Anthropology and Social Theory

In Anthropology and Social Theory the award-winning anthropologist Sherry B. Ortner draws on her longstanding interest in theories of cultural prac...

Publisher: Polity PressAuthor(s): A MeghjiNumber of pages: 182Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 138 x 216 x 28Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedes...

Publisher: Polity PressAuthor(s): A MeghjiNumber of pages: 182Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 222 x 144 x 19Cover type: HardbackRedescopera farme...

3rd edition.Revised edition of this accessible and hugely popular introduction, it includes all major thinkers, issues and debates in classical and...

Reducere. Over the years, many textbooks have been written about the troika of sociological geniuses, Marx, Durkheim, and Weber. Too often, however, these wo...

Social theory is a crucial resource for the social sciences. It provides rich insights into how human beings think and act and how contemporary soc...

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DescriptionThis book examines the nature of unmasking in social theory, in revolutionary movements and in popular culture. Unmasking is not the sam...

Reducere. Social scientists have long resisted the radical ideas known as postcolonial thought, while postcolonial scholars have critiqued the social science...

Reducere. The social worker's guide to integrating theory and practice Applying Theory to Generalist Social Work Practice teaches aspiring social workers how...

DescriptionThis comprehensive collection of classical sociological theory is a definitive guide to the roots of sociology from its undisciplined be...

Reducere. In the past twenty years, there have been exciting new developments in the field of anthropology. This second edition of Barnard's classic textbook...

Lecturers, request your electronic inspection copy Kathy Charmaz presents the definitive guide to doing grounded theory from a constructivist persp...

"This timely and necessary intervention revisits gender theory for contemporary times. The authors explore the multiple strands which go into makin...

DescriptionIn Anthropology in the Meantime Michael M. J. Fischer draws on his real world, multi-causal, multi-scale, and multi-locale research to r...

Reducere. In the discipline's early days, anthropologists by definition were assumed to be white and male. Women and black scholars were relegated to the fie...

This volume emphasizes theory schools, institutional connections, social networks, and collaborative research with Indigenous communities in North ...

Reducere. DescriptionAfter President Trump's election, BREXIT and the widespread rise of right-wing figures, there has been intense focus on authoritarian po...

Adorno's critique of sociology and philosophy, saying the two are only worth anything in relation to one another. A rewarding introduction to a key...

Contributor(s): Author: Jeffrey NealonAuthor: Susan Searls GirouxThis text involves students in understanding and using the "tools" of critical soc...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Hans-Hermann HoppeNew 2nd Edition w/ new Intro by Hans Hoppe Here is Hans Hoppe's first treatise in English - actually his ...

Anthony Giddens has been in the forefront of developments in social theory for the past decade.

Theorizing Globalization offers a reassessment of mainstream perspectives on globalization, providing essential insights into an enormously popular...

Reducere. Universe of the Mind A Semiotic Theory of CultureYuri M. LotmanIntroduction by Umberto Eco Translated by Ann ShukmanA major book by one of the init...

Publisher: Polity PressAuthor(s): Philipp FelschTranslator: Tony CrawfordNumber of pages: 280Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 161 x 235 x 36Cover ...

Most writing on sociological method has been concerned with how accurate facts can be obtained and how theory can thereby be more rigorously tested...

Reducere. This absorbing and original examination brilliantly argues that religion is a product of the society from which it springs--that it is the "sacred ...

Publisher: Polity PressAuthor(s): Ori SchwarzNumber of pages: 218Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 228 x 152 x 24Cover type: Paperback / softbackRe...

Reducere. DescriptionThis book is about China's role in the world to come and includes the author's recent explorations of China's readiness to assume a glob...

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