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

Li, Peilin / Qu, Jingdong / Yang, Yabin, Chinese Sociologists in the First Half of the 20th Century. 314 pp. 2024:8 (Springer, GW) <732-902>
ISBN 978-981-9726-52-3 hard ¥36,780.- (税込) EUR 159.99

This book offers a biographical, intellectual and academic history of sociology in the late Qing and Republic of China period. The 46 sociologists featured in this volume are chosen from the pantheon of notable scholars who labored in this burgeoning field. Each of the 46 chapters is devoted to introducing one sociologist. Every chapter begins with a short biography that sheds light on how one sociologist became the scholar they were and earned their place in not only sociology, but also, for some of them, other fields in the social sciences and the humanities. This is followed by a review and analysis of the representative works by this sociologist, and how those laid the foundation for and contributed to the early development of a particular field of research in sociology as we know it today. The book weaves together a history of this academic discipline in China over those turbulent decades that organically combines personal details, methodological development, institutional changes and also larger social, economic and intellectual trends.

Balon, Jan / Holmwood, John, Empire and Subject Peoples: Herbert Adolphus Miller and the Political Sociology of Domination. (Theory for a Global Age) 208 pp. 2025:2 (Manchester U. Pr., UK) <731-987>
ISBN 978-1-5261-6860-3 hard ¥22,176.- (税込) GB￡ 80.00

The book outlines the sociological arguments and political activities of the US pragmatist sociologist, Herbert Adolphus Miller (1875-1951). Miller was part of the milieu of Chicago sociology and involved in its studies of race and immigration. He took a distinctly more radical approach and developed a novel political sociology of domination in which he set out a critique of empires, the plight of subject minorities and the risks associated with the inevitable nationalist responses. Where others have identified with the 'internationalisation' of nationalism, Miller sought to make the nation 'international'. He was actively involved in movements for racial justice, Czechoslovakian independence, the formation of the Mid-European Union of subject peoples, as well as support for Korean and Indian independence. He was dismissed by Ohio State University for his activism in 1932.

M.ヴェーバー没後100年－遺産と展望
Derman, Joshua / Gordon, Peter E. (eds.), Max Weber at 100: Legacies and Prospects. 336 pp. 2025:1 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <731-988>
ISBN 978-0-19-760492-2 hard ¥20,473.- (税込) US$ 99.00

ラザーズフェルドの方法論と欧州における戦後社会学への影響
Jerabek, Hynek, Lazarsfeld's Methodology and Its Influence on Postwar Sociology in Europe: The Rise of the Columbia Model of Sociology. (Routledge Advances in Sociology) 216 pp. 2024:11 (Routledge, UK) <731-990>
ISBN 978-1-03-268006-4 hard ¥37,422.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00

This book explains how the Columbia model of sociology, which was based on the methodology of P.F. Lazarsfeld, became a dominant sociological school of thought in American and European post-war sociology. Providing an overview of Lazarsfeld's inventions and his methodological, organisational, and institutional innovations, it describes the means by which a particular model of sociology was gradually adopted in departments headed by Lazarsfeld and in the work of his successors. With attention to the use by Lazarsfeld of methodological texts published by prestigious publishing houses in his research and teaching, his activity in international organisations - including the UN - his collaboration with figures such as Robert K. Merton and Raymond Boudon, and his attempts to show how the roots of his empirical research methodology lay in the work of early European scholars, this volume shows how a particular sociological paradigm came to prevail over others for more than a decade. It will therefore appeal to scholars of sociology with interests in the history of the discipline and questions of research methodology.

Emigh, Rebecca Jean / Riley, Dylan (eds.), Elites, Nonelites, and Power: The Critical Legacy of Elite Theory from Marx to Lachmann, and Then Beyond. (Political Power and Social Theory 41) 368 pp. 2024:11 (Emerald, UK) <731-682>
ISBN 978-1-83797-584-6 hard ¥30,606.- (税込) US$ 148.00

In a world of vertiginous inequality, escalating ecological disaster, and extraordinary political and economic turbulence generated by a winner-take-all society seemingly designed to concentrate privilege and power in the hands of a very few, the central question that faces social science-and indeed the world-is whether social protest will change anything, or whether elites will continue to lead the planet and its population to disaster. All important topics of contemporary social science, including racial justice, environmental change, immigration, economic inequality, and education, to name a few, revolve around this issue. Elites, Nonelites, and Power explores how the question of the power of elites, and the conditions under which that power might be tamed, lie at the heart of social science today. Bringing together a cutting-edge set of multidisciplinary papers on power, elites, and nonelites, that weigh in on these central issues of the world and social science, the collection consider these topics in a new, inclusive way, by drawing in researchers who deal with topics central to elite theory, but who might not be represented in more classic statements of it. A "go to" piece for several generations of scholars, this is a compelling volume for scholars across the social sciences interested in elite theory.

M.ヴェーバーの経済に関する社会学的思想
Maurer, Andrea (ed.), Max Weber's Sociological Thought on the Economy. 240 pp. 2024:9 (Agenda Pub., UK) <730-154>
ISBN 978-1-78821-707-1 hard ¥20,790.- (税込) GB￡ 75.00 *

Max Weber (1864-1920) has long been considered a founding figure of sociology. This book offers a fresh reading of Weber's work and highlights his thinking about the economy and economic interactions in society. Complicated by the reception history precipitated by his untimely death, the workings of the economy and capitalism are themes that run throughout his writings but are often overlooked or subordinated to his sociology. In an attempt to restore Weber's place in the history of economics and to relate his approach to social science to the field today, a distinguished group of Weberian scholars explore the life and works of Max Weber, his interest in economic institutions and forms and his most influential analytical concepts.

Mvibudulu Mbanza, Jordan, De la volonte generale de Jean-Jacques Rousseau vers une morale politique: l'apologie de l'interet general pour une Afrique emancipee. (Ouverture philosophique. Debats) 197 p. 2024:6 (L'Harmattan, FR) <729-19>
ISBN 978-2-336-45958-5 paper ¥5,057.- (税込) EUR 22.00

Kristinsson, David G., Soziologie als kuenftige Philosophie der Gesellschaft: Zum Philosophieverstaendnis der fruehen Vertreter deutschsprachiger Soziologie (1883-1909). X, 630 S. 2024:6 (Mohr, GW) <727-969>
ISBN 978-3-16-163630-1 paper ¥25,059.- (税込) EUR 109.00 *

David G. Kristinsson legt eine Geschichte der Grenze zwischen Soziologie und Philosophie vor. Darin befasst er sich mit deutschsprachigen Soziologen der ersten Stunde. Er betrachtet die entstehende Disziplin Soziologie in ihrer Absetzungsbewegung zur Philosophie. Mittels intensiver Lektuere bestimmter Werke (u.a. Toennies‘ und Simmels) untersucht er, welche Aufgaben die Soziologen ihrer neuen Disziplin in Abgrenzung zu denen einer kuenftigen Philosophie zuwiesen. Da Soziologen zu dieser Zeit noch kaum auf statistischer, sondern vor allem auf Grundlage historischer Kenntnisse und Alltagsbeobachtungen arbeiteten, analysiert der Autor die Abweichungen von der Gesellschaftsanalyse der herrschenden Universitaetsphilosophie. Denn ihre induktive Metaphysik der Gesellschaft unterschied sie zwar klar von der spekulativen, kaum aber von der wissenschaftlichen Philosophie.

