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Marxism and Realism
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 49.95This book rethinks Marx's sociology as a form of realist social theory, extending Roy Bhaskar's philosophical realism into the social sciences. By constructing historical materialism as realist social theory, it becomes possible to resolve many long standing dilemmas in Marxist discourse, such as voluntarism versus determinism and humanism versus economism. more...
Revisiting the Frankfurt School
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2012; US$ 99.95This book expands our understanding by addressing the writings of intellectuals who were either members of the Frankfurt School, or were closely associated with it, but often neglected. It thus brings together the latest research of an international team of experts, offering a critical reassessment of the contributions of the Frankfurt School and its... more...
Frankfurt School Perspectives on Globalization, Democracy, and the Law
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 42.95"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... more...
Journal International de Recherche Syndicale
ILO Publications 2011; US$ 42.00En janvier 2010, dans le but de tirer des enseignements semblables dun point de vue syndical, le Bureau des activités pour les travailleurs et le Réseau mondial de recherche syndical ont organisé un atelier intitulé «Les syndicats et les crises économiques dhier et daujourdhui: enseignements pour... more...
Godless Intellectuals?
Berghahn Books 2010; US$ 95.00The Durkheimians have traditionally been understood as positivist, secular thinkers, fully within the Enlightenment project of limitless reason and progress. In a radical revision of this view, this book persuasively argues that the core members of the Durkheimian circle (Durkheim himself, Marcel Mauss, Henri Hubert and Robert Hertz) are significantly... more...
Journal International de Recherche Syndicale
ILO Publications 2010; US$ 42.00Le changement climatique est largement reconnu comme un des grands défis auxquels lhumanité fera face au cours des prochaines décennies. En effet, limpact du changement climatique sur les températures moyennes, les précipitations et le niveau de la mer mettra en danger les moyens de subsistance de centaines de millions... more...
Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 29.00A unique discussion between philosophers and social scientists which extends the frontiers of the philosophy of the social sciences. more...
Die Kriminalitätstheorien der Chicago-Soziologie
Diplomica Verlag 2009; US$ 36.37In den Zwanziger und Dreißiger Jahren des letzten Jahrhunderts wurden am Department der Soziologie an der Universität Chicago drei Veröffentlichungen unter Leitung von Clifford Shaw erarbeitet: "The Jackroller", "The Natural History of a Delinquent Career" und "Brothers in Crime." Diese beinhalten ausführliche autobiographische Darstellungen von kriminellen... more...
Logics of History
University of Chicago Press 2009; US$ 30.00While social scientists and historians have been exchanging ideas for a long time, they have never developed a proper dialogue about social theory. William H. Sewell Jr. observes that on questions of theory the communication has been mostly one way: from social science to history. Logics of History argues that both history and the social sciences... more...
The Frankfurt School in Exile
University of Minnesota Press 2009; US$ 40.00Members of the Frankfurt School have had an enormous effect on Western thought, beginning soon after Max Horkheimer became the director of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Frankfurt am Main, in 1930. Also known as the Horkheimer Circle, the group included such eminent intellectuals as Theodor Adorno, Herbert Marcuse, Erich Fromm,... more...









