Sociology category: 22581 books
G.H. Mead
A Critical Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
G. H. Mead is rightly considered to be one of sociology's founding fathers, yet to date there have been surprisingly few books devoted to his life and work. This book fills the gap by introducing Mead's ideas to a younger generation of social scientists.
Beginning with a biographical account...
by Anthony King
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
Drawing on the work of Gadamer, the book demonstrates that a sociology which focuses on social relations does not imply a return to idealism, nor a retreat into individualism, nor a rejection of critique. Rather, a hermeneutic sociology which prioritises human social relations is the only coherent...
by Karl Mannheim
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
First published in 1952. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
States of Intoxication
The Place of Alcohol in Civilisation
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2018
This book provides an illuminating perspective on alcohol use, drawing on approaches from both anthropological research and historical sociology to examine our ambivalent attitudes to alcohol in the modern West. From anthropological research on non-Western, non-modern cultures, the author demonstrates...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2015
This volume considers the implementation difficulties of researching religion online and reflects on the ethical dilemmas faced by sociologists of religion when using digital research methods. Bringing together established and emerging scholars, global case studies draw on the use of social media...
The Material Culture and Social Institutions of the Simpler Peoples (Routledge Revivals)
An Essay in Correlation
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Originally published in 1915, this pioneer study has long occupied an important place in the literature of sociology. An exercise in the statistical correlation of the economic and social institutions of the working classes of the early twentieth century, the book is an important link between contemporary...
Urban People and Places
The Sociology of Cities, Suburbs, and Towns
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2014
Daniel Monti, Michael Ian Borer, and Lyn C. Macgregor provide a thorough and comprehensive survey of the contemporary urban world that is accessible to students with Urban People and Places: The Sociology of Cities, Suburbs, and Towns. This new title will give balanced treatment to both the process...
Deciphering the Global
Its Scales, Spaces and Subjects
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Saskia Sassen is Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago and Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics.
Fashion-ology
An Introduction to Fashion Studies
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2018
This new edition of a classic work offers a concise introduction to the sociology of fashion, and demystifies the workings of the fashion system. From the origins of fashion studies and the difference between clothing and fashion, through to an examination of 21st century subcultures, and the impact...
The Media City
Media, Architecture and Urban Space
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2008
"If only more new media commentators had this level of historical-critical reference, engaging, good stories, and a degree of wonder at what media and windows bring to the city, to life."
- John Hutnyk, Goldsmiths, University of London
"Just when you thought the last word had...
A Land of Milk and Honey?
Making Sense of Aotearoa New Zealand
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2017
Since colonization, New Zealand has been mythologized as a ‘land of milk and honey'– a promised land of natural abundance and endless opportunity. In the twenty-first century, the country has become literally a land of milk and honey as agricultural exports from such commodities dominate the national...
Artistic Lives
A Study of Creativity in Two European Cities
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Artistic Lives examines cultural production as a non-standard, self-directed, and frequently unpaid activity, which is susceptible to developments that affect the availability of unstructured time. It engages with discourses which have historically had little to do with the arts, including urban sociology...
Disrupted Cities
When Infrastructure Fails
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2010
Bringing together leading researchers from geography, political science, sociology, public policy and technology studies, Disrupted Cities exposes the politics of well-known disruptions such as devastation of New Orleans in 2005, the global SARS outbreak in 2002-3, and the great power collapse in...
Peer to Peer and the Music Industry
The Criminalization of Sharing
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2009
Have the music and movie industries lost the battle to criminalize downloading?
This penetrating and informative book provides readers with the perfect systematic critical guide to the file-sharing phenomenon. Combining inter-disciplinary resources from sociology, history, media and communication...