The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Major Social Theorists, 2 Volume Set

1232 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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 1 - Features updates and revisions to all essays from original volume, plus the addition of 11 new authors - Includes six new essays featuring coverage of theorists not included in original volume: Ibn Khaldun, de Tocqueville, Schumpeter, Mannheim, Veblen, and Adorno - Supplemented with comprehensive bibliographies on primary and secondary sources, with a brief reader's guide accompanying each essay - Addresses continuing relevance of most theories and their importance to contemporary scholarship Volume 2 - Features updates and revisions to all essays from original volume, plus the addition of 16 new authors - Includes 11 new essays featuring coverage of theorists not included in original volume, including Deleuze, Bauman, Smith, Luhmann, Agamben, and others - Supplemented with comprehensive bibliographies on primary and secondary sources, with a brief reader's guide accompanying each essay - Essays placed in social and historical context to allow readers to see how theorists have responded to pressing contemporary social and political issues

• ISBN: 9781444330786
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 13.05.2011
• Größe: 254 x 180 mm
• Verlag: Wiley
• Herausgegeben von: George Ritzer, Jeffrey Stepnisky