社会学理論－コントからポストコロニアリズムまで
Orsini, Alessandro, Sociological Theory: From Comte to Postcolonialism. 668 pp. 2024:5 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <726-1057>
ISBN 978-3-031-52538-4 paper ¥14,940.- (税込) EUR 64.99

This textbook analyses the work of classical and contemporary sociological theorists. The first part is dedicated to Comte, Spencer, Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Pareto, and Simmel. The second part covers the major contemporary sociological perspectives: Functionalism, Marxism, Conflict Theory, Symbolic Interactionism, Phenomenological Sociology, and Rational Choice Theory. The third part is devoted to Postmodern Theory, Feminist Theory, Postcolonial Theory, and Race Theory. The author combines academic rigour with clear and accessible language, offering students an in-depth and extensive overview of the main, recurring problems that have troubled sociological theory from its origins to the present day. The textbook uses contemporary examples, analysing how sociological theory can explain the most tragic phenomena of our time, including the war in Ukraine, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, US-China competition over Taiwan, nuclear proliferation, radicalization, neofascism, white suprematism, jihadism, and terrorism. With pedagogic features aiding learning, this book helps navigate the various approaches, methods, and research that divide sociologists into distinct schools. This textbook is therefore an invaluable tool to any sociology student looking to gain a comprehensive understanding of the foundational thinkers that have shaped the discipline.

Trajanovski, Naum, A History of Macedonian Sociology: In Quest for Identity. (Sociology Transformed) 174 pp. 2024:5 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <726-1058>
ISBN 978-3-031-48868-9 hard ¥6,204.- (税込) EUR 26.99

This book is the first English-language monograph about the institutional development of sociology in (North) Macedonia. It maps and discusses the contexts, goals, and merits of the pioneering attempts for sociological research in the interwar period, early post-war educational and publishing politics, the institutionalization of sociology in socialist Macedonia in the course of the 1960s, its cross-national exchanges, as well as its major trajectories and debates up until the present days. Against the backgrounds of the political and intellectual histories of Yugoslav and post-Yugoslav Macedonia, it argues that the development of the sociological activities, themes, and arguments is entwined with the Macedonian nation- and state-building.

黒人の社会思想における50人の主要研究者
Jipguep-Akhtar, Marie-Claude / Khan, Nazneen M. (eds.), Fifty Key Scholars in Black Social Thought. (Routledge Key Guides) 304 pp. 2024:10 (Routledge, UK) <725-861>
ISBN 978-1-03-232439-5 hard ¥37,422.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-232358-9 paper ¥9,975.- (税込) GB￡ 35.99 *

Fifty Key Scholars in Black Social Thought is a collaborative volume that uplifts and explores the intellectual activism and scholarly contributions of Black social thinkers. It implores readers to integrate the research of Black scholars into their teaching and research, and fundamentally, to rethink the dominant epistemological claims and philosophical underpinnings of the Western social sciences. The volume features 50 chapters, written by 55 scholars who explore the diverse contributions of notable Black thinkers, both historical and contemporary.Four thematic areas organize this work-Black epistemology, Black geopolitics, Black oppression and resistance, and Black families and communities. Through a close analysis of the fifty thinkers presented here, the chapters explore these themes while dismantling the whitewashed disciplinary histories, methodologies, and content that obscure and/or subjugate the significance of Black social thought. In addition to offering insightful and timely analysis, each chapter offers suggested readings for readers who would like to dive deeper into the work of Black social thinkers.This volume offers an accessible starting point for exploring the work of Black scholars past and present and their contributions to sociology and the social sciences more broadly. It is useful to students, academics, practitioners, and the lay public who are curious about Black social thought.

E.C.Page著　ヴェーバーによる官僚制の理解－シャルルマーニュ以降の欧州における国家の発展、官僚制、官僚－
Page, Edward C., Weber's Scorecard: State Development, Bureaucracy, and Officialdom in Europe since Charlemagne. 304 pp. 2024:9 (Oxford U. Pr., UK) <724-591>
ISBN 978-0-19-890427-4 hard ¥27,442.- (税込) GB￡ 99.00 *

This book examines Max Weber's understanding of bureaucracy by applying his ideas to the development of officialdom from the ninth century to the present in six territories: England, Sweden, France, Germany, Spain, and Hungary. Edward Page takes a broad view of bureaucracy that includes not only officials in important central or national institutions but also those providing goods and services locally. The 'scorecard' is based on expected developments in four key areas of Weber's analysis: the functional differentiation of tasks within government, professionalism, formalism, and monocracy. After discussing the character of officialdom in the ninth, twelfth, fifteenth, eighteenth, and twenty-first centuries, the book reveals that Weber's scorecard has a mixed record, especially weak in its account of the development of monocracy and formalism. A final chapter discusses alternative conceptions of bureaucratic development and sets out an account based on understanding processes of routinization, institutional integration, and the instrumentalization of law.

英国におけるO.ノイラート
Burke, Christopher / Tuboly, Adam Tamas, Otto Neurath in Britain. 350 pp. 2024:10 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <724-69>
ISBN 978-1-00-937629-7 hard ¥24,948.- (税込) GB￡ 90.00

Otto Neurath (1882-1945) was an Austrian-born philosopher of science, sociologist and political economist, and one of the most multi-faceted and creative thinkers in the Vienna Circle. Forced into exile by fascism, he was part of the intellectual exodus from Central Europe. After an adventurous escape to England and internment as an 'enemy alien', he enthusiastically adapted to British culture, working on documentary films and publications for the war effort using the Isotype method of visualization. He treasured the British habit of 'muddling through', and debated planning and economics with fellow Central European emigres, Friedrich Hayek, Karl Mannheim and Karl Popper. Based on new archival research, this book explores a little-known period of Neurath's rich and fascinating life, weaving together biographical, historical, and philosophical strands that reflect the cross-cultural currents of twentieth-century intellectual history through the lens of Neurath's contribution.

