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Author : Berch Berberoglu
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2005-07-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781461710936
This book provides a critical analysis of classical and contemporary social theory from a class perspective. It is concise, lucid, and well written.
Author : Scott Appelrouth,Laura Desfor Edles
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 991 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781544358581
The authors are proud sponsors of the 2020 SAGE Keith Roberts Teaching Innovations Award—enabling graduate students and early career faculty to attend the annual ASA pre-conference teaching and learning workshop. Now available for the first time in print and e-book formats Classical and Contemporary Sociological Theory: Text and Readings offers students with the best of both worlds—carefully-edited excerpts from the original works of sociology′s key thinkers accompanied by an analytical framework that discusses the lives, ideas, and historical circumstances of each theorist. This unique format enables students to examine, compare, and contrast each theorist’s major themes and concepts. In the Fourth Edition of this bestseller, examples from contemporary life and a rich variety of updated pedagogical tools (tables, figures, discussion questions, and photographs) come together to illuminate complex ideas for today’s readers. Included with this title: The password-protected Instructor Resource Site (formally known as SAGE Edge) offers access to all text-specific resources, including a test bank and editable, chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides.
Author : Berch Berberoglu
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0742524930
This book provides a critical analysis of classical and contemporary social theory from a class perspective. It is concise, lucid, and well written.
Author : Anthony Elliott
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009-01-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134169719
This book is arguably the definitive undergraduate textbook on contemporary social theory. Written by one of the world’s most acclaimed social theorists, Anthony Elliott provides a dazzlingly accessible and comprehensive introduction to modern social theory from the Frankfurt School to globalization theories and beyond. In distilling the essentials of social theory, Elliott reviews the works of major theorists including 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. Every social theorist discussed is contextualized in a wider political and historical context, and from which their major contributions to social theory are critically assessed. This book is essential reading for students and professionals in the fields of social theory, sociology and cultural studies, as it is both an original enquiry and a consummate introduction to social theory.
Author : George Ritzer,Jeffrey Stepnisky
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781506339429
The authors are proud sponsors of the 2020 SAGE Keith Roberts Teaching Innovations Award—enabling graduate students and early career faculty to attend the annual ASA pre-conference teaching and learning workshop. Now with SAGE Publishing, Contemporary Sociological Theory and Its Classical Roots: The Basics, is a brief survey of sociology′s major theorists and theoretical approaches, from the Classical founders to the present. With updated scholarship in the new Fifth Edition, authors George Ritzer and Jeffrey Stepnisky connect many theorists and schools of thought together under broad headings that offer students a synthesized view of sociological theory. This text is perfect for those who want an accessible overview of the entire tradition of sociological thinking, with an emphasis on the contemporary relevance of theory.
Author : Wesley Longhofer,Daniel Winchester
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 943 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000888249
This third edition of Social Theory Re-Wired is a significantly revised edition of this leading text and its unique web learning interactive programs that "allow us to go farther into theory and to build student skills than ever before," according to many teachers. Vital political and social updates are reflected both in the text and the online supplements. "System updates" to each section offer an expanded set of contemporary theory readings that focus on the impacts of information/digital technologies on each of the text’s five big themes: 1) the Puzzles of Social Order, 2) the Social Consequences of Capitalism, 3) the Darkside of Modernity, 4) Subordinated/Alternative Knowledges, and 5) Self-Identity and Society. New to this edition: The "big ideas/questions" thematic structure of the text as well as the connections between classical and contemporary theorists continues to be popular with instructors. This feature is enhanced in the new edition An expanded "Podcast Companions" series now pairs at least one podcast to every reading in the book Many new updates to the exercise platform allow students to theorize and build theory on their own New readings excerpts include such important recent work as: Shoshana Zuboff’s "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism," Ruha Benjamin’s "Race After Technology," David Graeber’s "Of Flying Cars and the Declining Rate of Profit," Sherry Turkle’s “Always-On/Always-on-You.”
Author : Scott Appelrouth,Laura Desfor Edles
Publisher : Pine Forge Press
Page : 913 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780761927938
A unique hybrid of text and readings, this book combines the major writings of sociology′s core classical and contemporary theorists with an historical as well as theoretical framework for understanding them. Laura Desfor Edles and Scott A Appelrouth provide not just a biographical and theoretical summary of each theorist/reading, but an overarching scaffolding which students can use to examine, compare and contrast each theorists′ major themes and concepts. No other theory text combines such student-friendly explanation and analysis with original theoretical works. Key features include: * Pedagogical devices and visual aids - charts, figures and photographs - to help summarize key concepts, illuminate complex ideas and provoke student interest * Chapters on well-known figures, such as Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Parsons and Foucault as well as an in-depth discussion of lesser known voices, such as Charlotte Perkins-Gilman, WEB Du Bois, and Leslie Sklair * Photos of not only the theorists, but of the historical milieu from which the theories arose as well as a glossary at the back
Author : John Bratton,David Denham
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781442606531
Capitalism and Classical Social Theory, Second Edition offers solid coverage of the classical triumvirate (Marx, Durkheim, and Weber), but also extends the canon strategically to include Simmel, four early female theorists, and the writings of Du Bois.
