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No national tradition of social theory has been more seductive to Anglo-American readers than the French.There has been a long-standing fascination with French ideas and debates. This extraordinarily …

Having taken over the leadership of the French school of sociology after the death of his uncle, Emile Durkheim, in 1917, Mauss, celebrated author of The Gift, re-launched the flagship journal, the A …

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Jean Baudrillard arouses strong opinions. In this collection of his most important interviews the reader gains a unique and accessible overview of Baudrillard’s key ideas. The collection includes man …

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Auguste Comte is widely acknowledged as the founder of the science of sociology and the ‚Religion of Humanity‘. In this fascinating study, the first major reassessment of Comte’s sociology for many y …

Auguste Comte is widely acknowledged as the founder of the science of sociology and the “Religion of Humanity“. In this fascinating study, the first major reassessment of Comte’s sociology for many …

Auguste Comte is widely acknowledged as the founder of the science of sociology and the “Religion of Humanity“. In this fascinating study, the first major reassessment of Comte’s sociology for many …

This major collection brings Foucault“s later work into sharp focus and illustrates some of the ways in which it is informing developments in the social sciences. Concise, clear and wide-ranging it …

This major collection brings Foucault“s later work into sharp focus and illustrates some of the ways in which it is informing developments in the social sciences. Concise, clear and wide-ranging it …

Jean Baudrillard arouses strong opinions. In this collection of his most important interviews the reader gains a unique and accessible overview of Baudrillard“s key ideas. The collection includes ma …

Jean Baudrillard arouses strong opinions. In this collection of his most important interviews the reader gains a unique and accessible overview of Baudrillard“s key ideas. The collection includes ma …

Mike Gane provides an introduction to Baudrillard’s cultural theory: the conception of modernity and the complex process of simulation. He examines Baudrillard’s literary essays: his confrontation wi …

Mike Gane provides an introduction to Baudrillard’s cultural theory: the conception of modernity and the complex process of simulation. He examines Baudrillard’s literary essays: his confrontation wi …

The work of Michel Foucault, one of the most influential of modern French social theorists and philosophers, has had a dramatic and far-reaching effect on many disciplines. The essays in this reissue …

The work of Michel Foucault, one of the most influential of modern French social theorists and philosophers, has had a dramatic and far-reaching effect on many disciplines. The essays in this reissue …

This book examines the interconnections of gender theory and lived gender relationships of some of the key social theorists of the classical period (1789 – 1920): Wollstonecraft, Godwin, Enfantin, Co …

This book examines the interconnections of gender theory and lived gender relationships of some of the key social theorists of the classical period (1789 – 1920): Wollstonecraft, Godwin, Enfantin, Co …

This radical appraisal of Durkheim’s method, first published in 1988, argues that fundamental errors have been made in interpreting Durkheim. Mike Gane argues that to understand The Rules it is neces …

This radical appraisal of Durkheim’s method, first published in 1988, argues that fundamental errors have been made in interpreting Durkheim. Mike Gane argues that to understand The Rules it is neces …

This collection reflects the French influence on literary and representational theory which has been predominant in recent years. It contains stimulating essays on the fiction of Perault, Borges, Jam …

This collection reflects the French influence on literary and representational theory which has been predominant in recent years. It contains stimulating essays on the fiction of Perault, Borges, Jam …

Baudrillard is widely recognised as a powerful new force in cultural and social criticism, and is often referred to as the ‘High Priest of Postmodernism’. This study presents a detached assessment of …

Baudrillard is widely recognised as a powerful new force in cultural and social criticism, and is often referred to as the ‘High Priest of Postmodernism’. This study presents a detached assessment of …