Социология

This work provides an introduction to the work of Michel Foucault. It offers an assessment of all of Foucault's work, including his final writings on …

The Islamic headscarf has become the subject of heated legal and political debate. France and Germany have legislated against it, and even the UK, lon…

In this ambitious new book, Henrietta Moore draws on anthropology, feminism and psychoanalysis to develop an original and provocative theory of gender…

В журнале публикуются научные материалы по текущим политическим, социальным и религиозным вопросам, касающимся взаимоотношений России и мировой исламс…

Social Media Abyss plunges into the paradoxical condition of the new digital normal versus a lived state of emergency. There is a heightened, post-Sno…

Eliot Freidson has written the first systematic account of professionalism as a method of organizing work. In ideal-typical professionalism, specializ…

Beast. Monster. Savage. Psycho. The glowering menace of Mike Tyson has spooked us for almost two decades. And still we remain fascinated. Why? Ellis C…

In this new book Henrietta Moore examines the nature and limitations of the theoretical languages used by anthropologists and others to write about se…

This volume provides the first critical examination of the relationship between archaeology and language, analysing the rhetorical practices through w…

This major new book explores the peculiar place of feminism in contemporary culture.

The issues that increasingly dominate the 21st century cannot be solved by any single country acting alone, no matter how powerful. To manage the glob…

Hacking provides an introduction to the community of hackers and an analysis of the meaning of hacking in twenty-first century societies. On the one h…

Locating Neoliberalism in East Asia: Neoliberalizing Spaces in Developmental States examines the influence of neo-liberal ideologies on urban and regi…

Идея прогресса в значительной степени определила облик западной цивилизации. Человечество развивается, «движется вперед», причем это движение понимает…

The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists fro…

Beethoven is a classic study of the composer's music, written by one of the most important thinkers of our time. Throughout his life, Adorno wrote ext…

A Companion to Linguistic Anthropology provides a series of in-depth explorations of key concepts and approaches by some of the scholars whose work co…

This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the archaeology of Mediterranean prehistory and an essential reference to the most recent research an…

The Virtual Self is an engaging and exciting text that addresses issues relating to our rapidly changing society, social structure, and communication …

We have long since lost our faith in the idea that human beings could achieve human happiness in some future ideal state—a state that Thomas More, wri…

Geomedia offers critical analysis of the new possibilities and power relations emerging in the public space of contemporary cities. As ubiquitous digi…

The idea of long-term European dominance is characteristic of most evolutionary theories of human culture and society in the nineteenth century. It wa…

В пособии, посвященном современным аспектам теории и практики межкультурной коммуникации, изложены принципы системного подхода к культуре, рассмотрено…

Since 9/11, the American government has presumed to speak and act in the name of ‘civilization’. But isthat how the rest of the world sees it? And if …

This is a lively introduction to management, covering an array of management orthodoxies and demonstrating, through contemporary sociological theory, …

Winner of the Best Book of 2008 from The International Gender and Language Association In this ground-breaking ethnography of girls on a playground, G…

Drawing on his work in Iceland, Ireland, Scotland, North America, Ghana, and Fiji, linguistic anthropologist and folklorist Richard Bauman presents a …

В работе немецкого социолога Гельмута Шёка, ставшей классической, представлен всесторонний анализ зависти, как социально-психологического и социальног…

We are spurred into action by our troubles and fears; but all too often our action fails to address the true causes of our worries. When trying to mak…

Contemporary privatization remakes nature-society as property and transforms people’s relationships to themselves, each other, and the natural world. …

The Blackwell Companion to Criminology provides a contemporary and global resource to scholarship in both classical and topical areas of criminology. …

This anthology provides a single-volume overview of the essential theoretical debates in the anthropology of art. Drawing together significant work in…

In this major theoretical statement, the author offers a new and provocative interpretation of the institutional transformations associated with moder…

This timely and engaging book argues that technoscientific advances are radically transforming the woman-machine relationship. However, it is feminist…

This dictionary provides those studying or working in archaeology with a complete reference to the field.

In this book leading cultural anthropologist Anton Blok sheds new light on the lives and achievements of pioneers who revolutionized science and art o…

Developed from presentations given at the Cerisy SVSI (Sciences de la vie, sciences de l’information) conference held in 2016, this book presents a br…

In the midst of the current ecological crisis, there is often lofty talk of the need for humanity to ‘overcome its divisions’ and work together to tac…

The discussions about the ethical, political and human implications of the postmodernist condition have been raging for longer than most of us care to…

В данной работе представлены: теоретическое обобщение опыта исследований поведения домохозяйств в различных экономических условиях постсоветской Росси…

В журнале публикуются научные материалы по текущим политическим, социальным и религиозным вопросам, касающимся взаимоотношений России и мировой исламс…

В монографии представлены материалы исследований языка для специальных целей в области экономики и бизнеса с точки зрения его лингвистических, культур…

Urbanisation and urban development issues are the focus of this comprehensive account which introduces readers to the far-reaching changes now taking …