The Rational and the Social (Rle Social Theory)

James Robert Brown

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
• To paraphrase Marx, sociologists have only interpreted science; the point is to improve it. The Rational and the Social attempts both. It begins by sk... Lees meer

Marcuse and Freedom (RLE Social Theory)

Peter Lind

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
• This comprehensive study of Marcuse's thought concentrates on his theory of freedom, arguing that it is this which supplies the key to all his writing... Lees meer

Introduction to the Social Sciences (Rle Social Theory)

Maurice Duverger

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory | nr. 34
• Professor Duverger at last provides the student with an overall view of the methodology of the social sciences. He briefly traces the origin of the no... Lees meer

Concepts and Society

Ian C Jarvie

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory | nr. 14
• The main concern of Dr Jarvie's book is the relation of belief to action. He argues that people act in society because of beliefs, because of 'the way... Lees meer

Max Weber's 'Science as a Vocation' (Rle Social Theory)

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
• Max Weber's lecture 'Science as a Vocation' is a classic of social thought, in which central questions are posed about the nature of social and politi... Lees meer

Ideological Representation and Power in Social Relations (Rle Social Theory)

Mike Gane

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
• This collection reflects the French influence on literary and representational theory which has been predominant in recent years. It contains stimulat... Lees meer

The Study of Society (RLE Social Theory)

Kathleen Joan Heasman

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
• In this book, Dr Heasman begins by stating some central questions and answers concerning sociology and how we are to set about studying society. It go... Lees meer

Levi-Strauss (RLE Social Theory)

C R Badcock

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
• What is the significance of Structuralism for social science? How original is Lévi-Strauss' contribution to social theory? Is he Marxist? Though Struc... Lees meer

Conservative Capitalism in Britain and the United States

Raymond Plant, Kenneth Hoover

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory | nr. 15
• The shock waves of conservative advances have reached into every corner of American and British politics. Parties of the right have prospered, while p... Lees meer

Social Theory and Political Practice (Rle Social Theory)

Brian Fay

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
• This book examines the question of how our knowledge of social life affects, and ought to affect, our way of living it. In so doing, it critically dis... Lees meer

Marx and Mead (Rle Social Theory)

Tom Goff

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
• It has often been suggested that a resolution of issues generated by the sociological study of ideas might be reached through a synthesis of specific ... Lees meer

Social Theory and Political Practice (Rle Social Theory)

Brian Fay

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
• This book examines the question of how our knowledge of social life affects, and ought to affect, our way of living it. In so doing, it critically dis... Lees meer

Studies in Social and Political Theory (Rle Social Theory)

Anthony Giddens

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
• The studies which comprise this book are essentially organized around a critical encounter with European social theory in its 'classical period' - i.e... Lees meer

Sovereign Individuals of Capitalism (RLE Social Theory)

Bryan S Turner, Nicholas Abercrombie, Stephen Hill

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
• In this sequel to their acclaimed The Dominant Ideology Thesis , the authors develop their analysis of the social and cultural underpinnings of modern... Lees meer

R.D. Laing: His Work and Its Relevance for Sociology (Rle Social Theory)

Martin Howarth-Williams

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
• This study, by a sociologist, provides the most rigorous and comprehensive review to appear so far of R. D. Laing's work and theoretical development. ... Lees meer

Meanings and Situations (RLE Social Theory)

Arthur Brittan

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
• Meanings and Situations is an account of the 'interactionist' position. It is a committed account in the sense that it sees the central concerns of so... Lees meer

Knowledge and Politics

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
• Karl Mannheim's Ideology and Utopia has been a profoundly provocative book. The debate about politics and social knowledge that was spawned by its ori... Lees meer

Choice, Rationality and Social Theory (Rle Social Theory)

Barry Hindess

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
• Choice, Rationality and Social Theory is a powerful rebuttal of the remarkably influential theories underlying 'rational choice analysis'. Rational ch... Lees meer

Science and the Sociology of Knowledge (Rle Social Theory)

Michael Mulkay

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
• How far is scientific knowledge a product of social life? In addressing this question, the major contributors to the sociology of knowledge have agree... Lees meer

Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory

• Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory brings together as one set and as individual volumes a series of previously out-of-print classic titles from... Lees meer

Theories of Industrial Society (RLE Social Theory)

Richard Badham

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
• The concept of industrial society plays a dominant role in the social sciences. The 'Great Divide' between pre-industrial and industrial societies is ... Lees meer

Ideas and Intervention

Joe Bailey

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory | nr. 30
• Theorizing in sociology has increasingly become a self-generating and self-fulfilling activity, as sociologists absorb theory as an isolated and forma... Lees meer

The Flaneur (Rle Social Theory)

Keith Tester

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory | nr. 23
• Timely and original, this collection of essays from the leading figures in their fields throws new and valuable light on the significance and future o... Lees meer

Matters of Fact (Rle Social Theory)

Stanley Raffel

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
• Facts may seem to be independent, but in this study Stanley Raffle looks at them as expressions of commitment. Medical records, he believes, furnish a... Lees meer