Social theory books

This book provides the first dedicated introduction to the cultural writings and analyses of the radical West Indian...  Read More >>

A significant contribution to memory studies and part of an emergent strand of work on global memory. This book offers...  Read More >>

This book re-examines political, conceptual and methodological concerns of 'intersectionality', bringing these into...  Read More >>

Globalization and changes to statehood challenge our understanding of space and territory. This book argues that we...  Read More >>

Rethinking Contemporary Feminist Politics puts forward a timely analysis of contemporary feminism. Critically engaging...  Read More >>

This groundbreaking study of modern Germany's morbid fascination with the Thirty Years' War explores the ideological...  Read More >>

Drawing on critical social and political thought, the book explores the implications, arguing that late modern wars...  Read More >>

Traces the complex relationship between Americans, technology, and their environment as it has unfolded over the...  Read More >>

Havoc of Capitalism brings together an interdisciplinary community of scholars from around the world to contribute...  Read More >>

Examines how ideas of fashion, politics, faith, freedom, and cultural diversity are articulated by young British...  Read More >>

Most Americans assume that shared genes or blood relationships provide the strongest basis for family. What can...  Read More >>

This Handbook is the first attempt to systematically examine, empirically and analytically, the contours of the...  Read More >>

Widely considered as the most informed work ever written on the social effects of advanced capitalism, this remarkable...  Read More >>

A study that presents a revision of Hirschi's social control theory that includes religion as an additional measurement...  Read More >>

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It is time to consider changes in the field of comparative-historical sociology, as the discipline seeks to accommodate...  Read More >>

Assesses the limits of the Marxist theory of history in its various versions. This title begins with an extended...  Read More >>

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How do we research and represent mobile experiences? This book, the first to examine mobile methods, explores the...  Read More >>

The editor of this book brings together scholars from numerous disciplines, along with nonacademics to address the...  Read More >>

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This Companion provides an interdisciplinary and international overview of the increasingly important field of queer...  Read More >>

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As the first sociological book to tackle humanity's relationship with the universe, this fascinating volume links...  Read More >>