The New Social Theory ReaderSteven Seidman, Jeffrey C. Alexander Routledge, 24 jul 2020 - 464 pagina's This is the first anthology to thematize the dramatic upward and downward shifts that have created the new social theory, and to present this new and exciting body of work in a thoroughly trans-disciplinary manner. In this revised second edition readers are provided with a much greater range of thinkers and perspectives, including new sections on such issues as imperialism, power, civilization clash, health and performance. The first section sets out the main schools of contemporary thought, from Habermas and Honneth on new critical theory, to Jameson and Hall on cultural studies, and Foucault and Bourdieu on poststructuralism. The sections that follow trace theory debates as they become more issues-based and engaged. They are:
This new edition provides more ample biographical and intellectual introductions to each thinker, and substantial introductions to each of the major sections. The editors introduce the volume with a newly revised, interpretive overview of social theory today. The New Social Theory Reader is an essential, reliable guide to current theoretical debates. |
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CONTRIBUTIONS TO A DISCOURSE THEORY OF LAW AND DEMOCRACY | |
PERSONAL IDENTITY AND DISRESPECT | |
SEMIOTIC STRUCTURALISM | |
ON ETHNOGRAPHIC ALLEGORY | |
POSTSTRUCTURALISM | |
OUTLINE OF A THEORY OF PRACTICE | |
CULTURAL STUDIES | |
THE UTOPIA OF CIVIL SOCIETY | |
AN ANSWER TO | |
MULTICULTURALISM | |
MULTICULTURAL CITIZENSHIP | |
NATIONALISM | |
WHOSE IMAGINED COMMUNITY? | |
WORLD POLITICS | |
THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS? | |
NARRATIVE AS A SOCIALLY SYMBOLIC | |
PART TWO The normative turn | |
POLITICAL LIBERALISM | |
Alasdair MacIntyre | |
POSTMODERN ETHICS | |
TRUTH | |
FEMINISM AND THE QUESTION OF POSTMODERNISM | |
PART THREE Rethinking power | |
PERFORMANCE AND POWER | |
DOMINATIONLIBERATION | |
QUEER POLITICS | |
BIOPOLITICS | |
THE POLITICS OF LIFE ITSELF | |
PART FOUR Societies and world order | |
THE CONDITION OF POSTMODERNITY | |
GLOBALIZATION | |
THE COSMOPOLITAN PERSPECTIVE | |
EMPIRE | |
THE NEW U S IMPERIALISM IN COMPARATIVE | |
PART FIVE Identities | |
THE MAKING OF MODERN IDENTITY | |
GENDER | |
WESTERNIZATION RESPECT FOR CULTURES AND THIRDWORLD | |
SEXUALITY | |
SHIFTS IN NORMATIVE | |
RACIAL FORMATION | |
THE MIRAGE OF AN UNMARKED WHITENESS | |
POSTCOLONIALITY | |
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