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The Cambridge Companion to Durkheim
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 32.00An authoritative and comprehensive collection of essays redefining the relevance of Durkheim to the human sciences in the twenty-first century. more...
Kommunikation und Kommunizierbarkeit von Wissen
Erich Schmidt Verlag 2012; US$ 65.90Hauptbeschreibung Die erfolgreiche kommunikative Vermittlung und Aneignung von Wissen bildet eine zentrale Voraussetzung für die Bewältigung des beruflichen und privaten Alltags. In dieser interdisziplinären Studie wird den Fragen nachgegangen, wie sich der kommunikative Transfer von Wissen vollzieht und welche Parameter für eine gelingende Wissenskommunikation... more...
Zygmunt Bauman
SAGE Publications 2000; US$ 58.00This measured and thoughtful book provides a comprehensive critical commentary on Bauman's social theory. It explores the roots of his ideas in questions of capital and labour, and explains how these ideas flourished in Bauman's later writings on culture, intellectuals, utopia, the holocaust, modernity and postmodernism. Bauman's work has been... 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...
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...
The Frankfurt School and its Critics
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 57.95The Institute of Social Research, from which the Frankfurt School developed, was founded in the early years of the Weimar Republic. It survived the Nazi era in exile, to become an important centre of social theory in the postwar era. Early members of the school, such as Adorno, Horkheimer and Marcuse, developed a form of Marxist theory known as Critical... more...
Arming Conflict
Palgrave Macmillan 2007; US$ 120.00This book argues that the arming of conflict is complexly structured and highly dynamic. It uncovers and describes the construction and interaction of structures and dynamics at global and regional levels, which shape the arming patterns of both state and non-state actors. more...
On the Future of History
University of Chicago Press 2007; US$ 20.00What does postmodernism mean for the future of history? Can one still write history in postmodernity? To answer questions such as these, Ernst Breisach provides the first comprehensive overview of postmodernism and its complex relationship to history and historiography. Placing postmodern theories in their intellectual and historical contexts, he... 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...
Robert K. Merton
Columbia University Press 2011; US$ 44.99Robert K. Merton (1910-2003) was one of the most influential sociologists of the twentieth century, producing clear theories and innovative research that continue to shape multiple disciplines. Merton's reach can be felt in the study of social structure, social psychology, deviance, professions, organizations, culture, and science. Yet for all his... more...









