LEADER 03689oam 2200613 450 001 9910830003103321 005 20170523091602.0 010 $a9781444304992$bebook 010 $a1444304992$bebook 010 $a9781780341965$bebook 010 $a1780341962$bebook 010 $a9781444305005$bebook 010 $a144430500X$bebook 010 $a9781282007659 010 $a1282007653 010 $a9786612007651 010 $a6612007656 010 $a9781405184960 010 $a1405184965 035 $a(OCoLC)312130182 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL6KED 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000716032 100 $a20080424d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe new Blackwell companion to social theory /$fedited by Bryan S. Turner 210 1$aChichester [England] ;$aMalden, Mass. :$cWiley-Blackwell,$d2009. 215 $a1 online resource (xvii, 618 pages) 225 1 $aBlackwell companions to sociology 300 $aRevised edition of: The Blackwell companion to social theory. 2nd edition 2000. 311 0 $a1119250749 311 0 $a1405169001 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $a10: 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 327 $a25: 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 330 $aA comprehensive new collection covering the principal traditions and critical contemporary issues of social theory.Builds on the success of The Blackwell Companion to Social Theory, second edition with substantial revisions, entirely new contributions, and a fresh editorial directionExplores contemporary areas such as actor network theory, social constructionism, human rights and cosmopolitanismIncludes chapters on demography, science and technology studies, and genetics and social theoryEmphasizes key areas of sociology which have had an important impact in shaping 410 0$aBlackwell companions to sociology. 517 3 $aCompanion to social theory 606 $aSocial sciences$xPhilosophy 606 $aSociology$xPhilosophy 615 0$aSocial sciences$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aSociology$xPhilosophy. 676 $a300.1 702 $aTurner$b Bryan S. 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910830003103321 996 $aThe new Blackwell companion to social theory$93940889 997 $aUNINA