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.
Alessandro Orsini is an Associate Professor of Sociology in the Department of Political Science at Luiss University, where he was the funding director of the Observatory on International Security (2016-2022). He is an Editorial Board member of “Studies in Conflict and Terrorism,” a former member of the Committee for the Study of Jihadism set up by the Italian Government, and a Member Participant of the Radicalization Awareness Network set up by the European Commission to counter violent radicalization.