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Home and Sexuality: The 'Other' Side of the Kitchen

Home and Sexuality: The 'Other' Side of the Kitchen...

Author: Rachael M Scicluna ,  Rachel Scicluna
ISBN: 9781137460370
Format: Hardback
$204.41

This book explores the meanings and experiences of home among a group of lesbians who over the past five decades...  Read More >>

Living the Questions: Dispatches From a Life Already in Progress

Living the Questions: Dispatches From a Life Already...

Author: Wade Tillett
ISBN: 9781681238463
Format: Paperback
$161.04

""In Living the Questions,"" Wade Tillett explores how to live in the present, examining daily life and navigating...  Read More >>

Living the Questions: Dispatches From a Life Already in Progress

Living the Questions: Dispatches From a Life Already...

Author: Wade Tillett
ISBN: 9781681238470
Format: Hardback
$290.40

""In Living the Questions,"" Wade Tillett explores how to live in the present, examining daily life and navigating...  Read More >>

The Logic of Commitment

The Logic of Commitment

Author: Gary Chartier
ISBN: 9781138301481
Format: Hardback
$131.00

This book develops a conception of commitment and explores its limits. It will appeal to ethicists interested in...  Read More >>

Bauman and Contemporary Sociology: A Critical Analysis

Bauman and Contemporary Sociology: A Critical Analysis...

Author: Ali Rattansi
ISBN: 9781526105875
Format: Paperback
$70.00

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Homo Americanus: A Child of the Postmodern Age

Homo Americanus: A Child of the Postmodern Age

Author: Tomislav Sunic ,  MacDonald Kevin
ISBN: 9781593680541
Format: Paperback
$63.36

Tomislav Sunic's *Homo Americanus: A Child of the Postmodern Age* examines the history and ""political theology""...  Read More >>

Beginning Classical Social Theory

Beginning Classical Social Theory

Author: Marcel Stoetzler
ISBN: 9781784991456
Format: Paperback
$60.00

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Higher Humanism: A Neotranscendental Philosophy of Life

Higher Humanism: A Neotranscendental Philosophy of Life...

Author: Ash Gobar
ISBN: 9781433140501
Format: Hardback
$334.49

This book argues for the impact of the ""philosophy of life"" upon the ""quality of life.""  Read More >>

The Interactionist Imagination: Studying Meaning, Situation and Micro-Social Order

The Interactionist Imagination: Studying Meaning, Situation...

Author: Michael Hviid Jacobsen
ISBN: 9781137581839
Format: Hardback
$258.72

This book outlines the history and developments of interactionist social thought through a consideration of its...  Read More >>

Individual and Structural Determinants of Environmental Practice

Individual and Structural Determinants of Environmental...

Author: Bengt Hansson ,  Anders Biel
ISBN: 9781138264199
Format: Paperback
$96.99

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Islam and Secularism in Post-Colonial Thought: A Cartography of Asadian Genealogies

Islam and Secularism in Post-Colonial Thought: A Cartography...

Author: Hadi Enayat
ISBN: 9783319526102
Format: Hardback
$129.35

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

Outlines of Social Philosophy

Outlines of Social Philosophy

Author: J.S. Mackenzie
ISBN: 9781138638761
Format: Paperback
$46.99

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China and Its National Minorities: Autonomy or Assimilation

China and Its National Minorities: Autonomy or Assimilation...

Author: Thomas Heberer
ISBN: 9781138045620
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This title was first published in 1990: This book is a study of past and present policies of the People's Republic...  Read More >>

Encouraging Openness: Essays for Joseph Agassi on the Occasion of His 90th Birthday

Encouraging Openness: Essays for Joseph Agassi on the...

Author: Nimrod Bar-Am ,  Stefano Gattei
ISBN: 9783319576688
Format: Hardback
$422.37

This volume features forty-two essays written in honor of Joseph Agassi. It explores the work and legacy of this...  Read More >>

Democracy in the Digital Age: How We'll Vote and What We'll Vote About

Democracy in the Digital Age: How We'll Vote and What...

Author: Costa Vayenas
ISBN: 9781909421998
Format: Paperback
$33.61

This book addresses the profound change that modern technology has the capacity to make in democracy itself. While...  Read More >>

The Thought of Bernard Stiegler: Capitalism, Technology and the Politics of Spirit

The Thought of Bernard Stiegler: Capitalism, Technology...

Author: Ross Abbinnett (University of Birmingham, UK)
ISBN: 9780415793810
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This book provides a comprehensive account of the work of Bernard Stiegler, focusing on his thought on hyperindustrial...  Read More >>

Humankind: Solidarity with Non-Human People

Humankind: Solidarity with Non-Human People

Author: Timothy Morton
ISBN: 9781786632814
Format: Hardback
$119.99

A radical call for solidarity between humans and non-humans  Read More >>

Structure, Agency and Biotechnology: The Case of the Rothamsted GM Wheat Trials

Structure, Agency and Biotechnology: The Case of the...

Author: Aristeidis Panagiotou
ISBN: 9781783087037
Format: Hardback
$115.00

""Structure, Agency, Biotechnology"" argues for the significance of sociological theory and highlights the insights...  Read More >>

Regional Perspectives on Learning by Doing: Stories from Engaged Universities around the World

Regional Perspectives on Learning by Doing: Stories...

Author: Lorlene Hoyt
ISBN: 9781611862553
Format: Paperback
$118.67

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The Taming of Fate: Approaching Risk from a Social Action Perspective Case Studies from Southern Mozambique

The Taming of Fate: Approaching Risk from a Social Action...

Author: Elísio S Macamo
ISBN: 9782869787193
Format: Paperback
$121.97

The book is based on case-studies that draw from theoretical insights derived from the sociology of disasters.  Read More >>

Youth in Postwar Guatemala: Education and Civic Identity in Transition

Youth in Postwar Guatemala: Education and Civic Identity...

Author: Michelle J. Bellino
ISBN: 9780813587998
Format: Paperback
$93.50

In the aftermath of armed conflict, how do new generations of young people learn about peace, justice, and democracy?...  Read More >>

Systems Theory and the Sociology of Health and Illness: Observing Healthcare

Systems Theory and the Sociology of Health and Illness:...

Author: Morten Knudsen (Copenhagen Business School, Denmark) ,  Werner Vogd (University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany)
ISBN: 9781138503403
Format: Paperback
$103.00

Modern organizations are characterized by multiple kinds of observations and systems, rather than clear hierarchies....  Read More >>

Youth in Postwar Guatemala: Education and Civic Identity in Transition

Youth in Postwar Guatemala: Education and Civic Identity...

Author: Michelle J. Bellino
ISBN: 9780813588001
Format: Hardback
$396.00

In the aftermath of armed conflict, how do new generations of young people learn about peace, justice, and democracy?...  Read More >>

New Perspectives on Desistance: Theoretical and Empirical Developments

New Perspectives on Desistance: Theoretical and Empirical...

Author: Emily Luise Hart ,  Esther F.J.C. van Ginneken
ISBN: 9781349951840
Format: Hardback
$284.60

This book brings together a collection of emergent research that moves the debate on desistance beyond a general...  Read More >>

Remaking Market Society: A Critique of Social Theory and Political Economy in Neoliberal Times

Remaking Market Society: A Critique of Social Theory...

Author: Antonino Palumbo (Palermo University, Italy) ,  Alan Scott (University of New England, Australia)
ISBN: 9780415837736
Format: Hardback
$305.00

Drawing inspiration from the work of the Hungarian economic historian, Karl Polanyi, Remaking Market Society combines...  Read More >>

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