This bestselling reader takes us beyond classic social theory by encompassing a truly inspiring range of readings that have significantly contributed to our current understanding of social theory. This first truly multicultural anthology collects important, readable texts representative of the full range of social theory from the nineteenth century to the present. Now that social theory is practiced in many disciplines, it is necessary to reflect on the variety of theories being read today and the earlier sources that are ...
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This bestselling reader takes us beyond classic social theory by encompassing a truly inspiring range of readings that have significantly contributed to our current understanding of social theory. This first truly multicultural anthology collects important, readable texts representative of the full range of social theory from the nineteenth century to the present. Now that social theory is practiced in many disciplines, it is necessary to reflect on the variety of theories being read today and the earlier sources that are customarily neglected. If today we read Donna Haraway, Henry Louis Gates, and Michel Foucault, we should also read and understand Charlotte Perkins Gilman and W.E.B. Du Bois, alongside Weber, Simmel, William James, and others from the end of the nineteenth century. This book, therefore, sets a wider gauge for the understanding of the history of social thought than could have been possible before. It brings together theories in unexpected and exciting ways: those of Parsons and Dorothy Smith, Merton and Lacan, Wallerstein and Frantz Fanon, James Coleman and Molefi Asante. Extensive introductory essays by the editor situate the readings in their historical place and time, identifying the currents of social change that shaped fundamental questions of modern and postmodern life. This fourth edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to include cutting-edge documents on teletechnologies, masculinities, rhizomes, bare life, and more.
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Near Fine. No Jacket. Book. Octavo. xviii + 692 pp, Preface 2010 edition, Introduction, Social Theory: its Uses and Pleasures. Texts grouped in Six Parts-ordered chronologically, from pre-1850 to post-2001. Final Notes: Where does reading End? , acknowledgments 2010 edition, name index. A slight surface blemish to the upper fr spine corner, & a slight wrinkle to the front wrap forecorner. Else as New. wraps glossy, pages clean, binding tight and unused. Shelved inside a zip-lock bag for safe-keeping.
I bought this book as a required reading for a graduate class in Sociological Theory. It is s collection of writings from the canon (Marx, Durkheim, Weber, etc) as well as "newer" writings (King, Mills, Martin). It is well organized with the author's introductions to each school of thought.
