The proliferation of social media has provided ideal conditions in which feelings of anger and frustration can be expressed and shared, forming a deep pool of ressentiment that is being drawn upon and exploited by populist and authoritarian leaders.In his new book, Joseph Vogl shows how this dynamic is rooted in the fusing of finance capital and information in a new form of information capitalism that is reshaping the affective economy of our societies. The capital accumulation str...

In a rapidly evolving digital landscape, companies are increasingly driven by automation, where software algorithms replace human decision-making. This book explores the concept of the self-driving company, an organization that has reached a high level of automation through various stages of development. It tackles the critical question: Can we trust such automated entities? Using intuitive models and clear, practical examples, the book demonstrates how these future companies can develop r...

Russia's attack on Ukraine marks an epochal break in European and global history. Undoubtedly, the decision to go to war is closely linked to one person, Vladimir Putin, but Russia's war is not driven solely by one man's power calculations. We can only make sense of Russia's actions in Ukraine, argues the distinguished historian Martin Schulze Wessel, by putting them in the broader context of the history of Russian imperialism and the influence it continues to exert today.Schulze W...

Sport is an integral part of society, playing a key role in human health and well-being, and cultural, political and economic development. As sport is becoming more complex, competitive, diverse, and increasingly reliant on technology, HFE theories, methods, and principles are progressively being applied to help understand and optimize sports systems.Human Factors and Ergonomics in Sport: Applications and Future Directions showcases the latest in sports HFE research and practice. I...

At 40, Neil H. Solomon received a $13,000 bonus after personally producing $6.5 million in revenue. That check did not end his career. It opened a door he had walked past for years.After nearly dying in a river in Costa Rica, Solomon spent almost twenty years asking one question: why do some people see opportunity everywhere, while others never see it at all?The answer was not talent, money, or luck. It was perception.The 1% Door reveals the hidden systems shaping w...

This book provides a historically informed reconstruction of the social practices that have shaped the formation of the modern subject from the early modern period to the present. The formal legal protections accorded to subjects are, and always have been, latent in social practices, norms, and language before they are articulated in formal legal orders.Vesting argues that in Western societies legal personhood is closely tied to three ideal types of social personhood – what he call...

Russia's attack on Ukraine marks an epochal break in European and global history. Undoubtedly, the decision to go to war is closely linked to one person, Vladimir Putin, but Russia's war is not driven solely by one man's power calculations. We can only make sense of Russia's actions in Ukraine, argues the distinguished historian Martin Schulze Wessel, by putting them in the broader context of the history of Russian imperialism and the influence it continues to exert today.Schulze W...

The Actor's Hustle is a book designed to help Actors on all levels reach their career goals and start booking quality film & TV roles that will help them quit their day jobs and build powerful relationships in the entertainment industry and grow. This easy read is loaded with Shana Solomon's hilarious, in your face tell it like it is personality as she shares her wild experiences jam-packed with lessons of how she went from a girl in the Bronx working as a retail associate and bartender wi...

Mervyn LeRoy Comes to Town is the first book devoted to the career of one of the director/producers who in the early years of sound cinema was instrumental in establishing the Hollywood model of production that would endure for more than half a century. As a director and producer, LeRoy was responsible for turning out more than sixty feature films in a career that spanned five decades; as a studio executive, he contributed substantially to the success of the industry during the ch...