Kategoria BISAC: Social Science >> Sociology - Social Theory

What is the potential power of "rhythm" as a conceptual key term for understanding the interplay between space and time? This volume explores this power in interdisciplinary essays on seasonality and rhythm, travel, transport and logistics, rhythm and time, and music and space. The theoretical foundation is provided by the French sociologist Henri Lefebvre s concept of "rhythmanalysis."

Social Theory provides a sophisticated yet highly accessible introduction to classical and contemporary social theories. The author s concise presentation allows students and instructors to focus on central themes. The text lets theorists speak for themselves, presenting key passages from each theorist s corpus, bringing theory to life. The approach allows instructors the opportunity to help students learn to unpack sometimes complex prose, just as it offers inroads to class discussion. Chapters on Addams and early feminism, on Habermas and the Frankfurt School, on Foucault, and...

When his highly influential Rubbish Theory, first published in 1979, Michael Thompson launched the discipline of waste studies. It remains the most comprehensive analysis on the culture of waste to date. Thompson argues that there are two mutually exclusive cultural categories that are socially imposed on the world of objects: a transient category and a durable category. However, he...

"La opinioj pri tio, kio envere estis la socio, plej ofte nomata
reala socialismo, lar e disas: u tute ne socialismo a la malo
de socialismo, tatsocialismo a partisocialismo, tatkapitalismo
a deformita socialismo, transira socio a simple diktatoreco
kaj maljusto tato? Anka sinceraj adeptoj kaj defendantoj de la
socialismo ofte ne scias, kiel ili taksu, karakterizu kaj nomu la
estintan realan socialismon. e ili la skalo etendi as de senkondi a
senkritika defendo is kompleta distanci o kaj kondamno,
kelkfoje anka formulante, ke tio ankora ne...

Die Reihe zielt auf einen interdisziplinaren Austausch uber Praktiken und Konzepte aus der Doppelperspektive von Raum und Zeit. Raumlichkeit und Zeitlichkeit und ihre unauflosliche Korrelation werden in historischen sowie aktuellen Zusammenhangen und hinsichtlich entsprechender Theorien untersucht. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Bedeutung von RaumZeit im soziokulturell-lebensweltlichen Selbstverstandnis der Menschen und in medialen Reprasentationen.

Editorial Board:

Jean-Marc Besse (Centre national de la recherche scientifique de Paris)

Petr Bilek (Univerzita...

'The Anthem Companion to Pierre Bourdieu' provides an introduction to the French sociologist's thought and an evaluation of the international significance of his work from a range of national perspectives. This volume assesses Bourdieu's work as a product of his social situation in France and, more importantly, in relation to his experience as French Algeria gained its independence. The companion then proceeds to ask how the concepts he developed can legitimately be applied to other situations.

The volume is divided into two parts, with the first devoted to aspects of Bourdieu's...