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81. Exploring the Networked Worlds of Popular Music

    Milieux Cultures

    By Peter Webb

    Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

    This book provides an `insider’ view of worlds of popular music. It shows the relationship between music, creativity, ideas and localities by looking at cities, independents, genre, globalization and musician’s relationships with each other. Webb examines groups of musicians, audiences and...

    Published April 7th 2010 by Routledge
82. People and Societies

    Rom Harré and Designing the Social Sciences

    Edited by Luk van Langenhove

    Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

    Rom Harré has pushed the boundaries of our thinking about people and societies and has challenged the orthodox philosophy of science and social psychology. His countless books and articles have inspired generations of scholars in philosophy, psychology, linguistics, cognitive science and social...

    Published March 8th 2010 by Routledge
83. Rave Culture and Religion

    Edited by Graham St John

    Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

    The collection provides insights on developments in post-traditional religiosity (especially 'New Age' and 'Neo-Paganism') through studies of rave's Gnostic narratives of ascensionism and re-enchantment, explorations of the embodied spirituality and millennialist predispositions of dance culture,...

    Published May 20th 2009 by Routledge
84. Youth Cultures

    Scenes, Subcultures and Tribes

    Edited by Paul Hodkinson, Wolfgang Deicke

    Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

    Youth Cultures offers a comprehensive outline of youth cultural studies in the twenty-first century, with reference to a range of new research case studies. Featuring both well known and emerging scholars from the UK, the US and mainland Europe, the book addresses core theoretical and...

    Published April 28th 2009 by Routledge
85. The Obituary as Collective Memory

    By Bridget Fowler

    Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

    The first serious academic study of obituaries, this book focuses on how societies remember. Bridget Fowler makes great use of the theories of Pierre Bordieu, arguing that obituaries are one important component in society's collective memory. This book, the first of its kind, will find a place...

    Published April 28th 2009 by Routledge
86. Weber and the Persistence of Religion

    Social Theory, Capitalism and the Sublime

    By Joseph W. H. Lough

    Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

    There is an increasing interest in religion and belief and the diverse forms these take in the contemporary world. This timely book provides a unique analysis of these issues through a discussion of the work of Marx and Weber. Taking Max Weber’s interpretations of capitalism and religion as its...

    Published March 12th 2009 by Routledge
87. Social Isolation in Modern Society

    By Roelof Hortulanus, Anja Machielse, Ludwien Meeuwesen

    Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

    Social isolation has serious repercussions for people and communities across the globe, yet knowledge about this phenomenon has remained rather limited – until now. The first multidisciplinary study to explore this issue, Social Isolation in Modern Society integrates relevant research traditions...

    Published March 5th 2009 by Routledge
88. Agricultural Governance

    Globalization and the New Politics of Regulation

    Edited by Vaughan Higgins, Geoffrey Lawrence

    Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

    Food security and sustainability are arguably the most important issues facing the agri-food sector at the beginning of a new millennium. In an era of globalization, where nation states appear to have a diminishing role in governing these matters, the existing and emerging power relations...

    Published March 5th 2009 by Routledge
89. A General Theory of Emotions and Social Life

    By Warren D. TenHouten

    Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

    Founded upon the psychoevolutionary theories of Darwin, Plutchik and Izard, a general socioevolutionary theory of the emotions - affect-spectrum theory - classifies a wide spectrum of the emotions and analyzes them on the sociological, psychological and neurobiological levels. This neurocognitive...

    Published November 3rd 2008 by Routledge
90. Jewish Eating and Identity Through the Ages

    By David C Kraemer

    Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

    This book explores the history of Jewish eating and Jewish identity, from the Bible to the present. The lessons of this book rest squarely on the much-quoted insight: 'you are what you eat.' But this book goes beyond that simple truism to recognise that you are not only what you eat, but also how,...

    Published October 27th 2008 by Routledge