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The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Major Social Theorists, 2 Volume Set
Contributor(s): Ritzer, George (Editor), Stepnisky, Jeffrey (Editor)
ISBN: 1444330780     ISBN-13: 9781444330786
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $487.30  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: May 2011
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Sociology - General
- Biography & Autobiography
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2011003987
Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to Sociology
Physical Information: 2.8" H x 7.1" W x 10" (5.45 lbs) 1232 pages
 
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Publisher 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