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9781405105958

The Blackwell Companion to Major Contemporary Social Theorists

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    9781405105958

  • ISBN10:

    140510595X

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-06-04
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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Summary

The Blackwell Companion to Major Contemporary Social Theorists is a survey of contemporary social theory that focuses on the thinkers themselves. In original essays especially commissioned for this volume, leading experts and practitioners examine the life and work of thirteen major theorists. Contributors discuss the social and intellectual context of the theorists' writings, and offer an analysis of their impact over time. Each chapter balances systematic treatment of a particular theorist with personal interpretations of the theorist's work. For the student, scholar, or practitioner this Companion is an indispensable resource and reference to the life and times of the thinkers who have tried to make sense of our social surroundings.

Author Biography

George Ritzer is Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland. He has chaired both the Theoretical and the Organizations and Occupations sections of the American Sociological Association, and authored more than 25 books, including Expressing America: A Critique of the Global Credit Card Society (1995), The McDonaldization of Society: An Investigation into the Changing Character of Contemporary Social Life (1995), Classical Sociological Theory (second edition, 1995), and The McDonaldization Thesis: Explorations and Extensions (1998).

Table of Contents

Preface vii
List of Contributors
ix
Introduction: Metatheorizing Contemporary Social Theorists 1(11)
Todd Stillman
Robert K. Merton
12(22)
Piotr Sztompka
Erving Goffman
34(29)
Gary Alan Fine
Philip Manning
Richard M. Emerson
63(27)
Karen S. Cook
Joseph Whitmeyer
James Coleman
90(32)
Siegwart Lindenberg
Harold Garfinkel
122(32)
Anne Rawls
Daniel Bell
154(24)
Malcolm Waters
Norbert Elias
178(29)
Richard Kilminster
Stephen Mennell
Michel Foucault
207(21)
Barry Smart
Jurgen Habermas
228(19)
William Outhwaite
Anthony Giddens
247(27)
Christopher G. A. Bryant
David Jary
Pierre Bourdieu
274(36)
Craig Calhoun
Jean Baudrillard
310(23)
Douglas Kellner
Judith Butler
333(20)
Patricia T. Clough
Index 353

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