A.オークレー案内
Crow, Graham, The Emerald Guide to Ann Oakley. (Emerald Guides to Social Thought) 180 pp. 2024:7 (Emerald, UK) <720-773>
ISBN 978-1-80071-564-6 paper ¥5,995.- (税込) US$ 28.99 *

The Emerald Guide to Ann Oakley offers a comprehensive guide to reading and understanding the development of Oakley's sociological ideas, placing them in the context of her life and her ground-breaking research into domestic and gender sociology. Ann Oakley delved into researching gender disparities, challenging prevailing ideas by distinguishing between sex and gender. Influenced by personal experiences, she questioned societal norms around marriage, motherhood, and gender roles. This volume takes a chronological and biographical approach in illustrating the development of Oakley's ideas and interests over the course of her career and personal experience exploring the challenges of societal gender dynamics. Essential reading for students and those new to Oakley's work, The Emerald Guide to Ann Oakley is a readable, clear, and comprehensive overview of her work, conveying her deep influence on contemporary social thought.

現代社会科学・人文科学におけるB.マリノフスキとその遺産
Kubica, Grazyna / Brzezinski, Dariusz (eds.), Bronislaw Malinowski and His Legacy in Contemporary Social Sciences and Humanities: On the Centenary of Argonauts of the Western Pacific. (Classical and Contemporary Social Theory) 304 pp. 2024:6 (Routledge, UK) <719-1048>
ISBN 978-1-03-258365-5 hard ¥37,422.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

As one of the most renowned figures in the history of anthropology, Bronislaw Malinowski is recognised as having been central to the development of the discipline, with interpretations of his thought usually drawing attention to his work in founding the approach of functionalism and his innovative method of intensive field research. This book offers a decisive extension of Malinowski's achievement, referring to the accomplishments of present-day social sciences and humanities and the debts that they owe to Malinowksi's oeuvre.Bringing together eminent scholars in such fields as social anthropology, sociology, law, cultural studies, literary and theatre studies, and art history, this book emphasises the importance of Malinowski's theoretical and methodological insights as a treasure trove of inspiration for contemporary researchers.A critical commentary on the life, work, and legacy of Bronislw Malinowski, it sheds light on his academic work, while personal documents, many of which are not well known - or are completely unknown - in the Anglophone sphere, prove their fundamental importance for understanding his oeuvre, and the intellectual connections between his work and the work of other most prominent intellectuals of the 20th and 21st centuries. It will therefore appeal to scholars across the social sciences and humanities with interests in the history of anthropology and sociology and fundamental questions of theory and research methodology.

家、自然、スポーツへのヴェーバーの視点
Symonds, Michael, A Weberian Perspective on Home, Nature and Sport: Disenchantment and Salvation. (Classical and Contemporary Social Theory) 210 pp. 2024:6 (Routledge, UK) <717-915>
ISBN 978-1-03-215110-6 hard ¥37,422.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

This book extends Max Weber's theory of the value-spheres of modernity into wholly new areas, showing that the addition of home, nature and sport to Weber's own list of five spheres (economic, scientific/intellectual, political/legal, erotic and aesthetic) yields original insights into these aspects of modernity and modernity itself. It shows how each of these new spheres is able to create its own 'inner cosmos' of salvation from rationalised senselessness, just as Weber's 'irrational' spheres offer release from the grim reality of capitalism, the disenchanted universe and the bureaucratic state formed by the more 'rationalised' spheres. Drawing on a wide, cross-disciplinary range of sources, the author sheds light on the role of home in creating a sense of our enchanted past, of nature in helping to restore to the world a teleological meaning constructed from innocence and purity and of sport in imposing sense on the world, at least temporarily. A Weberian Perspective on Home, Nature and Sport: Disenchantment and Salvation will appeal to scholars of sociology and social theory with interests in classical sociological theory and the analysis of modernity.

M.ヴェーバーの社会学
Kalberg, Stephen, Max Weber's Sociology: From 'the Protestant Ethic Thesis' and the American Political Culture to a Sociology of Civilizations. (Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought 182) 416 pp. 2024 (Routledge, UK) <717-640>
ISBN 978-1-03-263176-9 hard ¥37,422.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-263180-6 paper ¥7,481.- (税込) GB￡ 26.99 *

This volume outlines Max Weber's comparative-historical sociology of "interpretive understanding" (verstehen) in a manner that clarifies his complex mode of analysis and multi-causal focus. Presenting the central features of his methodology, it demonstrates the strengths of his research strategies through discussions of his major works and overarching concerns. Among other themes, this study addresses the origins of the American political culture, the longevity of its civic sphere, and the multiple causes behind the unique historical pathways followed by several civilizations. Indeed, through summaries of Weber's procedures and their application in his own empirical studies, Max Weber's Sociology sustains a simultaneous orientation to his "big picture" themes and his rigorous manner of analysis. It demonstrates in so doing the capacity of Weber's sociology to ground firmly both "ideal-type" theorizing and empirically oriented investigations. This volume will appeal to scholars throughout the social sciences with interests in the American civic sphere, the West's uniqueness, "the Protestant ethic thesis," the multiple ways that civilizations develop, and the diverse twists and turns of Weber's comparative-historical sociology.

資本主義と古典的社会理論　第4版
Bratton, John / Denham, David, Capitalism and Classical Social Theory. 4th ed. 448 pp. 2024:6 (U. Toronto Pr., CN) <716-1550>
ISBN 978-1-4875-5631-0 paper ¥9,926.- (税込) US$ 48.00 *

Capitalism and Classical Social Theory offers a rigorous introduction to classical social theory, highlighting the enduring relevance of classical works for understanding the many crises of the contemporary world. This popular theory book introduces students to a selection of classical social thinkers and demonstrates the relevance of the classical canon in contemporary society - a society marked by social inequality, insecurity, transformative AI, and the climate emergency. The fourth edition features updated examples, data, and images throughout, as well as new material on early American sociology and new literature on classical social theorists from the past five years. It reintroduces a chapter on Georg Simmel and urbanism, and it includes a new chapter exploring the intersection of the COVID-19 pandemic and class, race, and gender. While attentive to historical context, Capitalism and Classical Social Theory argues that classical theorists speak directly to the present challenges of inequality, social change, and the climate crisis in the twenty-first century.

Cersosimo, Giuseppina (eds.), Park and Burgess's Sociology: Creation, Evolution and Legacy. 238 pp. 2023:10 (P. Lang, SZ) <716-1551>
ISBN 978-2-87574-712-9 paper ¥12,398.- (税込) SFR 51.00

This volume explores the enduring influence of Introduction to the Science of Sociology, published a century ago by Robert Park and Ernest Burgess. It brings together scholars from the United States, Canada, and Italy, who collectively demonstrate the work’s enduring relevance and its important role in the dialogue between European and American sociology. The contributors examine topics raised in the original text that remain as relevant as ever, including segregation, the concept of assimilation and the marginal man, subcultures, constructive isolation, collective behavior, the German roots of the Chicago School, socio-spatial evolution over time, fashion and metropolis, and social creativity from the ecological school to the digital challenge.

