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Towards A Sociology Of Hope - Looking Beyond

by Emiliana (University Of Salerno, Italy) Mangone e Guido (University Of Molise, Italy) Gili

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 Why does hope appear in certain epochs and places, only at other times to disappear from peopleâ€™s lives and from society as a whole? This book addresses hope from a sociological perspective, offering a theoretical framework and a set of concepts to consider a range of questions.
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Pluralizing Humanism - Religions And Secularisms Beyond Power

by Slavica (Christ College, Valparaiso University, Usa) Jakelic

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 This book engages with theories of religion and secularism, as well as postmodern, postcolonial, and decolonial critiques of Western humanist projects, to uncover the ideas and practices of religious and secular humanisms when they challenge dehumanization in the pursuit of conditions of flourishing for all.
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Why Should We Still Read Max Weber?

by Michael Symonds

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 This study of Max Weber demonstrates the ongoing strength and importance of Weberâ€™s understanding of our social existence. Undergraduate students in sociology, social theory and philosophy will find this book directly useful, and it offers an entry point into Weberâ€™s theory for those interested in what intellectual reason has to offer today.
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Why Should We Still Read Max Weber?

by Michael Symonds

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 This study of Max Weber demonstrates the ongoing strength and importance of Weberâ€™s understanding of our social existence. Undergraduate students in sociology, social theory and philosophy will find this book directly useful, and it offers an entry point into Weberâ€™s theory for those interested in what intellectual reason has to offer today.
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Styling The Self - Ethics And Aesthetics In Absolute Capitalism

by Sam (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) Han

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 With a focus on â€˜practices of styleâ€™ that reflect both aesthetic as well as ethical qualities, this book examines the emergent forms of contemporary self-making and identity-formation as a turn inwards, towards certainty, in an era characterised by wider uncertainty occasioned by large-scale structural problems.
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Styling The Self - Ethics And Aesthetics In Absolute Capitalism

by Sam (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) Han

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 With a focus on â€˜practices of styleâ€™ that reflect both aesthetic as well as ethical qualities, this book examines the emergent forms of contemporary self-making and identity-formation as a turn inwards, towards certainty, in an era characterised by wider uncertainty occasioned by large-scale structural problems.
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Love And Sexuality In Social Theory

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 Love and Sexuality in Social Theory considers the role that love and sexuality play in private and public life.
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Corporate Totalitarianism - Freedom, Power And Technology In The Modern Era

by Rowena (University Of Bedfordshire, Uk) Slope

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 Corporate Totalitarianism reflects on the changing nature of economic, political and social power in the global context and the ways in which this affects both individual and society.
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The Roots Of Sociology - Scottish Enlightenment And The Civilising Process

by Alex (Abertay University, Uk) Law

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 This book argues that of todayâ€™s â€˜coreâ€™ social scientific disciplines, it is sociology that has inherited the capacious ambitions of the Scottish Enlightenment. The Roots of Sociology offers a critical, qualified introduction to the precocious effort of the Scottish Enlightenment to create a theory of â€˜the civilising processâ€™.
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Dark Emotions - Difficult Emotional Experiences In Social And Everyday Life

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 Dark Emotions is a book about a range of emotional experiences that are often regarded or characterized as â€™negativeâ€™, â€™disturbingâ€™ or â€™darkâ€™ as contrasted with emotions that are â€™positiveâ€™, pleasantâ€™ or â€™lightâ€™.
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Bronislaw Malinowski And His Legacy In Contemporary Social Sciences And Humanities - On The Centenary Of Argonauts Of The Western Pacific

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 Bringing to light sources as-yet-unknown in Anglophone research, this book considers the importance of the work of the renowned anthropologist, Bronislaw Malinowski, revealing the extent to which present-day humanities and social sciences are indebted to his theoretical and methodological insights.
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A Weberian Perspective On Home, Nature And Sport - Disenchantment And Salvation

by Michael Symonds

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 This book extends Max Weberâ€™s theory of the value-spheres of modernity into wholly new areas, showing that the addition of home, nature and sport to Weberâ€™s own list of five spheres (economic, scientific/intellectual, political/legal, erotic and aesthetic) yields original insights into these aspects of modernity and modernity itself.
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Creativity And Sociology - Doing Social Research With And On Artistic Sources

