Social Theory

The first book to approach the study of memory and the past with an explicit focus on expounding and bridging modes of interpretation in the social...

One of Americas leading political theorists analyzes the nihilism degradingand confoundingpolitical and academic life today. Through readings of Ma...

The Discourse of Scholarly Communication recontextualizes the place and purpose of scholarship within the context of the Enlightenment. Patrick Gam...

Containing essays by researchers from a variety of perspectives on the study of creativity, this text has been expanded to include recent research ...

White ignorance is a form of collective denial that aggressively resists acknowledging the role of race and racism. It dominates our political land...

Myth, Magic, and Power in Tolkiens Middle-earth: Developing a Model for Understanding Power and Leadership explores the need for, and the developme...

First published in French in 1943, Jean-Paul Sartres LÊtre et le Néant is one of the greatest philosophical works of the twentieth century. In it, ...

'Utterly engrossing . . . Ambitious, accessible and important' James O'Brien'Consistently gripping - dazzling in its sweep and thrillingly brain-tw...

First published in French in 1943, Jean-Paul Sartres LÊtre et le Néant is one of the greatest philosophical works of the twentieth century. In it, ...

Anwendungen Künstlicher Intelligenz, Maschinellen Lernens sowie Robotik und weitere informatische Systeme spielen in immer mehr Bereichen der mensc...

Ours is a post-political society that cannot imagine radical change; a one dimensional society in which politics is reduced to economic concerns. P...

This book is not a taste, nor an anti-taste, manual.This is an interrogation of the importance we place on seemingly objective ideas of taste in a ...

Those who address conflict resulting from differing socio-economic groups (stratification systems) focus on the arousal of negative emotions. Less ...

'Utterly engrossing . . . Ambitious, accessible and important' James O'BrienA provocative new vision of how our world really works - and why chance...

This book brings together key essays from the career of social theorist John ONeill, including his uncollected later writings, focusing on embodime...

An Introduction to W. E. B. Du Bois examines the historical contributions to social science and the continuing relevance of the work of W. E. B. Du...

This book explores the intersubjective nature of disgust, the fascination that often accompanies italong with repulsionand the ethical implications...

The need for and the threats to improved public policy are equally acute. Crime policy agenda continues to be driven by anecdotal evidence and poli...

Marx's approach to analyzing society and especially his critique of capitalist society, continues to influence the work of a large number of schola...

Alexander Kluge is one of contemporary Germany's leading intellectuals and artists. A key architect of the New German Cinema and a pioneer of auteu...

Drawing from extensive ethnographic research on abortion debates in public spaces, this book explores the beliefs, motivations and practices of UK ...

Globalization has been subjected to a variety of analyses over the past thirty years, ranging from examinations of homogenizing cultural trends to ...

In recent years, under the impression and the burden of globalization and neoliberalism, debates about the relationship between the theory and prac...

In different ways, social theory and social history represent discourses that implicitly or explicitly highlight the need to apply perspectives on ...

Since the beginning of the modern age, studies of ongoing transformations of social life, human sociality, and social relations and institutions ha...

This volume addresses the perceived gap between symbolic interaction and ethnomusicological approaches to the study of music. It seeks to bring the...

With regard to developments in social theory, the past 30 years can be characterized as an Age of Deconstruction. Inspired by post-structuralism, p...

This edited collection harnesses a diversity of interpretivist perspectives to provide a panoramic view of the production, experiences, contexts, a...

From the Great Game to the present, an international cultural and political biography of one of our most evocative, compelling, and poorly understo...

Fear of anger can ultimately be as destructive as expressed rage, fomenting social isolation, injustice, and misunderstanding. In Aging Angry: Maki...

Visual techniques for applying criminological theory to social science research   Introducing Criminological Thinking: Maps, Theories, and Underst...

Praised for its conversational tone, personal examples, and helpful pedagogical tools, the Fourth Edition of Explorations in Classical Sociological...

Written by award-winning scholar, Jonathan Turner, Contemporary Sociological Theory covers the range of diversity of theory in nine theoretical tra...

An Introduction to Sociology is your essential guide to understanding the social forces that shape our lives and the world around us. This innov...

This fully updated edition of Kenneth Allans acclaimed social theory text emphasizes the diversity of classical and contemporary theory, critical t...

Understanding Digital Societies provides a framework for understanding our changing, technologically shaped society and how sociology can help us m...

I think this will prove to be a very useful text for undergraduate students. Alex Law has produced a comprehensive list of key classical social the...

The author is a proud sponsor of the 2020 SAGE Keith Roberts Teaching Innovations Awardenabling graduate students and early career faculty to atten...

Frameworks of Power is a coherent and comprehensive account of the different frameworks for understanding power that have been advanced by influent...

Frameworks of Power is a coherent and comprehensive account of the different frameworks for understanding power that have been advanced by influent...

Introducing the founders of sociological theory from Marx, Weber, Durkheim and Martineau through to Simmel, DuBois, Mead and others this accessib...