Critical social theories : an introduction / Ben Agger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Agger, Ben.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology--Philosophy.

Sociology.

Sociology--Methodology.

Physical Description:

xii, 241 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, CO : Paradigm Publishers, [2006]

Summary:

Praised for its clarity and accessibility, this fully updated edition of Critical Social Theories presents a comprehensive analysis of leading social and cultural theories today. Diverse perspectives are addressed, from feminism and cultural studies to postmodernism and critical theory. Written accessibly for students and faculty, the second edition includes a new chapter on the need for a new public sociology in the post - 9/11 era, one that moves beyond both positivism and postmodernism. Agger updates and develops for today's world a model for this engaged sociology rooted in 1960s activism, when C. Wright Mills and Tom Hayden framed the New Left as a vehicle for the sociological imagination.

Contents:

The disciplinary positioning of theory

The politics of grand narratives I : theorizing postmodernity

The politics of grand narratives II : from Derrida to difference theory

The critical theory of the Frankfurt School

Feminist theory

Cultural studies

Critiques of critical social theory

Critical social theory : applications and implications

The 1960s at forty : renewing public sociology in the twenty-first century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-232) and index.

ISBN:

159451206X

1594512078

OCLC:

61748370