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Key Sociological Thinkers 3rd edition

Paperback by Stones, Professor Rob (School of Social Sciences and Psychology, South Penrith, Australia); Jessop, Bob; Browne, Craig; Barrett, Michele; Benton, Ted (University of Essex, UK); Barth, Lawrence; Blackshaw, Tony; Silva, Filipe Carreira da; Heritage, John; Holton, Robert J. (Australia); Hughes, Jason; Martin, Karin; Mast, Jason L.; Matthewman, Steve (University of Auckland, New...

Key Sociological Thinkers

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ISBN:
9781137332226
Publication Date:
1 Mar 2017
Edition/language:
3rd edition / English
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:
Red Globe Press
Pages:
478 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 22 - 23 May 2024
Key Sociological Thinkers

Description

The third edition of this popular and established core textbook provides an invaluable guide to 24 of the most influential thinkers in Sociology. Written by leading academics in the field, Key Sociological Thinkers provides a clear and contextualised introduction to classical and contemporary theory. Each chapter offers an insightful assessment of a different theorist, exploring their lives, works and legacies, and in a much-valued 'Seeing Things Differently' section authors demonstrate how each thinker's ideas can be used to illuminate aspects of social life in new ways. With frameworks for deep learning around group discussion, this continues be an essential text for undergraduate and postgraduate modules on sociological and social theory. New to this Edition: - Four new chapters, on Mead, Du Bois, Latour and Alexander - Five chapters by new authors on existing key thinkers: Durkheim, Merton, Goffman, Bourdieu, and Giddens - A major new introduction - An updated, structured and annotated 'Further Reading' section for each thinker - Extended accounts of 13 additional thinkers who have influenced, or been influenced by, the key thinkers Accompanying online resources for this title can be found at bloomsburyonlineresources.com/key-sociological-3e. These resources are designed to support teaching and learning when using this textbook and are available at no extra cost.

Contents

Introduction; Rob Stones PART I 1. Karl Marx; Bob Jessop After Marx: Culture and Politics in 20th and 21st Century Marxism: Antonio Gramsci & Ernesto Laclau 2. Max Weber; Lawrence Scaff 3. Emile Durkheim; Edward Tiryakian 4. Georg Simmel; Patrick Watier 5. W.E.B. DuBois; Reiland Rabaka 6. G.H Mead; Filipe Carreira da Silva 7. Talcott Parsons; Robert Holton PART II 8. Robert K. Merton; Piotr Sztompka After Merton: Structural Thinking in the 21st Century: Ulrich Beck 9. Norbert Elias; Jason Hughes 10. Erving Goffman; Susie Scott 11. Harold Garfinkel; John Heritage 12. Louis Althusser; Ted Benton After Althusser: State Theory: Nicos Poulantzas & Bob Jessop 13. Jurgen Habermas; William Outhwaite After Habermas: Critical Theory and Recognition: Nancy Fraser & Axel Honneth 14. Pierre Bourdieu; Derek Robbins After Bourdieu: Adding Morals and Emotions to Habitus: Andrew Sayer 15. Michel Foucault; Lawrence Barth PART III 16. Dorothy Smith; Karin Widerberg 17. Stuart Hall; Michèle Barrett 18. Nancy Chodorow; Karin Martin Before and After Chodorow: Fruitful Dialectics in Feminist Thought: Simone de Beauvoir & Carol Gilligan 19. Anthony Giddens; Craig Browne After Giddens: Social and System Integration: Nicos Mouzelis 20. Michael Mann; Ralph Schroeder Before Mann: The Tradition of Historical Sociology: Barrington Moore & Theda Skocpol 22. Zygmunt Bauman; Tony Blackshaw 16. Arlie Hochschild; Simon Williams 23. Bruno Latour; Steve Matthewman 24. Jeffrey Alexander; Jason Mast

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