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Adorno, Habermas and the Search for a Rational Society
Routledge 2004; US$ 42.95Exploring 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...
The Future of Society
Wiley 2008; US$ 113.95This important Manifesto argues that we still need a concept of society in order to make sense of the forces which structure our lives. Written by leading social theorist William Outhwaite Asks if the notion of society is relevant in the twenty-first century Goes to the heart of contemporary social and political debate Examines critiques of... more...
Reflections on multiple modernities
BRILL 2002; US$ 86.00This work explores an emerging paradigm in the social sciences, which assumes culturally specific forms of modernity. Scholars from history, sociology, area studies, and economics discuss the concept's implications. more...
Diverse Histories of American Sociology
BRILL 2005; US$ 59.00The collection tells the story of early American sociology from the vantage point of women, racial, ethnic, regional, and religious minorities, outsiders, and important representatives of intellectual movements that were not merged into the mainstream of the discipline. more...
Sociology in America
University of Chicago Press 2008; US$ 30.00Though the word “sociology” was coined in Europe, the field of sociology grew most dramatically in America. Despite that disproportionate influence, American sociology has never been the subject of an extended historical examination. To remedy that situation—and to celebrate the centennial of the American Sociological Association—Craig... more...
Modern and Postmodern Social Theorizing
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 32.00Examines the conflict between modern and postmodern theories in sociology and attempts to bridge the divide between them. more...
SAS2
International Development Research Centre 2009; US$ 35.00SAS2: Guía para la Investigación Colaborativa y la Movilización Social representa un esfuerzo internacional significativo en apoyo a la creación y movilización de conocimiento práctico auténtico que propicie el cambio social. El principio subyacente a SAS2 (Social Analysis Systems, www.sas2.net) es que el diálogo... more...
Making Sense of Social Theory
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2009; US$ 31.99Making Sense of Social Theory is unusual in treating sociology as a real science with a body of understandable, robust, and powerful theoretical insights. These theoretical insights are formalized in twelve simple axioms and twenty-three more detailed principles readers can use to predict (1) differences among people in how they think, feel, and respond,... more...
The Sociology of Wilhelm Baldamus
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2010; US$ 99.95The Sociology of Wilhelm Baldamus explores Baldamuss concern that research should be underpinned by meticulous theoretical and conceptual work. It will be of interest to sociologists, social theorists, intellectual historians, and those working in the field of social science research methods. more...
A Transatlantic History of the Social Sciences
Bloomsbury Publishing 2011; US$ 52.00From the beginning of the twentieth century, scientific and social scientific research has been characterised by intellectual exchange between Europe and the US. The establishment of the Third Reich ensured that, from the German speaking world, at least, this became a one-way traffic. In this book Christian Fleck explores the invention of empirical... more...









