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"Maximiliano Korstanje presents an overview and analysis of the work of the Argentinian Sociologist and physician, José Ingenieros (1877-1925). In fact, José Ingenieros was a seminal scholar who contributed directly to the formation of sociology in Latin America. Born in Palermo, Italy Ingenieros grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He trained in medicine, psychiatry, sociology and philosophy, he devoted much of his life to addressing societal challenges such as mass migration, imperialism, marginality, criminality and social identity. Korstanje takes in turn the key areas of Ingenieros's work and examines how his thinking can be brought to bear on the social challenges of today. In particular his work on mass migration and the "Other" have echoes in the problems facing many countries in the early twenty-first century. A valuable resource for scholars and students looking to better understand this key figure in Argentinian - and Latin American - sociology in the early twentieth century"--

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: Tourism Safety and Security Just After COVID-19 -- References -- Chapter 1 -- Perceptions of the Residents' Attitudes and the Impact on Tourism Before, During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Social Exchange Theory Model -- Residents' Attitudes towards Tourism -- COVID-19 Pandemic -- Methodology -- Review of Literature -- Cognitive Dissonance Theory-Leon Festinger -- Problems -- Appropriate Measures to be taken for Effective Tourism during COVID-19 in Meghalaya -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 -- Targeting Cruise Ships: A Study of -- Security Perceptions around Terrorism -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- Importance of Safe Seas -- Cruise Holidays -- Airport Security -- Sea Port Security -- Maritime Security Development -- Methodology -- Findings, Analysis and Discussion -- Demographic Data -- Gender vs Security -- Preferred Cruise Option -- Most Likely Mode of Attack -- Perspectives on Terrorism -- Limitations and Opportunities for Further Research -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 -- 'Tap-Tap': A Journey through Haiti, and an Original Form of Destination Narrative -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- Conceptual Framework -- Travel Writing -- Convincing Message to Potential Visitors -- Framework of the Study -- Contextual Framework -- Haiti as a Destination -- 'Bonjour Blanc: A Journey through Haiti' -- Methods -- Data Collection -- Data Analysis -- Results -- Positioning of Taglines -- Language of the Taglines -- Word Frequency and Their Nature -- Unsettling and Contradicting Information on Haiti -- The American Influence vs the French Influence -- Religions in Haiti -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 -- Violent Spectators: Enhanced Security as a Deterrent against Extreme Stadium Violence -- Abstract -- Introduction.

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword A -- Television, 9/11 and Democracy -- Foreword B -- The Political Consequences of Terrorism -- Introduction -- Terrorism and Capitalism -- Chapter 1 -- Methodological Dilemmas and Contradictions of Terrorism Research -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Preliminary Debate -- Terror as a Political Instrument -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 -- Revolt against Fear -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Ideological Apparatuses -- A Distant Mirror 1933-1939-2001-2019 -- Love and Revolution -- References -- Chapter 3 -- Extremism, Manifestos and the Contagion of Evil: The New Wave of Terrorism in the Onlife World -- Abstract -- Four Manifestos, a Common Link -- Extremist Manifestos in the Onlife Age: Old Roots and a New Approach through General System Thinking -- The Cut-and-Paste Operation in the Onlife Domain -- The Interconnection between the Online and Offline Domain -- The Web as a Moral Enabler -- The Gamification of Terror, an Emergent Property of the Terror Threat -- How the Evil Contagion Works: A Systemic Approach to the Process -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 -- A World of Walls: Exploring the Inconsistencies of Neoliberalism Today -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Preliminary Debate -- Neoliberalism and Homeland Security -- Tourism and Mobilities -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5 -- The Terrorism Enigma -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The Propaganda of Fear in Everyday Life -- The Military-Media Complex and Terrorism -- Everyday Life Adjustments -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6 -- The New Terrorist Threat Targeting Global Culture, Safety, and Tourism -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- Discussion -- Recommendations and Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 7 -- Baudrillard on Terrorism and War in Times of Hyper-Mobility -- Abstract -- I. Introduction.

1: Eschatology and the Theory of Apocalypse -- 2: Interrogating on the Essence of the Zombie World -- 3: The Undesired Other -- 4: The War on Terror -- 5: Tourism in the Days of Morbid Consumption -- 6: Israel State, Genocide and Thana-Capitalism -- 7: Disasters in the Society of Fear -- 8: Conclusion

This book unravels the role of democracy after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and reflects important debates surrounding the security of Muslim communities in the years to come. It looks at the problems of torture, violence and the legal resources available to contemporary democracies to confront terrorism. While terrorism is often regarded as one of the major threats to the West and the nation-state, this book explores the notion that a disciplined sense of terror is what keeps society working. The strengths and limitations of liberalism are examined, as well as the ethical dilemma of torture and human right violations in the struggle against terrorism. This book carefully dissects the origin of the nation-state and how it keeps society united. The author offers a creative and unique approach to democracy and worldwide terrorism, exploring the consequences for the nation-state. This book looks at the connections between terrorism, mobility, consumption, torture and fear. It will be of interest to researchers as well as postgraduate and postdoctoral students within the fields of Human Geography, Politics, Media and International Relations

In 1992, Ulrich Beck published his classic Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity, which over the years has been situated as a must-read book in anthropology and sociology. The turn of the century brought many unseen political, economic and of course ecological risks for contemporary society. Though brilliant in essence, Beck's argument does not suffice to explain the times that humans live in now. Risk society has been replaced by a new stage of capitalism, where disasters, human suffering and pain have been commoditized as products to be instantly gazed and consumed by a global spectorship. The term "Thana-Capitalism" is used to describe the rise of a new form of capitalism, centered in the consumption of death and pain. This book captivates the needs of discussing capitalism from a new angle, introducing new theories, insights and debates revolving around political anthropology. In five short chapters, the authors did their best to explore this idea with different but interrelated topics such as leisure, tourism, consumption, terrorism, disasters, climate change, and political violence. The present project is useful for pre-graduate students (in humanities and social sciences) interested in politics, cultural studies and anthropology

