Social Life : Contemporary Social Theory by Matthias Benzer and Kate Reed (2019, Hardcover)

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PublisherSAGE Publications, The Limited

ISBN-101473907837

ISBN-139781473907836

eBay Product ID (ePID)202578642

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Number of Pages184 Pages

Publication NameSocial Life : Contemporary Social Theory

LanguageEnglish

SubjectSociology / General

Publication Year2019

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaSocial Science

AuthorMatthias Benzer, Kate Reed

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight17 Oz

Item Length9.8 in

Item Width6.9 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsBenzer and Reed grab their favourite things from their favourite theorists and assemble those closely examined nuggets into their own caleidoscopic-fragmentary theory of contemporary society. Avoiding the fetish of comprehensiveness that ruins most textbooks, they have produced a tool that students will actually find useful for studying. Dr Marcel Stoetzler, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Bangor University, This collection of essays on social theorists is highly readable and complex ideas are presented clearly. These are excellent discussions based on close engagement with the original texts that will be a valuable sources for both students and academics. Larry Ray, Professor of Sociology, University of Kent, This collection of essays on social theorists is highly readable and complex ideas are presented clearly. These are excellent discussions based on close engagement with the original texts that will be a valuable sources for both students and academics., Benzer and Reed grab their favourite things from their favourite theorists and assemble those closely examined nuggets into their own caleidoscopic-fragmentary theory of contemporary society. Avoiding the fetish of comprehensiveness that ruins most textbooks, they have produced a tool that students will actually find useful for studying., Benzer and Reed grab their favourite things from their favourite theorists and assemble those closely examined nuggets into their own kaleidoscopic-fragmentary theory of contemporary society. Avoiding the fetish of comprehensiveness that ruins most textbooks, they have produced a tool that students will actually find useful for studying., Benzer and Reed grab their favourite things from their favourite theorists and assemble those closely examined nuggets into their own kaleidoscopic-fragmentary theory of contemporary society. Avoiding the fetish of comprehensiveness that ruins most textbooks, they have produced a tool that students will actually find useful for studying. -- Dr Marcel Stoetzler, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Bangor University This collection of essays on social theorists is highly readable and complex ideas are presented clearly. These are excellent discussions based on close engagement with the original texts that will be a valuable sources for both students and academics. -- Larry Ray, Professor of Sociology, University of Kent

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Table Of ContentAnthony Giddens: Living with Radical ModernityPierre Bourdieu: Capital and Forms of Social SufferingBruno Latour: Rethinking Modern Social LifeDonna Haraway: New Modes of SocialityZygmunt Bauman: Liquid Social LifeJean-François Lyotard: Living in PostmodernityMichel Foucault: Power over LifeJean Baudrillard: Terror, Death, ExchangeEmerging Sociological Themes and ConcernsConclusion

SynopsisIn Social Life , the authors highlight, explain, and scrutinize socio-theoretical analyses of contemporary social relations and conditions - put forward by eight modern social theorists - and analyse how these have informed sociological inquiries into people's lives in today's social world. The book discusses the works of the following social theorists: Anthony Giddens Pierre Bourdieu Bruno Latour Donna Haraway Zygmunt Bauman Jean-Francois Lyotard Michel Foucault Jean Baudrillard In each chapter, the authors identify the key components of each theorist's conception of society and apply the theories outlined to specific, modern phenomena. This connection with modern-day phenomena allows for a critical interrogation of issues in contemporary society, including: Inequality and Capital, Power, Fear and Terrorism, Immune System Discourse, Suffering, and Climate Change. Essential reading for all sociology students studying social theory and the works of modern social theorists., In Social Life, the authors highlight, explain, and scrutinize socio-theoretical analyses of contemporary social relations and conditions - put forward by eight modern social theorists - and analyse how these have informed sociological inquiries into people's lives in today's social world., In Social Life, the authors highlight, explain, and scrutinize socio-theoretical analyses of contemporary social relations and conditions - put forward by eight modern social theorists - and analyse how these have informed sociological inquiries into people's lives in today's social world. The book discusses the works of the following social theorists: Anthony Giddens Pierre Bourdieu Bruno Latour Donna Haraway Zygmunt Bauman Jean-Francois Lyotard Michel Foucault Jean Baudrillard In each chapter, the authors identify the key components of each theorist's conception of society and apply the theories outlined to specific, modern phenomena. This connection with modern-day phenomena allows for a critical interrogation of issues in contemporary society, including: Inequality and Capital, Power, Fear and Terrorism, Immune System Discourse, Suffering, and Climate Change. Essential reading for all sociology students studying social theory and the works of modern social theorists.

LC Classification NumberHM1111