Author : Tim Delaney
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317349464
Classical and Contemporary Social Theory: Investigation and Application, 1/e, is the most comprehensive, informative social theory book on the market. The title covers multiple schools of thought and applies their ideas to society today. Readers will learn the origins of social theory and understand the role of myriad social revolutions that shaped the course of societies around the world.
Author : Berch Berberoglu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Sociology
ISBN : 1138125482
Preface -- Introduction -- Classical social theory -- Hegel on dialectics, the state, and society -- Marx and Engels on social class and class struggle -- Durkheim on society and social order -- Weber on bureaucracy, power, and social status -- Pareto, Mosca, and Michels on elites and masses -- Simmel on social relations and group affiliations -- Cooley and mead on human nature and society -- Freud on the development of society and civilization -- Adams and early women social theorists -- Veblen on the leisure class and conspicuous consumption -- Mannheim on ideology and utopia -- Gramsci and Lenin on ideology, the state, and revolution -- Kollontai on class, gender, and patriarchy -- Du Bois and Frazier on race, class, and social emancipation -- Contemporary social theory -- Parsons, Merton, and functionalist theory -- Mills on the power elite -- Domhoff on the power structure and the governing class -- Althusser, Poulantzas, and Miliband on politics and the state -- Trimberger, Block, and Skocpol and neo-weberian theorizing -- Homans on social exchange -- The Frankfurt school of critical theory -- Goffman and Garfinkel on dramaturgy, ethnomethodology, and everyday life -- Wilson and Willie on race, class, and poverty -- Feminist theory : yesterday and today -- Wallerstein and world-systems theory -- Theories of globalization -- Therborn and Szymanski on contemporary marxist theory -- Foucault on the diffusion of power -- Harvey and Callinicos on postmodernism and its critique -- Social movements and transformation -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author
Author : Craig Calhoun,Joseph Gerteis,James Moody,Steven Pfaff,Indermohan Virk
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780470655672
This comprehensive collection of classical sociological theory is a definitive guide to the roots of sociology from its undisciplined beginnings to its current influence on contemporary sociological debate. Explores influential works of Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Mead, Simmel, Freud, Du Bois, Adorno, Marcuse, Parsons, and Merton Editorial introductions lend historical and intellectual perspective to the substantial readings Includes a new section with new readings on the immediate "pre-history" of sociological theory, including the Enlightenment and de Tocqueville Individual reading selections are updated throughout
Author : Kenneth Allan
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781412992770
In the Third Edition of Ken Allan's highly-praised Contemporary Social and Sociological Theory book, sociological theories and theorists are explored using a straightforward approach and conversational, jargon-free language. Filled with examples drawn from everyday life, this edition highlights diversity in contemporary society, exploring theories of race, gender, and sexuality that address some of today's most important social concerns. Through this textbook students will learn to think theoretically and apply to their own lives.
Author : Berch Berberoglu
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317298151
Social Theory provides a sophisticated yet highly accessible introduction to classical and contemporary social theories. The author’s concise presentation allows students and instructors to focus on central themes. The text lets theorists speak for themselves, presenting key passages from each theorist’s corpus, bringing theory to life. The approach allows instructors the opportunity to help students learn to unpack sometimes complex prose, just as it offers inroads to class discussion. Chapters on Addams and early feminism, on Habermas and the Frankfurt School, on Foucault, and on globalization and social movements round out contemporary coverage. The book presents and explains key theories, just as it provides an introduction to central debates about them.
Author : Scott Appelrouth,Laura Desfor Edles
Publisher : Pine Forge Press
Page : 705 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781412987615
Combines the major writings of sociology's core contemporary theorists with a historical and theoretical framework for understanding these works. This text enables students to compare and contrast core concepts and ideas, stresses contemporary applications and examples, and provides a variety of visuals and pedagogical devices.
Author : Heine Anderson,Lars Bo Kaspersen
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2000-09-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0631212884
Classical and Modern Social Theory is comprehensive introduction to the field, covering a wide historical range of thinkers, from the classical to the postmodernist, as well as key themes in social theory and a guide to the major debates. Designed for students with little or no background in social theory, this single volume covering both classic and contemporary theory introduces the basic concepts at the center of social theory in accessible language and provides readers with a useful reference source to the field.