Relational Reason, Morals and Sociality

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Sociology: Symbols, Theory and Society | nr. 10
• Relational sociology draws attention to non-utilitarian aspects of sociality that reach beyond instrumental rationality, and presents the issue of rel... Lees meer

The Relational Gaze on a Changing Society

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Sociology: Symbols, Theory and Society | nr. 9
• Relational sociology is coming increasingly to the fore on the international academic stage. As it invariably happens in such circumstances, when a ne... Lees meer

Society as Semiosis

Risto Heiskala

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Sociology: Symbols, Theory and Society | nr. 2
• Action theory, phenomenological sociology, pragmatism and (post)structuralism are often seen as mutually exclusive currents of meaning analysis. This ... Lees meer

Symbols, Power and Politics

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Sociology: Symbols, Theory and Society | nr. 1
• The volume is the first one in the series Studies in Sociology: Symbols, Theory and Society . The authors from Australia, Finland, Germany, Poland, th... Lees meer

Politics of Symbolization Across Central and Eastern Europe

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Sociology: Symbols, Theory and Society | nr. 11
• The volume focuses on politics of symbolization across Central and Eastern Europe understood as complex spaces of semiosis. Politics of symbolization ... Lees meer

Symbolic Interaction and «Verstehen»

Horst Jürgen Helle

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Sociology: Symbols, Theory and Society | nr. 4
• The approach of Symbolic Interaction (SI) which Herbert Blumer called «Symbolic Interactionism», is regarded as a modern version of the sociology of V... Lees meer

Being Human in a Virtual Society

Pierpaolo Donati

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Sociology: Symbols, Theory and Society | nr. 13
• The book addresses the theme of the advent of a 'Matrix Land' as a pervasive environment of digital (virtual) reality in which humanity is destined to... Lees meer

Peirce's Theory of Inquiry and Beyond

Thora Margareta Bertilsson

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Sociology: Symbols, Theory and Society | nr. 5
• About a decade ago, an antagonistic debate on the 'science war' arose on both sides of the Atlantic. At issue was how far the social sciences could in... Lees meer

Contested Legacies of 1989

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Sociology: Symbols, Theory and Society | nr. 12
• Strongly affected by modern history and facing dilemmas of modernity, Central and Eastern Europe has been healing fresh wounds for the past 30 years. ... Lees meer

Towards the World Culture Society

Elżbieta Halas

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Sociology: Symbols, Theory and Society | nr. 6
• If the new cultural sociology is to gain firm grounds, it should rediscover the classic studies on cultural dynamics and cultural systems. This book c... Lees meer

From Habits to Social Structures; Pragmatism and Contemporary Social Theory

Antti Juhani Gronow

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Sociology: Symbols, Theory and Society | nr. 7
• Pragmatism has experienced a renaissance in social theory in recent years. This is no wonder since the so-called classical pragmatists, especially Joh... Lees meer

Life-World, Intersubjectivity and Culture

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Sociology: Symbols, Theory and Society | nr. 8
• The volume casts a new look at the legacy of social phenomenology, demonstrating how such concepts as intersubjectivity, life-world, milieu, social in... Lees meer