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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830245903321

Titolo

The Blackwell companion to major contemporary social theorists [[electronic resource] /] / edited by George Ritzer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell, 2003

ISBN

9786611312992

1-4051-6670-3

1-78034-045-1

0-470-99991-8

0-470-99990-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (378 p.)

Collana

Blackwell companions to sociology ; ; 7

Altri autori (Persone)

RitzerGeorge

Disciplina

301.01

Soggetti

Sociologists

Social sciences - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published, together with The Blackwell companion to major classical social theorists, as The Blackwell companion to major social theorists, in 2000.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Blackwell Companion to Major Contemporary Social Theorists; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; Introduction: Metatheorizing Contemporary Social Theorists; 1 Robert K. Merton; 2 Erving Goffman; 3 Richard M. Emerson; 4 James Coleman; 5 Harold Garfinkel; 6 Daniel Bell; 7 Norbert Elias; 8 Michel Foucault; 9 Jürgen Habermas; 10 Anthony Giddens; 11 Pierre Bourdieu; 12 Jean Baudrillard; 13 Judith Butler; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 13 major theorists such as Elias, Baudrillard, Giddens, and Butler. Includes 13 original essays by leading scholars on major contemporary social theorists. Covers key figures such as Elias, Goffman, Foucault, Habermas, Giddens, Bourdieu, and Butler. Essays include biographical sketches, the