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1. Cosmic Society

   Towards a Sociology of the Universe

   By Peter Dickens, James Ormrod

   An original vision and a pedagogical text on a major issue of our time and, even more, of our childen´s. Göran Therborn is University Professor of Sociology at Uppsala University, Sweden, and Professor and Chair of Sociology at the University of Cambridge, UK. Arguably the most important and...

   Published December 9th 2009 by Routledge
2. Reconstructing Nature

   Alienation, Emancipation and the Division of Labour

   By Peter Dickens

   Series: International Library of Sociology

   One of the main features of the contemporary environmental crisis is that no one has a clear idea of what is going on. The author uses an extension of Marx's theory of alienation to explain why people find it so difficult to relate their different knowledges of the natural and social world. He...

   Published July 10th 1996 by Routledge
3. Property, Bureaucracy and Culture

   Middle Class Formation in Contemporary Britain

   By James Barlow, Dr Peter Dickens, Peter Dickens, Tony Fielding, Mike Savage

   Series: International Library of Sociology

   This assured and powerful study explores the condition of the middle classes in Britain today. The authors outline a new theoretical perspective for exploring the middle classes and provide the reader with up-to-date empirical information on the class structure....

   Published September 6th 1995 by Routledge