This book looks at the phantasms and spirits of classical social science and philosophy, including Hegel’s ‘World-Spirit’, Weber’s ‘Verstehen’ and Marx’s phantasms, exploring the relationships and interactions between those spirits and materiality across five broad themes.
This book looks at the phantasms and spirits of classical social science and philosophy, including Hegel’s ‘World-Spirit’, Weber’s ‘Verstehe...
Focusing on I Am Legend and Day of the Dead, this book addresses the social origins of the recent surge in authoritarian and populist social movements, exploring how themes of tribalism, confidence in medical science, and confidence in military violence are reflected in elements of contemporary authoritarian populism.
Focusing on I Am Legend and Day of the Dead, this book addresses the social origins of the recent surge in authoritarian and populist social movement...
This book examines the social production of social worlds – present, past and yet-to-come – employing central concepts in sociology to draw lessons from the collapse of Graeco-Roman antiquity for our own world of virus and ecological disasters, exploring both the emergence of capitalism and its possible end.
This book examines the social production of social worlds – present, past and yet-to-come – employing central concepts in sociology to draw lesson...
