Social Theory

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

This book addresses Foucault’s characterizations of the Enlightenment, asking whether the developmental history of the modern conception of knowledge--from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment--warrants the conclusion he draws. From the perspective of a critical evaluation of Foucault's thesis on "t..

Engaging with the idea that the world reveals not one, but many routes to modernity, this volume explores the role of religion in the emergence of multiple forms of modernity, which evolve according to specific cultural conditions and interpretations of the 'modern project'. Drawing upon case study ..

Engaging with the idea that the world reveals not one, but many routes to modernity, this volume explores the role of religion in the emergence of multiple forms of modernity, which evolve according to specific cultural conditions and interpretations of the 'modern project'. Drawing upon case study ..

This title was first published in 2001. An examination of the tasks and frontiers that confront sociology at the start of the third millennium. Distinguished contributors analyze the nature and effects of social changes such as the globalization of markets and unprecedented scientific and technologi..

New Public Spheres gives a multidisciplinary account of the way in which public intellectuals have constructed their role and position in the public sphere in the past and how they try to voice public concerns and achieve authority again within those fragmented public spheres today...

New Public Spheres gives a multidisciplinary account of the way in which public intellectuals have constructed their role and position in the public sphere in the past and how they try to voice public concerns and achieve authority again within those fragmented public spheres today...

This book offers an accessible introduction to the sociology of Niklas Luhmann. It presents the key concepts in Luhmann's theory of social systems, as well as his analysis of modern society. The book also compares Luhmann's sociology to other contemporary theories, and an examination of Luhmann’s co..

Based on the re-discovery of a lost sociological project led by Norbert Elias at the University of Leicester, this book re-visits the project: The Adjustment of Young Workers to Work Situations and Adult Roles. Norbert Elias's Lost Research makes use of the interview booklets documenting the lives o..