Contested Knowledge

Name: Contested Knowledge
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ISBN: 9781118227909

ISBN-10: 1118227905

ISBN-13: 9781118227909

Edition: 5th 2012

Authors: Steven Seidman

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In the fifth edition Contested Knowledge, social theorist Steven Seidman presents the latest topics in social theory and addresses the current shift of ′universalist theorists′ to networks of clustered debates.Responds to current issues, debates, and new social movementsReviews sociological theory from a contemporary perspectiveReveals how the universal theorist and the era of rival schools has been replaced by networks of clustered debates that are relatively ′autonomous′ and interdisciplinaryFeatures updates and in–depth discussions of the newest clustered debates in social theory—intimacy, postcolonial nationalism, and the concept of ′the other′Challenges social scientists to renew their…

Book details

List price: $25.99
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 11/2/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 364
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.452
Language: English

Steven Seidman has lectured widely in the United States and Europe on the topic of sexuality. He is the author of many books, including Romantic Longings: Love in America, 1830-1980, Embattled Eros: Sexual Ethics and Politics in America, Queer Theory/Sociology, and Beyond the Closet: The Transformation of Gay and Lesbian Life. He currently teaches sociology at the State University of New York at Albany.



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Rise of the Classical Tradition


Introduction to Part I



The Idea of a Science of Society: The Enlightenment and Auguste Comte



The Revolutionary Theory of Karl Marx



The Promise of Sociology: Emile Durkheim



The Ironic Social Theory of Max Weber


Afterword to Part I



Rethinking the Classical Tradition: American Sociology


Introduction to Part II



The Grand Theory of Talcott Parsons, Peter Berger, and Thomas Luckmann



The Scientific Theory of Randall Collins and Peter Blau



The Moral Sociology of C. Wright Mills and Robert Bellah


Afterword to Part II



Rethinking the Classical Tradition: European Theory



Introduction to Part III



The Critical Theory of Jï¿½rgen Habermas



Stuart Hall and British Cultural Studies



The Critical Sociology of Anthony Giddens and Pierre Bourdieu


Afterword to Part III



Revisions and Revolts:The Postmodern Turn


Introduction to Part IV



The Postmodern World of Jacques Derrida, Jean-Francois Lyotard, and Jean Baudrillard



Michel Foucault's Disciplinary Society



Zygmunt Bauman's Sociology of Postmodernity


Afterword to Part IV



Revisions and Revolts: Identity Politics and Theory


Introduction to Part V



Feminist Theory/Masculinity Studies



Critical Race Theory/White Studies



Lesbian, Gay, and Queer Theory/Heterosexual Studies



Colonial Discourse Studies


Afterword to Part V



Revisions and Revolts: Theories of World Order


Introduction to Part VI



From Nation to Globe: David Held and Mary Kaldor



Global Capitalism: Immanuel Wallerstein and Manuel Castells



The Return of Empire? Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri, David Harvey and Michael Mann


Afterword to Part VI



The Rise of Postdisciplinary Theory


Introduction to Part VII



Theories of "the Other"



Intimate Life in the "West"



Nationalism and the Crisis of Postcolonial Nations


Afterword to Part VII


Index