Encyclopedia of Social Theory

Author George Ritzer [University of Maryland (College Par] - MD)]

Publisher SAGE

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Author

George Ritzer [University of Maryland (College Par] - MD)]

Publisher

SAGE

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Copyright

2005

ISBN13

9781412914314

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Format

eBook

Grade Level

College Freshman - College Senior

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Overview

The Encyclopedia of Social Theory, originally published in print format in 2004, is an indispensable reference source for anyone interested in the roots of contemporary social theory. It examines the global landscape of all the key theories and the theorists behind them, presenting them in the context needed to understand their strengths and weaknesses.
Theories covered include:
Critical Theory
Enlightenment
Ethnomethodology
Exchange Theory
Feminism
Marxist Theory
Multiculturalism
Phenomenology
Postmodernism
Rational Choice
Structural Fundamentalism
Features and Benefits include:

Over 300 entries from fourteen countries
Master Bibliography
Reader\'s Guide
Extensive biographical coverage of major theorists
Extensive cross-referencing

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Cover.
Half Title Page.
Editorial Board.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
List of Entries.
Reader's Guide.
List of Contributors.
Introduction.
About the Editorial Board.
1: Actor Network Theory.
2: Affect Control Theory.
3: Agency-Structure Integration.
4: AGIL.
5: Alexander, Jeffrey.
6: Alienation.
7: Althusser, Louis.
8: Annales School.
9: Anomie.
10: Anzaldua, Gloria.
11: Augé, Marc.
12: Authority.
13: Bartky, Sandra Lee.
14: Bataille, Georges.
15: Baudrillard, Jean.
16: Bauman, Zygmunt.
17: Beauvoir, Simone de.
18: Beck, Ulrich.
19: Becker, Howard.
20: Behaviorism.
21: Bell, Daniel.
22: Bellah, Robert N..
23: Benjamin, Jessica.
24: Benjamin, Walter.
25: Berger, Joseph.
26: Blau, Peter.
27: Blumberg, Rae.
28: Blumer, Herbert.
29: Body.
30: Bonald, Louis de.
31: Bourdieu, Pierre.
32: Bureaucracy.
33: Butler, Judith.
34: Capital.
35: Capitalism.
36: Cassirer, Ernst.
37: Castoriadis, Cornelius.
38: Celebrity.
39: Certeau, Michel de.
40: Chafetz, Janet.
41: Chodorow, Nancy.
42: Citizenship.
43: Civil Society.
44: Civility.
45: Civilizing Processes.
46: Cognitive Sociology.
47: Coleman, James.
48: Collective Conscience.
49: Collective Memory.
50: Collège de Sociologie and Acéphale.
51: Collins, Patricia Hill.
52: Collins, Randall.
53: Commitment.
54: Complexity Theory.
55: Compulsory Heterosexuality.
56: Comte, Auguste.
57: Conflict Theory.
58: Consumer Culture.
59: Conversation Analysis.
60: Cook, Karen.
61: Cooley, Charles Horton.
62: Coser, Lewis.
63: Cosmopolitan Sociology.
64: Crime.
65: Critical Pedagogy.
66: Cultural Capital.
67: Cultural Marxism and British Cultural Studies.
68: Cultural Studies and the New Populism.
69: Culture and Civilization.
70: Dahrendorf, Ralf.
71: Davis, Angela.
72: Debord, Guy.
73: Deconstruction.
74: Deleuze, Gilles.
75: Democracy.
76: Derrida, Jacques.
77: Deviance.
78: Dialectic.
79: Dilthey, Wilhelm.
80: Discourse.
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