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Conflicts in Social Scienceby Anton van Harskamp
Routledge 1996; US$ 170.00This book argues that conflicts in social science must be worked out at the level of the individual discipline rather than at the level of philosophy. more...
Marxism and Realismby Sean Creaven
Routledge 2000; US$ 41.95This book rethinks Marx's sociology as a form of realist social theory, extending Roy Bhaskar's philosophical realism into the social sciences. more...
Frankfurt School and its Criticsby The late Tom Bottomore
Routledge 2002; US$ 53.95Controversial look at the School's contribution to modern sociology, examining issues previously not discussed, such as the neglect of history and political economy by the critical theorists, and relationship of the School to radical movements. more...
Adorno, Habermas and the Search for a Rational Societyby Deborah Cook
Routledge 2004; US$ 173.00Exploring the premises shared by both critical theorists, along with their profound disagreements about social conditions today, this book defends Adorno against Habermas' influential criticisms of his account of Western society. more...
Key Concepts in Medical Sociologyby J. Gabe; M. Bury; M.A. Elston
Sage Publications Ltd. 2004; US$ 60.00Part of a new 'Key Concepts' series published by Sage more...
Rethinking Durkheim and his Traditionby Warren Schmaus
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 40.00This book offers a major reassessment of the work of Durkheim in the context of a French philosophical tradition that had seriously misinterpreted Kant by interpreting his theory of the categories as psychological faculties. Durkheim's sociological theory of the categories is an attempt to provide another way of understanding Kant. more...
Diaspora Criticismby Sudesh Mishra
Edinburgh University Press 2006; US$ 107.46Diaspora criticism takes the concept ?diaspora? as its object of inquiry and provides a framework for discussing displaced communities in a way that takes contemporary social, cultural and economic pressures into account. It also offers an alternative to Postcolonial Studies. This book is the first to provide an accessible overview of the critical trends in Diaspora criticism and to critically evaluate the major Diaspora critics and their models, with the aim of adding to the debate on methodology. This authoritative account will be of interest to those working in Diaspora Studies and its related fields of History, Literature, Art, Sociology, Population and Migration Studies, Politics, and Ethnic and Postcolonial Studies. more...
The Frankfurt School Revisitedby Richard Wolin
Routledge 2006; US$ 24.95Assesses the school's relevance in light of a variety of contemporary issues and concerns including the collapse of communism, the global war on terror, the resurgence of religious fundamentalism, the dislocations of globalization, and the prospect of global democracy. This work seeks to reinvigorate the Frankfurt School's intellectual legacy. more...
Habermas and Contemporary Societyby John Sitton
Palgrave Macmillan 2006; US$ 110.00By marginalizing methodological and other more specialized theoretical concerns, this book focuses on Jurgen Habermas' substantive portrayal of contemporary society and its discontents. more...
Frankfurt School Perspectives on Globalization, Democracy, and the Lawby William E. Scheuerman
Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 138.00"Frankfurt School Perspectives on Globalization, Democracy, and the Law" makes use of the work of first-generation Frankfurt School theorist Franz L. Neumann, in conjunction with his famous successor, Jurgen Habermas, to try to understand the momentous political and legal transformations generated by globalization. This volume demonstrates that the Frankfurt School tradition speaks directly to some pressing political and social concerns, including globalization, the reform of the welfare state, and the environmental crisis. Despite widespread claims to the contrary, the legal substructure of economic globalization tends to conflict with traditional models of the "rule of law."Neumann's prediction that contemporary capitalism... more...









