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561. Russia's Youth and its Culture

     A Nation's Constructors and Constructed

     By Hilary Pilkington

     Since the political whirlwinds of the mid-1980s and the fall of communism in 1991, Russia has undergone dramatic social change, much of which has escaped the attention of Western media.In her new book, Hilary Pilkington applies the methods of cultural studies research to the study of Russian youth....

     Published March 16th 1994 by Routledge
562. Alasdair MacIntyre

     Critic of Modernity

     By Peter McMylor

     This book is the first full length account of the significance of MacIntyre's work for the social sciences. MacIntyre's moral philosophy is shown to provide the resources for a powerful crititque of liberalism. His dicussion of the managerist and emotivist roots of modern culture is seen as the...

     Published November 3rd 1993 by Routledge
563. Max Weber: From History to Modernity

     By Profesor Bryan S Turner

     This wide-ranging and assured book, written by one of the leading Weber scholars in the English-speaking world, shows us the many sides of Max Weber. The book provides an authoritative guide to the current burning issues in social theory, religion, rationalization, the body, modernization and...

     Published October 27th 1993 by Routledge
564. The Life and Times of Post-Modernity

     By Keith Tester

     Published September 1st 1993 by Routledge
565. Relocating Cultural Studies

     Developments in Theory and Research

     Edited by Valda Blundell, John Shepherd, Ian Taylor

     Series: International Library of Sociology

     Britain is no longer the sole organizing centre for cultural studies. The contributors to this volume demonstrate how cultural studies has diffused into other English-speaking countries and how its original concerns have been renegotiated and changed. The result is a landmark book which provides...

     Published April 28th 1993 by Routledge
566. Meat

     A Natural Symbol

     By Nick Fiddes

     This book is a broad-ranging and provocative study of the human passion for meat. It will intrigue anyone who has ever wondered why meat is important to us; why we eat some animals but not others; why vegetarianism is increasing; why we aren't cannibals; and how meat is associated with...

     Published September 30th 1992 by Routledge
567. The Thirst for Annihilation

     Georges Bataille and Virulent Nihilism

     By Nick Land

     Published July 1st 1992 by Routledge
568. Professional Ethics and Civic Morals

     2nd Edition

     By Emile Durkheim

     Series: Routledge Classics in Sociology

     Of Durkheim's key works the most neglected is Professional Ethics and Civic Morals. This is not only careless it is also negligent for the book makes a seminal contribution to our understanding of the State. Durkheim's characterization of the State as the ultimate moral force in society is an...

     Published April 1st 1992 by Routledge
569. The Rebirth of Private Policing

     By Les Johnston

     these are just two of the issues addressed by Les Johnston, who argues that policing, far from being the exclusive preserve of public personnel, is an activity undertaken by a mixture of public, private, and quasi-public agents. His book reviews the history of private policing, examines...

     Published January 8th 1992 by Routledge
570. Modern Conditions, Postmodern Controversies

     By Barry Smart

     Series: Social Futures

     In this accomplished, comprehensive and accessible book Barry Smart explores these questions. The book examines the social and economic processes which have shaped and continue to shape life today. It also provides exemplary critical assessments of the various `modern' and `postmodern' thinkers who...

     Published December 4th 1991 by Routledge