Sociology
Featured Books
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The Deoband Madrassah Movement
Countercultural Trends and Tendencies
Muhammad Moj
This innovative book analyses the growth of Deobandi Islam, a religious sect whose followers include extremist groups such as the Taliban, through the frame of a counterculture in conflict with mainstream Muslim society.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783083886
March 2015
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£115.00 / $115.00This innovative book analyses the growth of Deobandi Islam, a religious sect whose followers include extremist groups such as the Taliban, through the frame of a counterculture in conflict with mainstream Muslim society.
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Rethinking the Social through Durkheim, Marx, Weber and Whitehead
Michael Halewood
This is the first book to systematically analyse the different concepts of the social developed by Durkheim, Marx and Weber, suggesting that debates surrounding this concept are still very much alive.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783083688
December 2014
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£115.00 / $115.00This is the first book to systematically analyse the different concepts of the social developed by Durkheim, Marx and Weber, suggesting that debates surrounding this concept are still very much alive.
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The Spirit of Luc Boltanski
Essays on the ‘Pragmatic Sociology of Critique’
Edited by Simon Susen, Bryan S. Turner
This volume – which brings together essays by prominent scholars in the field of sociology – provides a range of perspectives on the increasing influence of Luc Boltanski’s writings on both theoretical and empirical problems of contemporary social and political analysis.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783082964
November 2014
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£295.00 / $295.00This volume – which brings together essays by prominent scholars in the field of sociology – provides a range of perspectives on the increasing influence of Luc Boltanski’s writings on both theoretical and empirical problems of contemporary social and political analysis.
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Émile Durkheim and the Collective Consciousness of Society
A Study in Criminology
Kenneth Smith
This volume presents the first ever book-length treatment of Émile Durkheim’s concept of the ‘collective consciousness of society’.
Anthem Press
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9781783082278
August 2014
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£130.00 / $130.00This volume presents the first ever book-length treatment of Émile Durkheim’s concept of the ‘collective consciousness of society’.
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Émile Durkheim and the Collective Consciousness of Society
A Study in Criminology
Kenneth Smith
This volume presents the first ever book-length treatment of Émile Durkheim’s concept of the ‘collective consciousness of society’.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9781783082285
August 2014
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£40.00 / $40.00This volume presents the first ever book-length treatment of Émile Durkheim’s concept of the ‘collective consciousness of society’.
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Women, Gender and Everyday Social Transformation in India
Edited by Kenneth Bo Nielsen, Anne Waldrop
‘Women, Gender and Everyday Social Transformation in India’ explores key processes of gendered change in contemporary India. Through ethnographically grounded case studies, the volume foregrounds the contradictory and contested co-existence of discrepant gendered norms, values and visions in a society caught up in wider processes of sociopolitical change.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781783082698
August 2014
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Women, Gender and Everyday Social Transformation in India’ explores key processes of gendered change in contemporary India. Through ethnographically grounded case studies, the volume foregrounds the contradictory and contested co-existence of discrepant gendered norms, values and visions in a society caught up in wider processes of sociopolitical change.
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Consumption, Cities and States
Comparing Singapore with Asian and Western Cities
Ann Brooks, Lionel Wee
‘Consumption, Cities and States: Comparing Singapore with Asian and Western Cities’ examines the fascinating intersection of consumption, citizenship and the state in a cross-section of global cities in Asia and the West.
Anthem Press
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9781783082261
May 2014
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Consumption, Cities and States: Comparing Singapore with Asian and Western Cities’ examines the fascinating intersection of consumption, citizenship and the state in a cross-section of global cities in Asia and the West.
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Philosophy and Anthropology
Border Crossing and Transformations
Edited by Ananta Kumar Giri, John Clammer
‘Philosophy and Anthropology: Border Crossings and Transformations’ is an innovative and original collection of essays exploring the relationships between philosophy and anthropology – historically and presently – and the theoretical and practical issues concerning their dialogue.
Anthem Press
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9780857285126
December 2013
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£130.00 / $130.00‘Philosophy and Anthropology: Border Crossings and Transformations’ is an innovative and original collection of essays exploring the relationships between philosophy and anthropology – historically and presently – and the theoretical and practical issues concerning their dialogue.
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The Politics of Time and Youth in Brand India
Bargaining with Capital
Jyotsna Kapur
A study of the profound preoccupation with time, youth and the relationship between generations in contemporary popular Indian media culture, this book suggests that the politics of time is a manifestation of the radicalised war between labour and capital inherent in India’s shift to neoliberalism since the 1990s.
