Cambridge Handbook of Social Theory - Volume I: A Contested Canon

Informationen zum Autor Peter Kivisto is Richard A. Swanson Professor of Social Thought at Augustana College. Klappentext This two-volume handbook of social theory consists of forty original contributions. The researchers take stock of the state of social theory and its relationship to the canon, exploring the nature, purpose, and meaning of social theory; the significance of the classics; the impact of specific individual and theory schools; and more. Zusammenfassung This two-volume handbook of social theory consists of forty original contributions. The researchers take stock of the state of social theory and its relationship to the canon, exploring the nature, purpose, and meaning of social theory; the significance of the classics; the impact of specific individual and theory schools; and more. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

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• Authors: PETER KIVISTO, Peter (Augustana College Kivisto
• Assisted by: PETER KIVISTO (Editor), Peter (Augustana College Kivisto (Editor), Kivisto Peter (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9781107162648
• ISBN: 978-1-107-16264-8
• No. of pages: 464
• Series: The Cambridge Handbook of Social Theory 2 Volume Hardback Set; The Cambridge Handbook of Soci
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory