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Sometimes social theory can seem dry and intimidating - as if it is something completely apart from everyday life. But in this incisive new text, Brian Heaphy show exactly how the arguments of the great contemporary theorists play out against extended examples from real life.

Introducing the ideas of founding social thinkers including Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Simmel and Freud, and the work of key contemporary theorists, among them Lacan, Foucault, Lyotrad, Baudrillard, Bauman, Giddens and Beck, the book begins by examining the merits of the 'late modernity' thesis against...

Heaphy examines the merits of the 'late modernity' thesis against those of the proponents of 'post-modernity'. He shows the wide scoop of influence of 'postmodern' thought and puts these theories in context by looking at how they play out against key features of contemporary society and culture.