Contested Knowledge: Social Theory Today

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John 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.


  • Responds to current issues, debates, and new social movements
  • Reviews sociological theory from a truly contemporary perspective
  • Examines both classical and contemporary theories
  • Combines social analysis and moral advocacy to demonstrate how social theory contributes to the making of a better world
  • Challenges social scientists to renew their commitment to the important moral and political role social knowledge plays in public life
  • A thoughtful and rigorous, yet highly accessible and reader-friendly account of social theory
  • An accompanying website containing additional support for lecturers and students is available at www.blackwellpublishing.com/seidman
 

Table des matières

Preface
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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À propos de l'auteur (2011)

Steven Seidman is Professor of Sociology at State University of New York at Albany. He is a world renowned social theorist working in the areas of social theory, culture, sexuality, comparative sociology, theory of democracy, nationalism and globalization. He is the author and editor of several books including Embattled Eros: Sexual Politics and Ethics in Contemporary America (1992), The Postmodern Turn: New Perspectives on Social Theory (editor, 1995), Queer Theory/Sociology (Blackwell, 1996), The New Social Theory Reader: Contemporary Debates (edited with Jeffrey C. Alexander, 2001), and Beyond the Closet: The Transformation of Gay and Lesbian Life (2002).

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