Conversations with the Turtles - Couverture souple

Espino, Nilson Ariel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1009441140 ISBN 13 : 9781009441148

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2026

Synopsis

Polarization often results from deficient forms of social belonging, caused primarily by stark social inequalities. These inequalities then generate psychological responses that both create and worsen polarization. Yet social stability is possible. In this provocative and original book, Nilson Ariel Espino argues that our current ideological polarizations can be best analysed as springing from the contradictions of modernity and its obsessions. Using culture as a founding and organizing dimension, the author disassembles the typical dichotomies of left versus right, or conservatism versus progressivism, and reveals the opposing sides as mutually interdependent positions that struggle with cultural paradoxes they are ill-suited to address. Written with clarity and verve for the general reader, this book brings classic concepts of cultural anthropology to bear on the key preoccupations of today's world, from poverty and inequality, to political instability and the environmental crisis.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Nilson Ariel Espino is an adjunct professor at McGill University's School of Urban Planning, Co-Chair of the UNESCO Chair 'Dialogues on Sustainability,' and an associate researcher at Santa María La Antigua Catholic University. An academic and architect based in Panama City, Panama, his research interests are urban social problems and political ideologies. He has a Ph.D. in social and cultural anthropology and is the author of Building the Inclusive City (2015).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1009441140
• ISBN 13: 9781009441148
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 216
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Cambridge University Press; https://www.cambridge.org/; ; Via Honduras,15; Pomezia; Italia; 71; Italie