Social theory books

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Interpreting Kigali, Rwanda: Architectural Inquiries and Prospects for a Developing African City

Interpreting Kigali, Rwanda: Architectural Inquiries...

Author: Korydon H. Smith ,  Toma Berlanda
ISBN: 9781682260623
Format: Paperback
$121.00

Through a culturally informed view of urban and rural lifestyles and spaces, Interpreting Kigali, Rwanda presents...  Read More >>

Social Innovation and Sustainable Entrepreneurship

Social Innovation and Sustainable Entrepreneurship

Author: Maritza I. Espina ,  Phillip H. Phan
ISBN: 9781788116848
Format: Hardback
$304.00

The rapid and formative rise in research on social innovation and entrepreneurship means that theoretical frameworks...  Read More >>

The Sociology of Intellectuals: After 'The Existentialist Moment'

The Sociology of Intellectuals: After 'The Existentialist...

Author: Simon Susen ,  Patrick Baert
ISBN: 9783319870267
Format: Paperback
$129.35

This volume offers an unprecedented account of recent and future developments in the sociology of intellectuals....  Read More >>

The Challenge of Modernity: Simmel’s Sociological Theory

The Challenge of Modernity: Simmel’s Sociological Theory...

Author: Gregor Fitzi
ISBN: 9781138281837
Format: Hardback
$305.00

Simmel’s sociology is a basic reference for inquiring into modern societal change. Fitzi’s book gives a comprehensive...  Read More >>

The Anxiety of Ascent: Middle-Class Narratives in Germany and America

The Anxiety of Ascent: Middle-Class Narratives in Germany...

Author: Scott Doidge (La Trobe University, Australia)
ISBN: 9781138577299
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This intriguing book examines Max Weber’s disenchantment thesis, engaging with the idea that modern life was to...  Read More >>

Disenchanted Lives: Apostasy and Ex-Mormonism Among the Latter-day Saints

Disenchanted Lives: Apostasy and Ex-Mormonism Among...

Author: E. Marshall Brooks
ISBN: 9780813592183
Format: Paperback
$110.75

Provides an intimate, in-depth ethnography of religious disenchantment among ex-Mormons in Utah. Showing that former...  Read More >>

Disenchanted Lives: Apostasy and Ex-Mormonism Among the Latter-day Saints

Disenchanted Lives: Apostasy and Ex-Mormonism Among...

Author: E. Marshall Brooks
ISBN: 9780813592190
Format: Hardback
$302.50

Provides an intimate, in-depth ethnography of religious disenchantment among ex-Mormons in Utah. Showing that former...  Read More >>

Sociology through Relation: Theoretical Assessments from the French Tradition

Sociology through Relation: Theoretical Assessments...

Author: Christian Papilloud
ISBN: 9783319879437
Format: Paperback
$64.66

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The Meanings of Europe: Changes and Exchanges of a Contested Concept

The Meanings of Europe: Changes and Exchanges of a Contested...

Author: Claudia Wiesner (Philipps-University Marburg, Germany) ,  Meike Schmidt-Gleim (University of Klagenfurt, Austria)
ISBN: 9781138377912
Format: Paperback
$110.00

What is Europe? What are the contents of the concept of Europe? And what defines European identity? Instead of only...  Read More >>

Towards Tragedy/Reclaiming Hope: Literature, Theology and Sociology in Conversation

Towards Tragedy/Reclaiming Hope: Literature, Theology...

Author: Pink Dandelion ,  Douglas Gwyn
ISBN: 9781138383418
Format: Paperback
$73.99

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Peter L. Berger and the Sociology of Religion: 50 Years after The Sacred Canopy

Peter L. Berger and the Sociology of Religion: 50 Years...

Author: Titus Hjelm (University College London, UK)
ISBN: 9781350061880
Format: Hardback
$240.00

How and why did The Sacred Canopy by Peter L. Berger (1929–2017) become a classic? How have scholars used Berger’s...  Read More >>

Social Metaphysics

Social Metaphysics

Author: Amie Thomasson
ISBN: 9780415816250
Format: Hardback
$189.00

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Axel Honneth and the Critical Theory of Recognition

Axel Honneth and the Critical Theory of Recognition...

Author: Volker Schmitz
ISBN: 9783319919799
Format: Hardback
$284.60

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Reciprocity in Human Societies: From Ancient Times to the Modern Welfare State

Reciprocity in Human Societies: From Ancient Times to...

Author: Antti Kujala ,  Mirkka Danielsbacka
ISBN: 9783319960555
Format: Hardback
$142.29

Presenting new insights into reciprocity, this book combines Marcel Mauss’s well-known gift theory with Barrington...  Read More >>

New Spaces for Climate Change: The Societal Construction of Landscapes in Times of a Changing Climate

New Spaces for Climate Change: The Societal Construction...

Author: Vera Köpsel
ISBN: 9783658233129
Format: Paperback
$171.57

Vera Köpsel investigates the relevance of local perceptions of landscape and nature for the current topic of adaptation...  Read More >>

Routledge Handbook of Law and Theory

Routledge Handbook of Law and Theory

Author: Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos
ISBN: 9781138956469
Format: Hardback
$462.00

This handbook sets out an innovative approach to the theory of law reconceptualising legal theory in a material,...  Read More >>

Intellectual Philanthropy: The Seduction of the Masses

Intellectual Philanthropy: The Seduction of the Masses...

Author: Aurélie Vialette
ISBN: 9781557538239
Format: Paperback
$104.00

Examines the practice of philanthropy in modern Spain. Through detailed studies of popular music, collective readings,...  Read More >>

Howard S. Becker: Sociology and Music in the Chicago School

Howard S. Becker: Sociology and Music in the Chicago...

Author: Jean Peneff ,  Robert Dingwall
ISBN: 9781629583150
Format: Paperback
$81.99

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Global Culture: Consciousness and Connectivity

Global Culture: Consciousness and Connectivity

Author: Roland Robertson ,  Didem Buhari-Gulmez
ISBN: 9781138346901
Format: Paperback
$96.99

The current discourse of globalization is overwhelmingly centred upon the interconnectedness, or connectivity, of...  Read More >>

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