集合意識とE.デュルケームの現象学
Belvedere, Carlos, Collective Consciousness and the Phenomenology of Emile Durkheim. (SpringerBriefs in Sociology) 60 pp. 2023:9 (Springer, GW) <714-781>
ISBN 978-3-031-26116-9 paper ¥10,342.- (税込) EUR 44.99 *

The book is addressed to scholars and students in sociology and in phenomenological philosophy. It presents the work of Durkheim in a new light and discusses the prevailing interpretations in the collective intentionality approach. It also provides a fresh conception of collective consciousness which illuminates features unattended by the traditions initiated by John Searle, Dan Zahavi and the Center for Subjectivity Research, and the Nordic Society of Phenomenology. This lucidly written book is of interest to students and scholars researching Durkheim's, Husserl's and Schutz's works.

Braunstein, Dirk / Gelhard, Maischa (Hrsg.), Theodor W. Adorno, Ludwig von Friedeburg, Briefwechsel 1950-1969: Und weitere Dokumente. 200 S. 2024 (Suhrkamp, GW) <714-55>
ISBN 978-3-518-58813-0 hard ¥7,816.- (税込) EUR 34.00 *

Unmittelbar nach der Rueckkehr des Instituts fuer Sozialforschung aus dem US-amerikanischen Exil nach Frankfurt bewarb sich ein junger Student bei Theodor W. Adorno um Mitarbeit: Ludwig von Friedeburg, Sohn des letzten Oberbefehlshabers der deutschen Kriegsmarine und selbst deren juengster U-Boot-Kommandant im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Das erste gemeinsame Projekt war das beruehmte ≫Gruppenexperiment≪, jene von den US-Besatzungsbehoerden finanzierte Studie, mit der die Demokratiefaehigkeit der deutschen Bevoelkerung nach NS-Diktatur, Vernichtungskrieg und Voelkermord ermittelt werden sollte. Nach Abschluss des Vorhabens schrieb von Friedeburg begeistert von dem ≫ganz besonderen Geist≪ des Instituts fuer Sozialforschung und von der ≫geradezu beispielhaften Art des Teamworks in ihm≪. Es war der Beginn einer langjaehrigen Zusammenarbeit und freundschaftlichen Beziehung, die bis zu Adornos Tod waehrte, wie die in diesem Band versammelten Briefe, Memoranden und Gespraechsprotokolle zeigen. Darueber hinaus dokumentieren sie die Geburtsstunde der empirischen Sozialforschung in der Bundesrepublik und lassen erkennen, wie massgeblich die beiden an der Neugruendung der Soziologie als akademischer Disziplin beteiligt waren.

Delaney, Tim, Classical and Contemporary Social Theory: Investigation and Application. 2nd ed. 672 pp. 2024:3 (Routledge, UK) <713-1060>
ISBN 978-1-03-249381-7 hard ¥37,422.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-249379-4 paper ¥14,965.- (税込) GB￡ 53.99 *

The second edition of Classical and Contemporary Social Theory provides wraparound coverage of the classical social theorists and influential sociological schools of thought in the contemporary period.Explained carefully and clearly throughout, Tim Delaney reviews the key concepts and contributions from brilliant classical social thinkers and recent sociological thought, spanning over 500 years of source material. He weaves together profiles of leading theorists, thorough descriptions of major academic and intellectual perspectives, and discussion of prevailing themes of interest that have concerned theorists and sociologists throughout time and will likely continue to do so in the future. The book emphasizes methods of investigation and application in its overview of the field by challenging readers to think about problems critically and in relation to key sociological theories and to also apply their sociological understanding to real, everyday events.In this new edition, Delaney revisits the classical period and highlights the special contributions of American social theorists and their impact on the diversity of thought leading into the contemporary era. He attends to later schools of thought and weaves in important updates related to critical race theory and globalization. With updated context and further applications, the second edition of Classical and Contemporary Social Theory is a perfect addition to combined courses in social theory.

Korstanje, Maximiliano E., Jose Ingenieros: Yesterday and Today, Critical Readings. (Classic and Contemporary Latin American Social Theory) 152 pp. 2024:3 (Routledge, UK) <713-1013>
ISBN 978-1-03-261777-0 hard ¥37,422.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

Maximiliano Korstanje presents an overview and analysis of the work of the Argentinian sociologist and physician, Jose Ingenieros (1877-1925). In fact, Jose Ingenieros was a seminal scholar who contributed directly to the formation of sociology in Latin America. Born in Palermo, Italy Ingenieros grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He trained in medicine, psychiatry, sociology and philosophy; he devoted much of his life to addressing societal challenges such as mass migration, imperialism, marginality, criminality and social identity.Korstanje takes in turn the key areas of Ingenieros's work and examines how his thinking can be brought to bear on the social challenges of today. In particular his work on mass migration and the "Other" have echoes in the problems facing many countries in the early twenty-first century. It is a valuable resource for scholars and students looking to better understand this key figure in Argentinian - and Latin American - sociology in the early twentieth century.

Zabludovsky, Gina, Sociology in Mexico: An Intellectual and Institutional History. (Sociology Transformed) 86 pp. 2023:12 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <712-779>
ISBN 978-3-031-42088-7 hard ¥11,491.- (税込) EUR 49.99
ISBN 978-3-031-42091-7 paper ¥9,192.- (税込) EUR 39.99

This open access book presents a condensed history of Sociology in Mexico from its origins, through to the middle of the 19th century and up to the present day. The book analyses the interaction between sociology and the main economic, political and social change in the country, including the 1910 Mexican Revolution, the main social movements, the role of the intellectual exiles from Spain and Latin America, and the participation of women, who have often remained invisible in the history of sociology. The book explores how sociological discourse played a fundamental role in the separation of secular and public education and the search for a 'national project' from 1868 onwards, despite the lack of an institute of social research until 1930; how sociology became an autonomous social science, led by a few intellectuals and public figures, as it became institutionalized in universities, and the effect this had on the development of the discipline; the influence of Marxism during the 1970s; and the progression from a process of specialization after the fall of the Berlin Wall to a new trend of working in collective projects with an increasing interdisciplinary perspective in the first decades of the 21st century.

H.マルティノー再入門
Hobday, Stuart / Weiner, Gaby, Reintroducing Harriet Martineau: Pioneering Sociologist and Activist. (Reintroducing...) 128 pp. 2023:11 (Routledge, UK) <711-1140>
ISBN 978-0-367-63761-3 hard ¥37,422.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

This book explores the innovative, sociological approach adopted by Harriet Martineau in her efforts to develop a 'scientific' approach to understanding social and societal change. With attention to her focus on the key social structures and societal issues of her day - the economy, education, the condition of women and the evils of slavery - the authors highlight her creation and application of what we now recognise as sociological methodology, fieldwork and analysis. Through an examination in each chapter of the writings that best illustrate Martineau's sociological perspective, Reintroducing Harriet Martineau discusses her enduring contribution to sociology. As such, it will appeal to scholars and students of sociology with interests in the history of the discipline and questions of methodology.

