A Short History of Sociological Thought - Brossura

Swingewood, Alan

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ISBN 10: 0333801997 ISBN 13: 9780333801994

Casa editrice: Red Globe Press, 2000

Riassunto

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.

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Recensione:

'a superb book.' - The Times Higher Education Supplement

L'autore:

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

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Red Globe Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0333801997
• ISBN 13: 9780333801994
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 3
• Numero di pagine: 284