Functionalist Construction Work in Social Science

Peter Sohlberg

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
• An understanding of the complex consequences of social processes and social design activities necessitates a holistic systemic perspective, systematis... Lees meer

The Political Philosophy of Michel Foucault

Mark G E Kelly

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought | nr. 59
• This book is the first to systematically reconstruct Foucault's political and philosophical thought across his career, arguing that Foucault had a con... Lees meer

Social Theory in Contemporary Asia

Ann Brooks

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
• Philosophical debates around reflexivity, identity and intimacy have preoccupied Western social and cultural theorists since the 1990s, and this book ... Lees meer

Experiencing Multiple Realities

Marius Ion Benţa

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
• This book offers a theoretical investigation into the general problem of reality as a multiplicity of 'finite provinces of meaning', as developed in t... Lees meer

Human Flourishing, Liberal Theory, and the Arts

Menachem Mautner

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• The idea of a 'liberalism of flourishing' makes two major claims: the good life is one in which an individual succeeds in developing her intellectual ... Lees meer

Ethical Politics and Modern Society

James Jia-Hau Liu

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
• James Jia-Hau Liu introduces and critically examines British moral philosopher, Thomas Hill Green, systematic practical philosophy and its reception i... Lees meer

Deconstructing Happiness

Jordan McKenzie

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought | nr. 109
• This book offers an original account of the good life in late modernity through a uniquely sociological lens. It considers the various ways that socia... Lees meer

Understanding the Tacit

Stephen P Turner

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought | nr. 81
• This volume explores the issue of tacit knowledge, showing how a topic that is central to cognitive science is relevant in important ways to science s... Lees meer

Weber, Schumpeter and Modern Capitalism

John Love

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
• This book provides the groundwork for a general theory of modern capitalism by reinterpreting Max Weber's work on the origins and institutional underp... Lees meer

Globalized Knowledge Flows and Chinese Social Theory

Xiaoying Qi

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
• This book considers the nature and possibilities of conceptual change and transformation under conditions of globalization, especially with regard to ... Lees meer

Panarchy

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
• This is the first volume to bring together key philosophically interesting yet typically overlooked Panarchic texts. Each text is written at different... Lees meer

The Age of Chance

Gerda Reith

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
• This fascinating and extensive study examines the enduring appeal of gambling, exploring its complex relation to our underlying conceptions of the wor... Lees meer

Jürgen Habermas and the European Economic Crisis

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• The European Union entered into an economic crisis in late 2009 that was sparked by bank bailouts and led to large, unsustainable, sovereign debt. The... Lees meer

Revolution and Constitutionalism in Britain and the U.S.

David A J Richards

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
• In this book David A.J. Richards offers an investigative comparison of two central figures in late 18th century constitutionalism, Edmund Burke and Ja... Lees meer

Lockean Property Ethics and Restitution

David Jarrett

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• In this book, David Jarrett argues that the influential Lockean thesis of justice in property, which traces back to John Locke, seems to entail much e... Lees meer

Novels and the Sociology of the Contemporary

Arpad Szakolczai

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
• This book substantiates two claims. The modern world is the outcome of social, cultural and spiritual processes, among which a prime role was played b... Lees meer

Complexity, Society and Social Transactions

Thomas Whalen

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
• Drawing on a range of theoretical approaches from across the social sciences, this book contends that society, culture, and economy are emergent from ... Lees meer

Habermas

Pauline Johnson

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• This study reconstructs major developments in Habermas' thinking about the public sphere. It marshals the significance of his life's work to illuminat... Lees meer

Marcel Gauchet and the Crisis of Democratic Politics

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• Marcel Gauchet and the Crisis of Democratic Politics presents, for the first time in the English language, Marcel Gauchet's interpretation of the chal... Lees meer

Deciphering Goffman

Ramon Vargas Maseda

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
• Challenging the 'classical' conception of Goffman's sociology, this book offers a new interpretation based on a comprehensive examination of previous ... Lees meer

China in Early Enlightenment Political Thought

Simon Kow

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
• China in Early Enlightenment Political Thought examines the ideas of China in the works of three major thinkers in the early European Enlightenment of... Lees meer

Social Change in a Material World

Theodore R Schatzki

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
• This book offers a new, practice theoretical account of social change and its explanation. Extending the author's earlier account of social life, and ... Lees meer

Counter-Enlightenments

Graeme Garrard

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
• This book discusses the Counter-Enlightenment, from its origins in Rousseau's Discourse on the Arts and Sciences through to contemporary debates about... Lees meer

The Contemporary Goffman

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought | nr. 68
• The Contemporary Goffman highlights the continued relevance of Goffman to sociology and related disciplines - to theoretical discussions as well as to... Lees meer