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This volume is ideal for students, scholars, and practitioners in sociology and social theory seeking a detailed and current overview of the field’s major themes and debates.
The New Blackwell Companion to Social Theory builds on the success of The Blackwell Companion to Social Theory, second edition (2000) providing a comprehensive guide to the principal traditions of social theory, whilst also exploring critical contemporary issues and engaging sociology with other major areas of the social sciences.
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A comprehensive new collection covering the principal traditions and critical contemporary issues of social theory.
The New Blackwell Companion to Social Theory builds on the success of The Blackwell Companion to Social Theory, second edition, with substantial revisions, entirely new contributions, and a fresh editorial direction.
- Explores contemporary areas such as actor network theory, social constructionism, human rights and cosmopolitanism.
- Includes chapters on demography, science and technology studies, and genetics and social theory.
- Emphasizes key areas of sociology which have had an important impact in shaping the discipline as a whole.
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"The New Blackwell Companion to Social Theory" is praised for its thorough revision and breadth, featuring strong essays from leading social theorists. George Ritzer from the University of Maryland describes it as "an indispensable resource for anyone interested in social theory." Craig Calhoun of New York University calls it "comprehensive and engaging," noting its usefulness for understanding evolving agendas and core content within social theory.
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781119250746
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 30 September 2016
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Contributors:
- Edited by Bryan S. Turner
- Edited by Bryan S. Turner
- Edited by Bryan S. Turner
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 28.0mm
Width: 168.0mm
Height: 239.0mm
Weight: 930g
Pages: 640
About the Author
BRYAN S. TURNER is the Presidential Professor of Sociology and Director of the Mellon Committee for the Study of Religion, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York and Director of the Institute for Religion Politics and Society at the Australian Catholic University (Melbourne). He was the Alona Evans Distinguished Visiting Professor at Wellesley College (2009-10). His most recent publications are Religion and Modern Society (Cambridge 2011) and The Religious and the Political (Cambridge 2013). With Oscar Salemink, he edited the Routledge Handbook of Religions in Asia (2014). He is the founding editor with John O'Neill of the Journal of Classical Sociology (Sage) and with Irfan Ahmad the Journal of Religious and Political Practice (Routledge). He received the Max Planck Award in 2015 for research on secularization and modernity: social and religious pluralism, and is a Guest Professor at the University of Potsdam.
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