Social theory books

Unique in its approach, Invitation to the Sociology of Emotions gives students a brief, but thorough, introduction...  Read More >>

Why small, chance events can divert our lives and change how we think our world works.  Read More >>

Presents select articles from the Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion that not only highlight the...  Read More >>

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First published in 1980, Socialism, Social Welfare and the Soviet Union examines the views of Marx, Engels and Lenin...  Read More >>

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Theorises how people can judge and respond to their complicity in injustice and violence  Read More >>

This book presents a conceptual and methodological framework to understand South Asia by engaging with the practices...  Read More >>

This book explores the thought of the three ‘founding’ members of the Austrian School of economics: Carl Menger,...  Read More >>

This book develops a contemporary theory of nationalism that addresses 21st century political challenges, exploring...  Read More >>

Bringing together the work of leading scholars, this book explores the fertility and enigma of Erving Goffman’s...  Read More >>

There have been two “hands” exerting influence on China’s resource allocation and economic development: one is tangible...  Read More >>

This book explores the technologization of the social and the attendant penetration of permanent liminality into...  Read More >>

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This book features new perspectives on the ethics and politics of free speech. Contributors draw on insights from...  Read More >>

""Seemingly disparate phenomena, murder-suicide, suicide-by-cop, suicide terrorism, amok, most spree killings, death-row...  Read More >>

Seki presents an ethnography of uncertainty and precarity experienced by people in urban, rural, and transnational,...  Read More >>

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This book interrogates the ideology of capitalism underpinning various mainstream ideologies. It explores the genesis,...  Read More >>

An interdisciplinary explication of the theory of ""Weltbeziehung"" or ""relationship to the world."" Human beings...  Read More >>

This book combines pieces of work on Europe and Latin America, the two continents where football arouses the most...  Read More >>

This book highlights the theoretical bases of methodological individualism, as defined and developed in the writings...  Read More >>

Fluke explores the question of randomness in our everyday life, providing the tools to profoundly transform our...  Read More >>

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