Bryan S. Turner

The New Blackwell Companion to Social Theory

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

_ A comprehensive new collection covering the principal traditions and critical contemporary issues of social theory.
_ Builds on the success of The Blackwell Companion to Social Theory, second edition with substantial revisions, entirely new contributions, and a fresh editorial direction
_ Explores contemporary areas such as actor network theory, social constructionism, human rights and cosmopolitanism
_ Includes chapters on demography, science and technology studies, and genetics and social theory
_ Emphasizes key areas of sociology which have had an important impact in shaping the discipline as a whole

Produktdetails

• Blackwell Companions to Sociology
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1A119250740
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 640
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 167mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 936g
• ISBN-13: 9781119250746
• ISBN-10: 1119250749
• Artikelnr.: 44466379

Autorenporträt

BRYAN S. TURNER is the Presidential Professor of Sociology and Director of the Mellon Committee for the Study of Religion, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York and Director of the Institute for Religion Politics and Society at the Australian Catholic University (Melbourne). He was the Alona Evans Distinguished Visiting Professor at Wellesley College (2009-10). His most recent publications are Religion and Modern Society (Cambridge 2011) and The Religious and the Political (Cambridge 2013). With Oscar Salemink, he edited the Routledge Handbook of Religions in Asia (2014). He is the founding editor with John O'Neill of the Journal of Classical Sociology (Sage) and with Irfan Ahmad the Journal of Religious and Political Practice (Routledge). He received the Max Planck Award in 2015 for research on secularization and modernity: social and religious pluralism, and is a Guest Professor at the University of Potsdam.

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors. Introduction: A New Agenda for Social Theory?: Bryan S.
Turner (National University of Singapore). Part I: Foundations:. 1. The
Foundations of Social Theory: Gerard Delanty (University of Sussex). 2.
Contemporary Sociological Theory: Post-Parsonian Developments: John
Holmwood (University of Birmingham). 3. Philosophy of the Social Sciences:
Patrick Baert (University of Cambridge) and Fernando Rubio Dominguez
(University of Cambridge). Part II: Actions, Actors, and Systems:. 4.
Theories of Social Action: Rob Stones (University of Essex). 5.
Functionalism and Social Systems Theory: Giuseppe Sciortino (University of
Trento). 6. Structuralism and Poststructuralism: David Chaffee (Flinders
University) and Charles Lemert (Wesleyan University, CT). 7. Actor Network
Theory and Material Semiotics: John Law (Lancaster University). 8.
Ethnomethodology: Richard A. Hilbert (Gustavus Adolphus College). 9.
Rational Choice Theory: Raymond Boudon (University of Paris--Sorbonne).
Part III: Perspectives on Social and Cultural Analysis:. 10. Pragmatism and
Symbolic Interactionism: Jack Barbalet (University of Leicester). 11.
Phenomenology: Michael G. Flaherty (Eckerd College). 12. Feminist Theory:
Mary Evans (Gender Institute, London School of Economics and Political
Science). 13. Postmodern Social Theory: Jan Pakulski (University of
Tasmania). 14. Social Constructionism: Darin Weinberg (University of
Cambridge). 15. Conversation Analysis and Social Theory: John Heritage
(University of California, Los Angeles). 16. Globalization Theory: John
Boli (Emory University) and Frank J. Lechner (Emory University). Part IV:
Sociology and the Social Sciences:. 17. Genetics and Social Theory: Oonagh
Corrigan (University of Plymouth). 18. Economic Sociology: Richard Swedberg
(Cornell University). 19. Cultural Sociology: Jeffrey C. Alexander (Yale
University) and Isaac Reed (University of Colorado). 20. Historical
Sociology: Krishan Kumar (University of Virginia). 21. The Sociology of
Religion: Michele Dillon (University of New Hampshire). 22. Demography:
John MacInnes (University of Edinburgh) and Julio Pérez Diaz (Spanish
Council for Scientific Research). 23. Science and Technology Studies:
Sophia Roosth (MIT) and Susan Silbey (Fellow of the American Academy of
Political and Social Science). Part V: New Developments:. 24. Mobilities
and Social Theory: John Urry (Lancaster University). 25. Sociological
Theory and Human Rights: Two Logics, One World: Judith Blau (University of
North Carolina) and Alberto Moncada (Valencia Center, UNESCO). 26. The
Sociology of the Body: Bryan S. Turner (National University of Singapore).
27. Cosmopolitanism and Social Theory: Daniel Chernilo (University of
Alberto Hurtado). 28. The Future of Social Theory: Stephen Turner
(University of South Florida). Index

Rezensionen

"The New Blackwell Companion to Social Theory is aptly titled since it involves a dramatic revision and updating of the previous volume. It is an excellent overview of the state of social theory with strong essays written, in the main, by many of the world's leading social theorists. An indispensable resource for anyone interested in social theory."
George Ritzer, University if Maryland

"Comprehensive and engaging, this new companion will help students and other readers understand both the changing agendas and the core content of social theory."
Craig Calhoun, New York University