Social theory books

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Trafficking Chains: Modern Slavery in Society

Trafficking Chains: Modern Slavery in Society

Author: Sylvia Walby (NEW: City, University of London OLD:University of Lancaster) ,  Karen A. Shire (University Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
ISBN: 9781529232356
Format: Paperback
$67.99

This book offers a theory of trafficking and modern slavery with implications for policy. Going beyond polarised...  Read More >>

The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Existentialism

The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Existentialism...

Author: Kevin Aho (Florida Gulf Coast University, USA) ,  Megan Altman (Cornell College, USA)
ISBN: 9781032162584
Format: Hardback
$431.00

Essential reading for students and researchers of existentialism and phenomenology, and also of interest to those...  Read More >>

Democracy and Social Ethics: Nobel Peace Prize Winner

Democracy and Social Ethics: Nobel Peace Prize Winner...

Author: Jane Addams
ISBN: 9782384553143
Format: Paperback
$29.01

In this groundbreaking work, Jane Addams, a pioneering figure in the realms of social reform and activism, delves...  Read More >>

What Work Means: Beyond the Puritan Work Ethic

What Work Means: Beyond the Puritan Work Ethic

Author: Claudia Strauss
ISBN: 9781501775512
Format: Paperback
$94.91

"""Drawing on the evocative stories of unemployed Americans from a wide range of occupations, from day laborers...  Read More >>

Physis, Biopower, and Biothermodynamics: The Fire of Life

Physis, Biopower, and Biothermodynamics: The Fire of...

Author: Enrique Leff (National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM))
ISBN: 9781032648255
Format: Hardback
$294.00

Positing that the 'environmental question’ arises from the history of metaphysics, this book reinterprets Heraclitus’...  Read More >>

The Ordinal Society

The Ordinal Society

Author: Marion Fourcade ,  Kieran Healy
ISBN: 9780674971141
Format: Hardback
$78.95

Organizations now measure and rank nearly every aspect of our lives, using data to make predictions about our purchasing...  Read More >>

Alfred Schutz, Phenomenology, and the Renewal of Interpretive Social Science

Alfred Schutz, Phenomenology, and the Renewal of Interpretive...

Author: Besnik Pula (Virginia Tech, USA)
ISBN: 9781032609164
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This book calls attention to the continued relevance of Alfred Schutz’s social thought and his efforts to bring...  Read More >>

What Work Means: Beyond the Puritan Work Ethic

What Work Means: Beyond the Puritan Work Ethic

Author: Claudia Strauss
ISBN: 9781501775505
Format: Hardback
$330.00

"""Drawing on the evocative stories of unemployed Americans from a wide range of occupations, from day laborers...  Read More >>

Karl Marx: Sein Leben und sein Werk

Karl Marx: Sein Leben und sein Werk

Author: Isaiah Berlin
ISBN: 9783658135850
Format: Paperback
$105.57

Sie beleuchtet sowohl seine Person und seine Persönlichkeit als auch den sozialen und historischen Kontext, in den...  Read More >>

Carbon Societies: The Social Logic of Fossil Fuels

Carbon Societies: The Social Logic of Fossil Fuels

Author: Peter Wagner (European University Institute)
ISBN: 9781509557097
Format: Paperback
$36.95

The climate crisis is humanmade. Its main cause is the burning of fossil fuels. To combat climate change, we have...  Read More >>

Carbon Societies: The Social Logic of Fossil Fuels

Carbon Societies: The Social Logic of Fossil Fuels

Author: Peter Wagner (European University Institute)
ISBN: 9781509557080
Format: Hardback
$113.95

The climate crisis is humanmade. Its main cause is the burning of fossil fuels. To combat climate change, we have...  Read More >>

Bronisław Malinowski and His Legacy in Contemporary Social Sciences and Humanities: On the Centenary of Argonauts of the Western Pacific

Bronisław Malinowski and His Legacy in Contemporary...

Author: Grażyna Kubica (Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland) ,  Dariusz Brzeziński (Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)
ISBN: 9781032583655
Format: Hardback
$273.00

Bringing to light sources as-yet-unknown in Anglophone research, this book considers the importance of the work...  Read More >>

Conversations with the Turtles: On the Ideological Conundrums of Our Times

Conversations with the Turtles: On the Ideological Conundrums...

Author: Nilson Ariel Espino (Santa María La Antigua Catholic University-Panama)
ISBN: 9781009441162
Format: Hardback
$77.63

The book is written for the general reader concerned with ideological polarization in the world today. It analyses...  Read More >>

Lawfare: Why It Matters & Other Essays

Lawfare: Why It Matters & Other Essays

Author: Tom Renz ,  Andrea Wexelblatt
ISBN: 9798868963186
Format: Paperback
$36.93

Short and to the point, modRNA: Why It Matters & Other Essays is a compelling plea for caution and accountability,...  Read More >>

Political Modernity and Social Theory: Origins, Development and Alternatives

Political Modernity and Social Theory: Origins, Development...

Author: Jose Maur¡cio Domingues
ISBN: 9781032676531
Format: Paperback
$92.99

An in-depth investigation of political modernity, Political Modernity and Social Theory proposes an encompassing...  Read More >>

Political Modernity and Social Theory: Origins, Development and Alternatives

Political Modernity and Social Theory: Origins, Development...

Author: Jose Maur¡cio Domingues
ISBN: 9781032726786
Format: Hardback
$252.00

An in-depth investigation of political modernity, Political Modernity and Social Theory proposes an encompassing...  Read More >>

More-than-Human

More-than-Human

Author: Jamie Lorimer (University of Oxford, UK) ,  Timothy Hodgetts
ISBN: 9781138058392
Format: Paperback
$62.99

This text offers the first book-length introduction to more-than-human geography, exploring its key ideas, main...  Read More >>

More-than-Human

More-than-Human

Author: Jamie Lorimer (University of Oxford, UK) ,  Timothy Hodgetts
ISBN: 9781138058309
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This text offers the first book-length introduction to more-than-human geography, exploring its key ideas, main...  Read More >>

Revisiting Social Theory: Challenges and Possibilities

Revisiting Social Theory: Challenges and Possibilities...

Author: D.V. Kumar (North-Eastern Hill University, India)
ISBN: 9781032584447
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This book revisits social theory to highlight features of ‘good’ social theory. With particular attention to issues...  Read More >>

Sedition: Macaulay to Modi

Sedition: Macaulay to Modi

Author: Rijul Singh Uppal
ISBN: 9781032768946
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This book examines the trajectory of the sedition law from its introduction by the British colonial power and its...  Read More >>

Making History / Making Blintzes: How Two Red Diaper Babies Found Each Other and Discovered America

Making History / Making Blintzes: How Two Red Diaper...

Author: Mickey Flacks ,  Dick Flacks
ISBN: 9781978839083
Format: Paperback
$92.27

This book chronicles the political and personal lives of progressive activists Richard and Miriam Flacks. Their...  Read More >>

De la r�volution au renouveau: Retrouver l'esprit de 1789

De la r�volution au renouveau: Retrouver l'esprit de...

Author: Hichem Karoui
ISBN: 9791094237182
Format: Paperback
$71.25

Le livre se veut un outil pour penser et agir, pour inspirer un nouvel �lan � la d�mocratie et � la vie collective...  Read More >>

Between Us: Healing Ourselves and Changing the World Through Sociology

Between Us: Healing Ourselves and Changing the World...

Author: Marika Lindholm ,  Elizabeth Anne Wood
ISBN: 9780226833873
Format: Paperback
$36.95

This heartfelt collection is a testament to sociology's power to heal people and transform societies. The world...  Read More >>

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