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Classic Writings in Law and Society: Contemporary Comments and Criticisms by A. Javier Trevino
RRP: €54.73€47.75Over against such reference volumes as encyclopedias, which are intended to provide an overview and summary of a subject, and dictionaries, which define a series of terms, "commentaries" generally consist of a collection of lectures or essays... -
Illegitimate Authority: Facing the Challenges of Our Time by Noam Chomsky
RRP: €10.70€7.68'One of the greatest, most radical public thinkers of our time' Arundhati RoyIn these incisive interviews, Chomsky addresses the urgent questions of this tumultuous time, speaking to the deterioration of democracy in the United States and rising tensions... -
Rude Puzzle Book: Naughty Brain-Teasers for Grown-Ups by Richard Cox
RRP: €9.51€6.33Strictly for grown-ups! This saucy selection of puzzles puts the tease in brain-teasers, and makes a racy replacement for life's idle moments Put down your phone, tablet or smutty magazine and pick up this crude collection of conundrums and... -
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive by Jared Diamond
RRP: €17.84€13.03From the author of Guns, Germs and Steel, Jared Diamond's Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive is a visionary study of the mysterious downfall of past civilizations.Now in a revised edition with a new afterword, Jared Diamond's Collapse... -
Sociology for AQA Revision Guide 2: 2nd-Year A Level by Ken Browne 9781509516261
RRP: €15.46€14.68The essential revision guide for A-level Sociology from trusted and best-selling author Ken Browne. Together with Sociology for AQA Revision Guide 1, this indispensable book provides everything you need to revise for the exams, with a clear... -
The Practice of Everyday Life by Michel de Certeau 9780520271456
RRP: €29.75€22.82In this incisive book, Michel de Certeau considers the uses to which social representation and modes of social behavior are put by individuals and groups, describing the tactics available to the common man for reclaiming his own autonomy from the... -
Political Correctness Gone Mad? by Jordan B. Peterson
RRP: €10.70€7.68'Without free speech there is no true thought.' -Jordan Peterson 'If you're white, this country is one giant safe space.' -Michael Eric Dyson The Munk debate on political correctness Is political correctness an enemy of free speech,... -
The Routledge International Handbook of Goffman Studies by Michael Hviid Jacobsen 9780367750732
RRP: €52.35€46.22This book explores the fertility and enigma of Erving Goffman's sociological reasoning and its capacity to shed fresh light on the fundamental features of human sociality. Thematically arranged, it brings together the work of leading scholars of... -
Annihilation Of Caste: With A Reply To Mahatma Gandhi by Dr Ambedkar 9789354206337
RRP: €10.71€9.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789354206337Author Dr AmbedkarFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Lector HousePublisher Lector HouseWeight(grams) 132gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 5mm -
At Work in the Ruins: Finding Our Place in the Time of Science, Climate Change, Pandemics and All the Other Emergencies by Dougald Hine
RRP: €26.18€17.33'One of the most perceptive and thought-provoking books ...Essential reading for these turbulent times.' Amitav Ghosh, author of The Great Derangement 'Dougald Hine's brilliant book demands we stare into that abyss and rethink our securest certainties... -
Sociology: A Complete Introduction: Teach Yourself by Paul Oliver
RRP: €17.84€11.66Sociology: A Complete Introduction is designed to give you everything you need to succeed, all in one place. It covers the key areas that students are expected to be confident in, outlining the basics in clear, jargon-free English and providing... -
Empires – A Historical and Political Sociology by K Kumar
RRP: €20.22€18.11Empires have been the commonest form of political organization for most of recorded history. How should we best understand them? What are their principles and how do they differ from other political forms, such as the nation-state? What sort of relations... -
Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: An Introvert's Year of Living Dangerously by Jessica Pan
RRP: €13.08€9.25'Funny, emotional and deeply inspiring, this is perfect for anyone wanting to break out of their comfort zone' HeatWhat would happen if a shy introvert lived as an out-and-out extrovert for one year? Jessica Pan is about to find out... *When she found... -
