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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456681303321

Titolo

The Routledge companion to social theory / / edited by Anthony Elliott ; with the assistance of Daniel Mendelson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-18894-7

1-135-18895-5

1-282-44339-9

9786612443398

0-203-86401-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (342 p.)

Collana

Routledge Companions

Altri autori (Persone)

ElliottAnthony

MendelsonDaniel <1975->

Disciplina

300.1

301

Soggetti

Sociology - Philosophy

Social sciences - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CONTRIBUTORS; EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION; Part I TRADITIONS AND RIDDLES OF SOCIAL THEORY; 1 WHAT IS SOCIAL THEORY?; 2 CLASSICAL SOCIAL THEORY; 3 SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM; 4 SOCIAL THEORY AND PSYCHOANALYSIS; 5 STRUCTURALIST AND POST-STRUCTURALIST SOCIAL THEORY; 6 THEORIES OF STRUCTURATION; 7 SOCIAL THEORY OF THE BODY; 8 POSTMODERN SOCIAL THEORY; 9 IDENTITY AND SOCIAL THEORY; 10 NEW MEDIA, POPULAR CULTURE AND SOCIAL THEORY; 11 CITIZENSHIP, COSMOPOLITANISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS; 12 CULTURAL SOCIAL THEORY; 13 SOCIAL THEORY AND GLOBALIZATION

Part II CENTRAL TERMS AND THINKERSBIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

The Routledge Companion to Social Theory provides an authoritative, comprehensive and provocative introduction to the key traditions of thought in social theory today. This ground-breaking reference work



brings together major contributors, both established and emergent new voices, to reflect on the ways in which social theory sheds light on the contemporary social world. Represented are:the traditions of classical social thoughtsymbolic interactionismpsychoanalysisstructuralism, post-structuralism and postmodernismidentity theories</L