Sociology category: 22581 books
Texts, Facts and Femininity
Exploring the Relations of Ruling
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2002
'A crucial book for feminists, for sociology and the new "political anthropological historical school". It informs us how we are differently "situated" in and through social relations, which texts and images mediate, organise and construct.' Philip Corrigan, Professor of Applied...
Historical Sociology and World History
Uneven and Combined Development over the Longue Durée
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2016
The concept of 'uneven and combined development' was originally coined by Leon Trotsky to theorise Tsarist Russia's distinctive experience of modernity and revolution. But it has re-emerged over the last decade or so as a burgeoning research programme within International Relations (IR) and historical...
Politics in the Human Interest
Applying Sociology in the Real World
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2007
Politics in the Human Interest presents the striking proposition that by paying attention to what's been learned about human behavior, we can develop a political agenda that is in the human interest. Du Bois and Wright, editors of Applying Sociology: Making a Better World, seek a synthesis of the...
Mentoring, Methods, and Movements
Colloquium in Honor of Terence K. Hopkins by His Former Students and the Fernand Braudel Center for the Study of Economies, Historical Systems, and Civilizations
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
Terence Kilbourne Hopkins (1929-1997) was a hidden gem of the field of world-systems studies who contributed indispensably to its foundation amid a lifelong collaboration and friendship with Immanuel Wallerstein. His pedagogical humanism, methodological rigor, and scientific commitment to social change,...
Education and Society
25 Years of the British Journal of Sociology of Education
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2006
The British Journal of Sociology of Education has established itself as the leading discipline-based publication. This collection of selected articles published since the first issue provides the reader with an informed insight and understanding of the nature, range and value of sociological thinking,...
by Wsevolod W. Isajiw
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
The book distinguishes a number of types of social thought and traces their history from “tribal” times until present day. It shows that human beings thought systematically about their societies very early in their development, even if only informally, as they did not write treatises about them....
by Bryan S. Turner
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2006
The mass violence of the twentieth century’s two world wars—followed more recently by decentralized and privatized warfare, manifested in terrorism, ethnic cleansing, and other localized forms of killing—has led to a heightened awareness of human beings’ vulnerability and the precarious nature...
Sociology of Religion
Contemporary Developments
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
This third edition of Sociology of Religion introduces students to key principles in the sociological understanding of religion, with revisions and updates throughout. The book offers an overview of the nature and function of religious institutions and practices, asking sociological questions about...
by Bryan S. Turner
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2014
First published in 1978, this title analyses a range of problems that arise in the study of North Africa and the Middle East, bridging the gap between studies of Sociology, Islam, and Marxism. Both Sociology and the study of Islam draw on an Orientalist tradition founded on an idealist epistemology,...
Sociology and the Sacred
An Introduction to Philip Rieff's Theory of Culture
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2016
The acclaimed American sociologist and cultural philosopher Philip Rieff gained great academic prestige with his thesis on the emergence of ‘Psychological Man’ in western culture and with his classic book, Freud: The Mind of the Moralist, published in 1959. In this work and the later The Triumph...
Community Intervention
Clinical Sociology Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
Community Intervention: Clinical Sociology Perspectives showcases important efforts to improve the quality of life in communities around the world. The book, a project of the clinical sociology division of the International Sociological Association, describes the interdisciplinary field of clinical...
Readings in Indian Sociology
Volume V: Contributions to Sociological Theory
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2013
Contributions to Sociological Theory, aims to quell the popular belief that sociologists and their journals are shy of making a contribution to theory—they are mere empiricists. The volume introduces the dimensions and trajectories of the multiplicity of theory in its sumptuous Introduction. The...
by Walter Wallace
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
The subject of this book is limited to the abstract form or "logic" of science, as applied particularly to scientific sociology. But the discussion presented here goes beyond abstraction and serves a practical role in the sociology and history of science by providing a framework for reducing...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2018
This classic volume deals with a crucial contemporary social issue: the conflict between traditionalism and modernism. Nisbet considers such subjects as power, community, culture, and the university. He deals directly with the values of authority, tradition, hierarchy, and community on the one hand,...