Blowback by Professor Chalmers Johnson 9780751530803
€13.59This provocative & important book, with a new preface by the author written after the momentous events of 11 September, is a powerful account of the consequences of American global policies. The 21st century, Chalmers Johnson tells us, will be a payback... -
Let Them Rot by Alenka Zupancic 9781739516109
RRP: €14.27€9.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739516109Author Alenka ZupancicFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Divided PublishingPublisher Divided Publishing -
Automation and the Future of Work by Aaron Benanav
RRP: €15.46€10.09Silicon Valley titans, politicians, techno-futurists and social critics have united in arguing that we are living on the cusp of an era of rapid technological automation, heralding the end of work as we know it. But does the much-discussed 'rise of the... -
Utopianism: A Very Short Introduction by Lyman Tower Sargent
RRP: €10.70€7.68There are many debates about utopia - What constitutes a utopia? Are utopias benign or dangerous? Is the idea of utopianism essential to Christianity or heretical? What is the relationship between utopia and ideology? This Very Short Introduction... -
The Class Ceiling: Why it Pays to be Privileged by Sam Friedman
RRP: €11.89€9.51Politicians continually tell us that anyone can get ahead. But is that really true? This important, best-selling book takes readers behind the closed doors of elite employers to reveal how class affects who gets to the top. Friedman and Laurison show... -
Beyond Bourdieu by Will Atkinson 9781509507498
RRP: €17.84€16.16Pierre Bourdieu is arguably the most influential sociologist of the twentieth century, especially since the once common criticisms of his determinism and reproductionism have receded. Now, however, his intellectual enterprise faces a new set of... -
The Right Amount of Panic: How Women Trade Freedom for Safety by Fiona Vera-Gray
RRP: €17.84€14.43Have you ever thought about how much energy goes into avoiding sexual violence? The work that goes into feeling safe goes largely unnoticed by the women doing it and by the wider world, and yet women and girls are the first to be blamed the inevitable... -
Consuming Life by Zygmunt Bauman 9780745640020
RRP: €19.03€17.15With the advent of liquid modernity, the society of producers is transformed into a society of consumers. In this new consumer society, individuals become simultaneously the promoters of commodities and the commodities they promote. They are, at one and... -
The Craftsman by Richard Sennett
RRP: €13.08€9.25Provocative and enlightening, Richard Sennett's The Craftsman is an exploration of craftsmanship - the desire to do a job well for its own sake - as a template for living. Most of us have to work. But is work just a means to an end? In trying to make a... -
Totemism by Claude Levi-Strauss 9780850363821
RRP: €13.03€11.27"Levi-Strauss continues his assault on the myth of the primitice as savage by turning to the phenomena of totemism an totoemix classification ... to show, contrary to this myth, that primitive thought rests upon a rich and complex conceptual... -
Boulevard Wren and Other Stories by Blindboy Boatclub
RRP: €14.88€10.44Boulevard Wren and Other Stories is the stunning follow-up to the bestselling Gospel According to Blindboy, and a warped mirror held up to the Irish psyche. Provocative and unsettling, the stories rove through the centuries, from the barren fields of... -
The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam by Douglas Murray 9781472942241
RRP: €22.60€16.67THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER A WATERSTONES POLITICS PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR, 2018 The Strange Death of Europe is a highly personal account of a continent and culture caught in the act of suicide. Declining birth-rates, mass immigration and... -
Four Futures: Life After Capitalism by Peter Frase
RRP: €13.08€10.42"It is easier to imagine the end of the world," the theorist Fredric Jameson has remarked, "than to imagine the end of capitalism." Jacobin Editor Peter Frase argues that technological advancements and environmental threats will inevitably push our... -
Insanitary City: Henry Littlejohn and the Condition of Edinburgh by Paul Laxton 9781859362204