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- References -- Chapter 1 -- The Transdisciplinary Nature of Tourism -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Debating on the Epistemology of Tourism -- Dissecting the Indiscipline of Postmodern Disciplines -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 -- The Dark Side of Creative Tourism: A Philosophical Dialogue with Culture -- Abstract -- Introduction -- How to Read Our Argument -- Preliminary Discussion -- The Concept of Creative Class -- Creative Tourism -- Epistemological Problems of Creative Tourism -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 -- Drinking Alcohol as a Host-Guest Mediator in the Rite of Hospitality -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Hospitality and Moral Values -- Of Hospitality, Dialogues with Derrida -- Interrogating on Hospitality -- The Religious Nature of Hospitality -- Alcohol Consumption -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 -- Assessing the Tourism Performance of a Destination: Toward a New Approach Using Cuba as a Case Study -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Contextual Framework -- 2.1. Historical Background -- 2.2. The Tourism Industry in Cuba -- 2.3. Cuba and its Destination Management Organisation (DMO) Branding -- 2.4. Analysis of Number of Visitors in Cuba (2003-2014) -- 3. Conceptual Framework -- 3.1. MCDA -- 3.2. Tourism Destination Competitiveness (TDC) -- 3.3. Competitiveness Models -- 4. Methodology -- 4.1. Approach -- 4.2. Literature Review -- 4.3. Stage 3: Feeding the Framework Using the Results of the Literature Review -- 5. Findings, Discussions, Limitations and Recommendations -- 5.1. Findings -- 5.2. The 'Blind Spot' and the Blakeley Model -- 5.3. The Blakeley Model Applied to the Tourism Sector in Haiti and Cuba -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5 -- Modernity and Tourism -- Abstract -- The Modernity Process -- Positive and Perverse Effects of Modernity

This book explores how the contemporary threat of terrorism is eroding the concept of hospitality in the West. Going beyond the immediate effects of terrorism that are daily portrayed in the media and have shaped the foreign policy agenda of politicians in Europe and the US, this study explores the conceptual framework of how terrorism emerged and expanded within the West and shows how it interacts with, and targets, leisure consumerism and the international hospitality industry.

Terrorism, Tourism and the End of Hospitality in the 'West' -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Other in Western Civilization -- Introduction -- Competence and Capitalism -- The Construction of Otherness -- Travels, Science and Cultural Landscapes -- Problems Around the Notion of Rational West -- Conclusion -- 3 The Concept of Civility and Law -- Introduction -- Tourism and Globalization -- Democracy and the Sense of Liberty -- Loyalty to the Nation-State -- Towards a Theory of Fear -- Mobilities are Terrorism by Other Means -- 4 The Rise of the Nation-State and Free Transit -- Introduction -- Preliminary Discussion -- Democracy and its (unmet) Promises -- Memory, Construction and Selection -- Hospitality, Conquest and Humankind -- Travelling, Gazing at the Borders of Politics -- Unspeakable Violence -- Conclusion -- 5 The Problem of Terrorism -- Introduction -- What is Terrorism? -- How Violent is this World? -- Terrorism and 9/11 -- Why do Terrorists Target Innocent Tourists? -- The Spectacle of Human Suffering: Dark Tourism -- Terrorism in the Industrial System -- Conclusion -- 6 The Travel and Tourism Industry -- Introduction -- The Confrontational Other in Modern Culture -- The Fear of Travelling Abroad -- The Theory of Non-Places Reconsidered -- Terror Goes Through the Screens -- Terror in Times of Thana-Capitalism -- Conclusion -- 7 The Globalization of Fear -- Introduction -- The Archetype of Donald Trump -- Samuel Huntington and the Borders of Civilizations -- The theory of mobilities and terrorism -- Terrorism and the Problem of Violence -- The Pseudo-Leviathans in Colombia -- Psychological fear in Michael Taussig -- From torture to fear in Freddy Timmermann -- The Formation of Violence (Northern Ireland) -- 8 How Terrorism Changed the Ways of Interpreting Hospitality -- Introduction

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface: The Cult to Individualism -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: New Trends in Leisure Practices -- Introduction -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2: Capitalism and Human Suffering -- Introduction -- Why Does Poverty Exist? -- The Voice of Liberalism -- The Voice of Post-Marxism -- An Alternative Option, from Production to Consumption -- The Concept of Identity -- Reviewing Slum Tourism -- Ecology of Disasters -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: Consuming Disasters -- Introduction -- The Attractiveness of Mobility -- The Spectacle of Disasters

A critical review of the book titled "Magical Realist Sociologies of Belonging and Becoming: The Explorer" and authored by Rodanthi Tzanelli. Based on this review, this book discuss in-depth a structural dualism that not only helps us to expand our understanding and dichotomies around the problem of ecology and climate change but gives a clear diagnosis on the Western magical imaginary in a digital and hyper-global world. At least for this review, Magical realist sociologies of belonging and becoming brings a clear and fresh position to the foreground, scrutinizing on the other side of imperialism as well as the impacts of digital technologies in the daily lifestyle. The darkness says much of the mainstream cultural values of society than we certainly imagine. For those readers concerned by politics and mobilities, this book offers a high-quality and elegantly-written text which articulates magisterially different academic position, viewpoints and theories into an all-encompassing diagnosis. ; SUBMITTED: JUL 2020, ACCEPTED: AUG 2020, PUBLISHED ONLINE: 30 OCT 2020