The Wiley-Blackwell companion to major social theorists. Volume I, Classical social theorists /
"Reflecting emerging research and ongoing reassessments of social theory, The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Major Social Theorists offers significant updates and revisions to the original Blackwell Companion published a decade ago. Volume I: Major Classical Theorists presents 18 comprehensive es...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Malden :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2011.
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| Series: | Blackwell companions to sociology ;
27. |
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
| Summary: | "Reflecting emerging research and ongoing reassessments of social theory, The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Major Social Theorists offers significant updates and revisions to the original Blackwell Companion published a decade ago. Volume I: Major Classical Theorists presents 18 comprehensive essays on social theorists writing in the classical tradition, more than half all-new for this Companion, written by some of the most eminent contemporary scholars in their field. In addition to detailing the make-up and development of specific social theories, each essay places the theorist and their ideas in personal, social, and historical context; and integrates the most current scholarship to offer assessments as to their continuing relevance. Well-known theorists such as Comte, Spencer, Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Simmel, Mead, Schutz, and Parsons are represented, as well as theorists historically excluded from the sociological canon, including Ibn Khaldun, Martineau, Gilman, and Du Bois. Other essays consider a set of classical theorists chosen for their particular relevance to contemporary theory: de Tocqueville on democracy, Schumpeter on capitalism, Mannheim on the sociology of knowledge, Veblen on consumer society, and Adorno on cultural theory. Edited by one of the most renowned figures in social theory, the Wiley-Blackwell Companion is an indispensable resource and reference to the life and times of the classical thinkers and their relevance to modern theorists and today's social world"-- |
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| Item Description: | Published in 2000 under title: The Blackwell companion to major social theorists. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 616 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781444396621 1444396625 9781444396607 1444396609 9781444331813 1444331817 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/9781444396621 |
