Description
| Product ID: | 9780813350028 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Social Theory |
| Subtitle: | The Multicultural, Global, and Classic Readings |
| Authors: | Author: Charles Lemert |
| Page Count: | 568 |
| Subjects: | Social theory, Social theory |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Bringing together the classic and contemporary writings of more than 100 authors, thinkers, and scholars, the sixth edition of Charles Lemert's Social Theory is essential reading for any social theory student. For nearly a quarter-century, Charles Lemert has shared his love of social theory, and the questions it explores, in this collection of readings. With 140 selections that begin in the nineteenth century and end in 2015, Social Theory charts the long arc of the development of the field. This edition retains classic texts by Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, and W.E.B. Du Bois and writings of major contemporary figures like Audre Lorde and Patricia Hill Collins, while adding pieces from Harriet Martineau, Friedrich Nietzsche, Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, Thomas Piketty, and Ta-Nehisi Coates, among others. Revised and updated with a new section exploring social theory at the limits of the social, Lemert’s Social Theory remains essential reading. |
| Imprint Name: | Westview Press Inc |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-08-02 |
