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...