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  • Social Theory Since Freudby Anthony Elliott

    Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 53.95

    In this compelling book, Anthony Elliott traces the rise of psychoanalysis from the Frankfurt School to postmodernism. Examining how pathbreaking theorists such as Adorno, Marcuse, Lacan and Lyotard have deployed psychoanalysis to politicise issues such as desire, sexuality, repression and identity, Elliott assesses the gains and losses arising from... more...

  • Contemporary Social Theoryby Anthony Elliott

    Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 60.95

    This book is arguably the definitive undergraduate textbook on contemporary social theory. Written by one of the world?s most acclaimed social theorists, Anthony Elliott provides a dazzlingly accessible and comprehensive introduction to modern social theory from the Frankfurt School to globalization theories and beyond. In distilling the essentials... more...

  • Making the Cutby Anthony Elliott

    Reaktion Books 2008; US$ 23.95

    Making the Cut paints a disturbing social portrait of a global culture held in thrall to immediacy, where cosmetic surgical enhancements of the body are fundamental to new forms of self-design and self-improvement. more...

  • The Routledge Companion to Social Theoryby Anthony Elliott

    Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 34.95

    The Routledge Companion to Social Theory provides an authoritative, comprehensive and provocative introduction to the key traditions of thought in social theory today. This ground-breaking reference work brings together major contributors, both established and emergent new voices, to reflect on the ways in which social theory sheds light on the... more...

  • Handbook of Identity Studiesby Anthony Elliott

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 220.00

    The Routledge Handbook of Identity Studies offers an exceptionally clear overview of the analysis of identity in the social sciences, and in so doing seeks to develop a new agenda for identity-studies in the twenty-first century. The key theories of identity, ranging from classical accounts to postmodern, psychoanalytic and feminist approaches,... more...

  • Reinventionby Anthony Elliott

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 19.95

    Ours is the era of ?reinvention?. From psychotherapy to life coaching, from self-help manuals to cosmetic surgery, and from corporate rebranding to urban redesign: the art of reinvention is inextricably interwoven with the lure of the next frontier, the breakthrough to the next boundary ? especially boundaries of the self. In this insightful and... more...

  • Psychoanalysis in Contextby Anthony Elliott; Stephen Frosh

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 38.95

    During the last decade and a half there have been dramatic changes in psychoanalytic theory, as well as in cultural, social and political theory. Psychoanalysis in Contexts examines these changes and explores the relationship between psychoanalysis and theory. The volume brings together leading scholars and practitioners in psychoanalysis to develop... more...

  • Profiles in Contemporary Social Theoryby Anthony Elliott; Bryan S Turner

    SAGE Publications 2001; US$ 89.00

    This book provides an indispensable introduction to the most significant figures in contemporary social theory. It provides detailed accounts of the development of the work of major social theorists and charts the relationship between different traditions of social, cultural and political thought. more...

  • The New Individualismby Anthony Elliott; Prof Charles Lemert

    Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 43.95

    This is a new and revised edition of a book which has had a major impact upon the social sciences and public political debate. Anthony Elliott and Charles Lemert's THE NEW INDIVIDUALISM inspired readers with the dramatic suggestion that 'the reinvention craze' - from self-help and therapy culture to management restructurings and corporate downsizings... more...

  • MOBILE LIVESby Anthony Elliott; John Urry

    Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 51.95

    How should we understand the personal and social impacts of complex mobility systems? Can lifestyles based around intensive travel, transport and tourism be maintained in the 21 st century? What possibility post-carbon lifestyles? In this provocative study of "life on the move", Anthony Elliott and John Urry explore how complex mobility systems... more...