Social theory books

A powerful theory of the symbolic embedded within a remarkable and original theory of practice is a nodal aspect...  Read More >>

This volume straddles between being a compilation of chapters exploring the fundamental conceptual categories within...  Read More >>

This book argues that Marxism needs to be extended beyond the traditional confines in order to remain relevant in...  Read More >>

This book, result of years of painstaking research by the author, critically reviews the existing works and their...  Read More >>

Scrupulously based in anthropology and history – and drawing on social theory and critical thought – this book revisits...  Read More >>

This book investigates the relationship of secrecy as a social practice to contemporary media, news cultures and...  Read More >>

This volume presents new essays on the theory and practice of recognition. In order to retain its overall plausibility...  Read More >>

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Elias Canetti is a key thinker in the trend towards the renewal of social theory for the 21st century. He is increasingly...  Read More >>

Deploying a distinctive disaggregative approach to the study of ‘religion’, this volume shows that spiritual movements...  Read More >>

This book argues that just as the ideas of Pan-Africanism birthed by Henry Sylvester-Williams and others in the...  Read More >>

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The utilisation and weaponisation of charm in contemporary global politics. Politics is a site of performance,...  Read More >>

This Palgrave Handbook showcases how the phenomenological approach, especially but not only as developed by Alfred...  Read More >>

Focusing on forms of improper burial in Turkey and Latin America, Ege Selin Islekel argues that a political technology...  Read More >>

'Control is good, but trust is better'. Examines the role of social trust in economic and social happiness in the...  Read More >>

Focusing on forms of improper burial in Turkey and Latin America, Ege Selin Islekel argues that a political technology...  Read More >>

"Theories of Social Inequality provides an engaging, authoritative, and comprehensive introduction to the way in...  Read More >>

This book will appeal to students and scholars of the social sciences and humanities – particularly to those interested...  Read More >>

"The research background of this book is the rich and complex history of French sociology, characterized by rigorous...  Read More >>

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This book offers a discussion of the origins of Latin American dependency theories and their implications for contemporary...  Read More >>

Based on a three-year life story study of students from working-class backgrounds at four elite universities in...  Read More >>