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 This book explores the relationship between artistic and sociological narratives, considering the ways in which artistic narratives in their different forms can be both subjects of sociological observation and tools for the sociological analysis of reality.
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Creativity And Sociology - Doing Social Research With And On Artistic Sources

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 This book explores the relationship between artistic and sociological narratives, considering the ways in which artistic narratives in their different forms can be both subjects of sociological observation and tools for the sociological analysis of reality.
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Reading Talcott Parsons - A Re-Assessment Of His Legacy

by Helmut Staubmann

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 Addressing the neglect of the work of Talcott Parsons, the complexity of whose thought and the opacity of whose writing style can prove daunting, this book provides a comprehensible account of the major theoretical accomplishments in his work and the reasons for which his legacy remains important to contemporary sociological debates.
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Reading Talcott Parsons - A Re-Assessment Of His Legacy

by Helmut Staubmann

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 Addressing the neglect of the work of Talcott Parsons, the complexity of whose thought and the opacity of whose writing style can prove daunting, this book provides a comprehensible account of the major theoretical accomplishments in his work and the reasons for which his legacy remains important to contemporary sociological debates.
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Norbert Elias And Sigmund Freud - The Psychoanalytic Foundations Of The Civilizing Process

by Andre (Federal University Of Santa Maria, Brazil) Oliveira Costa

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 This book explores the influence of Freudian psychoanalysis on Norbert Eliasâ€™ theory of the civilizing process, conducting a dialogue between the thought of Freud and Elias with a view to analysing points of contact and distance between them, as well as shedding light on the dynamics that exist between individuals and social processes.
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Pluralizing Humanism - Religions And Secularisms Beyond Power

by Slavica Jakelic

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 This book engages with theories of religion and secularism, as well as postmodern, postcolonial, and decolonial critiques of Western humanist projects, to uncover the ideas and practices of religious and secular humanisms when they challenge dehumanization in the pursuit of conditions of flourishing for all.
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Pluralizing Humanism - Religions And Secularisms Beyond Power

by Slavica Jakelic

~~60,94€~~ 54,85€ 10% OFF

 This book engages with theories of religion and secularism, as well as postmodern, postcolonial, and decolonial critiques of Western humanist projects, to uncover the ideas and practices of religious and secular humanisms when they challenge dehumanization in the pursuit of conditions of flourishing for all.
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Vilfredo Paretoâ€™S Contributions To Modern Social Theory - A Centennial Appraisal

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 This volume seeks to restore Vilfredo Pareto to his rightful place in the history of social and economic thought, assessing his many contributions to the social sciences, while exploring both his continuing relevance to social research and the influence of his thought on subsequent developments in sociology and social theory.
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Reading Talcott Parsons - A Re-Assessment Of His Legacy

by Helmut (University Of Innsbruck, Austria) Staubmann

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 Addressing the neglect of the work of Talcott Parsons, the complexity of whose thought and the opacity of whose writing style can prove daunting, this book provides a comprehensible account of the major theoretical accomplishments in his work and the reasons for which his legacy remains important to contemporary sociological debates.
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Towards A Sociology Of Hope - Looking Beyond

by Emiliana Mangone e Guido Gili

~~60,94€~~ 54,85€ 10% OFF

 Why does hope appear in certain epochs and places, only at other times to disappear from peopleâ€™s lives and from society as a whole? This book addresses hope from a sociological perspective, offering a theoretical framework and a set of concepts to consider a range of questions.
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Towards A Sociology Of Hope - Looking Beyond

by Emiliana Mangone e Guido Gili

~~60,94€~~ 54,85€ 10% OFF

 Why does hope appear in certain epochs and places, only at other times to disappear from peopleâ€™s lives and from society as a whole? This book addresses hope from a sociological perspective, offering a theoretical framework and a set of concepts to consider a range of questions.
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Exploring Emotions In Social Life

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 Bringing together scholars from across disciplines, this volume presents a broad range of studies on a variety of emotions, considering the ways in which they are manifested and folded into our cultural and social lives.
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