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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 thirteen major theorists. Contributors discuss the social and intellectual context of the theorists' writings, and offer an analysis of their impact over time. Each chapter balances systematic treatment of a particular theorist with personal interpretations of the theorist's work. For the student, scholar, or practitioner this Companion is an indispensable resource and reference to the life and times of the thinkers who have tried to make sense of our social surroundings.
| ISBN | 140510595X | | Pages | 384 | | ISBN13 | 9781405105958
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd | | Weight (grammes) | 546 | | Imprint | Blackwell Publishers | | Published in | Oxford | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | Blackwell Companions to Sociology | | Publication date | 25 Apr 2003 | | Height (mm) | 234 | | Library of Congress | HM19 | | Width (mm) | 162 | | DEWEY | 301.01 | | Spine width (mm) | 22 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly |
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| | | Preface | | | | | | List of Contributors | | | | | | Introduction: Metatheorizing Contemporary Social Theorists by Todd Stillman | | 1 | | 1 | | Robert K. Merton by Piotr Sztompka | | 12 | | 2 | | Erving Goffman by Gary Alan Fine and Philip Manning | | 34 | | 3 | | Richard M. Emerson by Karen S. Cook and Joseph Whitmeyer | | 63 | | 4 | | James Coleman by Siegwart Lindenberg | | 90 | | 5 | | Harold Garfinkel by Anne Rawls | | 122 | | 6 | | Daniel Bell by Malcolm Waters | | 154 | | 7 | | Norbert Elias by Richard Kilminster and Stephen Mennell | | 178 | | 8 | | Michel Foucault by Barry Smart | | 207 | | 9 | | Jurgen Habermas by William Outhwaite | | 228 | | 10 | | Anthony Giddens by Christopher G. A. Bryant and David Jary | | 247 | | 11 | | Pierre Bourdieu by Craig Calhoun | | 274 | | 12 | | Jean Baudrillard by Douglas Kellner | | 310 | | 13 | | Judith Butler by Patricia T. Clough | | 333 | | | | Index | | 353 |
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