Theorizing Globalization: A Critique of the Mediatization of Social Theory (Ampuja Marko)(Paperback)

Theorizing Globalization: A Critique of the Mediatization of Social Theory (Ampuja Marko)(Paperback)

Theorizing Globalization offers a reassessment of mainstream perspectives on globalization, providing essential insights into an enormously popular field of

The Mediated Construction of Reality: Society, Culture, Mediatization (Couldry Nick)(Paperback)

Social theory needs to be completely rethought in a world of digital media and social media platforms driven by data processes. Fifty years after Berger and Luckmann published their classic text The Social Construction of Reality, two leading sociologists of media, Nick Couldry and Andreas Hepp,

Intercultural Communication: Globalization and Social Justice (Sorrells Kathryn)(Paperback)

Intercultural Communication: Globalization and Social Justice introduces students to the study of communication among cultures within the broader context of globalization. Author Kathryn Sorrells highlights history, power, and global institutions as central to understanding the relationships and

Theorizing Modern Society as a Dynamic Process (Hazelrigg Lawrence)(Pevná vazba)

Emphasis is placed in Continental European social theory, and on the importance of political analyses to theorizing modern societies. This title focuses on dynamic processes that gave way to illuminate structural features of modern social

On Critique: A Sociology of Emancipation (Boltanski Luc)(Paperback)

The relationship between sociology and social critique has haunted the discipline since its origins. Does critique divert sociology from its scientific project? Or is critique the ultimate goal of sociology, without which the latter would be a futile activity disconnected from the concerns of

Adorno, Foucault and the Critique of the West (Cook Deborah)(Paperback)

The alliance of critical theory between Frankfurt and

Ethnicity Without Groups (Brubaker Rogers)(Paperback)

Despite a quarter-century of constructivist theorizing in the social sciences and humanities, ethnic groups continue to be conceived as entities and cast as actors. Journalists, policymakers, and researchers routinely frame accounts of ethnic, racial, and national conflict as the struggles of

The Persistence of the Negative: A Critique of Contemporary Continental Theory (Noys Benjamin)(Paperback)

Through a series of incisive readings of leading theoretical figures of affirmationism - Jacques Derrida, Gilles Deleuze, Bruno Latour, Antonio Negri and Alain Badiou - Benjamin Noys contests the tendency of recent theory to rely on affirmation, and especially an affirmative thinking of resistance

Multimodality, Learning and Communication: A Social Semiotic Frame (Bezemer Jeff)(Paperback)

This state-of-the-art account of research and theorizing brings together multimodality, learning and communication through detailed analyses of signmakers and their meaning-making in museums, hospitals, schools and the home environment.By analyzing video recordings, photographs, screenshots and

The Social Conquest of Earth (Wilson Edward O.)(Paperback)

Sparking vigorous debate in the sciences, The Social Conquest of Earth upends 'the famous theory that evolution naturally encourages creatures to put family first' (Discover). Refashioning the story of human evolution, Wilson draws on his remarkable knowledge of biology and social behavior to

The Unmasking Style in Social Theory (Baehr Peter)(Paperback)

This book examines the nature of unmasking in social theory, in revolutionary movements and in popular culture. Unmasking is not the same as scientific refutation or principled disagreement. When people unmask, they claim to rip off a disguise, revealing the true beneath the feigned. The author

Social Reproduction Theory: Remapping Class, Recentering Oppression (Bhattacharya Tithi)(Paperback)

This groundbreaking collection explores the profound power of Social Reproduction Theory to deepen our understanding of everyday life under capitalism. While many Marxists tend to focus on the productive economy, this book focuses on issues such as child care, health care, education, family life

International Origins of Social and Political Theory (Barkawi Tarak)(Paperback)

This special issue is animated by the necessary entanglement of theory and history, the cortical relationship between theory and practice, and the transboundary (i.e. international) relations that help to constitute systems of thought and practice. We make three core arguments: first, all theory is

Theorizing Historical Consciousness (Seixas Peter)(Paperback)

Theorizing Historical Consciousness sets various theoretical approaches to the study of historical consciousness side-by-side, enabling us to chart the future study of how people understand the

The Theory of Social Democracy (Meyer Thomas)(Paperback)

This new book provides a systematic defence of social democracy for our contemporary global age. The authors argue that the claims to legitimation implicit in democratic theory can be honored only by social democracy. Ultimately, social democracy provides both a fairer and more stable social

Social Foundations of Thought and Action: A Social Cognitive Theory (Bandura Albert)(Paperback)

Psychoanalytic Thinking: A Dialectical Critique of Contemporary Theory and Practice (Carveth Donald L.)(Paperback)

Critique of Architecture - Essays on Theory, Autonomy, and Political Economy (Spencer Douglas)(Paperback / softback)

Anti-Oppressive Social Work Theory and Practice (Dominelli Lena)(Paperback)

This book, by one of the leading theorists of social work, tackles a subject of crucial importance to students and practitioners alike: how social workers can enable their clients to challenge and transcend the manifold oppressions that disempower them (whether through poverty, disability, mental

Using Social Theory: Thinking Through Research (Pryke Michael)(Paperback)

If there is a single question that presses upon the intellect of the current generation of social scientists, it is surely: 'what do the great insights of social theory imply for the way we conduct research and write about the social world?'. Until now there has been no single text to turn to that

How Behavior Spreads: The Science of Complex Contagions (Centola Damon)(Paperback)

A new, counterintuitive theory for how social networks influence the spread of behavior New social movements, technologies, and public-health initiatives often struggle to take off, yet many diseases disperse rapidly without issue. Can the lessons learned from the viral diffusion of diseases

Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste (Bourdieu Pierre)(Paperback)

No judgement of taste is innocent - we are all snobs. Pierre Bourdieu's Distinction brilliantly illuminates the social pretentions of the middle classes in the modern world, focusing on the tastes and preferences of the French bourgeoisie. First published in 1979, the book is at once a vast

Social Acceleration: A New Theory of Modernity (Rosa Hartmut)(Paperback)

Hartmut Rosa advances an account of the temporal structure of society from the perspective of critical theory. He identifies three categories of change in the tempo of modern social life: technological acceleration, evident in transportation, communication, and production; the acceleration of

Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory (LaTour Bruno)(Paperback)

Reassembling the Social is a fundamental challenge from one of the world's leading social theorists to how we understand society and the social. Bruno Latour's contention is that the word social as used by Social Scientists has become laden with assumptions to the point where it has become a