Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
Approaches to Sociology: An Introduction to Major Trends in British Sociology
1st Edition
Edited
By John Rex
November 24, 2015
These essays, commissioned by John Rex, reflect the state of sociology in Britain today. Leading representatives of the diverse ‘schools’ provide lucid accounts of their own particular approaches to this complex discipline and in doing so demonstrate the techniques described. Topics covered include...
Ideology and Social Order
1st Edition
By Eric Carlton
November 24, 2015
Truly interdisciplinary work between Sociology and History is are, because one discipline usually exploits the concerns or data of the other. Eric Carlton, however, has succeeded in bringing together the distinctive orientations of sociology and ancient history into a clearly written discussion of ...
Philosophical Foundations of the Three Sociologies
1st Edition
By Ted Benton
November 24, 2015
An extended historical and philosophical argument, this book will be a valuable text for all students of the philosophy of the social sciences. It discusses the serious alternatives to positivist and empiricist accounts of the physical sciences, and poses the debate between naturalism and ...
The Flaneur
1st Edition
By Keith Tester
November 24, 2015
Timely and original, this collection of essays from the leading figures in their fields throws new and valuable light on the significance and future of flânerie. The flâneur is usually identified as the ‘man of the crowd’ of Edgar Allen Poe and Charles Baudelaire, and as one of the heroes of Walter...
Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
1st Edition
Edited
By Various Authors
August 05, 2014
Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory brings together as one set and as individual volumes a series of previously out-of-print classic titles from a variety of academic imprints. With books ranging from Advances in Social Theory and Methodology to Capital, ...