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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830003103321

Titolo

The new Blackwell companion to social theory / / edited by Bryan S. Turner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester [England] ; ; Malden, Mass. : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2009

ISBN

9781444304992

1444304992

9781780341965

1780341962

9781444305005

144430500X

9781282007659

1282007653

9786612007651

6612007656

9781405184960

1405184965

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 618 pages)

Collana

Blackwell companions to sociology

Disciplina

300.1

Soggetti

Social sciences - Philosophy

Sociology - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revised edition of: The Blackwell companion to social theory. 2nd edition 2000.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction: A New Agenda for Social Theory?; Part I: Foundations; 1: The Foundations of Social Theory; 2: Contemporary Sociological Theory: Post-Parsonian Developments; 3: Philosophy of the Social Sciences; Part II: Actions, Actors, and Systems; 4: Theories of Social Action; 5: Functionalism and Social Systems Theory; 6: Structuralism and Poststructuralism; 7: Actor Network Theory and Material Semiotics; 8: Ethnomethodology and Social Theory; 9: Rational Choice Theory; Part III: Perspectives on Social and Cultural Analysis



10: Pragmatism and Symbolic Interactionism11: Phenomenology; 12: Feminist Theory; 13: Postmodern Social Theory; 14: Social Constructionism; 15: Conversation Analysis as Social Theory; 16: Globalization Theory; Part IV: Sociology and the Social Sciences; 17: Genetics and Social Theory; 18: Economic Sociology; 19: Cultural Sociology; 20: Historical Sociology; 21: The Sociology of Religion; 22: Demography; 23: Science and Technology Studies: From Controversies to Posthumanist Social Theory; Part V: New Developments; 24: Mobilities and Social Theory

25: Sociological Theory and Human Rights: Two Logics, One World26: The Sociology of the Body; 27: Cosmopolitanism and Social Theory; 28: The Future of Social Theory; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A comprehensive new collection covering the principal traditions and critical contemporary issues of 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 directionExplores contemporary areas such as actor network theory, social constructionism, human rights and cosmopolitanismIncludes chapters on demography, science and technology studies, and genetics and social theoryEmphasizes key areas of sociology which have had an important impact in shaping