Key Issues in Modern Sociology – serie
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Spirit of Luc Boltanski
Essays on the ‘Pragmatic Sociology of Critique’
Av Simon Susen, Bryan S. Turner
Inbunden, 2014
2866 kr
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What is the relevance of Luc Boltanski’s ‘pragmatic sociology of critique’ to central issues in contemporary social and political analysis? In seeking to respond to this question, this book contains critical commentaries from prominent social theorists attempting to map out the influence and broad …
Ernst Cassirer and the Critical Science of Germany, 1899–1919
Inbunden, 2013
1156 kr
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Recovering a lost world of the politics of science in Imperial Germany, Gregory B. Moynahan approaches the life and work of the philosopher and historian Ernst Cassirer (1874–1945) from a revisionist perspective, using this framework to redefine the origins of twentieth-century critical historicism …
Ageing, Corporeality and Embodiment
Inbunden, 2013
1099 kr
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‘Ageing, Corporeality and Embodiment’ outlines and develops an argument about the emergence of a ‘new ageing’ during the second half of the twentieth century and its realisation through the processes of ‘embodiment’. The authors argue that ageing as a unitary social process and agedness as a …
Fighting Scholars
Habitus and Ethnographies of Martial Arts and Combat Sports
Av Raúl Sánchez García, Dale C. Spencer
Inbunden, 2013
1131 kr
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‘Fighting Scholars’ offers the first book-length overview of the ethnographic study of martial arts and combat sports. The book’s main claim is that such activities represent privileged grounds to access different social dimensions, such as emotion, violence, pain, gender, ethnicity and religion. …
Overseas Chinese Christian Entrepreneurs in Modern China
A Case Study of the Influence of Christian Ethics on Business Life
Inbunden, 2012
1156 kr
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Inspired by Max Weber’s thesis on the Protestant ethic, ‘Overseas Chinese Christian Entrepreneurs in Modern China’ sets out to understand the role and influence of Christianity on Overseas Chinese businesspeople working in contemporary China. Through its in-depth interviews and participant …
Toward Leader Democracy
Av Jan Pakulski, András Körösényi
Inbunden, 2012
1131 kr
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In today’s liberal democracies, does the political process focus on the people, or on the political leaders representing them? Building upon the ideas of Joseph Schumpeter and Max Weber, ‘Toward Leader Democracy’ argues that we are currently seeing a movement toward an increasingly pronounced focus …
Knowledge and Human Liberation
Towards Planetary Realizations
Inbunden, 2013
1156 kr
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Human liberation has become an epochal challenge in today’s world, requiring not only emancipation from oppressive structures but also from the oppressive self. It is a multidimensional struggle and aspiration in which knowledge – self, social and spiritual – can play a transformative role. …
Responsible Citizens
Individuals, Health and Policy under Neoliberalism
Inbunden, 2012
1131 kr
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The individual has never been more important in society – in almost every sphere of public and private life, the individual is sovereign. Yet the importance and apparent power assigned to the individual is not all that it seems. As ‘Responsible Citizens’ investigates via its UK-based case studies, …
Guide to Marx's 'Capital' Vols I–III
Inbunden, 2012
1156 kr
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This book provides a comprehensive guide to all three volumes of Karl Marx’s ‘Capital’, with advice on further reading and points for further discussion. Recognizing the contemporary relevance of ‘Capital’ in the midst of the current financial crisis, Kenneth Smith has produced an essential guide …
Philosophy and Anthropology
Border Crossing and Transformations
Av Ananta Kumar Giri, John Clammer
Inbunden, 2013
1318 kr
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Philosophy and anthropology have many, but largely unexplored, links and interrelationships. Historically, they have informed each other in subtle ways. This volume of original essays explores and enhances this relationship through anthropological engagement with philosophy and vice versa, the …
Organising Neoliberalism
Markets, Privatisation and Justice
Av Philip Whitehead, Paul Crawshaw
Inbunden, 2012
1156 kr
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This collection of essays incorporates the insight of an international group of experts to explore the impact of neoliberalism within different organisational domains from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. Examining neoliberalism in the context of political, social, economic and …
Guide to Marx's 'Capital' Vols I–III
Häftad, 2012
341 kr
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This book provides a comprehensive guide to all three volumes of Karl Marx’s ‘Capital’, with advice on further reading and points for further discussion. Recognizing the contemporary relevance of ‘Capital’ in the midst of the current financial crisis, Kenneth Smith has produced an essential guide …
Experiencing Globalization
Religion in Contemporary Contexts
Av Derrick M. Nault, Bei Dawei m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
1156 kr
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Today, in an age of globalization, religion represents a potent force in the lives of billions of people worldwide. Yet when social theorists examine the impact of globalization on contemporary religious movements, they tend to focus on issues such as Islamic fundamentalism and threats to US or …
Sixties Radicalism and Social Movement Activism
Retreat or Resurgence?