Anthem Press
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9780857281098
October 2013
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£115.00 / $115.00A study of the profound preoccupation with time, youth and the relationship between generations in contemporary popular Indian media culture, this book suggests that the politics of time is a manifestation of the radicalised war between labour and capital inherent in India’s shift to neoliberalism since the 1990s.
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Colonialism and Transnational Psychiatry
The Development of an Indian Mental Hospital in British India, c. 1925–1940
Waltraud Ernst
This book provides an in-depth case study of a psychiatric institution within the context of colonial rule during the early twentieth century. It focuses on patient statistics, medical treatments and diagnoses, and considers the ‘indigenisation’ or ‘Indianisation’ of the colonial medical services and the significance of international professional networks.
Anthem Press
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9780857280190
October 2013
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£150.00 / $150.00This book provides an in-depth case study of a psychiatric institution within the context of colonial rule during the early twentieth century. It focuses on patient statistics, medical treatments and diagnoses, and considers the ‘indigenisation’ or ‘Indianisation’ of the colonial medical services and the significance of international professional networks.
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Fighting Scholars
Habitus and Ethnographies of Martial Arts and Combat Sports
Edited by Raúl Sánchez García, Dale C. Spencer
‘Fighting Scholars’ presents insightful ethnographic research on a range of different martial arts and combat sports. Taking the habitus as a central theme of analysis, the different contributions of this volume are aligned within the same project that began to crystallize in Loïc Wacquant’s ‘Body and Soul’: the construction of a ‘carnal sociology’ that constitutes an exploration of the social world ‘from’ the body.
Anthem Press
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9780857283320
September 2013
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Fighting Scholars’ presents insightful ethnographic research on a range of different martial arts and combat sports. Taking the habitus as a central theme of analysis, the different contributions of this volume are aligned within the same project that began to crystallize in Loïc Wacquant’s ‘Body and Soul’: the construction of a ‘carnal sociology’ that constitutes an exploration of the social world ‘from’ the body.
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Ernst Cassirer and the Critical Science of Germany, 1899–1919
Gregory B. Moynahan
Reconstructing the relationship between science and politics in Imperial Germany, this book covers the early work of the philosopher and historian Ernst Cassirer (1874–1945) and discusses his relation to the Marburg School of philosophy.
Anthem Press
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9780857283214
July 2013
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£115.00 / $115.00Reconstructing the relationship between science and politics in Imperial Germany, this book covers the early work of the philosopher and historian Ernst Cassirer (1874–1945) and discusses his relation to the Marburg School of philosophy.
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The Art and Ideology of the Trade Union Emblem, 1850–1925
Annie Ravenhill-Johnson
Edited by Paula James‘The Art and Ideology of the Trade Union Emblem, 1850–1925’ is a groundbreaking book that considers trade union emblems and banners as art objects in their own right. It studies their commissioning, their designers and the social conditions and gender relations that they knowingly or unwittingly reveal.
Anthem Press
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9780857285300
June 2013
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£115.00 / $115.00‘The Art and Ideology of the Trade Union Emblem, 1850–1925’ is a groundbreaking book that considers trade union emblems and banners as art objects in their own right. It studies their commissioning, their designers and the social conditions and gender relations that they knowingly or unwittingly reveal.
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Ageing, Corporeality and Embodiment
Chris Gilleard, Paul Higgs
This book investigates the emergence of a ‘new ageing’ and its realisation through the body. The work explores new forms of embodiment concerned with identity and care of the self, which have seen the body become a site for ageing differently – for ageing without becoming old.
Anthem Press
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9780857283290
May 2013
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£115.00 / $115.00This book investigates the emergence of a ‘new ageing’ and its realisation through the body. The work explores new forms of embodiment concerned with identity and care of the self, which have seen the body become a site for ageing differently – for ageing without becoming old.
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War and Peace
Essays on Religion and Violence
Edited by Bryan S. Turner
The book explores the role of religion in war and peace through nine original contributions that examine a range of case studies from different historical periods. Religion, the volume suggests, is typically not the cause of human conflict, but rather the product of actions by the state and the legal system.
Anthem Press
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9780857283078
March 2013
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£115.00 / $115.00The book explores the role of religion in war and peace through nine original contributions that examine a range of case studies from different historical periods. Religion, the volume suggests, is typically not the cause of human conflict, but rather the product of actions by the state and the legal system.
