The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Major Social Theorists
George Ritzer
(Editor)
Jeffrey Stepnisky
(Editor)
Description
Reflecting emerging research and ongoing reassessments of social theory, The Wiley- Blackwell Companion to Major Social Theorists offers significant updates and revisions to the original Blackwell Companion published a decade ago.Volume 1
- Features updates and revisions to all essays from original volume, plus the addition of 11 new authors
- Includes six new essays featuring coverage of theorists not included in original volume: Ibn Khaldun, de Tocqueville, Schumpeter, Mannheim, Veblen, and Adorno
- Supplemented with comprehensive bibliographies on primary and secondary sources, with a brief reader's guide accompanying each essay
- Addresses continuing relevance of most theories and their importance to contemporary scholarship
Volume 2
- Features updates and revisions to all essays from original volume, plus the addition of 16 new authors
- Includes 11 new essays featuring coverage of theorists not included in original volume, including Deleuze, Bauman, Smith, Luhmann, Agamben, and others
- Supplemented with comprehensive bibliographies on primary and secondary sources, with a brief reader's guide accompanying each essay
- Essays placed in social and historical context to allow readers to see how theorists have responded to pressing contemporary social and political issues
Product Details
Price
$546.54
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Publish Date
May 06, 2011
Pages
1232
Dimensions
7.1 X 10.0 X 2.8 inches | 0.05 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781444330786
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About the Author
George Ritzer is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland. His books include The McDonaldization of Society (6th ed., 2011), Enchanting a Disenchanted World (3rd ed. 2010), The Globalization of Nothing (2nd ed., 2007), and Globalization: A Basic Text (2010).
Jeffrey Stepnisky is a member of the Sociology Department at Grant MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He was Managing Editor for the Encyclopedia of Social Theory (2005) and The Journal of Consumer Culture.
