Sociology

The Anthem Companion to Talcott Parsons offers the best contemporary work on Talcott Parsons, written by the best scholars currently working in this field. Original, authoritative and wide-ranging, the critical assessments of this volume will make it ideal for Parsons’s students and scholars alike.

The chapters in this volume present data and analysis that sheds light on the live experiences of those at the lowest intersections of injustice—Indigenous peoples, ethnic minorities, refugees, disabled people, youth, women, children and the poor. The contributors include eminent academics, students at all levels of study, practitioners within the field of social work, legal professionals and social justice activists. Gender, social exclusion, institutional discrimination, the intersectional nature of crimes and effects, (social) media influence and public perception are all key themes that figure in the volume. 

This volume explores key issues in the modern tensions between state and religions by exploring a number of case studies from around the world.

An Afrocentric analysis revealing how African spirituality, orality, and communal values shape African American language beyond Eurocentric linguistic paradigms.

This book offers a reflection about the state of politics of sensibilities on a planetary scale today; the authors propose a space that is destined to listen and exchange our own experiences of inquiry.

‘Greedy Elites’ explains why today’s revolt against the ‘rich and powerful’ is led by billionaires and political insiders, sidelining elites’ traditional enemies. It links social, economic and political theory and evidence to show how rivalries within an elite always eclipse (and co-opt) popular or class-based rebellions in driving social change.

‘The Anthem Companion to Max Weber’ offers the best contemporary work on Max Weber, written by the best scholars currently working in this field. Original, authoritative and wide-ranging, the critical assessments of this volume will make it ideal for Weber students and scholars alike.

The book brings together authoritative chapters by leading experts in the sociology of Elias. It charts Elias’s ambition to create an integrative sociological framework across a wide range of studies and assesses its continuing relevance for addressing significant issues facing sociology today.

Jean Lescure’s General and Periodic Crises of Overproduction is a pioneering study of the causes and consequences of industrial crises in capitalist economies in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It was updated periodically through five editions and now appears in English for the first time.

‘Symbols and Myth-Making in Modernity’ unpacks the deep culture that nourishes human perception of reality through symbols. From ancient, mythical creatures and rites through Renaissance masterpieces to cinema, religion and art, the book illustrates how ever-present symbols erupt in popular culture today and what work they do in transforming self and society.

This volume explores shifting identities in Europe’s industrial regions—primarily Upper Silesia and the Donbas—by challenging modernist and nationalist narratives. It unites scholars across disciplines to examine transitions shaped by gender, heritage, migration, memory, and more, fostering interdisciplinary insight into cultural change in historical borderland industrial spaces.

This book offers a detailed study of how some of the most illustrious auteurs in the history of art cinema have made use of melodrama to represent masculine subjectivity on the screen.