The Cambridge Handbook of Social Theory

ISBN-13: 9781107162648 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 464 str.

PETER KIVISTO

Opis

This ambitious two-volume handbook of social theory is both current and will stand the test of time.

Recenzje

'Social theory is a fascinating intellectual maze. The Cambridge Handbook of Social Theory provides all of us with a reliable map, a remarkable achievement. Systematic, precise and ecumenical, this is the guide we were waiting for.' Giuseppe Sciortino, Università di Trento

Spis treści

1. The emergence of social theory Johan Heilbron; 2. 'What is a classic?' Variations on an ancient theme Alan Sica; 3. Karl Marx Kevin B. Anderson; 4. The Marxist legacy Peter Beilharz; 5. Émile Durkheim: theorist of solidarity Peter Kivisto; 6. What's in a name? The sacred, science, and the collège de sociologie Simonetta Falasca-Zamponi; 7. Max Weber Lawrence A. Scaff; 8. Weberian social theory Austin Harrington; 9. Georg Simmel and the metropolitization of social life Vincenzo Mele; 10. Pounding on Parsons: how criticism undermined the reputation of sociology's incurable theorist A. Javier Treviño; 11. Symbolic interactionism Lawrence T. Nichols; 12. Erving Goffman and dramaturgical sociology Philip Manning; 13. Structuralism Sandro Segre.