Social Theory

Georges Sorel's reputation as a proponent of violence has helped to link his ideas to fascist and totalitarian thought. Much of the literature on S...

ENGThis incisive intellectual history of Japanese social science from the 1890s to the present day considers the various forms of modernity that th...

Where else but in America, captains of industry are fond of saying, could a penniless immigrant like Andrew Carnegie achieve so much? Any place els...

A powerful new history of the idea of race, forcing us to rethink todays culture wars. Is white privilege real? How racist is the working class? Wh...

What is social works contribution to humanity and society? Best-selling author Malcolm Payne offers a toolkit for social work practitioners and stu...

How is gender signified, produced and reproduced through paid and unpaid labour? In what ways does gender intersect with other kinds of disadvantag...

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platfo...

Everybody wants to know what makes people happy. Artistic takes on the topic in literature, popular songs and cinema are widespread, but not terri...

Text in Arabic. Social responsibility is a fundamental pillar of building a society and maintaining stable community life. Without it, public life ...

Ethnologe und Soziologe vom Beruf war Marcel Mauss (1872-1950) Philosoph, Philologe, Spezialist von alten Gesellschaften und der Neffe von Emile Du...

Love is fundamental to the flourishing of society and nature. However, the competition of the market economy has resulted in a fractured and trauma...

Love is fundamental to the flourishing of society and nature. However, the competition of the market economy has resulted in a fractured and trauma...

The writings of Karl Marx (18181883) have left an indelible mark not only on the understanding of economics and political thought but on the lives ...

In this book, the key concepts of social theory and social movement have been outlined. This book also explains the theories of political protests ...

The writings of Karl Marx (18181883) have left an indelible mark not only on the understanding of economics and political thought but on the lives ...

On the occasion of Habermass 80th birthday, the German publisher Suhrkamp brought out five volumes of Habermass papers that spanned the full range ...

WINNER OF THE SABEW MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP BUSINESS BOOK AWARD'Thought-provoking' Wall Street Journal'A must-read' Donald C. Hambrick'Insightful...

Offering a unique, comprehensive, and critical introduction to increasingly visible social inequalities, this textbook examines the political and e...

Offering a unique, comprehensive, and critical introduction to increasingly visible social inequalities, this textbook examines the political and e...

Approached through the literature and literary personalities of the period, this fascinating study examines sexual behaviour in the Elizabethan age...

In the eighteenth century, as the forms, practices and spaces of urban sociability emerged and took shape (such as salons, clubs, theatres, public ...

Recent historical studies on the Ottoman Empire have taken for granted that subjects of the Ottoman polity flourished under a so-called Pax Ottoman...

This book describes relevant theories, such as task-centered and strength-perspective interventions for the practice of social group work, within c...

Social Constructionism: Sources and Stirrings in Theory and Practice offers an introduction to the different theorists and schools of thought that ...

A new, counterintuitive theory for how social networks influence the spread of behaviorNew social movements, technologies, and public-health initia...

Facing the reality of the social transformation in contemporary China, this book analyzes the structure, nature and influence of social classes in ...

Population and Society brings together twenty-six classic and contemporary published works that are considered to be foundational reading for the s...

Sex abuse happens in all communities, but American minority religions often face disproportionate allegations of sexual abuse. Why, in a country th...

The global economy constantly evolves, with emerging markets presenting unique challenges for leaders. These environments are unpredictable, with e...

When all that was solid melted into air... For decades, intellectuals from Benjamin to Bourdieu, Berman to Foucault, have been in thrall to this vi...

The utilizationand weaponizationof charm in contemporary global politicsPolitics is a site of performance, and contemporary politicians often perfo...

This book surveys and evaluates the sociological contribution to the study of sexuality. It not only maps major theoretical shifts and debates, but...

The twentieth century witnessed genocides, ethnic cleansing, forced population expulsions, shifting borders, and other disruptions on an unpreceden...

Happiness, rather than being a private and subjective experience, is shaped, interpreted and articulated via culturally specific ways of thinking, ...

This book introduces the sociology of philosophy as a research field, asking what can be gained by looking at the discipline of philosophy from a s...

Enough of Experts: Expert Authority in Crisis analyses the challenges and threats to expert authority in neoliberal political economies and societi...

This book explores the possibility of drawing upon a punk ethos to inspire and invigorate sociology. It uses punk to think creatively about what so...

This book addresses the widespread use of digital personal media in daily life. With a sociological and historical perspective, it explores the med...