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Contemporary Sociological Theory
Steven Loyal - University College Dublin, Ireland
Sinisa Malesevic - University College, Dublin, Ireland
October 2020 | 472 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
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ISBN
Price
Paperback
12/10/2020
9781529725735
£27.99
Hardcover
12/10/2020
9781529725742
£85.00
Electronic Version
14/10/2020
9781529735802
£21.99
Electronic Version
14/10/2020
9781529735819
£21.99
Electronic Version
14/10/2020
9781529735826
£21.99
Introducing readers to the most important thinkers and schools of thought in contemporary sociological
theory – from Parsons and Merton to the Frankfurt School to Foucault, Bourdieu, Giddens and Hochschild –
this accessible textbook firmly locates key ideas in social, political and historical context. By doing so, it
helps students understand the development of central sociological concepts and how they can help us
understand the contemporary world.
The book includes:
Lively biographical sections to help readers get to know each thinker
Clear and easy-to-understand accounts of each theorist’s arguments - and the most common criticisms
Key concept boxes highlighting the most influential ideas
This comprehensive textbook brings the diverse field of contemporary sociological theory to life. Essential
reading for all students in Sociology and Sociological Theory.
Table Of Contents:
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Parsons and Merton
Goffman
Schutz and Garfinkel
Gramsci
Lukacs
Althusser
Marcuse
Adorno
Homans, Coleman and Boudon
Levi-Strauss, Barthes and Butler
Foucault
Elias
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Bourdieu
Giddens
Habermas
Luhmann
Gellner and Mann
Collins
de Beauvoir, Oakley and Smith
Hochschild, Hill Collins and Latour
Reviews:
Malesevic and Loyal have given us the most comprehensive, accessible, international and up-to-date guide
to sociological theory, ancient and modern: a magnificent achievement.
Professor Emeritus Stephen Mennell
School of Sociology, University College Dublin
Two seasoned and very well-established sociologists have written a book that offers a masterly survey of
the major social theorist from Plato to such 20th century masters as Habermas, Luhmann and Foucault.
Written in a clear and lively style, incorporating historical, political and social context as well as the main
ideas of the theorists, this book proves itself a worthy successor to Lewis Coser’s very successful Masters
of Sociological Thought, whose inspiration it acknowledges. A boon to all students embarking on the study
of classical and contemporary social thought.
Krishan Kumar
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University of Virginia
These two volumes [Classical Sociological Theory and Contemporary Social Theory] succeed brilliantly
where introductory textbooks typically fail. Viewing sociology as a tradition with many variants, they
present the lives and works of its ancestors and major exponents across its history to the present. They do
so vividly, clearly and accurately, setting the distinctive ideas of each in their historical and intellectual
context, commenting on where they continue to have present-day relevance and where they need to be
criticized and sometimes rejected. Comprehensive, reliable, precise and concise, they are a much-needed
successor to Lewis Coser’s magisterial Masters of Sociological Thought.
Steven Lukes
New York University
Loyal and Malesivic offer a tour de force through the rise and transformation of social thought – one that
never compromises on social thought’s dynamic character, its place in a historical and political context,
and the insights it provides into social dynamics of the contemporary world.
Benedikte Brincker
Head of Department, Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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