Social theory: twenty introductory lectures
Social theory is the theoretical core of the social sciences, clearly distinguishable from political theory and cultural analysis. This book offers a unique overview of the development of social theory from the end of the Second World War in 1945 to the present day. Spanning the literature in Englis...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
June 2014
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| In: | Year: 2014 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Sociological theory
/ History 1945-2004
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| Further subjects: | B
Sociology ; Philosophy ; History ; 20th century
B Social Sciences Philosophy History 20th century B Social sciences ; Philosophy ; History ; 20th century B Sociology Philosophy History 20th century |
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| Summary: | Social theory is the theoretical core of the social sciences, clearly distinguishable from political theory and cultural analysis. This book offers a unique overview of the development of social theory from the end of the Second World War in 1945 to the present day. Spanning the literature in English, French and German, it provides an excellent background to the most important social theorists and theories in contemporary sociological thought, with crisp summaries of the main books, arguments and controversies. It also deals with newly emerging schools from rational choice to symbolic interactionism, with new ambitious approaches (Habermas, Luhmann, Giddens, Bourdieu), structuralism and antistructuralism, critical revisions of modernization theory, feminism and neopragmatism. Written by two of the world's leading sociologists and based on their extensive academic teaching, this unrivalled work is ideal both for students in the social sciences and humanities and for anyone interested in contemporary theoretical debates |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| ISBN: | 1139878433 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139878432 |