Contested Knowledge: Social Theory in the Postmodern Era - Softcover

Seidman, Steven

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1577181344 ISBN 13: 9781577181347

Verlag: Blackwell Publishers, 1998

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From the classical sociologists (Durkheim, Marx, Weber) to contemporary social theories and movements (including feminism, poststructuralism, African-American thought, and Queer Theory), Steven Seidman presents a compelling new approach to the tradition of sociological theory and its established canon.The Second Edition includes new sections on the theories of Alexander, Giddens, and Bourdieu, Stuart Hall and British Cultural Studies, and Wallerstein and post-colonial theory. Combining social analysis and moral advocacy, Contested Knowledge shows how social theory can work within the public, political sphere. Engaging the reader and the discipline alike it is the perfect introduction to social theory.

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Steven Seidman teaches Sociology at the State University of New York at Albany.

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From the classical sociologists (Durkheim, Marx, Weber) to contemporary social theories and movements (including feminism, poststructuralism, African-American thought, and Queer Theory), Steven Seidman presents a compelling new approach to the tradition of sociological theory and its established canon.

The Second Edition includes new sections on the theories of Alexander, Giddens, and Bourdieu, Stuart Hall and British Cultural Studies, and Wallerstein and post-colonial theory. Combining social analysis and moral advocacy, Contested Knowledge shows how social theory can work within the public, political sphere. Engaging the reader and the discipline alike it is the perfect introduction to social theory.

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• Verlag: Blackwell Publishers
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1577181344
• ISBN 13: 9781577181347
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 416
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