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Mike Gane
Two people meet and discover they share a love of acting, telling stories and reading Roland Barthes. They agree to meet up two or three times a month and exchange…
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Offers an appraisal of Durkheim’s method that argues that fundamental errors have been made in interpreting Durkheim. This book also argues that to understand ‘The Rules’ it is necessary also…
Presents Baudrillard’s key concepts and examines his contribution to postmodernism, feminism, technology, art, war, time and politics
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In this collection of Baudrillard’s most important interviews the reader gains an overview of his key ideas on society and culture.
In this collection of Baudrillard’s most important interviews the reader gains an overview of his key ideas on culture and society.
Harmless Lovers examines the connections between gender theory and lived gender relationships of some of the key social theorists - including Wollstonecraft, Enfantin, Comte, Marx, Engels, Mill, Nietzsche, Durkheim and…
The work of Michel Foucault, one of the most influential of modern French social theorists and philosophers, has had a dramatic and far-reaching effect on many disciplines. This title includes…
Having taken over the leadership of the French school of sociology after the death of his uncle, Emile Durkheim, in 1917, Mauss, celebrated author of The Gift, re-launched the flagship…
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Here are two of Mauss’s most significant statements on the social sciences. The 1st, written with Fauconnet, outlines the methodological orientations of the school. The 2nd examines the internal organization…
This collection reflects the French influence on literary and representational theory which has been predominant in recent years. It contains stimulating essays on the fiction of Perault, Borges, James, Eco…
Baudrillard is widely recognised as a powerful new force in cultural and social criticism, and is often referred to as the ‘High Priest of Postmodernism’. This study presents a detached…
A guide to Baudrillard as cultural critic.
Harmless Lovers examines the connections between gender theory and lived gender relationships of some of the key social theorists - including Wollestonecratf, Enfantin, Comte, Marx, Engels, Mill, Nietzsche, Durkheim and…
A guide to Baudrillard. It is organized into eight sections including: Theoretical Issues; Postmodernism; Culture; War; America; Seduction; Fiction and Art; and, Baudrillard and Other Social Theorists.
Michael Gane
French Social Theory
Mike Gane,Nicholas Gane
In this fascinating study, the first major reassessment of Comte’s sociology for years, Mike Gane draws on recent scholarship and presents a new reading of this remarkable figure. Gane’s work…
This accomplished book provides a peerless account of the French tradition. It provides an overview of French social theory; divides French social theory into three coherent cycles: positivist, anthropological and…
Roland Barthes (1915-80) was one of the leading post-structuralist authors of his day as well as making many important contributions to semiotics. These three volumes provide a complete overview of…
This major collection brings Foucault’s later work into sharp focus and illustrates some of the ways in which it is informing developments in the social sciences.
This outstanding collection brings together a selection of key articles on Durkheim and Mauss, showing their points of convergence and divergence.
