ISBN:
9781405105958
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (378 p.)
Series Statement:
Blackwell companions to sociology
Parallel Title:
Print version The Blackwell Companion to Major Contemporary Social Theorists
DDC:
301.01
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
The Blackwell Companion to Major Contemporary Social Theorists is a survey of contemporary social theory that focuses on the thinkers themselves. In original essays especially commissioned for this volume, leading experts and practitioners examine the life and work of 13 major theorists such as Elias, Baudrillard, Giddens, and Butler. Includes 13 original essays by leading scholars on major contemporary social theorists. Covers key figures such as Elias, Goffman, Foucault, Habermas, Giddens, Bourdieu, and Butler. Essays include biographical sketches, the social and intellectual context, and th
Description / Table of Contents:
The Blackwell Companion to Major Contemporary Social Theorists; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; Introduction: Metatheorizing Contemporary Social Theorists; 1 Robert K. Merton; 2 Erving Goffman; 3 Richard M. Emerson; 4 James Coleman; 5 Harold Garfinkel; 6 Daniel Bell; 7 Norbert Elias; 8 Michel Foucault; 9 Jürgen Habermas; 10 Anthony Giddens; 11 Pierre Bourdieu; 12 Jean Baudrillard; 13 Judith Butler; Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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