Sociology
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Human Rights, Security Politics and Embodiment
Aneira J. Edmunds
How have human rights been entangled with state control of the body? And how have they failed to intervene effectively on tipping points such as the US’s endorsement of torture that removes the victim’s control over their own body? This book explores the way institutional human rights have glossed over such abuses and been complicit in security politics which see the Muslim body, especially the Muslim woman’s body, as an object of control.
Anthem Press
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9781839984471
December 2023
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£24.95 / $24.95How have human rights been entangled with state control of the body? And how have they failed to intervene effectively on tipping points such as the US’s endorsement of torture that removes the victim’s control over their own body? This book explores the way institutional human rights have glossed over such abuses and been complicit in security politics which see the Muslim body, especially the Muslim woman’s body, as an object of control.
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The Anthem Companion to Zygmunt Bauman
Edited by Michael Hviid Jacobsen
Bauman’s ideas – his research topic, his hundreds of concepts and his imaginative approach to doing research – remain a source of inspiration for many scholars and researchers working within a variety of different fields and sub-fields, appealing equally to empirical work and theoretical elaboration. This book contains ten chapters devoted to different aspects of Bauman’s work and ideas, and all chapters are devoted to the presentation and discussion of themes and ideas that were characteristic of Bauman’s way of doing and writing sociology.
Anthem Press
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9781839988745
October 2023
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£165.00 / $165.00Bauman’s ideas – his research topic, his hundreds of concepts and his imaginative approach to doing research – remain a source of inspiration for many scholars and researchers working within a variety of different fields and sub-fields, appealing equally to empirical work and theoretical elaboration. This book contains ten chapters devoted to different aspects of Bauman’s work and ideas, and all chapters are devoted to the presentation and discussion of themes and ideas that were characteristic of Bauman’s way of doing and writing sociology.
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From Mimetic Translation to Artistic Transduction
A Semiotic Perspective on Virginia Woolf, Hector Berlioz, and Bertolt Brecht.
Dinda Gorlée
Literary translation can be retranslated into new ways of thinking about music and the other arts. In artistic transduction, Woolf called the word the poetical cry, Berlioz the singing lyric, and Brecht the rhyming slang.
Anthem Press
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9781839989087
October 2023
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£110.00 / $110.00Literary translation can be retranslated into new ways of thinking about music and the other arts. In artistic transduction, Woolf called the word the poetical cry, Berlioz the singing lyric, and Brecht the rhyming slang.
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Decolonial Mourning and the Caring Commons
Migration-Coloniality Necropolitics and Conviviality Infrastructure
Encarnación Gutiérrez Rodríguez
This book engages with decolonial mourning by bearing witness to the political grief work of contemporary struggles against migration-coloniality necropolitics in Europe, the United States and Latin America.
Anthem Press
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9781839988776
August 2023
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£110.00 / $110.00This book engages with decolonial mourning by bearing witness to the political grief work of contemporary struggles against migration-coloniality necropolitics in Europe, the United States and Latin America.
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Aspirational Chinese in Competitive Social Repositionings
A Re-Analysis of Societal Dynamics from 1964 to 2000
Jia Gao
Drawing upon a new perspective of competitive social repositioning and numerous new sources, this book fills the analytical gap caused by the research focus on either macro- or micro-level issues through analysing how everyday Chinese had reacted to and influenced the numerous changes in China from 1964 to 2000.
Anthem Press
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9781839982880
August 2023
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£110.00 / $110.00Drawing upon a new perspective of competitive social repositioning and numerous new sources, this book fills the analytical gap caused by the research focus on either macro- or micro-level issues through analysing how everyday Chinese had reacted to and influenced the numerous changes in China from 1964 to 2000.
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The Anthem Companion to Immanuel Wallerstein
Edited by Patrick Hayden, Chamsy el-Ojeili
The Anthem Companion to Immanuel Wallerstein explores many of the topics central to Wallerstein’s understanding of the modern world-system and offers a comprehensive guide to the full range of his work.
