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Modernity after postmodernism
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posted on 2023-06-26, 07:13 authored by Gerard DelantyThis book provides a comprehensive introduction to the core topics, theories and debates in modern social theory. Fourteen chapters have been written by leading specialists in the field, providing up-to-date guidance on the full sweep of the modern sociological imagination, from the legacies of the classical figures of Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Simmel and Parsons to the work of cutting-edge contemporary theorists. Separate chapters discuss functionalism and its critics, interpretive and interactionist theory, historical social theory, western Marxism, psychoanalytic social theory, structuralism and post-structuralism, structure and agency theory, feminist social theory, postmodernism and its critics, and theories about globalization. All chapters are supplied with questions for discussion, study boxes, guidance on further reading and useful website addresses. It is ideal for students of sociology and cultural studies pursuing foundational courses in the history and theory of social analysis, and is also accessible for the general reader.
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Oxford University PressPublisher URL
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273-291Pages
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Modern Social TheoryPlace of publication
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9780200000000Department affiliated with
- Sociology and Criminology Publications
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Austin HarringtonLegacy Posted Date
2012-02-06Usage metrics
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