When sociology emerged as a discipline in the late nineteenth century, the problem of crowds constituted one of its key concerns. It was argued that crowds shook the foundations of society and led individuals into all sorts of irrational behaviour. Yet crowds were not just something to be fought in the street, they also formed a battleground over how sociology should be demarcated from related disciplines, most notably psychology. In The Politics of Crowds, Christian Borch traces sociological debates on crowds and masses from the birth of sociology until today, with a particular focus on the...
When sociology emerged as a discipline in the late nineteenth century, the problem of crowds constituted one of its key concerns. It was argued that c...
Offers an introduction to the sociology of Niklas Luhmann. This book presents the key concepts in Luhmann's systems theory, including social systems, autopoiesis, self-reference, and second-order observation. It also introduces to his analysis of modern society as differentiated into a number of distinctive function systems.
Offers an introduction to the sociology of Niklas Luhmann. This book presents the key concepts in Luhmann's systems theory, including social systems, ...
This title offers an easily accessible introduction to the sociology of Niklas Luhmann. It presents the key concepts in Luhmann's systems theory, including social systems, autopoiesis, self-reference, and second-order observation.
This title offers an easily accessible introduction to the sociology of Niklas Luhmann. It presents the key concepts in Luhmann's systems theory, incl...
Der Franzose Gabriel Tarde (1843-1904) war einer der bedeutsten und originellsten Soziologen seiner Zeit, wurde aber im 20. Jahrhundert weitgeh vergessen. Dieser Sammelband prsentiert Tarde nicht nur als zu Unrecht vernachlssigten Klassiker, sondern zeigt auch das groe Potential seiner Soziologie der Differenz fr die aktuelle soziologische Theoriebildung. Die internationalen und interdisziplinren Beitrge beschftigen sich insbesondere mit der Rolle der Nachahmung und der Begehrensstrme fr das Funktionieren von Gesellschaft und Kultur. Damit schliet der Band an die sich neuerdings entwickelnde...
Der Franzose Gabriel Tarde (1843-1904) war einer der bedeutsten und originellsten Soziologen seiner Zeit, wurde aber im 20. Jahrhundert weitgeh verges...
This book presents a Foucauldian problematisation analysis of crime, with a particular focus on the twentieth century. It considers how crime has been conceived as problem and, by scrutinising the responses that have been adapted to deal with crime, demonstrates how a range of power modalities have evolved throughout the twentieth century.
Christian Borch shows how the tendency of criminologists to focus on either disciplinary power or governmentality has neglected the broader complex of Foucault's concerns: ignoring its historical underpinnings, whilst for the most part limiting...
This book presents a Foucauldian problematisation analysis of crime, with a particular focus on the twentieth century. It considers how crime has b...
This book rethinks the city by examining its various forms of collectivity - their atmospheres, modes of exclusion and self-organization, as well as how they are governed - on the basis of a critical discussion of the notion of urban commons. The idea of the commons has received surprisingly little attention in urban theory, although the city may well be conceived as a shared resource. Urban Commons: Rethinking the City offers an attempt to reconsider what a city might be by studying how the notion of the commons opens up new understandings of urban collectivities, addressing a...
This book rethinks the city by examining its various forms of collectivity - their atmospheres, modes of exclusion and self-organization, as well a...
This book rethinks the city by examining its various forms of collectivity their atmospheres, modes of exclusion and self-organization, as well as how they are governed on the basis of a critical discussion of the notion of urban commons. The idea of the commons has received surprisingly little attention in urban theory, although the city may well be conceived as a shared resource. "Urban Commons: Rethinking the City" offers an attempt to reconsider what a city might be by studying how the notion of the commons opens up new understandings of urban collectivities, addressing a range of...
This book rethinks the city by examining its various forms of collectivity their atmospheres, modes of exclusion and self-organization, as well as ...