G.タルド再入門
Tonkonoff, Sergio, Reintroducing Gabriel Tarde. (Reintroducing...) 166 pp. 2024:2 (Routledge, UK) <711-1141>
ISBN 978-1-03-205398-1 hard ¥37,422.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-205397-4 paper ¥10,530.- (税込) GB￡ 37.99 *

This book offers a new introduction to the thought of Gabriel Tarde, highlighting the continuing relevance, and even the novelty, of both his general theoretical approach and many of his specific analyses. Showing that Tarde elaborates a comprehension of the social that was received with difficulty in his time but is increasingly akin to ours, it demonstrates that the infinitesimal sociology offered to us by Tarde provides a framework through which we can understand a whole range of social phenomena. With attention to social networks, public opinion, innovation, diffusion, virality and virtuality-all of which were topics addressed by Tarde himself-the author clarifies and elaborates upon Tarde's central theses on the multiple, differential, infinitesimal and infinite nature of both the social and the subjective. An examination of the importance of a figure whose work looked ahead to our own age, Reintroducing Gabriel Tarde will appeal to scholars and students of social sciences and social theory with interests in contemporary social thought.

Aldana Cedeno, Janneth, Sociology in Colombia. (Sociology Transformed) 96 pp. 2023:9 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <710-899>
ISBN 978-3-031-39411-9 hard ¥9,192.- (税込) EUR 39.99

This Palgrave Pivot presents a historical reflection about the development of sociology in Colombia from the late nineteenth century into the mid-twentieth century, a period in which the process of professionalization in the discipline occurred due to the creation of university training programs, as well as the extension of research centers and groups nationwide. The book exposes the different interrelations at the local, regional and international ambits that, only in part, offer a similar panorama to what happened in other Latin American processes in relation to the academic institutionalization of sociology. The role of international networks and government initiatives, national and foreign, was central to this development and, in general, to the take-off of sociology in the country, as happened in others nations such as Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. This book argues that, in Colombia, having these networks and initiatives during the Cold War generated various tensions, which appeared early, between these forms of financing as a political effort to contain left movements in the region (especially after the Cuban Revolution) and the attempt to achieve an autonomous science. However, the Colombian case presents some peculiarities in the configuration of sociology at the national level. These are associated, to a large extent, with the phenomena that have been decisive in the history of the country: a nation without dictatorships between 1960 and 1970, unlike other South American countries, but with a restricted democracy that even today offers difficulties in order to accept alternative forces. This book also considers the effects of the longest armed conflict known in the continent and its own historical transformations in the face of the role played by various actors such as guerrillas, drug trafficking and paramilitary groups. The book thus discusses, under a specific case study, the role of science as well as the possibilities of social transformation through human action. This book constitutes not only a journey on the academic institutionalization and the professional practice of sociology in Colombia; it is also an opportunity to think about what is coming in this field in a possible post-conflict scenario.

Rasmussen, Terje, The Sociology of Sovereignty: Politics, Social Transformations and Conceptual Change. 240 pp. 2023:12 (Manchester U. Pr., UK) <708-1031>
ISBN 978-1-5261-7081-1 hard ¥23,562.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00 *

The book examines the intellectual history of the concept of sovereignty from a sociological perspective. Informed by the sociologists Max Weber and Niklas Luhmann, it addresses the concept as the centre of constitutional controversy and as a resource to deal with paradoxes of power in constitutional democracies. It discusses the dilemmas of sovereignty that appear in the wake of the emphasis on political representation, human rights and European integration. The book marks a significant contribution to the scholarly debate on the foundation of constitutional democracy.

H.ヨアス他編　E.デュルケーム・ハンドブック
Joas, Hans / Pettenkofer, Andreas (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Emile Durkheim. (Oxford Handbooks) 504 pp. 2024:3 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <707-854>
ISBN 978-0-19-067935-4 hard ¥36,810.- (税込) US$ 178.00 *

Emile Durkheim remains one of the most controversial, and one of the most deeply misunderstood, classics of social theory. His work differs from the dominant version of sociology that has essentially accepted the modernist self-description of contemporary societies; and it squarely contradicts the individualism that has come to dominate the social sciences. For everybody who is interested in constructing theoretical alternatives to this individualism, Durkheim's sociology can be a highly useful inspiration - not only because of the solutions it suggests, but already because of the questions it asks. Making use of the theoretical possibilities offered by the Durkheimian tradition, however, requires going beyond the familiar appropriations. Therefore, The Oxford Handbook of Emile Durkheim takes stock of the different recent debates on Durkheimian sociology, and makes them accessible to a wide audience spanning various disciplines; this includes crucial debates that, due to language barriers, are not easily accessible for an English-reading public. The handbook's chapters elucidate the controversial key concepts of Durkheimian sociology; situate them within the contemporary political and theoretical debates they were originally responding to; offer surveys of empirical research that uses Durkheimian concepts (on topics that were already central for Durkheim's own work as well as on topics that Durkheim hardly touched upon), thus demonstrating the possibilities of a Durkheimian sociology; bring out the divergent, and competing, ways in which Durkheim's ideas have been appropriated and reformulated within more recent theoretical developments in the social sciences. In doing so, this volume is an important resource for all scholars and students looking to understand Durkheimian sociology.

McVeigh, Ryan, The Cognitive Foundations of Classical Sociological Theory. (Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought) 208 pp. 2023:11 (Routledge, UK) <707-855>
ISBN 978-1-03-238623-2 hard ¥37,422.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

The Cognitive Foundations of Classical Sociological Theory explores the role that understandings of mind and brain played in the development of sociological theory. It isolates five key authors in the classical tradition and comprehensively explores their oeuvres for moments where they reflect on, engage with, and build from topics related to cognition, placing their work in contact with research today to critically determine areas of relevance, refutation, or revision.Showing how understandings of mind, brain, and body grounded the production of early sociological thought, the book draws attention to the foundational role theories of cognition played in the emergence of sociology as a distinct field of study. With chapters on Comte, Marx, Weber, Durkheim, and Mead, The Cognitive Foundations of Classical Sociological Theory constitutes a novel and timely engagement with canonical social theory, extending its application to contemporary social life. It will therefore appeal to scholars of sociology and psychology with interests in classical social theory, cognition, embodiment, and sociality.

