"The Sociology of Law" offers a distinctive view of contemporary law in Western societies and provides a clear analytical framework for the study of the diverse literature relating to its field. This new edition has been enlarged and re-written to take account of recent theoretical literature, changes of emphasis in interpretation and new research on legal practice, dispute pro...(展开全部)

Translated by Ephraim Fischoff With a new Foreword by Ann Swidler

Since the classic contributions of Weber and Durkheim, the sociology of law has raised key questions on the place of law in society. Drawing together both theoretical and empirical themes, in this 2008 book Mathieu Deflem reviews the field's major accomplishments and reveals the value of the multiple ways in which sociologists study the social structures and processes of law. H...(展开全部)

RA: 无限的东西不能是许多个，因为许多(many-ness)是一个有限的概念。要有无限，你必须辨识或定义无限为合一(Unity)；否则这个词汇就没有任何意义。在一个无限的造物者之中只有合一的存在。你们都看过合一的简单例子，一个三棱镜(prism)展现所有颜色来自于阳光这是关于合一的简化示范。 事实上，没有对或错，也没有极性，你们舞动着穿越心身灵复合体(complex)，你们此刻以不同的变貌娱乐自己，但一切终会在某个时点达成和谐。 这些变貌在任何情况下都不是必须的，而是由你们每一位所选择，做为另一种理解包罗万有的完整合一的方式。现在不是说一个类似或有点像的东西，你是一切事物，每一个存有，每一个表情，每一个事件，每一种情境，你是合一，你是无限。你是爱/光，光/爱。你是你本是。这就是一的法则。

In this ground-breaking book, acclaimed sociologist Ann Oakley undertook one of the first serious sociological studies to examine womens work in the home. She interviewed 40 urban housewives and analysed their perceptions of housework, their feelings of monotony and fragmentation, the length of their working week, the importance of standards and routines, and their attitudes to...(展开全部)

In this ground-breaking book, acclaimed sociologist Ann Oakley undertook one of the first serious sociological studies to examine womens work in the home. She interviewed 40 urban housewives and analysed their perceptions of housework, their feelings of monotony and fragmentation, the length of their working week, the importance of standards and routines, and their attitudes to...(展开全部)

Ann Oakley analysed the perceptions of 40 urban housewives around housework, their feelings of monotony and fragmentation, the length of their working week, the importance of standards and routines, and their attitudes to different household tasks. This classic book paved the way for the sociological study of many more aspects of women’s lives.

Sociology of the Arts is a comprehensive overview of the sociology of art and an authoritative work of scholarship by a leading expert in the field. The book synthesizes the various theoretical models of art sociology, and provides empirical examples as well as stimulating exemplars of sociological work on the arts. Case studies of art works are from both ends of the cultural s...(展开全部)

Raymond Williams helped to establish the field of cultural sociology with "Marxism and Literature" and "Culture and Society." Continuing the work of those studies, "The Sociology of Culture" offers debate on the origin and evolution of culture. It defines sociology of culture as a convergence of various fields and explores ways in which culture is socially mediated. "A histori...(展开全部)

<STRONG>The Sociology of Childhood</STRONG> is the <STRONG>Second Edition</STRONG> of a text that has been universally acclaimed as the best book on the subject available today. It is the only text that thoroughly covers children and childhood from a sociological perspective. The second edition retains the same quality coverage of social theories of childhood, the consideration...(展开全部)