00000nam a22000004a 4500 UP-1686042739785049880 Buklod 20240829165305.0 m o j cr cn |||aaaaa 240829s2009 enk||||go||j| ||||||engdd 9781444304992 (eISBN) DLC DMLR rda eng H 61 B53 2009eb The new Blackwell companion to social theory edited by Bryan S. Turner. Chichester [England] Malden, Massachussetts Wiley-Blackwell 2009 online resource (xvii, 618 pages) text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier Blackwell companions to sociology UP System perpetual contents Includes bibliographical references and index Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction: A New Agenda for Social Theory?; Part I: Foundations; 1: The Foundations of Social Theory; 2: Contemporary Sociological Theory: Post-Parsonian Developments; 3: Philosophy of the Social Sciences; Part II: Actions, Actors, and Systems; 4: Theories of Social Action; 5: Functionalism and Social Systems Theory; 6: Structuralism and Poststructuralism; 7: Actor Network Theory and Material Semiotics; 8: Ethnomethodology and Social Theory; 9: Rational Choice Theory; Part III: Perspectives on Social and Cultural Analysis; 10: Pragmatism and Symbolic Interactionism; 11: Phenomenology; 12: Feminist Theory; 13: Postmodern Social Theory; 14: Social Constructionism; 15: Conversation Analysis as Social Theory; 16: Globalization Theory; Part IV: Sociology and the Social Sciences; 14: Genetics and Social Theory; 18: Economic Sociology; 19: Cultural Sociology; 20: Historical Sociology; 21: The Sociology of Religion; 22: Demography; 23: Science and Technology Studies: From Controversies to Posthumanist Social Theory; Part V: New Developments; 24: Mobilities and Social Theory; 25: Sociological Theory and Human Rights: Two Logics, One World; 26: The Sociology of the Body; 27: Cosmopolitanism and Social Theory; 28: The Future of Social Theory; Index "A comprehensive new collection covering the principal traditions and critical contemporary issues of social theory. Builds on the success of The Blackwell Companion to Social Theory, second edition with substantial revisions, entirely new contributions, and a fresh editorial direction. Explores contemporary areas such as actor network theory, social constructionism, human rights and cosmopolitanism. Includes chapters on demography, science and technology studies, and genetics and social theory. Emphasizes key areas of sociology which have had an important impact in shaping the discipline as a whole"-- Provided by publisher Social sciences Philosophy. Sociology Philosophy. Turner, Bryan S. editor. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444304992 Available for UP System via Wiley Online Library FO UPD DMLR H 61 B53 2009eb Electronic Resource