An Invitation to Social Theory

ISBN-13: 9781509506408 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 336 str.

David Inglis; Christopher Thorpe

Opis

Social theory is a crucial resource for the social sciences. It provides rich insights into how human beings think and act, and how contemporary social life is constructed. But often the key ideas of social theorists are expressed in highly technical and difficult language that can hide more than it reveals.

Recenzje

"This book makes a compelling case for the continued significance of social theory today. It is written in a clear and accessible style that, at the same time, does justice to the complexity of the ideas in question. It deserves to be studied closely by students from across the social sciences."
Nicholas Gane, University of Warwick

"Impressively lucid and well–informed, this highly accessible book offers a most comprehensive and illuminating overview of the classical and contemporary paradigms in social thoughts, bringing the readers up to date on very important debates over structure, agency, subjectivity, identity, network, and globalized modernity."
Agnes S. Ku, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Spis treści

Introduction1 Classical Paradigms2 Functionalist and Systems Theory Paradigms3 Marxist and Critical Theoretical Paradigms4 Phenomenological Paradigms5 The Symbolic Interactionist Paradigm6 Rational Choice and Exchange Theory Paradigms7 The Process Sociological Paradigm8 Structuralist and Post-Structuralist Paradigms9 Post-Modernist Paradigms10 Structurationist Paradigms11 Feminist Paradigms12 The Actor Network Theory Paradigm13 Globalization ParadigmsReferences

O autorze

David Inglis is Professor of Sociology at the University of Helsinki.Christopher Thorpe is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Exeter.