Social theory

For centuries, the trickster has been used in various narratives, including mythological, literary and cinematic, to convey the idea of agency, rebellion and, often turbulent, progress.

This book provides an interdisciplinary series of essays on key social theorists of morality.

This book presents a unified set of arguments about the nature of jurisprudence and its relation to the jurist's role.

Basil Bernstein is one of the most creative and influential of contemporary British sociologists, yet his work - especially that relating to language and social structure - is widely misunderstood and misrepresented.

Technology and In/equality explores the diverse implications of the new information and communication technologies through case studies of their applications in three main areas - media, education and training, and work.

Tang provides a coherent and systematic exploration of social evolution as a phenomenon and as a paradigm.

This book draws on core concepts coined by Adorno, such as identity thinking, the culture industry, and his critique of the autonomous and rational subject, to address the ills that plague neoliberal capitalist societies today.

Peter Berger (1929-2017) was one of the pre-eminent sociologists of the twentieth century.

This book provides the first comprehensive sociological study of the contemporary National Socialist movement in Sweden, including how it has developed since the 1990s until the present.

Polarisation, intransigence and dogmatism in political and moral debate have in recent years threatened to overwhelm many Western-style democracies, where for centuries reasoned argument has been a hallmark feature of tackling disagreement.

Cultural theory has taken a 'performative turn', shifting its focus from the textual nature of the world to how the social world is narrated, its subjects are subjected and its relations are ritually enacted.

How does the practice turn play out in international relations?

Twenty first century, flexible capitalism creates new demands for those who work to acknowledge that all aspects of their lives have come to be seen as performance related, and consequently of interest to those who employ them (or fire them).

This book addresses the persistence of meat consumption and the use of animals as food in spite of significant challenges to their environmental and ethical legitimacy.

Following the rise of the zemiological movement, the concept of social harm has attracted a great deal of scholarly attention.

What is a model?

In this study of politics in capitalist society Bryan Turner explores the development of citizenship as a way of demonstrating the effective use of political institutions by the working class and other subordinate groups to promote their interests.

In particular, Donna Haraway argued in her famous 1991 'Cyborg Manifesto' that people, since they are so often now detached and separated from nature, have themselves evolved into cyborgs.

This title was first published in 2003.

This book presents a set theoretical approach to sociological research.

Research data are everywhere.

Presenting new insights into reciprocity, this book combines Marcel Mauss's well-known gift theory with Barrington Moore's idea of mutual obligations linking rulers and the ruled.

Seafarer & Community (1973) examines life on shipboard and how the communities which rely on the sea for their livelihood exist.

If we're interested in why society changes and develops, and if we want to identify the forces that influence our personal beliefs and choices, then we must have an understanding of the nature and scope of human power.

Political interest is the strongest predictor of ''good citizenship'', yet little is known about it.

This remarkable text, first published in 1964, was a landmark of its era and remains, in the words of Michael L,wy, a work of "e;remarkable richness.

This book engages anthropologically with humor as political expression.

First published in 1968, Demographic Analysis was written to provide a comprehensive account of demographic methods for those with a need to understand population movements.

In Reflexivity and the Crisis of Western Reason Barry Sandywell outlined and defended a central place for reflexivity in the human sciences.

This book offers an unprecedented, integrative account of the shape of social order on the microsocial level.

As the world undergoes huge demographic shifts with aging populations and increasing life expectancy, it is essential to recognize the importance of understanding aging in different international, cultural, social, and economic contexts.

This book explains how migrants can be viewed as racial others, not just because they are nonwhite, but because they are racially "e;alien.

This volume explores contemporary social conflict, focusing on a sort of violence that rarely receives coverage in the evening news.

Drought draws together contributions from over 75 leading international researchers in the field to present the most comprehensive body of research on the physical and social dimensions of drought to date.

This book presents a comprehensive account of the socio-political thought of prominent modern Indian thinkers.

Postcolonial theory has mostly been confined to literary studies and the humanities, but it has been slowly making its way into social science.

It is said that movies have encroached upon social realities creating tourism enclaves based on distortions of history and heritage, or simulations that disregard both.

The sociology of Erving Goffman has inspired generations of sociologists throughout the world.

The Poverty of Postmodernism rejects the current celebration of knowledge and value relativism.

In conversation, and in the company of a new generation of scholars working in the field, Nigel Rapport and Huon Wardle re-explore the terrain and meaning of cosmopolitan studies now.

What is a human?

This volume considers the challenges of democracy building in post-Soviet Armenia, and the role of civil society in that process.

This edited collection brings together academics, artists and members of civil society organizations to engage in a discussion about the ideas of living with others, through concepts such as cosmopolitanism, solidarity, and conviviality, and the practices of doing so.

Morality and Moral Controversies, 10th Edition challenges students to critically assess today's leading moral, social, and political issues.

The continuing interest in the history, ideas, structure and development of fascism in Britain in the twentieth century appears to show little sign of diminishing.

This book addresses the genealogy and consequences of nihilism, attempts at 'sociologizing' the concept of nihilism by relating nihilism to capitalism, post-politics and terrorism, and considers the possibilities of overcoming nihilism.

A rethinking of contemporary social theory that provides a vision about the modern world through key ideas developed by ''maverick'' anthropologists.