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Social Theory Now (Paperback)
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Social Theory Now (Paperback)
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The landscape of social theory has changed significantly over the
three decades since the publication of Anthony Giddens and Jonathan
Turner's seminal Social Theory Today. Sociologists in the
twenty-first century desperately need a new agenda centered around
central questions of social theory. In Social Theory Now, Claudio
E. Benzecry, Monika Krause, and Isaac Ariail Reed set a new course
for sociologists, bringing together contributions from the most
distinctive sociological traditions in an ambitious survey of where
social theory is today and where it might be going. The book
provides a strategic window onto social theory based on current
research, examining trends in classical traditions and the cutting
edge of more recent approaches. From distinctive theoretical
positions, contributors address questions about how social order is
accomplished; the role of materiality, practice, and meaning; as
well as the conditions for the knowledge of the social world. The
theoretical traditions presented include cultural sociology,
microsociologies, world-system theory and post-colonial theory,
gender and feminism, actor network and network theory, systems
theory, field theory, rational choice, poststructuralism,
pragmatism, and the sociology of conventions. Each chapter
introduces a tradition and presents an agenda for further
theoretical development. Social Theory Now is an essential tool for
sociologists. It will be central to the discussion and teaching of
contemporary social theory for years to come.
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