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Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 74.95Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy remains one of the greatest works of social theory written this century. When it first appeared the New English Weekly predicted that `for the next five to ten years it will cetainly remain a work with which no one who professes any degree of information on sociology or economics can afford to be unacquainted.'... more...
Freud and American Sociology
Wiley 2013; US$ 69.95Although Freud's impact on social science - and indeed 20th century social thought - has been extraordinary, his impact on American sociology has been left relatively unexplored. This ground-breaking book aims to fill this knowledge gap. By examining the work of pioneers such as G.H.Mead, Cooley, Parsons and Goffman, as well as a range of key contemporary... more...
44 Letters From the Liquid Modern World
Wiley 2013; US$ 19.95This liquid modern world of ours, like all liquids, cannot stand still and keep its shape for long. Everything keeps changing - the fashions we follow, the events that intermittently catch our attention, the things we dream of and things we fear. And we, the inhabitants of this world in flux, feel the need to adjust to its tempo by being ‘flexible'... more...
Greece's Horizons
Springer 2013; US$ 99.99The Greek economic crisis has imperilled the stability of the eurozone, generating much global anxiety. Policymakers, analysts, and the media have daily debated the course of the Greek economy, prescribing ways to move forward. This collection of essays progressively moves from an analysis of the causes of the crisis and the policy responses so far... more...
Georg Simmel
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 51.95Until recently little of Simmel's work was available in translation and certain key texts were unknown outside Germany. David Frisby, the eminent Simmel scholar, provides not only an introduction to the major sociological writings of this important figure, but also an argument for a reconsideration of his work. The author outlines the cultural and... more...
Max Mohr (1891-1937) Korrespondenzen
Universitätsverlag Winter 2013; US$ 63.63Hauptbeschreibung Max Mohr (1891-1937) ist heute vergessen. Er war Arzt und einer der erfolgreichsten Schriftsteller der Weimarer Republik. Sogar im englischsprachigen Raum wurden einige seiner Dramen gespielt und gefeiert. Als Jude musste er 1934 nach Shanghai fliehen. Er versuchte zwar von Shanghai aus Verbindungen zu Intellektuellen und Künstlern,... more...
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...
Social in Question
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 196.00With postmodernism has come the questioning of the very idea of 'the social'. Thinkers form across the social sciences and humanities now agree that this one foundational concept can no longer be taken for granted as an objective or real characteristic of the world. However, their uncertainty has taken on many guises and the social in Question represents... more...
Handbook of Contemporary European Social Theory
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 225.00This innovative publication maps out the broad and interdisciplinary field of contemporary European social theory. It covers sociological theory, the wider theoretical traditions in the social sciences including cultural and political theory, anthropological theory, social philosophy and social thought in the broadest sense of the term. This... more...









