Social Theory in the Twentieth Century and Beyond 2e (Hardcover, 2nd Edition)

This revised edition of Patrick Baert's widely acclaimed "Social Theory in the Twentieth Century," now benefitting from the collaboration of Filipe Carreira da Silva has been brought right up-to-date with cutting-edge developments in social theory today. It offers an easy-to-read but provocative account of the development of social theory, covering a range of key figures and classic schools of thought. The authors bridge the gap between philosophy and social theory, locating the theoretical views of individuals such as Michel Foucault, Anthony Giddens and Jurgen Habermas within wider historical traditions.

The revised edition includes new material on French pragmatist sociology and cultural sociology, and on contemporary social thinkers such as Zygmunt Bauman, Ulrich Beck, Manuel Castells, Randall Collins, Michael Mann, Saskia Sassen and Theda Skocpol. The authors conclude with a bold, new pragmatist agenda for social theory and the social sciences.

Written in a lively style, and avoiding jargon, "Social Theory in the Twentieth Century and Beyond" is aimed at students who wish to gain an understanding of the main debates and dilemmas driving social theory. Like its predecessor, it will be a standard introduction to modern social theory for students in sociology, politics and anthropology.

General

Imprint:	Polity Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2009
First published:	December 2009
Authors:	P Baert
Dimensions:	236 x 159 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	248
Edition:	2nd Edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-7456-3980-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social theory
LSN:	0-7456-3980-1
Barcode:	9780745639802

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