Social theory books

The second edition of the Routledge International Handbook of Cosmopolitanism is an enlarged, revised and updated...  Read More >>

This volume brings together prominent philosophers and sociologists to explore key dimensions of practice and practices...  Read More >>

Wie wirkt sich im Altertum eine als akut wahrgenommene Bedrohung auf die politische Reflexion von Betroffenen aus?...  Read More >>

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This book illustrates how leisure, as with other complex ideas that hold currency in today’s world, suffers at the...  Read More >>

This sociological work examines the phenomenon of the Death Café, a regular gathering of strangers from all walks...  Read More >>

"""A theory explaining cultural differences between countries and individuals based on the rigidity with which they...  Read More >>

Celebrated cultural psychologist Michele Gelfand offers a radical new theory about cultural differences that explains...  Read More >>

Drawing upon a range of well-known concepts from Goffman’s thought, such as impression management, stigma, role...  Read More >>

This book is a theoretically and historically informed exploration of 'secularism' in Muslim contexts. The study...  Read More >>

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This volume offers independent reflections upon central texts and upon the relation of social theory and comparative...  Read More >>

This book radically re-examines Europe’s imaginaries of its origin in the ancient Greek world. Extracting central...  Read More >>

This volume focuses on the slow process of ‘human enhancement’, starting from pastoralism through to modern transplant,...  Read More >>

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Historians, philosophers, sociologists, and archaeologists offer their views on demodernization. The book is divided...  Read More >>

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A persuasive and thorough response to those fashionable social theorists who challenge both the explanatory and...  Read More >>

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En este libro se renen trabajos que fueron presentados como resultado de las investigaciones realizadas en las reas...  Read More >>

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It has been argued that economic theories are performative, and not only descriptive. Yet, there are issues with...  Read More >>

Consisting of five intertwined essays, Ato Sekyi-Otu claims that centering such arguments and commitments on a particular...  Read More >>

En este libro se renen trabajos que fueron presentados como resultado de las investigaciones realizadas en las reas...  Read More >>