Contested Knowledge: Social Theory TodayJohn Wiley & Sons, 23 sept. 2011 - 328 pages Contested Knowledge is a well-established text offering up-to-date perspectives on social theory by one of the most important thinkers of our time. This fourth edition includes an exploration of globalization and a new section on the theories of global and world order. It provides a thoughtful and rigorous, yet highly accessible and reader-friendly account of social theory.
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Table des matières
Introduction | |
The Revolutionary Theory of Karl Marx | |
Emile Durkheim | |
The Ironic Social Theor of Max Weber | |
Afterword | |
The Grand Theory of Talcott Parsons and of Peter | |
The Scientific Theory of Randall Collins and Peter | |
Zygmunt Baumans Sociology of Postmodernity | |
Afterword | |
Feminist Theory | |
Critical Race Theory | |
Lesbian Gay and Queer Theory | |
Colonial Discourse Studies | |
Introduction | |
Immanuel Wallerstein | |
The Moral Sociology of C Wright Mills and Robert | |
Afterword | |
Stuart Hall and British Cultural Studies | |
Introduction | |
Michel Foucaults Disciplinary Society | |
The Return of Empire? Hardt and Negri Harvey | |
Afterword | |
Social Theory Today | |
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