Social theory

This book has two interlocking ambitions.

War, from the conflicts in the Middle East and Russia/Ukraine to Mexican narco-violence, from neocolonial land grabs in the Global South to racial, border, health, and climate crises all over the planet, defines the most extreme and contradictory expression of the global world.

This book introduces the life and work of Darcy Ribeiro (1922-1997), one of the foremost exponents of Brazilian/Latin American Social thought in the 20th century.

Social ontology is the study of the nature and basic structure of social reality.

Social ontology is the study of the nature and basic structure of social reality.

The book provides a comprehensive, critical overview of philosophical, social-scientific, and humanistic arguments about the design and desirability of "e;post-work"e; society.

Local leaders don't need to become professional facilitators or hire expensive consultants to run a great meeting.

Contemporary bipartisan politics undermines socialist solidarity by ignoring class issues and pitting advocates of social justice against ethno-national chauvinists.

This book examines the importance of flat ontologies for law and sociolegal theory.

This book examines the importance of flat ontologies for law and sociolegal theory.

Questioning society and one's place in it is a common theme in both comedy and sociology.

Questioning society and one's place in it is a common theme in both comedy and sociology.

This book provides solid sociological foundations to computational social science (CSS).

This book provides solid sociological foundations to computational social science (CSS).

We now live in a world where all aspects of everyday life are thoroughly mediated by digital technologies.

We now live in a world where all aspects of everyday life are thoroughly mediated by digital technologies.

This book introduces the readers to the dynamics of various kinds of social movements.

Building upon the idea that our current "e;environmental question"e; arises from the history of metaphysics-which privileged thought about Being (or ontology) over the conditions of life-this book reinterprets Heraclitus's notion of physis as the fundamental, emergent potency of life, as the category to-be-thought by thinkers.

Through a variety of studies in the emerging field of attentional studies, this book examines and seeks alternatives to the current attention economy.

Building upon the idea that our current "e;environmental question"e; arises from the history of metaphysics-which privileged thought about Being (or ontology) over the conditions of life-this book reinterprets Heraclitus's notion of physis as the fundamental, emergent potency of life, as the category to-be-thought by thinkers.

Through a variety of studies in the emerging field of attentional studies, this book examines and seeks alternatives to the current attention economy.

First published in 1964, The Psychology of Society deals with the idea of building up a social psychology or the science of human nature.

First published in 1964, The Psychology of Society deals with the idea of building up a social psychology or the science of human nature.

First published in 1985, Corporations, Classes and Capitalism raises some crucial questions - how important are large multinational companies?

First published in 1985, Corporations, Classes and Capitalism raises some crucial questions - how important are large multinational companies?

Originally published in 1974 and with a new introduction for the 1981 edition, this book is a clear and vivid history of the role of organized labour in the politics of Nigeria.

Originally published in 1974 and with a new introduction for the 1981 edition, this book is a clear and vivid history of the role of organized labour in the politics of Nigeria.

Transatlantic policing is experiencing an unprecedented crisis of legitimacy, epitomised by public responses to the murders of George Floyd and Sarah Everard during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This book engages the field of practice theory in order to consider law as a social practice.

This book presents a novel theoretical account of the claim that sexed and gendered bodies are socially constructed.

This book uses Norbert Elias’s theory of the civilising process to provide a sociological and historical study of Portuguese bullfighting.

This book presents a novel theoretical account of the claim that sexed and gendered bodies are socially constructed.

This book uses Norbert Elias’s theory of the civilising process to provide a sociological and historical study of Portuguese bullfighting.

Cases of ex-Muslims in Europe being punished by their former fellow Muslims constitute an unacceptable practice from the standpoint of democratic societies in which human rights are respected and individuals have the freedom to choose their religion, or none at all.

Cases of ex-Muslims in Europe being punished by their former fellow Muslims constitute an unacceptable practice from the standpoint of democratic societies in which human rights are respected and individuals have the freedom to choose their religion, or none at all.

The second edition of Classical and Contemporary Social Theory provides wraparound coverage of the classical social theorists and influential sociological schools of thought in the contemporary period.

The second edition of Classical and Contemporary Social Theory provides wraparound coverage of the classical social theorists and influential sociological schools of thought in the contemporary period.

Queering Desire explores, with unprecedented interdisciplinary scope, contemporary configurations of lesbian, bi, queer women's, and non-binary people's experiences of identity and desire.

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This book explores how the youth experience, viscerally felt and deeply ingrained at a time of substantial physical, psychological and emotional changes, serves to authenticate that youth experience to the exclusion of that of ensuing youth generations.