Contested Knowledge (3rd ed.)
Social Theory Today
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by Steven Seidman
Blackwell Publishers
Due/Published
September 2003, 304 pages,
paper
ISBN
0631226710
Contested Knowledge combines social analysis and moral advocacy, showing how social theory can and does and sometimes doesn't work within the public and political sphere. This third edition has been reorganized and now includes sections on white studies, masculinity studies, critical heterosexuality studies, and a section on Empire. There is also a new chapter on social theory today, as well as section introductions, and 33 short biographies on major social theorists. Contents Preface
Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: The Rise of The Classical Tradition
Introduction
1. A Science Of Society: The Enlightenment And Auguste Comte
2. The Revolutionary Theory Of Karl Marx
3. The Promise Of Sociology: Emile Durkheim
4. The Ironic Social Theory Of Max Weber
Afterword Part II: Rethinking The Classical Tradition: American Sociology
Introduction
5. The Grand Theory Of Talcott Parsons And Peter Bergeer And Thomas Luckmann
6. The Scientific Theory Of Randall Collins And Peter Blau
7. The Moral Sociology Of C. Wright Mills And Robert Bellah
Afterword Part III: Rethinking The Classical Tradition: European Theory
Introduction
8. The Critical Theory Of Jürgen Habermas
9. Stuart Hall And British Cultural Studies
10. The Critical Sociology Of Anthony Giddens And Pierre Bourdieu
Afterword Part IV: Revisions and Revolts: The Postmodern Turn
Introduction
11. The Postmodern World Of Derrida, Lyotard, And Baudrillard
12. Michel Foucault's Disciplinary Society
13. Zygmunt Bauman's Sociology Of Postmodernty
Afterword Part V: Revisions and Revolts: Identity Politics and Theory
Introduction
14. Feminist Theory
15. Critical Race Theory
16. Gay, Lesbian, And Queer Theory
17. Colonialism And Empire Afterword
Epilogue: Social Theory Today
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