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In this important new book Rein Raud develops an original theory of culture understood as a loose and internally contradictory system of texts and pra…

This major new textbook explores the relations between gender and archaeology, providing an innovative and important account of how material culture i…

Bob Dylan’s contribution to popular music is immeasurable. Venerated as rock’s one true genius, Dylan is considered responsible for introducing a new …

This book examines the different ways in which order has been achieved in world affairs with a view to understanding current political dilemmas and op…

This exciting collection of original essays provides students and professionals with an international and comparative examination of changes in global…

Desert Peoples: Archaeological Perspectives provides an issues-oriented overview of hunter-gatherer societies in desert landscapes that combines archa…

This volume offers lively current debates and case studies in historical archaeology selected from around the world, including North America, Latin Am…

How are human societies changing the global environment? Is sustainable development really possible? Can environmental risks be avoided? Is our experi…

The new study provides a fresh and timely reassessment of the political philosophy of Hannah Arendt. While analysing the central themes of Arendt's wo…

The changing nature of waged work in contemporary advanced industrial nations is one of the most significant aspects of political and economic debate.…

NAPA Bulletin is a peer reviewed occasional publication of the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology, dedicated to the practical probl…

This book explores the multiple ways in which archaeologists give meaning to the past, highlighting debates over the ontological and epistemological s…

Modernity was supposed to be the period in human history when the fears that pervaded social life in the past could be left behind and human beings co…

This is the first comprehensive analysis of the work of Fredric Jameson, one of the most important cultural critics writing today. Homer provides a cl…

Story Circle is the first collection ever devoted to a comprehensive international study of the digital storytelling movement, exploring subjects of c…

Turf Wars: Discourse, Diversity, and the Politics of Place is the fascinating story of an urban neighborhood undergoing rapid gentrification. Explores…

This book systematically reconstructs the origins and new advances in economic sociology. By presenting both classical and contemporary theory and res…

This book is about the central figure of our contemporary, ‘liquid modern’ times – the man or woman with no bonds, and particularly with none of the f…

The Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor is a key figure in contemporary debates about the self and the problems of modernity. This book provides a com…

This book presents a series of pioneering studies which together constitute a reappraisal of our understanding of the relationship between gender and …

This book provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to Tibet, its culture and history. A clear and comprehensive overview of Tibet, its culture …

Part analysis of contemporary change and part vision of the future, post-Fordism lends its name to a set of challenging, essential and controversial d…

With the advent of liquid modernity, the society of producers is transformed into a society of consumers. In this new consumer society, individuals be…

Durkheim is one of the founding fathers of modern sociology and a key figure in the development of social theory. And yet today his work is often misu…

In this book Barbara Marshall argues that the debates around both modernity and postmodernity neglect the role of women and significance of gender in …

This book is concerned with the government of “illegal” immigration since the passage of the U.S. Immigration Act of 1965, exploring how certain menta…

This comprehensive volume ranges across the entire spectrum of contemporary sociological inquiry, as seen by Durkheim. It also includes secondary read…

In this new book, Bauman examines how we have moved away from a 'heavy' and 'solid', hardware-focused modernity to a 'light' and 'liquid', software-ba…

In this major new assessment of Zygmunt Bauman's work, Smith gives a clear introduction to this controversial and challenging sociologist.

This is an important intervention in debates on the family and sexuality, exploring clashes over sexual values and contemporary sexual dilemmas such a…

Feminist Anthropology surveys the history of feminist anthropology and offers students and scholars a fascinating collection of both classic and conte…

This unique volume gathers Weber's writings on a broad array of themes, from the nature of work, to the political culture of democracy, to the uniquen…

Political scandals have become a pervasive feature of many societies today. From Profumo to the cash-for-questions scandal, from Watergate to the Clin…

Europe is Europe’s last remaining realistic political utopia. But Europe remains to be understood and conceptualized. This historically unique form of…

Identity is never just an individual matter; it is intricately shaped by our experiences of social life. Taking a Symbolic Interactionist approach, an…

NAPA Bulletin is a peer reviewed occasional publication of the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology, dedicated to the practical probl…

The production of ‘human waste’ – or more precisely, wasted lives, the ‘superfluous’ populations of migrants, refugees and other outcasts – is an inev…

'Liquid life’ is the kind of life commonly lived in our contemporary, liquid-modern society. Liquid life cannot stay on course, as liquid-modern socie…

In this lucid, stimulating and original book, Zygmunt Bauman and Tim May explore the underlying assumptions and tacit expectations which structure our…

Critical Trajectories: Culture, Society, Intellectuals brings together for the first time writings from one of the leading figures in cultural studies…

NAPA Bulletin is a peer reviewed occasional publication of the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology, dedicated to the practical probl…

Does it make sense to speak of a European society, above and beyond its component states and regions? In this major new book William Outhwaite argues …

This book is a brief introduction to the study of society, which may be read without any previous knowledge of the social sciences. Each chapter addre…

For more than a decade, Carol Smart has been at the forefront of debates about the sociology of the family. Yet she has become frustrated by the fixat…

Cultural Globalization: A User’s Guide is a personal and engaging journey through theories of culture and globalization. Drawing on extensive examples…