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A joyfully serious man
The brilliant but turbulent life of a public intellectual who transformed the social sciencesRobert Bellah (1927–2013) was one of the most influential social scientists of the twentieth century. Trained as a sociologist, he crossed disciplinary boundaries in pursuit of a greater comprehension of ...
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Future needs wisdom
Helga Nowotny’s memoir provides a detailed account of her life, highlighting the challenges and triumphs of a woman who defied convention.
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Ghosts within
What are the long-term psychological costs of violence and war? Journalist Garry Leech draws from his experiences as a war correspondent, his ongoing personal struggle with PTSD and the latest research on this mental illness to provide a powerful and vivid answer to this question. For thirteen ye...
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Housing and the democratic ideal
Charles Abrams (1902-1970) stood at the center of the policies, problems, and politics surrounding urban planning, housing reform, and the public and private interests involved in the expansion of the American state. He uniquely combined in one person the often divergent roles of "public" and "po...
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In search of answers
This memoir takes us through modern Indian and Kerala history, both of which the author had a ringside view.
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Jung's life and work
The complete interviews that served as the basis for Jung’s bestselling memoir Memories, Dreams, ReflectionsFeatures a significant amount of material withheld from the original bookNewly translated and thoroughly annotated by world-renowned Jung expert Sonu ShamdasaniIn 1957, at the age of eighty...
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Kenneth waltz
This book is a groundbreaking intellectual biography of Kenneth Waltz, shedding new light on the development and significance of his key contributions.
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Marcel mauss
This book is the first intellectual biography of Marcel Mauss (1872-1950), the father of modern ethnology and a leading early figure in the French school of sociology. Mauss left a rich intellectual legacy in the social sciences, influencing the work of Claude Lévi-Strauss and others. His masterp...
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Marriage as a fine art
An unconventional take on the oldest convention.
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Max weber in america
Max Weber, widely considered a founder of sociology and the modern social sciences, visited the United States in 1904 with his wife Marianne. The trip was a turning point in Weber's life and it played a pivotal role in shaping his ideas, yet until now virtually our only source of information abou...
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Melanie klein
To the renowned psychoanalyst, philosopher, and linguist Julia Kristeva, Melanie Klein (1882–1960) was the most original innovator, male or female, in the psychoanalytic arena. Klein pioneered psychoanalytic practice with children and made major contributions to our understanding of both psychosi...
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Pioneering social research
Presenting the landmark Pioneers life stories project, this one-of-a-kind book documents how modern social research in the UK was shaped. It sheds new light on the lives, methods and motivations of men and women who helped develop a new world of research methodology, pioneered feminist research,...
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Richard titmuss
This is the first full-length biography of Richard Titmuss, a pioneer of social policy research and an influential figure in Britain’s post-war welfare debates. Drawing on his own papers, publications, and interviews with those who knew him, the book discusses Titmuss’s ideas, particularly those ...
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Stardust to stardust: reflections on living and dying
One of the 21st century's most brilliant sociologists confronts his own mortality.
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Strange journey
This biographical history follows John R. Friedeberg Seeley’s iconoclastic career as a pre-eminent 1950s “Pop Sociologist.” Seeley was the author of Crestwood Heights, a seminal work of postwar social science. He was also a controversial leader of the postwar mental health movement, and a foundin...
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The lives of erich fromm
The first comprehensive biography of Erich Fromm, capturing the personal, social, clinical, philosophic, and political aspects of an influential figure.
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White hand society
The inside story of how Allen Ginsberg and Timothy Leary launched the psychedelic revolution together.
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