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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814803503321

Autore

Reed Kate <1972->

Titolo

New directions in social theory : race, gender and the canon / / Kate Reed

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 2006

ISBN

0-7619-4271-8

1-281-23986-0

9786611239862

1-84787-754-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 176 p.)

Disciplina

300.1

Soggetti

Social sciences - Philosophy

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 (p. [163]-171) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Biographical Note; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Part I: Classical Sociology; Chapter 2 - The Classical Tradition; Chapter 3 - Race, Gender and Hidden Classics; Part II: Modern Sociology; Chapter 4 - Theories of the Golden Age; Chapter 5 - Race, Gender and Sociological Outsiders; Part III: Contemporary Sociology; Chapter 6 - Postmodernism and Social Theory; Chapter 7 - Beyond Sociological Exclusion; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

'Beyond Social Theory' offers a passionate contribution to the debate about social theory & its role, using as a medium a discussion of the ways in which gender & race have contributed to the exclusion of important thinkers from the sociological canon.