ISBN:
9781003060963
,
100306096X
,
9781000100655
,
1000100650
,
9781000117608
,
100011760X
,
9781000142969
,
1000142965
,
0415437709
,
9780415437707
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xi, 447 pages)
Edition:
Second edition
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als The new social theory reader
DDC:
301
Keywords:
Sociology
;
Sociology
;
Soziologische Theorie
;
Sozialwissenschaften
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Soziologie
;
Soziologische Theorie
Abstract:
Introduction /Steven Seidman and Jeffrey C. Alexander --pt. 1.General theory without foundations --New Critical Theory --1.Contributions to a Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy /Jürgen Habermas --2.Personal Identity and Disrespect /Axel Honneth --Semiotic Structuralism --3.Historical Metaphors and Mythical Realities /Marshall Sahlins --4.On Ethnographic Allegory /James Clifford --Poststructuralism --5.Power/Knowledge /Michel Foucault --6.Outline of a Theory of Practice /Pierre Bourdieu --Cultural Studies --7.Cultural Studies /Stuart Hall --8.The Political Unconscious: Narrative as a Socially Symbolic Act /Fredric Jameson --pt. 2.The normative turn --Justice.
Abstract:
"This is the first anthology to thematize the dramatic upward and downward shifts that have created the new social theory, and to present this new and exciting body of work in a thoroughly trans-disciplinary manner. In this revised second edition readers are provided with a much greater range of thinkers and perspectives, including new sections on such issues as imperialism, power, civilization clash, health and performance. The first section sets out the main schools of contemporary thought, from Habermas and Honneth on new critical theory, to Jameson and Hall on cultural studies, and Foucault and Bourdieu on poststructuralism. The sections that follow trace theory debates as they become more issues-based and engaged. They are: the post-foundational debates over morality, justice and epistemological truth the social meaning of nationalism, multiculturalism and globalization identity debates around gender, sexuality, race, the self and post-coloniality. This new edition provides more ample biographical and intellectual introductions to each thinker, and substantial introductions to each of the major sections. The editors introduce the volume with a newly revised, interpretive overview of social theory today. The New Social Theory Reader is an essential, reliable guide to current theoretical debates."--Publisher's website
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
URL:
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003060963
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