Montlahuc, Pascal / Guilhembet, J.-P. / Laignoux, R. (dir.), Le charisme en politique: Max Weber face a l'Antiquite grecque et romaine. (Collection de l'Ecole francaise de Rome 607) 318 p. 2023 (Ecole francaise de Rome, IT) <704-982>
ISBN 978-2-7283-1583-3 paper ¥6,207.- (税込) EUR 27.00 *

V.パレートの現代社会理論への貢献－没後100周年の評価
Adair-Toteff, Christopher (ed.), Vilfredo Pareto's Contributions to Modern Social Theory: A Centennial Appraisal. (Classical and Contemporary Social Theory) 246 pp. 2023:10 (Routledge, UK) <703-179>
ISBN 978-1-03-230518-9 hard ¥37,422.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

This volume seeks to restore Vilfredo Pareto to his rightful place in the history of social and economic thought, bringing together studies by leading scholars to mark the centenary of his death in 1923. Assessing Pareto's many contributions to the social sciences and his unique integration of the disciplines of sociology, politics, and economics, it addresses the relative neglect of Pareto's work and explores both his continuing relevance to social research and the influence of his thought on subsequent developments in sociology and social theory. As such it will appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interests in the history of sociology and the importance of Pareto's thought.

G.ジンメルによる貨幣の社会哲学
Roess, Johannes, Zwischen Freiheit und Entfremdung: Eine Sozialphilosophie des Geldes nach Georg Simmel. (Frankfurter Beitraege zur Soziologie und Sozialphilosophie 37) 350 S. 2023 (Campus, GW) <701-138>
ISBN 978-3-593-51808-4 paper ¥9,196.- (税込) EUR 40.00 *

Turai, Gabriella, Medieval Female Mysticism and Weber's Charismatic Authority: The Case of Angela of Foligno. 122 S. 2022:7 (O. Harrassowitz, GW) <697-181>
ISBN 978-3-447-11874-3 paper ¥8,966.- (税込) EUR 39.00 *

Szelenyi, Ivan, From State Socialism to Post-Communist Capitalism: Critical Perspectives. VIII, 322 S. 2022:7 (O. Harrassowitz, GW) <697-1004>
ISBN 978-3-447-11858-3 paper ¥17,932.- (税込) EUR 78.00 *

This volume presents articles by Ivan Szelenyi ? William Graham Sumner Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Yale University since 50 years. The world has changed a lot in this half century. When the first contribution to this volume was published in 1969, Hungary was the “goulash communism” of Janos Kadar. Its disintegration began in the 1980s and in 1989/90 transitioned into “market capitalism” that looked like a bourgeois-liberal democracy. Finally, in 2014, Viktor Orban began to realise his vision of an “illiberal regime”. The last article of 2022 deals with the struggles between liberalism and illiberalism. How much coherence in thought and action can one expect from a social scientist in this rapidly changing world? Although Szelenyi changed and often fundamentally modified his views over time, all his writings belong to what we call critical social science: immanent critique and ironic examination of both socialism and capitalism. None of his essays recommend either socialism or capitalism as the sole solution, but he tried to give, as far as possible, an objective analysis of what was possible in the most turbulent times of the last half century, leaving the ideological-political decision to the readers. To paraphrase Karl Marx’s Eleventh Thesis: The task of the philosopher (or sociologist) is not to change the world, but to interpret it.

Rognon, Frederic, Pour comprendre la pensee de Jacques Ellul. (Figures protestantes) 2022:11 (Olivetan, FR) <695-1500>
ISBN 978-2-35479-611-2 paper ¥7,207.- (税込) EUR 24.00

Bach, Maurizio, Klassiker der Soziologie. (Studienkurs Soziologie) 160 S. 2023:2 (Nomos, GW) <693-1274>
ISBN 978-3-7560-0506-2 paper ¥4,368.- (税込) EUR 19.00 *

Gesellschaftstheorie zielt darauf ab, die grundlegenden Strukturen und Dynamiken der modernen Gesellschaft hinsichtlich dessen zu erforschen, was sie zusammenhaelt, spaltet oder fragmentiert. Mit der vorliegenden Einfuehrung wird Studierenden ein Lehrbuch an die Hand gegeben, das ihnen einen Einblick in die sozialwissenschaftliche Theoriebildung und die Hauptprobleme der Soziologie gibt. Entlang der Klassiker der Soziologie, ohne die der Sinngehalt und die Entwicklung des Faches nicht angemessen verstanden werden kann, will der Studienkurs Schneisen in ein unuebersichtliches Gelaende schlagen, in der Hoffnung, dass die angezeigten Wege und Pfade der soziologischen Erkenntnis von den interessierten Leserinnen und Lesern weiterverfolgt und vertieft werden.

Erbe, Guenter, Nicolaus Sombart - Utopist, Libertin, Dandy. 336 S. 2023:2 (Boehlau, GW) <693-1275>
ISBN 978-3-412-52691-7 hard ¥10,345.- (税込) EUR 45.00 *

Nicolaus Sombart (1923-2008), der in Berlin einen beruehmten Salon unterhielt, war eine Reizfigur der bundesrepublikanischen Gesellschaft. Als Soziologe deutete er die deutsche Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte als eine "chronique scandaleuse" der Geschlechterverhaeltnisse. Als Literat verstand er sich als einen Chronisten der "grossen Welt", als einen der wenigen seiner Profession, der Zugang zu ihren Umgangs- und Verhaltensformen und erotischen Geheimnissen besass. Der Anhaenger des Utopisten Saint-Simon betrachtete sein Leben als ein unausgesetztes Experiment. Sein Bestreben war die Selbststilisierung der Person durch eine Verbindung von grossbuergerlichem Habitus, dandyhafter Exzentrik und exhibitionistischer Geste, ein Unterfangen, das seine Wirkung in der heutigen medial gepraegten Welt nicht verfehlte. Mit seiner facettenreichen Biographie dieser schillernden Figur der Berliner Society fuegt der Kultursoziologe Guenter Erbe seinen Untersuchungen der mondaenen Welt ein weiteres erhellendes Kapitel hinzu. Er stuetzt sich dabei auf den umfangreichen Nachlass Nicolaus Sombarts.

M.ヴェーバーと組織の社会学
Jakobs, Philipp, Max Weber and the Sociology of Organization: Reflections on a Concept of Pre-Modern Organization. 84 pp. 2023:2 (Springer, GW) <693-1276>
ISBN 978-3-658-40286-0 paper ¥18,388.- (税込) EUR 79.99 *

In today's organizational sociology, organizations are usually regarded as late achievements of modernity in the history of mankind. Max Weber is repeatedly cited as the supposed guarantor of this thesis. But neither his type of "bureaucratic rule" nor his concept of "rational work organization" - although both are tailored to modern conditions - contain, on closer inspection, compelling arguments for a principled limitation of organizations as such to modernity. Both actually reach their depth of focus only in contrast to "pre-modern" forms of organization. A sociology of organization that wants to refer to Max Weber's work while avoiding the numerous common misunderstandings of its reception must broaden its historical view and consider the possibility of "pre-modern organizations".

