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On Anxiety

By Renata Salecl

We frequently hear that we live in an age of anxiety, from 'therapy culture', the Atkins diet and child anti-depressants to gun culture and weapons…

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2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-31276-9 (Routledge)

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Social Identity

By Richard Jenkins

Without social identity there is no human world. Without frameworks of similarity and difference, people would be unable to relate to each other in a…

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2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-34096-0 (Routledge)

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The Structure of Social Theory

By Anthony King

Over the last three decades, social theory has become an increasingly important subdiscipline within sociology. Social theory has attempted to elucidate the philosophical basis of…

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2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-26334-4 (Routledge)

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Knowledge and the Social Sciences

Theory, Method, Practice

Edited by David Goldblatt

Knowledge and the Social Sciences takes as its point of departure the claims that all forms of knowledge, the social sciences included, must be seen…

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2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-32976-7 (Routledge)

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The Philosophy of Money

By Georg SimmelEdited by David Frisby

'I have lost interest ... in all that I have written prior to The Philosophy of Money. This one is really my book, the others

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2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-34172-1 (Routledge)

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Observing International Relations

Niklas Luhmann and World Politics

Edited by Mathias Albert, Lena Hilkermeier

Observing International Relations draws upon the modern systems theory of society, developed by Niklas Luhmann, to provide new perspectives on central aspects of contemporary world…

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2003 | Hardback: 978-0-415-31538-8 (Routledge)

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The Information Society Reader

Edited by with Raimo Blom, Erkki Karvonen, Harri Melin, Kaarle Nordenstreng, Ensio Puoskari, Frank Webster, Professor Frank Webster

There has been much debate over the idea of 'the information society'. Some thinkers have argued that information is becoming the key ordering principle in…

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2003 | Paperback: 978-0-415-31928-7 (Routledge)

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Interviews with Jean Baudrillard

By Jean Baudrillard

Jean Baudrillard is one of the most revered philosophers of the past century, and his work has helped define how we think about the post-modern.…

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2003 | Paperback: 978-0-415-30548-8 (Routledge)

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Scientific Management

By Frederick Winslow Taylor

This volume comprises three works originally published separately as Shop Management (1903), The Principles of Scientific Management (1911) and Testimony Before the Special House Committee…

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2003 | Hardback: 978-0-415-27983-3 (Routledge)

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The Philosophy of Management

By Oliver Sheldon

Taylorism was criticised for its over-simplistic view of what motivated the worker. Oliver Sheldon's theme was that though Taylorism had helped the development of a…

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2003 | Hardback: 978-0-415-27984-0 (Routledge)

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Forthcoming Titles:

Contexts of Social Capital: Social Networks in Markets, Communities and Families
Edited by Ray-May Hsung, Nan Lin, Ronald L. Breiger
To be published December 9th 2008

Contemporary Social Theory: An introduction
By Anthony Elliott
To be published December 11th 2008

Globalizing Dissent: Essays on Arundhati Roy
Edited by Ranjan Ghosh, Antonia Navarro-Tejero
To be published December 17th 2008

Aeromobilities
Edited by Saulo Cwerner, Sven Kesselring, John Urry
To be published December 17th 2008

Scientific Realism and Human Emancipation
By Roy Bhaskar
To be published January 20th 2009

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