A Short History of Sociological Thought, Second Edition

Swingewood, Alan

ISBN 10: 0312067364 / ISBN 13: 9780312067366

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan (edition 2nd), 1991

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Inhaltsangabe:

This lucidly written, jargon-free text offers an account of the rise of sociological thought from its origins in the eighteenth century. Beginning with the classical sociology of Marx, Durkheim, Weber and Simmel, it goes on to examine the modern paradigms of functionalism, interactionism, structuralism and critical Marxism, and ends by discussing salient contemporary sociological theory, including the theories of Foucault, Baudrillard, Giddens, Habermas and others. Systematic and comprehensive, this is a text that critically engages with sociological theory throughout its development, offering students a path through competing traditions and perspectives that brings out the distinctive value and limitations of these.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Alan Swingewood lectures in sociology at the London School of Economics. He is also the author of Cultural Theory and the Problem of Modernity.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: A Short History of Sociological Thought, ...
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan (edition 2nd)
Erscheinungsdatum: 1991
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Very Good
Auflage: 2nd.