Social theory

In this major study, first published in 1988, Professor Kitching builds on recent scholarship on Marx and Wittgenstein to provide an incisive, readable account and critique of the whole of Marx's work.

In this major study, first published in 1988, Professor Kitching builds on recent scholarship on Marx and Wittgenstein to provide an incisive, readable account and critique of the whole of Marx's work.

Marx's Grundrisse is acknowledged as the vital link between Marx's early and late work.

Marx's Grundrisse is acknowledged as the vital link between Marx's early and late work.

George Orwell wrote in Nineteen Eighty Four that 'If there is hope, it lies in the proles.

George Orwell wrote in Nineteen Eighty Four that 'If there is hope, it lies in the proles.

Marx's written output was massive.

Marx's written output was massive.

Debt is often thought of as a mere economic variable governed by a simplistic mechanical logic, ignoring its other facets.

Debt is often thought of as a mere economic variable governed by a simplistic mechanical logic, ignoring its other facets.

This book, first published in 1961 and revised in 1964, is both a critical study of a body of thought and an historical account of how Marxist theory arose from the context of European history in the 19th century.

This book, first published in 1961 and revised in 1964, is both a critical study of a body of thought and an historical account of how Marxist theory arose from the context of European history in the 19th century.

It has been said that the normal English reaction to uncomfortable facts of life, such as Marxism, is an embarrassed but determined silence.

It has been said that the normal English reaction to uncomfortable facts of life, such as Marxism, is an embarrassed but determined silence.

This book, originally published in 1940, is primarily intended to tell the English reader what is contained in the earlier works of Marx, with emphasis on what seemed to throw most light on the man and his systematic thought.

This book, originally published in 1940, is primarily intended to tell the English reader what is contained in the earlier works of Marx, with emphasis on what seemed to throw most light on the man and his systematic thought.

Of all the scholarly work on the countryside done in pre-1917 Russia and in the Soviet Union in the 1920s, that of L.

Of all the scholarly work on the countryside done in pre-1917 Russia and in the Soviet Union in the 1920s, that of L.

One reader has called this study, first published in 1984, 'easily the best book on the relation of Hegel to Marx'.

One reader has called this study, first published in 1984, 'easily the best book on the relation of Hegel to Marx'.

Strife has raged about Karl Marx for decades, and never had it been so embittered as at the time of this book's first publication, 1936.

Strife has raged about Karl Marx for decades, and never had it been so embittered as at the time of this book's first publication, 1936.

In the field of political sociology and European studies, there has long been a discussion on transnational neoliberal development and ethnic groups' self-governance.

In this book, first published in 1992, the author examines the polemic fought by German Social-Democratic Party leaders and intellectuals Karl Kautsky and Eduard Bernstein against what they perceived to be misunderstandings of Marxism propagated by members of the Social-Democratic Federation (SDF) in England and by the socialist leader Wilhelm Liebknecht in Germany.

In this book, first published in 1992, the author examines the polemic fought by German Social-Democratic Party leaders and intellectuals Karl Kautsky and Eduard Bernstein against what they perceived to be misunderstandings of Marxism propagated by members of the Social-Democratic Federation (SDF) in England and by the socialist leader Wilhelm Liebknecht in Germany.

The collapse of Marxism in much of the Third World as well as Europe was so sudden and spectacular that it is hard to believe that in the space of seven years The Journal of Communist Studies could bring out special issues both on the creation of 'Military Marxist Regimes in Africa', and on their demise and the wider collapse of Marxist governments on the continent.

The collapse of Marxism in much of the Third World as well as Europe was so sudden and spectacular that it is hard to believe that in the space of seven years The Journal of Communist Studies could bring out special issues both on the creation of 'Military Marxist Regimes in Africa', and on their demise and the wider collapse of Marxist governments on the continent.

The strong community ties of mining villages are the central concern of this book, which deals with the social history and sociology of mining in County Durham in the twentieth century.

The strong community ties of mining villages are the central concern of this book, which deals with the social history and sociology of mining in County Durham in the twentieth century.

Jurgen Habermas is one of the most important German philosophers and social theorists of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century.

Jurgen Habermas is one of the most important German philosophers and social theorists of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century.

This book is the first general social analysis that seriously considers the daily experience of information disruption and software failure within contemporary Western society.

This book is the first general social analysis that seriously considers the daily experience of information disruption and software failure within contemporary Western society.

This book will give unique insight into how a new generation of Bourdieusian researchers apply Bourdieu to contemporary issues.

This book will give unique insight into how a new generation of Bourdieusian researchers apply Bourdieu to contemporary issues.

This is a broad ranging introduction to twenty-first-century anarchism which includes a wide array of theoretical approaches as well as a variety of empirical and geographical perspectives.

This is a broad ranging introduction to twenty-first-century anarchism which includes a wide array of theoretical approaches as well as a variety of empirical and geographical perspectives.

This book focuses on the contribution of Marcel Mauss (1872-1950) to social theory and a theory of cooperation.

This book focuses on the contribution of Marcel Mauss (1872-1950) to social theory and a theory of cooperation.

Lifestyles and subcultures are tools through which people say - to themselves and to others - who they think they are, who they think they are similar to, and who they think they are different from.

Lifestyles and subcultures are tools through which people say - to themselves and to others - who they think they are, who they think they are similar to, and who they think they are different from.

The Reflexive Initiative is an authoritative intervention in the practice and tradition of reflexive social theory.

The Reflexive Initiative is an authoritative intervention in the practice and tradition of reflexive social theory.

The rise of the health, beauty and fitness industries in recent years has led to an increased focus on the body.

The rise of the health, beauty and fitness industries in recent years has led to an increased focus on the body.

Metatheory for the 21st Century is one of the many exciting results of over four years of in-depth engagement between two communities of scholar-practitioners: critical realism and integral theory.

Metatheory for the 21st Century is one of the many exciting results of over four years of in-depth engagement between two communities of scholar-practitioners: critical realism and integral theory.

What can sport do to produce social change in our world today?

What can sport do to produce social change in our world today?

Dictionary of Critical Realism fulfils a vital gap in the literature, Critical Realism is often criticised for being too opaque and deploying too much jargon, thereby making the concepts inaccessible for a wider audience.