.

Journalism faces multiple threats today all over the world:. Jon Allsop examines key concepts that constitute journalism’s role: good judgement, concern for truth and critical scrutiny of one or more communities.

It has never been more necessary for us to become actors in our own future. Margaret Heffernan argues for the vital integration of art into all aspects of our lives and for artists to guide us.

CTRL, HATE, DELETE takes a deep dive into how a collection of misogynists and their allies have turned male supremacist ideology from a niche set of beliefs into a mainstream movement. and outlines how to fight the rising tide of online misogyny and make online spaces more equal and inclusive.

How does the billionaire class get away with sequestering the world’s wealth while others languish in poverty and hunger? This incisive book examines myths that portray billionaires as a ‘force for good’ and suggests concrete actions to support economic justice and democratic equality.