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Zusatztext "Poggi and Sciortino provide a fresh! lively encounter with sociology's major thinkers. The book is effortlessly engaging and conveys the complexity of sociological thinking with ease. Readers are given the chance to both deepen their knowledge and revisit authors in a new and stimulating way. A great achievement!" Informationen zum Autor Gianfranco Poggi is Professor of Sociology at the University of Trento, Italy. He is the author of Weber: A Short Introduction (2006) and Forms of Power (2001), among other works. Giuseppe Sciortino is Professor of Sociology at the University of Trento, Italy. Klappentext Modern social thought is largely the intellectual product of a number of "great minds." Revisiting the central theories of Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Simmel, Mead, Parsons, Goffman, Garfinkel, and Luhmann, this text introduces readers to a select group of thinkers who have made significant, distinctive, and controversial contributions to the development of modern social theory. Offering a careful selection of primary sources that encourage direct engagement with the writings, Poggi and Sciortino emphasize the theoretical insights and problems that remain valuable to discussions of social theory today. Each chapter introduces key ideas, whether classical or contemporary, through a discussion of each theorist's contribution to the exploration of the human actors and the consequences, potentialities, and vulnerabilities embedded in social relationships. Great Minds was originally published in Italian. This first-ever English-language edition includes a new final chapter on the work of Luhmann. Zusammenfassung Great Minds revisits key social thinkers that have made significant, distinctive, and controversial contributions to the development of modern social theory.
