Social theory

How does Bauman understand the concept of freedom, and how does this understanding relate to the political traditions of conservatism, liberalism and socialism?

This book explores the role atmospheres play in shared emotion.

In mapping out the field of human rights for those studying and researching within both humanities and social science disciplines, the Handbook of Human Rights not only provides a solid foundation for the reader who wants to learn the basic parameters of the field, but also promotes new thinking and frameworks for the study of human rights in the twenty-first century.

This posthumous publication attempts to answer the question of what moral code is the most reasonable.

Simon Susen examines the impact of the 'postmodern turn' on the contemporary social sciences.

During the 1960s the German philosopher Jurgen Habermas introduced the notion of a bourgeois public sphere in order to describe the symbolic arena of political life and conversation that originated with the cultural institutions of the early eighteenth-century; since then the public sphere itself has become perhaps one of the most debated concepts at the very heart of modernity.

Active at the time when the social sciences were founded, Max Weber's social theory contributed significantly to a wide range of fields and disciplines.

Social Capital explains the importance of using social connections and social relations in achieving goals.

Digital technology has vastly broadened and complexified social life, levelling opportunities for communication and producing a new awareness of the importance of diversity of social relations, as well as of life on the planet.

What global future would ensure hope, justice and peace to the human mankind?

Professions and Metaphors: Understanding Professions in Society explores the way that two traditions have contributed to our understanding of both theory and society over recent decades.

Psychology and the Conduct of Everyday Life moves psychological theory and research practice out of the laboratory and into the everyday world.

This volume engages with post-humanist and transhumanist approaches to present an original exploration of the question of how humankind will fare in the face of artificial intelligence.

In this engaging new book, Gerda Reith explores key theoretical concepts in the sociology of consumption.

New perspectives on the complex social dynamics of bullying practices through analyses of children''s experiences, and parents'' and teachers'' perspectives.

Foundations of Social Theory: A Critical Introduction accessibly introduces students to classical and contemporary social theory, exploring the foundational theories which shape the discipline while also engaging critically with their contribution and presenting the more progressive and contemporary theorists in dialogue with canonical figures.

First published in 1973, this is a reissue of John Urry's important and influential study of the theory of revolution.

Youth Studies: an introduction is a clear, jargon-free and accessible textbook which will be invaluable in helping to explain concepts, theories and trends within youth studies.

Microsociologists seek to capture social life as it is experienced, and in recent decades no one has championed the microsociological approach more fiercely than Randall Collins.

In recent years, scholars have understood the increasing use of the St George's Cross by football fans to be evidence of a rise in a specifically 'English' identity.

'Thank god for Richard Sennett .

The volume of studies into desistance has grown dramatically in recent years.

This book explores the theoretical contribution of Michel Foucault to the fields of criminology, law, justice and penology.

This ambitious two-volume handbook of social theory is both current and will stand the test of time.

This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.

Non-manual workers are fast becoming the largest occupational category in Western capitalist countries.

Offering a critique of the humanist paradigm in contemporary social theory, Qualitative Complexity is the first comprehensive sociological analysis of complexity theory.

This book considers diverse philosophical topics unified by the identification of false moves commonly found in modern philosophy, mainstream Anglo-American philosophy, and social theory.

Taking the long view of conflicts between truth and political powerWhat role does truth play in government?

Robert Putnam''s social capital thesis re-examined from the perspective of women and cultural minorities.

Today the smallest details of our daily lives are tracked and traced more closely than ever before, and those who are monitored often cooperate willingly with the monitors.

This is an introduction to the Buddhist philosophy of Emptiness which explores a number of themes in connection with the concept of Emptiness, a highly technical but very central notion in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism.

Recent debate about the ethical and regulatory dimensions of developments in genetics has sidelined societal and cultural aspects, which arguably are indispensable for a nuanced understanding of the complexities of the topic.

This book offers a new approach for theorising and undertaking childhood research.

The structure/agency debate has been among the central issues in recent discussions of social theory.

Cosmopolitanism is about the extension of the moral and political horizons of people, societies, organizations and institutions.

This title was first published in 2000: Complex Life argues for the importance of the new perspective of non modern social theory in understanding human agency.

Mad Hazard is a memoir of the career and life of Stephen Turner, chronicling a life in social theory.

This volume is the first of a trilogy which investigates, from a broadly realist perspective, the place, and challenges, of the human in contemporary social orders.

The early 20th-century Russo-Polish legal thinker Leon Petrazycki (1867-1931) developed a comprehensive social psychology of law.

Zygmunt Bauman was one of the most important social theorists of recent decades.

This is an exhilarating book, written by one of sociology's most imaginative theorists and critics.

This book offers a novel sociological examination of the historical trajectories of Burundi and Rwanda.

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

First published in 1986, The Realization of Anti-Racist Teaching explores the subject and importance of anti-racist education.

First published in 1975.

Social Identities: Multidisciplinary Approaches attempts to make sense of the increasingly complex ways in which we define ourselves and others.

Culture, Politics, and Governing: The Contemporary Ascetics of Knowledge Production is a critical, interdisciplinary approach to how the practices that govern the production of knowledge and culture have material consequences for how we experience everyday life.

Feminism and transgender, as social factions or collective subjectivities, have historically evaded, vilified or negated each other's philosophy and subjectivities.