ABSTRACT
This social theory text combines the structure of a print reader with the ability to tailor the course via an extensive interactive website. Readings from important classical and contemporary theorists are placed in conversation with one another through core themes—the puzzle of social order, the dark side of modernity, identity, etc. The website includes videos, interactive commentaries, summaries of key concepts, exams and quizzes, annotated selections from key readings, classroom activities, and more. See the website at www.routledgesoc.com/theory
New to the second edition:
- Expanded web content.
- Teacher/student feedback employed to clarify difficult concepts.
- Reframed contemporary section now offers readings by Robert Merton, Bruno Latour, David Harvey, Zygmut Bauman, and Anthony Giddens.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |122 pages
Emergence Through Convergence
part |59 pages
Classical Connections: Emile Durkheim
part |55 pages
Contemporary Extensions: Social Order Re-Wired
part |98 pages
Networks of Capital
part |28 pages
Classical Connections: Karl Marx
part |62 pages
Contemporary Extensions: Capital Re-Wired
part |131 pages
Pathway to Meltdown
part |74 pages
Classical Connections: Max Weber
part |49 pages
Contemporary Extensions: The Rational Society Re-Wired
part |92 pages
Shifting the Paradigm
part |17 pages
Classical Connections: W.E.B. Du bois and Simone de Beauvoir
part |67 pages
Contemporary Extensions: Paradigms Re-Wired
part |77 pages
Rise of the Avatar
part |29 pages
Classical Connections: George Herbert Mead and Georg Simmel
part |40 pages
Contemporary Extensions: Identity Re-Wired