Social theory books

Sociology has developed theories of social change in the fields of evolution, conflict and modernization, viewing...  Read More >>

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Margarete Susman (1872–1966) war Philosophin, Dichterin und Essayistin. Ihre Beiträge zu Fragen des Feminismus,...  Read More >>

Proposes a form of moral education that joins care and justice to nurture and develop the desirable moral sentiments...  Read More >>

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‘Situational Analysis’ represents Karl Popper’s methodological proposal for the social sciences.  Read More >>

In this book, Martino Doni and Stefano Tomelleri employ gaming as a lens through which they analyze the underlying...  Read More >>

The Manusmriti offers a profound insight into ancient Indian civilization. This ancient text is a foundational...  Read More >>

The Signifying Self offers a socio-psychological and semiotic analysis of how people’s physical attributes and their...  Read More >>

Tribalism is our most misunderstood buzzword. We've all heard pundits bemoan its rise, and it's been blamed for...  Read More >>

A comprehensive guide for leaders seeking to survive and thrive in emerging markets. It provides a deep understanding...  Read More >>

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The Dialectic of Herbert Marcuse offers a re-evaluation of Herbert Marcuse’s Critical Theory and argues for its...  Read More >>

This book uses affect theory to explore how placed surroundings shape experiences of gender. Drawing on debates...  Read More >>

At the heart of the book is a departure from the obsession with ""modernity"" that has been so prominent in nineteenth-century...  Read More >>

This book reiterates pluralism as the basic feature of the Indian social sphere. It highlights challenges to the...  Read More >>

""An exploration of how investing in relational work and transformational relationships can make us happier and...  Read More >>

This book focuses on comparison in anthropology, turning an ethnographic lens onto the diversity of comparative...  Read More >>

This book examines how the concept of violence has been interpreted, used, defined and explored by social researchers...  Read More >>

This book explores Pierre Bourdieu's philosophy and sociology of science, which, though central to his thought,...  Read More >>

This book explores the remains of Christianity that lurk as portents in a progressively de-Christianised society,...  Read More >>

This book breaks new ground in demystifying the relationship between architecture, nationhood, and other forms of...  Read More >>

The 13 essays that comprise this book are envisaged as a small attempt from South Asia – where communitarian postcolonialism...  Read More >>