Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

A.E.グプティル他著『食の社会学－パラドクスから考える』第3版
Guptill, Amy E. / Copelton, Denise A. / Lucal, Betsy, Food & Society: Principles and Paradoxes. 3rd ed. 288 pp. 2022:11 (Polity Pr., UK) <684-351>
ISBN 978-1-5095-4223-9 hard ¥16,817.- (税込) US$ 74.95 *
ISBN 978-1-5095-4224-6 paper ¥6,046.- (税込) US$ 26.95 *

This popular text, now in a third edition, offers readers a vivid perspective on the cultural and social complexities of food practices and the current food system. Synthesizing insights from the multidisciplinary field of food studies, this book engages readers' curiosity by highlighting the seeming paradoxes of food: how food is both individual and social, reveals both distinction and conformity, and, in the contemporary era, seems to come from everywhere but nowhere in particular. Each chapter begins with an intriguing case study and ends with suggested resources and activities. Chapter topics include identity, restaurants and food media, health, marketing, industrialization, global food, surplus and scarcity, and social change. Updates and enhancements in this edition reflect new scholarly insights into how food is involved in social media, social movements, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout, the book blends concepts and empirical accounts to address the central issues of culture, structure, and social inequality. Written in a lively, accessible style, this book provides students with an unrivalled and multifaceted introduction to this fascinating aspect of social life.

Haeder, Michael, Empirical Social Research: An Introduction. 458 pp. 2022:10 (Springer, GW) <684-15>
ISBN 978-3-658-37906-3 paper ¥10,936.- (税込) EUR 44.99 *

Social science methods such as surveys, observations and content analyses are used in market research, studies of contemporary history, urban planning and communication research. They are all the more needed by sociologists and empirically working political scientists. Whether in the context of evaluating a prevention programme or for surveying health behaviour or for a study on social mobility, the confident handling of the social science instruments is always a prerequisite for obtaining reliable results. This book provides important information for users and developers of these instruments. It deals with the theoretical foundations of the methods, the steps in the conception and implementation of a project, the many variants of data collection, the methods to be used in the selection of study units, as well as the principles to be observed in the evaluation and documentation of the findings. With the help of numerous examples, a particularly clear presentation is achieved. In the fourth, updated edition, river sampling has now been included in the selection process, digital methods are increasingly presented and, against the background of the new data protection regulation, research ethics and data protection are also updated.

Richards, Sarah / Coombs, Sarah (eds.), Critical Perspectives on Research with Children: Reflexivity, Methodology, and Researcher Identity. (Sociology of Children and Families) 208 pp. 2023:1 (Bristol U. Pr., UK) <684-1310>
ISBN 978-1-5292-1677-6 hard ¥23,056.- (税込) GB￡ 80.00 *
ISBN 978-1-5292-1678-3 paper ¥7,778.- (税込) GB￡ 26.99 *

This collection explores leading values and concepts in global child-based research through the lens of reflexivity. The book considers issues such as the identities and roles of researchers, as well as the burdens, boundaries, and ethical frameworks which govern their activities. Using empirical examples from Israel, India, Thailand, and England, expert contributors discuss a range of topics including online safety, disabilities, gang membership, safeguarding, sexting, and child prostitution. This book guides childhood research towards a more reflexive debate that critically challenges conventions, and highlights plurality of voice.

J.スコット著　社会学理論－現代の論争　第3版
Scott, John, Sociological Theory: Contemporary Debates. 3rd ed. 304 pp. 2023:1 (E. Elgar, UK) <684-1311>
ISBN 978-1-80220-689-0 hard ¥33,143.- (税込) GB￡ 115.00 *
ISBN 978-1-80220-691-3 paper ¥10,087.- (税込) GB￡ 35.00 *

This thoroughly revised and updated third edition provides an expanded analysis of the nature and future of sociological theory. It offers new sections on feminist, post-colonial, and critical race theories, as well as a discussion of theories of system, structure and complexity.John Scott paints an overview of early developments in sociological thinking, before exploring the principal theorists and theoretical approaches of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. A review of general theory sets the scene for the strong narrative on contention and convergence that is developed throughout the book. Scott argues that the works of the theorists considered provide the basis for a vibrant future for understanding sociology as a cooperative intellectual venture. Analysing emerging debates on modernity and post-modernity, this book looks towards the development and future of theorising in sociology.Lively and accessible in its approach, Sociological Theory will be an essential guide for scholars and students of sociology and sociological theory seeking clear discussions and critical reflections on theoretical ideas.

Skalnik, Petr (ed.), Ernest Gellner's Legacy and Social Theory Today. 594 pp. 2022:9 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <684-1312>
ISBN 978-3-031-06804-1 hard ¥13,367.- (税込) EUR 54.99

This edited volume examines the critical issues of the 21st century through the prism of Ernest Gellner's work. The contributors look critically at Gellner?s legacy, questioning whether he remains an inspiration for today's social theorists. Chapters proactively probe Gellner's thoughts on a variety of pressing topics-modernity, postcolonialsm, nationalism, and more-without losing sight of current debates on these issues. This volume further brings these debates to life by having each chapter followed by a comment by an academic peer of the chapter author, thus transforming the text into a lively and dynamic conversation.

