Social Theory

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...

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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...

Sex, or the Unbearable is a dialogue between Lauren Berlant and Lee Edelman, two of our leading theorists of sexuality, politics, and culture. In j...

This book argues for the centrality of Georg Simmel's social theory to the relational and processual emphases that are often considered as much mor...

Social theory and research has long faced the limitations of its conventional Eurocentric focus. The essays in this volume offer new thoughts and e...

When one speaks of sociology, places such as the US, UK, Germany, and France come to mind. To western or even eastern students of social sciences, ...

What's wrong with the world today and how might it become better (or worse)? These are the questions pursued in this book, which explores the hopes...

Disasters are part of the modern condition, a source of physical anxiety and existential angst, and they are increasing in frequency, cost and seve...

This book draws upon data collected over an 18 year period with over 1000 boys and young men across Northern Ireland. Providing critical reflection...

This volume addresses issues of precariousness in a broad, interdisciplinary perspective, looking at socio-economic transformations as well as the ...

Simon Susen examines the impact of the 'postmodern turn' on the contemporary social sciences. On the basis of an innovative five-dimensional approa...

The Politics of the Encounter is a spirited interrogation of the city as a site of both theoretical inquiry and global social struggle. The city, w...

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

While many analysts emphasize Trumps uniqueness, he can also be viewed as a symptom of a deeper systemic crisis. This collection examines the roots...

When do we interpret? That is the question at the heart of this important new work by Johann Michel. The human being does not spend his time interp...

When do we interpret? That is the question at the heart of this important new work by Johann Michel. The human being does not spend his time interp...