The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory presents a comprehensive, interdisciplinary compendium of original entries focusing on the origins, evolution, and global development of contemporary social theory.

  • Presents a comprehensive, interdisciplinary overview and analysis of all aspects of social theory
  • Features more than 850 in-depth, original entries contributed by international experts
  • Includes all major theories, theorists, schools of thought, disciplines, debates, doctrines, developments, epistemologies, and methodologies relating to the development of modern social theory
  • Brings in concepts from contemporary cultural studies, feminism, post-secularism, and postmodernism
Explores controversial contemporary debates relating to the clash of civilization, environmentalism, post-colonialism, post-humanism, cyborgs, and the life-extension project
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The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory presents a comprehensive, interdisciplinary compendium of original entries focusing on the origins, evolution, and global development of contemporary social theory.
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Volume I

Editors vii

Contributors xi

Lexicon xxxiii

Introduction xlv

Social Theory A–C 1

Volume II

Social Theory D–G 513

Volume III

Social Theory H–M 1025

Volume IV

Social Theory N–R 1565

Volume V

Social Theory S–Z 1997

Index 2663

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The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory presents a comprehensive, interdisciplinary compendium of original entries focusing on the roots, evolution, and global development of contemporary social theory. Featuring contributions from a wide range of international scholars in the field, listings cover a broad spectrum of social concepts and theories drawn from disciplines ranging from political philosophy, legal studies, and social psychology to economics, social anthropology, gender studies, and more.

Coverage includes all the major concepts, schools of thought, key theories (and individual theorists behind them), and current trends relating to social theory, along with substantive discussions on related topics such as poverty, crime, modern social issues and problems, and others. As a counterbalance to the myriad issues of historical social theory, up-to-date coverage is also included on controversial contemporary debates relating to the clash of civilization, environmentalism, post-colonialism, post-humanism, cyborgs, and the life-extension project in the more than 850 in-depth entries—each supplemented with abstracts, cross references, bibliographies, and suggestions for further study.

Comprehensive and authoritative, The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory represents an indispensable reference resource to all issues relating to the development and current state of social theory in today's globalized world.

This work is also available as an online resource at www.socialtheoryencyclopedia.com

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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781118430866
Publisert
2017-11-24
Utgiver
Vendor
Wiley-Blackwell
Vekt
5625 gr
Høyde
277 mm
Bredde
221 mm
Dybde
221 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
2864

Editor-in-chief

Om bidragsyterne

Bryan S. Turner is professor of Sociology in the Institute for Religion, Politics, and Society at the Australian Catholic University (Melbourne). He won the Max Planck Award in 2015 and is an honorary professor at Potsdam University Germany, where he directs the Centre for Citizenship, Social Pluralism and Religious Diversity.

Chang Kyung-Sup is professor of Sociology at Seoul National University, South Korea.

Cynthia F. Epstein is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and currently a Visiting Scholar at Columbia Law School.

Peter Kivisto is the Richard A. Swanson Professor of Social Thought at Augustana College, where he has taught for over 30 years.

William Outhwaite taught at the universities of Sussex and Newcastle, where he is emeritus professor.

J. Michael Ryan is currently a researcher for the TRANSRIGHTS Project at The University of Lisbon (Portugal).