Name: Introduction to Contemporary Social Theory von Anthony Elliott (University of South Australia, Australia)
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Introduction to Contemporary Social Theory Zusammenfassung

Introduction to Contemporary Social Theory Anthony Elliott (University of South Australia, Australia)

In this comprehensive, stylish and accessible introduction to contemporary social theory, Anthony Elliott and Charles Lemert examine the major theoretical traditions from the Frankfurt School to globalization and beyond. When first published, the book's wide range set new standards for introductory textbooks - social theorists discussed include Theodor Adorno, Herbert Marcuse, Michel Foucault, Jacques Lacan, Jacques Derrida, Anthony Giddens, Pierre Bourdieu, Julia Kristeva, Jurgen Habermas, Judith Butler, Slavoj Zizek, Manuel Castells, Ulrich Beck, Zygmunt Bauman, Giorgio Agamben and Manuel De Landa.

Extensively developed to take into account significant recent developments in American social theory, the book offers chapters on American pragmatism, structural functionalism, ethnomethodology, black feminist thought and world-systems theory. American traditions of social theory are brought powerfully to life in treatments of intellectuals ranging from William James to Robert K. Merton, David Riesman to Randall Collins, and Patricia Hill Collins to Saskia Sassen.

Introduction to Contemporary Social Theory combines lively exposition and clarity with reflective social critique and original insights, and is a superb textbook with which to navigate the twists and turns of contemporary social theory as taught in the disciplines of sociology, politics, history, cultural studies and many more.

Über Anthony Elliott (University of South Australia, Australia)

Anthony Elliott is Director of the Hawke Research Institute, where he is Research Professor of Sociology at the University of South Australia. His recent books include Reinvention (2012), The Routledge Companion to Social Theory (ed., 2010) and The Routledge Handbook of Identity Studies (ed., 2011). Charles Lemert is University Professor at Wesleyan University, where he is also John C. Andrus Professor of Social Theory Emeritus. He is author most recently of Queer Things Abounding: Small Clues to a Globalized World (2010), The New Individualism, second edition (2009), and Thinking the Unthinkable (2007).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface 1. The Textures of Society 2. The Contemporary Relevance of the Classics 3. The Frankfurt School 4. American Pragmatisms 5. Structuralism 6. Structures, Functions and Culture 7. Post-Structuralism 8. The Interaction Order 9. Theories of Structuration 10. Variations on the Theory of Power and Knowledge 11. Contemporary Critical Theory 12. Feminism and Post-Feminist Theory 13. Postmodernity 14. World-Systems Analysis and Its Entailments 15. Globalization. Afterword

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GOR008164004

ISBN 13

9780415525732

ISBN 10

041552573X

Titel

Introduction to Contemporary Social Theory Anthony Elliott (University of South Australia, Australia)

Autor

Anthony Elliott (University of South Australia, Australia)

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Gebraucht - Sehr Gut

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Broschiert

Verlag

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Datum

20140203

Anzahl der Seiten

466

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