Social theory books

""A sharp critique of our contemporary societies in which pseudo-communication and narcissism have replaced community""--...  Read More >>

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""Originally published in Spanish as Memoria y autobiografia: Exploraciones en los lâimites à Fondo de Cultura Econâomica...  Read More >>

Ausgehend von Befunden eines aktuell veränderten gesellschaftlichen Stellenwerts der Angst untersucht der Sammelband...  Read More >>

Based on an article by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters, the fascinating results of an important nationwide conversation...  Read More >>

Winner: Cheryl Frank Memorial Prize for innovative writing on critical realism This new textbook offers a succinct...  Read More >>

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This volume offers insights into ongoing, global socio-economic transformations by directing attention to the significance...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1999 Social Theory and Psychoanalysis in Transition is a benchmark critique of Freudian...  Read More >>

In this immersive ethnography, Tony Tian-Ren Lin explores the reasons that Latin American immigrants across the...  Read More >>

Das Buch widmet sich dieser europäischen Vergesellschaftung anhand von Migration, Auslandsstudium, Tourismus und...  Read More >>

Football has emerged as an important symbolic field through which various social, cultural, political, economic,...  Read More >>

In Nurturing the Imperial Presidency, Brien Hallett asks, ""Why have national war leaders always decided and declared...  Read More >>

In Rethinking Marxist Theories of Transition, Onur Acaroglu traces the concept of transition across the tracts of...  Read More >>

In this immersive ethnography, Tony Tian-Ren Lin explores the reasons that Latin American immigrants across the...  Read More >>

How did a thirteenth-century Italian friar become one of the best-loved saints in America? Drawing on a dazzling...  Read More >>

Presents students with a carefully curated selection of readings that demonstrate how introductory concepts in sociology...  Read More >>

When and under what circumstances are disaster survivors able to speak for themselves in the public arena? Kate...  Read More >>

These include meditations on the very nature of future studies, visions of preferred futures, ideas about alternative...  Read More >>

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Discourse on the Origin of Inequality is a philosophical work first published in 1755. In his Discourse, Rousseau...  Read More >>

This book is an introductory guide to the work of Talcott Parsons, designed specifically for students and those...  Read More >>

This volume is a resource for bioarchaeologists interested in using a structural violence framework to better understand...  Read More >>

The Indian diaspora is increasingly engaging with the homeland by forming a range of migrant organizations — organizations...  Read More >>

Through journalism, psychoanalytic reflection and insights from users, developers, security experts and others,...  Read More >>