Social Theory by Charles Lemert
This first truly multicultural anthology collects important, readable texts representative of the full range of social theory as it has developed from the nineteenth century to the present. Now that social theory is practiced in many disciplines, it is time to reflect on the variety of theories being read today and the earlier sources that are customarily neglected. If today we read Donna Haraway, Henry Louis Gates, and Michel Foucault, we should also read and understand Charlotte Perkins Gilman and W.E.B. Du Bois, alongside Weber, Simmel, William James, and others of their contemporaries from the end of the nineteenth century. This book, therefore, sets a wider gauge for the understanding of the history of social thought than could have been possible before. It brings texts together in unexpected and exciting ways: those of Parsons and Dorothy Smith, Merton and Lacan, Wallerstein and Frantz Fanon, James Coleman and Molefi Asante. Extensive introductory essays by the editor situate the writings in their times, identifying the currents of social change that shaped fundamental questions of modern and postmodern life. This third edition has been thoroughly revised and updated.
Charles Lemert is Andrus Professor of Sociolgy at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, and is the author of many widely read books, including, most recently, Social Things, 3rd Edition; Dark Thoughts: Race and the Eclipse of Society; and Postmodernism Is Not What You Think/ How Globalization Threatens Modernity. Anthony Elliott is professor of social and political theory at the University of the West of England, where he is director of the Centre for Critical Theory. His recent books include Concepts of the Self (2001), Psychoanalytic Theory: An Introduction (2002), and Critical Visions (2003).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780813342177 |
| ISBN 10 | 0813342171 |
| Title | Social Theory |
| Author | Charles Lemert |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Inc |
| Year published | 2004-08-06 |
| Number of pages | 704 |
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