{"product_id":"contemporary-sociological-thought-themes-and-theories-9781551302881","title":"Contemporary Sociological Thought: Themes and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis innovative new reader on contemporary sociological theory has a Canadian emphasis. This volume unites 21 influential European and American social theorists with 13 Canadian thinkers and writers to offer a strong Canadian interpretation of international theoretical currents spanning almost 80 years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIdeally designed for undergraduate courses as an introduction to modern sociological theory, the first section masterfully introduces the major theoretical offerings of the 20th century: structural functionalism, symbolic interaction, and feminist analysis. It also profiles themes of class conflict and the state; and modernism, culture, and change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe second section is devoted to critical themes for the 21st century. This includes postmodernity and its critics; society, subjects, and the self; globalization and global consciousness; and postcolonialism, diaspora, citizenship, and identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnique features of the book are its provocative presentation of 21st-century themes, and the inclusion of many of today's most influential social thinkers, such as Edward Said, Stuart Hall, Jurgen Habermas, Ulrich Beck, Jean Baudrillard, and Pierre Bourdieu.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Canadian content includes readings from key Canadian scholars and social critics, such as Dorothy Smith, Naomi Klein, Mariana Valverde, Leo Panitch, John Porter, Charles Taylor, David Lyon, and Will Kymlicka.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book will be an essential text for modern sociological theory courses offered in sociology departments across Canada.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis selection of readings reflects the current state of modern social theory, and provides an excellent overview of a field in which few good anthologies exist.\"\" - Tracey Adams, University of Western Ontario\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: Themes and Theories in Contemporary Sociological Thought\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSection 1: Theoretical Offerings Of The 20th Century\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart I: Structural Functionalism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1: [Extracts from] The Social System - Talcott Parsons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2: Introduction to Social Theory and Social Structure - Robert K. Merton\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart II: Class, Conflict, and the State\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3: Class and Power: The Major Themes - John Porter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4: The Intellectuals - Antonio Gramsci\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5: The Rise and Future Demise of the World Capitalist System: Concepts for Comparative Analysis - Immanuel Wallerstein\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6: The Impoverishment of State Theory - Leo Panitch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart III: Perspectives in Symbolic Interaction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7: Society as Symbolic Interaction - Herbert Blumer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 8: Introduction to The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 9: Becoming a Marihuana User - Howard Becker\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 10: Symbolic Interactionism and Ethnomethodology: A Proposed Synthesis - Norman K. Denzin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart IV: Modernism, Culture, and Change\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 11: The Metropolis and Mental Life - Georg Simmel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 12: The New Forms of Control - Herbert Marcuse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 13: Modernity--An Incomplete Project - Jurgen Habermas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 14: The Dynamics of the Fields - Pierre Bourdieu\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 15: Moral Capital - Mariana Valverde\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart V: Feminist Social Thought\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 16: The Social Relation of the Sexes: Methodological Implications of Women's History - Joan Kelly-Gadol\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 17: Feminism and Marxism--A Place to Begin, A Way to Go - Dorothy Smith\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 18: The Significance of Feminism - bell hooks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSection II: Critical Themes For The 21st Century\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart VI: Postmodernism and Its Critics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 19: Postmodernity: The History of an Idea - David Lyon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 20: The End of Sociological Theory: The Postmodern Hope - Steven Seidman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 21: Call Yourself a Sociologist--And You've Never Even Been Arrested?! - Marilyn Porter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 22: Forward: On Being Light and Liquid - Zygmunt Bauman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 23: [Extracts from] The Spirit of Terrorism and Requiem for the Twin Towers - Jean Baudrillard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart VII: Society, Subjects, and the Self\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 24: Reforming Foucault: A Critique of the Social Control Thesis - Dany Lacombe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 25: The Emergence of Life Politics - Anthony Giddens\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 26: Introduction: The Cosmopolitan Manifesto - Ulrich Beck\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart VIII: Globalization and Global Consciousness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 27: Running Out of Control: Understanding Globalization - R. Alan Hedley\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 28: [Extracts from] Fences and Windoes: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Globalization Debate - Naomi Klein\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 29: Cosmopolitianism and the Future of Democracy: Politics, Culture, and the Self - Nick Stevenson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart IX: Postcolonialism, Diaspora, Citizenship, and Identity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 30: Latent and Manifest Orientalism - Edward Said\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 31: Cultural Identity and Diaspora - Stuart Hall\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 32: Citizenship in an Era of Globalization - Will Kymlicka\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 33: The Politics of Recognition - Charles Taylor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Canadian Scholars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50075539603799,"sku":"9781551302881","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781551302881.jpg?v=1740635168","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/contemporary-sociological-thought-themes-and-theories-9781551302881","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}