Social theory books

There is today widespread recognition of the fact that the future of human civilization depends to a high degree...  Read More >>

This major study discusses some of the meanings and preconditions of freedom, responsibility and social order. The...  Read More >>

Truly interdisciplinary work between Sociology and History is are, because one discipline usually exploits the concerns...  Read More >>

The shock waves of conservative advances have reached into every corner of American and British politics. Parties...  Read More >>

This is an important account of the development of the ‘field-theory’ approach in the social sciences. Harald Mey...  Read More >>

This volume addresses this central problem of the linkage between human action and social structure in sociological...  Read More >>

These essays, commissioned by John Rex, reflect the state of sociology in Britain today. Leading representatives...  Read More >>

Roger Holme's work in social and industrial psychology is widely respected. The theme of this first collection of...  Read More >>

Professor John Rex was one of Britain’s most eminent sociologists, and a teacher of a whole generation of sociology...  Read More >>

What is the significance of Structuralism for social science? How original is Lévi-Strauss' contribution to social...  Read More >>

How far is scientific knowledge a product of social life? In addressing this question, the major contributors to...  Read More >>

Karl Mannheim’s Ideology and Utopia has been a profoundly provocative book. The debate about politics and social...  Read More >>

It has often been suggested that a resolution of issues generated by the sociological study of ideas might be reached...  Read More >>

This collection reflects the French influence on literary and representational theory which has been predominant...  Read More >>

Sociology is about society, but what about people? The person in the sight of sociology is all too often a matchstick...  Read More >>

The primary concern of this book is to investigate whether or not structuralism constitutes a distinctive framework...  Read More >>

This account of Talcott Parsons’s work clarifies his basic concepts and sets out their correlation. Dr Menzies believes...  Read More >>

In this sequel to their acclaimed The Dominant Ideology Thesis, the authors develop their analysis of the social...  Read More >>

To paraphrase Marx, sociologists have only interpreted science; the point is to improve it. The Rational and the...  Read More >>

Animals and Society uses a variety of historical sources and a coherent social theory to tell the story of the invention...  Read More >>

Most recent sociological work on the theory of class is based on a distinction between Weberian and Marxist approaches....  Read More >>

The main concern of Dr Jarvie’s book is the relation of belief to action. He argues that people act in society because...  Read More >>

The papers collected in this volume are intended to advance the analysis of ideology in a comparative and historical...  Read More >>

The primary concern of this study is to present, elucidate and analyse the developments which have characterized...  Read More >>

The six essays in this volume are designed to introduce the general reader to some of the main issues in the fields...  Read More >>