Social Theory

The first book to fully explore the multiple ways in which body work features in health and social care and the meanings of this work both for thos...

In the 1980s and 1990s, neoliberal forms of governance largely dominated Latin American political and social life. Neoliberalism, Interrupted exami...

Concern with authority is as old as human history itself. Eve's sin was to challenge the authority of God by disobeying his rule. Frank Furedi expl...

This book examines the different conceptions of the individual that have emerged in recent new approaches in economics, including behavioral econom...

What Morality Means examines the scientific theory of morality, drawing on zoological and physiological literatures in addition to contemporary soc...

A provocative sociological account of human relations with non-human animals, providing an innovative theorization of the social relations of speci...

John Dewey (18591952) was a major figure of the American cultural and intellectual landscape in the first half of the twentieth century. While not ...

This ambitious two-volume handbook of social theory consists of forty original contributions. The researchers take stock of the state of social the...

One of the worlds preeminent cultural anthropologists leaves a last work that fundamentally reconfigures how we study most other culturesFrom the p...

Architecture and the Origins of Preclassic Maya Politics highlights the dramatic changes in the relationship of ancient Maya peoples to the landsca...

What does it take for warnings about violent conflict and war to be listened to, believed and acted upon? Why are warnings from some sources notice...

Presenting a ground-breaking revitalization of contemporary social theory, this book revisits the rise of the modern world to reopen the dialogue b...

Resilience refers to the ability of individuals, groups and societies to withstand and recover from external shocks. This pioneering book-length co...

Individuality and collectivity are central concepts in sociological inquiry. Incorporating cultural history, social theory, urban and economic soci...

Meaning Is Everywhere sketches a theory of meaning from the ground upwith potentially profound consequences. In a sweeping narrative that arcs from...

This book critically assessesthird-wave feminist strategies for advancing a feminist 'politics of the self' within the late modern, postfeminist ge...

With tribes and individual Indians increasingly participating in American electoral politics, this study examines the ways in which tribes work tog...

WINNER OF THE SABEW BEST IN BUSINESS BOOK AWARD 2023 FOR MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIPWhat makes a leader credible?Who would be an expert in a world ...

It is common to hear that we live in unique, turbulent and crisis-ridden times and this turbulence, transformation and crisis are said to be deeply...

This book challenges the discourses, narrative frames, and systems of beliefs that support and promote violence and conflict, it defines new compre...