Social theory books

He illustrates how social dreaming can link dreams together into a collage of images, and compares this to the rhizome,...  Read More >>

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Originally published in 2003, Critical Visions develops a wide-ranging analysis of key issues and debates in contemporary...  Read More >>

It is possible for civilization to be civilized, society to be sane, humanity to be human, and the universe to be...  Read More >>

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Stella Gaon provides the first fully philosophical account of the critical nature of deconstruction, and she does...  Read More >>

This book conducts a critical investigation into everyday intercultural recognition and misrecognition in the domain...  Read More >>

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A manifesto for a collaborative design practice to empower people and communities to address the urgent social and...  Read More >>

This book stresses Goffman’s central role as a sociological theorist, exploring the potentials of his work and uncovering...  Read More >>

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This title was first published in 2001. A collection of valuable, previously published essays analyzing the major...  Read More >>

This book explores the contribution of Michel Foucault to criminology, law and justice, surveying both the ways...  Read More >>

The Routledge Handbook of Psychoanalysis in the Social Sciences and Humanities offers a comprehensive overview of...  Read More >>

This book addresses the question of the meaning of life from the point of view of a novel interpretation of Aristotle’s...  Read More >>

Meta-Regulation in Practice argues that normative meta-regulatory theory relies on unrealistic assumptions of stakeholder...  Read More >>

This volume explores contemporary social conflict, focusing on a sort of violence that rarely receives coverage...  Read More >>

Much of what we could do, we shouldn’t—and we don’t. Mark Osiel shows that common morality—expressed as shame, outrage,...  Read More >>

Providing a thorough and comprehensive introduction to the study of photography, this second edition of Photography:...  Read More >>

Higher education is increasingly unable to engage usefully with global emergencies, as its functions are repurposed...  Read More >>

Dem populären Exodus aus den normativen Vermittlungsformen der bürgerlichen Gesellschaft stellt er den beiseitegelassenen...  Read More >>

This book contends that practices are perhaps the most fundamental building-block of social reality and asks what...  Read More >>

Performing Intimacies with Hawthorne, Austen, Wharton, and George Eliot analyzes literary reproductions of everyday...  Read More >>

Pop culture may be on the verge of disappearing because of the advent of meme culture as a major platform for the...  Read More >>