The Routledge companion to social theory / edited by Anthony Elliott ; with the assistance of Daniel Mendelson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Elliott, Anthony.

Mendelson, Daniel, 1975-

Series:

Routledge Companions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology--Philosophy.

Sociology.

Social sciences--Philosophy.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (342 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Routledge Companion to Social Theory provides an authoritative, comprehensive and provocative introduction to the key traditions of thought in social theory today. This ground-breaking reference work brings together major contributors, both established and emergent new voices, to reflect on the ways in which social theory sheds light on the contemporary social world. Represented are:the traditions of classical social thoughtsymbolic interactionismpsychoanalysisstructuralism, post-structuralism and postmodernismidentity theories</L

Contents:

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CONTRIBUTORS; EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION; Part I TRADITIONS AND RIDDLES OF SOCIAL THEORY; 1 WHAT IS SOCIAL THEORY?; 2 CLASSICAL SOCIAL THEORY; 3 SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM; 4 SOCIAL THEORY AND PSYCHOANALYSIS; 5 STRUCTURALIST AND POST-STRUCTURALIST SOCIAL THEORY; 6 THEORIES OF STRUCTURATION; 7 SOCIAL THEORY OF THE BODY; 8 POSTMODERN SOCIAL THEORY; 9 IDENTITY AND SOCIAL THEORY; 10 NEW MEDIA, POPULAR CULTURE AND SOCIAL THEORY; 11 CITIZENSHIP, COSMOPOLITANISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS; 12 CULTURAL SOCIAL THEORY; 13 SOCIAL THEORY AND GLOBALIZATION

Part II CENTRAL TERMS AND THINKERSBIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-18894-7

1-135-18895-5

1-282-44339-9

9786612443398

0-203-86401-8

9780203864012

OCLC:

529874937