Profiles in Contemporary Social Theory Paperback / softback
Edited by Anthony Elliott, Bryan S Turner
Paperback / softback
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This comprehensive book provides an indispensable introduction to the most significant figures in contemporary social theory.
Grounded strongly in the European tradition, the profiles include Michel Foucault, J[um]urgen Habermas, Roland Barthes, Jean Baudrillard, Pierre Bourdieu, Zygmunt Bauman, Martin Heidegger, Fredric Jameson, Richard Rorty, Nancy Chodorow, Anthony Giddens, Stuart Hall, Luce Irigaray and Donna Haraway.
In guiding students through the key figures in an accessible and authoritative fashion, the book provides detailed accounts of the development of the work of major social theorists and charts the relationship between different traditions of social, cultural and political thought. Profiles in Contemporary Social Theory will become a major reference work in the field of social theory because it offers in-depth commentaries that comprehensively examine the contents, contexts and critical evaluation of key theorists of the day.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:416 pages
- Publisher:SAGE Publications Inc
- Publication Date:23/05/2001
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- ISBN:9780761965893
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:416 pages
- Publisher:SAGE Publications Inc
- Publication Date:23/05/2001
- Category:
- ISBN:9780761965893