Social theory books

This book brings together leading scholars from various disciplines to illuminate Weber’s thought in numerous areas,...  Read More >>

The Routledge Companion to Northeast India is a trans-disciplinary and comprehensive compendium of a vital yet under-researched...  Read More >>

This book examines diseases and disasters from the perspective of social and political theory, exploring the ways...  Read More >>

Based on extensive research among Cistercian monks and nuns, this book examines social relations in monasteries,...  Read More >>

This book considers the role of experts and expertise in contemporary politics and the ways in which digitalization...  Read More >>

"Using ""risk"" as a conceptual lens, this book analyzes how communities across East Asia responded to the disruption...  Read More >>

Presenting a wide range of international case studies, the contributors to this book study the impact of Covid-19...  Read More >>

As the concept of recognition shifts from philosophical theory to other fields of the humanities and social sciences,...  Read More >>

This book draws together debates from two burgeoning fields, liminality and informality studies, to analyze how...  Read More >>

Through a variety of empirical studies, this volume offers fresh insights into the means by which communicative...  Read More >>

This book analyses the conceptual and concrete relationships between rhythm and law.  Read More >>

Departing from both the ordinary defences and criticisms that surround the practice of Jewish ritual of circumcision,...  Read More >>

Drawing on rich interview material, this book examines marginalized knowledges as a field of epistemic struggle,...  Read More >>

Originating in the popular Sociología en Cuarantena blog, this volume provides a detailed and multifaceted analysis...  Read More >>

This book introduces the notion of culinary capital to investigate socialisation and school mealtime experiences...  Read More >>

This book analyzes the relationship between trust and social capital in contemporary Chinese society. It attempts...  Read More >>

This book applies the general theory of critical rationalism in order to develop a sociology of the transition from...  Read More >>

Drawing on cases from the world of ‘free software’, this book examines Rousseau’s conception of freedom and its...  Read More >>

An in-depth investigation of political modernity, Political Modernity and Social Theory proposes an encompassing...  Read More >>

This book outlines the tenets and problematic of structurationist sociology. In resolving its problematic — the...  Read More >>

Johnson's book was written for four audiences: people worried about polarization, activists who want an effective...  Read More >>

Argues that the rise of radical right-wing movements is not merely a series of nationalist projects, but a global...  Read More >>

Criminology: Explaining Crime and Its Context, Eleventh Edition, offers a broad perspective on criminological theory.This...  Read More >>

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"""I have always maintained that sociology is a science of liberation and not of restraint.""Lester F. Ward, often...  Read More >>