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  • Philosophy of Social Science

    The Philosophical Foundations of Social Thought

    by Ted Benton, Ian Craib ...
    Series series Traditions in Social Theory
    Philosophers and social scientists share a common goal: to explore fundamental truths about ourselves and the nature of the world in which we live. But in what ways do these two distinct disciplines inform each other and arrive at these truths? This third revised edition of this highly regarded text directly responds to such issues as it introduces students to the philosophy of social science.This ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Sociological Theory and the Environment

    Classical Foundations, Contemporary Insights

    by Ted Benton, Frederick Buttel, William R. Catton Jr., Riley Dunlap, Peter Grimes, Rosemary McKechnie, Elim Papadakis, Timmons Roberts, Ornulf Seippel, Elizabeth Shove, Alan Warde, Peter Wehling, Ian Welsh, Steve Yearley, John Hannigan, Raymond Murphy ...
    Sociological Theory and the Environment is a comprehensive survey and assessment of sociological theories of the relations between societies and their 'natural' biophysical environment. This book touches on and addresses virtually all of the major perspectives, focal points, and debates in environmental sociology today-classical and twentieth century social theories, macro-micro linkage issues, ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Critical Theory and Animal Liberation

    by Aaron Bell, Ted Benton, Susan Benston, Christina Gerhardt, John Sorenson, Dennis Soron, Vasile Stanescu, Zipporah Weisberg, Renzo Llorente, Carol J. Adams, Carl Boggs, Karen Davis, Josephine Donovan, Victoria Johnson, Eduardo Mendieta ...
    Series series Nature's Meaning
    Critical Theory and Animal Liberation is the first collection to approach our relationship with other animals from the critical or "left" tradition in political and social thought. Breaking with past treatments that have framed the problem as one of "animal rights," the authors instead depict the exploitation and killing of other animals as a political question of the first order. The ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Alternatives to Neoliberalism

    Towards Equality and Democracy

    by Karel Williams, Sukhdev Johal, Jeremy Gilbert, Colin Crouch, Andrew Cumbers, Michael Moran, Grahame Thompson, Zoë Irving, Kevin Farnsworth, Ted Benton, Anna Coote ...
    In this collection, innovative and eminent social and policy analysts, including Colin Crouch, Anna Coote, Grahame Thompson and Ted Benton, challenge the failing but still dominant ideology and policies of neo-liberalism.The editors synthesise contributors’ ideas into a revised framework for social democracy; rooted in feminism, environmentalism, democratic equality and market accountability to ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Philosophical Foundations of the Three Sociologies (RLE Social Theory)

    by Ted Benton ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
    An extended historical and philosophical argument, this book will be a valuable text for all students of the philosophy of the social sciences. It discusses the serious alternatives to positivist and empiricist accounts of the physical sciences, and poses the debate between naturalism and anti-naturalism in the social sciences in new terms. Recent materialist and realist philosophies of science ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Solitary Bees

    by Ted Benton, Nick Owens ...
    Series Book 146 - Collins New Naturalist Library
    A completely up-to-date introduction to the most common group of bees in Britain.Bees, for most people, mean honey or bumble bees, but in fact these social species make up only a small proportion of the species that live in Britain. Open your eyes to the so-called ‘solitary’ bees, and discover a wonderfully diverse population – miners, leafcutters, carpenters and masons – many of which can be ... Read more

    Was $79.99 USD Now $36.99 USD

  • Grasshoppers and Crickets

    by Ted Benton ...
    Series Book 120 - Collins New Naturalist Library
    For the first time ever, a DVD featuring exclusive video and audio material accompanies the latest New Naturalist volume, a multimedia first for the series.Ted Benton offers a comprehensive account of the appearance, variations, behaviour, habitat, life-cycles and distribution of all the native British species of bush-crickets, crickets, groundhoppers and grasshoppers. Many details from direct ... Read more

    $2.49 USD

  • Strangers to Nature

    Animal Lives and Human Ethics

    by Drucilla Cornell, Julian H. Franklin, Heather M. Kendrick, Andrew Linzey, Paola Cavalieri, Rod Preece, Ted Benton, Peter Sloterdijk, Michael Allen Fox, Ralph R. Acampora, Bernard Rollin, Eduardo Mendieta, Michael J. Thompson, Lori Gruen ...
    Series series Logos: Perspectives on Modern Society and Culture
    Strangers to Nature challenges a reading public that has grown complacent with the standard framework of the animal ethics debate. Human influence on, and the control of, the natural world has greater consequences than ever, making the human impact on the lives of animals more evident. We cannot properly interrogate our conduct in the world without a deeper understanding of how our actions affect ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Social Theory and the Global Environment

    by Ted Benton, Michael Redclift ...
    This book marks a watershed in the social sciences. The qualitative, critical perspective of sociology and allied disciplines challenges the technocentric `managerialism' which dominates environmental policy, its discourse and its impact. The authors explore the relationship between social theory and sustainability in an attempt to transend technical rhetoric and embrace a broader understanding of ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • Solitary bees

    by Ted Benton ...
    Series Book 33 - Naturalists' Handbooks
    In Britain and Ireland there are about ten times more species of solitary bee than bumblebee and honeybee combined, yet the solitary bees tend to be ignored and we know much less about them. They are a fascinating, attractive and diverse group that can be found easily in a wide range of habitats, both urban and rural, and they are important as pollinators.Solitary bees provides an introduction to ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

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  • Realism Discourse and Deconstruction

    Edited by Jonathan Joseph, John Michael Roberts ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Critical Realism
    Theories of discourse bring to realism new ideas about how knowledge develops and how representations of reality are influenced. We gain an understanding of the conceptual aspect of social life and the processes by which meaning is produced. This collection reflects the growing interest realist critics have shown towards forms of discourse theory and deconstruction. The diverse range of ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Truth, Politics, Morality

    Pragmatism and Deliberation

    by Cheryl Misak ...
    Cheryl Misak argues that truth ought to be reinstated to a central position in moral and political philosophy. She argues that the correct account of truth is one found in a certain kind of pragmatism: a true belief is one upon which inquiry could not improve, a belief which would not be defeated by experience and argument. This account is not only an improvement on the views of central figures ... Read more

    $70.99 USD