This book is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the roots, current debates and future development of social theory. It draws together a team of outstanding international scholars, and presents an authoritative and panoramic critical survey of the field.
The volume is divided into three parts. The first part examines the classical tradition. Included here are critical discussions of Comte, Spencer, Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Simmel, Mead, Freud, Mannheim and classical feminist thought. This part conveys the classical tradition as a living resource in social theory, it demonstrates not only the critical significance of classical writings, but their continuing relevance.
The second part moves on t
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George Ritzer is Professor of sociology at the University of Maryland; Barry Smart is Professor of sociology at Portsmouth University.
CONTRIBUTORS′ AFFILIATIONS OUTSIDE NORTH AMERICA:
Barry Barnes Exeter University
Steve Crook James Cook University
Mitchell Dean Macquarie University
Gerard Delanty University of Liverpool
Anthony Elliott University of the West of England
Mike Gane Loughborough University
Peter Halfpenny University of Manchester
Harvie Ferguson University of Glasgow
Bob Holton Flinders University, Australia
Hans Joas Freie Universitat, Berlin
Karin Knorr-Cetina Universitat Bielefeld
Gregor Mclennan University of Bristol
Brigitte Nedelmann Johannes Gutenberg - Universitat Mainz
Roland Robertson Koc Universitesi Arnavutkoy Lojmanlari, Istanbul
John Rundell University of Melbourne
Chris Shilling University of Portsmouth
Nico Stehr Universitaet Duisburg
Robert Van Krieken University of Sydney
Sam Whimster London Guildhall University
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