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  • MYSTICAL SOCIETY
    PHILIP WEXLER
    In Mystical Society Philip Wexler, a well-known critical theorist with a background in social psychology and a special interest in spirituality, examines the revitalization of spirituality manifesting itself in society and in education. Describing what he calls "cultural changes toward the sacred," he documents a cultural shift, brought about by technological and societal chang...

    $1,179.00

  • SOCIAL ANALYSIS OF EDUCATION
    PHILIP WEXLER
    First published in 1987, this book offers an ideological critique of the new sociology of education, with the aim to redeem understanding of the social and historical character of knowledge. It argues that with an historical and social grasp, university knowledge can be understood as a collective product and can become a useful resource for encountering and transforming the soc...

    $859.00

  • AFTER POSTMODERNISM
    RICHARD SMITH / PHILIP WEXLER
    This work presents a set of thematic essays aimed at clarifying the educational problems and paradoxes of postmodern educational conditions and theory. The major concerns of the book are the possibility of achieving substantive political objectives and of theorising such possiblities. These concerns arise from a dissatisfaction with the organisational and political conditions o...

    $1,179.00

  • BECOMING SOMEBODY
    PHILIP WEXLER / WARREN CRICHLOW / JUNE KERN / REBECCA MATUSEWICZ
    Offers a social psychological account of social life in three high schools, combining theoretical analysis with reflective methodology. The emphasis of the book is on how social relations have varying effects on the feeling of self in young people from different socioeconomic environments. ...

    $899.00

  • CRITICAL THEORY NOW
    PHILIP WEXLER
    First Published in 1991. The first wave of North American critical theory was at once both academic and political. Interest in the works of the early Frankfurt School may have belonged to a more general renaissance of academic social theory that occurred in North America during the late 1960s and early 1970s. There is a new voice that comes through the historic political strugg...

    $959.00

  • INFORMATION RESOURCES IN TOXICOLOGY
    HAKKINEN, P.J. BERT / MOHAPATRA, ASISH / GILBERT, STEVEN G. G. / WEXLER, PHILIP
    This latest version of Information Resources in Toxicology (IRT) continues a tradition established in 1982 with the publication of the first edition in presenting an extensive itemization, review, and commentary on the information infrastructure of the field. This book is a unique wide-ranging, international, annotated bibliography and compendium of major resources in toxicolo...

    $2,797.00

  • HISTORY OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH: TOXICOLOGY IN ANTIQUITY VOLUME I
    WEXLER, PHILIP
    Toxicology in Antiquity is the first in a series of short format works covering key accomplishments, scientists, and events in the broad field of toxicology, including environmental health and chemical safety. This first volume sets the tone for the series and starts at the very beginning, historically speaking, with a look at toxicology in ancient times. The book explains that...

    $381.00

  • HISTORY OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH: TOXICOLOGY IN ANTIQUITY II
    WEXLER, PHILIP
    This volume, Toxicology in Antiquity II, continues to tell the story of the roots of toxicology in ancient times. Readers learn that before scientific research methods were developed, toxicology thrived as a very practical discipline. Toxicologists are particularly proud of the rich and storied history of their field and there are few resources available that cover the discipli...

    $381.00

  • ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TOXICOLOGY
    WEXLER, PHILIP
    The third edition of the Encyclopedia of Toxicology presents entries devoted to key concepts and specific chemicals, and is updated to reflect current advances in the field. It contains new information on nanotoxicology, epigenetics, persistent organic pollutants, computational toxicology and bioinformatics, controversial chemicals, and much more. Along with the traditional sci...

    $22,329.00