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This is a new and revised edition of a book which has had a major impact upon the social sciences and public political debate. Anthony Elliott and Charles Lemert's THE NEW INDIVIDUALISM inspired readers with the dramatic suggestion that 'the reinvention craze' - from self-help and therapy culture to management restructurings and corporate downsizings - is central to a 'new individualism' sweeping the globe. Giving particular attention to the n...

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∗ Highly readable and bold defence of the relevance and importance of Freud′s theories to contemporary culture. ∗ A lucid application of Freudian concepts to current theoretical issues in the social sciences and the humanities. ∗ Includes contributions from highly distinguished scholars in the social sciences and the humanities.

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More than ten years on from its original publication, Concepts of the Self still mesmerizes with its insight, comprehensiveness and critique of debates over the self in the social sciences and humanities. Anthony Elliott has written a new preface to this third edition to address some of the most recent developments in the field, and offers a powerful challenge to what he describes as 'the emergence of anti-theories of the self'. The first two ...

Society' is one of the most frequently used words in public life, it is also a foundational term in the social sciences. In our own time, however, the idea has never been so much in dispute and so little understood. For some critics, society is simply too consensual for a world of intensive discord. For others, the idea of 'society' is oppressive - the very notion, so some argue, is dismissive of the infinite social differences that shape glob...

Society' is one of the most frequently used words in public life, it is also a foundational term in the social sciences. In our own time, however, the idea has never been so much in dispute and so little understood. For some critics, society is simply too consensual for a world of intensive discord. For others, the idea of 'society' is oppressive - the very notion, so some argue, is dismissive of the infinite social differences that shape glob...

A wealthy father of three daughters decides to build the perfect house. Following the death of his wife in childbirth, the grieving man hires an architect to build a new home that his daughters will love. Afterward, they can all start a new life. The architect builds such an unusual house that it becomes the talk of the neighborhood, and is known simply as That House. As That House illuminates the sky, it becomes a place of hope for a struggli...

The Routledge Companion to Contemporary Japanese Social Theory breaks new ground in providing a detailed, systematic appraisal of the major traditions of social theory prominent in Japan today - from theories of identity and individualization to globalization studies. The volume introduces readers to the rich diversity of social-theoretical critique in contemporary Japanese social theory. The editors have brought together some of the most infl...

In this compelling book, Anthony Elliott traces the rise of psychoanalysis from the Frankfurt School to postmodernism. Examining how pathbreaking theorists such as Adorno, Marcuse, Lacan and Lyotard have deployed psychoanalysis to politicise issues such as desire, sexuality, repression and identity, Elliott assesses the gains and losses arising from this appropriation of psychoanalysis in social theory and cultural studies. Moving from the im...

A comprehensive introduction to psychoanalytic theory and its uses in the social sciences and humanities, with special emphasis on its relevance for our understanding of political agency.

A comprehensive introduction to psychoanalytic theory and its uses in the social sciences and humanities, with special emphasis on its relevance for our understanding of political agency.

This remarkable book develops a wide-ranging analysis of key issues and debates in contemporary social theory. Drawing social theory, cultural studies, and psychoanalysis together in a bold configuration, Elliott challenges the widespread view that social theory seems to have lost its way as a result of the diversification of conceptual approaches. In outlining an approach that places imagination and creativity at the center of social theory, ...

A spectacular collection of essays by the most noted theorists of identity. The book well frames the issues around identity that presently are defining living in the early 21st century … A must read." - Patricia Ticineto Clough, City University, New York "A wonderfully disparate and impressively distinguished set of authors to address the question of identity. The result is exciting and fruitful. No other book connects so elegantly socio...

This text covers Baumana (TM)s contribution to sociology and social theory. This ideal teaching text analyzes Bauman's shift from a sociology of postmodernity to liquid modernity, and provides a critical assessment of the contemporary Bauman, appraising his novel theory of liquid modernity in terms of its implications for self-identity, interpersonal relationships, culture, communications, and the broad-ranging institutional transformations as...

∗ Highly readable and bold defence of the relevance and importance of Freud′s theories to contemporary culture. ∗ A lucid application of Freudian concepts to current theoretical issues in the social sciences and the humanities. ∗ Includes contributions from highly distinguished scholars in the social sciences and the humanities.

Identity Troubles: An Introduction provides a wide-ranging, accessible and critical introduction to theories of identity in the social sciences and humanities. Written by a world authority, the book offers the first reasonably comprehensive overview of identity studies in the interdisciplinary field of social theory ' with chapters discussing the major works of key theorists, outlining the relevant social and historical context, and drawing ou...

∗ Selections from the best-known intellectuals and researchers in social theory around the globe. ∗ Includes discussion of not only traditional aspects of social theory, but also recent controversies surrounding such topics as self, identity and subjectivity, race, multiculturalism, modernism and postmodernism.

The Blackwell Reader in Contemporary Social Theory" provides a comprehensive and exciting introduction to the major developments, debates, and schools of thought in social theory today.