Anthem Press
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9781839984723
August 2023
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£165.00 / $165.00The Anthem Companion to Immanuel Wallerstein explores many of the topics central to Wallerstein’s understanding of the modern world-system and offers a comprehensive guide to the full range of his work.
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The Anthem Companion to Harold Garfinkel
Edited by Philippe Sormani, Dirk vom Lehn
The Anthem Companion to Harold Garfinkel brings together leading scholars and upcoming researchers in contemporary ethnomethodology to bring out the experimental character of Garfinkel’s legacy in the social sciences and beyond.
Anthem Press
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9781839982637
July 2023
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£165.00 / $165.00The Anthem Companion to Harold Garfinkel brings together leading scholars and upcoming researchers in contemporary ethnomethodology to bring out the experimental character of Garfinkel’s legacy in the social sciences and beyond.
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Colonial Urbanism in the Age of the Enlightenment
The Spanish Bourbon Reforms in the River Plate
Claudia Murray
This book tells the story of how the monarchy aimed at creating a new capital city in a remote and forgotten area of the empire and shows how the local Creole bourgeoisie rapidly assumed the role of urban developers and enhanced their economic status by investing in and controlling the Buenos Aires’ property market.
Anthem Press
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9781785279812
June 2023
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£110.00 / $110.00This book tells the story of how the monarchy aimed at creating a new capital city in a remote and forgotten area of the empire and shows how the local Creole bourgeoisie rapidly assumed the role of urban developers and enhanced their economic status by investing in and controlling the Buenos Aires’ property market.
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Youth Movements and Generational Politics, 19th–21st Centuries
Edited by Richard G. Braungart, Margaret M. Braungart
Youth Movements and Generational Politics, 19th–21st Centuries by Richard and Margaret Braungart is a collection of 19 of their previously published research articles on youthful political activism, generational conflict and social change—from the first student movement in Germany in 1815 to the international eruption of youth unrest and demonstrations in the 21st century. A concluding chapter assesses the global trends and worldwide surge in youth movement activity from 2000 to 2020, which is then put into perspective in relation to previous historical generations of youthful political unrest.
Anthem Press
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9781785277894
April 2023
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£200.00 / $200.00Youth Movements and Generational Politics, 19th–21st Centuries by Richard and Margaret Braungart is a collection of 19 of their previously published research articles on youthful political activism, generational conflict and social change—from the first student movement in Germany in 1815 to the international eruption of youth unrest and demonstrations in the 21st century. A concluding chapter assesses the global trends and worldwide surge in youth movement activity from 2000 to 2020, which is then put into perspective in relation to previous historical generations of youthful political unrest.
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Max Nettlau’s Utopian Vision
A Translation of Esbozo de Historia de Las Utopias
Edited and translated by Toby Widdicombe
Max Nettlau’s Utopian Vision provides a historically grounded presentation of the entire literature of utopianism. Nettlau shows an encyclopaedic knowledge of the subject.
Anthem Press
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9781785279157
April 2023
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£110.00 / $110.00Max Nettlau’s Utopian Vision provides a historically grounded presentation of the entire literature of utopianism. Nettlau shows an encyclopaedic knowledge of the subject.
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The Critical Situation
Vexed Perspectives in Postmodern Literary Studies
Robert T. Tally Jr
The Critical Situation: Vexed Perspectives in Postmodern Literary Studies is concerned with the ways in which literary and cultural criticism are and have been situated in relation to a variety of ideological and institutional structures, including those of world literature, American studies, spatial literary studies, cultural critique, globalization and postmodernity.
Anthem Press
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9781839988332
March 2023
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£110.00 / $110.00The Critical Situation: Vexed Perspectives in Postmodern Literary Studies is concerned with the ways in which literary and cultural criticism are and have been situated in relation to a variety of ideological and institutional structures, including those of world literature, American studies, spatial literary studies, cultural critique, globalization and postmodernity.
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Media Sociology and Journalism
Studies in Truth and Democracy
Greg Nielsen
While the alt right and post-truth attitudes render democracy fragile, so does professional journalism when it reports on the most vulnerable subjects in society but rarely addresses them as the imagined audience. A dialogical critique of divisions in news media, politics, and contemporary sociological theory can provide an alternative way forward.