Stam, Robert, Indigeneity and the Decolonizing Gaze: Transnational Imaginaries, Media Aesthetics, and Social Thought. 416 pp. 2022:12 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <684-1313>
ISBN 978-1-350-28236-0 hard ¥21,615.- (税込) GB￡ 75.00 *
ISBN 978-1-350-28235-3 paper ¥7,201.- (税込) GB￡ 24.99 *

Against the long historical backdrop of 1492, Columbus, and the Conquest, Robert Stam's wide-ranging study traces a trajectory from the representation of indigenous peoples by others to self-representation by indigenous peoples, often as a form of resistance and rebellion to colonialist or neoliberal capitalism, across an eclectic range of forms of media, arts, and social philosophy. Spanning national and transnational media in countries including the US, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, and Italy, Stam orchestrates a dialogue between the western mediated gaze on the 'Indian' and the indigenous gaze itself, especially as incarnated in the burgeoning movement of "indigenous media," that is, the use of audio-visual-digital media for the social and cultural purposes of indigenous peoples themselves. Drawing on examples from cinema, literature, music, video, painting and stand-up comedy, Stam shows how indigenous artists, intellectuals and activists are responding to the multiple crises - climatological, economic, political, racial, and cultural - confronting the world.

社会科学哲学－社会思想の哲学的基礎　第3版
Benton, Ted / Craib, Ian, Philosophy of Social Science: The Philosophical Foundations of Social Thought. 3rd ed. (Traditions in Social Theory) 336 pp. 2023:3 (Bloomsbury Academic, UK) <684-13>
ISBN 978-1-350-32908-9 hard ¥28,820.- (税込) GB￡ 100.00 *
ISBN 978-1-350-32907-2 paper ¥9,507.- (税込) GB￡ 32.99 *

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 classic text has been brought up to date with a new introduction and commentaries reflecting on the original chapters in the context of more recent developments. Two brand new chapters discuss critical social science and one of the most pressing issues concerning social scientists today - how we interrogate human society's complex relationship with nature and its impact on biodiversity and climate change. The book: - Clearly introduces the theoretical underpinnings of social science, assuming no prior knowledge - Addresses critical issues relating to the nature of social science - Interrogates the relationship between social science and natural science - Encompasses traditional and contemporary perspectives - Introduces and critiques a wide range of approaches, from empiricism and positivism to post structuralism and rationalism. Written in an engaging and student-friendly style, the book introduces key ideas and concepts while raising questions and opening debates. A cornerstone text in the Traditions in Social Theory series, this book remains essential reading for all students of social theory and social science research.

R.ブルーベイカー著　ハイパーコネクティビティとその不満
Brubaker, Rogers, Hyperconnectivity and Its Discontents. 288 pp. 2022:11 (Polity Pr., UK) <684-1306>
ISBN 978-1-5095-5452-2 hard ¥15,695.- (税込) US$ 69.95 *
ISBN 978-1-5095-5453-9 paper ¥5,597.- (税込) US$ 24.95 *

Digital hyperconnectivity is a defining fact of our time. The Silicon Valley dream of universal connection - in which everyone and everything is connected to everyone and everything else, everywhere and all the time - is rapidly becoming a reality. Hyperconnectivity has colonized the self, reorganizing our attention and reshaping our ways of thinking, seeing, and feeling. It has channeled social interaction into platform-friendly, surveillance-enhancing forms and formats. It has converted the whole of human culture into an unending stream of digital content, served to us by personalized algorithms. It has given birth to gigantic oligopolies with unprecedented power over our future. It has fragmented the public sphere, polarizing - and in some ways paralyzing - the citizenry, and strengthening populist challenges to mediating institutions. In this wide-ranging yet concise and sharply argued book, Rogers Brubaker develops an original interpretive account of these pervasive and unsettling changes. With characteristic lucidity, Brubaker traces transformations of the self, social relations, culture, economics, and politics, giving special attention to underexplored themes of abundance, miniaturization, convenience, quantification, and discipline. He shows how hyperconnectivity prepared us for the pandemic and how the pandemic, in turn, has prepared us for an even more fully digitally mediated future. Throughout, Brubaker underscores the ambivalence of digital hyperconnectivity, which opens up many new and exciting possibilities yet at the same time threatens human freedom and flourishing. Hyperconnectivity and Its Discontents will be essential reading for anyone interested in the constellation of socio-technical forces that are profoundly remaking our world.

Knopf, Kerstin / Febel, Gisela / Nonhoff, Martin (eds.), Contradiction Studies - Exploring the Field. (Contradiction Studies) 298 pp. 2022:11 (Springer VS, GW) <684-1309>
ISBN 978-3-658-37783-0 paper ¥24,306.- (税込) EUR 99.99

"Contradiction" is a core concept in the humanities and the social sciences. Beside the classical ideas of logical or dialectical contradiction, instances of "lived" contradiction and strategies of coping with it are objects of this study. Contradiction Studies discuss the many ways in which explicit or implicit contradictions are negotiated in different political or cultural settings. This volume collects articles that tackle the concept of contradiction, practices of contradicting and lived contradictions from a number of relevant perspectives and assembles contributions from linguistics, literary studies, philosophy, political science, and media studies.