Social theory books

Education and intelligence are highly valued in today's knowledge-driven society, often synonymous with wisdom and...  Read More >>

A 2024 Choice Outstanding Academic Title How is gender signified, produced and reproduced through paid and unpaid...  Read More >>

This book introduces the Social Power Dynamic Model, which helps explain how culture and society impact power. Tolkien’s...  Read More >>

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From the acclaimed science writer and author of Wayfinding, a journey into the world of superfans and an exploration...  Read More >>

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"What if you could better understand yourself? What if you could do one better and understand how your personal...  Read More >>

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This book outlines the contours of economics grounded in real-world phenomena and experiences by outlining the foundations...  Read More >>

Anthropologists have long explained social behaviour as if people always do what they think is best. But what if...  Read More >>

Makes a case for the necessity of unstructured social time as a key element of our cultural vitality and how it...  Read More >>

This book explores the most important aspects of populism as a significant social phenomenon. It recapitulates the...  Read More >>

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This book presents essays that address fundamental issues in social and cultural theory by viewing them through...  Read More >>

A uniquely hybrid approach to welfare state policy, ecological sustainability and social transformation, this book...  Read More >>

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Through an engagement with selected texts, events and thinkers central to the present, this book offers an imagination...  Read More >>

Including contributions from senior scholars in the field who do not rely on the paradigm of planetary Sociology,...  Read More >>

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