Contemporary Social Theory

Contemporary Social Theory helps students explore, describe, and discuss how social theory relates to their own experiences, popular culture, and the world in which they live. It advances the view that new theory can be effectively used to assess social and cultural phenomena.

The text identifies the important intellectual movements, categories, and paradigms that have occurred in the study of social theory. It also looks at issues closely related to contemporary social theory, such as: the postmodern condition, globalization, postcolonialism, inequality, gender, race, and human sexuality.

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Contemporary Social Theory

Contemporary Social Theory helps students explore, describe, and discuss how social theory relates to their own experiences, popular culture, and the world in which they live. It advances the view that new theory can be effectively used to assess social and cultural phenomena.

The text identifies the important intellectual movements, categories, and paradigms that have occurred in the study of social theory. It also looks at issues closely related to contemporary social theory, such as: the postmodern condition, globalization, postcolonialism, inequality, gender, race, and human sexuality.

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Contemporary Social Theory

Contemporary Social Theory

by Roger Salerno
Contemporary Social Theory

Contemporary Social Theory

by Roger Salerno

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Contemporary Social Theory helps students explore, describe, and discuss how social theory relates to their own experiences, popular culture, and the world in which they live. It advances the view that new theory can be effectively used to assess social and cultural phenomena.

The text identifies the important intellectual movements, categories, and paradigms that have occurred in the study of social theory. It also looks at issues closely related to contemporary social theory, such as: the postmodern condition, globalization, postcolonialism, inequality, gender, race, and human sexuality.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781000156386
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 07/24/2020
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 240
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

Roger Salerno is a professor of sociology at Pace University, USA

Table of Contents

1. Antecedents to Contemporary Social Theory 2. Structuralism and Beyond 3. Hermeneutics and Phenomenology 4. Poststructuralism and Social Theory 5. Exploding the Boundaries of Reason: Postmodernity 6. Feminist Social Theory 7. Cultural Studies and Cultural Theory 8. Postcolonial Theory and Globalization 9. Gender and Queer Theory 10. Race Theory

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