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Contemporary Social Theory
An introduction
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...
December 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-38632-6 (Routledge)
Contemporary Social Theory
An introduction
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...
December 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-38633-3 (Routledge)
The New Social Theory Reader
This is the first anthology to thematize the dramatic upward and downward shifts that have created the new social theory, and to present this new...
April 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-43769-1 (Routledge)
The New Social Theory Reader
This is the first anthology to thematize the dramatic upward and downward shifts that have created the new social theory, and to present this new...
April 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-43770-7 (Routledge)
Jean Baudrillard
Against Banality
This uniquely engaging introduction to Jean Baudrillard’s controversial writings covers his entire career focusing on Baudrillard’s central, but little understood, notion of symbolic exchange. Through...
2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-38644-9 (Routledge)
Jean Baudrillard
Against Banality
This uniquely engaging introduction to Jean Baudrillard’s controversial writings covers his entire career focusing on Baudrillard’s central, but little understood, notion of symbolic exchange. Through...
2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-38645-6 (Routledge)
The Contemporary Bauman
This text covers Bauman’s contribution to sociology and social theory. This ideal teaching text analyzes Bauman's shift from a sociology of postmodernity to liquid modernity, and...
2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40968-1 (Routledge)
The Contemporary Bauman
This text covers Bauman’s contribution to sociology and social theory. This ideal teaching text analyzes Bauman's shift from a sociology of postmodernity to liquid modernity, and...
2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-40969-8 (Routledge)
Fashion Theory
A Reader
From its beginnings in the fifteenth century, intensified interest in fashion and the study of fashion over the last thirty years has led to a...
2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-41340-4 (Routledge)
Fashion Theory
A Reader
From its beginnings in the fifteenth century, intensified interest in fashion and the study of fashion over the last thirty years has led to a...
2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-41339-8 (Routledge)
Perspectives in Sociology
From its first edition in 1979, Perspectives in Sociology has provided generations of undergraduates with a clear, reassuring introduction to the complications of sociological theory....
2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-30110-7 (Routledge)
Auguste Comte
Auguste Comte is widely acknowledged as the founder of the science of sociology and the 'Religion of Humanity'. In this fascinating study, the first major...
2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-38542-8 (Routledge)
Auguste Comte
Auguste Comte is widely acknowledged as the founder of the science of sociology and the 'Religion of Humanity'. In this fascinating study, the first major...
2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-38543-5 (Routledge)
Perspectives in Sociology
From its first edition in 1979, Perspectives in Sociology has provided generations of undergraduates with a clear, reassuring introduction to the complications of sociological theory....
2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-30111-4 (Routledge)
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