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This volume recognizes and presents the complexity of Gramsci's formulation through a selection of contemporary theoretical as well as historico-social investigations that mark a significantly innovative moment in the work on hegemony.

This volume - organized around critical perspectives on Norbert Elias's history of emotions - focuses on the history of emotional styles and socio-historical change, providing an analysis of the intersection of historical and sociological perspectives on changes in emotional regimes. Exploring such issues as the formation of emotional communities, the histories of contested emotions, the modern politics of emotions, and violence and emotions, the authors seek to answer the questions: What are the drivers of change in Western societies¿ emotional regimes? What is the role of collective emotions in socio-historical change?

Erving Goffman is considered by many to have been one of the most important sociologists of the post-war era. His later analysis explored the field of deviance and many of his works in this area are now considered as sociological classics. This collection brings together many of today's leading sociologists to pursue and build upon the diverse aspects of Goffman's legacy.Ranging from his critique of institutionalization to his understanding of the minute details of face-to-face interaction, this collection reveals the richness of Goffman's own work as well as his contribution to sociology today and will be essential reading for students and academics alike.

Written by world renowned Durkheim scholars, this book examines the continuing importance of Durkheim's classic text on suicide, and revisits some of the key issues explored.

Brings together a distinguished group of philosophers, political theorists, and anthropologists to explore the role that the idea of 'authenticity' plays in the recognition and accommodation of cultural minorities and their practices. Discussing a wide range of illustrative cases and controversies drawn from Britain and continental Europe, North America, Australia, and the Middle East, this book moves beyond abstract discussion to consider also the practical and public policy implications of the putative authenticity of autonomous persons and of cultural practices.

The volume moves away from the more dominating and traditionally cast understandings of distributive justice and explores the long shadow of practices of trusteeship, stewardship and concepts of social and individual rights, and egalitarian practices and post-colonial African political thought.

This is the first volume to bring together key philosophically interesting yet typically overlooked Panarchic texts. Each text is written at different historical periods and across different cultures and geographical regions. The amassed wealth of theoretical insight will enable readers to compare different texts in this tradition of political thought and distinguish different streams and varieties within this political tradition.

Tate examines the development of Locke's ideal of toleration, from its beginnings, to the culmination of this development in his fifteen year debate with his great antagonist, the Anglican clergyman, Jonas Proast.

Taking inspiration from David McLellan's impressive body of work, the contributors engage directly with the relationship between Marx, ideology and religion in order to further scholarly debate and discussion on these three major themes of contemporary domestic and international politics.

Advances the concept of post-foundational cosmopolitanism as a way of thinking cosmopolitanism after the critique of foundations.