Politics, Social Theory, Utopia and the World-System: Arguments in Political Sociology

by Chamsy el-Ojeili

Book Overview

It is common to hear that we live in unique, turbulent and crisis-ridden times and this turbulence, transformation and crisis are said to be deeply significant - perhaps threatening - for the human sciences. Responding to such claims, this book provides an accessible engagement with pressing contemporary topics, such as violence, social movements, equality, identity and democracy. Foregrounding the imagination of possibilities (utopia), the mapping...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230246109
• ISBN13: 9780230246102
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 237 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.6"