Major Works: Sociology & Social Policy

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841. The Frankfurt School

     Critical Assessments

     Edited by Jay M. Bernstein

     Series: Critical Assessments of Leading Sociologists

     This set of six volumes provide a full picture of the School by examining the important developments that have occured since the deaths of the original core of Frankfurt scholars. In particular the work of Jurgen Habermas is fully assessed...

     Published November 2nd 1994 by Routledge
842. Michel Foucault I

     Critical Assessments: Archaeology, Genealogy and Politics

     Edited by Barry Smart

     Series: Critical Assessments of Leading Sociologists

     Without doubt Michel Foucault was one of the towering intellectual presences of the twentieth century. His work on the organization of knowledge, sexuality, power, discipline, medicine, madness, identity and politics has left an indelible mark on our understanding of these matters.In recognition of...

     Published September 14th 1994 by Routledge
843. Michel Foucault I

     Critical Assessments: Archaeology, Genealogy and Politics

     Edited by Barry Smart

     Without doubt Michel Foucault was one of the towering intellectual presences of the twentieth century. His work on the organization of knowledge, sexuality, power, discipline, medicine, madness, identity and politics has left an indelible mark on our understanding of these matters.In recognition of...

     Published September 14th 1994 by Routledge
844. The Social and Economic Works of John Ruskin

     Including John Ruskin: His Life and Work, and Munera Pulveris, among others, this set includes Ruskin's most famous attack on economic orthodoxy as well as one of the finest critiques of his writings available....

     Published August 24th 1994 by Routledge
845. The Pamphleteer

     Edited by Thoemmes

     First published between 1813 and 1828 The Pamphleteer, is a unique collection of pamphlets and articles on a variety of subjects including philosophy, politics, political economy, jurisprudence, education and literature. An important forum of debate during a key period in modern history, The...

     Published June 8th 1994 by Routledge
846. Citizenship

     Critical Concepts in Sociology

     By Professor Bryan S Turner, Bryan S. Turner

     Series: Critical Concepts in Sociology

     The concept of citizenship is central to a wide number of debates in the social sciences: juridicial (the rights and obligations of the state), political philosophy and the law (because it defines the nature of expectations relating to social contract) and questions relating to freedom, equality...

     Published January 5th 1994 by Routledge
847. Georg Simmel

     Critical Assessments

     By David Frisby

     Series: Critical Assessments of Leading Sociologists

     Georg Simmel predicted that he would have no followers after his death. However he is now widely recognized as the father of the sociology of Modernity. His ideas on the metropolis, consumer culture, social space and aesthetics are at the crux of contemporary debate in sociology. This collection...

     Published January 5th 1994 by Routledge
848. The State

     Critical Concepts in Sociology

     Edited by John Hall

     Series: Critical Concepts in Sociology

     The state is one of the most important concepts in explaining the shape of modern life. It is also a concept surrounded with much dispute. What exactly is the state? How important is it in influencing personal conduct? Does it act impartially? What changes has it undergone? What are the varieties...

     Published December 15th 1993 by Routledge
849. L.T. Hobhouse: Principles of Sociology

     By L.T. Hobhouse

     Leonard Trelawney Hobhouse is considered one of the founders of sociology as a discipline. His four books which form Principles of Sociology are published here together for the first time - representing a synthesis of the philosophical and scientific methods of social inquiry.Although very scarce,...

     Published September 1st 1993 by Routledge
850. George Herbert Mead

     Critical Assessments

     Edited by Peter Hamilton

     Series: Critical Assessments of Leading Sociologists

     George Herbert Mead (1863-1931) is widely seen as the father of symbolic interactionism. He is celebrated as probably the most original and important American sociologist of the twentieth century. This collection of critical assessments shows why Mead is important for symbolic interactionism. But...

     Published December 16th 1992 by Routledge