Contemporary social theory: an introduction

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In this comprehensive, stylish and accessible introduction to contemporary social theory, Anthony Elliott examines the major social theoretical traditions. The first edition set new standards for introductory textbooks, such was the far-reaching sweep of social theorists discussed - including Theodor Adorno, Herbert Marcuse, Michel Foucault, Jacques Lacan, Jacques Derrida, Anthony Giddens, Pierre Bourdieu, Julia Kristeva, Jurgen Habermas, Judith Butler, Slavoj Zizek, Manuel Castells, Ulrich Bec…

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Full title :Contemporary social theory : an introduction / Anthony Elliott.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2014.
Edition:Second edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:Hoboken, United States
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014.

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Description:1 online resource (xiii, 402 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781134083237, 1134083238, 9780415521369, 041552136X, 9780415521376, 0415521378, 9781134083305, 1134083300, 9781134083374, 1134083378
oclc:on1071903317
LC Classification:HM447
Dewey Decimal:301.0

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; 1. The Textures of Society; What is society?; Society and social theory; Coping with climate change: Anthony Giddens; Key themes in contemporary social theory; Further questions; Further reading; Internet links; 2. The Contemporary Relevance of the Classics; The contradictions of modernity: Marx; Modernity as iron cage: Weber; Modernity as moral bonds: Durkheim; Trauma, tragedy and Thanatos: Freud; Summary points; Further questions; Further reading; Internet links; 3. The Frankfurt School

Horkheimer and Adorno: Dialectic of EnlightenmentFreudian revolution: the uses of psychoanalysis; Fromm: fear of freedom; Adorno: The Authoritarian Personality, anti-Semitism and the psychodynamics of modernity; Written in the stars: Adorno on astrology; Marcuse: Eros, or one-dimensional futures?; Utopia and social transformation: Marcuse on libidinal rationality; Criticisms of Marcuse; Summary points; Further questions; Further reading; Internet links; 4. Structuralism; Saussure and structural linguistics; Criticisms of Saussure

The Raw and The Cooked: Lévi-Strauss and structural anthropologyRoland …

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History Sciences sociales -- Philosophie Sciences sociales -- Philosophie -- 20e… Social sciences -- Philosophy Social sciences -- Philosophy -- 20th c… Sociologie -- Philosophie Sociologie -- Philosophie -- 20e siècle Sociology -- Philosophy -- 20th century Sociology-philosophy