Social theory books

Cultural diversity is the unique feature of North East India exhibited by a large number of tribal communities in...  Read More >>

Having grown out of a 2004 consultation sponsored by the John Knox International Reformed Center, the University...  Read More >>

Moving from first hand interviews with dancers and others, this book broadens into an accessible examination of...  Read More >>

Constructing a dialogue between the social theory of Alain Touraine and the philosophy of Paul Ricoeur, this work...  Read More >>

This book tells the story of evolutionary theory’s influence on popular ideas of masculinity, addressing sexual...  Read More >>

What would happen if border controls were to be suppressed and people granted the right to move freely throughout...  Read More >>

Offers an examination of morally and politically disputed issues of our time: abortion, gay rights, assisted suicide,...  Read More >>

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This essay offers up a provocative new theoretical tack on the topic area of the dialectic of capital, the dialectic...  Read More >>

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Explains the sweeping changes to twentieth-century regimes of manners and self. Broad in scope and deep in analytic...  Read More >>

Placing the neglected issue of class back into the study and understanding of religion, this work reconsiders the...  Read More >>

Presents an essential primer on the theories of space and inherent spatiality, guiding readers through the contributions...  Read More >>

Drawing on research from the fields of anthropology, geography, sociology and tourism studies, this book examines...  Read More >>

At a time when religions are increasingly affecting, and affected by, life beyond the narrowly sacred sphere, religion...  Read More >>

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universiteat Frankfurt (Oder), 2004.  Read More >>

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

This book tells the story of evolutionary theory’s influence on popular ideas of masculinity, addressing sexual...  Read More >>

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Explains the sweeping changes to twentieth-century regimes of manners and self. Broad in scope and deep in analytic...  Read More >>

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Public Sociology features a wide-ranging discussion of the controversial model of a social science that reaches...  Read More >>

Auf der Arbeitstagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie im Oktober 1961 hielten Karl R. Popper und Theodor...  Read More >>

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