Routledge handbook of social and cultural theory / edited by Anthony Elliott.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Elliott, Anthony, 1964- editor.

Series:

Routledge international handbooks.

Routledge international handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Philosophy.

Social sciences.

Sociology.

Culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 396 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.

Summary:

"If today students of social theory read Jurgen Habermas, Michael Foucault and Anthony Giddens, then proper regard to the question of culture means that they should also read Raymond Williams, Julia Kristeva and Slavoj Zizek. The second edition of the Routledge Handbook of Social and Cultural Theory is fully revised and updated to provide students, teachers and researchers with a comprehensive, critical guide to the major traditions of thought in social and cultural theory, as well as tracing the complex intellectual connections between these distinct but related approaches to understanding society and culture. The Handbook, edited by acclaimed sociologist Anthony Elliott, develops a powerful argument for bringing together social and cultural theory more systematically than ever before. Key social and cultural theories, ranging from classical approaches to postmodern, psychoanalytic and post-feminist approaches, are drawn together and critically appraised. There are also new chapters on mobilities and migrations, as well as posthumanism. The Handbook written in a clear and direct style will appeal to a wide audience of students and scholars. The extensive references and sources will direct students to areas of further study"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The trajectories of social and cultural theory / Anthony Elliott

Critical theory of the Frankfurt School / Jordan McKenzie

Structuralism and post-structuralism / Sam Han

Structuration theories : Giddens and Bourdieu / Anthony Elliott

Feminist and post-feminist theories / Ann Branaman

Zygmunt Bauman and social theory / Keith Tester

Ideology and social and cultural theory / John Cash

Psychoanalytic social theory / Anthony Elliott

Social theories of risk / Patrick Brown

Networks / Thomas Birtchnell

Globalization theory / Eric L. Hsu

Cultural and social things : is there a difference? / Charles Lemert

British cultural theory / Nick Stevenson

American cultural theory / Sam Han

Queer theory / Max Kirsch

The new mobilities paradigm and social theory / Louis Everuss

Race/ethnicity and social and cultural theory / Anthony Moran

Media and cultural identity / Nick Stevenson

The place of space in social and cultural theory / Simon Susen

Posthumanism / Anthony Elliott.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-351-36968-7

1-315-14971-0

1-351-36969-5

9781315149714

OCLC:

1195816762