This critical review of 'postmodernity' argues that we are not living in the midst of a new 'grea...

First published in 1994. The media report terrible events. But the academic study of the media is...

This book offers a major interpretation of contemporary cultural and social relationships, encomp...

This major study discusses some of the meanings and preconditions of freedom, responsibility and ...

An examination of humanitarianism in Western society. Argues that humanitarianism has become a st...

Animals and Society uses a variety of historical sources and a coherent social theory to tell the...

Timely and original, this collection of essays from the leading figures in their fields throws ne...

In addition to considering the role of social theory in the imagination of alternative futures, t...

This major study discusses some of the meanings and preconditions of freedom, responsibility and ...

In addition to considering the role of social theory in the imagination of alternative futures, t...

Keith Tester examines modernity through the prism of the two sovereigns - of the individual and t...

Animals and Society uses a variety of historical sources and a coherent social theory to tell the...