A New Philosophy of Society: Assemblage Theory and Social Complexity
Manuel DeLanda is a distinguished writer, artist and philosopher. In his new book, he offers a fascinating look at how the contemporary world is characterized by an extraordinary social complexity. Since most social entities, from small communities to large nation-states, would disappear altogether if human minds ceased to exist, Delanda proposes a novel approach to social ontology that asserts the autonomy of social entities from the conceptions we have of them.
The socio-political vocabulary. The book contains over 3,000 lexical items from the sphere of social and political literature. Also includes a number of phraseology, spoken words and well-known political cliches. Active ownership dictionary expand students' knowledge and allow them to freely enough to understand the content of the texts on social and political topics in reading and in oral communication.
The Social Styles Handbook: Adapt Your Style to Win Trust
Why do you connect easily with some people and not with others? More than two million people use social styles and versatility skills to read and adapt to the natural behavior of others. Simple to learn and apply, social styles skills immediately improve communication and relationships at work and at home. Use them and you'll accomplish more with everyone. The secret is very simple: treat people the way they want to be treated. Learn your own social style, how to read others' styles, discover how to handle conflict with social styles in mind, and begin using versatility to ensure productive, long-term relationships.
Read and Discover combines lively reading material with carefully graded language, enabling students to discover more about the world while learning English. The topics have been chosen to stimulate students' interest and to cover key curriculum content from three broad subject areas: The World of Science and technology, The Natural World, and The World of Arts and Social Studies. All readers contain two activity pages for every chapter, two projects in each book and a picture dictionary for key vocabulary.
