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Key Sociological Thinkers
A clear and manageable overview of major sociological developments for the lay reader
Despite the fact that most of us think often about society and social life, few of us have had extensive schooling in how to organize or structure such thought. Guided by the belief that the sociological imagination is impoverished if accessible only to a handful of specialists, Key Sociological Thinkers provides the lay reader with a clear and manageable overview of the major sociological developments from Marx to the present day.
Twenty-one concise, thorough chapters introduce the key thinkers in the field; their driving impulses, issues central to their work, substantive examples of the theory in action, their legacy, as well as reading lists meant to stimulate further research. The book's range includes not only canonical figures, such as Marx, Weber, and Durkheim, but feminist, post-structuralist, and post-colonialist thinkers of recent decades, including Nancy Chodorow, Michel Foucault, and Stuart Hall. Other sociologists and social theorists overed include Sigmund Freud, Georg Simmel, Herbert Blumer, Talcott Parsons, Robert Merton, Simone de Beauvoir, Norbert Elias, Erving Goffman, David Lockwood, Harold Garfinkel, Louis Althusser, Jurgen Habermas, Pierre Bourdieu, Arlie Hochschild, and Anthony Giddens.
Key Sociological Thinkers is ideal for students new to the field, veterans looking to brush up, and anyone eager to expand their understanding of the world in which we live.
Despite the fact that most of us think often about society and social life, few of us have had extensive schooling in how to organize or structure such thought. Guided by the belief that the sociological imagination is impoverished if accessible only to a handful of specialists, Key Sociological Thinkers provides the lay reader with a clear and manageable overview of the major sociological developments from Marx to the present day.
Twenty-one concise, thorough chapters introduce the key thinkers in the field; their driving impulses, issues central to their work, substantive examples of the theory in action, their legacy, as well as reading lists meant to stimulate further research. The book's range includes not only canonical figures, such as Marx, Weber, and Durkheim, but feminist, post-structuralist, and post-colonialist thinkers of recent decades, including Nancy Chodorow, Michel Foucault, and Stuart Hall. Other sociologists and social theorists overed include Sigmund Freud, Georg Simmel, Herbert Blumer, Talcott Parsons, Robert Merton, Simone de Beauvoir, Norbert Elias, Erving Goffman, David Lockwood, Harold Garfinkel, Louis Althusser, Jurgen Habermas, Pierre Bourdieu, Arlie Hochschild, and Anthony Giddens.
Key Sociological Thinkers is ideal for students new to the field, veterans looking to brush up, and anyone eager to expand their understanding of the world in which we live.
366 pages, Paperback
First published June 22, 1998
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April 16, 2024
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January 17, 2025
این کتاب میتونه آشنایی و مرور مناسبی باشه، در کنار تلاش ویراستار برای حفظ انسجام میان فصلها، هر فصل هم به تنهایی قابل اتکا و استفادهست. اما ترجمه نیاز به بازبینی جدیای داره.
July 18, 2015
extremely useful and very well edited! I really enjoyed reading a compendium about all the key sociological thinkers to understand our times. Every section is followed with a list of books to explore the thinker's concepts further
May 19, 2016
Fantastic. Clear explanations of the most important ideas of the most important writers in sociology. Excellent for when you need a basis because you read so many articles that refer to Durkheim and Marx and Bourdieu.
October 5, 2020
En rigtig god kilde ifb. med et semesterfag på engelskstudiet.
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June 5, 2016
Introductions to fields I know nothing about are always interesting. Will re-read certain chapters.
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