Jurgen Habermas

Barbara Fultner

• Hardcover | Engels | Key Concepts
• A rare systematic thinker, Habermas has furthered our understanding of modernity, social interaction and linguistic practice, societal institutions, r... Lees meer

Food

Warren Belasco

• Hardcover | Engels | Key Concepts
• Food: The Key Concepts presents an exciting, coherent and interdisciplinary introduction to food studies for the beginning reader. Food Studies is an ... Lees meer

Wittgenstein

Kelly Dean Jolley

• Hardcover | Engels | Key Concepts
• Wittgenstein's complex and demanding work challenges much that is taken for granted in philosophical thinking as well as in the theorizing of art, the... Lees meer

Jacques Derrida

• Paperback | Engels | Key Concepts
• Jacques Derrida: Key Concepts presents a broad overview and engagement with the full range of Derrida's work - from the early phenomenological thinkin... Lees meer

Poverty

Ruth Lister

• Paperback | Engels | Key Concepts
• Poverty remains one of the most urgent issues of our time. In this fully updated edition of her important and widely acclaimed intervention on the top... Lees meer

Concepts of the Self

Anthony Elliott

• Hardcover | Engels | Key Concepts
• More than ten years on from its original publication, Concepts of the Self still mesmerizes with its insight, comprehensiveness and critique of debate... Lees meer

Liberalism

Paul Kelly

• Paperback | Engels | Key Concepts | nr. 2
• Liberalism is an innovative introductory textbook exploring the dominant discourse of contemporary political theory and the core ideas that underpin i... Lees meer

Capitalism

Geoffrey Ingham

• Hardcover | Engels | Key Concepts
• Now with a substantial new postscript on the financial crisis This book provides a basic introduction to the 'nuts and bolts' of capitalism. It starts... Lees meer

Development

Anthony Payne, Nicola Phillips

• Paperback | Engels | Key Concepts
• Just about everyone is 'for' development as an assumed 'good', yet few seem to have a concrete idea of what the term actually entails. Development off... Lees meer

Risk

Jakob Arnoldi

• Hardcover | Engels | Key Concepts
• Presents an introduction to risk and uncertainty as they have been analysed in sociology and related social sciences. This book draws on the wide arra... Lees meer

Surrealism: Key Concepts

• Paperback | Engels | Key Concepts
• Emerging from the disruption of the First World War, surrealism confronted the resulting 'crisis of consciousness' in a way that was arguably more pro... Lees meer

Immanuel Kant

Will Dudley, Kristina Engelhard

• Hardcover | Engels | Key Concepts
• Immanuel Kant is among the most pivotal thinkers in the history of philosophy. His transcendental idealism claims to overcome the skepticism of David ... Lees meer

The People

Margaret Canovan

• Hardcover | Engels | Key Concepts
• This groundbreaking study sets out to clarify one of the most influential but least studied of all political concepts. Despite continual talk of popul... Lees meer

Jacques Ranciere

Jean-Philippe Deranty

• Hardcover | Engels | Key Concepts
• Although relatively unknown a decade ago, the work of Jacques Ranciere is fast becoming a central reference in the humanities and social sciences. His... Lees meer

Hannah Arendt

• Hardcover | Engels | Key Concepts
• Hannah Arendt is one of the most prominent thinkers of modern times, whose profound influence extends across philosophy, politics, law, history, inter... Lees meer

Gilles Deleuze

Charles J Stivale

• Hardcover | Engels | Key Concepts
• Gilles Deleuze is now regarded as one of the most radical philosophers of the twentieth century. His work is hugely influential across a range of subj... Lees meer

Justice

Harry Brighouse

• Hardcover | Engels | Key Concepts
• Justice is a concise and accessible introduction to the central theories of justice in contemporary political theory. The book aims to provide readers... Lees meer

Youth

Gill Jones

• Hardcover | Engels | Key Concepts | nr. 17
• This accessible book takes a fresh and original approach to the concept of youth, placing changes in the social construction of "youth" within a more ... Lees meer

Power

John Scott

• Paperback | Engels | Key Concepts | nr. 15
• This far--reaching study gives a concise and coherent overview of the debates surrounding the analysis of social power. The concept of power is outlin... Lees meer

Key Concepts in Criminology and Criminal Justice

Helena McFarquhar

• Paperback | Engels | Key Concepts
• This comprehensive explanation of the major concepts and theories involved in criminology and the criminal justice system offers not only a solid intr... Lees meer

Social Capital

Joonmo Son

• Paperback | Engels | Key Concepts
• Social capital is a principal concept across the social sciences and has readily entered into mainstream discourse. In short, it is popular. However, ... Lees meer

Consumption

Alan Aldridge

• Paperback | Engels | Key Concepts
• This book provides a clear and concise introduction to the concept of consumption and to the wide-ranging debates about the nature and consequences of... Lees meer

Youth

Gill Jones

• Paperback | Engels | Key Concepts | nr. 16
• This accessible book takes a fresh and original approach to the concept of youth, placing changes in the social construction of "youth" within a more ... Lees meer

Sustainability

Leslie Paul Thiele

• Paperback | Engels | Key Concepts
• The quest for sustainability has generated lifestyle changes for individuals across the globe, transformations within the arts, sciences, business, de... Lees meer