Maurice Roche: 7 books

This analysis explores the social history and politics of mega-events from the late 19th century to the present. Through case studies of events such as the 1851 Crystal Palace Expo, the 1936 Berlin Olympics and the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, Maurice Roche investigates the impact Expos and Olympics have...

The sociology of Europe is a growing and diverse field. This book addresses it in a direct, wide ranging and up-to-date way. Exploring the Sociology of Europe: • clearly maps this new and emerging field • challenges and renews the sociological analysis of European modernity •...

Contemporary mega-events like Olympics and Expos, together with the organisations which control them, can be risky and controversial projects. This book interprets how they reflect, mark and influence, deeper social changes in the media, cities and global geopolitics.

This book looks at two ‘revolutions’ in philosophy – phenomenology and conceptual analysis which have been influential in sociology and psychology. It discusses humanistic psychiatry and sociological approaches to the specific area of mental illness, which counter the ultimately reductionist...

This is a work of social theory and philosophy which seeks to make the constitution of social theory a ‘social’ activity. It is essentially a collaborative text, by five authors, committed to a re-awakening of some of the forgotten dimensions of social theorizing. The collaborative work was originally...

« Les manières d’aimer ne sont plus ce qu’elles étaient, ni les rapports entre le masculin et le féminin. C’est l’un des aspects les plus troublants d’une modification d’ensemble des relations familiales, une mutation bouleversante, le plus important peut-être de tous les changements qui affectent notre civilisation à la veille du IIIe millénaire... » Georges Duby

L'honnêteté intellectuelle et la fidélité à ses engagements et à ses amis, sont deux qualités essentielles de Boris Souvarine. Personne, quelle que soit sa place sur l'échiquier politique aujourd'hui, ne le conteste. Cet anti-stalinien de la première heure, ancien fondateur de la Section...