Zhou, Xiaohong (ed.), The Reconstruction of Chinese Sociology: An Oral Record of 40 Sociologists (1979-2019). 870 pp. 2023:2 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <693-1049>
ISBN 978-981-19-8197-5 hard ¥11,491.- (税込) EUR 49.99

Tracing the evolution of Chinese Sociology from the late 1970s to the present day, the book aims to record the path of reconstruction, localization, change, and reform of Chinese Sociology through interviews with 40 Chinese top sociologists such as Su Guoxun, Zhou Xiaohong, Bian Yanjie, Zhao Dingxin, Zhou Xueguang et al. Divided into three sections, this insightful book is the best proof of the rapid development and overall improvement of the discipline since the reform and opening-up in China. On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the restoration and reconstruction of Chinese Sociology, this book is expected to inspire the younger generation of sociology researchers and deepen public's understanding of sociology.

D.ファサン他編　鏡における社会科学－知識の生産研究
Fassin, Didier / Steinmetz, George (eds.), The Social Sciences in the Looking Glass: Studies in the Production of Knowledge. 428 pp. 2023:4 (Duke U. Pr., US) <692-654>
ISBN 978-1-4780-1682-3 hard ¥23,771.- (税込) US$ 114.95 *
ISBN 978-1-4780-1945-9 paper ¥6,399.- (税込) US$ 30.95 *

In recent years, social scientists have turned their critical lens on the historical roots and contours of their disciplines, including their politics and practices, epistemologies and methods, institutionalization and professionalization, national development and colonial expansion, globalization and local contestations, and public presence and role in society. The Social Sciences in the Looking Glass offers current social scientific perspectives on this reflexive moment. Examining sociology, anthropology, philosophy, political science, legal theory, and religious studies, the volume's contributors outline the present transformations of the social sciences, explore their connections with critical humanities, analyze the challenges of alternate paradigms, and interrogate recent endeavors to move beyond the human. Throughout, the authors, who belong to half a dozen disciplines, trace how the social sciences are thoroughly entangled in the social facts they analyze and are key to helping us understand the conditions of our world. Contributors. Chitralekha, Jean-Louis Fabiani, Didier Fassin, Johan Heilbron, Miriam Kingsberg Kadia, Kristoffer Kropp, Nicolas Langlitz, John Lardas Modern, Alvaro Morcillo Laiz, Amin Perez, Carel Smith, George Steinmetz, Peter D. Thomas, Bregje van Eekelen, Agata Zysiak

フランス社会学と海外帝国
Steinmetz, George, The Colonial Origins of Modern Social Thought: French Sociology and the Overseas Empire. (Princeton Modern Knowledge) 576 pp. 2023:4 (Princeton U. Pr., US) <692-655>
ISBN 978-0-691-23742-8 hard ¥9,306.- (税込) US$ 45.00 *

A new history of French social thought that connects postwar sociology to colonialism and empireIn this provocative and original retelling of the history of French social thought, George Steinmetz places the history and development of modern French sociology in the context of the French empire after World War II. Connecting the rise of all the social sciences with efforts by France and other imperial powers to consolidate control over their crisis-ridden colonies, Steinmetz argues that colonial research represented a crucial core of the renascent academic discipline of sociology, especially between the late 1930s and the 1960s. Sociologists, who became favored partners of colonial governments, were asked to apply their expertise to such "social problems" as detribalization, urbanization, poverty, and labor migration. This colonial orientation permeated all the major subfields of sociological research, Steinmetz contends, and is at the center of the work of four influential scholars: Raymond Aron, Jacques Berque, Georges Balandier, and Pierre Bourdieu.In retelling this history, Steinmetz develops and deploys a new methodological approach that combines attention to broadly contextual factors, dynamics within the intellectual development of the social sciences and sociology in particular, and close readings of sociological texts. He moves gradually toward the postwar sociologists of colonialism and their writings, beginning with the most macroscopic contexts, which included the postwar "reoccupation" of the French empire and the turn to developmentalist policies and the resulting demand for new forms of social scientific expertise. After exploring the colonial engagement of researchers in sociology and neighboring fields before and after 1945, he turns to detailed examinations of the work of Aron, who created a sociology of empires; Berque, the leading historical sociologist of North Africa; Balandier, the founder of French Africanist sociology; and Bourdieu, whose renowned theoretical concepts were forged in war-torn, late-colonial Algeria.

ジンメルとベンヤミンにおける都市と近代性
Mele, Vincenzo, City and Modernity in Georg Simmel and Walter Benjamin: Fragments of Metropolis. (Marx, Engels, and Marxisms) 402 pp. 2023:1 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <691-67>
ISBN 978-3-031-18183-2 hard ¥27,584.- (税込) EUR 119.99 *

This book reconstructs and compares the social theories of modernity of Georg Simmel and Walter Benjamin, two classic thinkers in German social thought. The author focuses on five main topics: the historical-sociological method through which they investigate modernity; how are the concepts of history and society possible; the consequences of modern metropolis on the construction of individual subjectivity; the aestheticization of everyday life caused by the expansion of commodity culture; and the female culture as a counter-power to the domination of masculine objective culture. In the decades since Simmel and Benjamin, urban reality has undergone profound changes and we may even question the very existence of the subject of analysis: what is the city, the metropolis in today's context of globalization and capital flows? Simmel's and Benjamin's metropolis has thus become an "endless city," beyond the physical and geographical confines of urban reality.

F.テンニース再入門
Adair-Toteff, Christopher, Reintroducing Ferdinand Toennies. (Reintroducing...) 160 pp. 2023:4 (Routledge, UK) <691-894>
ISBN 978-0-367-46811-8 hard ¥34,650.- (税込) GB￡ 125.00 *
ISBN 978-0-367-46814-9 paper ¥9,975.- (税込) GB￡ 35.99 *

Exploring, clarifying, and moving beyond the distinction between 'community' and 'society' for which he is best known, this book rediscovers the work of Ferdinand Toennies, providing fresh insights into his thought, which are often overlooked for want of a grasp of his background in philosophy. With attention to the fact that Toennies always wrote from a sociological perspective, it considers the importance of the breadth of his writing on a range of subjects, including politics, philosophy, economics, and ethics, these being the foundations of social policy - a field with which Toennies was concerned as a scholar who sought not only to understand the world but also to change it for the better. The first book to provide an accessible overview of Toennies' work that places his thought in context, explores his key concepts, and demonstrates his continuing relevance in sociology - a discipline he helped to establish - Reintroducing Ferdinand Toennies will appeal to scholars and students with interests in social theory, the history of sociology, and the sociology of Ferdinand Toennies.

