The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Major Social Theorists

Volume 1: The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to MajorClassical Social Theorists offers significant updates andrevisions to the original Blackwell Companion published a decadeago. Of the 18 essays on social theorists writing in the classicaltradition presented, more than half are all-new for this Companion.

Informationen zum Autor George Ritzer is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland. His books include The McDonaldization of Society (6th ed., 2011), Enchanting a Disenchanted World (3rd ed. 2010), The Globalization of Nothing (2nd ed., 2007), and Globalization: A Basic Text (2010). Jeffrey Stepnisky is a member of the Sociology Department at Grant MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He was Managing Editor for the Encyclopedia of Social Theory (2005) and The Journal of Consumer Culture. Klappentext 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 scholarshipVolume 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 Zusammenfassung Volume 1: The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Major Classical Social Theorists offers significant updates and revisions to the original Blackwell Companion published a decade ago. Of the 18 essays on social theorists writing in the classical tradition presented, more than half are all-new for this Companion. Inhaltsverzeichnis Volume I: Classical.List of Contributors.Preface.Introduction (Jeffrey Stepnisky, Grant MacEwan University, Alberta, Canada).1. Ibn Khaldun (Syed Farid Alatas, National University of Singapore).2. Auguste Comte (Mary Pickering, San Jose State University, USA).3. Harriet Martineau (Susan Hoecker-Drysdale, American University, Washington DC, USA).4. Alexis de Tocqueville (Laura Janara, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada).5. Karl Marx (Robert J. Antonio, University of Kansas, USA).6. Herbert Spencer (Mark Francis, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand).7. Thorstein Veblen (Ken McCormick, University of Northern Iowa, USA).8. Georg Simmel (Lawrence A. Scaff, Wayne State University, Detroit, USA).9. Émile Durkheim Tara Milbrandt (University of Alberta, Canada and Frank Pearce, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada).10. Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Judith A. Allen, Indiana University, USA).11. Max Weber (Stephen Kalberg, Boston University, USA).12. George Herbert Mead (Dmitri N. Shalin, University of Nevada, USA).13. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (Paul C. Taylor, Pennsylvania State University, USA).14. Joseph A. Schumpeter (Harry F. Dahms, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA).15. Karl Mannheim (Colin Loader, University of Nevada, Las Vegas).16. Alfred Schutz (Jochen Dreher, University of Konstanz, Germany, and University of St. Gallen, Switzerland).17. Talcott Parsons (Victor Lidz, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA).18. Theodor W. Adorno (Harry F. Dahms, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA).Index.Volume II: Contemporary.1. Norbert Elias (Richard Kilminster, University of Leeds, UK, and Stephen Mennell, University College Dublin, Irel...

Autorentext
George Ritzer is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland. His books include The McDonaldization of Society (6th ed., 2011), Enchanting a Disenchanted World (3rd ed. 2010), The Globalization of Nothing (2nd ed., 2007), and Globalization: A Basic Text (2010). Jeffrey Stepnisky is a member of the Sociology Department at Grant MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He was Managing Editor for the Encyclopedia of Social Theory (2005) and The Journal of Consumer Culture.

Klappentext
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

Zusammenfassung
Volume 1: The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Major Classical Social Theorists offers significant updates and revisions to the original Blackwell Companion published a decade ago. Of the 18 essays on social theorists writing in the classical tradition presented, more than half are all-new for this Companion.

Inhalt
Volume I: Classical. List of Contributors. Preface. Introduction (Jeffrey Stepnisky, Grant MacEwan University, Alberta, Canada). 1. Ibn Khaldun (Syed Farid Alatas, National University of Singapore). 2. Auguste Comte (Mary Pickering, San Jose State University, USA). 3. Harriet Martineau (Susan Hoecker-Drysdale, American University, Washington DC, USA). 4. Alexis de Tocqueville (Laura Janara, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada). 5. Karl Marx (Robert J. Antonio, University of Kansas, USA). 6. Herbert Spencer (Mark Francis, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand). 7. Thorstein Veblen (Ken McCormick, University of Northern Iowa, USA). 8. Georg Simmel (Lawrence A. Scaff, Wayne State University, Detroit, USA). 9. Émile Durkheim Tara Milbrandt (University of Alberta, Canada and Frank Pearce, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada). 10. Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Judith A. Allen, Indiana University, USA). 11. Max Weber (Stephen Kalberg, Boston University, USA). 12. George Herbert Mead (Dmitri N. Shalin, University of Nevada, USA). 13. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (Paul C. Taylor, Pennsylvania State University, USA). 14. Joseph A. Schumpeter (Harry F. Dahms, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA). 15. Karl Mannheim (Colin Loader, University of Nevada, Las Vegas). 16. Alfred Schutz (Jochen Dreher, University of Konstanz, Germany, and University of St. Gallen, Switzerland). 17. Talcott Parsons (Victor Lidz, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA). 18. Theodor W. Adorno (Harry…

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