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Understanding Social Theory
Author | : Derek Layder |
Publsiher | : SAGE |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0761944508 |
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Provides an introduction to the core issues in social theory. This book will be useful reading for students in sociology, social psychology, social theory, political theory and organization studies.
Social Theory
Author | : Carsten Bagge Laustsen,Lars Thorup Larsen,Mathias Wullum Nielsen,Tine Ravn,Mads P. Sørensen |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 2017-03-27 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781317329718 |
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This textbook offers a new approach to understanding social theory. Framed around paired theoretical perspectives on a series of sociological problems, the book shows how distinctive viewpoints shed light on different facets of social phenomena. The book includes sociology’s "founding fathers", major 20th-century thinkers and recent voices such as Butler and Zizek. Philosophically grounded and focused on interpretation and analysis, the book provides a clear understanding of theory’s scope while developing students’ skills in evaluating, applying and comparing theories.
Understanding Sociological Theory for Educational Practices
Author | : Tania Ferfolja,Criss Jones Díaz,Jacqueline Ullman |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 249 |
Release | : 2015-06-05 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9781107477469 |
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This book addresses sociological theory, highlighting its relevance to policy, curriculum and practice for the pre-service teacher education student.
Understanding Social Networks
Author | : Charles Kadushin |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 2012-01-19 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780195379464 |
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Understanding Social Networks explains the big ideas that underlie social networks, covering fundamental concepts then discussing networks and their core themes in increasing order of complexity.
Social Theory for Today
Author | : Alex Law |
Publsiher | : SAGE |
Total Pages | : 445 |
Release | : 2014-12-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781473911147 |
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This book is distinctive for extending the usual sociological reach, reopening territory that has lain fallow, set aside from the well-ploughed fields of orthodox social theory. In doing so, Law not only produces fresh insight into familiar theorists but guards against collective forgetting of the sociological canon. - Professor Bridget Fowler, University of Glasgow "An excellent book, it will be welcomed and read widely by advanced undergraduates, postgraduates and scholars in sociology, cultural studies, social theory and beyond." - Professor Chris Shilling, University of Kent Social Theory for Today guides students through the ‘turns’ of past and present social theory as it attempts to wrestle with a recurring sense of crisis in social relations and social theory. Drawing on both classical and contemporary sources, Alex Law provides readers with a firm grasp of competing perspectives. Too often social theories attempt to dominate the field by casting rival theorists, past and present, as deluded fools, while the more familiar ‘big names’ in social theory are subject to ever-increasing commentary that runs in ever-decreasing circles. This survey of social theory and crisis lessens the temptation to engage in internal theoretical polemics and esoteric wordplay. Social theory must become practical and specific if it is to become a means of orientation for uncertain times. This is a must-read for upper level undergraduate and postgraduate students looking for a vibrant and extended understanding of social theory.
Encyclopedia of Social Theory
Author | : Austin Harrington,Barbara L. Marshall,Hans-Peter Muller,Hans-Peter Müller |
Publsiher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 752 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780415290463 |
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"The Encyclopedia of Social Theory provides a reference source for students and academics, embracing all major aspects of the field. Written by more than 200 internationally distinguished scholars, almost 500 entries cover core contemporary topics, concepts, schools, debates, and personalities in the history of the discipline. Special attention is paid to leading schools and debates, with shorter entries reserved for biographies of key theorists and definitions of key terms. Entries are fully cross-referenced and contain concise listings for further reading. A comprehensive index guides the reader to further divisions of contents."--BOOK JACKET.
Critique as Social Practice
Author | : Robin Celikates |
Publsiher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 2018-05-08 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9781786604644 |
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This book provides an overview of recent debates about critical theory from Pierre Bourdieu via Luc Boltanski to the Frankfurt School. Robin Celikates investigates the relevance of the self-understanding of ordinary agents and of their practices of critique for the theoretical and emancipatory project of critical theory.
Understanding Agency
Author | : Barry Barnes |
Publsiher | : SAGE |
Total Pages | : 182 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0761963685 |
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In this penetrating and assured book, one of the leading commentators in the field argues that social theory is moving in the wrong direction in its reflections on human freedom and autonomy. It has borrowed notions of 'agency' and 'choice' from everyday discourse, but increasingly it puts a misconceived individualistic gloss upon them. Against this, Barnes unequivocally identifies human beings as social agents in a profound sense, and emphasises the vital importance of their sociability. Notions of 'agency', 'freedom' and 'choice' have to be understood by reference to their role in communicative interaction; they are key components of the discourse through which human beings identify each other, and have effects upon each other, as soci