{"product_id":"social-theory-rewired-9781032341118","title":"Social Theory ReWired","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis third edition of \u003ci\u003eSocial Theory Re-Wired \u003c\/i\u003eis a significantly revised edition of this leading text and its unique web learning interactive programs that allow us to go farther into theory and to build student skills than ever before, according to many teachers. Vital political and social updates are reflected both in the text and the online supplements. System updates to each section offer an expanded set of contemporary theory readings that focus on the impacts of information\/digital technologies on each of the textâs five big themes: 1) the Puzzles of Social Order, 2) the Social Consequences of Capitalism, 3) the Darkside of Modernity, 4) Subordinated\/Alternative Knowledges, and 5) Self-Identity and Society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew to this edition:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe big ideas\/questions thematic structure of the text as well as the connections between classical and contemporary theorists continues to be popular with instructors. This feature is enhanced in the new edition\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn exp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Longhofer and Winchester have produced the best social theory textbook on the market today. Comprehensive, clever, and well-organized, this new 3rd edition provides instructors with plenty of resources to engage undergraduate students both online and in the classroom. Highly recommended!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-- Manfred B. Steger, Professor of Sociology, University of Hawai'i-Manoa and author of \u003ci\u003eWhat Is Global Studies? \u003c\/i\u003e(Routledge, 2017).\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"No other social theory reader brings together the essential excerpts of the classics with this diversity of contemporary extensions in quite the same way as \u003ci\u003eSocial Theory Re-wired\u003c\/i\u003e. Students appreciate the accessible examples of theory applied to social problems. The online learning resources offer valuable study support. By the semester’s end, my students are knowledgeable of the canon and skilled in constructing their own evidence-based arguments.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-- Selina Gallo-Cruz, Associate Professor of Sociology, Syracuse University\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSocial Theory Re-wired\u003c\/i\u003e, by Winchester and Longhofer, provides a well-selected sample of the ‘classics’ while also encouraging instructors and students to expand their understanding of what theory (and sociology) can be. Their section introductions are accessible and encourage the use of the readings to better understand the complexities of the contemporary moment—everything from social media re-shaping the way we dance to viruses re-shaping society. This reader will help breathe new life into my Sociological Theory course.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-- Kyle Green, Associate Professor of Sociology, SUNY, Brockport\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePreface\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI. EMERGENCE THROUGH CONVERGENCE: The Puzzles of Social Order\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroductory Essay:\u003cb\u003e \"\u003c\/b\u003eThe Virus that Changed Our World\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClassical Connections\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmile Durkheim, \u003ci\u003eThe Rules of Sociological Method\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmile Durkheim, \u003ci\u003eThe Division of Labor in Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmile Durkheim, \u003ci\u003eSuicide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmile Durkheim, The \u003ci\u003eElementary Forms of Religious Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContemporary Extensions\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHarold Garfinkel, \u003ci\u003eStudies in Ethnomethodology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBruno Latour, \u003ci\u003eMixing Humans and Nonhumans Together: The Sociology of a Door-Closer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMark Granovetter, \u003ci\u003eThe Strength of Weak Ties\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeter Berger and Thomas Luckmann, \u003ci\u003eThe Social Construction of Reality\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSystem Update\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eManuel Castells, \"Materials for an Exploratory Theory of the Network Society\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eII. NETWORKS OF CAPITAL: Dimensions of Global Capitalism\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroductory Essay: \"The Redditors Who Took Down a Giant (Sort Of)\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClassical Connections\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKarl Marx and Friedrich Engels, \u003ci\u003eThe German Ideology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKarl Marx and Friedrich Engels, \u003ci\u003eManifesto of the Communist Party\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKarl Marx, \u003ci\u003eCapital\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKarl Marx, \"Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContemporary Extensions\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImmanuel Wallerstein, \"The Rise and Future Demise of the World Capitalist System\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCedric Robinson, \u003ci\u003eBlack Marxism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePierre Bourdieu, \"The Forms of Capital\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePierre Bourdieu, \u003ci\u003eDistinction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRaka Ray and Seemin Qayum, \u003ci\u003eCultures of Servitude\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSystem Update\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShoshana Zuboff, \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Surveillance Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIII. PATHWAY TO MELTDOWN: Theorizing the Dark Side of Modernity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroductory Essay: \"Do You Ever Get the Feeling You’re Being Watched?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClassical Connections\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMax Weber, \u003ci\u003eThe Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMax Weber, \"Basic Sociological Terms\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMax Weber, \"The Types of Legitimate Domination\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMax Weber, \"Bureaucracy\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContemporary Extensions\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHerbert Marcuse, \u003ci\u003eOne–Dimensional Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJurgen Habermas, \u003ci\u003eToward a Rational Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMichel Foucault, \u003ci\u003eDiscipline and Punish\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eZygmunt Bauman, \u003ci\u003eModernity and the Holocaust\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSystem Update\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Graeber, \"Of Flying Cars and the Declining Rate of Profit\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIV. SHIFTING THE PARADIGM: Excluded Voices, Alternative Knowledges\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroductory Essay: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClassical Connections\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eW.E.B. Du Bois, \u003ci\u003eThe Souls of Black Folk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSimone de Beauvoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Second Sex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContemporary Extensions\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrantz Fanon, \u003ci\u003eBlack Skin, White Masks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdward Said, \u003ci\u003eOrientalism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDorothy Smith, \u003ci\u003eThe Conceptual Practices of Power\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePatricia Hill Collins, \u003ci\u003eBlack Feminist Thought\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJulian Go, \u003ci\u003ePostcolonial Thought and Social Theory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSystem Update\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRuha Benjamin, \u003ci\u003eRace After Technology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eV. RISE OF THE AVATAR: Connecting Self and Society \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroductory Essay: \"Through the Looking Glass of TikTok\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClassical Connections\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeorge Herbert Mead, \"Self\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeorg Simmel, \"The Metropolis and Mental Life\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeorg Simmel, \"The Stranger\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContemporary Extensions\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eErving Goffman, \u003ci\u003eThe Presentation of Self in Everyday Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJudith Butler, \u003ci\u003eGender Trouble\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStuart Hall, \"Cultural Identity and Diaspora\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnthony Giddens, \u003ci\u003eModernity and Self-Identity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSystem Update\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSherry Turkle, \"Always-On\/Always-On-You: The Tethered Self\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGlossary \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406665392471,"sku":"9781032341118","price":68.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032341118.jpg?v=1730496697","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/social-theory-rewired-9781032341118","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}