Anthem Press
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9781839980602
February 2023
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£110.00 / $110.00While the alt right and post-truth attitudes render democracy fragile, so does professional journalism when it reports on the most vulnerable subjects in society but rarely addresses them as the imagined audience. A dialogical critique of divisions in news media, politics, and contemporary sociological theory can provide an alternative way forward.
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Transnational Coupling in the Age of Nation Making during the 19th and 20th Centuries
Nicole Leopoldie
Transnational Coupling in the Age of Nation Making during the 19th and 20th Centuries examines and compares courtship and marriage patterns that occurred between France and the United States during the 19th and 20th centuries. Departing from state-centered studies of marriage law, it draws on the methodologies of transnational history, cultural history and the history of emotion to show that these unions were part of a broader pattern of the larger cultural love affair between the two societies.
Anthem Press
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9781839986208
February 2023
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£110.00 / $110.00Transnational Coupling in the Age of Nation Making during the 19th and 20th Centuries examines and compares courtship and marriage patterns that occurred between France and the United States during the 19th and 20th centuries. Departing from state-centered studies of marriage law, it draws on the methodologies of transnational history, cultural history and the history of emotion to show that these unions were part of a broader pattern of the larger cultural love affair between the two societies.
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Sociology Global
Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
R Sooryamoorthy
The book examines the world of sociology and its global features and trends. It covers themes such as: sociologies in the world, major research areas in sociology, collaboration and interdisciplinarity, and contemporary challenges, pertinent issues and debates.
Anthem Press
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9781839986819
February 2023
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£75.00 / $75.00The book examines the world of sociology and its global features and trends. It covers themes such as: sociologies in the world, major research areas in sociology, collaboration and interdisciplinarity, and contemporary challenges, pertinent issues and debates.
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Analysing American Advice Books for Single Mothers Raising Sons
Essentialism, Culture and Guilt
Berit Åström
This intersectional study analyses the normative pressures placed on single mothers raising sons in contemporary parenting literature and how traditional ideas of masculinity and femininity are used to undermine the mothers. The study further connects the advice books to a cultural backlash against ideas of ‘involved fatherhood’ and ‘caring masculinity’.
Anthem Press
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9781785278884
February 2023
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£110.00 / $110.00This intersectional study analyses the normative pressures placed on single mothers raising sons in contemporary parenting literature and how traditional ideas of masculinity and femininity are used to undermine the mothers. The study further connects the advice books to a cultural backlash against ideas of ‘involved fatherhood’ and ‘caring masculinity’.
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The Anthem Companion to Niklas Luhmann
Edited by Ralf Rogowski
The Anthem Companion to Niklas Luhmann is a major contribution to analysing the work of one of the greatest social theorists of the twentieth century. This companion provides the latest scholarly interpretations of a thinker who revolutionised the theoretical foundation of the discipline of sociology.
Anthem Press
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9781839984884
February 2023
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£165.00 / $165.00The Anthem Companion to Niklas Luhmann is a major contribution to analysing the work of one of the greatest social theorists of the twentieth century. This companion provides the latest scholarly interpretations of a thinker who revolutionised the theoretical foundation of the discipline of sociology.
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The Anthem Companion to David Ricardo
Edited by J.E. King
This edited volume provides a comprehensive survey of the life and work of David Ricardo (1772–1823), a major contributor to the British classical school of political economy.
Anthem Press
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9781839982910
January 2023
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£165.00 / $165.00This edited volume provides a comprehensive survey of the life and work of David Ricardo (1772–1823), a major contributor to the British classical school of political economy.
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The Anthem Companion to Erving Goffman
Edited by Michael Hviid Jacobsen
The purpose of the volume is to provide a comprehensive overview of Erving Goffman’s continued importance within the field of sociology and related social science disciplines.
Anthem Press
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9781839983191
January 2023
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£165.00 / $165.00The purpose of the volume is to provide a comprehensive overview of Erving Goffman’s continued importance within the field of sociology and related social science disciplines.
