The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Major Social Theorists, 2 Volume Set: Volume 1 - Classical Theorists

by George Ritzer

2021-01-14 04:57:24

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... Read more
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
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Book Details

File size10 X 7.1 X 2.85 in
Print pages1232
PublisherWiley
Publication date May 6, 2011
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781444330786
George Ritzer is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland. He has authored numerous books, including The McDonaldization of Society (Seventh Edition, 2012); and is editor of Th...

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