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1	The Mars and Venus Diet and Exercise Solution: Create the Brain Chemistry of Health, Happiness, and Lasting Romance more books like this by John Gray (Read by), Professor Bryan Turner (Foreword by), Dr. Daniel G Amen, M.D. (Foreword by) The bestselling author who celebrated gender differences turns to diet and exercise as a source of well-being and harmony. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Blackwell Companion to Social Theory more books like this by Professor Bryan S Turner (Editor) Leading scholars from around the world provide the first truly international overview of the major developments in 20th-century Western social thought. This work also discusses feminism, world systems theory, ethnomethodology, critical theory, classical sociology, hermenuetics, action theory, and cultural sociology. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $52.98! \| SVS
3	Medical Power and Social Knowledge more books like this by Professor Bryan S Turner This new edition includes a completely revised chapter on mental health, new chapters on the sociology of the body and on the relationship between health and risk in contemporary societies. Author Bryan S. Turner assesses the ways in which different social theorists have interpreted the experience of health and disease and the social relations and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $50.95! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Cambridge Dictionary of Sociology more books like this by Professor Bryan S Turner (Editor) An essential, scholarly guide to the field of sociology, with contributions from leading international academics. see all copies from $14.23! new only from $22.21! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Body more books like this by Professor Mike Featherstone (Editor), Mr. Mike Hepworth (Editor), Professor Bryan S Turner (Editor) "I must say at the start that this is a most important and interesting collection which does much to advance the sociology of the body. I congratulate the editors for a fine achievement, and the editors of TCS for pioneering this new, and now much less secret, theorizing of the body and of the embodied self." --Contemporary Sociology "Both ... see all copies from $42.43! new only from $54.27! \| SVS
6	The Body and Society: Explorations in Social Theory more books like this by Professor Bryan S Turner This is a fully revised edition of a book that may fairly claim to have re-opened the sociology of the body as a legitimate area of enquiry. The book provides an unparalleled guide to all aspects of the sociology of the body. Each chapter has been revised and updated and the book contains new material that reflects changes in the field since the ... see all copies from $25.00! new only from $38.75! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Theories of Modernity and Postmodernity more books like this by Professor Bryan S Turner Encapsulating the recent debate on the concepts of modernity and postmodernity, this volume moves beyond speculative discussion to explore the idea of postmodernism at two levels. First, by relating the debate over postmodernity back to traditional social theory. And secondly, be demonstrating the application of postmodernity to the nature of ... see all copies from $14.55!
8	Weber & Islam: A Critical Study more books like this by Professor Bryan S Turner see all copies from $28.71! first editions
9	Religion & Social Theory 2ed more books like this by Professor Bryan S Turner If you are a theologian in need of a new textbook for courses in sociology of religion, comparative religion, and philosophy, this is the perfect text for you. Leading social theorists are gathered together in one comprehensive volume (Engels, Durkheim, Weber, Nietzsche, Freud, Foucault). The author skillfully assesses the different theoretical ... see all copies from $18.00! new only from $50.24! \| SVS
10	For Weber: Essays on the Sociology of Fate more books like this by Professor Bryan S Turner Incisive and stimulating, For Weber is the first paperback edition written to defend Max Weber's sociology against the criticisms of academic sociology in the postwar period. Author Bryan S. Turner rejects the view that Weber's sociology is bourgeois, subjectivist, and individualistic and examines a major theme in Weber's historical sociology, ... see all copies from $22.34! new only from $59.18! \| first editions
11	Talcott Parsons Reader more books like this by Talcott Parsons, Professor Bryan S Turner (Editor) Talcott Parsons has been one of the most influential American sociologists of the postwar period. Bryan Turner's selections from Parsons' work provide a comprehensive overview of his principal contributions and are grouped under the following subdivisions: religion and modern society; life, sex, and death; sociological theory; and American society ... see all copies from $27.00! new only from $51.21! \| first editions \| SVS
12	Dictionary of Sociology, the Penguin: Third Edition more books like this by Nicholas Abercrombie, Professor Bryan S Turner, Stephen Hill see all copies from $1.99! new only from $66.01! \| first editions
13	Orientalism, Postmodernism and Globalism more books like this by Professor Bryan S Turner This book represents a remarkable synthesis of recent discussion and debate regarding crucial aspects of postmodernization, religious change and the globalization of world society. This title available in eBook format. Click here for more information. Visit our eBookstore at: www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk. see all copies from $39.95! new only from $49.58! \| SVS
14	The Body and Society more books like this by Professor Bryan S Turner see all copies from $30.00! first editions
15 view cover	Regulating Bodies: Essays in Medical Sociology more books like this by Professor Bryan S Turner Bryan Turner's book provides a framework for the development of a sub-field: namely the development of the body. Through the examination of various philosophical traditions--phenomenology, philosophical anthropology, structuralism, and postmodernism--"Regulating" "Bodies" shows how the human body has been ignored or neglected by mainstream social ... see all copies from $42.00! new only from $156.15!
