This ambitious two-volume handbook of social theory is both current and will stand the test of time.
This two-volume handbook of social theory consists of forty original contributions. The researchers take stock of the state of social theory and its relationship to the canon, exploring the nature, purpose, and meaning of social theory; the significance of the classics; the impact of specific individual and theory schools; and more.
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This ambitious two-volume handbook of social theory is both current and will stand the test of time.
This two-volume handbook of social theory consists of forty original contributions. The researchers take stock of the state of social theory and its relationship to the canon, exploring the nature, purpose, and meaning of social theory; the significance of the classics; the impact of specific individual and theory schools; and more.
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This ambitious two-volume handbook of social theory consists of forty original contributions. The researchers take stock of the state of social theory and its relationship to the canon, exploring such topics as the nature, purpose, and meaning of social theory; the significance of the classics; the impact of specific individual and theory schools; and more. Both volumes reflect a mixture of what intellectual historian Morton White distinguished as the 'annalist of ideas' and the 'analyst of ideas', locating theoretical thought within the larger socio-historical context that shaped it - within the terrain of the sociology of knowledge. Exploring the contemporary relevance of theories in a manner that is historically situated and sensitive, this impressive and comprehensive set will likely stand the test of time.
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'… an erudite, foundational handbook of conventional social theory that clearly identifies the standard sociological canon with comprehensive, well-written essays. … These volumes … belong on sociologists' bookshelves and in libraries. … Recommended.' J. L. Croissant, Choice
About the Author
Peter Kivisto is Richard A. Swanson Professor of Social Thought at Augustana College, Illinois.
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