Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
Interests and the Growth of Knowledge
1st Edition
By Barry Barnes
December 18, 2015
Intriguingly different in approach from conventional works in the same area of inquiry, this study deals with the central problems and concerns of the sociology of knowledge as it has traditionally been conceived of. In other words, it is concerned with the relationship of knowledge, social ...
Knowledge and Social Structure: An Introduction to the Classical Argument in the Sociology of Knowledge
1st Edition
By Peter Hamilton
December 18, 2015
The primary concern of this study is to present, elucidate and analyse the developments which have characterized the sociology of knowledge, and which have set for it the outlines of its major problematics. Peter Hamilton examines the most distinctive approaches to the determinate relationship ...
Levi-Strauss: Structuralism and Sociological Theory
1st Edition
By Roger Holmes
December 18, 2015
What is the significance of Structuralism for social science? How original is Lévi-Strauss' contribution to social theory? Is he Marxist? Though Structuralism, and its leading representative Lévi-Strauss, are central to sociology, anthropology and psychology, the complexity of his work and the ...
Max Weber's 'Science as a Vocation'
1st Edition
Edited
By Peter Lassman, Irving Velody, Herminio Martins
December 18, 2015
Max Weber’s lecture ‘Science as a Vocation’ is a classic of social thought, in which central questions are posed about the nature of social and political thought and action. The lecture has often taken to be a summation of Weber’s thought. It can also be argued that, together with the responses of ...
Men, Masculinities and Social Theory (RLE Social Theory)
1st Edition
Edited
By Jeff Hearn, D.H.J. Morgan
December 18, 2015
This volume presents a series of illustrative and critical perspectives upon the developing study of men and masculinities and its importance for sociological theory. The contributions, by women and men from Britain and the United States, are organized around the unifying themes of Power and ...
Rationality and the Social Sciences (RLE Social Theory): Contributions to the Philosophy and Methodology of the Social Sciences
1st Edition
By S.I. Benn, G.W. Mortimore
December 18, 2015
The concepts of rationality that are used by social scientists in the formation of hypotheses, models and explanations are explored in this collection of original papers by a number of distinguished philosophers and social scientists. The aim of the book is to display the variety of the concepts ...
Social Theory and the Family (RLE Social Theory)
1st Edition
By D.H.J. Morgan
December 18, 2015
An experienced teacher of courses on the sociology of the family, D.H.J. Morgan frequently encounters a gulf between ‘the family’ as it is often treated in sociological texts and ‘the family’ as it is usually experienced. In this book he provides an extremely valuable bridge between the two by ...
Sociological Theory in Transition (RLE Social Theory)
1st Edition
Edited
By Mark Wardell, Stephen Turner
December 18, 2015
Current sociological theories appear to have lost their general persuasiveness in part because, unlike the theories of the ‘classical era’, they fail to maintain an integrated stance toward society, and the practical role that sociology plays in society. The authors explore various facets of this ...
Sociological Theory in Use (RLE Social Theory)
1st Edition
By Kenneth Menzies
December 18, 2015
Central to most sociologists’ self-image is the claim that their theories are based on research. However, using a random sample of 680 articles appearing in major American, British and Canadian journals, Dr Menzies shows that in some areas of sociology the wide gap between theory and research means...
Sociology and History (RLE Social Theory)
1st Edition
By Peter Burke
December 18, 2015
Sociologists and historians are not always the best of neighbours, each group tending to perceive the other in terms of the crudest of stereotypes. However, the two approaches are obviously complementary – change is structured, and structures change. Each discipline can free the other from its own ...
Sociology and the Demystification of the Modern World (RLE Social Theory)
1st Edition
Edited
By John Rex
December 18, 2015
Professor Rex’s controversial book concerns not only those who are professional sociologists but all thinking people who live in the modern world. One of the objects of sociology is to give ‘power to the people’, to make a contribution to the understanding of political problems. Rex writes from a ...
Structure, Interaction and Social Theory (RLE Social Theory)
1st Edition
By Derek Layder
December 18, 2015
A central problem in contemporary social theory is that of providing an account of social interaction that does justice both to the self-monitoring capacities of the individuals involved and to the society that ‘frames’ the interaction. This book attempts to resolve this problem, arguing for an ...