RRP: €29.74€26.05Dr Henry Littlejohn's Report on the Sanitary Condition of Edinburgh (1865) was a landmark in urban management and public health administration. The Lancet described it as 'monumental'. The Report had a significance far beyond the boundaries of Edinburgh... -
From Here to Eternity: Travelling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty
RRP: €10.70€5.46As a practising mortician, Caitlin Doughty has long been fascinated by our pervasive terror of dead bodies. In From Here to Eternity she sets out in search of cultures unburdened by such fears. With curiosity and morbid humour, Doughty introduces us to... -
Enfleshed: Ecologies of Entities and Beings by Kristiina Koskentola 9789493148949
RRP: €28.56€18.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789493148949Author Kristiina KoskentolaFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint OnomatopeePublisher Onomatopee -
What is the Future? by Professor John Urry
RRP: €21.41€19.09Thinking about the future is essential for almost all organizations and societies. States, corporations, universities, cities, NGOs and individuals believe they cannot miss the future. But what exactly is the future? It remains a mystery perhaps the... -
Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture by Sherronda J. Brown
RRP: €20.22€13.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623177102Author Sherronda J. BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S. -
Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes by Robert M. Emerson
RRP: €23.80€20.21In "Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes", Robert M. Emerson, Rachel I. Fretz, and Linda L. Shaw present a series of guidelines, suggestions, and practical advice for creating useful fieldnotes in a variety of settings, demystifying a process that is often... -
2020: A Reckoning by Eric Klinenberg 9781847926937
RRP: €29.75€20.97Renowned sociologist and best-selling author Eric Klinenberg turns a year of devastation into a year of revelation in this wise, deeply researched and cathartic account of the pandemic.'A gripping, deeply moving account' SIDDHARTHA MUKHERJEE, author of... -
Violence by Slavoj Zizek
RRP: €13.08€9.25Zizek argues that the physical violence we see is often generated by the systemic violence that sustains our political and economic systems. With the help of eminent philosophers like Marx, Engel and Lacan, as well as frequent references to popular... -
Am I Normal?: The 200-Year Search for Normal People (and Why They Don’t Exist) by Sarah Chaney 9781788162463
RRP: €13.08€8.47*As heard on BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour* *A Blackwell's and Waterstones Best Popular Science Book of 2022* 'Excellent ... one of those rare pop-science books that make you look at the whole world differently' The Daily Telegraph ***** 'Riveting' Mail... -
Notes on Nationalism by George Orwell
RRP: €3.57€2.96'The general uncertainty as to what is really happening makes it easier to cling to lunatic beliefs'Biting and timeless reflections on patriotism, prejudice and power, from the man who wrote about his nation better than anyone. Penguin Modern: fifty new... -
The Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain by Ronald Hutton
RRP: €17.84€13.03Comprehensive and engaging, this colourful study covers the whole sweep of ritual history from the earliest written records to the present day. From May Day revels and Midsummer fires, to Harvest Home and Hallowe'en, to the twelve days of Christmas,... -
In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio by Philippe Bourgois
RRP: €29.74€25.68In Search of Respect, Philippe Bourgois's now-classic, ethnographic study of social marginalization in inner-city America, won critical acclaim after it was first published in 1995 and in 1997 was awarded the Margaret Mead Award. For the first time, an... -
The Sociological Imagination by C. Wright Mills 9780195133738
RRP: €17.84€13.03C. Wright Mills is best remembered for his highly acclaimed work The Sociological Imagination, in which he set forth his views on how social science should be pursued. Hailed upon publication as a cogent and hard-hitting critique, The Sociological... -
Intercourse by Andrea Dworkin
RRP: €16.65€10.95Andrea Dworkin, once called Feminism's Malcolm X," has been worshipped, reviled, criticized, and analyzed-but never ignored. The power of her writing, the passion of her ideals, and the ferocity of her intellect have spurred the arguments and activism...