W.ブラウン著　ニヒルな時代－M.ヴェーバーと共に考える
Brown, Wendy, Nihilistic Times: Thinking with Max Weber. (The Tanner Lectures on Human Values) 144 pp. 2023:4 (Belknap Pr., US) <690-948>
ISBN 978-0-674-27938-4 hard ¥4,745.- (税込) US$ 22.95 *

One of America's leading political theorists analyzes the nihilism degrading-and confounding-political and academic life today. Through readings of Max Weber's Vocation Lectures, she proposes ways to counter nihilism's devaluations of both knowledge and political responsibility.How has politics become a playpen for vain demagogues? Why has the university become an ideological war zone? What has happened to Truth? Wendy Brown places nihilism at the center of these predicaments. Emerging from European modernity's replacement of God and tradition with science and reason, nihilism removes the foundation on which values, including that of truth itself, stand. It hyperpoliticizes knowledge and reduces the political sphere to displays of narcissism and irresponsible power plays. It renders the profound trivial, the future unimportant, and corruption banal.To consider remedies for this condition, Brown turns to Weber's famous Vocation Lectures, delivered at the end of World War I. There, Weber himself decries the effects of nihilism on both scholarly and political life. He also spells out requirements for re-securing truth in the academy and integrity in politics. Famously opposing the two spheres to each other, he sought to restrict academic life to the pursuit of facts and reserve for the political realm the pursuit and legislation of values.Without accepting Weber's arch oppositions, Brown acknowledges the distinctions they aim to mark as she charts reparative strategies for our own times. She calls for retrieving knowledge from hyperpoliticization without expunging values from research or teaching, and reflects on ways to embed responsibility in radical political action. Above all, she challenges the left to make good on its commitment to critical thinking by submitting all values to scrutiny in the classroom and to make good on its ambition for political transformation by twinning a radical democratic vision with charismatic leadership.

S.ターナー他著　民主主義理論を民主的にする－ヴェーバーとケルゼン以後の民主主義、法、行政－
Turner, Stephen / Mazur, George, Making Democratic Theory Democratic: Democracy, Law, and Administration after Weber and Kelsen. 248 pp. 2023:3 (Routledge, UK) <690-440>
ISBN 978-1-03-242015-8 hard ¥34,650.- (税込) GB￡ 125.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-242011-0 paper ¥9,975.- (税込) GB￡ 35.99 *

This book addressees a timely and fundamental problematic: the gap between the aims that people attempt to realize democratically and the law and administrative practices that actually result. The chapters explain the realities that administration poses for democratic theory. Topics include the political value of accountability, the antinomic character of political values, the relation between ultimate ends and the intermediate ends that are sought by constitutions, and a reconsideration of the meaning of the rule of law itself. The essays are inspired by the demystifying realism of Max Weber and Hans Kelsen, including explications of their views on law, constitutions, and the rule of law.The book will be of interest to social and political theorists, philosophers of law, and legal theorists, and for discussions of democratic theory, the administrative state, constitutionalism, and justice, as well as to readers of Weber and Kelsen.

政治的デュルケーム－社会学、社会主義、遺産
Dawson, Matt, The Political Durkheim: Sociology, Socialism, Legacies. (Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought) 232 pp. 2023:3 (Routledge, UK) <689-434>
ISBN 978-0-367-89443-6 hard ¥34,650.- (税込) GB￡ 125.00 *

This book presents Durkheim as an important political sociologist, inspired by and advocating socialism. Through a series of studies, it argues that Durkheim's normative vision, which can be called libertarian socialism, shaped his sociological critique and search for alternatives. With attention to the value of this political sociology as a means of understanding our contemporary world, the author asks us to look again at Durkheim. While Durkheim's legacy has often emphasised the supposed conservative elements and stability advocated in his thought, we can point to a different legacy, one of a radical sociology. In dialogue with the decolonial critique, this volume also asks 'was Durkheim white?' and in doing so shows how, as a Jew, he experienced significant racialisation in his lifetime. A new reading and a vital image of a 'political Durkheim', The Political Durkheim will appeal to scholars and students with interests in Durkheim, social theory and political sociology.

Gangas, Spiros / Lagoumitzi, Georgia, Sociology in Greece: Its History and Development. (Sociology Transformed) 197 pp. 2022:11 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <688-992>
ISBN 978-3-031-16189-6 hard ¥10,342.- (税込) EUR 44.99

This Palgrave Pivot provides a concise history of the development of sociology in Greece. It provides a compelling narrative of the discipline's embryonic state, its promising beginnings that aligned with its contact with the then robust French and German accomplishments in sociology. It continues with sociology's entanglement with modern Greece's turbulent history during the Civil War and the junta years. It charts Greece's gradual recovery during the mid-1970s, which led to sociology's institutionalization. Yet such institutional boom was not free of politicization processes, many of which proved residual and resilient, stemming from the dictatorship years, as well as from Greece's dependency during its process of modernization. This book completes this historical account by reconsidering sociology's gradual embrace of a multi-paradigmatic orientation, its opportunities in light of the burgeoning Greek EU membership and extroversion. It concludes with charting sociology's position inthe 21st century, facing challenges like the Great Recession and its impact in Greece as well as the COVID-19 pandemic.

Megrelidze, Konstantin, Fundamental Problems of the Sociology of Thinking. Ed. by C. Brandist. (Historical Materialism Book Series 265) 461 pp. 2022:12 (Brill, NE) <688-994>
ISBN 978-90-04-30008-8 hard ¥34,944.- (税込) EUR 152.00 *

Written at the height of the purges, but unpublished for decades, Megrelidze's text is arguably the most significant, erudite and wide-ranging work of Marxist philosophy written in the USSR at the time. Discussing the emergence and development of human consciousness from the origins of humanity to the rise of capitalism, Megrelidze discusses the major achievements of contemporary cognitive science, sociology, philosophy and linguistics in the light of the works of Marx and Engels that were being published at the time. Far from the rigidities of official 'diamat', the book provides an insight into the important debates in Soviet intellectual life that led to the works of figures such as Vygotsky and the 'Bakhtin Circle'.

E.デュルケーム－開かれた科学としての社会学
Paoletti, Giovanni / Pendenza, Massimo (eds.), Emile Durkheim: Sociology as an Open Science. (International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology 140) 228 pp. 2022:9 (Brill, NE) <688-995>
ISBN 978-90-04-50801-9 hard ¥24,139.- (税込) EUR 105.00

Sociology for Durkheim was by no means a knowledge closed in its specificity. It was rather an open science, permeable to contributions coming from other disciplines. For him, the task of sociology was to study what held societies together, giving place to reflective change and progressive development. This is an epistemological and political model that still retains all its relevance today: an example to be rediscovered against any reductionist conception of the vocation and object of social sciences; an encouragement to see sociology as an indispensable protagonist for an authentic interdisciplinary dialogue in the field of humanities. It is one of the best legacies Durkheim left us, that this book attempts to illustrate.