Häftad, 2012
426 kr
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This book’s four main aims are to examine: firstly, why movements happened in the socio-historical context of sixties’ radicalism; secondly, its distinctive legacy of crucial, cultural, societal and political interconnections; thirdly, continuing links between seminal ideas and movements and …
Legacy of Pierre Bourdieu
Critical Essays
Av Simon Susen, Bryan S. Turner
Inbunden, 2011
1290 kr
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These critical essays bring together prominent scholars in the social sciences to consider the diverse nature of the legacy of Pierre Bourdieu in contemporary social theory. In offering a range of perspectives on the continuing relevance of Bourdieu’s sociology, the essays of this volume examine …
Liquidation of Exile
Studies in the Intellectual Emigration of the 1930s
Inbunden, 2011
1131 kr
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In a series of focused studies related to the event that has generated the richest literature in exile studies – the intellectual exiles arising out of Nazi rule – this volume reconsiders a number of issues raised by that literature, notably the multiple, complex and changing negotiating processes …
Corporate Wrongdoing and the Art of the Accusation
Häftad, 2011
351 kr
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This book addresses an old and basic question: what is the moral order of the market? ‘Corporate Wrongdoing and the Art of the Accusation’ is an exploration of accusations of wrongdoing, and the revelations these accusations expose about the dark side of capitalism and modern corporations in their …
A. N. Whitehead and Social Theory
Tracing a Culture of Thought
Inbunden, 2011
1131 kr
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The contemporary importance of A. N. Whitehead (1861–1947) lies in his direct yet productive challenge to the culture of thought inherent in modernity, a challenge that suffuses science, social theory and philosophy alike. Unlike some of the more destructive aspects of postmodernism and …
Body Parts on Planet Slum
Women and Telenovelas in Brazil
Inbunden, 2011
1131 kr
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Based on a year’s research from within a Brazilian slum, this study follows a series of unemployed women who watch up to six hours of telenovelas a day, often in the midst of arduous physical labour in the home. The women suffer in relation to their bodies, but simultaneously invest in a …
Religion and the State
A Comparative Sociology
Av Jack Barbalet, Adam Possamai m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
1156 kr
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With a clear statement of the theoretical issues in the debates about secularization and post-secularism, ‘Religion and the State: A Comparative Sociology’ considers a number of major case studies – from China, Europe, Singapore and South Asia – in order to understand the rise of public religions …
Nationalizing the Body
The Medical Market, Print and Daktari Medicine
Häftad, 2011
426 kr
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This book seeks to move emphasis away from the over-riding importance given to the state in existing studies of ‘western’ medicine in India, and locates medical practice within its cultural, social and professional milieus. Based on Bengali doctors writings this book examines how various medical …
Psychoanalytic Mythologies
Av Ian Parker
Häftad, 2011
410 kr
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‘Psychoanalytic Mythologies’ presents a collection of essays on the theme of what it is to be a human subject in a culture permeated by psychoanalytic imagery. The author’s attempt to disturb the strongly-held belief of those in thrall to psychoanalysis that it is universally true forms the …
Responsible Citizens
Individuals, Health and Policy under Neoliberalism
Häftad, 2013
413 kr
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The individual has never been more important in society – in almost every sphere of public and private life, the individual is sovereign. Yet the importance and apparent power assigned to the individual is not all that it seems. As ‘Responsible Citizens’ investigates via its UK-based case studies, …
Toward Leader Democracy
Av Jan Pakulski, András Körösényi
Häftad, 2013
422 kr
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In today’s liberal democracies, does the political process focus on the people, or on the political leaders representing them? Building upon the ideas of Joseph Schumpeter and Max Weber, ‘Toward Leader Democracy’ argues that we are currently seeing a movement toward an increasingly pronounced focus …
Religion and the State
A Comparative Sociology
Av Jack Barbalet, Adam Possamai m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
422 kr
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With a clear statement of the theoretical issues in the debates about secularization and post-secularism, ‘Religion and the State: A Comparative Sociology’ considers a number of major case studies – from China, Europe, Singapore and South Asia – in order to understand the rise of public religions …
A. N. Whitehead and Social Theory
Tracing a Culture of Thought
Häftad, 2013
422 kr
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The contemporary importance of A. N. Whitehead (1861–1947) lies in his direct yet productive challenge to the culture of thought inherent in modernity, a challenge that suffuses science, social theory and philosophy alike. Unlike some of the more destructive aspects of postmodernism and …
Legacy of Pierre Bourdieu
Critical Essays
Av Simon Susen, Bryan S. Turner
Häftad, 2013
422 kr
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These critical essays bring together prominent scholars in the social sciences to consider the diverse nature of the legacy of Pierre Bourdieu in contemporary social theory. In offering a range of perspectives on the continuing relevance of Bourdieu’s sociology, the essays of this volume examine …
Consumption, Cities and States
Comparing Singapore with Asian and Western Cities
Av Ann Brooks, Lionel Wee
Inbunden, 2014
1131 kr
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‘Consumption, Cities and States’ examines the fascinating intersection of consumption, citizenship and the state in a cross-section of global cities in Asia and the West. It focuses on a number of theoretical and empirical analyses: developing and amplifying the intersection of consumption, …
Émile Durkheim and the Collective Consciousness of Society
A Study in Criminology
Inbunden, 2014
1290 kr
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This volume sets out to explore the use of Émile Durkheim’s concept of the ‘collective consciousness of society’, and represents the first ever book-length treatment of this underexplored topic. Operating from both a criminological and sociological perspective, Kenneth Smith argues that Durkheim’s …
Émile Durkheim and the Collective Consciousness of Society
A Study in Criminology
Häftad, 2014
422 kr
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This volume sets out to explore the use of Émile Durkheim’s concept of the ‘collective consciousness of society’, and represents the first ever book-length treatment of this underexplored topic. Operating from both a criminological and sociological perspective, Kenneth Smith argues that Durkheim’s …