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Knowledge and Human Liberation
Towards Planetary Realizations
Ananta Kumar Giri
Human liberation has become an epochal challenge in today’s world, requiring not only emancipation from oppressive structures but also from the oppressive self. This book seeks to rethink knowledge vis-à-vis familiar themes such as human interest, critical theory and cosmopolitanism.
Anthem Press
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9780857284525
February 2013
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£115.00 / $115.00Human liberation has become an epochal challenge in today’s world, requiring not only emancipation from oppressive structures but also from the oppressive self. This book seeks to rethink knowledge vis-à-vis familiar themes such as human interest, critical theory and cosmopolitanism.
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Experiencing Globalization
Religion in Contemporary Contexts
Edited by Derrick M. Nault, Bei Dawei, Evangelos Voulgarakis, Rab Paterson, Cesar Andres-Miguel Suva
This collection of essays, with special reference to Asia, analyzes religion through lived experience and reveals how religious phenomena are inextricably linked to globalizing processes.
Anthem Press
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9780857285591
February 2013
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£115.00 / $115.00This collection of essays, with special reference to Asia, analyzes religion through lived experience and reveals how religious phenomena are inextricably linked to globalizing processes.
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Thorstein Veblen
Economics for an Age of Crises
Edited by Erik S. Reinert, Francesca L. Viano
The book presents state-of-the-art scholarship on Thorstein Veblen, one of the world's most influential social scientists. It explores hitherto neglected aspects of his life, works and historical relevance.
Anthem Press
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9781843318583
December 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00The book presents state-of-the-art scholarship on Thorstein Veblen, one of the world’s most influential social scientists. It explores hitherto neglected aspects of his life, works and historical relevance.
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A Guide to Marx’s ‘Capital’ Vols I–III
Kenneth Smith
This book provides a comprehensive guide to all three volumes of Karl Marx’s ‘Capital’, with advice on further reading and points for further discussion.
Anthem Press
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9780857285065
November 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00This book provides a comprehensive guide to all three volumes of Karl Marx’s ‘Capital’, with advice on further reading and points for further discussion.
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Organising Neoliberalism
Markets, Privatisation and Justice
Edited by Philip Whitehead, Paul Crawshaw
This collection of essays explores the impact of neoliberalism within different organisational domains from both theoretical and empirical perspectives.
Anthem Press
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9780857285331
September 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00This collection of essays explores the impact of neoliberalism within different organisational domains from both theoretical and empirical perspectives.
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Becoming – An Anthropological Approach to Understandings of the Person in Java
Konstantinos Retsikas
The volume is an ethnographic monograph centring on the island of Java that also makes a singular contribution to the anthropological theorising of the person.
Anthem Press
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9780857285294
August 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00The volume is an ethnographic monograph centring on the island of Java that also makes a singular contribution to the anthropological theorising of the person.
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Responsible Citizens
Individuals, Health and Policy under Neoliberalism
B. J. Brown, Sally Baker
‘Responsible Citizens’ reveals how rising emphasis on the individual has gone hand in hand with an increase in subtle authoritarianism – particularly within public services – such that a kind of ‘governance through responsibility’ is today being enforced upon the population.
Anthem Press
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9780857284587
June 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Responsible Citizens’ reveals how rising emphasis on the individual has gone hand in hand with an increase in subtle authoritarianism – particularly within public services – such that a kind of ‘governance through responsibility’ is today being enforced upon the population.
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Overseas Chinese Christian Entrepreneurs in Modern China
A Case Study of the Influence of Christian Ethics on Business Life
Joy Kooi-Chin Tong
Inspired by Max Weber’s thesis on the Protestant ethic, this volume examines the influence of Christianity on overseas Chinese entrepreneurs working in China during its transition from a centrally-planned economy toward a market economy under Communist rule.
Anthem Press
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9780857283535
February 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00Inspired by Max Weber’s thesis on the Protestant ethic, this volume examines the influence of Christianity on overseas Chinese entrepreneurs working in China during its transition from a centrally-planned economy toward a market economy under Communist rule.
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Marxism in Dark Times
Select Essays for the New Century
Sobhanlal Datta Gupta
This volume is a collection of essays on an alternative understanding of Marxism, anchored in the ideas of humanism, democracy and pluralism.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9789380601199
February 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00This volume is a collection of essays on an alternative understanding of Marxism, anchored in the ideas of humanism, democracy and pluralism.