This book explores Puritanism and its continuing influence on U.S. and military law in the Global War on Terror, exploring connections between Puritanism and notions of responsibility in relation to m
Zygmunt Baumana€?s a€?liquid sociologya€? confronts the awesome task of reminding individual men and women that an alternative way of living together is within our eminent capabilities, if only we sta
Shedding light on the relationship between violence and contemporary society, this volume explores the distinctive but little-known theories of violence in the work of Georges Bataille and Jean Baudri
Torture, Intelligence and Sousveillance in the War on Terror examines the communication battles of the Bush and Blair political administrations (and those of their successors in America and Britain) o
Some studies estimate that each year, around a quarter of the population of Western countries will suffer from at least one mental disorder. Should this be interpreted as evidence for the progress of
"Examining the organization of everyday life inside the regiments of the French Foreign Legion, this book takes its theoretical point of departure in the notion of the voluntary total organization; th
Examining the mimetic theory of RenAc Girard, this book investigates the development of society as a result of an original crime (a murder) that shaped the way the earliest humans organized the social
It has been over 60 years since David Riesmana€?s most famous work The Lonely Crowd brought him international acclaim. While this remains a best-selling sociology book, Riesmana€?s expertise and publi
The Orient was central to the work of Marx and Weber, both figures building their theories around the question of why modernity appeared to emerge only in the West. While Marxa€?s account focused on t
The history of sociology overwhelmingly focuses on a€?the winnersa€? from the classical a€?canona€? - Marx, Durkheim, and Weber - to todaya€?s most celebrated sociologists. This book strikingly demons
Imaginative Methodologies in the Social Sciences develops, expands and challenges conventional social scientific methodology and language by way of literary, poetic and other alternative sources of in
In spite of their differing rhetorics and cognitive strategies, sociology and literature are often concerned with the same objects: social relationships, action, motivation, social constraints and rel
In spite of its widespread use within criminology, the term a€?criminological imaginationa€?, as derived from C. Wright Millsa€? classic The Sociological Imagination, has yet to be fully developed and
This book offers a new perspective on sociological studies of the consumer society, introducing neglected normative questions relating to the good life and human flourishing - subjects more commonly d
This book illuminates an important dimension of the work of Max Weber. Webera€?s theory of meaning and modernity is articulated through an understanding of his account of the way in which the pursuit
