Social theory : the multicultural, global, and classic readings

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Social theory : the multicultural, global, and classic readings

Charles Lemert

Routledge, 2021

7th ed

  • : pbk

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Previous ed.: 2017

Includes index

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Description

Social Theory is more than a reader. Feminists, race theorists, decolonizing leaders, and others are thoughtfully introduced by Charles Lemert's substantial commentaries. Social Theory has always sought to keep up with the new while respecting the old-from Durkheim and Weber to Latinx and LGBTQ pioneers. When the book first appeared it was, as it remains, a collection of selections from those who have changed how we think about social things. Today, as the world is threatened by a global wave of anti-democratic movements, Social Theory adds a new early section to remind us of the origins of democratic values in the 1700s. A new concluding section focuses the theoretical mind on how, in the 2020s, social theorists are rethinking the world in order to better understand and resist the menace of anti-democratic movements.

Table of Contents

Part 1. 1690-1919, Modernity's Classical Age Social Foundations of Modern Democracy The Unthinkable Two Sides of Society Split Lives in the Modern World Part 2. 1919-1945, Social Theories and World Conflict Action and Knowledge in a Troubled World Unavoidable Dilemmas Part 3. 1945-1964, The Golden Moment The Golden Age Doubts and Reservations Others Object Part 4. 1963-1979, Will the Center Hold? Experiments in Renewal and Reconstruction Part 5. 1969-2001, After Modernity The Idea of the Postmodern and Its Critics Reactions and Alternatives New Cultural Theories After Modernity Part 6. After 2001, Global Realities in an Uncertain Future Global Uncertainties Rethinking the Past That Haunts the Future Is the Modern Order Broken?

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  • NCID
    BC07703153
  • ISBN
    • 9780367272685
  • LCCN
    2020049376
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxiv, 649 p.
  • Size
    26 cm
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