Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
Studies in Social and Political Theory (RLE Social Theory)
1st Edition
By Anthony Giddens
December 18, 2015
The studies which comprise this book are essentially organized around a critical encounter with European social theory in its 'classical period' – i.e. from the middle years of the nineteenth century until the First World War – and have the aim of working out some of the implications of that ...
The Essential Comte (RLE Social Theory): Selected from 'Cours de philosophie positive' by Auguste Comte
1st Edition
Edited
By Stanislav Andreski
December 18, 2015
Auguste Comte proclaimed himself the founder of sociology and, on the whole, this claim is accepted. His most important work is the six-volume Cours de Philosophie Positive of which this present book is a selective abridgement. Comte, as this selection shows, was a methodological visionary. He was ...
The Scope of Understanding in Sociology (RLE Social Theory)
1st Edition
By Werner Pelz
December 18, 2015
In their efforts to emulate the methodology which had proved so successful in the natural sciences, the social sciences – including sociology – have not yet faced the question as to what constitutes understanding in their area with sufficient seriousness. This book asks again: what does ...
Towards the Sociology of Knowledge (RLE Social Theory): Origin and Development of a Sociological Thought Style
1st Edition
Edited
By Gunter Werner Remmling
December 18, 2015
The sociology of knowledge is an area of social scientific investigation with major emphasis on the relations between social life and intellectual activity. It is now an area central to most graduate and undergraduate courses in sociology. The present collection of readings explains the origins, ...
Value Theory in Philosophy and Social Science (RLE Social Theory)
1st Edition
By James B. Wilbur, James B. Wilbur
December 18, 2015
The annual Conferences on Value Inquiry bring together philosophers, scientists and humanists to discuss the many facets of the problem of value in the experience of the individual and in contemporary society. One of the criteria in choosing papers for the Conference is the ability to stimulate ...
Animals and Society: The Humanity of Animal Rights
1st Edition
By Keith Tester
December 07, 2015
Animals and Society uses a variety of historical sources and a coherent social theory to tell the story of the invention of animal rights. It moves from incidents like the medieval execution of pigs to a discussion of the politics and strategies of modern rights organisations. The book also ...
Capital, Labour and the Middle Classes
1st Edition
By John Urry, Nicholas Abercrombie
December 07, 2015
Most recent sociological work on the theory of class is based on a distinction between Weberian and Marxist approaches. For the first part of this volume, the authors use this distinction to review the literature on the middle class, concentrating particularly on the traditions of Marxist theory ...
Capitalism, Class Conflict and the New Middle Class
1st Edition
By Bob Carter
December 07, 2015
Non-manual workers are fast becoming the largest occupational category in Western capitalist countries. This is the first book to present a detailed socialist analysis of this much discussed change in the class structure of contemporary capitalism. Focusing on the class position of managerial and ...
Discovering Sociology: Studies in Sociological Theory and Method
1st Edition
Edited
By John Rex
December 07, 2015
Professor John Rex was one of Britain’s most eminent sociologists, and a teacher of a whole generation of sociology students. In this book he presents a stimulating introduction to the major issues of sociological theory and gives an account of the perspective which has informed his thinking and ...
Dominant Ideologies
1st Edition
By Bryan S. Turner, Nicholas Abercrombie, Stephen Hill
December 07, 2015
In this volume leading international scholars elaborate upon the central issues of the analysis of ideology: the nature of dominant ideologies. The ways in which ideologies are transmitted; their effects on dominant and subordinate social classes in different societies; the contrast between ...
Field-theory: A Study of its Application in the Social Sciences
1st Edition
By Harald Mey
December 07, 2015
This is an important account of the development of the ‘field-theory’ approach in the social sciences. Harald Mey concentrates on the writers from the 1930s to the present day who have used this approach to the study of the individual and of society, and gives a clear exposition of such ‘...
Ideological Representation and Power in Social Relations: Literary and Social Theory
1st Edition
By Mike Gane
December 07, 2015
This collection reflects the French influence on literary and representational theory which has been predominant in recent years. It contains stimulating essays on the fiction of Perault, Borges, James, Eco and Tournier. These are complemented by theoretical essays on power and representation which...