In this dazzling book, Anthony Elliott unravels the many different definitions of society in contemporary social theory, and examines key sociological ideas on the relationship between the individual and society - from the Frankfurt School through post-structuralism to postmodernism and beyond. The book begins by distilling the essentials of central issues in social theory. between identity and culture; and the centrality of autonomy to the project of social theory. There then follows a series of chapters on key contemporary social theorists, among them Herbert Marcuse, Michel Foucault, Jean Baudrillard, Zygmunt Bauman, Nancy Chodorow, Anthony Giddens, Manuel Castells, Judith Butler and Jurgen Habermas. Each chapter situates the author's writings in a wider political and historical context, discusses their major works and critically assesses their contributions to social theory. Wide-ranging and comprehensive, Contemporary Social Theory is Anthony Elliott's major work to date. social theory, sociology, philosophy and cultural studies, as it is both an original enquiry and a consummate introduction to social theory.
In this dazzling book, Anthony Elliott unravels the many different definitions of society in contemporary social theory, and examines key sociological ideas on the relationship between the individual and society - from the Frankfurt School through post-structuralism to postmodernism and beyond. The book begins by distilling the essentials of central issues in social theory. between identity and culture; and the centrality of autonomy to the project of social theory. There then follows a series of chapters on key contemporary social theorists, among them Herbert Marcuse, Michel Foucault, Jean Baudrillard, Zygmunt Bauman, Nancy Chodorow, Anthony Giddens, Manuel Castells, Judith Butler and Jurgen Habermas. Each chapter situates the author's writings in a wider political and historical context, discusses their major works and critically assesses their contributions to social theory. Wide-ranging and comprehensive, Contemporary Social Theory is Anthony Elliott's major work to date. social theory, sociology, philosophy and cultural studies, as it is both an original enquiry and a consummate introduction to social theory.
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