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The Anthem Companion to Peter Berger
Edited by Jonathan B. Imber
Peter L. Berger (1929–2017) was among the most prominent sociologists of the past half century. He co-authored with Thomas Luckmann, The Social Construction of Reality, considered to be a modern classic of social science. His work on social theory, the sociology of religion, third world development, and the role of capitalism in modern life define his enduring importance as a leading figure in social science.
Anthem Press
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9781839984549
January 2023
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£165.00 / $165.00Peter L. Berger (1929–2017) was among the most prominent sociologists of the past half century. He co-authored with Thomas Luckmann, The Social Construction of Reality, considered to be a modern classic of social science. His work on social theory, the sociology of religion, third world development, and the role of capitalism in modern life define his enduring importance as a leading figure in social science.
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Humor 2.0
How the Internet Changed Humor
Salvatore Attardo
The book shows how humor has changed since the advent of the internet: new genres, new contexts, and new audiences. The book provides a guide to such phenomena as memes, video parodies, photobombing, and cringe humor. It also shows how the cognitive mechanisms of humor remain unchanged.
Anthem Press
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9781839988561
November 2022
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£110.00 / $110.00The book shows how humor has changed since the advent of the internet: new genres, new contexts, and new audiences. The book provides a guide to such phenomena as memes, video parodies, photobombing, and cringe humor. It also shows how the cognitive mechanisms of humor remain unchanged.
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Sociology in Times of Glocalization
Christian Karner
This book offers a series of critical discussions of how sociology is responding to the challenges of globalization, to local counter-reactions to them, to the many ways ‘the global’ impacts our lives, and to the new questions about research this poses.
Anthem Press
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9781785274121
November 2022
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£125.00 / $125.00This book offers a series of critical discussions of how sociology is responding to the challenges of globalization, to local counter-reactions to them, to the many ways ‘the global’ impacts our lives, and to the new questions about research this poses.
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Refugees, Refuge, and Human Displacement
Edited by Ignacio López-Calvo, Marjorie Agosin
This volume studies the concept of refuge as well as historical forced displacement and statelessness, trying to provide potential lasting solutions to the many problems associated with this situation. It moves from the pressing crisis of refugees to the crisis of humanity that seeks to find refuge.
Anthem Press
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9781839982484
November 2022
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£125.00 / $125.00This volume studies the concept of refuge as well as historical forced displacement and statelessness, trying to provide potential lasting solutions to the many problems associated with this situation. It moves from the pressing crisis of refugees to the crisis of humanity that seeks to find refuge.
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Symbols and Myth-Making in Modernity
Deep Culture in Art and Action
Tatiana Tiaynen-Qadir, Ali Qadir
‘Symbols and Myth-Making in Modernity’ unpacks the deep culture that nourishes human perception of reality through symbols. From ancient, mythical creatures and rites through Renaissance masterpieces to cinema, religion and art, the book illustrates how ever-present symbols erupt in popular culture today and what work they do in transforming self and society.
Anthem Press
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9781785272813
November 2022
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£125.00 / $125.00‘Symbols and Myth-Making in Modernity’ unpacks the deep culture that nourishes human perception of reality through symbols. From ancient, mythical creatures and rites through Renaissance masterpieces to cinema, religion and art, the book illustrates how ever-present symbols erupt in popular culture today and what work they do in transforming self and society.
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General and Periodic Crises of Overproduction
Jean Lescure
Edited by D'Maris Coffman, Ali Kabiri, Nicholas Di LibertoJean Lescure’s General and Periodic Crises of Overproduction is a pioneering study of the causes and consequences of industrial crises in capitalist economies in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It was updated periodically through five editions and now appears in English for the first time.
Anthem Press
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9781839988301
October 2022
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£200.00 / $200.00Jean Lescure’s General and Periodic Crises of Overproduction is a pioneering study of the causes and consequences of industrial crises in capitalist economies in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It was updated periodically through five editions and now appears in English for the first time.