Jiří Šubrt

The Sociology of Time

A Critical Overview

In a critical, comparative study of the sociological literature, this book explores the term “time,” and the various interconnections between time...

The Perspective of Historical Sociology

The Individual as Homo-Sociologicus Through Society and History

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the themes that make up the field of Historical Sociology. At its centre is the human individual as rel...

The Sociological Inheritance of the 1960s

Historical Reflections on a Decade of Changing Thought

The 1960s saw pioneering changes in the realms of international politics, science, culture and art. Turning this historical lens onto the study of soc...

The Systemic Approach in Sociology and Niklas Luhmann

Expectations, Discussions, Doubts

The systemic approach to sociology is widely considered to be one of the most important conceptions in sociology at the end of the 20th century. In th...

Rethinking the Theoretical Concepts of Sociology

Critical Eclecticism and Reconfigurationism

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Individualism, Holism and the Central Dilemma of Sociological Theory

This book examines individualism and holism, the two interpretive perspectives that have divided sociological theory into two camps, examines attempts...

Time, Memory, and the Processual Approach in Historical Sociology

Within this publication, which is published to commemorate a milestone in Jiří Šubrt’s life, the editor Lucy Císař Brown has organised selected...

Explaining Social Processes

Perspectives from Current Social Theory and Historical Sociology

This textbook considers understanding social processes to be the main task of sociology. From this perspective its authors demonstrate and explain pro...