A New Order of Social Things
About the Book Series
The social and human sciences may well be going through a sea change similar to what they experienced after the revolutionary moment of 1968. Today, it is fair to say, there are several obvious spheres of thought and research where this new order is being to show itself:
- The Global South
- Cultural and Critical Theories
- Multicultural Urban Ethnographies
- The Instability of Social Democracies
- Theorizing the Virtual World
To address these important questions we look to theorists of multiple geographies, genders, races, castes, and perspectives—established theorists who will levy this forum to take their existing work in new directions, along with early-career theorists whose ideas will chart new avenues for a renewal of critical theory. This breadth embraces both the plurality and ambiguity of theory today while also exploring bold solutions to the current impasse.
Uncertainties of Time: The Past and Future of TimeSpace
1st Edition
By Immanuel Wallerstein, Charles Lemert
March 20, 2026
Examining the concept of TimeSpace in the work of Immanuel Wallerstein and its crucial role within world-systems analysis, Uncertainties of Time brings together important but previously hard-to-access material from Wallerstein’s writings. TimeSpace is a concept developed from his earliest days in ...
The World We Have Created: Climate, Democracy and Knowledge
1st Edition
By Nico Stehr
January 29, 2026
Addressing the complex interplay between climate change, democratic governance, and scientific knowledge in the Anthropocene era, this book focuses on how political systems respond to the global ecological crisis and to what extent they are structurally capable of doing so. The World We Have ...
Social Thought From the Ruins: Quixote’s Dinner Party
1st Edition
By David A. Westbrook
August 17, 2025
Through stories, conversations, and essays, this book pursues interwoven critical and philosophical inquiries into the nature of the contemporary in the North Atlantic, asking how are we to live as intellectuals, individually and in community? Social Thought From the Ruins: Quixote’s Dinner Party ...
Americans Thinking America: Elements of American Social Thought
1st Edition
By Charles Lemert
January 31, 2025
In this dynamic book, Charles Lemert elaborates a vigorous, distinctive, and creative American tradition in social thought. American social theory has tended to be overshadowed by European social thought. Yet, looking deeper, Americans have always made important contributions to social theory. ...