16 view cover	Profiles in Contemporary Social Theory more books like this by Anthony Elliott (Editor), Professor Bryan S Turner (Editor) This comprehensive book provides an indispensable introduction to the most significant figures in contemporary social theory. Grounded strongly in the European tradition, the profiles include Michel Foucault, J[um]urgen Habermas, Roland Barthes, Jean Baudrillard, Pierre Bourdieu, Zygmunt Bauman, Martin Heidegger, Fredric Jameson, Richard Rorty, ... see all copies from $36.00! new only from $50.81!
17 view cover	Status more books like this by Professor Bryan S Turner see all copies from $5.50! new only from $22.24!
18	Talcott Parsons: Theorist of Modernity more books like this by Professor Roland Robertson (Editor), Professor Bryan S Turner (Editor) Talcott Parsons was not only the most influential American sociologist of his time, but also one of the key social scientists of the twentieth century. Interestingly, he was also one of the most criticized and rejected figures in the social sciences. It was not until his death in 1979 that a worldwide renaissance of interest in Parsonian sociology ... see all copies from $17.90! new only from $47.18! \| signed copies
19 view cover	Chromatin and Gene Regulation: Molecular Mechanisms in Epigenetics more books like this by Professor Bryan S Turner, B M Turner Written in an informal and accessible style, "Chromatin and Gene Regulation" enables the reader to understand the science of this rapidly moving field. Chromatin is a fundamental component in the network of controls that regulates gene expression. Many human diseases have been linked to disruption of these control processes by genetic or ... see all copies from $54.00! new only from $61.38! \| SVS
20	Max Weber on Economy and Society more books like this by Professor Bryan S Turner, Robert J Holton see all copies from $9.94! new only from $23.09!
21	Citizenship and Capitalism: The Debate Over Reformism more books like this by Professor Bryan S Turner see all copies from $26.99! first editions
22 view cover	Forget Baudrillard? more books like this by Professor Bryan S Turner (Editor), Professor Chris Rojek (Editor) see all copies from $17.25! new only from $47.75! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Max Weber more books like this by Professor Bryan S Turner This authoritative book, written by one of the leading Weber scholars in the English-speaking world, examines Max Weber's contribution to the contemporary debate about modernity and postmodernity. Bryan Turner examines contemporary interpretations of Weber's relationship to Marx, Nietzsche and Simmel. Turner also demonstrates the significance of ... see all copies from $18.95! new only from $49.58! \| SVS
24 view cover	Vulnerability and Human Rights more books like this by Professor Bryan S Turner The mass violence of the twentieth century's two world wars-followed more recently by decentralized and privatized warfare, manifested in terrorism, ethnic cleansing, and other localized forms of killing-has led to a heightened awareness of human beings' vulnerability and the precarious nature of the institutions they create to protect themselves ... see all copies from $14.95! new only from $17.56! \| SVS
25 view cover	Fire on the Rim: The Cultural Dynamics of East/West Power Politics more books like this by William H Thornton, Professor Bryan S Turner (Foreword by), Wm H Thornton Fire on the Rim combines an idealist's call for social justice, cultural difference, and environmental sustainability with a realist's recognition of the continuing need for balance of power security relations around the Pacific Rim. Although this melding of idealist and realist elements is sure to meet opposition on the Right and Left alike, the ... see all copies from $3.24! new only from $15.21!

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