The Blackwell Companion to Major Contemporary Social Theorists

Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781405105958
Year: 2003
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 380


Description:
The Blackwell Companion to Major Contemporary Social
Theorists is a survey of contemporary social theory that
focuses on the thinkers themselves. In original essays especially
commissioned for this volume, leading experts and practitioners
examine the life and work of 13 major theorists such as Elias,
Baudrillard, Giddens, and Butler.




Includes 13 original essays by leading scholars on major
contemporary social theorists.


Covers key figures such as Elias, Goffman, Foucault, Habermas,
Giddens, Bourdieu, and Butler.


Essays include biographical sketches, the social and
intellectual context, and the impact of the thinker's work on
social theory generally.


Includes bibliographies of the theorist's most important works
as well as key secondary works.


Can be used in conjunction with The Blackwell Companion to
Major Classical Social Theorists, edited by George Ritzer, for
a complete reference source in social theory.