Key Sociological Thinkers - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0814781152 ISBN 13 : 9780814781159

Editeur : New York University Press, 1998

Synopsis

Aimed at students and non-specialists, this is an overview of the major sociological developments from Marx to the present. Twenty-one chapters introduce key thinkers in the field: their driving impulses, issues central to their work, substantive examples of the theory in action, their legacy, and reading lists to stimulate further research. The range incorporates not only canonical figures such as Marx, Weber and Durkheim, but also feminist, post-structuralist and post-colonialist thinkers of recent decades, including Sigmund Freud, Georg Simmel, Herbert Blumer, Talcott Parsons, Robert Merton, Simone de Beauvoir, Norbert Elias, Erving Goffman, David Lockwood, Harold Garfinkel, Louis Althusser, Jurgen Habermas, Pierre Bourdieu, Arlie Hochschild and Anthony Giddens.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Rob Stones is Professor of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences and Psychology, Western Sydney University. He has a broad interest in social, sociological and political theory, their application in empirical research, and their importance to serious reflection on public issues. He has pioneered the version of structuration theory known as strong structuration theory (SST), designed to guide empirical case study research and adopted in diverse areas. His books include Sociological Reasoning (1996), Structuration Theory (2005), and Why Current Affairs Needs Social Theory (2015). He is the editor of two book series with Palgrave Macmillan, Themes in Social Theory and Traditions in Social Theory.

Revue de presse

[This] book is very well organized, clear in its argument about the importance of social theory, and approachable to sociologists at almost any level....Rob Stones and the 23 contributors to the second edition of Key Sociological Thinkers have created an informative and exciting exploration of the most important persons in the formation of current sociological thought. The book is an excellent resource for teaching because of its focus on connecting complex theory to applicable daily life and complex social theory --Todd. M. Callais, Denison University, USA, in 'Teaching Sociology'.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: New York University Press
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0814781152
• ISBN 13: 9780814781159
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 1
• Éditeur: Stones Rob
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible